#and after a few weeks she was like omg!!! you were right!!! they're crazy!!! they're FIGHTING with each other!!!

[azsazz]

okay, replying to the long anon message this way so i can put it under the cut for spoilers :)

if it wasn't for fanfics of acotar i would have dropped it in acowar tbh, there were too many inconsistencies with the plot and characters and so many things that happened so the story moved forward but had no reason to happen, like it was out of nowhere and she prioritized romance over plot more and more each book and then prioritized smut in acosf over her own characters. i know ppl like that book but that was a shit characterization of nesta and cass and everyone that showed up almost and what for? to have a bunch of smut scenes that didn't actual help anything with nesta's development or the plot (i think it didnt even help with them getting together bc i would have prefered they actually started getting closer organically and then the tension starting after that) and she actually had a good idea with the valkyries but then the blood rite kinda cheapened it in my opinion bc they literally won with the power of friendship when sjm could have just skipped more time ahead (since they're immortal) and then when the 3 of them were realistically ready they could have won, and since the 3 bat boys winning was such an important thing i think if she really had to have that parallel than she could have wrote it better

i absolutely agree with this. and there's amazing examples of fantasy books where the smut hasn't ruined the plot and it's flow is great. but like, she's just cranking these books out with little thought i swear. and she can brag that she wrote cc3 in whatever like 6 weeks or some shit and then scrapped the whole thing. but like? sounds like a rush job to me? and how does she keep up with all these fucking characters because i can't. cc3 will make me lose my mind i swear. cass/ness had so much potential tbh i was here for it but acosf was a complete whirlwind of fuckery. and i get that it was no longer feyres pov or whatever but what the hell, that's not my cassian.

im glad you mentioned the bryce and az chapter bc i havent read that series and i dont want to but sjm is crossing them over to get people to read it (which makes me want to read it even less lol) and its just one more storyline she probably can't keep up with. like it's crazy how we still don't know so much about the acotar world or the characters, even rhys we still don't know how far his powers go or so much about his backstory and why? bc sjm doesn't care about building a character, i know it's a romance book but you can't just ignore every other aspect of the book

literally the only reason i read it was for the crossover. it was one of the worst books ive ever read and long as fuck too. did not need to be that long. i couldn't tell you a single thing that happened in it to be honest besides the fact that literally every man bryce came across had to make sure to mention how beautiful she is. fuck off with that shit fr.

also! this one is kinda me being picky maybe but the jokes about feyre having canned food in this setting with no other modern stuff is actually bad world building imo, i mean there were no signs of industry in the book and then a can of soup shows up out of nowhere? before other more basic stuff than would have to have shown up already? idk what that was about. that and the leggings, im not saying it's not possible for them to be there but to this day my mom calls them tights bc that's what they were called until a few years ago so seeing the word in the fantasy setting sjm had set up literally pulled me out of the book

OMG you're so right i never thought much of the soup can but you're so rightttt im actually dying that's so funny. yeah, leggings was stupid as fuck too, you're telling me they have synthetic stretchy fabric? be so fr rn

maybe im in a mood today too lol but i really just much prefer fanfiction over the books, in fact i only finished them bc since i was getting spoilers from fics and thought i might as well read them

i feel this so hard 💙

[bilbao-song]

heres an ask because i too am desperate to engage with people. i know u dont care about roxy music but you did say you would accept something as incoherent as a keysmash so here is an equivalent: admittedly i find the dynamics between ANY band and their fans very interesting, but roxy music in particular. there is a peculiar divide between those who are staunch bryan ferry fans (these people typically dont give half of a shit about anyone else in the band), those who are fans of the group as a whole and dont particularly care about individual members at all, and those who are most interested in phil manzanera and andy mackay and sometimes the other guys, who generally quite dislike bryan (i being the latter)- and often there is resentment between the groups. i think its so interesting that a group of people can be presented with the same exact material, love it and enjoy it for years, and yet latch onto different parts of it and make it such a part of their identity that should you confuse one with the other they become insulted, or if nothing else will tell you "no no, i like roxy music but i REALLY like bryan, i think hes the best", or "no no, i love roxy music and im a fan of andy and phil in particular but i dont care for byran much at all, dont get it twisted", etc. are there bands you're more familiar with who have this sort of divide amongst the fanbase? do tell me about them, if you like :>

first of all i absolutely love that u sent this ksdhgkshg this is like. exactly the kind of thing i wanted

sorry for taking 39485949 years to post this lmao. i wrote like FIVE entire paragraphs and then had to edit it but it was getting super late and anyway it’s still absurdly long (as in, i can say whatever i want in the below text bc no one is going to want to read it) and definitely devolved into a huge general rant about the annoying and creepy behaviors of some people within band fanbases (specifically ELO-related bc of course) as well as vagueing about my own controversial opinions but......nonetheless.

anyway!!! i find this kind of thing really interesting too!! and i know EXACTLY what you’re talking about. there are just sooo many facets to this, and i guess it’s different for every band. on the one hand i do think it’s kind of an interesting phenomenon bc if you think about it, they’re basically enjoying the same thing but taking wildly different/opposing stances on it. as a whole i would find it a lot more interesting/amusing and less frustrating if people could like...manage these kinds of differences without turning it into some kind of overly vitriolic/super hostile opposition that you would think is about politics or something and not a band we r supposed to be listening to for entertainment purposes. i mean, i 100% get that things don’t have to be Extremely Important to be worth discussing, but it just seems wild the way some people get SO intensely angry about these things, sometimes to the point of being kind of inappropriate. i have a lot of issues with the way some people within band fanbases tend to behave lol

