#another keegan rant

[key-rk]

Does Drake have any other friends than Launchpad?

what she said

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I don't think so, not only is he a difficult guy to be around--he also tends to not let people in. If I recall his attitude to company in the first episode, he explicitly states; "I work alone." and generally didn't leave much wiggle room on that statement until he decided otherwise.

Also, just any episode involving any of the justice ducks, the episode 'adopt-a-con', and 'You Sweat your life away', all do a pretty good job highlighting his inability to be around people.

I'd also reckon he's not particularly upset about his lack of friends. Many times had he shown that his job came first--and friends would just get in the way (that episode w/ fenton crackshell did wonders to explain that.)

But yeah, no friends for that guy lol

[mango-parfait]

I wanna do another 100 word fic challenge...

[glittergoblinzz]

Shut Your Damn Mouth

Keegan Russ x GN!Reader

CW: 18+ content, angry sex, teasing, unprotected sex, slight orgasm denial

"I don't see what the problem-"

You were quickly cut off by the snap of Keegan's hips as he plunged his cock deep into your weeping hole, earning a yelp from you.

"I said Shut. Up."

Keegan growled into your ear, his deep voice calm yet laced with venom. You had really done it now....

• • • •

Earlier that day, Keegan had taken you to finally meet his parents at the yearly Christmas dinner his mother hosts. All his family were there, including his sister and her young children. You had met his sister and her kids a few times before, to which Keegan's nieces and nephews took an immediate liking to you, already referring to you as their aunt/uncle. The moment you walked through the door to Keegan's parents house, the little tots were already charging at you and Keegan but calling out to you in particular.

"Auntie/Uncle!"

The kids didn't hesitate to cling to your legs, laughing and giggling as they looked up at you and Keegan with their beady little eyes. You and Keegan each scooped a kid up as they begin ranting on and on about what they had done since the last time they seen you two. One thing led to another and during the innocent little conversation with Keegan's extended family, you accidentally let slip the nickname you gave him only in private. The kids eyes immediately lit up at the new name to call their precious uncle.

"KeeKee? Uncle KeeKee! That's so funny, Auntie/Uncle!"

Keegan immediately shot you a glare the moment the nickname left your mouth, his icy blue eyes peering straight into your soul. You could obviously tell he was not happy that the small children now knew of the embarrassing nickname you gave him. Though that glare was shortlived as he went back to looking happy with the children. They scrambled out of your arms, running off to go tell everyone at the party of Keegan's new name. It was something he knew his parents would never let him live down, and he was right. They immediately started calling him 'KeeKee' as well when their grandchildren told them of the name your gave their son.

The moment you two got back home after the party was finished, Keegan wasted absolutely no time in pinning you against the wall.

"Look what you did, you little brat. I'm going to have to live the rest of my life with my damn family calling me that God awful nickname now..."

You try to protest, to tell him it was an accident, but Keegan wasn't having it. He covered your mouth as his free hand shot down between your legs.

"Shut your damn mouth. You know what happens when you're bad....You can't escape your punishment, darling."

• • • •

So now here you were, laying on the couch in the dark living room with Keegan on top of you, your clothes strown about along with Keegan's. Your moans and mewls filled the room as Keegan continued his assault on your poor, aching hole. Despite already being filled with his hard member, your body desperately craved more. It craved release. Keegan could see this as he continued pounding into you, thrusts deliberately hard but going at an agonizing slow pace. Each time he slammed into you, your grip on his back tightened, your nails digging deep into his skin, guaranteed to make him bleed. He couldn't help but let out a deep, gruntled moan as his hips slammed into yours again.

"You going to be good from now on? You learned your lesson, babygirl?"

Just as you were about to speak, Keegan's hips snapped into yours again, his cock hitting that sweet spot which caused you to whine needily. You were so close but Keegan wasn't going to give you it. So you opted to nod instead.

"Hmm? What was that, doll? I don't think I heard you. You gotta speak up for me."

Again, just as you were about to speak, he thrusted right back into you, causing you to let out a sharp moan.

"Y-Yes! Goddamn it yes...! I-I learned my lesson, Keegan...I'm sorry, it'll never happen again....!"

You choked out between sobs. The desperate need for release was becoming too much for you. You tried jerking your hips up, trying to get off on your own but Keegan's hand came down firmly on your hip to hold you in place.

"Tsk tsk tsk....such a naughty little thing, trying to escape their punishment like that. What ever should I do with you?"

He whispered as he leaned down to your ear, gently nipping at your earlobe.

"I suppose I could give my babygirl what they want....but the question is, do you deserve it?"

He proceeds to leave a trail of kisses and bites down the side of your neck and down to your collarbone all while still thrusting into you at a slow enough pace to where you couldn't reach your orgasm just yet. You knew he was close too, as you could feel his member throbbing deep inside you.

"You promise to be good from now on, Sugar? Promise not to say that ridiculous nickname again?"

You nod quickly as you try speak between mewls and whimpers.

"Y-Yes...! I promise....I'll be good! I'll never call you 'KeeKee' again!"

That was all Keegan needed to hear. He picked up his pace finally, his hips crashing into yours at a pace where you could finally feel the knot in your stomach begin to tighten as his cock slams deeper into you. Keegan's mouth made its way to your chest, where he immediately bit down on one of your perked, sensitive nipples. That along with the feel of him assaulting your needy hole pushed you over the edge. You cry out Keegan's name as your back arches and you desperately claw at his back, your orgasm washing over you as your hole clenches around Keegan.

Keegan lets out a grunt as he pulls out of you just in time, spraying his hot cum all over your abdomen and chest as he reaches his own orgasm.

After a moment, he collapses onto of you....too tired to care about the sticky mess he made on you. You both lay there, trying to catch your breath. It was you who ended up speaking first after a while.

"That was amazing. I love you....KeeKee."

Keegan responds with a firm smack to the side of your ass, though he couldn't help but smile a little. There was no way in hell he could stay mad at you, especially over something so petty.

"Yeah, I love you too you little brat."

[ghostlythunderbird]

Hey Guys! I wanted to give you guys a sneak peek at what I'm currently working on.

This will be a Poly Relationship with a Female reader, which will include our top soldiers Ghost, Konig, and Keegan. It is also 18+ (This means Minors and Ageless blogs DNI) as there will be sexual themes later on but here's a snippet of what I have so far! This will be a Modern Omegaverse Dystopia, and I will be more than happy to answer any questions on this upcoming AU.

"God, if I knew how much of a handful you were, I never would have fucking agreed to this." The hurtful words spewed out of Keegan's mouth before Ghost or Konig could stop him. Those words made you bristle, your teeth clenching before slowly turning back to face the 3 significant alphas sitting in the living room. "Oh, you think you're angry because you agreed to mate with someone you don't know? How do you think I feel, being forced into a contract with not just one but THREE alphas I've never met!" Tears began to collect in your eyes as you tried to keep your gaze on Keegan.

 "At least you had a choice! How did it go for me? I was forced out of the only home I ever knew, only to be paired with three alphas, who, mind you appear to have NO experience being around an Omega whatsoever! Only to be locked on their knots and treated like a goddamn broodmare for the rest of my life." 

Tears began to run down your cheeks as your throat tightened, beginning to choke your words. "I wanted to live a normal life just like everyone else on this godforsaken planet, but no, I was told to sit down, shut up and be a 'Good lil' Omega'" Those words alone made your skin crawl; and it seemed your alphas shared the same sentiment. Konig's gaze dropped to the floor before shifting his body away from you, his scent becoming sour. The tension in the room continued to increase as your rant began its downhill slide.

"The only person here that's made me somewhat comfortable in this fucking house is Konig; you and Ghost have given me NOTHING. You've done nothing but criticize everything I've done since I got here, and you dare to say that YOU'RE angry over this arrangement?" A growl brewed in your throat. If your dam heard you right now, she'd die on the spot, saying it was Un-Omegalike. None of the alphas could meet your tearful stare; not even the battle-hardened Ghost could look at you. It only solidified that these alphas, ones you were supposed to bond with, didn't fully understand how you felt during this rough change.

You couldn't stand to be around them anymore; the need to return to your room, to your nest, was steadily becoming overwhelming. Swiftly turning on your heel, you began to leave the living room. The alpha's head snapped back to your frame as you walked away. The skull-faced alpha took a step past Keegan. "Love wai-." As you spun around to face him, your speed was near enough to snap anyone's neck. "Don't. You. Dare. Say that. After everything, you don't get to call me that; I can't fucking be in here with any of you right now. Just leave me alone" The snarl left your lips was deadly. Clearly stating, 'Leave me alone.'

The air was stagnant once you turned around and left. The Alphas soon looked at one another. No words were shared between them, but they were all in the same thought process.

They really fucked up.

[ghoulystay]

Interrogation gone wrong.

König and Y/N story.

Short story.

Mature themes.

18 and over.

Female reader.

"I didn't do anything!"

The whole team. Everyone was led to believe that you were the traitor. You were being tortured brutally. Unfortunately, there had been suspicions that someone was a spy for the enemy. The only hint that was given away was that the "mole" was a woman. There were a few women within TF141, you being one of them. One thing for sure, though, it wasn't you, but all the men were on edge.

