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ozzieinspacetime · 1 year
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The inherent and transcendent horror of accidentally liking an SPN post and having it immediately flood ur dash...babygirl it is NOT 2013 I do not want you here!!!
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redfrogs · 1 year
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10/09/23 —> Sunday
I am SO. TIRED. I’ve only had two and a half days and the workload is already killing me.
I haven’t had a biology lesson yet due partly to timetable but also a bunch of welcome back assemblies. It’s annoying, because my old school had a theatre with seats in them and in this school we all sit on the floor. Pins and needles hell 😔
I’ve had a couple chemistry lessons, and I’ve been enjoying them so far. It’s a little intense, but nothing I haven’t been able to wrap my head around yet.
GEOGRAPHY?? Everybody warned me that bio and chem would be the death of me, but I’ve only had like 3 geography lessons and I’ve already had to do 2 essays. ☹️☹️
I was up until 3 AM on Thursday trying to get my research and essay done on the difference between warm and cold glaciers.
Today I finished my research and notes for my next essay, ‘The Mediterranean Migrant Crisis’. I’ll write the rough draft in my free tomorrow, and finish it after school.
I also finished (I think) setting up my organisation system today. I realised my system i had planned would NOT be good enough.
Also, the physical toll is not something I was prepared for? Friday night my shoulders were covered (still are) in friction burns and purple bruises, and my ankles keep getting cut open. My whole body aches from the amount of walking, the weight of my bag, and the amount of mental energy I’m using.
Still, this is WAY more fun that year 11. I’m having a great time. 👍👍
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galactic-pirates · 10 months
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The NaNo Report: Day Twenty-Nine and Thirty
So yesterday I didn't get any words as I had to come up with an idea for Episode 4. I needed to know what I was writing before I could write, and like Episode 3 before it, it took all day to wrangle an idea into enough form to move forward.
Which left just today to get the last 3k to win.
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So I did win. And by win I mean I hit the 50k.
When I won it told me it was my 10th NaNo win and I didn't think that was correct. I mean I've been taking part on/off since 2007 so it was definitely possible but I knew I'd failed quite a few times, and so ten? But I just went through and it's right. I got the 50k in 08, 09, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 (quite a run there), 2020, 2022 and then finally this year 2023.
But did I win really?
What I wanted more than anything this month was to rediscover my love of writing and from that perspective it was an epic failure. I didn't hate every single minute of it. I do love the idea, and coming up with the various episode plots was alternately frustrating but then satisfying (as idea generation is apt to be). But the actual writing just did not flow well. I felt like every word was shit. I know the old "can't fix a blank page" but it's demoralising to not feel any kind of rush. To just be like drek. I didn't capture the spirit I wanted at all.
Anyway what I ended up with is the first three episodes of a serial drafted, with the first three scenes of Episode 4 also drafted and part of an outline for the rest of the episode. I have character notes, some notes on the general arc of the season and what the villain wants etc. but that's about it. So basically it's a start and as always there's a long way to go.
I did like attempting to write the serial. I definitely fell down mechanically in a few places as it was hard to capture on paper what I was imagining - as if a novel = a movie, then this is like watching TV episodes in my head. Now obviously TV can do cool things like have characters on the phone and flash back and forth between them. I am unsure if it's even remotely possible to do that on paper. It was fun coming up with the various episode plots and I think it has the seeds of something. I'm not sure I have the skill to pull it off but maybe one day I'll get there.
Words today: 3,257
Final NaNo total: 50,455
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Calgary Flames re-sign Adam Klapka Yan Kuznetsov to one-year extensions Calgary
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 13, 2024 9:34 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Calgary Flames have re-signed forward Adam Klapka and defenceman Yan Kuznetsov to one-year contract extensions, the NHL club announced Monday. Both are two-way contracts worth US$750,000 at the NHL level. Klapka appeared in six games with the Flames last season and scored his first NHL goal April 18 in a 5-1 win over the San Jose Sharks. Kuznetsov played in one game with the Flames, posting 11:58 of ice-time while registering two shots in a 6-3 win over the Ottawa Senators on Jan. 9. 2:09 Scotia Place name unveiled as work begins on new $800M arena for Calgary Flames Both players spent the majority of the 2023-24 season with the American Hockey League’s Calgary Wranglers. Trending Now Jordan Chiles stripped of bronze medal, USA Gymnastics files appeal Travelling soon? This insect-transmitted virus is spreading at ‘unprecedented scale’ Story continues below advertisement The 23-year-old Klapka led the Wranglers in scoring with 21 goals and 25 assists, and his plus-8 defensive rating was the second-best on the club. Breaking news from Canada and around the world sent to your email, as it happens. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News’ Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. He added seven points (two goals, five assists) in six games with the Wranglers in the Calder Cup playoffs. The 22-year-old Kuznetsov played in 63 games with the Wranglers, scoring five goals and adding eight assists. Klapka, from Prague, Czechia, originally signed as a free agent with the Flames on May 16, 2022. Kuznetsov, from Murmansk, Russia, was the Flames second-round pick (50th overall) at the 2020 NHL draft. &copy 2024 The Canadian Press Source link via The Novum Times
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lemondropsonice · 3 years
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I posted 1.033 times in 2021
229 posts created (22%)
804 posts reblogged (78%)
For every post I created, I reblogged 3.5 posts.
I added 3.910 tags in 2021
#reblog - 781 posts
#jensen ackles - 660 posts
#jared padalecki - 544 posts
#supernatural - 505 posts
#dean winchester - 373 posts
#sam winchester - 277 posts
#cleaning drafts - reblogging old cookies - the after series final business - 225 posts
#imt - 207 posts
#epic siblings of doom - 170 posts
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Longest Tag: 111 characters
#and yes i know it has been seven month - but i said i would finish editing this epi and i am still determind :p
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The “my little random moments of pleasure” series: N°12 Jensen on Set of the Boys
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The “my little random moments of pleasure” series: N°3 Happy Birthday Jensen ❣️
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Supernatural – The End of the Road “In Life, It’s Not Where You Go, It’s Who You Travel With.” Charles Schulz
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nanikoreeeh · 3 years
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about mental health & writing motivation
tw— mentions of depression; anxiety; ocd
long post ahead
it’s been so long since i was last here that i feel strange typing this. this in no way a very articulated post, or at least i don’t think it will be since i’m writing this at 6:09 am after not having slept during the whole night so if you decide to read, thank you.
as you’ve noticed i’ve been absent for a while (or maybe you haven’t, cause this is tumblr and most people come here to log off from real life and have a good time which i also used to do until logging in felt like a chore hence why i’m making this post). anyways, i’ve been absent from tumblr cause i really wasn’t enjoy it anymore.
i discovered tumblr like six years ago, and just realizing that feels so surreal cause for me it’s been like a mere short breath. i was in a not so good headspace and tumblr gave me a save space to connect to people and content that i really wanted to see. fandoms and that sort of stuff. at the time i was so amazed at the freedom the people on this app seemed to have that i just loved it.
i’ve been writing since i was 6 years old and i’ve been writing for my favorite fandoms since i’m 12 so for me joining the x reader, imagines & headcanons side of tumblr was a very natural step. i begun writing for haikyuu in an old blog that it’s not active anymore and it was so much fun. i felt creative, i felt inspired and i felt happy. i had been dealing with depression for several years prior to that so the buzz of serotonin i got from writing and from people actually reading what i posted was amazing.
if you’d experienced depression you know that external stimulus doesn’t lasts for too long. it’s not that the things you enjoy aren’t fun, or good anymore, more like your brain just isn’t properly balanced so no amount of external factors can actually make it not be depressed. so the buzzed faded, so i tried to hold onto it by forcing me to write more and more. which didn’t work of course. eventually i simply stopped doing it.
until i opened this new account.
i told myself that i would take things easy this time, that i wouldn’t pressure myself to write this time, that i wouldn’t compare myself to others writers, that i would do my own thing and just, enjoy it. but then i didn’t, i couldn’t. my mind is working 24/7 but my levels of motivation aren’t even close to catch up to that since well, my depression keeps me for having too much energy when it’s at its worst.
and my depression on top of my anxiety, and my ocd have been at its worst for nearly 3 years now. so whenever i got a new idea, i begun a draft and then i couldn’t come back to work on it.
i try of course, i open my drafts regularly but, as i’m unable to work on them i just grow guilty of not being able to write.
i know i’m far from being a huge, popular blog, but opening this blog i fell once again into a trap of my own making: pressuring myself to write because i have to, well, because i feel that i have to. that if i can stick up to a schedule and just get it done i will be able to overcome my slump.
and i’ve just recently realized that, that isn’t possible. cause i’ve turned one of my biggest sources of happiness into a chore, an obligation, a lifesaver to magically cure me from my clinical depression. making me completely unable to write without feeling like i’m fighting against myself to win a prize that in the end doesn’t give me satisfaction.
long story short, i made myself hate writing. and i’m done with that.
i wanna write from a place of happiness again. i don’t wanna feel like i’m letting anyone down if i don’t post, or if i don’t finish a draft. or if i can’t write as beautifully as i would like. since i’m not a native english speaker sometimes it’s hard to not compare myself to other writers and feel frustrated cause i just know that if i were writing in my native language i could do so much more.
to begin closing this post that it’s definitely getting more than long:
this is a new beginning.
i don’t plan to stop writing, but i’m just gonna let myself go at my own pace. i’ve been dying for kinktober to begin and i’ve wanted to participate on it for years so i’m gonna focus on that for the time being.
meaningless effort is on hiatus until further notice which was something i was so afraid to admit cause i just didn’t wanna let anybody down. i but i hope you can’t understand and will be there to support it if/when i come back to it.
i guess this is a post more for myself than for anyone who is reading this, [but if you are, i wanna thank you for all your support]
the lack of feedback of course is also an important factor on my lack of motivation, but that’s a topic other authors have addressed far more eloquently that i could on this post. a,so, feeling my writing as chore i was in o place to ask for more comments or interactions like reblogs cause it just made me feel guilty in the past.
i guess if i had to sum it up i’d say it’s far more important that you are happy with your writing before trying to please anyone else. you shouldn’t try to prove yourself to anyone else, even if that someone is you. and if you’re not happy anymore doing something [try to see if you can reconcile with it, and if you can’t that’s valid] whatever you do, do it from your heart, do it for yourself and whatever comes next will be okay.
tldr— new beginnings, mental health ruined writing for me but i’m starting again, kinktober is my main focus & i will write to make myself happy, stay tuned if you’d like :)
thank you for reading all the way trough if you do, i sincerely hope life is nice to you & i’m sending you good vibes.
love you all 🤍🤍🤍
— sun
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sstvar · 3 years
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I posted 20 times in 2021
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7 posts reblogged (35%)
For every post I created, I reblogged 0.5 posts.
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#henry stein - 3 posts
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Longest Tag: 105 characters
#also off topic but i’m so sad i missed the deadline for the secret satan thing i didn’t see it in time 🙁
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she walked with the disturbing teeth so that sammy and bendy COULD. RUN.
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not even two days into this account and I am fighting the urge to post all about my two oc’s characters and stories in extreme detail with my whole body............unless yall wanna hear about them 👭
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i’m doing it guys i’m doing the thing 🤨👍
so this is the oc that I have for batim! she’s probably the best one that I have and I’m excited to share more about her :) also I did this on paper so please forgive any blurriness 🙏
i’ll just be listing some basic information about them and my askbox is open if you want to ask anything about me or her or just have anything to say in general
Name: Romy (rom-ee)
Age: 48
Species: Human
Gender Identity: Demigirl
Pronouns: she/they
Occupation: Script Writer at Joey Drew Studios (used to be at least)
Relationships:
Close with Wally Franks and Allison Pendle; Wally always had her giggling and the two could make conversation about almost anything while Allison was like a breath of fresh air for Romy, as things around the studio had been getting rough, and in walks one of the kindest people you could ever meet. Romy describes her as a “golden human.”
VERY SECRETLY had a thing for the illustrator Henry Stein at the beginning of their career before it faded out.
Had respect for Sammy Lawrence and his work (she’s a music lover and can play a mean sound on the tenor sax), and expressed that by staying in her part of the studio due to what she heard about his temper and distaste for visitors
They disliked Susie Campbell and the entitlement (and naivety) she seemed to walk around with, though she could empathize with the feeling of putting up with none other than their boss Joey Drew. It didn’t get any better when Susie starting rapidly moving downhill after a fallout with Joey.
As for Joey himself, Romy saw him as “the creepy old man living next door but with the attitude of a go-lucky 20 year old.” Something always felt off around him, maybe it was his drive to “dream harder.” In the later years of the studio was when they really saw him start going off the rocker. He’d start snapping at his coworkers more often than usual and he seemed fixated, almost obsessed, with the new ink machine he recently had made. Her uneasiness around him only grew.
Bonus Stuff:
Romy’s hair may appear straight, but in reality, it is actually full of curls. She just styled it straight every morning before work to try and avoid what she thought was the hassle of dealing with curls
It’s hard for them to let things go, in fact, she still dwells on events from 5 years ago before going to bed for the night.
Creme Brûlée absolutely disgusts them. It’s the texture. This applies to pudding too.