.......anyway the Full Rant is below here (idk why i wrote this bc it’s long enough to be turned in for a grade and it’s only partially relevant. read at ur own risk):

so!! thankfully with most bands i enjoy i just kind of watch the fanbase from the sidelines and don't get too involved in or even aware of all the drama. like...i know about the band and enjoy the music but just manage to not get involved in whatever the community happens to be collectively freaking out about at any given moment. i feel like the kind of divide you mentioned is actually pretty common within band fanbases (i think there are things like this with like...styx and three dog night? among others? but i don't know all the details 👀) but like, FORTUNATELY with most of them i just would not know. that's very nice because i unfortunately do not always have that kind of luxury with the ELO fanbase...idk i have a lot of very strong ELO-related opinions that i usually don't like to discuss in great detail bc i get disproportionately frustrated but yeah basically what you described does kind of happen among ELO fans, although thankfully i'd say it's to a somewhat lesser extent? people are commonly at each other's throats about a variety of topics including (but not limited to) who they support or don't support, but there are still plenty of people who (thankfully) are not so aggressive lmao. there is sort of a divide within the fanbase but i feel like it's probably not so 50/50 as what you're talking about...maybe more like 85/15

THAT SAID, i have frequently commented on the fact that the ELO fanbase is largely a dumpster fire and there is a whole entire sector of the fanbase that is comprised of people who i absolutely cannot stand, and most of them do fight a lot lmao. this is only partially related to the subject at hand, but a good portion of the bickering is relevant to The Divide. like, i'm 100% okay with having a different opinion than someone else as long as they aren't acting like a complete freak about it, but idk, aside from the fact that most of these people are like?? needlessly aggressive?? there are certain opinions held by certain members of the Greater ELO Community that just give me that vibe of like...hmmmm this is a person i probably would not want to associate with at all, even in matters completely unrelated to this. Unsavory Person Vibes. i mean like, “opinions” that just boil down to "i am very very entitled and also incapable of seeing anyone else's perspective on literally anything ever BUT that isn't going to stop me from openly whining about this absolutely whenever possible." like!! it's one thing to have some kind of legitimate, reasonable criticism of an individual or band but some, if not most, of the things i've seen people losing their minds over within this fanbase have been so hilariously trivial that i just CANNOT understand how these people actually managed to get to be (presumably) functional adults who are probably like 50+ years old. i mean like, full-blown tantrums and calling someone all sorts of nasty things over something that shouldn't even be an issue because without exaggerating i cannot fathom how anyone could even be majorly upset about it in the first place. to give an example: someone once had a whole entire little strongly-worded, excessively presumptuous freakout because a guitar was no longer on loan to the rock and roll hall of fame. like...it was there for quite awhile and two out of four inductees loaned absolutely nothing but you're whining because one who DID loan something eventually took it back? do we not know what the word "loan" means? anyway the best part is that basically every time something like this happens, if someone tries to point out that the person is overreacting or perhaps just needs to look at a situation another way, they will then go off on that person bc god forbid we try to be level-headed about things. everything has to be Very Horrible All The Time or we’re doing something wrong or being stupid or something. idk i'm convinced that some people just want to be angry

also just...some of these people do some really shady things that i personally feel are morally questionable but there's nothing i can do about it so i try to just kind of avoid dwelling on it lmfao. like, it's not okay to violate people's privacy just because they're famous and you're overly entitled/nosy/desperate for clout/blatantly trying to profit off of them? i know in the Sane World that's a completely non-controversial idea but band fanbases apparently often aren't based on sanity skhglkshgks idk i could probably write a small novel on this and make a specific list of all the things they do that are just like...bafflingly tone deaf and kind of appalling but i digress. idk the worst part to me is the way they'll be like, saying/doing something that's just awful or like, maybe even totally factually wrong while acting like they're in the right. absolutely wild

to at least somewhat bring this back to what we were ATTEMPTING to talk about!!! personally i've reached a point where i pretty much no longer care about like 90% of anyone who has ever been in ELO (jeffrey/richard/roy/mike de albuquerque supremacy) but i'm not like, actively a Hater of the others lmao. i appreciate that they were there and enjoy the nostalgia(? i wasn’t alive) of it and i’m glad they’re out there existing but i just...don’t really care about anything they do at this point?? a good portion of it is a result of me taking issue with certain things some of them have done, which has impacted the way i feel about them, but MOST of it is really not that deep and it’s just that some of them just don't particularly interest me on that kind of level/i don't feel the need to get that invested in like 927509257 different people (fun fact: during the 1970s every third person in existence on earth was, at least briefly, a member of ELO). there's really only one ELO-adjacent person who i actually very strongly dislike and a) luckily i feel like they barely even count as a member b) the reasoning is kind of its own Thing and has very very very little to do with anything related to the band so it's kind of another subject entirely. anyway that’s as close as i’ll ever get to actually getting involved with any of the Drama sgsdgsdgfhdh. my primary beef is with the fanbase anyway because, as previously mentioned, there are too many insane people. i guess what i’m getting at here is that yeah there’s a divide and it does affect me BUT i also don’t really get why people allow this to make them act in a way that goes beyond just having a difference in opinion and is so overly hostile towards each other as well as the people they’re discussing. like...if anyone involved is a serial killer or something even remotely similar then yeah, being outraged on an extreme level and absolutely hating them even as an outsider makes sense. otherwise? calm down!!!!!

anyway. to wrap up this mostly incoherent rant that i hope no one read: i have always suspected that band fandoms kind of attract certain kinds of very distressingly weird people and i just think it's funny how there's always like, a little cluster of people within the fanbase who basically seem like they actually hate the band (those are almost always the Weird Ones bc i can’t tell you how many times i’ve witnessed a person who is like, into a band to a CREEPY extent and then one day they just flip and become a hater). at that point i'm just like, okay? so why are you still here lmfao. i guess that's the Main Idea of all of this lol. i just don't get why these people stick around when 98% of all they ever do is complain and act overly judgy? i just feel like if my so-called favorite band was making me that miserable i would try to find another band to like instead of becoming a menace to society. that’s just me tho

to bring all of this together i guess i just assume that some kind of phenomenon like this occurs within basically every band fanbase. idk it just seems pretty universal for some reason. certain kinds of people just love drama i guess and will turn any difference of opinion into some kind of shitshow

tl;dr: yes

[twinklelilstarkey]

i think i need another part with sunburn rafe, like after that in the pool maybe sarah notices a mark or sth idk, too in love with that fic have read it over 3 times

Yeeeees. OMG, this took me a while to write bc I did not how to get Y/N out of this situation, I swear to God!! Thank you so much for your kind words, it means the world!

