#and his name is Alex in this??? what the fuck that's illegal

[running-in-the-dark]

ah, crap.

I gave up and started watching Almost Paradise. I don't want to like it! but I'm not even a minute in and there's his stupid face and his arms and he's adorable and I hate it (I love it 😭)

and then this: "just boom. heart failure. and trust me, that's worse than penis failure" cool 👍

and now he's been hit in the face by a beach ball 😌 awesome

[salford-blues]

Dressed to impress

A/n: I am so not ready to go back to Uni. So fics might slow down a bit because this semester might take a toll on me haha.

Pairing: F1 grid x driver!reader Summary: Y/N shows off her little family to the world, in which they're all dressed to impress. Well most of them are <33 Warnings: like a swear word

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My new account for my little companions! Just a fun little account for my many pets.

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alex_albon booooooo!! Just trying to copy now 👎

> yourusername i cant just let their cuteness go to waste

>> alex_albon you know what... fairs. Cossie is very cute

User.1 eeeeeee soso cute

User.2 Thackery doesn't look very happy

> yourusername that because Alex didn't bring is favourite treat...

>> alex_albon heeyy i forgot!! Tell him I'm sorry. pleassee

>>> yourusername he said he'll forgive if you bring him some next time!

>>>> alex_albon deal!!

landonorris do NOT let Cosmic Creepers fool you. He may be cute, but he's possessed. I'm telling you

> oscarpiastri dramatic, and for what?

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Omg, I've never looked so good...

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User.3 how do you come up with these names???

> yourusername most of them are named after characters!!!

charles_leclerc hahaha... veryyy funny caption

> yourusername knew you'd like it

User.4 how many pets do you have?

> yourusername faaarr too many.

User.5 surely this is animal abuse...

User.6 Why does she have a hedgehog?? I thought they were illegal in some states

> yourusername 1. I rescued him and 2. not everyone lives in the states babes <33 but thanks for the concern

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Having a fursome time. Managed to snag a pic before Diablo fought the camera. 🐾

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User.6 Diablo looks very cool.

> yourusername Diablo likes to tell people to 'fuck off'... wonder were he got that from

>> yourusername looking at you @liamlawson30 👀👀

>>> liamlawson30 don't know what you're on about 😤

>>>> yourusername sure you don't. Just like you don't remember teaching him to attack people when they're smacking their lips.

>>>>> User.12 that is a very valid reason to attack someone

logansargeant look how sophisticated Meeko looks

> yourusername oh wow, that's a big word coming from you

>> logansargeant i try to be nice and this is what i get in return...

>>> oscarpiastri yh but you're american. it's why you get bullied

roscoelovescoco whens cans I's comes round agains?

> yourusername soon Roscoe!! Prometheus and Itchy miss you

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User.7 why are all these animals so cuuutteeee

User.8 cuteness overload... think I'm gonna die

User.9 Ankyl isn't very christmassy

> yourusername I couldn't find his christmas picture, so I had to put his halloween one up instead

porschef1 hmmm meet and greet when??

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User.10 do any of them have a favourite person/driver? do any of the hate one of the drivers?

> yourusername yes and yes!! some examples: all of the cats HATE Lando, but Itchy loves him. The cats like Oscar, Alex, Liam, George etc. The ferrets are fond of Fred Vesti and Charles. The bird likes noone... he will attack at any point. ESPECIALLY when you're singing. He's a very naughty boy and we can blame Liam for that.

>> User.11 Liam and Lando catching strays left, right and centre.

maxfewtrell Lando looks like he might cry. Keep talking

> yourusername well I'll send Itchy his way. That'll cheer him up

>> landonorris thanks gonna keep him now

>>> yourusername right... grounded for 3 months.

>>>> landonorris 3 MONTHS???? WHY???

>>>>> yourusername cause the cats told me to

>>>>>> landonorris this is bullying!!

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User.13 awweee he's so fluffy!!

oscarpiastri I want to be the first one to meet him

> mickschumacher too late...

>> oscarpiastri I SAW THAT

>>> oscarpiastri NNOOOOOO

User.14 wait Mick was the first to meet him? Awweee

> logansargeant NO not 'awweee'. Why was Mick the first one Birdie?? Why not me? Why not Oscar? Do you not love us?

>> yourusername why so dramatic? Can we appreciate Koda's cuteness instead ta

mickschumacher so cute!! Can't wait to meet him 💙💛

> logansargeant you can't sweet talk your way out of this Mick

>> oscarpiastri LIAARRR... count your days Mick

>>> yourusername stop threatening the poor boy or else you can join Lando

>>>> oscarpiastri no please I'll be nice. Promise 🙏

[wyvnspng]

Mum said it’s my turn on the writing.

Ive never posted a fic before call me cringe but oh well.

My interpretation of the au and characters! probably takes place somewhere during the world’s worst roadtrip arc or whatever we called it. I love monsters and Clyde is so cool to me.

Sorta beta’d by my good friend Clemin thank you kindly.

—-

Harold's job was a boring one. Just a cashier for some no-name gas station. Every day he spent his work hours hoping for something new and interesting to happen, and yet it never did.

Each day he entered the building was just as boring as the last, and as much as he wanted to, he could not quit in order to look for a more interesting job, as he needed the money to keep a roof over his head and food in his belly.

His energy was spent on the monotonous tasks that came with a cashier job, and his thoughts were reserved for daydreaming away the slow and boring days without directly falling asleep.

His mind yearned for stimulation, something to distract himself from the dreary repetitive days he found himself trapped in. Yet, as he eyed the literal monster currently occupying the room with him, his mind and body frozen in terror from it simply existing in such close proximity, he can’t help but miss the simple yet boring days of the past.

Whatever this thing was, it was definitely the eastridge demon or whatever it was called. He’d unfortunately never paid too much mind to the stories about the thing, instead brushing it off as some fairytale, but from what he can recall people saying about it, the thing in front of him matched the description.

Curiously, it was accompanied by a human. One Alex Williams if his memory is correct. He recalls briefly seeing (her? his?) their wanted poster. They were talking to the demon as if the two were friends, which might be the case. Probably why they had a wanted poster. Is conspiring with demons illegal? He’s not sure.

He’s also not sure how they are so calm around that thing. The sight of it makes his blood freeze in his veins and its voice makes his ears ring. He feels unbelievably cold, his terror so overwhelming that he can’t even shake in fear. Yet Alex(?) looks right at home around that thing. They don't even react to the terrible cacophony that is the demon's voice. Layers of voices and sounds that mix into a terrifyingly unpleasant sensation that grates at the ears, yet somehow this random person is completely fine. They even respond to the monster, as if the incomprehensible mess of sound was some understandable language.

A small part of Harold feels envious. How cool it must be to have befriended such a creature. He wonders how something like that happens. There’s probably an interesting story there, but he won’t dare to ask and risk irritating the demon.