Although she wasn’t an illustrator, she still liked to doodle characters on the rough drafts of her scripts, especially Piper. She even threw in some outfit designs for the main trio.
Lastly, she’s a very outgoing and expressive character. They enjoyed meeting and working with new people, but at times it could be draining. They prefer to avoid conflict, but if needed they are ready to defend their own and other people’s positions. She often bonds with people through humour and kind of relies on it to get through the day. She can also sometimes engage in self deceptive behaviour, wanting to erase certain people, feelings or events from her area of existence.
that’s all I have for now! i’ll definitely be adding more to their character and story in the future but I have the vast majority set up. so for now, please feel free to ask about her and the other characters as well! i have a lot to share 😟
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now hear me out. gender envy.
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tagged by @thiswaycomessomethingwicked. Found this sitting in my drafts after third of a year later. No time like the present, right?
Rules are: List the first lines of your last 20 stories (if you have less than 20, just list them all!). See if there are any patterns. Choose your favorite opening line.
(how convenient that AO3 shows 20 works per page by default!)
1. It most certainly is a morning and the doorbell rings. Like the beginning of a horror movie, Sam thinks as he makes his way from his room to the front door. (The Night In Gale, 2019-10-11, Good Omens x Supernatural)
2. The remnants of the stained glass creak and shatter under the heavy plate sabatons. The men clad in deep red robes watch the armoured figures walk through the raided monastery in careful silence. (Moon And Destiny, 2019-08-24, Les Misérables x Wizardry)
3. “Alright squad! Who are we doing this week?”  (One Gay at a Time, 2019-08-31, Les Misérablex x Queer Eye for the Straight Guy)
4. Light. Everything is is spinning. Light, even behind closed eyelids. It’s omnipresent. Radiant, blinding, magnificent light. (Like A Teen Girl,[1] 2019-11-15, W.I.T.C.H.)
5. Witches have pricking in their thumbs, Varen had his stomach worms, and Lyris had her teeth. She could feel them vibrating in her gums. It usually went away with a couple of flagons of mead, but apparently not tonight. If anything, it made it worse. So here she was, Lyris called Titanborn, tipsy but not yet drunk, sitting by the campfire with the two of Companions and a growing feeling of dread as her teeth planned to run for the hills. It made her only more irritated. (Mind How She Goes, 2019-11-30, Elder Scrolls Online)
6. “Well, are you going to stand there the whole night?” (The Past, the Present, the Death, and the Devil, 2019-12-19, Les Misérables)
7. There is this thing they don’t tell you about dying – it gave you mother of all headaches. In all those tomes and epic sagas there could had been at least once mentioned that the brave heroes and mighty beings who returned from the Other side felt like a horse kicked thorough their head. This terrible pain was usually why your freshly resurrected dead scream in agony and want to destroy things. (The Many Deaths of Me,[2] 2017-04-30, World of Warcraft)
8. As strange as it was, Lyris finds an odd sort of peace here. It is not her old home – she doubts she could ever return there – but her cabin near Riften is a new home. At first it was a house, but she made it a home. It was a hard work to get there, and she is rightfully proud of it all. (To Be Found, 2019-12-09, Elder Scrolls Online)
9. Say what you want about the Tribunal and Vvardenfell, there is something that draws a good hero to the city of Vivec. That something might be a divine presence, but most likely it is simply the presence of a quarter with publicly accessible forges and looms in the close proximity to a bank and the drop site for commissioned works. (The Battlespire, 2020-05-09, Elder Scrolls Online)
10. “Your Majesty, a message for you.” The chamberlain presents the envelope on a silver tray with a gentle bow. Queen Ayrenn picks it up with her delicately manicured fingers, and the soft warm breeze of early autumn attempts to snatch the piece of creamy paper from her as it hurls large honey and amber coloured leaves before finally settling them on the ground. (War Ends, 2020-07-26, Elder Scrolls Online)
11. “Allow me to ask you again for clarification, Your Ex-” “Charles, dear brother. Simply and plainly Charles, for we all are equal in the eyes of the almighty God.” “- Charles: I have died.” (The Man Who Saved A World, 2020-08-12, Les Misérables)
12. So that’s it, you suppose. You are going to sit down on this chair, because someone has to. (The Tale of Two Fates, 2020-09-05, Death and Taxes)
13. There is a saying in Ferelden: When you think you’ve reached the bottom, the Maker shows up with a shovel. Like most farmer wisdom, even this one applies in Orlais. (Land Turned Red, 2020-12-29, Dragon Age)
14. So you come to the supermarket on Friday morning and in the ice-cream isle is a poorly paid and even poorerly shaven retail worker unloading boxes of frozen pizzas, eyeing them like man who’s missed out on breakfast and his contract doesn’t include lunch break. (Observations of an Unconcerned Bus Driver, 2021-03-07, Stardew Valley)
15. They are giving him that look. He knows it well and hasn’t seen it in a long long time. It is the look that says: “I can’t believe that out of all the people in Thedas, he was the one to save us.” (Fine Literature, 2021-03-14, Dragon Age)
16. A young woman stands in a garden. It is a beautiful garden, very lush in spite of all damnation raining from the sky lately, now that the Veil is gone and… And all that. (Houserite, 2021-03-29, Dragon Age x Homestuck)
17. If you asked Solas, it was the most predictable outcome, blatantly staring you in face, shoving middle finger into your nose and blowing a raspberry. However, nobody asked Solas and even less people cared for his issues with Sera’s behaviour, and thus when Dorian goes missing, almost everyone is surprised. (The Excellent Week of Dorian Pavus, 2021-04-09, Dragon Age x Doctor Who)
18. Talent. A short and complicated word. What is a talent? (Necromancer’s Virtues, 2021-05-06, Dragon Age)
19. Fucked.That’s what they are. Fucked. Completely and thoroughly. The Trade Tongue is a limited and insufficient language and lacks any imagination whatsoever when it comes to cusswords. (The Wolves Breach Through, 2021-05-29, Dragon Age)
20. There are a lot of ways to tell that you’ve woken up the wrong way in the morning, and I was pretty certain that I’ve hit three of them at least: Every fiber of me was aching, two men were looming over me with worried expressions, and the sky was dark. Especially the last bit was extremely worrisome, since I was fairly certain I fell asleep in my bed at home under a solid ceiling above which is mum’s room and after that is the attic and after that is a roof and only then you get to see the sky. (Real Feeling of Sharing,[3] 2021-01-10, Dragon Age)
Observations:
I use the opening lines of a story like most people use headlines; luring in the reader by making them think “Hold on, what’s going on?” and hoping it ignites strong enough curiosity for them to read further to figure it out. For that reason more often than not the opening lines are not exactly related to the story.
A surprising amount of mu openings also clearly say: “The story you know is over.”
Also very specific thing which is less about opening lines and more about the trope of my fics: A suspicious number of beginnings based on the fact that the person of focus is dead or implied to be, or implied to be really close to it.
I also don’t like long introductions to the story, so it’s either “Things are happening now, figure it out dear reader” or “This is a thing I am going to focus on because it’s my thing, deal with it, plot will come later.”
Favourite opening line is from The Wolves Breach Through, especially because it quickly evolves into a rant about langauges. The Night In Gale is a close second, because I love to take a piss on the source material. For this reason The Battlespire also comes close to the top, although the fic in itselfwas shit.
[1] Like A Teen Girl should get renamed, because the story evolved from “Parody of the Magic Highschool Girls premise” to “Drama With the Lads”, but I eh, who cares anyway, right?
[2] The Many Deaths of Me deserves to be rewritten by older and more experienced me. It could be a great fic.
[3] Probably going to get renamed to Original Real Feeling of Sharing, but only when I start the next story from the series.
tagging: @timesthatneverwere @thewronglong
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goldenraeofsun · 4 years
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‘cause right now you're mine
set in this verse
THURSDAY, APRIL 2nd
Dean 12:01 You didn’t tell me you led Carver Prep’s quiz bowl team???
Castiel 12:15 It’s in the middle of the school day and you’re texting. What kind of example are you setting for your students?
Castiel 12:16 I didn’t tell you because it wasn’t relevant.
Dean 12:17 Haha smartass I’m having lunch in my office Youre texting me back so i see right through you And of course it’s freaking relevant
Castiel 12:20 How?
Dean 12:21 Because I got tapped to coach Edlund High's quiz bowl team this morning!
Castiel 12:21 Oh no.
Dean 12:30 Oh no is right buddy
Castiel 12:37 I thought you coached the softball team.
Dean 12:37 I can do both You’re dating a very talented man
Castiel 12:49 I know that. I just didn’t know it extended to quiz bowls and softball in addition to blow jobs and breaking and entering places to give blow jobs.
Dean 12:52 What the fuck is wrong with you I’m in school! My lunch hour is almost over I’ll have to get up from my desk very soon This is all your fault
Castiel 12:59 :)
Dean 1:00 Just for that No blow jobs for you tonight
Castiel 1:07 :(
 MONDAY, APRIL 6th
Dean 11:55 I bet I can grade more midterms than you today
Castiel 11:58 I know better than to make bets with you, Dean Winchester.
Dean 12:03 It was just a kiss I bet you’re just pissed you lost
Castiel 12:04 I can’t engage in PDA in front of my niece and one of my students at a school event!
Dean 12:04 Youre such a prude
Castiel 12:06 Unlike some teachers, I maintain boundaries between my personal and professional life.
Dean 12:07 Prude.
Castiel 12:09 Did you text me on a Monday afternoon just to harass me about my reluctance to kiss my boyfriend in front of minors?
Dean 12:11 Huh Boyfriend
Castiel 12:20 Dean?
Dean 12:21 What?
Castiel 12:22 Is everything okay?
Dean 12:23 Other than *my boyfriend* refusing to even entertain the idea of a friendly wager?
Castiel 12:23 Yes, other than that.
Dean 12:23 No
Castiel 12:25 That’s good. You scared me for a second.
Dean 12:26 I did?
Castiel 12:26 Are you okay with being my boyfriend? The long gap between our messages made me realize we haven’t talked about it before.
Dean 12:27 I mean it’s a little weird My 16 year old students have boyfriends “boyfriend” seems a little I don’t know Juvenile We’re not 16 anymore, Cas Thank god.
Castiel 12:30 Would you prefer “partner”?
Castiel 12:31 It’s just whenever I hear someone call their significant other “partner” I can never tell if they are talking about their life partner, same-sex partner, police partner, or if they are cowboys. That was a joke! Ignore this. I remember how much you like Westerns. “Partners” is off the table.
Dean 12:31 HOWDY YALL THIS IS MY PARTNER CAS
Castiel 12:31 Please never introduce me to someone like this.
Dean 12:32 Only if you watch Tombstone with me tonight
Castiel 12:33 Can I still grade my midterms?
Dean 12:35 You’re killing me here Cas Yes
Castiel 12:40 I’m your huckleberry
 SUNDAY, APRIL 12th
Castiel 2:19 Good luck with the softball game today!
Dean 2:21 You’d better make it up for me for missing this one Its the semifinals
Castiel 2:22 I will. Say “hi” to Claire for me.
Dean 2:27 What the hell? Why is she here? We’re not even playing Carver
Castiel 2:29 She has a crush on Kaia Nieves
Dean 2:30 Ohhhhh That explains a lot
Castiel 2:30 She thinks she’s being subtle.
Dean 2:37 I see that runs in the family Subtle as a brick wall. All of you.
Castiel 2:38 Excuse me, you had no idea about my feelings for you back in high school.
Dean 2:49 So? Charlie said you were obvious as fuck But it didn’t matter since I was a dumbass
Castiel 2:50 I prefer oblivious Less dumb Less ass
Dean 2:57 How dare you My ass is a goddamn gift. You take that back right now
Castiel 2:59 Of course. Don’t you have a game to coach?
Dean 3:01 Shit you’re right
 TUESDAY, APRIL 14th
Castiel 11:18 I know how I can make up for missing that last softball game last weekend
Dean 12:01 Sorry The kids called me out for texting you 5 mins before the bell last time How the hell did i get stuck with a class full of narcs
Castiel 12:03 It’s probably karma For all the rule breaking you did in school
Dean 12:05 Hey I wasn’t that bad
Castiel 12:05 You frequently defaced school desks and returned library books after their due date.
Dean 12:06 I’m dating a narc too???
Castiel 12:07 You didn’t ask what I have planned.
Dean 12:07 OK i’ll bite What do you have planned babe? Please tell me it’s not another documentary on bees That was depressing The grand canyon one was cool though
Castiel 12:10 Speaking of narcs
Dean 12:10 This doesn’t sound good
Castiel 12:11 When I had to get my extra copy of Camus from my car, I stumbled on Miriam at the edge of the parking lot with a few more students. They were skipping class and smoking marijuana. Naturally, I reported them to the administration.
Dean 12:13 Not helping your not-a-narc case
Castiel 12:13 They received detention for skipping class.
Dean 12:13 And the drugs?
Castiel 12:13 I may have neglected to report the drug use.
Dean 12:14 Seriously?
Castiel 12:14 I still confiscated it. Research evidence shows marijuana has negative effects on the developing brain.