DO NOT REPOST, REWRITE OR TRANSLATE ANY OF MY WORK!

"No, because she hates me." Sarah says as she walks into the kitchen again, already with her just delivered groceries in hand.

"You're overreacting." You tell her while looking back down at your phone.

"No, I'm not." She says while putting down the bags up on the island's countertop, "She literally was posting about me on her stories last night."

"Sarah-"

"I swear!" She squeaks before turning to look at you with widened eyes.

"What do you mean?" You ask in the same tone but with a smile on your face, "The dress picture was a joke."

"A joke about me!"

"You were the one that copied her look for midsummers?" You tease, grabbing the last grape from your bowl and eating it.

Sarah lets out a sigh.

"Y/N, I'm serious!" She says, frustrated, "She still isn't over me choosing to wear the champagne dress, 2 years ago."

You lift your eyes back to her from your phone and give her a look.

"Didn't you two, like, have a huge argument, even more, years ago?" You ask, "Thought you hated her."

"I do."

"So, why do you care about what she thinks?"

Sarah opens her mouth to answer but then closes it, as if lost for words, making you smile at her.

She bites her lips to hold in her own smile and then she just gives you a shake of the head before continuing to grab the groceries from the bags.

"You're right..." She whispers.

"What did you say? I didn't hear you." You tease her, bringing your hand to your ear as if it would help you hear her better. "Say it again."

Sarah doesn't say anything.

"Come ooon," You drag the words, "You can do it." You encourage.

She walks closer to you, acting as if she's about to grab something from the bag that's closest to you, but as she was about to say something else to tease and make you forget that she has to admit that she was wrong, her eyes stop on your neck.

"What the hell?" She says to herself as she steps closer to you.

You lean back a little and send her a look as if she's crazy. What in the hell is she doing?

"What?" You ask her confused, yet she doesn't answer. "Sarah, what?!"

Sarah lays her eyes on you, leaning down to get a better look at the side of your neck, now just inches away from it.

And that's when it hits her.

"Did you-" She stops herself with gasp.

Sarah, being as dramatic as she is, takes a step back, standing up straight, and brings her hand to her mouth.

Her smile is still visible underneath her hand, and if her excitement wasn't noticeable enough, she starts jumping around from one foot to another.

A few jumps later, she stops, and with her eyes still widened, she stares at you intensely.

"DID YOU SLEEP WITH SOMEONE?!" She shouts with all the air in her lungs.

Your heart, at that moment, fell to your ass. This can't be happening.

You bring your hand to your neck, hiding the place where Rafe had bitten about 4 hours ago, and your eyes widen in both panic in shock.

"Oh my god, you really did!" She squeaks.

Your heart is racing, your hands feel like they're shaking as well as sweating.

You've been lying to her for weeks now, but you've had time to plan out your lies prior to meeting with her. Now? You have to get something out quick.

"Who is it?!" She uncovers her mouth and steps closer, "Is he hot?"

Oh, God. Not that.

You open your mouth, ready to create the lie as soon as it starts spilling out of your mouth, but, a sound seems to save you.

The front door.

Sarah, automatically, looks up at the door of the kitchen, ready to check who it is, and you take a breath, trying to calm down your nerves.

"Hey, uhm... Dad asked to check if the food got here." Rafe.

"Well..." Sarah says while pointing at the counter filled with the groceries' bags. "What does it look like to you?"

Rafe is a little taken back by her tone but doesn't show it, quite the contrary, he acts with the exact same attitude.

"Alright, then be a good daughter and text him back." He tells her.

"I didn't get any texts." Sarah says, knowing very well that she didn't even check her phone in this past hour.

"Oh, really?" He asks with a scoff, "So, dad made me drive all the way back home to check on it when he has a daughter that never leaves the hou-"

"Alright, I get it." She interrupts him, knowing that an argument will only make him want to talk more, "Can you leave, now?"

"No. Need my drink." He says, "Why? Am I interrupting something?"

Sarah throws her head back and lets out a small frustrated groan.

"Oh, I definitely interrupted something." He says with some humor in his tone.

As Rafe walks to the other side of the kitchen, Sarah looks back at you and gives you a look as if to tell you that you'll talk later.

She turns her back to you and looks over at her brother, who is almost leaning back against the counter just to eye his sister curiously.

"It's a girls' conversation."

"Who are you shit-talking?" He asks with a smile, teasing her, like always.

"Nobody."

He chuckles and fetches his bottle from the cabinet next to him, as well as his pre-workout powder stuff.

"Are you crushing on someone?" He continues but is met with silence, "Is someone crushing on you?"

Sarah doesn't answer again.

"Is Y/N crushing on someon-"

"Ugh, Rafe. Shut uuup." Sarah groans, "You're so..." She pauses, "infuriating, sometimes."

Rafe wears a proud smile on his face as she says that, knowing that he has just reached maximum indignation when it comes to his sister. He sends you a look as Sarah is too distracted with being annoyed, and you send him a panicked look.

And, just to make things better, he looks back at you confused, not understanding what's going on - as expected.

You stand from your chair and, right at the same time, Sarah's phone starts ringing. She's quick to grab and answer it.