Unfortunately, luck was not on your side one day. Apparently, another female from the team was telling everyone that she suspected you. She never liked you, since the beginning she hated you only because König wanted you and she wanted König but he turned her down. His eyes were always on you, and he was madly in love with you. She hated that. She hated the fact that König rejected her. She was known to get around, but König saw through her bullshit.

"Y/N, come with us." Captain Price ordered. You were led to a building on base that you knew too well. It was a place where hostages and bad guys were taken to get answers. "Answers, meaning getting the shit beat out of you.

Once in the room. You were ordered to sit on the only chair that sat in the middle of the room. Captain Price, Ghost, Soap, and König were all there. You feel yourself breaking inside once you see him standing there looking at you. You can see it in his eyes. He's hurt. He wants to save you. But he can't.

Price begins with questions. You deny everything. Ghost was the one ordered to torture you. Soap and König watching in disbelief. Your screams echo throughout the room, but you never broke.

"Come on y/n! Tell us who you work for, and it'll all be over!" Price continued to rant on. And your answers were always the same. "I'm..not..a..fucking spy.."

König couldn't stand watching you like this. He's about to break. He's already seeing red. Soap noticed König getting angry. "I'm sorry, mate. It has to be done." Soap tells König. That only pist König off more. He turns to face Soap. "Fuck you, MacTavish."

You were bloody and exhausted. You had taken some heavy beatings. It had been 3 hours at this point. Price and Ghost are already frustrated. Soap, making sure König doesn't do anything stupid. Everyone's feelings are all over the place.

Suddenly, Keegan barges in through the door. "Sir, it's not y/n. It's (girls' name)." Not to your surprise that it was the hating slut who hates you for being with König. Everyone looks surprised. "She's in the room down the hall, sir." Ghost and Soap follow Keegan out. Price and König stay back, König immediately breaks you free from the cuffs on your wrists. He helps you stand and holds you. "I'm sorry about all this y/n." Price says. He leaves you and König as he makes his way to the room where the other woman is for the next interrogation.

König decided to carry you out. He didn't want you to walk. "I got you, my Schatz."

[porkcutletbowl44]

I had to stop in the middle of the chapter BECAUSE HOW CAN THIS ASSHOLE ASK FOR ANOTHER BABY

OMG I HATE SIMON SO MUCH IN THIS STORY I WANT TO RIP HIM INTO SHREDS

OMFG AND ALL THE CUTE SHIT I-

I'm so mad. So mad at this man you have no idea. I think, my mind would have shattered into pieces the moment he asked for the divorce. I know our bby girl is hanging on for Fawn but holy shit.

God, I don't know if I would have ever gotten over of what had happened. Reader Chan is so much stronger than I am haha

I still don't understand Simon. Why did he threw everything away? Life was perfect with us, he wanted another kid I-

This Angst is unreal. Poor kegi has some big shoes to fill. I just hope she realizes how much the boys wants us. She is a little dense about that ngl

Ahh sorry for the rant again but you said you like it. So ig it's alright 🤭

Song recommendation: just pretend by bad omens ✨️

First right off the bat YOU HAVE MY HEART FOR THAT SONG RECC CAUSE IM SO USING IT😆😆 UGHHHH BAD OMENS YESSSS👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

All will be revealed 🤭 (at one point) AND HOW DARE HE FRRR, like sir, do you know what you did in the future??? Smh 😞

Mama is just a lil delulu abt Keegan's feelings she just silly don't mind her 🤣

[reelovesfictionalmen]

Tagging characters not in your fic.

Another CoD fandom rant I guess.

Why are fics being tagged for characters that they're not about or for characters that aren't even in the fic at all? Theres so many like that. Why do I have to scroll through a dozen ghost x reader fics in the price x reader tag? Or Konig fics in the Soap x Reader tag? Even just now I was reading a Keegan P Russ fic and it was tagged with Ghost x Reader, Konig x Reader and other characters who aren't even in it!

Can people PLEASE tag correctly. For the love of all things good, please PLEASE tag your fics with the right characters. I know a lot of you are new to Tumblr and tagging here but it's really poor etiquette to tag characters for content that they are not in. I know you want more people to read your things and if you tag incorrectly then more people might see your work but at the same time potential readers will find themselves not even wanting to read your works and scrolling right past them if they're in a tag they don't belong.

Your works are great and I really hope you all keep writing for many years to come. Just please please tag your shit properly.

[doamarierose-honoka]

🟧 Chris Pratt teases that there's plenty of video game source material for The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2 to explore.

🟧 The actor expresses interest in seeing a "Nintendo cinematic universe" with exciting crossover projects.

🟧 The major success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie in theaters means that the sequel is likely just the beginning of a much larger franchise.

Chris Pratt comments on The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2 and how the sequel will further explore a larger universe of Nintendo properties. Based on the iconic Nintendo video game character, the first Super Mario Bros. Movie from Illumination Entertainment hit theaters in 2023, becoming one of the biggest box office hits of the year. It didn't take long for confirmation to arrive that Pratt would reprise his role as Mario for a sequel, which is expected to release in spring 2026.

In a recent interview with Screen Rant, Pratt teases what's to come from the announced Super Mario Bros. Movie 2. According to the actor, there's plenty of room for franchise expansion, with a whole interconnected cinematic universe of Nintendo characters potentially on the way. Check out Pratt's full comment below:

"Oh, man! There's so much to explore. There are decades worth of [games] to explore, not only with Mario and Peach and Donkey Kong and Luigi and Bowser and Yoshi; that was teased at the end. But it just gets me so excited. I was such a Nintendo head growing up, so just thinking about how everything from Legend of Zelda to the entire Nintendo cinematic universe could be created and what that could look like for all of these characters that I love? I mean, there's really no limit. We could talk about it for hours."

The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2 Could Be Just The Beginning

The First Movie's Success Paves The Way For A Larger Nintendo Cinematic Universe

The Super Mario Bros. video game franchise is truly beloved, and, as Pratt suggests, the last 40 years have seen the introduction of dozens of characters, worlds, and storylines across dozens of individual titles. The Illumination adaptation, then, which was directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic, was always positioned to do well, but the film exceeded expectations in a major way. The Super Mario Bros. Movie's box office capped out at a staggering $1.36 billion worldwide.

Note

In addition to Pratt, The Super Mario Bros. Movie features the voice acting talents of Jack Black, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Seth Rogen, Keegan-Michael Key, and Fred Armisen.

Although The Super Mario Bros. Movie's reviews were mixed from critics, the reception from general audiences was far more positive. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film currently holds a lackluster critics' score of 59%, but the audience score is glowing at 95%. There's clearly a desire from general movie-goers then to see the beloved video game franchise continue to expand on the big screen, and the sequel is now poised to become another major box office sensation.

In addition to more sequels, the positive reception to the first film means that spinoff movies in a larger Nintendo cinematic universe could also be on the way. While there's a risk that such aggressive franchise expansion will dilute the brand and make new theatrical releases a little less special, the many successful installments in Illumination's Minions franchise suggests that family audiences could continue to show up for new releases for years to come. It remains to be seen what The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2 has in store for audiences, but it may be the first of many sequels.

[d2kvirus]

Dickheads of the Month: September 2023

As it seems that there are people who say or do things that are remarkably dickheaded yet somehow people try to make excuses for them or pretend it never happened, here is a collection of some of the dickheaded actions we saw in the month of September 2023 to make sure that they are never forgotten.  

When there is speculation that Russell Brand might be at the centre of a Dispatches expose into a comedian with a track record of sexual assault, the worst thing Russell Brand could have done is release a video a few hours ahead of the episode where he makes it obvious he is the likely subject, especially when that video not only contains an obvious edit where he uses the word "consensual" plus his defence being that he has the support of both Andrew Tate and billionaire manchild Elon Musk

...so, of course, billionaire manchild Elon Musk agrees with Brand's nonsensical blathering being "proof" of a conspiracy against QAnon and antivax fucktards and not, say, Brand's history of extremely dodgy behaviour getting exposed for all to see which has nothing to do with political stances and more to do with Brand being a rapey piece of shit

...while failed nepo baby Lawrence Fox also decided to stick his oar in trying to make out that people should speak up when rapey antivax whackjobs' history of being rapey pieces of shit catches up to him, which mainly makes it look like Lozza skimmed the copy and thought it said racist and not rapist which is why he had to come rushing to Brand's defence, while Bev Turner went as far as to say that he would always be welcome on GB News if he wasn't busy raping women

...and then along came Frances Weetman to side with Brand, apparently forgetting Gender Critical bellends are supposed to be protecting women and children and not, say, publicly siding with somebody who raped women and groomed 16-year olds

Of course Gillian Keegan would prefer you think her rant after being asked questions about the Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete scandal as if it wasn't entirely performative, rather than remember that earlier this year she asked if it was possible to keep a lid on it for two years so it would be somebody else's problem

...but the amount of Tory leaders the scandal covers is quite astounding, starting with David Cameron dropping plans to address the issue as far back as 2010 after Michael Gove urged him to drop the plans Gordon Brown put in place, then Theresa May ignored the issue when it crossed her desk in 2017, to the surprise of absolutely nobody proven liar Boris Johnson handwaved it away as some piddling detail while his chancellor Rishi Sunak cut education funding, so basically the only Tory leader since 2010 who can't be blamed is Liz Truss as she wasn't there long enough for the issue to be brought to her attention

...although Rishi Sunak didn't help himself by insisting that 95% of schools are safe...which means that 1 in 20 aren't, or the best part of 500,000 schoolchildren are at risk of the roof collapsing on their heads, or smartarses on Tumblr pointing out that his defence was him asking "But other than that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?"