Dean 12:14 I guess that’s fair
Dean 12:15 Hang on Do you still have it? OUR brains are old as balls Seriously, are you telling me you have weed now?
Castiel 12:15 Surprise?  I can throw it out if you’d prefer to do something else tonight.
Dean 12:15 Dont you dare!!! I’m going to get a six pack on the way home, download the last Star Wars, and we’re gonna do this right Your place or mine?
Castiel 12:16 I have been neglecting laundry lately. Yours?
Dean 12:16 You’re on This is going to be so awesome
 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15th
Dean 12:06 Did you really mean to invite me to dinner with your brother?
Castiel 12:09 I didn’t mean to bring it up when we were high, but the invitation still stands. Claire told him we were together. He wants to meet you.
Dean 12:11 Oh
Castiel 12:11 You do not have to say yes.
Dean 12:13 I’ll go It just took me by surprise
Castiel 12:13 I don’t want to pressure you.
Dean 12:14 Youre not pressuring me
Castiel 12:14 Are you sure?
Dean 12:16 Look, I just know your relationship with your brother is complicated And I don’t want to stick my foot in it By accident or some other way
Castiel 12:20 We’re in a better place than I’d like to admit. I spent a long time resenting Jimmy for the time he had with Father. But it wasn’t his fault Father was a bastard who had a second family he preferred to be with. Jimmy was barely in middle school when Father started going on his “business trips”
Dean 12:21 Jesus christ You told me bit about it back in high school But I didn’t realize it was a second family situation
Castiel 12:21 Mother kept it from us for years. I still haven’t forgiven her for it.
Dean 12:21 Are you OK?
Castiel 12:22 I’m fine. It was a long time ago.
Dean 12:22 That stuff takes a long time to get over.
Castiel 12:22 I suppose.
Dean 12:23 Is it okay if you stay at mine tonight?
Castiel 12:24 Our next date isn’t until Friday
Dean 12:24 I don’t want to wait until Friday to see you
Castiel 12:27 Can you pick me up at Carver at 4pm?
Dean 12:27 You got it More time with you and my baby Win-win!
 FRIDAY, APRIL 24th
Dean 11:51 Are you sure what I usually wear to school is OK?
Castiel 11:53 You texted me nine minutes early?
Dean 11:53 Shut up I had to bribe my kids For NINE extra minutes Friggin tyrants
Castiel 11:54 What did they extort from you?
Dean 11:54 I promised to throw out their lowest pop quiz grade
Castiel 11:54 That isn’t too bad.
Dean 11:54 I was already planning on doing it
Castiel 11:55 Clever of you.
Dean 11:56 You’re not just dating a pretty face But getting back to dinner with your brother Is a regular button up OK? The tie hides most of the sloppy joe stain
Castiel 11:56 I’m sure you look very handsome
Dean 11:57 I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or not
Castiel 11:57 I rarely manage sarcasm in-person. What makes you think I would attempt it over text?
Dean 11:58 Good point
Castiel 11:58 You’re a very good-looking man, Dean. I’ve known this since we were 15.
Dean 11:59 Stop it you’re making me blush
Castiel 12:01 It’s the truth.
Dean 12:04 Alright, alright I’m already sleeping with you No need to butter me up
Dean 12:05 It’s just I remember how you used to talk about him The perfect big brother
Castiel 12:07 More like the perfect student and perfect son. Jimmy was honestly too busy to be much of a brother. The 11 year age difference didn’t help. When I was in high school, he already had the perfect nuclear family on the way.
Dean 12:07 Exactly
Castiel 12:08 Exactly what?
Dean 12:08 You’re lucky I know you And I know you’re not drawing this out on purpose Look, i want to make a good impression, OK? he seems like a hard guy to please.
Castiel 12:09 I That’s very admirable of you, but it’s entirely unnecessary.
Dean 12:10 He’s your family
Castiel 12:11 And I understand family is very important to you, but it isn’t the same with me. It would be very nice if dinner goes well, but if it does not, I will not care in the slightest.
Dean 12:11 Really?
Castiel 12:11 Truly.
 SATURDAY, APRIL 25th
11:16 I’m sorry for my dad.
Dean 11:17 Who is this? 
11:20 Claire Novak
Dean 11:21 How did you get this number?
Claire 11:23 Alex Jones
Dean 11:24 How did Alex get my number???
Claire 11:24 It was on the softball permission forms How did you not know this Didn’t you draft them?
Dean 11:25 It’s been a while I’m a very busy man
Claire 11:25 Sure. Anyway, my dad was a dick.  Totally out of line last night
Dean 11:26 Shouldn’t you be texting Cas about this?
Claire 11:26 I don’t have his number
Dean 11:26 Cas wasn’t kidding when he said you guys weren’t close
Claire 11:27 Nope.
Dean 11:27 Well I am very close with my brother He’s a lawyer out in California
Claire 11:27 Good for you???
Dean 11:29 It doesn’t sit right with me that Cas doesn't have a real relationship with his family
Claire 11:31 That seems like Uncle Castiels business
Dean 11:33 But Jimmy isn’t Cas’s only family SO if you ever need a place to crash, i’m always available
Claire 11:35 Maybe my dad was right And you’re secretly a perv I’m not staying with you you freak
Dean 11:35 Jesus christ, I’m trying to say, if ALEX isn’t the only girl on Edlund's softball team you’re getting buddy-buddy with, it’s fine You should get a chance to explore that part of being a teenager While STAYING SAFE But don’t let your parents stand in the way of that side of your life
Claire 11:41 Dad wouldn’t kick me out
Dean 11:42 Maybe not. But if you are at all uncomfortable, just give cas a call I’ll forward you his contact info now
 “I might have told Claire she’s always welcome at my place if she comes out to her parents,” Dean says as he pockets his phone. He turns his back on the pile of sparkling clean dishes drying on the rack by Cas's sink. Dean adds, “Hopefully she’ll ask you before she goes to me.”
They hadn't really discussed the disaster of a dinner with Jimmy and Claire. A few tense words on the drive back to Cas's house, a tacit acknowledgement in the morning not to mention it until after coffee and breakfast. But then Cas brought out his homework for the weekend, even while last night's argument scratches at the back of his mind like a fly trapped in a windowless room. So Dean did the dishes and texted Claire.
Cas looks up from his juniors’ final exams. “You were talking to Claire?”
“She texted me first,” Dean says defensively.
Cas sighs and caps his pen. It’s blue, because red pen, according to Cas, is too traumatizing a grading implement. “I’m very sorry about last night.”
Dean waves his apology off. “You warned me it could go sideways.”
Cas’s brow furrows. “Still,” he says slowly, “I told my mother and Jimmy I was gay a few years ago. I think it was easy for them to ignore it as long as I didn’t have a boyfriend in the picture.”
Dean fiddles with a dishrag as he hovers by the sink. “Was Jimmy a jackass to your other boyfriends?”
“What others?” Cas asks wryly. “None of them were ever serious enough to pique Jimmy’s interest.”
“Really?”
Cas nods and gestures for Dean to take a seat at the kitchen table next to him. He holds out his hand, which Dean takes, bemused. “I don’t know why Jimmy thought religion was an appropriate introductory dinner topic. I could tell he was trying to genuinely understand our… lifestyle, to use his word, but-”
“I got angry,” Dean says looking down at their clasped hands.
“You didn’t say anything I wasn't thinking,” Cas says simply. “I’m glad you reached out to Claire.”
“It seems like she needed it.”
“She doesn’t have a lot of adults in her life she can rely on to be in her corner,” Cas says diplomatically. “I’ve tried, over the years, but I can’t relate to her at all.”
Dean laughs. “Of course not. Teenage rebellion wasn’t really your style.”
“Ah yes, of course,” Cas says, his voice dry as chalk, “you’d be the perfect person to talk to her. The cool kids speak their own language. How could I forget?”
Dean smirks. “It’s full of references you don’t get.”
“Don’t remind me,” Cas says darkly.
Dean leans in for a kiss. Eyes dancing, as he whispers, “Relax, babe. You were always the coolest kid in school to me."
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maxiekat · 5 years
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In a world full of rom-coms, when was the last time you cried over an onscreen breakup that actually stuck? No grand gestures to save the day, just pure, raw, lust and heartbreak. If you want to get so deep in your feels you forget if you’re actually heartbroken or just bleary-eyed over someone else’s love story, then you may need to subscribe to the church of Drake Doremus.
The director is known for his mostly improvised, chill-inducing romantic dramas (Like Crazy, Newness, Equals) and his latest is a tender-to-the-touch look at a modern love triangle in Endings, Beginnings, which premieres Sunday at Toronto Film Festival. Much like his previous work, Endings, Beginnings is clever and cutting, but also soft and quiet. Shailene Woodley is at the heart of the film playing Daphne, a thirty-something artist (her specialty is hand-painted tea pots, which she sells on Etsy) who recently and abruptly quit her job and ended her long-term relationship with her boyfriend (Matthew Gray Gubler, in his third Doremus film).
Looking for a hard reset on life, Daphne moves into the pool house of her much more together older half-sister. She also stops drinking, focuses on looking for a new job, and cuts men out of her life. Until, of course, she meets two men at a New Year’s Party. One’s brooding, asking her for a light of a cigarette in the most drunken and charming of ways. He’s wearing a shearling jacket, worn-in with adventures. The other’s in LA’s version of a suit — he’s put together, and looks at her with the steady intentness. Daphne should be avoiding both, but she quickly becomes enamored with bad boy Frank (Sebastian Stan), a nomad who drinks absinthe, and good boy Jack (Jamie Dornan), an academic who has a dog and dreams of moving to Europe. What starts as innocent text-flirting evolves into two full-blown relationships. Oh, and the guys are best friends.
When Stan first read for the film, he read for both Frank and Jack’s role, but what really attracted him to the heady rom-dram was Dormeus himself, of whom he’s been a huge fan. “I met him and I said, ‘I gotta tell you, I don’t know which one of these people you are seeing me as, but I really relate to both of them. I love both,’” he says over the phone to Refinery29. Stan’s in London where he’s filming the spy-thriller 355, a movie he says is “stylistically and tonally very different,” than Endings, Beginnings, but with “a couple of similarities here and there.”
“And we just got very deep. We got into relationships and being in our 30s and the world we are in right now, and all our experiences.” The vulnerability seen on-screen between Woodley, Stan, and Dornan is something special, and almost entirely improvised, based on just 30 pages of notes. Endings, Beginnings is a far cry from the big budget Marvel movies you’re used to seeing Stan in (he plays Captain America’s pal Bucky Barnes in seven Marvel movies and one upcoming spin-off series.) I was reading your Instagram post earlier gushing about working on this film with Drake. When did you become a fan of his, and why did you two think Frank was the role for you?
“I was aware of [Drake] for awhile. Like everyone else, I loved Like, Crazy, and then I also like his recent movie with Nicholas Hoult, Equals. I was also just really interested in doing a movie and improvising  —   because the entire movie is practically improvised. I never worked in that medium before. I got a call saying, Hey do you want to meet with Drake and talk about this movie [and] read the draft?, which was basically like 30 pages. There were two guy [parts] at the time. I met him and I said, ‘I gotta tell you, I don’t know which one of these people you are seeing me as, but I really relate to both of them. I love both.’ And we just got very deep. We got into relationships and being in our 30s and the world we are in right now, and all our experiences. Again, I didn’t really know that is where we were gonna go, but he was very honest with me and I was honest with him. We parted ways, and the next thing I knew he called me to have a session with somebody at the time that he was thinking of for the role as Daphne, and I went in and had a 3-hour improv session with him, then he called me and told me that he wants me to do the Frank role and I was fine with that.”
Only 30 pages. Everything else is improv? All the film’s dialogue?
“Yes, that is all literally on the day, in the moment, happening real-time. Basically, the script that he had was just the outline: Daphne comes out a recent relationship and moves in with her best friends. They’re having a New Years Party, and she runs into Frank who asks her for a cigarette. It was all outlines, but in terms of the dialogue and how we would get there, that was all improvised. That was an interesting experience because I had never worked that way and no take is ever the same. I walked away from that experience feeling very vulnerable. You’re not hiding behind any lines.”
The improvisation really added to the film. I left it feeling more emotional than I expected.
“We’ve all had relationships, and we know how tricky they are. They’re complex and there’s many layers. I don’t know — I have always loved romantic comedies. I grew up on When Harry Met Sally and all that, but I sometimes feel that relationships aren’t entirely depicted as messy and as raw and as painful as they are. That’s why I loved working with him because I feel like he gets to the core of situations. I’m happy to hear you related to it because that is what he wants. He wants you to go, 'I’ve had that conversation...been in that situation.’”
There’s been a resurgence in romantic comedies, but not so much romantic dramas like this. Do you think there’s a reason why?
“I love romantic comedies and there is a space for them, but [rom coms] are hopeful. Sometimes when I go to the movies, I don’t want to necessarily see what my life is. I want to be like, Hey! It’s nice to think that maybe that could be that way. If you want to be inspired, or laugh a little bit — there’s that element of it. And sometimes you want to see a movie that makes you feel less alone in your experience. A lot of European films are much closer to this, and I think Drake loves a lot of European films and is influenced by them and the personal quality. Structurally in romantic comedies, you have bigger things happening, right? Whereas [in this movie], there are big things happening, but there’s a much more subtle transition through everything.”