"Hey, dad! I was just about to call you!"

You walk over to the sink with your empty bowl and you send Rafe another look as he shakes his bottle.

"What?" He whispers at you.

"I need help." You whisper back over the sound of the water and the liquid in his bottle.

Sarah continues to talk to her dad with her back turned towards the two of you.

"With what?"

"Finding a lie for the bite mark on my fucking neck." You spit at him, not even noticing that you had some sort of anger bubbling in you.

Truth be told, if it weren't for his bite, you wouldn't be in this situation.

You turn off the water and turn to look at him, yet check on Sarah one more time.

"Just lie." He shrugs.

God, thank you, Mr. Obvious.

"And say what?"

"That you slept with someone."

"She wants to know who."

He looks out of the window to think and you hold yourself back to encourage him physically to spit his idea out, or, in other words, smack him until he says something.

You seriously do not have this much time.

"Topper." He offers.

"Topper?!" You repeat with a shocked expression, "Rafe, what the fuck?"

"He's my best friend, he'll cover for us."

Your disgusted look should've been enough, but he just keeps on looking back at you, awaiting an answer.

"No... Literally, anyone else, for god's sake."

Rafe thinks for a bit again.

"Kelc-" He stops as he notices your change of expression. "Alright, that's a 'no' as well"

Sarah, hearing Rafe say something under her dad's voice in her ear, turns around curious and you offer her a small smile as if to dismiss her.

But, almost as if you weren't already running out of luck, she starts talking to her dad again while facing the two of you.

Rafe pops his bottle open and brings it to his lips, hiding his mouth from Sarah.

"Say you were drunk last night." He whispers at you so softly that you almost didn't hear him, "You don't remember who the guy was." He shrugs with the last part. "Sarah was out with our dad, she doesn't know that there wasn't a party."

You exhale out in relief as you turn back to the sink, acting like you still had to finish washing your already clean bowl, and, quickly, you start practicing what to say in your head.

Rafe might have really just found your way out of this.

You turn off the water again and turn around to grab the kitchen towel on the island's counter. You dry off your hands as Sarah continues to ramble to her dad about something to do with Wheezie, and Rafe seems to get his cue to leave.

He leans away from the counter and closes his bottle back up, checking on Sarah one more time as you grab your phone from the other side of the counter.

Rafe being Rafe, as he walks behind you to go over to the door, you feel his hand lay over your ass, as you were leaning forward, before giving it a harsh squeeze. You send him a glare as he walks off and you stand back straight, and he has a huge smile on his face.

Asshole.

You look back a Sarah and she's staring at her nails.

"Alright, yeah." She answers," Bye... Love you too."

She ends the call and a sigh of relief leaves her lips.

Her eyes don't take long to come back to you and with a small smile on her face, she does a little excited jump before running to your side and says:

"Now, where were we?"

Hope this was, in any way, good. I struggled so hard to know what to write. I wrote like 3 different ways of how this conversation could've gone, and didn't like any of them. So... I was left with this and I'm still not a complete fan either. Anyways! Hope you liked it.

Requests are open on Thursdays!!

[sunflower-petals]

Big Ol' Corgi Post!!

So, I was so wrapped up in my boy's birthday that I didn't post and brag about him!!

My dapper boy at about 6 months after his Mimi (my mom lol) bought him a bowtie! He adores wearing things because he ADORES attention! His brother, Sebastian on the other hand, will literally fight you.

Axel and Sebastian turned a year old!!! I can't believe it!! For those of you who haven't been following me that long - my mom, my cousin and I got corgis last May! Oh my gosh, it was crazy! I've never told the whole story, so I guess now is the best time really.

It all started with my 16 year old german shepherd/corgi mix, Lakita (my literal best friend and sister)'s passing in December of 2020. We were all absolutely devastated. Of course, we all were like, we won't ever get another dog. We couldn't see it happening. Then, around February 2021, I started looking at shelters. I found a cute little puppy and of course I started begging lol. The house felt very, very empty. My mom was on board, but....she said, "If we're going to do this, we have to do it right. We need to get a Welsh Corgi." (at that point, the puppy was adopted) I about shit myself. Like what?? Lakita, who was half pembroke welsh corgi, was so special; in personality and looks. We decided to look around. Anyway, we looked and looked for what seemed like forever and found this amazing lady in Ohio who had a litter on the way!

After about a week of getting in touch with this lady, we heard the babies were here!!! She sent us pictures and omg we couldn't contain ourselves! The next few months - until May 2nd - were spent buying a ton of shit like crates, their first collars, etc.

THEN MAY 2ND CAME! We met the lady - super sweet btw! We love her! And we brought our babies home! This picture is from that day, and omg we weren't prepared for their energy lol.

from left to right: Bentley, Axel (laying down of course lol) and Sebastian

They're insane, still to this day and full of energy. But we (I started it lol) call Axel "Old Man Axel" cause when he's ready to take a break, he just plops down and makes grunting/snorting noises lol. Sebastian's energy is never-ending! He's the troublemaker; the shit stirrer. He'll bark at Axel and run at him when he wants to play and Axel's laying down. They're adorable!

Axel at about 5 months old; they try to bite and chew EVERYTHING! He chewed a hole in these steps!!!!

lmao omg their faces! They're hilarious and man they let you know when they're not liking what you're doing too!

And finally, this was taken today. Sebastian on the left, Axel on the right. I don't know what I'd do without these two. Absolute gentlemen and sweethearts (except for jumping on the back of the couch!).

[lihikainanea]

Heyy ^^ i found ur blog yesterday and ive been ADDICTED to ur BFF!Bill stories!! they're so so good! I was wondering if you could write something about them both being on a plane, and when turbulence starts to happen tiger is just freaking out and bill has to calm and comfort her. omg that would be so adorable. also maybe them being cute at the airport before the flight, because tiger is all sleepy and soft. as you can tell, i've been desperate for some fluff hahah xx

HELLO NEW FRENN.