...and then it emerge that Gillian Keegan signed off on £1m of the schools rebuilding budget going to a firm where her husband is a non-executive director

Billionaire manchild Elon Musk decided that the reason why Twitter's ad revenue has nosedived has absolutely nothing to do with the tsunami of racism, homophobia and everything else that Matt Walsh does for click and is, in fact, entirely the fault of the Anti Defamation League...or to put it another way, he's blaming Jews for all his problems. Again

...once again billionaire manchild Elon Musk demonstrated that he doesn't like the fact that he had to follow through with his pledge to donate Starlink drones to Ukraine, with him interfering with Starlink to disable the drones and allow Russian missiles at Ukrainian cities, meaning he now has blood on his hands. Concerning

...and of course billionaire manchild Elon Musk could only respond to that scab Bill Maher saying he'd revive his show without writers to get around strike rules by begging Maher to stream his show on Twitter in the hope that advertisers would pay attention to him

...and then billionaire manchild Elon Musk met with Benjamin Netanyahu (because Elon's not a raging antisemite, regardless of the things he tweets and likes with his Twitter account which are antisemitic dogwhistles) and floated the idea that all Twitter users would have to pay to use the platform, which is no doubt also the fault of the Anti Defamation League and/or the Soros Organization

...soon afterwards we saw billionaire manchild Elon Musk begging Taylor Swift to stream her music or concerts videos on Twitter, because begging people to get some eyes on the dying platform which he is killing one moronic decision at a time doesn't look pathetic at all

...which was followed by billionaire manchild Elon Musk crying about how noted rapist Russell Brand posted a video trying not to directly deny the numerous allegations about him on Rumble, when he could have posted that video on Twitter instead

...shortly followed by billionaire manchild Elon Musk casually tweeting that he'd sacked Twitter's election integrity team, sounding uncannily like Kari Lake while throwing that little nugget of information out there

Fascist pitbull Suella Braverman says that being gay is not a reason to claim asylum in the UK, apparently forgetting the 11 countries where homosexuality is punishable with death meaning that, yes, being gay is a very fucking good reason to seek asylum if the other option is your execution

Ultra-relatable nice guy Rishi Sunak showed just how nice and relatable he is when he scrapped the Tories' Net Zero plans on a whim in the vain hope that would somehow get a few more votes from people afflicted with ULEZ Derangement Syndrome

Bloodsucking parasite Tim Gurner forgot that the one thing you should never do during a panel discussion is suggest that unemployment raise from 40% to 50% in order to make the workforce more productive, because that's the sort of thing you should say in private so people merely suspect you're a mercenary cunt instead of knowing that you are

Unifying force Keir Starmer showed just how different he is from the Tories, especially in the face of Suella Braverman sounding utterly demented about migrants, by suggesting that he would classify migrant children in the same category as terror suspects

...this was before unifying force Keir Starmer showed just how much he values free and open discourse within his version of the Labour party by outright banning all mention of rejoining the EU or mention of the two-child cap during the Labour conference, with threats of expulsion against anybody who spoke the against party line...you know, like Starmer did at the 2018 Labour party conference

...while the Youtube channel of Keir Starmer's Labour Party has expunged the videos of every one of Jeremy Corbyn's conference speeches as Labour leader, yet for some reason the hard centre extremist have not spoken of "Stalinist Purges"

Why is Liz Truss being given the oxygen of publicity on the one year anniversary of her crashing the economy, especially as she is using that oxygen to say people should not be allowed to say she crashed the economy? Own it or shut the fuck up

The link between stochastic terrorist Chaya Raichik and bomb threats being sent to schools or libraries which she screeches about online is now being investigated by USA Today - and the best that Raicik can come up with in response to one of their journalists asking for a comment is to do the "Hur hur, you have pronouns in your bio" bit as an excuse to avoid taking responsibility

Jumped-up gameshow judge Alan Sugar had yet another one of his genius business ideas, in this case trying to claim non-UK residency in order to try and dodge a tax bill of £186m - only to be told that, as a member of the House of Lords, he literally can't do that. So, naturally, because the Streisand Effect is a foreign concept to him he's threatening to sue his advisors, because apparently you can't be on The Apprentice without being a crook...

The bar for being a weird creep was taken to new heights by the combined efforts of Sam Pepper and Ice Poseidon when they picked up a random bloke off the street, paid for an escort, and then told them to fondle for their Kick livestream with one of Kick's co-founders sat in the room giggling at the whole thing - even when neither the bloke or the escort were allowed leave when they were obviously uncomfortable with being streamed uncomfortably fondling for a couple of creepy weirdos

The higher-ups at Unity appear to have graduated from the Elon Musk School of Businessing, what with their sudden decision to demand an install fee for anyone using their engine be they AAA studios or a gave dev working out of their bedroom on a game for years would suddenly be tens of thousands of dollars out of pocket at certain thresholds of installation - which Unity also decided to backdate. Funnily enough, devs left and right have said they will stop using Unity going forward if they stick to this idiotic plan

The worst thing about HeelvsBabyface losing his shit on stream about Starfield allowing players to choose their character's pronouns in the character creator is that he's convinced himself that he didn't look like a brain damaged camel's testicle ranting and raving about something which genuinely doesn't affect the game in the slightest and can be easily ignored - unlike his history of casual transphobia which was brought up after his complete meltdown, which suggests that his rant was more pre-planned than he would like to admit

It might be a better look for Penny Mordaunt if she didn't try to claim that Wales introducing a 20mph speed limit in built-up areas was a vision of what life under Labour would be like, what with Portsmouth having a 20mph speed limit in built-up areas. That's Portsmouth, where Penny Mordaunt is a sitting MP

Failed nepo baby Lawrence Fox is having yet another normal one, what with him tweeting how black Britons should "fuck off back to Jamaica" - but remember, don't call him a racist, there's nothing racist about the things he says, does or tweets...

...soon afterwards failed nepo baby Lawrence Fox unwittingly gave credence to my joke about him from the Russell Brand block at the top of this word salad when he tweeted "rapist is the new racist" - which is an interesting take given the amount of casually racist things he says and tweets...

...and then failed nepo baby Lawrence Fox had the brilliant idea of appearing on GB News where he devoted a lot of time and effort into saying how he wouldn't shag Ava Santina, all while noted danger to his co-workers Dan Wooton was giggling along - which promptly saw GB News suspend him, which was great timing as it was also announced he owed £36,000 of damages to people he falsely accused of being paedophiles on Twitter

...which was soon followed by fake vicar Calvin Robinson acting as if him speaking out in favour of Fox was him taking some principled stand - and he was promptly suspended by GB News for being an attention-seeking knobhead who probably should have noticed that, when the Daily Mail finally had an excuse for sacking Dan Wootton for his part in the whole affair without having to wait for the "Martin Branning" investigation to wrap up, no, it is about as good an idea to publicly side with Fox as it is to use a photo of the Natural History Museum on your fake church's website

Utterly bizarre decision by Napoli to post a TikTik mocking Victor Osimhen after he missed a penalty, considering Osimhen is their own player - which was soon followed by the utterly revolting decision to post a TikTok which racially abused Osimhen, which led to Osimhen threatening legal action against the club

Good of Grant Schapps to show how suited to the role of Defence Secretary that he is by now knowing the difference between the Royal Navy and the RAF

The Last Night of the Proms really got Harvey Proctor worked up, frothing at the mouth about people waving Council of Europe flags and demanding an investigation into them so they could be named and punished, which is an interesting suggestion considering an investigation into Proctor could produce some interesting results, and a few days later Richard Tice decided it was his turn to harrumph at people expressing their free speech by waving flags and how that should not be allowed, because irony is apparently something women do with the laundry

So when Sneako is confronted with children regurgitating his misogynistic and transphobic talking points word-for-word, whose fault did he say it was? That's right, the rainbow flags in classrooms forcing an agenda as the media emasculates people and not, say, some fuckwit emulating the Andrew Tate grift to children who then repeat his talking points word-to-word to him in public

Nominative determinism debunker James Cleverley picked an interesting defence of Susan Hall and her track record of sharing Twitter content from Katie Hopkins as well as tweets praising Enoch Powell: starting with "She is like many of us in the Tory party" and not realising what that would suggest

Not a good look by the Canadian Parliament to give a standing ovation to a Ukrainian who fought against the Russians during WWII, considering the minor detail that Ukrainians fighting against the Russians during WWII meant they were fighting alongside members of the Waffen SS

Totally normal from Scott Adams to suddenly blurt out that he is not feeling suicidal, because he's that far gone he thinks the CIA have the Dilbert guy at the top of their kill list for...something

It's only fitting that Lauren Boebert was kicked out of a performance of the Beetlejuice musical for *deep breath* blowing vape in the face of a pregnant woman who was sat behind her and offering to make it up to her by buying her a cocktail, and the reason she was blowing huge clouds of vape was trying to distract from giving the man she was with a handjob in a crowded theatre, which really makes her "Don't you know who I am?" hissy fit when getting escorted out that much more ridiculous, because if she left quietly the details might not have come out

Remarkable foresight by Easther and Vernie Bennett in torpedoing Eternal's 30th anniversary reunion tour by refusing to play at any LGBT festivals unless the organisers denounced the trans community, considering Eternal have a sizeable LGBT following (although quite why the Daily Express singled out Louise Redknapp for abuse for pulling the plug on the tour as if Kelle Bryan, who also pulled the plug after the Bennetts decided to be TERFs, doesn't exist does say a lot about how that paper operates...)