The two seem to be arguing (how brave they must be to argue with it,) and from the half of the conversation he can understand without being distracted by his rising dread, the monster is asking to buy stuff that they can’t afford. Oddly childish for something so scary, but he won’t say anything.

The demon makes a new sound, which he is capable of recognising as a fucked up growl (or hiss?), and somehow his body gets even colder, nausea biting at his insides. If he was actually this cold he’s pretty sure he’d have hypothermia by now. Its long tail whips at the floor irritably, leaving noticeable scratches, and Alex scolds it. For some reason it listens, and seems to calm down somewhat, resigning to their shared fate of being poor.

Alex does allow it to grab one thing, and it picks a jar of jam for some reason. Oh well, who’s he to judge if the demon likes jam? It is pretty good after all. The duo then makes their way over to him, and he can’t help but flinch away from them. Neither pay mind to it, and simply pay for all the items they wanted. His movements are choppy and his limbs jerk around awkwardly, but they don’t comment on it. He specifically avoids looking at it, keeping his eyes on the more comforting figure of Alex. (He can still see its face in his peripheral vision.)

After paying the two just.. leave. No killing, no destruction beyond a few scratches and misplaced items. He didn’t calm down immediately, it took a while for his body to move properly again, and his arms shake for the rest of the day. He’s noticeably spooked by the time his shift is over, and he doubts that he’ll recover from this any time soon.

The rest of his day is spent looking over his shoulder, paranoia biting at the back of his neck. He can’t bring himself to turn the lights of his house off at night. Maybe that makes him a bigger target, but the image of something towering over him, the only thing he can see of it being a pair of eyes and maybe a wide grin of teeth. The image terrifies him endlessly.

Harold doesn’t sleep that night.

[cambrioleur]

Random observations on this season (updating)

(SPOILERS, OBVIOUSLY)

Episode 1

I don't think we've ever seen Assane do a genuine fourth-wall break before

OK so Claire has a last name now

Assane really expected that he could just show up and Claire would just fall at his feet

I'm surprised Benjamin is just allowed to continue working at his shop

This feels better-edited than Parts 1 & 2

Name a more iconic duo than Belkacem and failing constantly (she really doesn't listen, does she)

Episode 2

Philippe Courbet sighting

NEVER invite Guédira to a funeral lmaooo

Hang on I'm just now realizing that Juliette is at this funeral, too (she's standing in the second row behind Benjamin and Claire and honestly doesn't seem too upset about Assane's "death")

I like how in the flashback Babakar tells Assane that he reminds him of his mother and then it turns out she was a criminal

This seems to be around the time of Raoul's birthday again; he really can't catch a break on that

Episode 3

New shipping war just dropped: Guédira/Belkacem vs Guédira/Fleur

That bit where Claire was outright begging Benjamin to tell her Assane was alive and he couldn't...that was sad

But then it was followed by Benjamin doing the "uhh my FRIEND just died" act with Belkacem which was funny

This gang of thugs is trying a little too hard tbh

Assane's disguise in this episode is fucking terrible lol

The basketball coach disguise, on the other hand, is the only time I've genuinely thought he wasn't recognizable

Episode 4

Ironically that coach persona is probably the best parenting Assane has ever done

Claire? Doing things that are vaguely cool?? That feels illegal. Also, she looked so proud of herself for swiping that book, lol

Betraying Benjamin was certainly...a choice on Assane's part ("everyone disliked that")

This episode is going to devastate the show's Tumblr fandom

Episode 5

Assane trolling the shit out of Guédira will never not be funny

These 1998 flashbacks are pretty dark actually

Honestly the way Claire got that reveal out of Benjamin was very well-played on her part

Guédira out here looking like present-day Ringo Starr with that disguise

Aww look at Assane playing the matchmaker for Guédira and Belkacem, heh heh

This is easily one of the funniest episodes

Except Benjamin is straight up not having a good time -- it looks like he got beaten up in prison

Episode 6

Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, I'm not totally sure Benjamin knows that Assane betrayed him. It's possible he just thinks that he fucked up with the bracelet and then missed a cue in the maze

"Pasta with ketchup" jesus fucking christ Claire that sounds horrendous (although I'm guessing the only reason they did that was because of the ketchup-bottle reveal)

Assane really has Claire's number because he's now seduced her twice under two different identities

IDK whether or not Raoul has figured out that the coach is his dad but it's funny that he still seemed to be shipping it either way

It's nice that we get to see Claire's more playful side in this season, like her messing with Assane by acting really flirty with "Alex" after she realizes they're the same person

INCREDIBLE casting for the younger and older versions of Keller tbh; they easily look like they could be the same person

Episode 7

What a nice family reunion...it would be a shame if something happened to it...

The flashbacks are significantly darker than the present timeline this time around

Guédira finally got to arrest Assane, good for him!

The scene at the train station with the letter from Assane to Claire sort of reminds me of the ending to A Tale of Two Cities, which I had to read for AP prep a while back

Oh look, Hubert Pellegrini is back

So they're CLEARLY setting up another season with this ending

The choice of people to show on the montage there was interesting, lol

I could see a Juliette antagonist arc happening tbh

Maybe Assane's mom isn't all she seems either

And what about Benjamin? If he turns against Assane the viewers are going to lose their minds

[restlesschilled]

TMagP 013

Note: As Always, I am a backer so this was written 23 April, 2024 and scheduled to be posted on 25 April, 2024

oh god its another episodes written by Alex

awww thanks odin <3

Im dreading this

PRE STATEMENT/ CASE

OHHH DATE TIME

THE FLIRTING

This is so cute but i cant trust it because alex wrote it

"that you dont know how cute you are" adshfjagdhflakshdf

WERE STARTING WITH THE BIG STUFF

"hi im from an alternate universe"

CELIA IS A MOM

JACK IS HER BABY

"i had a while few years when I first moved here"

IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO CELIA OR JACK I WILL RIOT

HOW DARE

SHES A SINGLE MOM

"that depends on your baggage. DISH"

"they were the first ones that didnt want me" oooooooo\

Alice's Parents are dead good to know

"most pathetic vague post shes ever scene"

"more wine" "please"

LENA OFFICE

GWEN MY POOR BABY

"is it my fault?"