First of all, welcome bubs. Welcome welcome welcome to my crazy little corner of the interweb universe, I’m so happy that you stopped by and I’m so happy that you enjoy my insane babbles! do you have a favourite? I love hearing about your favourites.

Second of all, it’s strange to me that the people who are only starting to follow me now--ya’ll know a really special side of me. You know a weird, out of normal side of me. Because my job--I don’t talk about it--but normally, my job is 90% travel. Before this zombie virus hit, for years I was away for about 250-300 days a year. In 2019, I visited LA, Egypt, Iceland, London, Paris, Stockholm, Hong Kong, Japan, Cyprus, Ghana, Colombia, Phuket, Qatar, Milan, Bali, Stockholm, Abu Dhabi, Denmark, Norway--and that’s just to name a few. I was never home. I lived my life at 35,000 feet, in hotel rooms, never quite sure what continent I was on or what time zone I was in--and I loved it. That was the life for me.

And then 2020 hit and I just haven’t been the same since. In fact--because I think it’s important to talk about these things--this has hit me really hard lately, this nostalgia, this longing. And the main topic of my therapy sessions these days has been allowing myself to grieve for a life that I loved, that I may never get back. It’s rough, it’s really intense, and therapy has left me totally drained lately.

I have a few airport-comfort pieces on my #vacation bill tag on my Masterlist, because it meant so much to me at one point in my life. Don’t get me wrong, I was always treated very well when I flew and I had a lot of perks--but sometimes, sometimes it was hard too. When I was on malaria pills and only a few weeks out of a yellow fever vaccine, suffering from an insanely sensitive stomach in Ghana? I was curled up at the airport as my boss slowly gave me carbonated water, and I wanted to die. Curling up and just wanting to pass out on my 5th flight that was trying to get me to Vietnam, when I had no idea what day or what time it was, and all I wanted was to sleep--knowing that when I landed, I had 28 working hours ahead of me. That trip was hard. It was a lot of planes rides for short periods--so right as I started to drift off my seat would be slammed back into upright position, we were landing, and I had to shuffle out and shuffle onto another plane.

In any case, please let me indulge a moment in this because I am always here for Bill comforting tiger in all scenarios.

Bill flies a lot, so he’s used to all of it. He knows airports are chilly, and airplanes are often even more chilly. He knows that tiger errs on the side of cold always anyway, so he packs a few extra sweaters just because he knows that like...she doesn’t. She doesn’t think of it. And make no mistake, the extra sweaters are for him--because he always gives her the sweater off his back. She’s more comforted that way, it’s warm and it smells like him and she always huddles into it. 

And it’s not that travelling stresses tiger out--she quite enjoys it actually--but it’s all just so thrilling, that sometimes she has a hard time focusing. Bill is a high roller, man he has access to all the lounges and always either flies business class, or is ballin’ enough to be bumped to business class just when the airline agents see how many points he has. And tiger is just taking it all in--the wine in the lounge, the fanciness of it all, the prestige. She’s all up in ends and Bill has to help kind of ground her--just be that steady presence that keeps her in check, tells her to eat. He fixes a plate for her always, because tiger is like a kid in a candy store and there’s just so much to be amazed about. He thinks it’s adorable, god she makes his heart skip a few beats, but he knows she’s also looking for a bit of stability, some anchor that she can hold onto amidst all the excitement--and that’s what he is. 

They, obviously, always sit together on the plane. She always gets lots of head scritchies to help her relax and fall asleep. And listen, if turbulence should hit? He’s all over it. I, low key, really love turbulence--man that shit will just rock you right to sleep. I’ve been on a few flights where I have legitimately been scared--I’ve been on flights where an engine blew out after take off and we had to emergency land, or a flight where the tail of the aircraft split clean in half about 3,000 ft above ground and we had a crash landing, I’ve been on flights where the back wheels hit the runway and then the pilot had to take off again at almost a 90 degree angle because an aircraft was too close in front of him and I’ve nearly passed out from the G force. And actually the flight to Bali from Qatar was very turbulent--but I’ve mostly been able to retain my calm. No plane in history has ever been downed by turbulence alone. 

Bill knows that. He’s used to it. But tiger? Tiger has all of her claws dug into his forearm the minute the plane starts to shake even just slightly. It rouses him from a deep sleep--his goofy eye mask on and all--and he lifts it and squints at her. He’s a little grumpy, but the minute he sees the pure panic etched on her face, he morphs into caretaker mode immediately.

“It’s okay kid,” he says, “It’s just a rough patch.”

Sure enough, the seatbelt sign dings and the announcement from the captain comes on.

“Bill...” she says, and there’s a hint of a whine in her voice. He wishes he could just squeeze in close to her, just envelop her in his arms but the centre console between their seats separates them. He reaches his arm around her anyway, cranes so he can kiss her temple.

“We’re okay tiger,” he says into her ear, “Turbulence is normal. Nothing to worry about.”

She whines again, reaching a hand and she balls it into his t-shirt. He moves his hand to her hair, scritching lightly.

“Just breathe kid,” he says, “It’s okay.”

He can’t ding the flight attendant because they can’t move during turbulence anyway, so instead he reaches for his water bottle and uncaps it, offers it to her.

“Drink,” he instructs. She takes a small sip, but she tenses the minute the plane starts to rock again.

“We’re okay, I promise,” he says, “Turbulence isn’t dangerous kid. Not in the slightest.”

She looks unsure, everything about her is tense and worried.

“Hey,” he says and he taps her nose “You trust me?”

“Of course I trust you.”

“And you know how much I fly?”

“Yes.”