For some reason Jordan Peterson is ranting and raving at various Sesame Street characters, which is definitely a normal thing which a normal adult man would do

According to Liverpool supporters the reason they lost 2-1 to Tottenham wasn't because they conceded two goals to Tottenham's one, having had two players sent off for reckless fouls during the match, but actually because the referees for that match were at a tournament in Abu Dhabi a few days before which obviously means that Sheikh Mansour was there to give them all bribes to cost them that upcoming weekend's match in order to prevent the biggest rivals to Manchester City from posing a threat to their title challenge. That would be the "biggest rivals" who finished fifth in the 2022-3 season, while this tournament was sponsored by Emirates and has nothing to do with Sheikh Mansour or the City Football Group, so only the most deranged of Liverpool fan (or equally deranged Arsenal fans who also scream "FIX!!!") would believe such drivel - such drivel which has the undertone of "They all look the same to me!" to it, at that...

And finally we have registered sex offender Donald Trump not only buying a Glock in obvious breach of his bail conditions, but insisting on being filmed buying a Glock and posing for photos after buying a Glock, all because he's such a stable genius

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Another Government Failure Exposed, Another Scapegoat To Be Sacrificed?

Keegan fighting for survival after concrete crisis and ‘hot mic’ rant https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/09/04/concrete-crisis-hot-mic-rant-gillian-keegan-fight-survival/ The Education Secretary is fighting to keep her Cabinet job after being forced to apologise for claiming other people had “sat on their a—-” during the school concrete crisis. Gillian Keegan was caught claiming she had…

[key-rk]

How do you think DW and LP are when sick/the other is sick?

I THINKKKKKK...😼

I think Drake would be insufferable.

That man has the worst tendency to overwork. Even IF (big if) Launchpad managed to get him to stay home from crime fighting, this man would find excuses to stay out of bed. Like suddenly he needs to clean the WHOLE house.

It would definitely be a hassle, but eventually he'd settle down after Lp and Gosalyn basically plead he'd go to bed. After that point, Lp would try his best to bring up a hot soup or tea without spilling it and keep his moody ass company for a while. And while Drake sleeps, he does his best to keep Gosalyn occupied and quiet so he can rest :)

Uhhh for Launchpad🤔🤔🤔

I think he'd be a lot more compliant. Big guy likes his rest+ he's aware he can't be much help if he's stuck with a fever. He'd probably be napping on the couch for the duration of the sickness. (Drake being nearby if he's at home and not fighting crime.)

Drake would be sure to check up on him often enough, having experience w gosalyn and all. I think he'd try to efficiently nurse him back to health, claiming it's because of 'work' n all (try be low-key about it) but underneath the excuses, he just cares bout him :)

[faccal]

Little fun fact for the day, WalRuss was not my first ship. I do faintly remember how it all goes, but not when or why I started shipping Keegan and Logan (I think it started with simonxriley's one shot series, but I'm not sure. It's super great!)

I actually shipped Rorke and Logan first. Yes, I know what you're thinking "oh my gosh no!!!" "What about Elias???" "The age gap!" "They're enemies!" Them being enemies was like the whole point I think. I fell in love with the tragedy that is Gabriel Rorke's character first. His seeming undying desire to hunt Logan down and kidnap his ass, was hella gay in my eyes. Hunting another man and his older brother down, especially the way you did it Rorke, is kinda gay my dude. (Let's be real, Rorke is very gay, lmao)

So I shipped them first, enemies to lovers, Logan turning against the Ghosts with the help of Rorke being "the good guy" and being nice and caring and all this other bullshit. Also he's massive, need I say more? (And scars are sexy)

My second ship was Rorke and Elias, which I found through a Rorke/Logan fic, so there's that lol. Ghost husbands who hurt each other super bad. Give them some closure. They're tragic ASF.

I also found Merrick and Keegan through a one shot, but I haven't really actively shipped them. I do see their potential.

Finally, somehow, I forget how, must've been on one of my playthroughs or thanks to Simonxriley's one shot series on AO3, I discovered WalRuss, and they became my ship, my otp, my boys, the ones who deserved the world and so much more (Ajax x Keegan came shortly after. Honestly Keegan is also tragic losing both his boyfriends because of Rorke. Kinda gay to be stealing another man's boyfriend's Rorke. You kill the first and kidnap the second,super sus my guy.)

That's pretty much that. I also bounced around with Hesh x Merrick after that, and kinda just fuck around with all of the characters. I had a friend who shipped Logan and Kick after I got him into playing Ghosts, and I was writing a one shot for them as well that I eventually just kinda put on hold. (It's a dark one shot involving Rorke and torture, so ye.)

I don't know, I have fun seeing all of these characters, how other people ship them, and seeing how these Ghost boys all work together. I love them so much and nothing can stop me from loving these chaotically tragic little men. I love them.

I have no idea if there was a point to this post, I feel there was, but i forgot it long ago in my rant.

[the-anonymous-ones]

The Prom Review

1. James Corden was not a great Barry. I am a James corden fan, and this was a role I did not like.

2. I think Meryl Streep slayed as dee dee. She really fit the characte.

3. Ariana DeBose was so good! I loved her Alyssa Greene, I think it was more sad than the broadway musical, which was more of Alyssa ranting about her mom, and was more of an angry song

4. Simply Love was a fantastic song. Along with Wear Your Crown

5. why is this town so rich????? Swimming pool, fancy mall, nice school, nice hotel.

6. i liked Caitlin Kinnunen better as Emma because of the character development of her Emma. Emma starts as this insecure kid and becomes more confident and mature in the end. in the movie emma was already pretty confident.

7. I think Zazz was really awkward

8. Andrew Rannells needed more screen time.

9. I loved the sets And lighting!

10. Nicole Kidman slayed.

11. I liked Keegan-Michael Key as mr Hawkins.

12. WHY THE HELL DID YOU CUT DANCE WITH YOU AND YOU HAPPENED?

13. I loved it overall and think it was a great movie.

14. I had another point but I forgot it

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Ya girl is watching the latest HSM series ep and Imma live blog it hshshs and will add my reactions under the cut so it doesn't end up a long post. Anyways, let's goo:

AHHHH THE MORNING SHOW WITH GINA AND EJ WE LOVE TO SEE IT

They really said we're gonna let life imitate art with Nini and Olivia huh

Ricky was SUPPORTIVE??? Damnn I really thought we gonna get a classic Ricky tantrum....

But also wow sir that sounds salty and should definitely talk to someone abt how you're feeling...A therapist maybe 👀

I know we needed to contextualise how Ricky felt abt the song but I really wanted to see Nini's interview in full!!

Sebby you're so cute I do wanna see yall do DEH

Shjshshs not the rights not being available for another 5 years 😭😭

I dunno how they're in great shape and closer to the Menkies Gold after not having a single proper rehearsal, but go off Miss Jenn

Omg honestly Kourt's costumes are always amazing and on point Imma excited to see it

Kourt is such a simp we love to see it

Carlos is so pissy this episode we love to see it shshhs

Also love the way Seb calms him down and keeps him nice it's such a funny dynamic

"We had 20 people make our Belle dress over 50 hours" Okay North High shut the fuck up

I'm calling it now the reason North High knows so much is cos Howie is the leak and Kourt has been unwittingly telling him. The way her phone keeps going off as they discuss how North High knows everything is really good foreshadowing if my prediction is right

Also like her phone went off just as Carlos said "How did they know that?" THAT'S PEAK FORESHADOWING

If Howie ain't in North High, I dunno what Tim is doing

GSJAGSHAH KOURTNEY MAKING ABS FOR EJ I CANNOT

"I have abs" We know sweetie

"I PADDED THE THUSH FOR YOU" "AWW THANKS KOURT I NEEDED THAT" THIS INTERACTION IS EVERYTHING THAT WAS SO FUNNY!! I love that it is now canon that EJ has abs but no butt love that for him

Okay but like damn these costumes are great!! North High can fuck right off with its high end ones I just wanna see lowkey homemade costumes by students; I'd watch a Broadway show if I wanted to see professional costumes okay

Damn Carlos has killer eyesight clocking in that mask in the trunk

GINA BBY DON'T SAY THAT AND HAHSGSH NINI NUDGING HER WAS SO FUNNY

Nini's little look over at Gina was like "Omg you guys my girlfriend is so cute and dumb" GINI STANS HOW WE FEELING?