MY POOR PRECIOUS GIRL

"were managing the bad guys" FUCK

CASE

this hold music is a BOP

i had to stop and have my friend explain public school in England to me because that is not the same thing as American public schools

oh lovely a "fiance guy"

a hedge fund guy what i mean is a hedge fund guy

Why in gods name, would you use experimental setting on a hedge fund/ investing app… when you have no idea what it does and it has a shit tone of disclaimers??? i get being desperate but that's just stupid

also the irony of this guy saying hes a good person when hes betting on people failing with hedge funds

do people even steal phones anymore?

i feel like they are not worth all that much and just have to many ways to tack them for it to be worth anything unless you are targeting someone specifically

yeah i figured they might have targeted him

im pretty sure this would qualify as inside trading somehow

betting against your own company and than tanking the company is very illegal

pretty sure betting you'll have a shit time and then making sure you have a shit time would be the same thing

basically this man is committing insurance fraud... but through a hedge fund

it just occurred to me hes calling from the hospital that's what the beeping is

also vertigo mentioned

he was attack by computer bugs lol

shitty "finance guy" gets whats coming to him asmr

post statement

okay i know sam probably mean "be professional" like stop with the flirting

BUT WHEN YOU SAY IT LIKE THAT I SOUND LIKE YALL HAVE BEEN HOOKING UP AFTER WORK SOMETIMES.

HAVE YALL BEEN HOOKING UP?

this is how i choose to interpret this this is my new head canon( it was already kinda my head canon)

But if you ever ask me to be professional again, I'm going to have to take a shit on your desk." ALICE

"you signed the official secrets act in your onboarding. And I know all your school friends say treason's 'bussin'' and 'fire', but it won't look good on your CV." i love her so much

"its fine when I say it"

this episode really said fuck capitalism didn't it

also do week need to talk about the fact that celia's son is named Jack Ripley like jack the ripper

WAIT A SECOND JACK IS A NICKNAME FOR JOHN/JON

DID SHE NAME HER SON AFTER JON?

[softboynick]

wip wednesday

I posted earlier today for WIP Wednesday, but then the lovely @tinyarmedtrex and @captainjunglegym tagged me, so I thought I'd share another WIP I'm currently working on!

pour some sugar on me (Alex is a NSFW baker on IG - based on thedonutdaddy (his reels are INSANE) - and Henry is horribly transfixed)

He doesn’t know what the man is making. A glance at the caption tells him it’s some kind of soufflé pancake, but his eyes drift back to the thick-corded muscles and bulging veins, and he finds that he doesn’t really care what he makes as long as he gets to stare at those hands literally manhandling that dessert. He watches the video the whole way through, and maybe sneaks in a few more watches, before the curiosity gets to him. His username is cajetapapi, and a quick scan of his profile tells him his name is Alex Claremont-Diaz.  I know what you knead, it says, teasingly, underneath his name.  “I doubt it,” Henry huffs adamantly under his breath.  Henry knows he’s about to lose it. He is about to fall deep into a sexy, hot-blooded, muscly rabbit hole, and he has one last chance to climb out. He scrolls to the next video and audibly sucks in a breath.  Yeah, he’s fucked.  Henry spends another hour going through Alex’s Instagram profile, his face growing hotter (and his trousers growing a little bit tighter) by the second. A lot of his content is mostly the same—artistically fast-paced shots of him making a dessert of some kind interspersed with not so safe for work action shots that could be legally identified as porn, overlayed with music that may just toe the line of suggestive.  Good God, man. The things he does to an innocent piece of dough should be illegal. 

keeping the tag open for any other lovely people to participate! it's 10pm where I am but that doesn't matter <3

[innytoes]

I don't know if you still accept prompts but: willex + conman falling in love for real AU?

When Alex made it back to the van, his backpack full of the contents of Covington's safe (bonds, diamonds, some gaudy watches, incriminating paperwork, and something Alex was pretty damn sure was a vial of arsenic), he urged Bobby to drive.

Bobby did without comment, but Alex wasn't as lucky with his other two partners in crime.

"Um, what the fuck," Luke said.

"Oh my god it's so nice to finally meet you!" Reggie beamed.

"Hi," Jay said, a little overwhelmed. He was clutching his skateboard to his chest like it was a security blanket. It was the only thing he'd brought with him.

"I can explain," Alex said, trying to ward off Luke's glares.

Except, could he really? His job had been to infiltrate Covington's operation, and to slowly snoop around without being noticed. It wasn't too hard, Covington didn't have time for the lowly accountants who did the legal side of his business. Or, well, semi-legal. Alex was pretty sure at least half the deals that guy struck bent some kind of rule.

Not that he understood most of what was happening on his screen. Reggie seemed to enjoy himself, though, taking over his computer from the van and doing all the actual work while Alex snooped around and ingratiated himself with the right people. He seemed to have done well for himself, given that after only six months Aaron Miller had earned himself a performance bonus.

It was a shame he'd never be able to cash that paycheck.

He hadn't meant to fall in love with the very pretty intern that also seemed to never be at his desk. The one who actually vouched for him to the security staff when he was on a floor he shouldn't have been on. Sure, Jay had thought he snuck up there to steal some of the fancy lunch the C-suite had catered, but still. They swiped a bunch of fancy salmon and sandwiches and pastries and went up to the roof - another place they were not supposed to be - and talked.

And talked. And talked. And flirted. And talked. Over the months Alex had been with the company, he learned that Jay wasn't just an intern, he was Covington's... well, ward, for lack of better term. Not quite a son. Not quite a servant. But definitely under his control in the worst way, being groomed to take over the company, or at least act as a figurehead while Caleb really ran things from the shadows.

"This is Jay, he's the love of my life," he finally said, and Reggie squee'd happily. Luke just stared at him. "He helped me crack Covington's safe. And he's coming with us."

"That's all well and good," Bobby said. "But we don't have a fake passport for your new beau, or an exit plan for five people."

"Actually, we do have that first one," Reggie said, not looking guilty at all. Of course the hacker had been listening in to Alex' earbud all day while working. "You look like a Willie to me," he told Jay, handing over an excellent forgery.

"I like it," Jay, or now Willie said, looking at the passport. Alex didn't fail to notice that Willie had the same fake last name as the one that was in Alex' go-bag. "And speaking of ways to get out of the country, um, I stole the keys to Caleb's yacht?"

"The yacht has a tracker in it," Luke said, shaking his head.

"Yeah, his regular one does," Willie agreed. "But not his super secret evil villain yacht that he uses to do illegal stuff in international waters."

Even Luke looked impressed at that one.

"I knew rich people did weird stuff like that," Reggie muttered to himself as Bobby made a U-turn to head to the marina instead.

"Well," Luke said thoughtfully. "Welcome aboard, Willie. Or whatever you want to be called from now on, we'll get Flynn to make you a new one the next time we're in London."

His boyfriend smiled. "I think I'll stick with Willie."

[girlreviews]

Review #474: #1 Record, Big Star

“I never travel far, without a little Big Star”, is the saying that goes, or rather, the lyrics from The Replacement’s ode to Alex Chilton. It’s true though. Big Star are my favorite band. While I disagree pretty adamantly with the order, all three of their records are in the Rolling Stone’s Top 500. I find that immensely satisfying. One thing Rolling Stone and I agree on – apparently — is that Big Star are special. I could talk possibly forever about the Big Star story, but it’s a rare occasion that I happen upon anyone else who knows, cares, or is interested. Which is pretty much part and parcel of the story itself. It’s part of its charm in a way.