Frank is the “player” of the film, while Jack is the “good guy,” for lack of a better phrase. You’ve said before that you didn’t really know why you were often cast as the “bad boy.”  Do you still not know why?
“I don’t know! [Groans] I don’t know. The truth is, the reason I was saying [I could play] Jack was that I talk a lot in my life. I philosophize a lot. I try to read things. Then I think about it, and then I wanna talk about it. I relate to that [aspect of Jack]. And actually, there was a lot to Frank and Daphne that we shot that was funny. They had a lot of their own back and forth, but what ended up being in the movie —  I think Drake never forgot the vision that he had for Frank — [was him] being much darker than we shot. I am happy it ended up that way because there needed to be a contrast.
But I don’t know! I am glad they think I can do this. I am one of the most over-thinking, neurotic people I know. So I don’t know how it happens, but it keeps happening.”
I thought a big part of Frank also was his big shearling jacket. Since most of the movie was improvised, did you have anything to do with his outfits?
“Oh yeah, I kept that jacket, first of all. It’s a great jacket. What’s great about Drake is that he was like, ‘Hey, listen, people wear the same stuff all the time. If something works, let’s just it.’ I was like yeah, the guy probably kind of flies by the seat of his pants anyways so he just has a few things. I think I wore some of my own jeans. The boots I wore were mine. Drake definitely wanted us to wear our own stuff so we could feel comfortable in it.”
This was originally called No, No, No, Yes and ended as Endings, Beginnings. How did the title change shape the movie?
“It was always a working title. I saw that it was paired up with her experience — every no and every yes was paired to one of the relationships that she was going through. Endings, Beginnings is a little more specific. I know for awhile he was even contemplating a title that was even just made up of emojis which I thought would have been really fun.”
Oh yeah. I loved the texting aspect in this movie.
“There is an element of texting in the time period we are in, and there is this new language to it. They got it in the sense that both Jack and Frank have their very specific ways of texting. Jack probably uses punctuation, and Frank does not. [Laughs]”
You’ve worked with a few of the Big Little Lies women now. Do you have plans to work with the others like Zoe Kravitz, Reese Witherspoon, or Laura Dern?
“That has not hit me — that’s kinda funny. I don’t think I have ever met Reese Witherspoon and I’ve met Laura Dern. If the opportunity presents itself then great. I certainly wouldn’t have had a problem if there had been a role in the second season. I would have done it in a second. I loved the first season.”
I have one more that I have to ask about — obviously Gossip Girl is getting rebooted, and Chace [Crawford] said it made him feel “old,” but he’d be down. Have you thought about it at all?
“[Laughs] I don’t even… it’s so weird. Somehow a lot of people talk to me about Gossip Girl, and I always thought I was just a guest star. It was a very special show. It certainly defined those years, and we all got our start there in a way. It would be hilarious and weird and crazy. He’s right — we are old! I don’t know what business they’d have with me, but, Jesus. If there was some funny little witty thing and they called and we’re like, ‘We’re doing this thing and we have everybody….’ I’m not gonna be the asshole that says no. Maybe I’ll be in the background scooping some ice cream.”
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Mitosis - Soul Division Prologue: The Average Candidate
A/N: Hey there! This is just an OM fanfic I’m writing with two MCs based on my two best friends in the entire world. Based on the main stories, Devilgram stories, texts and events. I hope you enjoy it! -Jisa
EDIT!!!: I cannot believe I forgot this! TRIGGER WARNING FOR IMPLIED ABUSE! (Honestly, being beaten as discipline is such a common thing here; it never even occurred to me that what was every day and normal here could trigger someone else I am so so sorry Q_Q)
Name: Sinai
Age: 23
DOB: 08/09/1996, Sunday 11:58 pm
Highest Level of Education: Associates Degree BB Med Sci. Undertaking an MBBS degree.
Race: Human
Region: South America and the Caribbean
Shadows obscured the rest of the information. A black-gloved hand picked up the profile that had slipped from the short stack of papers on the desk. Intelligent scarlet eyes scanned the rest of the page quickly, then glanced at the small picture fastened to the upper right-hand corner. 
The young woman in the picture beamed up at him. A wide smile crinkled her russet brown eyes shut. Large red glasses sat on top of a short nose. While her round face made her appear a few years younger at first glance, dark under-eye circles added the years back. The raven-haired demon placed the paper on the desk and ground the heels of his palms against his eyelids, trying in vain to rub the gritty feeling of fatigue away. He stifled a yawn as his DDD rang. 
“Hm?” 
“Lucifer?” 
As always, Diavolo sounded animated, even in the early hours of the morning 
“You’re still awake, I see. Decided yet?” 
Lucifer sank back into his chair. The weight of his exhaustion sat on his chest, pushing the air out in a sigh. 
“Not yet,” he responded, brushing his hand over his forehead.
“Hey, don’t agonize over this for too long, all right? You can just pick one at random, really. Besides, it’s pretty late and you’ve been running on fumes as is.”
“I’m fine.”
“You fell asleep mid-sentence at lunchtime.” Diavolo pointed out
Lucifer made a non-committal sound as he glanced down at the profile in front of him. The time on his wristwatch made him regret checking (as it usually did). He had long since stopped trying to keep track of the scores of profiles that had made the shortlist of humans. They blurred together after the first hundred or so. He glanced at the paper in front of him and closed his eyes, pinching the bridge of his nose. 
“You know what? Yes, I have decided. At least this one seems less... mischievous than Solomon.” he muttered as an afterthought
“Oh? Great! Send a picture?”
“Sure.”
Diavolo pulled the DDD away from his ear as the message came in. He switched the call to speakerphone.
“I see what you mean,” he commented with a laugh, “Well, she seems nice enough,”
“I suppose so. What should I do with the rest?”
“Ah, don’t worry about it now. Get to sleep! It’s not like they’ll run away,”
Lucifer rolled his eyes. He could practically see Diavolo waving off his question. He glanced at his watch again and groaned internally. 
“Fine,” he conceded, turning off the desk lamp and ending the call. As he stood and stretched, a draft entered, making the flames in the fireplace dance and disturbing the pile of papers.
“Oh, no you don’t!” he growled, slamming his DDD on top before striding across the room to latch the window shut.
Unbeknownst to him, a single candidate had escaped, whisked out into the chilly night air. It danced erratically across the starry sky, fluttered through the wrought iron bars of the gate before coming to rest on the sidewalk for a moment. The wind whisked it upwards and then:
Rip!
A small dark clawed hand snatched it out of midair, perforating the margins. 
“Hey.” said the small horned creature, nudging its companion. Its voice lay somewhere in the territory between a hiss and a high-pitched rasp. It brought to mind the image of nails scraping a chalkboard; it made your hair stand on end. “Look at this.”
The small group glanced around before swiftly melting into the shadows, their dark essence silently oozing around the corner into a hidden alleyway. One by one they re-materialized, their razor-sharp teeth on full display as their ever-present malevolent grins further widened, distorting their faces.
“Interesting, very interesting” one finally broke the silence, squinting at the paper.
“If this is one candidate for the exchange programme…”
“...it would be a shame if a human was killed during such a delicate attempt at diplomacy,” another continued, its tongue flickering out briefly.
“If Diavolo finds out about this, he’ll have our tails for sure,” one of them quipped, its tail nervously twitching back and forth.
“Please, there are millions of us. There’s no way they’d be able to pin it on us,” scoffed the Little Devil holding the profile. “Besides, when has anyone really cared about us lesser demons?” 
“Humans are the weakest creatures across the three realms and if this stupid programme works out who knows what will come next? What if they expect us to stop eating them? What if they expect us to start viewing them as… as equals?” it hissed, the distaste in its voice palpable. It looked up, its glowing eyes meeting those of each of its companions’.
“We’re already at the bottom of the food chain here. I’m not about to answer to humans. It’s- it’s just unnatural. Anyway, are you with me or not?”
“We’re with you,” someone piped up. The others nodded in agreement. 
“Good.”
The dark talons scraped across the photograph of the human, leaving three parallel gouge marks. They all leaned in as their ringleader lowered its voice to a harsh whisper.
“Here’s what we’re gonna do…”
                            (づ ̄ 3 ̄)づSTAGE CHANGE(づ ̄ 3 ̄)づ
The human’s picture and summary were pinned to the notice board hours before the occupants of the House of Lamentation stirred. At least those who had bothered to go to bed at all. Lucifer paused briefly on his way out the door. Nothing about the human felt familiar. Pride wasn’t a vice that she struggled with. Based on what he could discern, being self-effacing was second nature to her. A smirk with equal parts contempt and sadism came to his face as he left, as he contemplated how to break her in the face of his sin. I hope your resolve is firm, human. I could do with a challenge.
                                                          (⌐■_■)
“Has Lucifer lost it? She looks like a kid! Did the chihuahua need a playmate or something?”
“I know this might be hard, but don’t be stupid. Her cheeks are just a bit chubby. What kid has acne scars like that? Hasn’t she heard of retinols?”
The taller of the two snorted and snapped a picture of the notice board to send in the group. Intense ultramarine eyes flickered up to the picture for a split second before he walked off, his key-chain swaying with every step. In a fluid motion, he pushed his hair off of his forehead and affixed his trademark sunglasses to his face.
“Do you know her?” his brother called after Mammon’s retreating figure
“Ain’t seen her in my life.”
With that Mammon left, his mind already on the business opportunities he’d laid out for the day.
                                                     (✿◠‿◠)
Asmodeus continued to survey the young woman, absentmindedly tapping a manicured finger to the corner of his mouth. He had met her only for a moment. That was strange considering her age. After a few more seconds of scrutiny, he shrugged and went back to his room to continue his weekly detox. No doubt existed in his mind that she would fail any test he presented her with. Who wouldn’t, especially since it was so much fun? Who wouldn’t want to fall to the world’s most popular sin?
                                                         (ง •_•)ง
Towers and towers of books, all rather precariously stacked, surrounded the Avatar of Wrath as he worked. He tossed his DDD carelessly on his bed about two hours earlier, freeing himself from distractions while he finished his Latin assignment. In all fairness, he finished what the lecturer required him to do but the number of languages from the human realm that originated from the official language of the Devildom. Despite being engrossed in a particularly large tome, he navigated his way around shorter piles without losing his balance. He picked up his phone and checked the notifications.
“Sinai, huh? Interesting name.”
He shut his eyes, pensive. She was familiar, but he didn’t know her personally.
When he opened his eyes he was glaring down at the human, towering over her tiny three-year-old form. She was crying, her large russet eyes pleading along with her choked childish voice that she didn’t want to read. He raised his palm. The crying redoubled and the picture book fell to the floor.
She was older now, maybe about nine or ten, but she was still crying. Black and blue marks were just barely visible against her chestnut-brown skin. He was yelling at her for lying about wearing her retainer.
Satan was then watching a scene unfold before him. Two men were standing in a kitchen yelling at one another. A middle-aged woman was trying to deescalate the situation with little success.
“Hm, a father-son spat? What does that have to do with her?” Satan wondered aloud.
The older man whirled around with a knife in his hand. His wife ordered her son to run. He did. Hours later, at minutes to midnight, the human finally emerged, waking up after falling asleep on her textbooks. She blinked owlishly, disoriented. When the doorknob rattled and her mother walked in. In response to her confusion, her mother hugged her and explained what happened and reassured her that her brother was safe and sound at their grandma’s house. The young woman exhaled, smiled and held her mom and comforted her. For the first time, Satan could hear what she was saying.
“It’s ok Mummy. I’m ok, Mattie is safe. We will be ok,”
Her mother nodded, gave her a watery smile and turned off the kitchen lights. The human watched her mother walk upstairs before crouching down and finally letting her face crumple and hot tears race down her face, her mouth ajar in a silent scream.
Satan shook himself out of his reverie and pondered how he would go about tempting an individual to fall to a sin they feared.
                                                     ( ´・・)ノ(._.`)
The sizable shadow stopped moving as he heard the notification chime from his pocket. The duffel bag dangled from his fingertips as he squinted at the screen. His eyes widened slightly as he laid his eyes on the picture.
“Huh”
He tapped the microphone icon and continued on his way as he recorded the voice note. 
“I guess you could say I know her. We were closer, at least until the last year or two. But even with her appetite, she was always sharing. I guess you could say that she was half in, half out.”
That being said, it was all too easy to fall back into old habits. Compared to the rest of his brothers, his role in testing the exchange student’s soul could be easier. The crisp breeze tousled his hair as his thoughts turned to Belphegor, a now-familiar ache constricting his heart. He wondered if his twin knew the human. He missed him.
                                                        ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The purple-haired demon carefully placed his gaming headset on his desk before he pushed against the ground with the balls of his feet, sending his chair rolling backwards. 
“Jeez, why do these guys always blow up the stupid group chat whenever I have a campaign?” he griped, his fingers scrolling rapidly; orange eyes darting back and forth
“Really? All this over a human?” He rolled his eyes and turned back to his setup, not bothering to read the profile under the picture. Odds were he knew the human. He knew nearly every human, even if it was just in passing. After all, which of them could say that envy hadn’t crept upon them? If they did, they were lying. Testing the human’s soul would just be another game, and Leviathan was pretty damn good at games. 