Miss Jenn don't be that naive, your boyfriend probably put them up to it

That Insta page is prophetic with their timing tbh; all the info is a leak obviously looking at your Howie but like the timing of it all. Those kiddos don't know that they are discussing the stolen mask at this exact moment (Kourt has put down her phone after Carlos snapped at her so Howie doesn't know they are talking abt it rn)

"We don't dance with the enemy" *cuts to her dancing with Zackey later*

SEBBY WEARING THE TEACUP COSTUME OMG HE'S GOING MAKE SUCH A CUTE CHIP (yes I am still mad Seb/Joe was robbed but Imma fangirl over the costume anyway)

Wtf why does North High look so expensive - they are literally in the same district as East High right??? How did they get this much funding

North High is a very artsy and rich for a public school; they should have had Nini go here instead of YAC tbh (like this campus feels like what YAC should have been) NOW THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN INTERESTING STORYLINE

Seblos' dynamic IS ON POINT THIS EP I really love my bois so much and their back and forth is hilarious

Shhshs DIANE who loves volleyball and North High okay I totally believe it

WHY ARE RED AND ASHLYN SO KINKY EVERY DAMN EPISODE TIM THESE ARE UNDERAGED CHARACTERS STOP IT

Shshsh we love Gina knowing herself and practicing self control by volunteering to be the lookout

Omg yall listen to Carlos and stfu they are so lucky no one saw or heard them yelling Wildcats

Oh no no no no no Miss Jenn you gonna get sucked in; this is gonna be so messy

Omg I saw someone post about this scene before I watched the ep YALL ARE RIGHT THAT BOI HITTING ON GINA IS SO FINE Babes go for that one, not EJ

NOT THEM FAKE DATING UGH E W TIM STOP MAKING ROMANTIC PORTWELL A T H I N G I honestly do not understand how some of yall can ship it romantically knowing Sofia is a whole underaged babey and Matty is a whole ass grown man - like I get the appeal of the Wonderstudies getting together and they do have chemistry but the irl age gap is creepy and outweighs the appeal of shipping them romantically

As I always say; Portwell/Wonderstudies should be a BROTP not an OTP

Ugh Brotp Portwell would have clocked Lily right away; romantic Portwell making googly eyes at each other isn't helping anyone

Living for Nini getting the recognition she deserves - I really like her solo arc this season she's so much more interesting without Ricky tbh

Aww Kourt you simp I love her and I'm so happy she's happy I wanna be wrong about Howie being a North High kid

Where is the mask??

OHMYGOD THESE KIDS COMING IN LIKE A HORROR MOVIE

Lily really wishes she was Jesse St. James huh; you could never Lily so stop

Andrew Barth Feldman and his cute little French accent I love him so much

Hnng Miss Jenn gonna get manipulated by this hoe. Omg wowow Zackey really is a hoe, making out with another girl before the show THE AUDACITY OF HIM SAYING MISS JENN WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH I WILL THROW HANDS WITH THIS MOFO

Wait the kids didn't steal it BUT WHAT IF ZACKEY DID

Ssjsgfajhdfg I CANNOT WITH ANDREW'S ACCENT but I can't tell if its really bad or really good but I'm also confused why didn't they just cast a French person as Antonie shshhs Antoine is adorableee and a little shit the best type of character

Lily is so annoying b y e sis bye and Olivia Keegan is talented I just wish they didn't make her character such a cartoony villain type

"How about if we bop to the top" SEBBY I LOVE YOU AND NEVER STOP BEING SO CUTE I SWEAR and Awww Carlos called him Honey I am s o f t

Hnng why do these fools are really gonna give into North High calling them chickens

OHHH NO SHE DIDN'T JUST SAY THAT ABOUT ASHLYN FUCK A DANCE OFF I AM ABOUT TO THROW HANDS WITH A 16 YEAR OLD

"She told us not to dance with the enemy. She's better than this" No Sebby, she's not *cuts to her dancing with Zackey* AND OMG THE WAY I SAW THIS EDIT COMING BEFORE IT CAME

Ooooh I like this song wayyy more whatever the mess The Mob Song became (when I first heard it drop on Spotify yesterday) Around You is such a great song musically and lyrically very relevant to these two and gosh I love their voices together

They have so much chemistry damn, go home Mike (well he technically has oop) and Mr. Mazzara

YES YOU DO MISS JENN YOU ALWAYS HAD IT

Oh god this is the scene from the trailer; she's gonna make a move on Ricky isn't she?? Leave him alone Lily he doesn't need a 3rd girl to be confused about he needs a therapist

Lily shut the fuck up with quasi; STOP TRYING TO MAKE QUASI HAPPEN

"I love Nini's song" Sure, Jan.

...Okay yes you should have called him out but don't bait him LIKE THAT oop there's the scene from the trailer

Ohmygod is Andrew Barth Feldman gonna hit on Ashlyn

Okay this is so cute but also I am VERY annoyed with the way this show handles its characters like they aren't relevant or important unless they get into a relationship or a love triangle?? That's such a shitty way to give out screentime and arcs to characters. Is it not enough to develop the characters on their own and strengthen their friendship???

HUH TIM why you so obsessed with compulsory heterosexuality??(well also homosexuality for Seblos but they are the only ones I'm not annoyed with their relationship cos its a hella big step for Disney to have a gay couple and their relationship isn't in our faces or overshadows the plot and its just spinkles of cuteness every time they interact - they are honestly who Rini wishes they were; besties in love. They are a couple that Tim should be taking notes from; leave the relationship drama in the background, focus on the theatre and friendship aspect of everything)

My mini rant aside; this is a very adorable interaction between Ashlyn and Antoine.

"TOM HOLLAND ON STILTS" GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE WITH THAT COMPARISON I AM SCREAMING ANTOINE THAT'S SO FUNNY

This is so funny he keeps picking out the hottest guys of the group; as if he himself isn't the French version of Big Red they look super alike ngl shshsh

WHY YOU RUIN IT WITH THAT ANTOINE I WAS ROOTING FOR YOU

Drama between Antoine and Red is already spicing up shshsh I cannot

Why are you so dramatic with the shuffle Lily gtfo of here...also this doesn't make sense?? She wasn't even on a BATB playlist; what if a non BATB song came on ahahah

Good to know they aren't big fans of The Mob Song like I am Awww EJ you cutie, okay I will appreciate the OG Mob Song just for you

OH WAIT HE PROLLY LIKES IT COS ITS A GASTON LED SONG TIM GIMME THE EJ SOLO I DESERVE IN THIS NUMBER

I'm being robbed of Gaston for the last 7 eps I at least deserve an EJ solo for compensation

The way the set looks straight out of Broadway but also like omg the blue lighting and fancy stage gave me intense flashbacks to that Glee episode where Vocal Adrenaline sang Bohemian Rhapsody

RICKY STOP BEING SALTY AND ACTUALLY COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND LIKE A NORMAL PERSON

OMG THE SUBTITLES SAID ITS HOWIE SINGING AS THE BEAST I FUCKING CALLED IT

Howie you hoe you gonna break my girl Kourtney's heart

Yeah...still not a fan of Antoine's Dance Remix

Yall know Gina would kill the dance number if she wasn't wearing that fit

Okay but it's Gaston led song WHY DOES EVERYONE BUT EJ HAVE A SOLO IN THIS SONG??

First the Beasts led it (Howie sounded better than Ricky ngl), then the Lumieres (their voices worked hella well together; I always forget what a talented singer Frankie is THEY NEED TO GIVE HIM A SOLO SONG) and now the Belles are going at it (Ashlyn's voice is superior)

BIG RED BEING JEALOUS AND SALTY IS SO FUNNY ITS LIKE A PUPPY BEING ANGRY I CRI

...Did anyone really win, Lily??? STFU

CARLOS IS RIGHT AND HE SHOULD SAY IT

Oooh I did see someone talk about this when the Rose Song dropped last week, apparently its illegal to add songs to a musical you're doing for a school play; I really thought the show would brush past that irl rule but I guess they are playing into it

THE WAY EVERYONE TURNED TO EJ FOR THE SPORTS METAPHOR I AM D Y I N G AND HIS FACE WAS GOLDEN! ITS LIKE THAT LISA SIMPSON MEME SHHSHSH

Okay Nini is being a little pissy about leaving her song out of the show and its a little selfish to wanna keep it at the risk of being disqualified but I also understand why she's hurt

Everyone is dog piling on her right now being against her idea and it feels like they are being against her song and her herself instead of them not wanting to be disqualified. Also like she poured her heart and soul into the song after Miss Jenn lowkey rushed her to write it. So I can see why this feels like a rejection of her and her song and why she's so hurt rather than her seeing the big picture right now

It doesn't help that Ricky said the final blow causing her to walk off

Okay maybe Zackey gets some rights for being chill and wanting the kids to be peers

THIS MOTHERFUCKER I KNEW HE WAS SHADY Also the way I gasped even though I predicted he stole the mask halfway through this ep shshsh

Stab him Miss Jenn STAB HIM

Bitch why you so threatened by East High if yall have such a Broadway-esque show planned??? They honestly should have stuck to the Little Mermaid; I really wanted to see the aquarium

"It's just a song Ricky" "A song can mean everything" Do you get deja vu? Anyone else getting intense flashbacks to Jan when DL first dropped and all the drama happened 👀

YES PLEASE STAY CO ANCHORS Gosh I love them so much esp once you take the romantic connotations out of their interactions

ROUGE GRAND I'M SCREAMING

I love this long take of checking in with everyone's relationship status (still hate how romantically focused this show has become but still a cool shot)

I K N E W IT I WAS RIGHT

Okay but like looking at Kourtney's face I have never wanted to be wrong so bad GOD I HATE IT HERE I really think he likes her and I hope they work it out

Nini setting up her own music acc feels like when Olivia rebranded her whole IG to be just for her music stuff - love this for both of them

AHHHHH SHE'S NINA NOW YALL

I know everyone loves her as Nini but like I have always loved the name Nina and it really suits her to be honest also shows how she's growing up now and kind of leans into the lyric "I won't be confined to your point of view" from The Rose Song because Nini is the nickname Ricky gave her so it shows that she's outgrowing him too and I love that for her!

