#anyways happy late march 5th

[skrrtscree]

*I mean hey, not everyone gets to see themself get buried...*

It's still March 5th somewhere, right?

(Also 100 tumblr followers?!? LIKE WHAT?!)

[ghostofbambifanfiction]

CYOA C46 Longer Snippet

It might be a while before I can get chapter 46 updated because I'm not feeling particularly well or energised lately, but I did get one scene fully edited to a standard that I'm happy with so the least I can do is share that with you guys while you wait. I've shared a section of this already but changes have been made.

Anyway, check under the cut if you fancy it!

Private WhatsApp Chat Resumed: Saturday 5th March, 2022, 07:53 Members: James Potter, Remus Lupin

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James Potter: is there a tribunal you can report employers to when they go out of their way to set employees up with random celebrities who for all we know could be high-ranking members of all sorts of illuminati-run sacrificial sex cults?

Remus Lupin: What on earth are you talking about?

James Potter: andrew garfield hasn't even WON an oscar remus he lost out to casey affleck CASEY AFFLECK how bad does a man have to be to be the most problematic brother in a family that includes ben affleck, remus?!!!

Remus Lupin: Right.

James Potter: he lost out to a man who has been ACCUSED OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT, REMUS if that's not proof that he's a talentless hack I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS

Remus Lupin: In defence of Andrew Garfield, I don't think that's a fair assessment of the situation.

James Potter: and what about the cults the illuminati cults what of the cults, remus? don't try to claim they don't exist i've spent time in la in tinseltown el pueblo i've seen that city's seedy underbelly in the flesh

Remus Lupin: I say this with love; if you ever happened to find yourself in the seedy underbelly of any city, you'd shit your pants.

James Potter: i would not shit my pants i'd be uncomfortable but i'm not incontinent and aren't you supposed to be on my side?

Remus Lupin: I am on your side, but you have a tell when you deflect your anger to the wrong target, and it's pretty much what you're doing now. You know that your mother wouldn't hurt you on purpose, and Andrew Garfield, poor as his timing was, certainly didn't do anything wrong. Neither of them are the actual problem. If you want to talk about the actual problem, I'm all ears, but I can't help you with things that don't need fixing.

James Potter: i should have had him assassinated when i had the chance

Remus Lupin: You never had the chance.

James Potter: i could have had the chance my parents have money

Remus Lupin: They have money, not mafia money.

James Potter: they might do you don't know my mum can be pretty shifty

Remus Lupin: Mate.

James Potter: no i know did you see your girlfriend's instagram post?

Remus Lupin: I didn't know you were following her?

James Potter: i don't, but i've been checking her posts in case lily showed up in any of them and please don't lecture me about how sad that is i'm aware

Remus Lupin: I have no intention of lecturing you. I saw her post, yeah.

James Potter: so you'll know

Remus Lupin: Know what?

James Potter: that she's not upset

Remus Lupin: Lily?

James Potter: yeah

Remus Lupin: You can't really believe that.

James Potter: yeah i do believe it in fact i don't think she ever was upset

Remus Lupin: I don't know how I'm supposed to respond to what you're saying, except to say that I simply don't think that's true.

James Potter: no no it is true she's not upset at all, she doesn't care about how i'm doing or how it would make me feel to see those photos if she did she wouldn't have let beatrice post them, would she? well?

Remus Lupin: I don't know, I don't think she's curating Beatrice's posts.

James Potter: she doesn't care that i'm stuck here dying for love of her, does she? because she's in fucking paris with her champagne or her baguettes or whatever else they eat over there escargot cheeses and shit she's laughing and posing for photos with a famous actor's arm around her waist as if everything is dead brilliant all of a sudden sorry remus but that's not what upset people DO

Remus Lupin: That's what a lot of upset people do. To save face.

James Potter: but SHE doesn't do that! not with me, never with me, we've always said we'd be honest

Remus Lupin: Maybe that's true, but she doesn't really have you at the moment.

James Potter: i'm right here! i'm not the one who cut her off and i'm not the one who thought we needed a break from each other that was HER, that was all her idea, i've been waiting for her like a dickhead for four days and she hasn't said a word but hey! she's over it! partying with celebrities! now that she's met andrew fucking garfield she's all cheered up and enjoying herself so good for her i guess was he all it took for her to stop giving a shit about me? she doesn't even KNOW him he is LITERALLY just some guy!