                          (づ ̄ 3 ̄)づSTAGE CHANGE(づ ̄ 3 ̄)づ
“So the only two who recognized her really were Beelzebub and Leviathan?”
Lucifer nodded as he set his teacup back down. He offered his DDD to Diavolo before absentmindedly picking up a cookie. He looked around his study, somewhat aggravated about the state of his study. Every time he set time aside to get it back in order, something always seemed to come up. The height of the piles of reports and bills was alarming, and the bout of sneezing that resulted from searching the shelves was a glaring reminder that it had been a while since he had last dusted. Lucifer shut his eyes and let himself slump into the armchair. The glow of the fireplace made patterns that danced across his eyelids.
A loud guffaw from his companion caused him to open one eye.
Diavolo’s shoulders were still shaking as he showed Lucifer the screen. The Avatar of Pride stared for a few moments before sitting bolt upright and snatching the phone away, eyes wide and slack-jawed.
Two stickers were trending. One was of Diavolo in his true form, donning a beautiful -if - extravagant red ball gown. The other was of himself astride a pastel pink and purple unicorn with a rainbow horn.
His grip threatened to crack the screen as Diavolo managed to compose himself enough to speak
“That’s the best thing I’ve seen all day,” he gasped as he wiped a tear from his eye. 
“Who is responsible for this?” The words barely made it through Lucifer’s clenched jaw.
“I’m not sure, I think it may have come from the student newspaper. Our students are very creative,”
 The Prince was either oblivious or unphased by Lucifer’s displeasure.
“Is that so? Remind me to have a talk with Mephistopheles.” 
Choosing to overlook this, Diavolo planted his feet on the ground and rested his elbows on his knees.
“She didn’t have any pacts with them either? Just her own sin?” he peered at Lucifer over his steepled fingers.
The dark-haired man nodded, business-like once more. Diavolo sat back, looking quite pleased with himself.
“Well then, Overall I’d certainly say she seems to be... hm,” He crossed his arms and gazed at the rafters before looking back at Lucifer “I don’t think ‘safe’ is the word I’m looking for, necessarily, but she seems like a great candidate and a counterbalance to Solomon.”
Lucifer raised his eyebrows. “A Counterbalance?”
“I mean, Solomon isn’t exactly your typical human,”
“That’s an understatement,” Lucifer muttered. Diavolo snickered, shaking his head. 
“You know what I mean! A monarch, a sorcerer, a scholar and dozens of pacts to boot. He isn’t exactly average, is he?”
Lucifer’s lip curled as he shook his head
“I still don’t see we kept him as a candidate,” he commented. He didn’t expect a meaningful response, especially considering Diavolo was perched at the edge of his seat; his eyes alight the way they always were whenever he latched onto a new brainwave.
“I guess you could consider it an experiment within an experiment; one human with exceptional abilities and one who’s… well, with no offence meant to her… is perfectly average.” 
A thud and muffled yelling somewhere beyond the walls cut off the Devildom Prince. Lucifer groaned and pinched the bridge of his nose.
“What have they done now?” he exhaled, exasperated.
Diavolo patted his shoulder, trying his best not to laugh at his friend’s distress.
“It’s never a dull moment here, is there?”
“Don’t remind me. Go ahead, you were explaining…”
“Oh yes. I figured it would be an excellent case study. How would the average human when compared to an angel or a demon? What help would they need and how much? If change is to happen, then we need to be on an equal footing across the realms.”
A/N Thank you for reading all the way to the end of this! This is the first writing project I have taken on since like 2012, and I’m nervous as all hecc. I would really appreciate any feedback you have to give or any questions and stuff, I won’t bite, and I’m always eager to improve. I hope this was a good read for you and I will try me best to update on a regular basis! - Jisa
Here’s the next entry!
https://tinyurl.com/mitosis-fic1-1 
And If you’d rather read it on Ao3
https://archiveofourown.org/works/26415919/chapters/64353631
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Franny’s 30 Day Cover Challenge
Playlist
Franny’s 30 Day Cover Song Challenge: (categories are mostly from here, and here, with some from here, and a couple I made) in September 2020 one of her musician friends challenged her to do the thing and she was like “It seems like a fun way to show everyone what kind of music has influenced me as a musician, singer, songwriter, and just like, person. So I’m going to do it.”
In reality, she recorded most of them in 1-2 days to distract her from how sad she is because Wilbur hates her and he’s sad lmao
It helped a little.
(If you want me to drop the playlist she mentions in #24 let me know, I have it started I can finish it)
TW: mentions of Franny’s political beliefs so tw: politics, an allusion to suicide though the word isn’t directly used, mention of 9/11 and the subsequent invasions...nothing graphic with any of these triggers but worth a forewarning
Day 01 - A song that makes you happy
Honey Spiders by The Parlotones
“The Parlotones are this fantastic indie rock band out of South Africa. And I actually thought about doing their song, uh, Stars Fall Down for day sixteen, but I’m going with Honey Spiders for day 1. There were lots of Parlotones songs, I mean. Push Me to The Floor, We Call This Dancing, Should We Fight Back...but ah, Honey Spiders always puts me in a good mood.”
Day 02 - A song that helps you clear your head
Light of a Clear Blue Morning by Dolly Parton
“I grew up on Dolly, and it’s funny because for the longest time this song wasn’t really on my radar as much as it is now. But when I was twenty-two I was going through something really difficult, and my then-fiance now husband was abroad for work, so I was alone in our apartment and just. Really, profoundly sad and lonely. So I put on a Dolly Parton record and just laid on the bed and Light Of A Clear Blue Morning played and I had a good long cry and felt so much better after that. When I need to think about how to solve a difficult problem, or I feel overwhelmed, I just listen to that song.”
Day 03 - Song you love from a band/artist you hate
Should’ve Been A Cowboy by Toby Keith
“Honestly, he’s called me a nasty lady to my face and I’ve called him a facist enabling pig to his, so I have no qualms openly saying I hate Toby Keith. That being said, Should’ve Been A Cowboy is one of the best country songs of the 90s, undeniably. I loved that song when it came out when I was thirteen, and I still love it.”
Day 04 - A song about drugs or alcohol
Whiskey Lullaby by Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss
“This is probably cheating, because my lovely best friend Daniel and I cover this a lot at Dara & Danny shows. But today look who I have! My friend Max from Seoul Hanoi’d! Max the Korean Scot who can’t hide his accent to save his life, so let’s see how it sounds in a Scottish accent.”
Day 05 - A protest song
Talking Vietnam Blues by Phil Ochs /// and Here’s to The State of Mississippi by Phil Ochs
“This one was hard because I. Fucking. Love. Protest music. I could have done a whole 30 days of protest music - wow, let me know if I should do that and give my husband a heart attack with all the twitter threats I’ll invite. Huh. Right, so I was going to do Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven by John Prine. But I decided to do two Phil Ochs songs because I don’t think Phil Ochs is talked about enough. It’s a shame we lost him so young. Ochs’ sardonic humor and honesty in his writing has influenced me as a songwriter deeply. When I write political songs, I don’t hold back, and it’s because of Phil Ochs’ writing that I have that courage. I’ve been singing Love Me, I’m A Liberal since I was in college with constantly updating lyrics. It was so hard to even choose which songs of his to do because for his fairly short career his songbook is lengthy and full of gems. I’m Going to Say It Now, Draft Dodger Rag, Spanish Civil War Song, I Ain’t Marching Anymore...I couldn’t pick one so I’m cheating and recording two.”
Day 06 - A song you wish you wrote
When I Think About Cheatin’ by Gretchen Wilson
“I will forever be pissed off that I didn’t write this song. I’m absolute trash for my husband, so it’s never -- I’ve never had to be in a situation to ever consider -- but this song gets me every time. It feels like I could have written it. Because we do spend a lot of time apart travelling for our work. And the sentiment expressed in the song is a little too real.”
Day 07 - A song in a language you don’t speak
Khattar by Khine Htoo
“This will either be a charming attempt to sing in Burmese or I’m about to offend a lot of people. Which, being a politically outspoken woman on the internet, I’m used to anyway. So. 1, 2, 3, okay here goes.”
Day 08 - A song by an artist no longer living
Phop Samnang by Sinn Sisamouth (inspiration)
“Haha, you thought I’d see the name of this category and not do a Sinn Sisamouth song? You were wrong.”
Day 09 - A song you want to dance to at your wedding
Devoted To You by The Everly Brothers
“I’m already married, so this was actually our first dance song at our wedding. Day three of our wedding, like the more Westernized wedding ceremony day. We had a three day long traditional Cambodian wedding and I felt like a princess. An-y-way!”
Day 10 - A song that makes you cry
Borrowed Rooms and Old Wood Floor by Emily Scott Robinson
“Unfortunately, Emily Scott Robinson and I aren’t related. Sad, I know, because she’s so talented. Almost her entire album Traveling Mercies is...sad as hell. The record reminded me of early Dolly Parton, and my second solo album. You know, all those sad-ass songs. The Dress is honestly the song that makes me the saddest but I can’t even listen to it without crying so.”
Day 11 - A song that you love hearing live
Prove My Love  by Violent Femmes
“There is nobody I have seen in concert more than Dolly Parton, but Violent Femmes and George Strait come incredibly close. The Cranberries, the amount of times I saw them in the 90s and early 2000s...close fourth. Probably. The very first concert I dragged my husband to was a Violent Femmes concert, he was not prepared for how hard college me went.”
Day 12 - A song from before 1960 
There Ain’t No Sweet Man That’s Worth The Salt of My Tears by Libby Holman
“This song is from 1928. I came across it when I was in grad school and it’s, as the kids say, a bop.”
Day 13 - A song you think everybody should listen to
White Man’s World by Jason Isbell
“I think perspectives of people of color should of course take precedence in these conversations. But I find this song to be a good faith attempt of a white man coming to terms with the institutional racism and sexism in the world around him. And I think this song can be a useful tool to explain certain concepts of racial justice to ignorant but well-meaning folks. As a woman of color I think Jason Isbell did a great job not centering himself even though it was from his perspective. This song is great musically and necessary socially.”
Day 14 - A song from the 1970s
You’re No Good by Linda Ronstadt
“Linda Ronstadt is grossly underrated, that’s all I have to say here.”
 Day 15 - A song people wouldn’t expect you to like
Racists by Anti-flag
“I mean, I’ve talked about how much I like punk in the past, and I remember a video of Seoul Hanoi’d doing Spanish Bombs at a San Antonio show made the rounds, but I don’t think I’ve talked about how much I like Anti-flag. People don’t expect me to like punk for some reason. But I agree with...everything punk music is all about.”
Day 16 - A song that holds a lot of meaning to you
Blue by LeAnn Rimes
“It’s silly, but I won a county fair singing competition with this song in high school and it really fueled my passion for music, that win. It’s also the first song Cornelius heard me go full Georgia on, with the yodels and all, at the little bar in my hometown on his first trip meeting my parents. The song doesn’t cut to my very soul ot anythin’, but it’s special to me.”
Day 17 - A song attached to a memory
Supernova by Liz Phair
“I remember buying Liz Phair’s Whip-smart album when I was eleven. And in college, when I was getting ready for dates with Cornelius in my dorm room, I would dance around to a CD I burned and wrote on it with a sharpie, ‘Pre-date Movie Scene Music.’ God, what was even on there? I’m about to expose myself as the most basic 1999-2001 bitch. I remember Head Over Feet, I mean, Alanis Morisette? I was a young woman in 2000, obviously I loved her. Mm, Dreams by The Cranberries...oh, Kiss Me, Sixpence None The Richer...yeah, anyway, Supernova was on there.”
Day 18 - A song from the year you were born
Call Me by Blondie
“...I can’t believe Call Me is as old as I am.”
Day 19 - A song that reminds you of someone you miss
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing (yes, of course she does a cover with banjo)
“This was my late best friend Molly’s favorite hymn. And I sang it at her funeral at her husband’s request. Molly and I grew up together in the small town of Payne Lake, Georgia and Molly was the most devout Christian...but she was also the first person I came out to as bisexual when I was a teenager, and she said that Jesus taught her that love was the greatest commandment and that meant I was automatically twice as good at it as her. Her faith guided her every action but she never talked down on her two best friends - Dan(iel Maitland) and I for not sharing it. Molly was doing the whole emulate Jesus thing beautifully. I miss her every day and it’s been seven years. If you ever think that people won’t miss you...you’re wrong. All right, let’s see if I can get through this without crying.”
Day 20 - A song by an artist you discovered this year
Hello, Anxiety by Phum Viphurit
“I just discovered this quirky Thai-Kiwi singer and not to be dramatic, but he’s my favorite thing in the world right now.”
Day 21 - A song with a city or country in the title
Oh! Phnom Penh (track 20)
“This song was written after the fall of the Khmer Rouge, and after people began to make their way to what was left of their homes, alone, or with what was left of their families. If you want to learn more about what that was like to actually live it, my cousin Reena Boran has a video interviewing her parents and paternal grandfather and uncle about it. Reena is a journalism student currently studying in London but she lives in Cambodia. Her mother is my aunt Malisruot, my mother’s youngest sister. The video is English subtitled on her channel, I’ll link it in the description box below.”