I learned about Big Star the way everyone does, or at least did. Someone put a song on a burned CD for me (previously it would have been a mixtape, but this was the early 2000s and this is what we did). It was that fuckin’ boy, okay? And it was around when we actually met. He was trying to impress. He made me this CD, it was plain white, and it had scrawled on it in his stupid fucking handwriting “Summer Promo” with some little patterns doodled around it. Thirteen was the third track and it instantly became my favorite. I fell in love with it, and with Big Star, and that was it. I remember almost all of the other tracks, they were mostly trash. He gave it to me before fucking off for several weeks over the summer – to Bible camp, ha – and the douchebag didn’t ever have enough money to keep his cell phone with credit to call or text. By the time he got back he already was like, “sorry, dumping you”, and so began the 3 to 4 years of hellish on-off controlling, jealous, rage abuse from a boy who didn’t want me, and constantly cheated on me, but couldn’t stand to see me move on or be near anyone else. Who am I kidding, he didn’t say sorry.

Some years in, he had moved away but this all continued. He was back in town – and we were together at this point – and days into his visit he hadn’t called, texted, nothing. He eventually showed up, only to inform me that he had tickets to see an artist that we both loved, Kathryn Williams, at a very local venue, and that he was taking another girl. My father had to physically restrain me. Later that evening, my boy best friend just so happened to call me and said he and his parents were going to that same show, had a spare ticket and would I like to go. I said yes. When I arrived, I sat several rows ahead of my “boyfriend”, and he saw that I was there with my friend, a boy, who in his opinion, I was not allowed to spend time with. Then. As if by magic. Kathryn Williams covered Thirteen. Beautifully. I really do remember that in that moment, knowing that I wasn’t ever going to ever be able to let myself tie songs I loved this much to people that hurt me on purpose if I wanted to continue loving them. I turned around and looked at him as if to say “you will never get this song from me”. I’d love to say that was the end of it all, but it wasn’t.

In the Street also lives within #1 Record, and during my teenage years, That 70’s Show was such a breath of fresh air. We all loved it. I had really fond memories of watching that show with my friends. I used to download it illegally and we would all watch it in my room around my computer. The theme tune was performed by Cheap Trick in the show, but I always loved that Alex Chilton and Chris Bell were in the opening credits, and as I understand it, it earned them money in syndication. However, Chris Bell was already dead, and Alex Chilton died with not a great deal to his name. So maybe it didn’t help. It’s probably the way that most folks know Big Star, even if they don’t know it. I’d encourage you to listen to their original version of In the Street. It’s fun, and honestly would have been a better fit for the show if you ask me. Also, it’s got so much cowbell it’s just silly. Sadly — sadly isn’t really the appropriate word here — That 70’s Show and the majority of its cast are now mired by the actions of convicted rapist and Scientologist Danny Masterson. Fond feelings are now replaced by anger and sadness for his victims and bitter disappointment in his castmates for continuing to support him and his church’s actions.

Skip forward a few years, and that boy is finally out of the picture, but a new nightmare begins. I’ve pointed to this in a few previous reviews. A job with a boss, and that boss is no good. We’re not going to get too far into that here. But there was this time, I was working my seventh day in a week a fourth week in a row (!) at a trade show. I forget why, but the subject of music came up, or I was listening to music on my break, or something like that, and this guy wanted to know what it was I was listening to. He was in his 40s and in a previous life, he had very briefly and with a great deal of mediocrity enjoyed some commercial success in a band. I’m being quite generous in saying that. He liked to overstate that success. A lot. Anyway. It comes up that I’m a fan of Big Star, and this garners his attention (more so than usual), and earns me some respect as a “real music fan”. I’m at work, I’m exhausted, I’m paid 8 pounds an hour, and this man was my ride to and from some hotel trade show at the Heathrow Airport. Finally, the day is over, and we’re leaving. On the way to what I think is home, he tells me that his wife is out of town, and his bandmates are in town, and that he isn’t going to take me home, he’s taking me to his house to hang out with his band. It may surprise you to learn that I, an 18 year old girl, did not want to hang out by myself with five 40-year-old men, only one of which I actually knew. The thing is, I actually didn’t have any choice. At all. This is one of those things where I most certainly look back and think “Jesus christ, that was fucked up”, and at the time I recognized my discomfort, but I didn’t have enough of a voice or know what to do about it. He was my boss.

So there I was, at his house, just kind of stuck. They all got fucking white girl wasted. And they had set up recording equipment – I assume their entire weekend plans were to fuck around and record music. Well. He made me sing. He made me sing Thirteen. He recorded it. They played. I was shaking. Mortified. Terrified. He wouldn’t let me leave until I did it. Then I was allowed to be sent home in a private car. I feel really sad for myself when I think about this. I’m not sure how not one of those men thought it was strange that I was there, or that my discomfort was so obvious, and that not one of them thought I should be at home. In hindsight I get the feeling my boss wasn’t someone people felt comfortable standing up to. That’s no excuse, in my opinion.

In weeks following, he showed me the mix he made of the recording, and I hated it. Hated. It. To be clear: I sang it beautifully. Every single one of those men was surprised by what came out of my mouth, and they all shut the fuck up for awhile, because I sang it beautifully and they weren’t expecting it. I hated it because of how it was created. I hated it because he bastardized it with a bunch of weird added effects and elongations that were insults to the original. From that day, until I left that job to go to university, I was encouraged to not bother with school and let him manage my music career, and my aspirations of college and helping people were “a stupid waste of time”. I thank myself every day that I had no desire to take him up on his ridiculous offer, and that saying no required no second thought. I can’t imagine what would have happened to me had I said yes, but I know that it would not have been good. That wasn’t the last of that guy, either, unfortunately, but I did go to school and I did graduate before he had the opportunity to fuck anything else up again.

Again, I revisited that notion of never letting anyone ruin a song or a band for me. But, in writing these reviews, I have come to realize that the memory being attached to a song or an artist has served a really valuable purpose for me. I know that this shit really happened, because the song/artist makes me think of this memory. That’s how I know. It’s validating and it’s helpful to actually catalogue all of this in this particular way. I can believe myself. If I ever didn’t before, I do now.

At the end of 2022, I was able to see Big Star (well “Big Star”), perform all of their catalog live, for the 50th anniversary of #1 Record. In Memphis. Mike Mills of R.E.M., Pat Sansone of Wilco, Jon Auer of the Posies, and Chris Stamey of the dBs, playing alongside original drummer and only surviving member, Jody Stephens. Over the years – whether in the UK or in the US, so many Big Star events had come and gone. Movie showings, one-off shows, tributes, whatever. And no matter what, somehow, something always stopped me from catching them. Not this one. No fucking way. I was really overwhelmed, and overcome, to think of all of the things that had to happen in my life since I first heard Thirteen on that burned CD under my loft bed in England to put me in Memphis, listening to these songs live, finally, in my Thirties, knowing those absolute assclowns that I’ve written about above are well behind me and can’t hurt me anymore.