Overall thoughts; they really crammed all the North High drama into one ep huh. Personally would have liked it if all of this was spread out throughout the last few episodes; like different hijinks for every episode. I'm just a big fan of properly setting up the overall arc over the season instead of patching it together closer to the climax/end of the show. Cos now it lowkey feels like two different seasons - 2A felt like The Rini/Rina Show esp with YAC storyline and whatever was going on with Rina and now 2B is finally feeling like what this season should have been all this time

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Saint and the Sinner by Sam Burns review (contains spoilers)

Book 4 of the Wilde Love series.

I don’t know why i call these reviews. they’re more like reactions. I end up spending a large part of this post angry ranting about Brendan Quinn.

I thought this book might take place around the same time as book 2. At least chapter 1 is a scene that happened in book 2 in Owen’s pov. Also, great chapter title. “Owen Gets a Prologue, Sort Of.” I never mention them but the chapter titles for these books are pretty good. Not so much for book 3 bc book 3 was sad.

I headcanonned Owen as demiromantic and Mickey as demisexual before reading this book. I don’t really headcannon them as that anymore.

I’m glad there’s a barista showing concern for him. I love how this series gives it’s extras so much life within the story. They aren’t just bystanders, they’re people.

Oh wow. Mickey kissed him. Within the first chapter. How long has mickey been harboring those feelings? I do not mind a sex scene in chapter 1. Such a good sex scene.

“I have feelings.” He was terrified for a moment that Owen was saying he had feelings for him, and that would be the end of him. “And I show them all the time. Is that a problem?” Dude are you fking stupid? Owen’s had feelings for you since forever. You knows he’s been into you since he was 13.

wAIT. Mickey just assumed Key knew he was bi? OWEN had to be the one to tell him his brother had no clue? I honestly don’t know who’s stupider, mickey or key. When we first met mickey, liam said he was straight too. Are all his friends just assuming he’s straight bc he was dating Amy or is he just living life as he is but never explicitly saying he’s bi and just assuming his friends would figure it out? Like a part of me thinks he just doesn’t tell his friends stuff.

Also, damn owen. He definitely loves knowing he has that kinda power over mickey’s dick now.

I’m a bit worried that mickey is the guy brendan quinn has in mind as his replacement. Damn just confirmed right after i typed that. fuuuuck.

“You will be okay, O. No matter what, I’ll make sure you’re okay.”

So this is the first book where the conflicts do get in the way of the relationship. Both are dealing with an internalized and some external conflict (mostly mickey) at the prospect of actually being together and Mickey wants to back out. I mean, technically Jake also had the internal conflict of his grief and sexuality preventing him from asking Brian out but that’s not the same. Mickey and Owen have already slept together, but emotional feelings haven’t really been talked about and i don’t think either of them are going to talk about it honestly bc owen doesn’t want to scare mick away and mick doesn’t think he deserves nice things. Book 1 and 2, the lovers decide they like each other and that they want to keep them fairly quickly. Nothing gets in their way or convinces them they should “let them go” or whatever despite things trying to get in their way like an ex or the moral dilemma of dating someone while undercover. Mick, on the other hand, is trying to push Owen away. While trying not to be a dick.

So many romance novel protagonists, when trying to push their loved one away, DO try and succeed in being a dick.

“It had been the most amazing kiss, and the worst thing that had ever happened to Owen. After it, he’d been sure of two things. The first was that Mickey had feelings for him too. The second was that Mickey never intended to kiss him again.” Just like what I said. This type of angst wasn’t in the previous books. It’s like book 1 and 2 were almost identical and then Sam Burns decided to spice it up a bit.

“Or the fact that I hate writing research papers, even though I like doing research.” BITCH FUCKING SAME!

THE ANGST. Dammit Brenden Quinn. Why’d you have to say “you’re the boss.” In front of your son! “Mickey was pretty sure his leg wasn’t what was in danger of getting broken in this mess.” AAAHHH. BRENDEN FUCK YOU. he did it on purpose! HE KNEW. Asshole.

Maybe he just noticed Mick staring longingly, not that Owen loved him back or that they’ve kissed/slept together? He’s still a major asshole, crushing the heart of a guy who is family to him.

What’s the point of being supportive of them being gay if you hate every guy they choose for themselves and are the reason behind almost every breakup?

Mick’s chosen to talk to keegan about his problems. Good but also. God he’s so bad at-Couldn’t have softened the blow a little? Jesus. Key already knew he’s supposed to be the new boss and key’s the best person to talk to about that but the Owen situation. Thank you keegan for giving me a satisfying hilarious response. And telling him what he needed to hear. Love that Keegan is basically like “WOW good for Owen!”

So keegan’s vote is 1) you don’t want to be the boss anyway (so i guess he’s telling him to tell Brendan no?) 2) totally cool with you dating my brother. He’s an adult and can make his own choices. Don’t break it off bc you feel like he deserves better or whatever other stupid exuses you have. I love Keegan.

“For a fraction of a second, there was something that resembled real sadness in the old man’s eyes, but it disappeared almost as soon as he saw it.” So you feel bad now?

“Owen frowned. He wasn’t sure why, but he wanted to get a rise out of her. He wanted her to be angry. It didn’t make sense. Did he want her to be angry with him, or Mickey? “I slept with him.” God, Owen and Mick are so alike.

So Litty’s saying that Mick’s not like his father’s other thugs so Owen shouldn’t be treating him like one? That he shouldn’t be mad at him for working for his father. I think he’s allowed to be a little mad though bc Mick hates it. He’s only doing it bc he feels like he has to, that he has no choice. But i guess Owen has to learn to be ok with the idea that he might be the boss and choose to not care, to love him anyway. The way Joe doesn’t care that Keegan used to be a gangster or that he loves his dad despite the crime. The way Alex chose to love Liam even if he was in the mafia even though he didn’t really have to go through that moral dilemma bc Liam was actually a cop.

“Owen had always thought Mickey was working for his father because he didn’t think he had another choice. Surely, if he was going to be the man in charge, he had to know that he had all the choice. He did. Right?”

Is he going to invite Mick to hawaii with him?

They are both so fucking insecure jesus christ. Especially Mick which is what’s causing all this mess.

Hey mickey? Maybe don’t kiss a boy after you tried to break off any kind of relationship you could have had with him? Mickey should be more considerate of Owen’s emotions. He knows Owen has loved him since he was a teenager and he keeps breaking this poor kid’s heart because he keeps convincing himself he’s not good enough for him while still being too tempted to completely pull away.  “You can’t jerk me around like this. Make up your mind, dammit.” YEAH funicking tell him!

“I like people who aren’t afraid of me. Who tell me when I’m being a jackass.”

“You’re being a jackass.”

HAHA! Mickey actually says what he wants!

Ah shit they’re interrupted by the boss. Owen’s going to be so fucking mad when he finds out his dad has been encouraging Mick’s self loathing. Fucker.

Owen’s turn to talk to keegan.

So basically this book’s main conflict is Mick and Brendan’s self hatred. Hey Dudes! GET OVER YOURSELVES!

“And as long as Mickey was around their father every single day, there wasn’t a damn thing Owen could do to shake that hold, he was sure. The old man would call, Mickey would answer, and any progress Owen made would be lost.” So Owen is going to take him to hawaii? Oh. it’s more evil than that. He’s not inviting him. He’s going to trick him into thinking he’s in danger. And Keegan’s going to help.

So despite trying to pull them apart from each other, he can see his son wants mick still. That makes him more of an ass.  LET your children BE HAPPY goddammit. No you don’t know what’s best for them. Stop trying to ruin shit for them.

“Going to take him to Europe and lose his passport so he can’t come back to work?” Owen scowled. That was actually kind of clever. He wondered if it would have worked.” pfft.

No, i’m still mad at his dad though. He knew how his son felt about Mick and about the business and encouraged Mick to go deeper into it and acts like it’s ineffable just bc he thinks Mick and him are alike. You told Mick with your own words that you think Owen deserves better. You shut Mick down before he could even ask to date your son. Don’t you think you’re taking part in making him feel unworthy, in making him feel like he can’t be reformed? You knew your son was never going to want anyone else and you still pushed them apart bc you thought you knew better. It’s understandable for Owen to not hate him but I’m going to hate him.