Day 22 - A song from the 1960s
To Sir, With Love by Lulu
“I didn’t actually discover this song until I heard it covered at a 10,000 Maniacs concert in the 90s. My friend Allison was standing next to me and I just started crying and she’s like ‘are you okay?’ and all I just blubbered out ‘My dad!’ For the uninitiated, my dad married my mom, who’d raised me alone until then, when I was six and he adopted me when I was eight. My dad didn’t have to adopt me, he didn’t have to call me his daughter, he could have just been like half of my friends’ stepdads and give me a place to live and nothing else. But my dad was my biggest supporter from day one. He convinced my mom to let me join the dance team and show choir instead of science club, he was the one that talked my mom down from probably killing me when they found out I was only studying music and not music and political science at NYU. I am who I am today because he is my dad. And this song just says everything I’ve always thought about him.”
Day 23 - A song from your childhood
Una Lacrima Sul Viso by Bobby Solo
“But Franny, aren’t you a Cambodian raised in the US? Yes, but you were fooled. My very white father is also an immigrant. He is from Switzerland and while he didn’t teach me to speak Italian and German growing up, he played German, Italian, and French records all the time. My parents often spoke to each other in French and I picked up some French but properly studied it starting in high school, and I didn’t study Italian until college -- and my German is still …. [points to a spot on the screen where she later inserted a card linking to a video on her cousin Köbi Framagucci’s YouTube channel titled ‘Can My American Cousin Speak German?’ where he tests her Standard and Swiss German speaking and comprehension]. But hell if I couldn’t sing every one of the songs from my father’s French, German, and Italian record before I knew what the words even meant.”
Day 24 - A song that gives you chill vibes
Glorify by Ivan & Alyosha
“Dan(iel Maitland) and I actually have an entire playlist on my Spotify accounts of songs to listen to to get us out of writers’ block. And one that I often will put on repeat and just absorb through my headphones with my eyes closed is a song called Glorify by Ivan & Alyosha. I think it touches on a lot of the themes I include in my songwriting. Christian mythology, the darker side of humanity, it often reminds me of what I love about songwriting. If you say please I might drop a link to that playlist.”
Day 25 - A song that’s your signature song
Long Gone Lonesome Blues by Hank Williams“Right, so I chose this instead of a Kitty Wells song or I Get A Kick Out of You (her being
featured on a 2005
recording propelled her career majorly) because if you’re familiar with me you might have seen a video that went around in like….2017? 2016? of Dan(iel Maitland) and I doin’ the song at our hometown bar in 2014. I posted it in response to some tweets because hoes mad when a WOC calls out racism and sexism in the Nashville music industry. ‘Bet she don’t even know Hank’, really? You think I wouldn’t know the history of one of the two music industries I work in? Please. Anyway, she knows Hank and nails the incredibly technical yodel -- the
most difficult
one in Hank’s songbook - in Long Gone Lonesome Blues. Mm...Lovesick Blues though, that also strikes fear into my heart. Anyway stay mad I guess?”
Day 26 - A song by your favorite band
Gun Shy by 10,000 Maniacs
“10,000 Maniacs was one of my favorite bands when I was in like 5th grade through 10th. I listened to them for a little while after Natalie Merchant left for a solo career, but the Natalie Merchant era was really what resonated with me the most. Gun Shy was a bit too advanced for my little 5th, 7th grade ears to really appreciate when I first discovered the album In My Tribe. Merchant’s voice -- because like, I don’t have a very conventional voice either, so her and Dolores O’Riordan really changed my entire perspective on what a woman’s voice can sound like in rock music. Um, yeah, so her voice more than the lyrics just wowed me. And as I got closer to graduating high school and especially in college I actually understood what What’s The Matter Here, Hey Jack Kerouac, and Gun Shy were talking about. Gun Shy...really became a significant song to me because...being born in 1980 I grew up in a relatively peaceful time. The Cold War was all but thawed by my tenth birthday. But I was getting ready to leave my then-boyfriend-now-husband’s apartment for class at NYU on the morning of 9/11. We stood in line for hours to donate blood. And then my government invaded two completely unrelated countries and jingoism and terrifying, fervent nationalism, and xenophobia just smacked me in the face. And friends of mine from high school were convicted to drop out of college and join the Army, and died, for an unjust, imperialist war, and suddenly Phil Ochs, John Prine, and Bob Dylan lyrics hit a lot different, and I understood what Gun Shy was really about.”
Day 27 - A song you hate by an artist you love
Mrs.Robinson by Simon & Garfunkel 
“Paul Simon is one of my favorite songwriters ever, um, and I actually used to like Mrs. Robinson….until I got married and everyone sang it at me. It’s kind of my fault, I did choose to take my husband’s last name. And I leaned into it by making my social media handles all Mrs. Robinson...but still. Only play the song around me if you want to die.”
Day 28 - A song that a younger you would have loved
Mean by Taylor Swift
“I’m so genuinely glad that I am older than Taylor Swift. Middle school Franny did not need Taylor Swift to enable me and fuel my ego. Some of her singles, while not really 35 and 40 year old Franny’s cup of tea, young me would have played until my mother hid the record or cassette from me. Although - fuck if Tim McGraw didn’t immediately give my happily married ass flashbacks to my first love and make me bawl like a baby? Right, so when Speak Now came out and I listened to it, Mean, while not a song that adult me has listened to maybe more like ten times, I immediately thought ‘wow, I needed this song when I was in middle and high school.’ I could literally picture 7th grade me with my little guitar and my little cowboy boots my dad bought for me singing this at the talent show making eye contact with the kids who bullied me as if it was some kind of own when it’s not. I could still, almost thirty years later, name them if I really wanted. So, for 7th grade me, Mean by Taylor Swift.”
Day  29- A song that reminds you of your partner/spouse
ផាត់ជាយបណ្តូលចិត្ / Phat Cheay Bon'dol Chet by Sinn Sisamuth (translation) (female singer covering it) (modern, studio recording of a male and female singer dueting it) (a cool violin cover) (another female singer) (cool guitar cover)
Feat. some members of Seoul Hanoi’d. Andy Chaiyaporn (violin), Max Cho (piano), Jodie Batbayar (cello), Aisulu Niyazova-Li (percussion) and Franny has her guitar
“The song, lyrically, only reminds me of my husband a little bit. But Phat Cheay Bondol Chet has several memories with my husband attached to it. The first time he heard me sing in Khmer was at my mother’s house in Atlanta when I had him visit the first time to meet my parents. My mom had a little dinner party at our house to show him off, like Asian moms do when they think their daughter snags a good one, and I was hand washing the dishes while my mom and the other Cambodian parents were listening to Sinn Sisamuth records. I’ve always loved the song I’ll be showing y’all today, like I’ve always just stopped what I was doing and -- so it came on and I just started singing along without really being aware of it. And then at a different diaspora get together that summer, that song came on and I just kinda. Pulled him aside to the side yard of that person’s house to look at the stars with him and translated the song. It’s one of the Khmer songs he instantly recognizes now, so it’s special.”
Franny did NOT say in the video that college her 100% had him sit in the grass with her outside that person’s house, where nobody could see, so she could makeout with him 
 Day 30- A song by one of your favorite songwriters
Reincarnation by Roger Miller
Feat. Seoul Hanoi’d, done more in the style of the Cake cover 
Also instead of singing the lyric “you’re a girl, I’m a boy” she goes “you’re a girl, so am I” because she doesn’t ever change pronouns, she just makes it gay because she is a bi-con
“Roger Miller, to me, is as important as Dolly Parton, Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, in the American songbook. He’s not as talked about which is a shame because his discography is iconic. Getting to be a part of King of The Road was one of the highlights of my career.”
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hollowdevil · 4 years
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ANSWER TWENTY-ONE QUESTIONS
Tag twenty-one people to get to know better.
01. NICKNAME: Stupid fucking bitch, dumb bitch
02. REAL NAME: Lacey
03. ZODIAC:  Saggitarius 
04. HEIGHT: 5″0′
05. WHAT TIME IS IT? 3:38 AM
06. FAVORITE MUSICIANS / GROUPS: Big Panic! at the Disco fan, Fall Out Boy, Maren Morris, Tim McGraw, Sam Hunt uhhhhhhhh I’ll listen to anything really I guess. I don’t claim to have good taste lmao. Do not hand me the AUX chord.
07. FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM: I have to laugh.
08. OTHER BLOGS: I recently revived my Liv Parker from The Vampire Diaries @spellblonde, I also have an inactive Stefan Salvatore @itwillbeyourchoice which I’m only tagging because I MIGHT revive him. I’m also planning on a currently nameless and low activity multi, but it’s mostly an idea so far.
09. DO I GET ASKS? Sometimes, but I’m slow to answer them because I usually forget about them/get busy.
10. HOW MANY BLOGS DO I FOLLOW? 72
11. ANY TUMBLR CRUSHES? All of my partners
12. LUCKY NUMBER: 4. or 7.
13. WHAT AM I WEARING RIGHT NOW? flannel, leggings, work shirt, socks.
14. DREAM VACATION: Anywhere at this point lol
15. DREAM CAR: None, car maintenance is so annoying. As long as it gets me where I need it to and streams bluetooth and doesn’t make me feel like my butt’s dragging on the ground (I’m an SUV person) and also probs should have all-wheel drive since I live in the midwest, then I’m fine
16. FAVORITE FOOD: Tacos? Sushi? Pizza?
17. DRINK OF CHOICE: Margarita? No, Jack and coke. No, Cider. Iced coffee. idk.
18. LANGUAGES: English, Spanish equivalent of a 3 year old.
19. INSTRUMENTS: I play everything in percussion, the piano to a degree, and I can work my way around a guitar.
20. CELEBRITY CRUSHES: Homeboy Charlie <3, uhhhh Penn Badgely, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas (NOT TO BE THAT ANNOYING PERSON BUT I’VE LIKED HER FOR YEARS OK Y E A R S), Victoria Pedretti, Paul Wesley, uh...idk. These people get paid to be hot, so literally anyone I guess.