[a-eo-iu]

New Modern Weirdos unlocked !!

Wizard streamer gets his sibling's hot friend to pretend to be his boyfriend so they can rent a house for cheap because the landlord (totally normal old lady known only as "the doc") is only renting to couples (totally not at all weird requirement)

(he tried asking his own friends first but they all refused)

Wizard's name is Halecks (Alex but with extra letters). His streamer name is Aurek. which is what they call the letter "A" in the main star wars alphabet. it's a joke on guys who call themselves alphas because they think they're sooo dominant and manly and whatever. because he's a nerd.

Hot friend's called Day, which is a nickname and not his actual name. Halecks does NOT know Day's real name and he keeps trying and failing to find out what it is and it drives him nuts. it's a whole sideplot.

Halecks and Day are kinda-friends who kinda hate each other. This is Not a happy arrangement.

The house is huge and there are lots of bedrooms, but only one of them is fully intact and not covered in bloodstains and has a mattress. So they have to share a bed. Except instead of doing the cliché of sleeping on opposite ends and waking up in each other's arms they sleep in turns. Because their sleep schedules are just that incompatible.

The house also only has wifi in a few rooms so Halecks has to stream from the dining table in the kitchen. Sometimes Day shows up in the background to cook or whatever and the entire stream is derailed because everyone wants to watch the hot roommate. chat loves the hot roommate.

Aurek's streams have nothing to do with him being a wizard btw he's just a regular game streamer. Except he fucking sucks at the games he plays. It's kinda his whole gimmick.

Their landlord watches Aurek's streams sometimes (she doesn't announce herself when she's there but she mentions stream-related events in their conversations) so he can't even deny it when chat jokes about Day being his boyfriend. He lives in constant fear of getting evicted for lying about having a boyfriend. (she doesn't actually care)

Day is involved with a lot of sketchy stuff/people (including their landlord) and Halecks has no idea

(the landlord is like. officially a private doctor. unofficially she definitely does illegal things involving corpses)

Day has a best friend called Sunny. she is a huge bitch and a terrible influence and I love her. At one point her leg gets "broken" (shot, but they don't tell Halecks that) and she has to stay with them for a while until the doc comes back from "out of town"

Halecks has a hot evil ex who is rivals with Day. They keep trying to stab each other while Halecks isn't looking.

[theconfusedartist]

HHMMM

Ok, so I want to get the before Penn Station chapter up on ff.net and tumblr by Friday (which shouldn't be too hard) it's just been taking a while due to health issues

The next chapter is Alex's POV when he goes to talk with Karen, then a shorter (or around the same length) of Desmond and Altaïr dealing with Elijah and that entire situation. After that chapter is Alex plotting and scheming on making Desmond officially his.

The first two chapters are already written, and I've done the first round of edits on it. But I had to rearrange things and change some of the lore mentioned due to how the worldbuilding was being updated. Thankfully, the first chapter doesn't need updates so that's not something i have to worry about.

The only chapter I'm a but hesitant about is the Dr. Mercer chapter simply bc he's such a....he monologues bc he doesn't give a fuck about what other people think, and he doesn't care about shoving people on the streets, which means a lot of the beginning of the chapter is just him thinking to himself as people try to square up only for him to glare with murderous intent.

That chapter is basically 1) Alex monologuing 2) interacting with Blacklight and the freaky scientist shit he does in his lab 3) putting the plan into action 4) the plan failed successfully 5) smut and profit

Yes, that was kinda how his plan went. Also Alex's plan was basically "get Desmond in a situation where I save him from something, get him into my lab, kinky Blacklight and human sex ensues, then I illegally marry him and give him my last name"

Which...only half worked

[storiesofsvu]

happy thursday fuckers... you know whats up

Here we go… backwards viewing. We starting with OC. Let’s see if I give two fuck about whats going on…

That therapist looked and sounded super familiar… where do I know him from? Was he fins rope guy? Brb…ugh… its not on imdb yet… *sigh*

Not me looking like a clown reading the opening credits of all THREE shows for guest stars waiting for my fave to pop back up…

I JUST realized that when I was TRYING to fucking watch the last episode on citytv the app/site kept glitching and freezing and I never finished it… that’s why I have NO idea whats going on LOLOL

This show would be so much better without Elliot… also If they gave Ayanna her wife back..

I literally like every detective on this show except for Elliot.

Jamie’s bomb. Also hot. 10/10 would bang

Welp. Okay. That felt over quick yet also took 5 hours to get through this damn episode.

Onto mothership;

Yeah fuck this guy… you’re in nyc… you’re gonna step in some shit. I want to punch you.

“morales” are you kidding me? Can we stop reusing names of recurring characters?? I get, diff show but still same universe.

I would prefer this show if it was just Mechad & Odelya… OH and Kate.

Completely unrelated; someone pls remind me to put together a grocery list/meal prep list of things super easy so I stop ordering fucking delivery. I need to get that shit together.

Mechad just *yelled* and I *felt things* jfc

What TF is senator paley doing here?! Where is keane to spit in his face. Get this man off my tv pls.

Ugh fuck this asshat. This is horrible. But also… we’ve done this storyline in older episodes… alex & casey have both gotten people out of ICE. Cmon sam… where was your paperwork…

OOF she brought her big balls to this… hello m’am

FUCK defence attorneys who attack the character of a prime witness just because they’re there illegally. Like, fuck off, you had her detained in the first place.

Wow okay, fucking heartbreaking ending, way to just hurt Sam.. baby.. is okay… I will cuddle you back to happiness.

FINALLY, okay here we go svu. Ive heard some interesting things about the ep… let’s see

I don’t know if I’m ready for this…

DID WE REALLY HAVE TO REVISIT THE ROLIVIA GOODBYE?!?! AS IF I HAVE NOT SOBBED OVER IT ENOUGH!??

DID SHE LEAVE THE FUCKING CHIPMUNK?? WTF?? IVE HAD SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT FOR YEARS

Ugh…. The fin amanda dynamic was always such a fucking good one… I will miss them

Okay I d love that Duarte still watches out for/hangs out with muncy

Who… once again is wearing plaid… like the queer she is…

When is mcgrath gonna fucking meet his rotten end… I need him gone…

Oh THANK GOD noah doesn’t fully witness this?? I was so concerned.

Somehow… that wasn’t as bad as I expected it to be? And I KNOW this is probably leading up to other shit that certain fans really want to see, but like, can we give olivia a damn break please? *eyeroll*

Also it’s just plain pathetic to only have two detectives. Like… I know molly replaced kelli, but we really still need another one… OR make the ada a more prominent feature, add in huang/a shrink, the ME, make there be more of a larger rotating cast like s8/9….