Remus Lupin: That's exactly what he is, just some guy who she will never see again after last night, and his meeting her doesn't suddenly mean that she no longer cares about you, or that she isn't upset about your fallout. I have it on good authority from Beatrice and from Lily herself that this isn't the case. In the grand scheme of things, Andrew Garfield doesn't matter.

James Potter: you'll eat your words when it comes out that they fell in love last night i saw his hand on her hip

Remus Lupin: His hand was on her hip because they were posing for a photo.

James Potter: yeah and they're probably sneaking off to some romantic parisian hotspot right now having sex on the eiffel tower

Remus Lupin: What, in front of the tourists?

James Potter: don't laugh at me

Remus Lupin: I'm not laughing. She's not with Andrew Garfield. She's been with Beatrice all day.

James Potter: then he had a prior engagement and they've exchanged numbers and they've been texting at every available second same difference

Remus Lupin: That isn't going to happen.

James Potter: it already happened why wouldn't it happen? why wouldn't he want her? the casey affleck thing aside, i'm sure he's not totally useless

Remus Lupin: It hasn't happened because the hold she has over you is not universal, much as you might believe otherwise. And because Beatrice told me what happened. They chatted sporadically throughout the evening, took a few photos and that was it.

James Potter: maybe beatrice is lying to you because lily doesn't want me to know the truth

Remus Lupin: Why wouldn't she want you to know the truth?

James Potter: because she's figured out how i feel about her and she's trying to let me down easy

Remus Lupin: Given what happened with Skylar, I doubt that she has.

James Potter: please don't mention skylar i regret everything about skylar and you might doubt, but lily's smart enough to get to the bottom of it

Remus Lupin: I think, in this case, that you might be hampered by your understanding of your side of the story. Which Lily has not been let in on. Just try to remember that you don't know hers either. Nor will you, until you talk to her.

James Potter: she doesn't want me to talk to her

Remus Lupin: She probably thinks that you don't want to talk to her.

James Potter: she's the one who asked for a break

Remus Lupin: After you started an argument. Which I don't blame you for, in case you ask me for the twentieth time. But she's had a few days to process it all now, and Beatrice says she's calmed down. Talk to her, and if she doesn't respond you will be no worse off than you are now.

James Potter: if she doesn't respond i'll be much worse off if she doesn't respond it's the end of everything

Remus Lupin: Even if it is, at least you'll know.

James Potter: even you wouldn't be this pragmatic if you were walking in my shoes right now

Remus Lupin: You're right, I have no defence for myself. The only thing I can do is advise you in the way I think best.

James Potter: heavy is the foot that wears the air jordan, i suppose

Remus Lupin: That's odd. Sirius said that you were more of a Crocs man nowadays.

James Potter: i have never bought crocs

Remus Lupin: He said you bought two pairs of Crocs

James Potter: fine, i'm going to drown him in the bath

*

He isn't doing well.

Sure, James has devilry enough inside him to chuck a vengeful mug of cold water over Sirius while he's lounging in the bath, and laugh loudly at the subsequent, Jaws-like thrashing (he never bought those Crocs! Merely considered it!) but in general…

Yeah. He isn't doing well.

[enjoythesilentworld]

Wille's Month - Voicemail (Free Day)

day 31 @youngroyals-events thank you for everything (more coming in a separate post bc i have a lot of thanks to give)

A collection of voicemails left by Wille.

read below or on ao3 (G, 800)

Simon’s phone. March 29th, 2027, 4:29pm.

“Hi baby! I’m on my way home, I’m just about to stop at the store. Did you say we needed more milk? I’ll grab some anyway, I think I have a coupon. Oh my gosh, you’ll never believe what I saw on my lunch break today. I took a walk around the park and there was this little mama duck, and she had a little trail of babies following after her. I nearly cried. I was late getting back to the shop because I stayed to watch them swim around in the pond. And I- Oh, I just remembered I sent you a video of that. Well, I’m telling you again because it bears repeating. One of these days when we move out of the city, we should get a bunch of animals or something. I think I’d make a good farmer. Or would that make us ranchers? Anyway, I’ll see you in a few. I love you!”

Felice’s phone. November 11th, 2029, 7:13am.