“It’s nothing kid,” he reassures, “Try and relax. Come here, I’ll rub your tummy.”

“I don’t need my--”

But listen, he manages to combine their blankets and creates a cocoon around the two of them. He reaches over and reclines her seat back a bit, boosts up the foot rest so she’s comfortable, and then under the blanket he lifts her shirt a little--and his warm hand just rubs back and forth, massages on her lower stomach just how she likes. He puts a pillow on the centre console, pulls the blanket up a little and pulls her over so she can lean across it--and then he rests his thumb on her lips.

“Billy--” she mumbles, but he hushes her.

“No one can see kid,” he kisses her nose softly, “I promise. Go on.”

[lillupon]

Hey! I'm the anon who sent in the ask on Friday or Saturday about losing AEV and going on a whole ordeal trying to find it again. I'm also the one who told you the name of Grind by abnegative. I didnt think that I'd be sending this many asks in but then I read chapter 11 of Aev and I had so many things I wanted to comment about. So here we go, this is gonna be a long one.

1. Let me know what you think of Grind when you finally get around to reading it. I love it a lot and I'm constantly re-reading it.

2. Mr. Jeon and Mingyu are so awkward together. It's so cuuuute!!! I wonder what's gonna happen to get them past that barrier. I dont want any spoilers but it's fun to imagine all the different scenarios that could happen.

3. I wonder what mingyus reaction would be if he found out that Wonwoo prepared himself in the shower and with the clothes he picked out hoping that ~things~ would happen. I like to think that he'd be sooo turned on at that tidbit of information. Also seeing wonwoo in casual clothes AND without the scent blockers! Mingyu is definitely wrecked. I'd love to see his pov for this scene.

4. Mr. Jeon telling Mingyu to call him wonwoo!!!! Yes please!!!! I've been waiting for that moment to happen! I thought it would happen the 1st time they had sex but this is better! They've finally crossed a line that was definitely there. Before it was obvious that they definitely were not just teacher and student but this has solidified that.

5. The way wonwoo smashes their lips together at the very end of the chapter! Yes!!!! I would loooove more of Wonwoo initiating things!!!! It does things to my heart ♡♡♡♡

6. I love how they're scenting each other and at 1st I was like that's fine cuz they dont go back to school for a few days but then I remembered that mingyus sister is in wonwoos class and could possibly recognize the smell. Theres definitely a chance of things going wrong there.

7. Also sims anon was so accurate! I love it. And sims anon updated their twitter!

8. The more I think about it the more I want to see a spinoff entirely in mingyus pov! That would be amazing.

9. I started drawing fanart of chapter 11... I don't know if I'll get around to finishing it. I hope I do, so you can see it. Right now the proportions between the boys and the car is all wrong

10. OMG I CANT BELIEVE I ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT THIS. The day after I 1st started reading aev I had a dream about it. Except wonwoo was a professor and mingyu was a college freshman. Wonwoo ended up going to an outside restaurant bar after school to get a drink. He thought he wouldnt see any of his students because none of them were of legal drinking age yet, but Mingyu showed up. Wonwoo sighed in disappointment that he wasnt able to get alone time but Mingyu turned to him and said "dont worry, I'm not here to bother you." Then he turned to the bartender and just said "the regular please." Wonwoo watched as Mingyu began pulling notebooks and textbooks out of his bag, along with a few worksheets. The bartender returned with a glass of ice water and Mingyu said "Thank you" with a smile to him. Minuets passed and Mingyu was working on homework while Wonwoo stole a few glances at him every now and then. After a while Wonwoo noticed that Mingyu was struggling with something, so he moved over to sit directly next to Mingyu and said "What are you stuck on?" Mingyu explained what he wasnt getting and Wonwoo was able to help him out. Eventually they both had to leave, Mingyu left 1st and then Wonwoo a little while later. But the following day, they found each other in the same position. This continued for weeks. The two of them would meet after school at the outdoor restaurant bar and wonwoo would help mingyu with his homework. Eventually the conversations would shift and become more personal. They got to know each other outside of a teacher student relationship. One day, Mingyu didnt have any homework, but he still showed up. Wonwoo bought him an alcoholic drink (the bartender let it slide becuase 1, he knew mingyu and 2, it's illegal for people underage to buy alcohol but it's not illegal for them to drink it). The two ended up having a bit too much, they let their gaurds down and one thing led to another. They ended getting a taxi back to wonwoos house.

And then I woke up... but it was very heavily implied that once they got to wonwoos house, they learned the intricate details of each others bodies.

Anyways... that's a lot... sorry. I guess if I'm gonna keep submitting things I might as well have a sign off sooo

Sincerely, 🦊anon (fox anon) (she/they)

Hi and welcome back, fox anon! 

1: Yes, I will let you know if I get around to reading Grind. I had someone recommend it to me again yesterday through twitter DMs! It must be very good, but I haven’t been in much of a mood to read or write lately. But I hope other folks will check it out if they have the time and are looking for something to read.

3: “I wonder what mingyus reaction would be if he found out that Wonwoo prepared himself in the shower and with the clothes he picked out hoping that ~things~ would happen” reminded me that I FORGOT TO POST THE BONUS FOR THIS CHAPTER! Ahh thank you. It’s a small crumb that I decided to remove from the final version; I’ll get it up shortly (´ ∀ ` *). But yes, haha, Mingyu would be extremely turned on at the thought of Wonwoo preparing and pampering himself for their carpark date.

6: Yes, Wonwoo’s pheromones will be on Mingyu after all that scenting and sexy times (it probably drives Mingyu crazy, being able to smell Wonwoo’s slick on him). However, no one actually knows what Wonwoo smells like! So they won’t be able to associate the omega pheromones on Mingyu with Wonwoo.