Omg fin lololol

“you have a visitor…” andits FUCKING MCGRATH ugh what a way to make things worse…

Okay… m’am… you were doing so well this season, and now we’re back to the super breathy acting.. why…

Im glad they keep mentioning Phoebe, like, the writers haven’t forgotten about her so that’s a good sign.

Im SORRY. She keeps a SHOTGUN in an UNLOCKED closet?? WITH NOAH IN THE HOUSE?!?!

Anyone else super confused as to how her ribs aren’t broken? Or at least cracked? Like… it really seems like it..

Okay… her lingering on amanda’s empty desk is giving me s13 flashbacks, like, amanda would have reached out…. She’s literally married to someone olivia sees on a regular basis.

I’m hot for Duarte now and I fully blame @bulletproof for that….

Wait… I just saw a commercial for Chicago PD… I watched the new ep right before my l&o viewings… was Hank even in this week’s ep??

Omg muncy was so fucking excited to take off the blazer lolololol

Who TF is this guy… detective Bruno…. I swear I know him from somewhere

Oh… okay… he’s been on svu 5 times before… (as different characters… the one being the husband of the woman who accused Stone of assault)

This ep is meh. There’s too much fin and olivia and this new fuck I don’t care about, give me the characters I *want* to see pls.

Seriously… why must police always think that people know about their HALF siblings?!? People be whores… I didn’t know I had THREE half brothers til I was 14…

Overall… this was underwhelming.

I know it’s a three parter (I believe?) so like, there’s more coming, but like… underwhelming as a whole. I’m not even going to bother to gif any of it this week. Sorry not sorry besties.

[ask-thedepressedkidatthetable]

Driver’s Ed.

@heartxshaped-bruises (This got a lot longer than I initially anticipated!)

       Driver’s Ed. For all him and Casper bitched about the faculty, Alex didn’t think he had ever come to hate a teacher like he hated Gary “Coach” Montano. The feeling was mutual. The guy was one of those old burnout, ‘I used to be a cop but now I teach high school brats’ types who clearly couldn’t handle a few layers and a patched jacket with, ‘Kill All Fascists’ on the sleeve. He wouldn’t have even connected it if the guy wasn’t staring sickles at it.

       Okay, okay, so many acting out wasn’t the best idea in his class. Maybe he should have figured out it would have gone badly, but he just couldn’t help himself when they began passing the textbook, reading a section aloud. In his defense, they had studies that embellishments in these kinds of assignments improved retention. Mostly because you got to weed out who was or wasn’t paying attention. Like the next table, who sat on their phones all day.

       His section had been about watching out for wildlife, and he thought it was pretty funny to shout, “Squirrel!” in the middle of it until Montano shot him down with a snide comment about sticking to the textbook .  .  . Yeah, okay. He got it. No more talking in class. Take a page from Casper since he was right fucking there!

       “That is your name, isn’t it?” Montano said, calling Alex to the front of the class a few weeks after the textbook incident, to read an illegible name on the whiteboard that honestly, might have been “Rebecca.” Funny, how Alex didn’t remember coming up here to write his name in the first place. They were supposed to start getting in the car now. A whole group of them, driving each other home like a combustion powdered game of leap frog. It put a bad taste in his mouth. How was he supposed to stomach getting into a car with this guy and a lot of classmates he despised? Alex bit down the hot embarrassment, saying a simple, “Yes sir.” because it didn’t matter anyway as he sat down, avoiding everyone’s gaze.

       He did actually think this class was important. It was the one time he was actually trying! He was paying attention, he was watching videos and reading books, watching and trying to practice in his free time! It was a life-skill they’d probably use everyday and it was dangerous!

       Alex didn’t think any of that would help him now though. He didn’t think anything would help him now. Whose brilliant idea was it for him to drive first with everyone in the backseat? Why couldn’t he have been last? Why didn’t he just jump out of the car right now? The boy gripped the steering wheel, his knuckles turning white as the “coach” screamed at him. General things, you know? “You’re so stupid, why didn’t you just go? You have right-of-way, get into the fast lane and turn here!”

       Why couldn’t you just take the back-roads? Why couldn’t you just wait for everyone else to go? He could be patient! He didn’t want to get into a wreck! So many people died in car accidents, and it wasn’t just him! If it was just him, it’d be fine! But he had people in the backseat! People who wanted to get home safe and he thought they deserved that chance! It was terrifying. There were so many people and so many variables, it was terrifying.

       He was trying so hard to be good about it. He was swallowing everything and just trying to get through this day- “That was a stop sign.” One completely hidden by bushes, unless you already knew it was there. The hard stop was not fun. Neither was the yelling. “You aren’t even listening, are you? You’re not paying attention and you’re not even trying! Do you want us all killed?”

       “I will slash your goddamn tires! You worthless son of a bitch! Is that what you want?” Montano was supposed to show them how to change a tire. How to fix their car and when to call a mechanic. They hadn’t done that. They hadn’t done a lot of stuff in this shit-hole class that they were supposed to do. They were fucking liars.

       Alex didn’t even know what he said after that, he was so caught up in the screaming. He almost pulled his knife- he wished he had pulled his knife! But he wanted so badly to be a good person that he ran away instead, like a coward. Alex struggled with the seat-belt and slammed the car door behind him, leaving everyone else somewhere in the middle of the city as he started walking. It didn’t matter where he went, he knew the city! Just so long as it was away from all that.

       He was sorry.

       Having Casper in the back, just watching it all felt like icing on the cake. It was humiliating. How was he supposed to show he could ever be a functional human being when stuff like this happened?

       Alex hated everything. He wanted to die. Or live in a cabin in the woods somewhere. He wasn’t really sure which .  .  . He just wanted to be alone, and not feel sick to his stomach for once.

       He got a detention slip the next day. It was weird. Shouldn’t it have been a suspension? If the school’s rumor mill was anything to go by, he’d threatened to kill Mr. Montano somewhere in there yesterday. Apparently that just wasn’t that big of a deal.

       “I shouldn’t have said I’d slash his tires.” Alex said, wondering why Casper was even there. What did he have to gain from laying in the grass with him? Alex didn’t understand, and there was still too much going on to work through the confusion and feel anything other than angry and really, really sad. He didn’t want to think about people like that. He just didn’t see a point in Casper hanging around unless there was something to take.

       He was so fucking cynical and ugly. He was an ugly person. He wasn’t going to apologize to Montano though, because he didn’t feel like he’d done anything wrong.

       “I can’t do it now. He’d press charges if it actually happened.” Alex’s words faded after that. He laid with Cas, passing phone memos back and forth before giving the other’s phone back without a reply. He couldn’t think of anymore words .  .  . Not too long after that, some powdered sugar ended up in Coach Montano’s gas tank.

       Alex didn’t feel sorry for him at all.