“Felice, we have an issue. I’ve been following this recipe you sent so closely but I’ve managed to screw it up. Why do my egg whites look like this? … I just remembered you can’t see them. I’ll text you a picture. They’re all grainy and weird, though. Are you busy right now? This would be so much easier if we could do this on FaceTime or something. I’d owe you big time. I guess call me when you wake up, if you can? Love you. Thanks in advance.”

Linda’s phone. October 20th, 2027, 5:32pm.

“Hi Linda! Simon and I are running a bit late. Someone had to spend an extra thirty minutes fixing his— Hey! I’m trying to explain to your mom why it’s not my fault we’re late! Sorry, Linda. We’ll be there soon, I promise. Simon is being very safe, though, and definitely not taking his hands off the wheel to try to steal my phone. I made some new cookies with a recipe Felice gave me, too. I’m excited for you to try them! You have to actually give me a sincere review this time. I appreciated all your kindness last time, but I want you to be brutally honest about these ones. Okay, we’re about five minutes out. See you soon!”

August’s phone. February 1st, 2034, 9:48pm.

“Hi, August. It’s Wille. I saw a short clip of the ceremony today. Sorry I couldn’t make it. Mamma seems confident in you, and I actually think you’ll do a good job. I’m not calling you ‘Your Royal Highness’, though… I wish you the best. Bye.”

Sara's phone. July 15th, 2025, 3:06pm.

“Okay, I grabbed what you said. I think— Oh, sorry. Hi. It’s Wille. You know that. Listen, I am worried he’s getting suspicious. I’m bad at keeping secrets from him, you know this. I still think no one should’ve told me and this party could’ve been a surprise for both of us. Sorry, rambling. I think I managed to find everything on the list. They only had two packs of purple balloons left, so hopefully 50 is enough. Oh! The cake looks awesome, too. Felice did a great job. He’s going to love it. Okay, I gotta go, he’s coming. See you— Hi Simon! … No, just a scam call. How—”

Kristina’s phone. September 5th, 2032, 6:11pm.

“Hi Mamma. I’m sorry I missed your call earlier. Things have been really busy over here. The movers showed up on time, thankfully, and everything went smoothly. We managed to get a lot unpacked already. Simon and I just had our first official dinner at our new kitchen table! Let me know when you and Pappa want to come visit. I’d say give us a few weeks to at least get the majority of the boxes cleared out. You’re going to love the view of the lake. It’s so beautiful, Mamma… I’m really happy here. Okay. Call me when you can… I love you. Say hi to Pappa.”

Erik’s phone. June 1st, 2026, 1:52am.

“Hi Erik. It’s your brother. Wille. Um… I graduated today. I didn’t end up finishing at Hillerska. It got shut down. You may actually know a little bit about why. I don’t want to talk about that… The past few years have been really tough, Erik. There are a lot more good days than bad ones now, but it still hurts every day. I miss you a lot. I hope you’ve forgiven me for stepping down from the throne. I think you have. You knew I never wanted it. I’m starting at uni in the fall, and Simon and I are going to live together. I’m really excited, actually. Normal life, and all that. Maybe I’ll even get a job. Imagine that. Former Crown-Prince working as a barista. Um, okay. I should probably get back to sleep. I’ll call again soon. I love you, big brother… Bye.”

[chaospanics]

no. 09: Brothertiger - Brothertiger (2022)

BANDCAMP | WEBSITE

I don't know how to start to talk about this album so I'll let John take the lead here...

He's not wrong.

Anyway, with the most recent Brothertiger release being the first of his on my shelf, it's a good time to remember my journey with his music.

In 2014 I discovered Brothertiger through Gnoosic when plugging in the likes of Washed Out, Neon Indian- the ones you think of when you hear "chillwave;" I was a bit late to the party. I listened to a bit of Vision Tunnels (which was 4 years old at the time) and enjoyed the vibes, not really foraying into the 2 LPs he already had out at the time. When it came out at the end of 2015, I thought Out Of Touch was quite good, and this would put him at the front of my mind when I thought about "artists who made great albums in the 2010s" for 3 more years.

And then, in June of 2018 and with little fanfare, John released a short EP, Breaker, through his side project, Seafoam. This EP of guitar music (contrasted to Brothertiger's synths) made my appreciation for him as an artist skyrocket. I still believe these are 6 of the best songs he's written. I became much more into Brothertiger's material and observing the thematic similarities between the two projects. Two beloved releases followed Breaker- but this post is not about any of them. This is about Brothertiger.