So even though his dad kind of approved of Owen trying to take Mick away and win him over, they’re still going with their plan to trick Mick instead of simply having his dad not force Mick to his side and actually start telling him nice things and start -i don’t know- Stop trying to keep his son away from what he wants. What’s with the talk of him possibly never going to be able to come back home?

Pfft. so literally all he had to do was leave at an odd time and that was enough to freak Mick out? HAHAHAHAHA. I mean everything else is pretty standard and Keegan actually tried to ease his worry by telling him he was going on vacation (which he is). I thought the plan was keegan was going to call pretending to be worried about Owen on his trip, maybe lie and say some russians were there. Nope. What he did was completely normal, he just left at an odd time and took all his favorite stuff on his trip with him (which is...normal?). The only thing off is that he didn’t tell anyone about it. (except he did tell keegan. keegan just didn’t mention that.) Mickey’s such a mother hen for owen. He should have been hired as Owen’s bodyguard. Lord knew, he needed one in school. He did get bullied.

Now i’m thinking of an au where Mick was hired as owen’s bodyguard instead of hired to do errands.

“...Brendan...was watching him with something like curiosity.” so brendon is finally seeing it? The love and care and worry Mick has for his son?

For the first time in his life, Mickey’s patience with Brendan Quinn ran out. “With all due respect, sir, don’t you think Owen is more important than any of that?”

“I didn’t say he wasn’t,” Brendan countered. “Are you telling me that he is to you? More important than your job? Your future?”

Brendan’s testing him. He wants him to put his son before his work. He’s being difficult on purpose. I can understand the “being difficult and disapproving to force their child’s lover to have to prove themselves worthy of their kid” trope but this is different. Brendon’s known Mick for most of his life and encouraged him to go into a path that he knew would taint him when he could have gotten him legitimate work. I feel like it’s unfair. Yeah, Mick needed to learn to tell the old man to fuck off and choose Owen above Brendan but i feel like Brendan was playing unfair.

The classic run to the airport because you realized you’re in love and you’re scared you’re never going to see them again.

I feel like i’m missing the point/not meeting the book where it’s at. The book is leading me somewhere but I’m not following it. I’ve felt it since that “heart to heart” between Owen and his dad. When his dad finally conceded a bit and encouraged Owen to go after what he wants. I’m still holding it against Brendan bc I feel like this conflict is all his fault. I blame Brendan for breaking his son’s heart by giving the empire to someone he knew his son was in love with, knowing how much his son hated the business. But the story is treating it like the conflict is mostly Mick’s fault, which, some of it is, but Mick might not feel as undeserving if it wasn’t for Brendan. If Brendan weren’t so fucking difficult to deal with, there wouldn’t be so much less conflict.

I wish Owen and Mick got to communicate with each other more. I don’t know how close this book is to ending but I’m going to leave this book disappointed if it ends soon bc these idiots spent most of it away from each other and didn’t talk about what they wanted enough. I mean, they had sex, then Mick pushed him away, then owen found out mick was the new boss, then owen avoided him for a while, then mick kissed him and told him what he wanted but owen couldn’t say anything back bc brendan called, then owen went on his trip and mick is following bc he loves him. I didn’t really get to see them spend time with each other that much.

You don’t give something to a poor kid who has never asked for anything in his life and then ask him for 10x more and expect him to not say yes to everything and only agree to what he wants too. Brendan talks about mick’s criminality like it’s who he is and not something brendan forced him to do. Mick never felt like he had a choice in the matter. Brendan built his empire from the ground up bc he wanted it. MICK DOESN’T WANT THIS. He is NOT Brendan! he feels sick to his stomach doing this work and only says yes to you cause you never let him know he could say no. i wanted brendan to feel guilty. Instead he’s probably going to die and the book is going to treat it like it’s all sad and i’m going to be PISSED. Bc you dont get to mold a kid into a criminal than hold that against him when he finally says he WANTS something.

The book is not looking at the full picture it painted. It’s not judging brendan for the choices he’s made. It’s not examining them. It’s not blaming him. It’s a dick move to ask so much from mick and then shut him down before he could even ask to date your son when he has never asked you for anything. And then hold stuff  YOU MADE HIM DO against his character. WTF. he only ever asked for something once and you told him to his face that he didn’t deserve it.

Brendan better not die before Mick gets to say to his face that he never wanted any of this. That he only ever worked for him bc he felt like he owed him. That the only thing mick and brendan have in common is a love for family and loyalty and a love for Owen and Keegan.

It’s kind of frustrating the way Owen and Mick talk about Mick continuing to work for Brendan. He doesn’t want to keep working the business bc he actually enjoys it; He just doesn’t think he’s qualified to do anything else. He never got a chance to figure out what he wants to do with his life. He doesn’t like his job. Owen has to keep saying that he’s fine with Mick still working for his dad if he wants-owen isn’t going to force him to quit-but it’s just so frustrating bc this is with the assumption that Mick wants that.

Okay. i just needed to let out my anger. Let’s pretend brendan doesn’t exist or matter or has ever had any affect on the decisions made by mick.

“This was the trip Mickey had talked about taking for years, since he was a kid. And Owen was taking him—had tricked him into it” this is actually really sweet.

God he should have pulled the prank on him pretending he forgot the condoms. I could just imagine the reaction; it would have been so funny!

Since they’ve already been in love with each other before the book started the last words aren’t going to be their first i love you’s in the story like the previous books.

“We could be married. If you wanted.”  They both froze.  “Mickey?” Owen whispered. “Did you just half-assed ask me to marry you in a swimsuit shop?”  “May-be?”

I can’t believe he said marry me before he said i love you.

“Fuck, O, I love you so much.” 7 pages after.

They get to spend a lot of time together thanks to this trip. It’s very cute.

He DOESN’T. He’s just a pessimistic ass who doesn’t say out loud how much he hates it and doesn’t think himself capable of doing anything else. The book’s solution is to have Mick working for Brendan’s legitimate construction company but I don’t think that’s a real answer? The REAL answer would be to give Mick a chance to figure out what he’s passionate about; to finally accept that he’s worthy of getting the things he wants and to not think so lowly of himself. He’s not a poor kid desperate for money and food anymore and hasn’t been for a long time. Plus Keegan and Owen would totally be ok with supporting him financially while he gets the qualifications to do what he wants. He needs to learn that he can ask for and accept help without having to pay anyone back. He’s allowed to want things.

It just feels weird that book 1 was about Alex, who quit law school and got disowned so that he could crash on his friend’s couch with nothing but the clothes on his back and his philosophy textbooks bc he reached for what he was actually passionate about and here we are, the last book in the series, and the topic of Mick trying to find something he’s passionate about isn’t even discussed or explored at all. This book’s conflict is more than just Mick wanting to be with Owen but feeling like he owes Brendan and needs to do what Brendan wants. Wanting to be with Owen but working as a criminal. It’s about Mick not being able to accept any act of kindness without feeling like he has to pay them back tenfold. It’s about him feeling like he’s not allowed to want for anything because he’s already been given more than he thinks he deserves.

yeah he’s accepting a ceo position for brendan’s construction company but does he want that? Or does he just want to work a legal job and he would

have accepted it no matter what it was (except working at Wilde’s bc that would be too easy). Is he accepting it without argument bc he feels like he can ask for this or bc Brendan’s just handing it to him and it’s no different than continuing to say yes to whatever Brendan wants-it’s just now he’s saying no to illegal stuff.

“Plus, if he’s halfway out, it’s not crushing his soul the same way, right?” It’s this shit right here! Mick never says he doesn’t want to work for Brendan bc it’s crushing his soul, because he hates killing, because he doesn’t WANT to, out loud. He says it’s because he doesn’t want to hurt Owen. “I don’t want Owen to get a visit saying I’m not coming home. I don’t want him to see my face all over the news if I get busted and put away. I want him to be happy.” That’s what he says when he’s asked why he wants to quit the business. And it’s really frustrating??? At least Brendan finally acknowledged that Mick and he are not the same, that Brendan would kill his best friend to reach a goal but Mick wouldn’t kill his. Except Mick would rather not kill anyone if he can avoid it.

Anyway we’re close to the end. We’ve got a wedding scene.

“She snorted and rolled her eyes in disgust.“Yeah, but they thought you were straight. So now they just think everybody’s bisexual, especially if they want it to be true.” gross.

“Poor thing was so embarrassed when he started leering at your brother that he apologized to me.” dude

“Holy hell,” Keegan whispered. “You’re really in love with my brother.”\Mickey peered up at him. Was he kidding? In fact, Keegan

looked completely sincere. “Um, duh? I better love him. We’re getting married in, like, five minutes.” asdfghjklkjhgfds

We get a domestic shopping scene and christmas. Mick is happy with the office job he has. And Owen’s still trying to figure out what to do with his degree since no fbi agency would accept him bc of his crime family. Based no that domestic shopping scene and “He didn’t even know who’d done the decorating in the Quinn house. Wilkes, probably. Whoever it was, they’d done a magnificent job.” this, Owen might become an interior decorator? With a criminal justice degree.