[aswho1estuff]

Faster

1. Wigs or wheels ?

Masterlist

Plot overview: Who’d think my fun night of slightly illegal activity would put me right on the track to participate and against the infamous Nakamoto Yuta himself titled king of the street’s.

Ep 1 summary: my actions have repercussions but I didn’t think one of those would be racing.

“Guys let do something exciting later what y’all think about drag races” he says smiling “is this another dumb plan of yours Alex” Alexis says glaring at him “ which version wigs or wheels?” I join in amused “ now that’s what I’m talking about it’s gonna be fun” he reply’s sure of himself Alexis deadpans as I laugh.

“Is everyone ready” I ask walking down stairs in my red 2 piece I trashed my closet for “ woah nice nice” alex says looking at us all “ I don’t hate it” Alexis says.

Outfits

Of course after arriving I get lost but it gives me time to look at everybody’s cars some over compensating, some bought with daddy’s money, and others mix and match galore quite interesting.

One catches my eye it’s fully green “ ..neo city? ” probably a tag line.A burning feeling makes me lift my head up looking around.

“Beth we have a problem” I hear Alex say over the crowd with Alexis walking him over to the car next to the green one “ he fucked his hamstring, and confessed he was supposed to be racing which I told him was stupid” “so you’re a lier huh” I ask pointing at him.

“Apparently he is,..betty boop” I look over my shoulder to meet his gaze before he shifts it to Alex“ thought your were gonna beat me ..but if you can’t participate then a forfeit is acceptable” he laughs turning to his friends how fucking smug.

“I’m not forfeiting ……..what if I can get someone to drive for me” he rushes out “ well alright then doesn’t matter who I’m beating to me” the man says walking away I turn to Alex “ what are you thinking dumbass” he smiles half assed “ I’m thinking you drive for me” he pleads with his eyes grabbing my hands “ For the money, that we could gain and the amount I used” I stick my nails in his hands hearing multiple curse and with an approving look from Alexis I let go and nod.

I take off my heels throwing them into the back seat while Alex explain what to do but really I’m just gonna bullshit it I shouldn’t be doing this in the first play I move around Alex and settle in the car shimming “ this is my baby please be careful yeah and it’s also a no holds match so do with that you will” “ like in wwe no holds like chairs and ladder” He nods I’m gonna kill him. Giving a reassuring smile i hope works as Alexis pulls Alex out the car and onto a seat in what seems to be the audience.

It doesn’t hit me I’m doing this until the girl starting the race lines up in between me and the guy from earlier along with plenty other cars counting down 1. ‘wish I was doing that instead’ 2. I look over and he’s already smirking at me 3. asshole I slam on the pedal taking off.

I turn up the radio blasting “Wild Thoughts”because why not. I hit a corner pushing speed to get side by side with the neo car again.

“I don’t know if you can take it, know you wanna see me naked naked naked”

Looking over I raise my eyebrow he almost looks surprised but there no traces a second later replacing it with that smirk again. I switch lanes hitting the unexpected turn hard i knock into a car bullying it into the side ramp on accident “so sorry” I yell out pulling away.

The track now leaking into the city streets this is gonna be hard. A red light flashes above the incoming light but I don’t wanna stop nor lose.

“I’m to lit to dim down a notch, cause I could name some thangs that I’m gone do”

I run the red light catching up to about the last 3 and if I’m going down it’s for sure not in fourth place. I hit the final turn pushing a red car over the track forcing them to push back I become side to side with the second car sliding into the front of it sporadically leaning into the side lanes and coping their movements.

Finally seeing the crowd approach I form a beeline for the neo car lining in between the connecting lanes. I’m almost there until he bumps my side pushing me and the next thing I know he’s crossed the line first.

I turned the car off inhaling that was more fun than I should feel which irks me along with not getting first place but I did pretty good with what I learned off mario cart. Watching Alex pull Alexis with him to my car I open the door “wow” Alex says hugging me tightly Alexis hits him “calm down, you did good …i don’t know if I should be congratulating this” I laugh hugging her too she situates Alex in the car getting into the front seat.

“Here you go Betty boop nice game” he hands me a thick envelope it’s gotta be money “thanks…” I drag on “Yuta, Nakamoto Yuta Betty, you can tell me yours?” “No I think you’ll do just fine with betty babe” I glance giving him once over before smiling and getting into the back seat waving and preceding to occupy myself with talking to Alex.

Ep. 2 Party Dress->

Masterlist

[areus-in-a-little-cave]

okay stories!!! quick first bit explaination. - took a boat to trail (saw sea otters!!!) - we skipped a two day portion of purely bog bc we just wanted to. so we got extra boat time. - hiked a painful 7km. it was the worst portion of the entire trip - arrive at the spot to camp and i want to die - there is a fire on the beach (illegal but eh) we go and join - and we met... - gino. Lovely guy who had a cool chair he'd hiked in. he's a nurse who's hiking with his two buddies. but then it gets better. these two buddies are a) dating b) gay and c) TAKE FUCKING HOURS TO HIKE. they've been regularly arriving at 10pm and 11pm and hiking at night. everyone esle was concerned about that. gino was not. man had his tent and his food he was absolutely chiling. apparently his friends had sex during the bog. also all three are sharing a tent. i love them dearly - Francois. this man is a cryptid. he built a huge, and might i stress, ILLEGAL fire. he is french. he offered the gay couple magic mushrooms when he bumped into them on the trail. (they accepted). he had strong political opinions (like any quebecois person tbh) he heard that i was fixing someones boot covers (i carry needle/thread) and was like "what d'you wanna do for work". i mention being a seamstress at cirque du soliel. mf goes "my sister is the head seamstress. ill give you her number right now." then he did more drugs and went into teh freezing ocean. a legend. - Alex. he brought a spiderman fishing rod. it broke. he was very chill. a docter. apparently he was very agile on the trails. he kept just appearing just in the ocean. he liked building fires and was hiking with francois i don't know if they knew each other though. he was nice. - later we met a father/daughter hiking team. she was just a bit older than me. they were fun to talk to. he kept offering us chocolate covered almonds. her and i watched the stars and gossiped about teh other hikers for hours last night. francois works in her town and she's scared. those two hiked in a fucking pound of cheddar cheese. they slept in hammocks in the trees - we also "met" the 'tree planters' a group of 6 like 20 somethings who slept in hammocks but they were stacked in the same trees. they just climbed the trees. they got up at 6am and then i never saw them again. too fast. apparently one of their boots broke later though bc when i was leaving the forest today there were fucking barefootprints in the mud and it was one of them. i fear them. they apparently went so fast to avoid francois.

and then the normal couple - megan and her boyfriend who's name is escaping me. they did not like being around francois. francois liked being around them. didn't talk much but they were nice. my first conversation with him was "whats you're favourite food." he then put his head down and went "I would take anything right now." we took the bus back with them. more highlights - did a cable car accross rivers!! - saw no bears - saw amazing stars

HELLO?????? this is so funny parker I'm absolutely obsessed

every single person here is such a character I cannot articulate how much enjoyment I got out of reading this. I hope they all had happy camping trips this is awesome

sounds like tons of fun :D!! ye hiking can be tiring but it's also just fun yknow you get to see the sights of nature and. well the mud doesn't sound fun but hey stars! and a cable car very cool!!

still reeling over the people you met. sometimes sitcoms seem very unrealistic, and sometimes. well the world is like that

[joyandthephantoms]

Ooh ooh dancing book scars!

ooh you know these ones! just not by those names

"built my life around sound to keep you dancing" is my working title for ghostgirls/the au where Julie only summons Reggie, Flynn gets Alex and Carrie gets Luke

Clearly, someone is messing with her, looking for a hysterical overreaction, trying to orchestrate a story about how they played a harmless prank on Carrie Wilson and she flipped out and called the cops on them, can you believe it?