21. RANDOM FACT: I’ve been roleplaying for about 10 years.
TAGGED BY: stolen from @soulgiven like forever ago it was in my drafts sorry
TAGGING: you ;)
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S1E2
0:13 - OLDER TED: Okay, where was I? - You were telling us how you met Mom. 0:16 - In excruciating detail. - Right. 0:19 So, back in 2005, when I was 27, my two best friends got engaged. 0:24 And it got me thinking, maybe I should get married, 0:26 And then I saw Robin, She was incredible, 0:30 I just knew I had to meet her, That's where your Uncle Barney came in, 0:34 I suggest we play a little game I like to call, "Have you met Ted?" 0:37 No, no, no, no, we're not playing "Have you met Ted." 0:40 Hi, have you met Ted? 0:42 So I asked her out, and I know this sounds crazy, 0:45 but after just one date I was in love with her, 0:48 which made me say something stupid, 0:50 I think I'm in love with you. 0:51 What? 0:52 - Oh, Dad. - So then what happened? 0:57 Nothing, 0:58 I mean, I'd made a complete fool of myself, 1:00 So, a week went by and I decided not to call her, 1:03 So, you're not gonna call her? 1:05 You went from "I think I'm in love with you" 1:07 to "I'm not gonna call her"? 1:08 I wasn't in love with her, okay? 1:09 I was briefly in love with the abstract concept of getting married. 1:13 It had absolutely nothing to do with Robin. 1:16 - Robin? - Hey. 1:17 Look who I ran into. 1:18 Since when do you guys know each other? 1:20 Oh, since about here. 1:23 Lily recognized me from the news... 1:25 - Hello, sailor. - They just got engaged. 1:29 Well, I should get back to the station. See you guys. 1:35 - Nice seeing you, Ted. - Yeah, you, too. 1:37 Thanks. 1:39 - Damn it! - What? 1:41 - I'm in love with her. - No. 1:43 As your sponsor, I will not let you relapse. 1:46 - You blew it. It's over. Move on. - I don't know. 1:49 I just have this feeling she's the future Mrs. Ted Mosby. 1:53 Lily, you squeaked? 1:55 She said something about me, didn't she? Come on, spill it, Red. 1:59 Fine. 2:00 So, what do we think of Ted? 2:04 Ted's something else. 2:05 Huh? 2:07 I'm gonna spin that as good. 2:08 Lots of guys are something, I'm something else. 2:11 He comes on a little strong. 2:12 But that's part of my charm. 2:15 - But that's part of his charm. - Oh, totally. 2:17 I mean, he's sweet, he's charming, he's just looking for something 2:20 a little bit more serious than I am. 2:22 I mean, the most I can handle right now is something casual. 2:26 - This just stays between us, right? - Are you kidding? 2:29 This flapper, Fort Knox. 2:32 Oops. 2:34 She wants casual? 2:36 Okay, I'll be casual. 2:38 I'm gonna be a mushroom cloud of casual. 2:41 You know why? 'Cause it's a game. 2:43 I wanted to skip to the end and do the whole happily-ever-after thing, 2:46 but you don't get there unless you play the game. 2:49 - So you gonna ask her out? - Yeah. No! 2:51 I can't ask her out, because if I ask her out I'm asking her out. 2:55 So how do I ask her out without asking her out? 3:03 Did you guys get high? 3:05 I got it. I don't ask her out. 3:08 I invite her to our party next Friday. 3:11 - We're having a party next Friday? - We are now. 3:14 Casual. 3:15 Yeah, 'cause nothing says "casual" like inviting a hundred people 3:17 over just to mack on one girl. Oh, and Lily, that's my leg. 3:23 You waited five minutes to tell me that? 3:27 - All right, so call her up. - No, calling's not casual. 3:30 I just got to bump into her somewhere. 3:32 Now, if only I knew her schedule, I could arrange a chance encounter. 3:35 That's great, Ted. You'll be the most casual stalker ever. 3:41 Now, ever since Marshall put that ring on her finger, 3:44 Lily had been, well, extra affectionate, 3:48 Baby, no. 3:50 I have a 25-page paper on constitutional law due Monday. 3:54 I've barely started. 3:55 Hey, I'm just sitting here wearing my ring. 3:59 My beautiful ring. 4:03 Kind of makes wearing other stuff seem wrong. 4:06 My shirt. 4:08 Kind of don't wanna wear my shirt anymore. 4:12 Or my underwear. 4:15 That's right. I'm not wearing any. 4:20 - No underwear? - Not even slightly. 4:23 Guys. 4:26 Boundaries. 4:29 - There she is. - Thanks, Bill, 4:31 I'm reporting from the Razzle Dazzle Supermarket 4:33 on 75th and Columbus... 4:36 75th and Columbus. 4:38 Game on! 4:40 ...where four-year-old Leroy Ellenberg 4:42 has climbed inside a Grab-A-Prize machine and gotten stuck. 4:49 And all in the pursuit of a stuffed, purple giraffe. 4:53 For Metro News 1, I'm Robin Scherbatsky. 4:56 PRODUCER: We're clear. ROBIN: Thanks, Don. 4:59 Ted? 5:01 - Robin? Wow, what are the odds? - What are you doing here? 5:05 Oh, you know, just shopping for dip. 5:08 I love dip. No, I don't love dip. I like dip. 5:12 As a friend, you know. 5:14 So, hey, you reporting a news story or something? 5:16 Yeah, a kid stuck in a crane machine. How sweet of you to call it news. 5:20 Wow, kid in a crane machine. 5:23 You just had to have that toy, didn't you? 5:25 Couldn't play the game like everyone else. 5:27 You're all sweaty. 5:29 Cute kid. 5:31 You know, it's so funny I should run into you. 5:33 We're having a party next Friday if you feel like swinging by, 5:35 but, you know, whatever. 5:37 Oh, I'm going back home next weekend. 5:40 - It's too bad it's not tonight. - It is. It's tonight. 5:43 This Friday. Did I say next Friday? Yeah, sorry. 5:45 I guess I've been saying "next Friday" all week. 5:47 But, yeah, it's tonight. The party's tonight. 5:50 But, you know, whatever. 5:58 - Hello? - Hey, am I interrupting anything? 6:01 No, no, I'm just writing my paper, hitting the books. 6:04 Yeah, well, you and Lily might want to put some clothes on. 6:07 We're throwing a party in two hours. Okay, bye. 6:15 So, Gatsby, what are you gonna do when Robin shows up? 6:17 Okay, I got it all planned out. 6:20 She steps through the door, And where is Ted? 6:23 Not eagerly waiting by the door, 6:26 No, I'm across the room at my drafting table 6:28 showing some foxy young thing all my cool architecture stuff, 6:32 So, Robin strolls over, and I casually give her one of these, 6:36 "Hey, what's up?" 6:38 She says, "Hey, nice place, etcetera, etcetera," 6:42 And then I say, 6:44 "Well, make yourself at home," 6:45 And I casually return to my conversation, 6:48 Then, an hour later, 6:51 "Oh, you're still here?" 6:54 I say, like I don't really care but it's a nice surprise, 6:57 And then, very casually, 7:00 "Wanna see the roof?" 7:03 - The roof. - The roof. 7:05 I get her up to the roof and the roof takes care of the rest. 7:07 What's so special about the roof? 7:09 Oh, the moon, the stars, the shimmering skyline. 7:13 You can't not fall in love on that roof. 7:16 We do it up there sometimes. 7:19 - Solid plan, my little friends. - We're the same height. 7:22 But may I suggest one little modification? 7:26 BARNEY; That foxy young thing you were chatting up? 7:27 Take her up to the roof and have sex with her, 7:29 - Crazy, monkey-style... - That's not the plan. 7:31 It should be the plan, I mean, look at her, Ted, look at her, 7:34 - She's smoking, - Thank you. 7:37 - Yeah, - But she's not Robin. 7:39 Exactly. 7:40 Ted, let's rap. 7:42 Statistic. 7:43 At every New York party there's always a girl 7:45 who has no idea whose party she's at. 7:47 She knows no one you know and you will never see her again. 7:50 Do you see where I'm going, huh, with this? 7:54 Barney, I don't think so. 7:56 - Scoping, bip, scoping, bip. - Man, you're a dork. 8:01 Bip, bip, bip, bip. Target acquired! 8:04 And now it's time we play a little game I like to call, 8:06 - "Have you met Ted?" - Oh, come on, not this. 8:08 - Hi, have you met Ted? - No. 8:10 - Hi. - Hi. 8:12 - You know Marshall, Lily? - No. 8:14 - Do you know anyone at this party? - I work with Carlos. 8:17 Excuse me. Anyone know a Carlos? 8:20 - No. - No. 8:21 On a silver platter. Bon appétit, 8:25 I don't think so. 8:27 Your loss, her gain. Excuse me, can I show you the roof? 8:31 - It's magical up there. - Sure. 8:33 Wait, wait, wait. Hey, I got that roof reserved. 8:35 - Dude, Robin's not coming. - Hey, she's gonna show up. 8:41 She'll show up. 8:43 OLDER TED; She didn't show up, 8:46 At least, it was a great party. 8:48 I ate like four whole cans of dip. 8:51 You always know what to say, old friend. 8:58 - It's Robin. - Answer it. 9:00 No, no, no, not right away. I gotta seem casual. 9:05 - Hello? - I'm so sorry I missed your party. 9:07 - Who is this? Meredith? - Robin. 9:10 Oh, Robin. 9:12 Hey, yeah, 9:14 - I guess you never showed up, did you? - No, I got stuck at work. 9:17 But they finally got that kid out of the crane machine. 9:19 - Did he get to keep the purple giraffe? - Yeah, they let him keep all the toys. 9:24 He was in there a long time and little kids have small bladders. 9:28 I wish your party was tonight. 9:32 It is. The party's tonight. 9:35 Yeah, it's a two-day party, 'cause that's just how we roll. 9:40 So if you wanna swing by, you know, it's casual. 9:43 See you. 9:48 - So that was Robin. - What are you doing to me, man? 9:51 - I got a paper to write. - I know, I'm sorry. It's terrible. 9:54 - I'll buy more dip. - Ted, Ted, wait! 9:57 Get French Onion! 10:03 Can you believe this guy? I got a paper to write. 10:07 Okay, fine. But it's gotta be, like, super quick. 10:11 - And no cuddling after. - I'm the luckiest girl alive. 10:19 Oh, you were so right about the roof. 10:26 That girl from last night, I took her back to my place, 10:28 then this morning took her outside, spun her around a couple times 10:31 and sent her walking. 10:32 She will never find her way back and there she is. 10:36 - How did she get here? Did you invite her? - I have no idea who that is. 10:38 She said she works with Carlos. Who's Carlos? 10:40 I don't know any Carlos. 10:42 - Hi, you. You're back. - I sure am. 10:49 - Come on, sweetie, I need a drink. - Sweetie. Really? 10:53 Help. 10:56 Whoa, whoa, rabbits. 10:57 Come on, I got that roof reserved. 11:00 All right. 11:02 So, it's over between me and Works with Carlos Girl. 11:05 - Oh, that was fast. - Yeah. 11:08 I was trying to think, what's the quickest way 11:10 to get rid of a girl you just met? 11:12 - I think I'm in love with you. - What? 11:15 - Thanks, bro. - Glad I could help. 11:19 What the... No, no, no, no, come on. 11:22 Sorry, Ted. 11:25 Great. What am I gonna do when Robin shows up? 11:28 She'll show up. 11:30 OLDER TED; She didn't show up, 11:32 All right, we threw two parties, everybody had fun, 11:37 everybody Wang-ed, everybody Chung-ed. 11:40 Now the kid has got to get to work. And the kid is not to be disturbed. 11:44 Repeat after me, "I will not have sex with Marshall." 11:47 - I will not have sex with Marshall. - I will not have sex with Marshall. 11:53 It's Robin. 11:56 - Hello? - Hi, Ted. 11:58 Amanda? Oh, Denise, sorry. You totally sounded like Amanda. 12:02 - It's Robin. - Oh, Robin. 12:04 - Hi. - I totally wanted to come, 12:07 I got stuck at work again. I feel like I live there. 12:10 Sorry I missed your party, again. 12:12 Hey, ain't no thing, but a chicken wing, mamacita, 12:15 Who am I? 12:17 I guess there's no chance your two-dayer turned into a three-dayer? 12:22 It did indeed. The party continues tonight. 12:24 Yeah, last night people were, like, 12:26 "Keep it going, bro! Party trifecta!" 12:29 Wow, okay. Well, I'll be there. 12:32 Great. See you tonight. 12:37 So that was Robin. 12:40 OLDER TED; So I threw a third party for Robin, on a Sunday night, 12:45 Oh, this is lame. 12:48 Lame or casual? 12:51 - Lame. - Or casual? 12:54 Hey, law books. Ready for a little 15-minute recess? 12:58 Sorry, baby, I gotta work. I need all my blood up here. 13:02 Has anybody seen An Introduction to Contract, Tort 13:05 and Restitution Statutes from 1865 to 1923? 13:10 - Anybody seen a big-ass book? - No. 13:14 WOMAN: Hello, Barney. 13:16 Of course. 13:20 You look well. 13:22 Is it weird they invited both of us? 13:24 Who? 13:27 Who invited you? No one even knows who you are. 13:31 I understand you're hurt, but you don't have to be cruel. 13:36 Carlos was right about you. 13:39 Who is Carlos? 13:41 Hey, where the hell is my... 13:43 Oh! 13:48 Okay. 13:50 An Introduction to Contract, Tort and Restitution Statutes 13:53 from 1865 to 1923 13:56 is not a coaster! 13:58 Ted, I'm jeopardizing my law career so you can throw not one, 14:01 not two, but three parties for some girl that you just met 14:05 who's probably not even gonna show up! 14:07 I mean, where is she, Ted, huh? Where's Robin? 14:12 Hi. Hi, Robin. 14:23 So, you threw all these parties for me? 14:27 No. Oh, you thought that... No. 14:30 Okay, yes. You got me. 14:32 One of the reasons I threw these parties was so that I could introduce you 14:36 to this guy. 14:40 I figured, you know, since it didn't work out between us 14:42 and now we can just laugh about it. 14:45 - Well, anyway, Robin, this is... - Carlos. 14:54 She's still talking to Carlos. 14:57 I can still win this. It's not over. 14:59 Okay, buddy, time for the tough talk. 15:02 Robin seems great, but let's look at the facts. 15:05 You want to get married 15:06 and right now there's a million women in New York looking for exactly you. 15:11 But Robin ain't one of them. 15:12 She's not just one of them. She's the one. 15:15 Yeah well, "the one" is heading up to the roof. 15:21 What are you gonna do? 15:23 Nothing. It's a game. I gotta just 15:26 keep playing it. 16:07 ROBIN: Hey. TED: Hey. 16:09 - Carlos, can you give us a minute? - Hey, no sweat, hombre, 16:13 See you. 16:18 Robin, look, I didn't throw this party to set you up with Carlos 16:22 or the one before that, or the one before that. 16:26 I threw these parties because I wanted to see you. 16:30 Well, here I am. 16:33 There's something here. Look, unless I'm crazy. 16:36 You're not crazy. 16:40 I don't know, Ted. I mean, we barely know each other 16:44 and you're looking at me with that look and it's like... 16:46 - What, like what? - It's like, "Let's fall in love, 16:50 "and get married and have kids and drive them to soccer practice." 16:53 I'm not gonna force sports on them unless they're interested. 16:57 It's a great look, but you're looking at the wrong girl. 17:00 - No, I'm not. - Yes, you are. 17:02 I don't want to get married right now, maybe ever. 17:05 And if we go out together, I'd feel like 17:08 I'd either have to marry you or break your heart 17:13 and I just couldn't do either of those things. 17:16 Just like you can't turn off the way you feel. 17:22 Click. 17:23 Off. Let's make out. 17:25 What? 17:26 What? That was the off switch and I turned it off. 17:30 I mean, look, sure, yes, I wanna 17:33 fall in love, get married, blah, blah, blah. But, on the other hand, 17:37 you, me, 17:39 the roof. 17:42 - There's no off switch. - There is an off switch. 17:47 And it's off. 17:49 No, it's not. 17:51 Yes, it is. 17:53 - No, it's not. - Yes, 17:57 it is. 18:07 Oh. 18:12 No, it's not. 18:14 You're right. There's no off switch. 18:18 - God, I wish there was an off switch. - Me, too. 18:28 So... 18:31 What do we do now? 18:35 We could be friends. 18:39 Look, I know it sounds insincere when people say that 18:43 but we could. 18:47 I don't know, Robin. 18:48 I made such a jackass of myself here, 18:50 we start hanging out, every time I see you, it'll be like, 18:52 "Oh, that's right, I'm a jackass." 18:55 You're not a jackass. 18:57 Look, I'm sorry. I only moved here in April, and I'm always working. 19:02 And I just haven't met a lot of good people so far. 19:06 But I understand. 19:09 Well, 19:12 maybe in a few months after it's not so fresh we could all, 19:16 you know, get a beer. 19:19 Yeah. That sounds good. 19:23 I'll see you, Ted. 19:30 Or, you know, now. 19:36 We could all get a beer now. 19:41 I'd like that. 19:45 My friends are gonna love you, like you, you know as a friend. 19:51 Jackass. 19:55 Unbelievable. 19:57 That's just a recipe for disaster. They work together. 20:00 - You jealous? - Oh, please. 20:02 - What does Carlos have that I don't? - A date tonight? 20:06 Stop the tape. Rewind, play it again. 20:09 A date tonight? 20:12 I'm not sure I like her. 20:14 Hey, don't you have a paper to write? 20:16 - Dude, you're talking to the kid. - I know it. 20:18 I'm gonna knock back this beer, I'm gonna knock back one more beer, 20:22 I'm gonna go home, I'm gonna write a 25-page paper, 20:25 I'm gonna hand it in and I'm gonna get a "A." 20:27 My name is Rufus and that's the Troofus. 20:31 OLDER TED; He got a B-minus, 20:32 But, still, 25 pages in one night, B-minus? The kid was good, 20:37 At least, let me buy you a beer. Come on, I'll buy everyone a beer. 20:41 I'll help carry. 20:47 - You know something, Ted? - What? 20:48 You are a catch. You're gonna make some girl very happy. 20:53 And I am going to help you find her. 20:55 Well, good luck. 20:57 I mean, maybe, New York is just too big a town. 21:00 I mean, there's millions of people in this city. 21:02 How, in all this mess, is a guy supposed to find the love of his life? 21:05 I mean, where do you even begin? 21:10 Hi, have you met Ted?