Mick to key about jon “You’re dating Mister Rogers.”

“Heh. Mickey’s husband.” same energy as “heh. Wife” - vespa ilkay

“Jon was unreasonably pleased with the personalized monogrammed handkerchiefs that Mickey bought him, and he even had a smile for Brendan when the man told him that his gift was that he hadn’t bought the fed “a damned thing.”

“Owen gave Keegan a copy of the Kama Sutra as a joke, and was horrified when Keegan gave him a satisfied smile, handed it back to him, and told him he already had one.” hold on. “The Kama Sutra is an ancient Indian Sanskrit text on sexuality, eroticism and emotional fulfillment in life. Attributed to Vātsyāyana, the Kama Sutra is neither exclusively nor predominantly a sex manual on sex positions, but written as a guide to the art of living well, the nature of love, finding a life partner, maintaining one's love life, and other aspects pertaining to pleasure-oriented faculties of human life” ok.

Mick never killed jimmy. He mentioned at the beginning of the book that he lied to the old man a lot. This is what he meant. Brendan would order someone dead and he’d find a way to not do that while still making it look like he did what the boss wanted.

Brendan died not from sickness but he got shot on the job. Died trying to do the right thing. Penny, the asshole who kidnapped Alex in the first book, is out of jail and is the new boss of the mafia crime business.

The Quinn family house gets turned into “The Brendan Quinn Shelter for Homeless LGBT Teens.” COOL!

Last words are I love you.

THE END

[thegreymoon]

How hot is the character: Webb and Keegan Sherman 😏

| 😐Not My Type😐 | Alright | Cute | Adorable | Pretty | Gorgeous | LORD MERCY |

*dodges sharp objects and runs into hiding*

I know, I know!! 😫 Just hear me out on this one, OK? 

First of all, let me just make it clear that this was absolutely deliberate on the show’s part. The whole point of this character (characters?) is that they are physical perfection and should be so hot, they would set the scenery on fire wherever they pass, yet they are so fantastically creepy, the hotness is just lost and you are sitting there, laughing uncomfortably, going what the everloving fuck?? 😅

Also, let me make it clear, this is yet another role where we see just how absolutely talented Bradley is, he is just gifted when it comes to comedy (not that he doesn’t do the serious, dramatic roles perfectly too, as we all have Damien to attest to that). 

All the characters in this show are caricatures to a greater or lesser degree, the villains are all ridiculous and hilarious. The Sherman twins are so incredibly unlikeable in every possible way, but they are absolutely entertaining! At one point, Leah describes them as “these creepy twins” and it couldn’t be more accurate! When I say “not my type”, I mean, they are exactly what you would expect a cartoon villain in a cartoon to be like; they are obscenely rich, live in this bubble of privilege and self-indulgence and are completely devoid of all empathy and conscience. Of course, this is carefully tailored to provoke a certain level of disgust in the target audience, considering the sociopolitical climate we are currently living in and the outrageous, ever-growing gap between the rich and the poor. The Sherman twins are a cardboard cutout of the sociopathic billionaire we all reserve our unrestrained loathing for. 

Mind you, physically attractiveness aside, the moral failings of various kinds of villains have never stopped anyone from thirsting after them (Kylo Ren and the clown from It come to mind, but hey, I have a loooooong list of my own guilty sins so I’m really not judging). However, one thing this show is extremely good at is taking obviously hot people and situations that should be sexy by all established norms of modern media and making them as unsexy as they possibly can in the most obvious but understated ways.

The Sherman twins are such a great example of this. Let’s start with their introduction scenes; the fencing duel is such an obvious, tropey thirst trap! It’s written and designed in a way that should (stereotypically) hit all the right buttons. Like, Bradley, goddamn: 

But then they go and do *this*: 

Poof! All sexiness evaporated (and everyone who has watched this show will know exactly what I’m talking about 😂😂)!

Also, let’s talk about the incest. I was expecting the subtext (I’d seen all the stills and gifs, after all), but come on now, that is not subtext, it couldn’t be more obvious and there is not a single scene with the two of them together that does not rub it in! Mind you, sibling incest, especially twincest, also never stopped anyone from thirsting (yours truly here pleads the Fifth, not that her AO3 is any kind of evidence against her or anything 🙄🙄), but these two are just so goddamn creepy as individuals and as a pair. 

With all that said and the general understanding that the Sherman twins are the actual worst, Bradley James himself in this role is: 

| 🔥🔥LORD MERCY🔥🔥 |

I mean, this man is a Greek statue, OMG 😭 If he was born in the ancient times, I’m convinced he would be worshipped as a demigod or something: 

Honourable mention to these strategically placed flowers: 

And the infamous handjob scene: 

(When this happened, I howled, I can’t believe they actually went there! Anyway, yes, the resulting mental imagery was very much appreciated! 😂😂)

In conclusion: Bradley James is perfection, news at 11, but I am going to take this opportunity to warmly recommend this show to anyone who has not seen it because, sadly, it doesn’t look like it’s getting much traction and I was shocked by how vicious the reviews on IMDb were when this is, hands down, one of the best things I’ve watched recently. 

The show is just hilarious, almost the entire cast is amazing, I loved every second and binge-watched the first season without even noticing! There was not a dull moment for the whole six episodes! It was such a breath of fresh air in all the cliched, poorly written, depressing nonsenseI’ve been watching lately and the pointless violence and unapologetic misogyny masquerading as being ‘gritty’, ‘edgy’ and ‘realistic’. 

Don’t get me wrong, Bounty Hunters is both shockingly violent and incredibly filthy (seriously, I did not expect that amount of graphic, brutal death going in), but it works. I am also not a fan of comedy in general, humour very rarely clicks for me, but this had me sobbing! The characters are so vibrant, vivid and interesting (with the exception of Nina’s niece 😫 Seriously, who did that girl have dirt on to get hired, she can’t act to save her life and was, beyond a doubt, the worst part of the show and her scenes were the only ones to pull me out of the story, but they managed to do it every single time, she is that bad 😖)! 

The main villains were all delightfully unlikeable and evil (with the exception of the ISIS bunch, who had zero charisma or interesting points and were just kind of… there). The Sherman twins were terrible but hilarious, the cartel was one of my favourite things in the show, Barnaby’s father was just so sleazy but I think that particular actor could make me laugh at anything! Barnaby and Nina are the only actual ‘goodies’ in the show (their words 😂😂) but they are so flawed and ridiculous and not afraid to laugh at their own expense! I just loved them! (Also, their mothers were a piece of work, Barnaby’s mother in particular, that woman is gifted, I swear 😂😂)

And I am really digressing here, but I just have to talk about those reviews on IMDb because I personally found the worst of the complaints completely ridiculous and something I couldn’t disagree with more! They mostly seemed to have an issue with the unapologetic violence, but for me, that was a part of the charm and there is no rule that says that comedy should be kid and family-friendly. I thought this was sufficiently grim without going overboard into exploitative and gross, and in spite of the dark undertones, the overall theme of the show is family, loyalty and love. Also, the second thing that really stuck out to me is that some people really seem to have an issue with the lead actress being an older woman, some complete moron called her a grandma in a derogatory fashion and said that she cannot be ‘a badass woman’ because of it (or a romantic interest, I imagine). Personally, I loved the unusual age difference, where, for once, the woman gets to be the older, more experienced and the more badass one, and the man gets to be young, pretty and naive. They don’t actually get together in the first season (I don’t know about the second one, I haven’t gotten around to it yet), but I personally enjoyed their will-they-won’t they and all the banter (seriously, I have not actively shipped the two het m/f leads in a show in ages). Besides, Barnaby and Nina have crazy amounts of chemistry together and I could totally get behind the two of them having all the filthy, kinky sex they can physically manage! Not to mention, I find it so incredibly offensive that an older woman somehow can no longer be hot of badass (and Nina is so, so hot and badass) and it is depressing that in the year of our Lord 2020 we still have to deal with this sexist, ageist, misogynistic tripe. If the ages were reversed, I promise you, nobody would be complaining! /end rant

And since I’m already way, way off-topic (and the general topic is all about hot people, after all), I’d just like to gush about these two 🔥🔥 LORD MERCY 🔥🔥 individuals, because goddamn: 

This is Charity Wakefield, she plays Leah in the show (who is an absolute delight), and she is, IMO, one of the most beautiful women I’ve ever seen 😍

And this smouldering piece of perfection is Christian Ochoa:

And these two stupid hot people somehow manage to have the least sexy sex in the history of TV (multiple times!!) and make a demon baby together (I hope, but like I said, I haven’t season 2 yet) 😂 As I mentioned earlier, this show loves to mess with our expectations of perceived hotness and I found it so refreshing and hilarious! 😂😂

I fully admit that if it wasn’t for Bradley James, Bounty Hunters is something that I would never have picked up (I very much doubt it would have even crossed my radar because I really am not a fan of comedies in general), but I am very, very grateful that I did! I am looking forward to season 2 and I read that season 3 is also in the works (please, Bradley, come back for that one too and do some more nude scenes with strategically placed flowers, we are all begging)! 😜