“You know what? I changed my mind,” she says, making sure to coat every sharp edge in her voice with syrup. “Make yourself at home, I don’t care.”

Luke goes wide-eyed, nearly trips over his feet as he protests, “Dude, I told you, I need to find my bandmates, I need help. Can you at least tell me who you are?”

Carrie ignores him. If he wants a reaction, he’s out of luck.  All she has to do is pretend he doesn’t exist, and unfortunately for Luke, Carrie is a very good actress.

Unfortunately for Carrie, Luke is incredibly persistent. To her credit, she makes it through a full sixteen minutes of him pacing and humming and muttering to himself and climbing around all over her stuff and getting right in her face to ask a million nonsensical questions. But she finally snaps when, after a few moments of silence, he asks, “Are you dead?”

She whirls around in her seat. “Is that a threat?”

and then open book is the lukebobby fic G and I have been talking about for ages

There wasn't any kind of grand revelation that their perception had been off; Luke didn't find Bobby crying into his mom's pillow or anything, but he just seems . . . touchy about it, in a way that took Luke ages to properly notice. His own offhanded comments about having the house to himself or not having to worry about getting in any trouble for being out late have stayed the same, but his smiles are always too tight when one of the other guys jokes about how lucky he is, and he's always so quick to change the subject. 

And fuck, Luke knows now how quiet this place gets with no one around all day. When the boys are gone at school, he spends most of his energy trying to keep the emptiness of the Shaw house from sinking into his skin; he doesn't know how Bobby's done this for so long. He doesn't know how he missed it for so long, how much Bobby must be hurting.

aaaaand collect your scars is what the unwind outline is labelled in my personal drive, it's the exact same content as the "julie and the unwinds idfk" document that you have, the wildly fucked up unwind dystology au where you can just take teenagers apart for their organs if they're not cool enough

so none of that is Written written, but here's a piece anyway:

They’re walking back to Flynn and Reggie’s (stolen) minivan with their stuff and Reg and Alex have a conversation that basically goes “btw the fundraiser is super fake” “dude wtf that’s way more illegal and wrong than me stealing from you” “first off I resent equating legality with morality, second off our whole existence is illegal so we may as well go all in”

And Alex just kinda looks at them until they go “aren’t you an unwind too?”

Flynn chimes in with “jfc Reggie you can’t keep asking people this, you’re going to get us caught so fast . . . but @ Alex, are you though?”

[becauseimanicequeen]

Pride Month Watch: The Warp Effect (ep 1-4)

I've put this off for far too long. It's about damn time to watch The Warp Effect. And what better time to do it than during Pride Month?

I'm going into this knowing very little about the show. I know which actors are in it, I know that New's character ends up in the future after some shit happens, and I know it's a Jojo show. That's about it.

Let's dive in!

I'm only 15 minutes into this show and Fluke's character is my favorite. Can't remember his name, but he's my favorite.

Oh, his name is Army.

Don't know why I have to fall for the bully, but here we are... (Same old story when it comes to me and fictional characters, lol.)

Look at this intelligent, serious, amazing woman...

Then Alex cuts in with his inner monologue when she's laying out some facts and being serious...

Dude, are you even listening? Hate to break it to you, but if you're into women, periods are your business too.

Ice is such a little shit for constantly throwing his brother under the bus.

I LOVE HIM!

Oh, lord. Silvy (Mollie) is out to kill me.

But I don't mind. I don't mind. AT. ALL.

This scene...

Dude, a dick alone isn't always enough. I hate to break it to you, but your dick is not magical. Just saying.

Seriously...

She never said she hates men. She said women can have orgasms without dicks. That's a fact. Interpreting that as hate against men is your problem.

Hating men has nothing to do with one's sexuality.

Now, get out of the fucking way so she can go hook up with Alex (who happens to be a dude, btw). Because I'm pretty sure this is about to happen. And that's how much she hates men...

Wait, Army's a doc in the future? Oh, lord...

Why is he so fine?

As a former metalhead...

The Slipknot and Metallica posters sent me down memory lane. Is this a Jojo thing? Rock bands were also a feature in Only Friends (and he was a screenwriter and director for both).

I didn’t expect this…

But it also makes sense, in a way. (So this is the predecessor to the dog mask in Playboyy?)

This man…

I love him so much.

Hi Pepzi!

Irl director of KinnPorsche and My Stand-In.

I love Jean…

With my entire heart!

I didn’t think I could love her more, but look at her place…

There’s art everywhere. As a visual artist myself, I have a huge soft spot for people who love art. Yes, I’m biased like that.

But I also love Army…

And all his shenanigans. I’m biased like this too, lol.

See…

Women don’t need dicks to feel pleasure.

The way Army looks at Joe…

Makes me love him so much more. The things his gaze made me feel were illegal. (It also makes me even more excited for Your Dear Daddy. Give it to me! Right now!)

Relatable…

I love how real this show feels (tackling subjects like real menstruation issues, showing that safe sex is important, being sex-positive, and everything being messy just like real life is/can be, etc.) and having good representation (different sexualities, and now we have a non-binary character in Mollie, whom I absolutely love). I’m only four episodes into the show and I’m invested. Give me more.

Kim’s reaction to this conversation is so me…

Considering peeps with vaginas can have a great time and orgasm using only fingers, it doesn’t matter how big your dick is honey. Just saying.

All it took was a brief meeting with Joe and Army is gone…

Right down memory lane...

Good for him. Good for us.

Oh, my man is totally gone…

He wants Joe and I want him to want Joe.

And Joe... He's lost in the sauce…

In a locker room… At his workplace… These men… lmao.

Btw, why do I get the feeling that Army outed Joe in the past? And that's why Joe was so hostile at first. Could be wrong about this, though...

I’m loving this series so far. I love the mess, the chaos, the diverse characters, Mollie, the women, Army and Joe, the women, Ice being an ice-cold bitch to his brother, and did I mention the women?

I want to see more, so it's time to dive into the next episode.