7 out of the 10 tracks on this record were released as singles between March 2021 and November 2022. And in the middle of this, he was recovering from $20k of equipment lost when his basement studio flooded!! It was a fun way to experience the album, and his growth as an artist, over the year and a bit. The tracks on Brothertiger are less sombre, less moody than much of his previous work, but in no way less interesting or polished. You can tell John is extremely proud of what he accomplished here. I think the self-titled record being his 5th LP speaks to this a lot. It's so nice to see an artist achieve the sound they've been seeking, with Brothertiger's sophisti-pop influence. And the collaborations on this album are nutso.. like, Spencer Chamberlain on a Brothertiger record!??! Who would have thought (Also shout-out to Fire-Toolz' absolutely perfect remix of "Heaven").

The last time John was in my city was before I even knew who he was. So when he announced a show on the other side of the country, in Toronto, I thought this might be the only chance for a long time that I will get to see him. Tickets were bought, show was attended - he ripped through almost every track on Brothertiger. It was incredible. I'm happy I finally got that chance. ☺️

We'll hear a lot more about Brothertiger. Lol. But I'll leave this one here on a note of joy that this album brings me and that it represents to an artist reaching their goals and looking beyond to what else they can accomplish. Favourite Tracks: "Be True" "Arizona" "Yesterdays" "Heaven" "New Life" "Wallow"

[lgbtmi]

here is your opportunity to describe your OC willow for all your tumblr followers 2 see! What are the Vibes. Give me 3 fun facts about her if you wish.

i love you so much @ everyone who follows me sorry but you'll have to listen to me rant about my lovely little vampire oc Willow Turing, 12th generation Toreador in Amsterdam <3

okay so the TL;DR above the cut shall be the three fun facts about her, but for those who want to read more info about her, please look under the cut or follow my Willow-specific side blog because I plan to write A LOT more about her in the future <3 <3 

1) Willow’s go-to karaoke song is Hotel California by the Eagles 2) Around Christmas 2020 in game (it’s currently March 5th 2021), Elysium in Amsterdam changed locations, but the Prince at the time had Willow’s Sire in Torpor in the basement. That needed moving. Willow had her kine roommate buy a fake Christmas tree, then used the box it came in to bring her Sire from the old to the new location while dressed as an elf. It went surprisingly smoothly. 3) When everyone was invited to a masquerade ball in a theatre, Willow’s outfit was EXCESSIVE. But also it was appreciated by many. She wore a dress that was black on the outside, red on the inside, and completely inversible. Basically a play on the Queen of Hearts and Queen of Spades. The reveal of the second look was used to give her a good excuse to go snooping around. 

OKAY WHAT ARE THE VIBES? HERE’S A LOT OF INFO ON WILLOW THAT I’VE NEVER REALLY WRITTEN DOWN BUT LIVES RENT FREE IN MY HEAD SO ENJOY (:

Willow’s vibes are immaculate. She’s an South Dakotan in Amsterdam, moved here for university, and never finished her communications degree because she never managed to quite find her footing.  Like she struggled to find housing, and the stress of that added to the work load of her degree really just pushed her to substance abuse... and that just ended up being a bit of a negative spiral she only managed to get out when she met her two best friends / (ex-)roommates. I could go on about so many bonds in there it’s so much words I can tell you.... But eh she first met her Sire one day when she and her two friends were out at a club, and he just drew her attention from across the room. To her, it was basically love at first sight, to him it was a calculated use of Presence. She was just immediately smitten with him, and since he was super hot, her friends were super glad she finally got a shot at happiness!! He helped her get her student visa changed to permanent residency, and he’s the guy who got her a job at his brothel, which Willow was happy to do (until the brothel was blown up but that’s an entirely different can of worms). At the brothel, kine and kindred worked side by side, and after a while Willow was taken on a lovely spa day to get her in Pristine Condition before she was eventually Embraced. She is also probably her Sire’s favourite (or at least was unTIL HE WAS KILLED.) 

anyway for a long time Willow was voted Least Likely to Die in their Coterie Yearbook, then suddenly went to Most Likely to Die, but now certain people have been making horrible decisions so she’s probably back to Least Likely to Die. 