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omgficrecsplease · 6 years
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omgcp fanfic starter pack!
hi y’all! we here at omgficrecsplease have put together a quick, little check please! fanfic starter pack! all fics are sorted by pairings and we hope you enjoy! and be sure to check out all the recs we have posted here! have a wonderful day y’all! :D
Jack/Bitty
A Little Bit Closer by marswithghosts
E | 107,963 | Summary: Eric Bittle's To-Do List:
1.) Frame Masters in Library and Information Science diploma and send to Mama, because she never understood the lack of sleep and abuse of caffeine, but she sent cookbooks and money for good chocolate, bless her. 2.) Throw away every last highlighted article, graded paper, and syllabus, because they are no longer needed, thank the sweet Lord. 3.) Promote the library's new periodic reading series, because it wasn't the capstone project for nothing. 4.) Harass Boston Bruins star Jack Zimmermann into taking a picture for @BPLWestEnd to promote the reading of his new children's book, Jacky's Bad Days. 5.) Do not ogle Boston Bruins star Jack Zimmermann's ass. 6.) Fail step five. Repeatedly.
Ice Crew Please! by rosepetals42  
T | 61,433 | Summary: Jack Zimmermann was drafted first by the Providence Falconers when he was eighteen years old. He is good at hockey. Very good. His team won the Cup his second year and now, in his third year, they are looking good. Jack should be on top of the world. And some days, he manages to convince himself he is.He’s not, of course.
Enter the Ice Crew.
AKA: The Ice Crew AU
maybe i'm waking up by idrilka
M | 157,904 | Summary: It’s almost funny. All he ever wanted was to play hockey, to play in the NHL, to win the Cup. This—Samwell, the team, the Haus—was supposed to be just a detour, but now it feels more like a destination he failed to realize he’s already reached.
(Or: Jack signs with the Falconers, graduates, and leaves. It's the hardest thing he's ever done. What comes after is even harder.)
self reflection by sinspiration
T | 29,218 | Summary: Bitty is in Annie’s, bent over his textbooks and wondering, not for the first time, why he decided to take French as a language (oh yes, it’s because so many old recipes are written in French, he’s going abroad there to study food history, can’t wait for the summer; half of fall and then winter semester until he goes, but that doesn’t help him now does it), when he hears someone clear their throat. “Excuse me, is this seat taken?” Oh boy. Eric doesn’t even bother lifting up his head. “Sorry, not a girl and not interested.”
Something Like This by emmagrant01
E | 285,748 | Summary: Jack thought his first year in the NHL would be 100% about hockey, but the reality is so much more complicated. (AU where the Goodbye for the Summer comics didn’t happen, because I had already written 80K words of this. But just because it’s canon doesn’t mean we can’t still enjoy long, angsty, get-together stories, amirite?)
Alternate summary, courtesy of Dracavia: What if Bad Bob didn't say anything at graduation?
Nursey/Dex
a service i can render by miastree
T | 73,484 | Summary: (11:48) Hey Bits are you free on Saturday? I want to go and see a movie or something (12:09) damn right im free (12:09) this is america
Dex wonders if the person that keeps ceaselessly texting him at all hours is at all interested in legitimate conversation or if his life is, genuinely, that boring. He keeps replying anyway, because for some reason, the appeal of a clumsy, nosy, ex-hockey-playing ballet dancer that types in all lower case happens to be greater than he first thought.
Standing right outside my door by eleanor_lavish 
M | 5,594 | Summary: “I’ve been doing holidays alone for years, bro. I mean, I spent more holidays at Andover than in New York.”
Dex’s fingers tighten on the steering wheel. He kind of really hates Nursey’s parents right now, even though he’s never met them. He wants to yell at Nursey about this ridiculous chill he has going on, about how it’s fucked up, ask how he’s not just pissed off all the fucking time, but he looks over and Nursey’s eyes are still closed, and he’s curled in on himself in the seat. “Yeah, well. Not this year,” he says firmly.
I Know I Am, But What Are You? by sysrae
E | 19,322 | Summary:  “I need you,” says Dex, “to be my fake date at my family Christmas. Please.”
“Cool,” says Nursey, mouth operating on Chill Autopilot while his higher brain functions come to a screeching halt. “I can do that.”
Bitty/Jack/Kent
touchy subject by applecrumbledore 
E | 49,578 | Summary: Bitty finds a photo booth strip and almost doesn't recognize Jack because he's not sure he's ever seen him grin off-ice before, and his hair is so long it curls around his ears, and he's so, so young. It takes Bitty a few long seconds to realize the boy he's kissing is Kent Parson, with the same backwards cap and everything.
I Watched It Begin Again by jacksbits (fragilehuge)
E | 19,979 | Summary: Kent hits on a stranger at a party. Except the party is at Jack’s house and the stranger is Bitty. It’s not Kent’s smoothest move.
Infinity, Plus One by SummerFrost
E | 75,577 | Summary:  Eric Bittle hoped to find a lot of things at Samwell University, but being caught in the cross-fire between his surly captain, Jack Zimmermann, and his friendly-but-moody alternate captain, Kent Parson, was certainly not one of them.
Ransom/Holster
Five Things Adam Birkholtz Learns in HDFS 332: Healthy Couple Relationships by EllyAvon
T | 6,079 | Summary: HDFS 332: Healthy Couple Relationships is just the night class Holster is taking with Lardo to fulfill one of his core requirements. He doesn't expect it to drastically change his life.
OR: The Weirdest Healthy Relationships PSA Ever.
OR: Wholesome Holsom
In a Different Frame by sunfair
E | 4,853 | Summary: Holster is determined to become somebody's boyfriend. Too bad he's kind of an idiot. He figures it out, though.
someone as good for me as you by astrolesbian
T | 7,056 | Summary: “So tell me,” Justin’s mother says, all business, “is your boy going to propose?”
“What, Jack?” Justin says, and doesn’t really think much of it, because his mother eats up the details of Jack and Bitty and JackandBitty like Holster eats up rom-coms.
His mother sighs, and he can practically hear her rolling her eyes. “No, baby, I meant Adam.”
Shitty/Lardo
Exeunt, Pursued By Heteronormativity by psocoptera
M | 35,786 | Summary: Shitty Knight takes a post-graduation road trip. Four friends, six thousand miles, two tents, several embarrassing photos, a giant rabbit, three cops, and a bear.
Jack/Kent
It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken by garden of succulents (staranise)
E |  33,373 | Summary: Making it through the draft is just the beginning.
Kent and Jack are on different teams at opposite ends of the continent. They're living up to huge expectations. They're not supposed to show pain. And not everything they do to get by is precisely healthy.
Fortunately, they're not totally alone.
right on time by leetlebird
T | 49,428 | Summary: Eric Bittle doesn’t have the best track record when it comes to dating, but even he’s embarrassed for himself when he starts flirting on Tinder with a guy who has a weird cat obsession, abs so perfect they border on trashy, and DL in his profile.
Eric Bittle also hates the office finance guy, Kent Parson, more than is probably healthy to hate one of your coworkers.
These two things are in no way related.
Or, the You’ve Got Mail AU that had to be written.
didn't ask for you by Mizzy
M | 24,702 | Summary: Kent Parson has well over ninety-nine problems. He has a chronic potty mouth, a sneaking suspicion he may be an actual idiot, a narcissistically-named cat with gas issues, too many sisters... the list goes on.
Kent Parson has more than ninety-nine problems and Jack Zimmermann — freshly, resentfully and recently traded to the Las Vegas Aces — is definitely one of them.
Gen
Chime Hours by MarquisdeHockey (SpacePunkStevie) (note: it’s tagged for ships but it’s firmly gen)
M | 54,811 | Summary: Back in Montreal, not long before the draft, Jack had died. But only for a bit.
The witch he'd met there had very kindly saved his life, so he was inclined to forgive him any small oversight. For instance, the lack of instruction manual or, perhaps, the fact that he'd neglected to mention Jack's new psychic powers.
So he kept his head down. Played hockey. Tried to navigate old friends and new teammates. And, occasionally, he'd have to go and stop a death he'd seen coming like he was some sort of conscientious banshee. What he absolutely didn't want to do was to solve any mysteries or delve any deeper into the whole magic... thing.
Series
Best Laid Plans by Euphorion
E | 18,596 | Summary: "Dude," said Holster, his eyes huge, "that's so sad. We gotta get them together."
"This isn't a romcom, Holtzy," Ransom said, patting his arm. "I'm sure that's not what Shitty had in mind."
"Actually," said Shitty, "that's exactly what I had in mind. And I've got a plan."
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week 1
harvard referncing app: zotero
work independently on a piece of research related to a field of academic, practical or commercial interests 
subject and title is negotiated and agreed with a supervisor
able to work towards a choice of 2 formats and present their project as an essay or an audiovisual essay
expectations:
be here on time
be here. be present. make sure you are ready to work
inform gary of absences
no phones 
take notes
be respectful of others!
use email
if you need help ask
sem 1
introduce us to a range of research method to understand the motivations and processes of research and establish a methodology for your project
engage us in key planning and communication storage shoes
how to design a. research question
how to reference
develop and research strategy and submit a proposal for the content and format of their project 
sem 2
work independtly to complete and develop their project
tutors will provide advice and comment on drafts
learning outcomes
identify and systematically interrogate a coherent body of knowledge in an appropriate area of study
critically evaluate the theoretical approaches appropriate to the subject and formulate coherent arguments that are underpinned by research materials
communicate clearly and effectively, using a range of appropriate formats, acknowledging the scale of the project and demonstrating a command of language, structure and argument.
work proactively to develop a study plan, hit agreed targets and develop an expansive body of research that clearly draws on a wide variety of resources and materials
supervisor:
allocated a supervisor based on your research topic and areas of expertise 
entitled to 5x30 min meetings
supervisor will mark both assessments
assessment 1:
2000 word research proposal
template is provided for us
intro
research project ad why is it important
critical contexts
methodology
conclusion 
assessment 02:
write your disseration
task:
spend 15 mins thinking about things within your industry that have struck a chord with you, or that you repeatedly think about or notice
do a quick google search of some key terms that resonate with you and see what appears in the news if you are struggling
make a list of 3-5 of these
get into groups of 3-5 and share a few of these
which would you want to follow up on?
which are you most passionate about?
which do you want most people to care about?
what i am interested in:
over 80% of 3-5 year olds have an ipad or tablet
if noise is a song then is tinnitus music?
importance of music in deaf education
music snobbyness: we judge people based on our music taste. why is this? why does listening to a certain type of music define your personality?
https://moodle.glos.ac.uk/pluginfile.php/2342324/mod_resource/content/1/The%20Research%20Project%20slides.pdf
-20/09/22
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