7: Yes, simsminwon is spoiling me with AEV content omg my eyes have been blessed... IT FITS AEV TO A T  (╥ω╥) (╥ω╥) (╥ω╥)

8: It would be pretty fun(ny) to see the contrast between Mingyu and Wonwoo’s point of view! The moment when he realises that he has a big fucking crush on Mr. Jeon would be so cute ;-; Like, he’s probably thinking about Mr. Jeon all the time, even when he’s with Momo! I’ve tried writing some major events in Mingyu’s POV, but I haven’t really done that lately; I haven’t been doing much reading or writing in general lately, haha.

9: GASP (♡°▽°♡) FANART?! I’m also really hoping you’ll finish it, fox anon >.<!!! I would love to see it.

10: I LOVE THIS! Lmao! What is Mingyu doing, working on assignments at a bar?! Dude, I wish I could have some minwon dreams. A pity you woke up before they banged  (; ω ; )ヾ(´∀`* )

See you around!

[j2madhatters]

You know, I kind of get the PR need to tell/show everyone that the Ja are NOT A COUPLE. After all, one presumes that this is with their okay, and hopefully for something good for them in the long run. But what I DON'T get is the crazy need to make sure everyone knows that they're not near each other AT ALL, even when with a group of friends or doing something buddy-like etc. All het fans agree they're great friends. Friends hang out, no? What, suddenly they don't like each other? Blah

Anon 2: Hello dear admins. I had a request to make, but posse ignore if I’m being presumptuous. I wanted to ask you to please write something, anything, positive about J2. The PR circus is making me crazy, and even raising doubts about them. I just don’t understand what’s going on. Is it at all possible that we’re the ones that are wrong, and that the Js are actually happily married, hetro men? And are now taking the opportunity to prove it, and set us straight? Doesn’t make sense though. Argh.

Anon 3: Anyone know why D is posting so much on IG/Twitter with M*sha? Are they really that close of friends? I’d assume she’d know jared much better than M*sha, but I guess I’m wrong?

Anon 4: Omg this circus is relentless, so in-our-face and seemingly never-ending. I just want to cry by now. Please can anyone tell me some positive J2 stuff? Usually I’m able to ignore it to a point, I tell myself how this is just a farce they’re (PR etc) shoving down our throats for reasons unknown to us, but hopefully leading to better things for our guys. But the sheer persistence and thoroughness of the shut- down is depressing me so much. Please, can you help?

Anon 5: I don’t want to be whiny and stuff but….Do you think we’re ever going to be blessed with J2 stuff like before? I know we got some lovely J2 moments at the cons and all but when I compare with the glorious Austin era, my heart breaks just a little more. Not just every single major holiday Luke Easter, Xmas, Thanksgiving, but every few days, we’d get a J2 selfie or a sighting or a post. I hope that things work for the best for them, they don’t owe us anything. I so want them to be happy always.

I’m going to address these collectively since they’re mostly related. SPN is in it’s 13th season, that’s unheard of for a primetime network show. It makes it a novelty, in a way, but it makes getting press harder because it’s been around for so long that there isn’t much new to write/talk about from a mainstream media perspective. That’s why D was cast: stunt casting to garner attention and it worked, the first piece written about it was in Variety (Hollywood’s #1 newspaper). The purpose behind getting media attention is to grow your audience and to attract advertisers, which is how networks make money and what determines a shows budget. This is one of the reasons for the step up in bearding this year, greater media attention means they have to play the game more, and also more consistently than usual.

J2 can’t just hang out openly like regular co-stars during this time because most co-stars haven’t been hanging out 98% of their time for 13 years, and most haven’t had gay rumors the entirety of their friendship. Plus, social media is a toy for J2′s generation, not a lifestyle and, right now, it’s a tool for putting out a certain image without having to put forth any real effort or time. For example, that fan sighting of Jared and Gen at a restaurant in Austin where it turned out that Jared and Jensen were the ones who had dinner together and, when they noticed the fan watching them, Jensen left and G arrived to meet the fan. And, another example, the recent FBBC dinner table pics were all taken on the same day (same clothes), some time on/before the 7th (when the first one was posted). So, just bear in mind, that every pic they post is literally only a moment in time and may not even be recent.

There’s also the impending brewery opening to consider (now set for January), Jensen and D have to raise the profile of it, and Jared can’t be seen to be a part of it in any way because he owns a bar.

As for D and M, she probably is friends with him to an extent. D and G both work with RA and they, like most of the guest cast, probably banded together with M to raise their own profiles and because J2 are a mostly disinterested island unto themselves. Despite appearances, I seriously doubt J2 hang out much with D or G when they’re around. Like we’ve seen many times, J2 are usually in a bubble together no matter who else is there. Those 3 (?) pics of Jensen and D and M in Van were all taken at work: one on set, one walking away from set (where Jensen was walking ahead of D and several feet from M), and one in a trailer that was a posed ad for charity. Three moments out of two weeks? Really nothing to care about. 

As for not getting any J2, we just had two excellent J2 cons (where J2 were on fire and touchy-feely with each otherand having #datenights), and we had J2 out shopping together for their annual Christmas cast/crew gifts. Even though D was there in Van, those gifts were still from J2 and J2 only. -Admin D

[authenticaussie]

Hey, I've got a fic request if you're taking them!!! I see a lot of fics where sabo is portrayed as like the boring, responsible brother who can't have any fun - is it possible to get some saboace where they're just being complete goofs and daring each other to do crazy shit? (I've spent the last hour in your writing tag btw, you're amazing, sending this in is vaguely terrifying)

ahhhh man omg that’s like??? The best headcanon you know, the ASL bros are just the biggest idiots (also “daring each other to do crazy shit” is the best phrase I’ve ever heard because like it’s so accurate t H E Y TOTTALY WO U LD pffffffffft)

;A; I’m really sorry though sweetpea!!! I don’t have requests open because of uni and work and some other fics that I need to focus on (///stares guiltily at skies fft)

But here are some headcanons?? I know it’s not as good as fic aha I’m sorry!!!!!

okay so Ace doesn’t really get the concept of a dare at first,’cause he’s alone a lot so nobody ever really says it to him, but after he first meets Sabo and when they’re still antagonistic they’re racing through the Terminal and get to high and Ace stops before he jumps across, ‘cause it’s a pretty sharp drop!! And Sabo’s like “dare you to” and Ace is like wtf is a dare? 

“You like- youknow! Do the thing or you’re a wimp?”

“That’s stupid.”

“Oh, so you can’t?”

Ace, immediately taking the bait because he’s an impulsive fuck, bolts for the ravine.

He totally fails. Ends up scraping his elbow super badly and it’s bleeding everywhere and Sabo scrambles down a trash heap and is worried for a bit but then Ace grins at him and is like “I’m on the other side” and Sabo punches him and Ace starts laughing

They totally have a sock slidey race at one point in the bandit’s hideout and Sabo’s socks aren’t as holey as Ace’s so he goes further and Ace is like BET YOU CAN’T GET TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE

WATCH ME yells Sabo, and sprints for it but forgets to slide and just smashes into the wall (that’s when he lost his tooth) (he swallowed it)

WHEN ACE GETS HIS FIRST LOOSE TOOTH HE’S LIKE SABO WE HAVE TO YANK IT OUT, THEN WE CAN MATCH

SABO’S LIKE FUCK YES AND THEY TRY AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET IT OUT AND SABO’S LIKE WELL. PIPE?? I lost my tooth being whacked in the face???

Dadan finds them just before Sabo swings his pipe at Ace’s teeth and she y e l l s at them for like an hour. They just look at each other from the corner of their eyes and five minutes after she finishes yelling at them, Sabo slams a door in Ace’s face (it breaks his nose.) (His tooth doesn’t come out until a few weeks later when Luffy accidentally punches him in the face). (it’s honestly a miracle these kids don’t have brain damage.)

ALSO IT TOTALLY CONTINUES WHEN THEY’RE OLDER TOO, RIGHT? LIKE IF THEY WERE ABLE TO GROW UP TOGETHER THESE TWO WOULD BE THE WORST AROUND EACH OTHER, THEY’D KEEP GOADING EACH OTHER INTO DOING THE STUPIDEST SHIT

“Hey Ace bet you can’t fight a chimara!!”

“Hah, I fought a fucking dinosaur, a chimara is easy.”

“Dare you to rearrange Koala’s work out gear”

“Ooooh you’re a fucker,” Sabo says, b u T HE DOES IT ANYWAY ‘CAUSE THEY’RE IDIOTS

“Ace, you can’t beat whitebeard.”

“WATCH ME”

“S A B O YOU CAN’T OVERTHROW THE GOVERMENT”

“WANNA BET????????????”

Eating contests are totally a thing. Like, they’ve almost choked to death so many times and everyone else is like DON’T YOU DARE HAVE ANOTHER- ACE, SABO, WHAT THE FUCK DID WE JUST SAY

o k a  y but like. Daring/challenging each other to see who can escape a marine base the fastest 

(Ace wins, but only because no one will arrest Sabo. Like, he’s trying so hard but his luck that particular day is ridiculous and no-one will believe him when he’s shouting he’s from the revolutionary army, and he tries to commit a bunch of crimes b  U T LIKE, THINGS KEEP HAPPENING SO HE LOOKS LIKE A REALLY NICE GUY?? He beats someone up for insulting Ace but it turns out they have a bounty, he goes and steals a bunch of stuff but it turns out that they were all stolen and people think he was returning them, he tries to claim he’s Ace’s brother but then the marines just arrest Ace again, and Ace is h o w l i n g with laughter as he gets dragged away and Sabo’s just FUMING.) (He totally destroys the base out of principal/to rescue Ace and when Dragon asks he’s like “….It was a matter of pride sir. I’m sorry.”)

hmmm what elseeeeee….So both of them do crazy shit just for kicks, yeah? When they’re drunk or just because they’re both impulsive, or ‘cause they think something looks cool/fun/dangerous and they want bragging rights, but like, when either of them does something and it gets back to the other they either a) immediately want to try it b) have to do something better

also when either of them are drunk they think everyone is insulting them, and while Ace has people that will drag him away from bar fights (and also because he doesn’t drink a lot because narcolepsy medicine and because both he and Sabo hate being out of control,) Sabo totally does not. So just imagine him challenging an admiral or something and Koala’s only just found out that he’s gone and the next thing she knows there’s like four explosions and she buries her face in her hands and goes “this was an undercover mission Sabo.”

BUT WHEN ACE HEARS HE’S LIKE SHIT, HOW DO I ONE-UP THAT. “MARCO, WHERE’S THE NEAREST MARINE BASE”

“DON’T EVEN FUCKING THINK ABOUT IT” Marco yells, meanwhile Thatch is slipping Ace directions and a box of fireworks to make the explosion even Cooler

///coughs also you say ‘saboace’ instead of sabo & ace so if you wanted a couple of romantic-ish headcanons; aggressively daring each other on date things

“Bet you’re not a good kisser.”

“YOU’VE NEVER KISSED ANYONE, HOW ARE YOU EVEN SUPPOSED TO MEASURE THAT.”

“I’ve kissed people!!!!!!” 

“Makino doesn’t count.”

or something like “ask them out!!” 

“How??”

“Dare you to.”

“Fuccccccckkkkk you Ace.” Ace, like, the literal personification of “;3c”

“You’ll never get married.”

Ace, scoffing. “Wanna bet???”

“Well you don’t want to.”

“…depends on who asks.” he mumbles.