Basically Willow is just really pretty but there’s probably very little coherent thoughts in her head. She’s generally very calculated, but that just means her calculated actions are absolutely unhinged. Stole the white king from the Malkavian Seneschal who has one of her best friend’s blood-bound to him unhinged. She’s viciously loyal to a select few, a pro at fake it till you make it, and even better at fucking around and finding out.  Also she holds Grudges occasionally. Like she’s been mad at her sire’s sire for months for not getting a personal apology. 

I could go on but I have to work tomorrow and it’s late, so once again I may post more content on the blog linked above eventually c:

Willow my Beloved ):

[the-good-projxct]

March 5th, 2024

11:07 pm listening to dull by Asake while sitting in my room in Karen with Kendi. Wow, KaMami and LoustaLousta baby is here. I am so happy to have them in the city of God with me. They got here pretty late last night, I was on duty to open for them so I slept but like an anxious sleep. I was scared I wouldn’t hear their call and they would be locked out. LMAO, that's how I know I was excited and that I Love them…I had disrupted sleep willingly for them. They got in, had some food then everyone went to bed. I woke up a lot later than usual today, it was 11:30 but it felt like 3pm. I had nothing planned today which was nice after being on the move so much for the last few days.I had breakfast of champs: matoke, greens and a sausage. Then I chilled with the fam and the kids. Baby Jason Mwenda is becoming good friends with LoustaLousta. I would say Lousta is being kind but Jason is two so he is following Lousta and hitting him. I am quite impressed by LoustLoustabears kindness and patience. Anyway, we all hung out at the house for the day. KaMami was getting her hair retied so everyone was on the veranda or around that area hanging out. I went down to the farm with LoustaLousta, Barrio had some dead rabbits and he showed them to us. LMAO, I didn’t know/expect he was going to bring the little dead baby rabbits and put them in front of us which made LoustaLousta a bit nervous, sad and then curious about death. This child was asking me questions I didn’t know how to answer but we had a decent convo about death and how sometimes it just happens. It was nice to walk with him down the same lane my brother and I grew up on. It feels full circle. We came back in, I went upstairs to watch a movie then I went for a walk. We had dinner all together at the table instead of the tv room. KaMami really changes things around here, making it more wholesome and more of a home. During dinner SweSwe was pretty violent with baby Jason Mwenda because he was crying. She beat a two year old because he was crying and kept beating him so he would stop crying. Like he is two, he doesn't understand and he will cry because he is being hurt. Anyway, it was quite upsetting and LoustaLousta got upset and cried because his friend/brother was being beaten. He has never witnessed something like that and it really shook my baby. He refused to eat, he literally said: I cannot eat with this going on. LoustaLousta is such an empathetic kid so that was hard for him to see. Imagine how hard it is to be a two year old experiencing that. LousataLousta was given ice cream and he didn’t even eat his ice cream. You know how rough things gotta be for a 7 year old to reject ice cream? I took him upstairs to watch cartoons and hang out in my room. I know his dynamic with his great mama has kinda shifted but he is a very forgiving kid. When we went upstairs, it was my turn to get in my feelings. I recognized what had happened there was the effects of colonization. My grandmother went to  the African equivalent to a residential school. The violence the schools and the missionaries imposed on them is the same violence my grandmother imposed on her kids, my dad and now her two year old grandson. It made me sad for my grandma. Then it made me think how this evil spirit of colonization, this violence has permeated every crevice on Earth and I wish I could end it. I wish I could undo it. But I cannot. And I felt helpless. I Trust the Universe, that all this hatred too shall pass. That colonization and it’s effects will pass. Because life is Gøod. And we deserve a Gøod life. Every single being, creature and cell on this Earth deserves to live to its fullest potential without being harmed by other humans or systems. Life is Gøod. God is Gøod. Ase. Ase. Ase

[leafy-ocean]

Idk what the hell is going on

Want to see me transition?

Too late i already did ha

Today is my 5 years testosterone anniversary and for all yall wondering, it legitimately saved my life. Being trans saved my life. If i didn't get top surgery in 2021 i would have had to get it anyway because i had the predecessor to cancer in my breasts which was not discovered until the tissue i donated to science was examined. So like, those of yall who use god as an excuse, take that because if god hated trans people why would being trans save me?

Anyways heres some pre + post pics

June 12, 2018 ⬇️

(i started testosterone march 5th, 2019)

March 5th, 2024 ⬇️

(sorry for the red eyes - i am stoned out of my mind as of typing this)

Idc what anyone says, i'm so happy being myself. I want people like me to have access to the opportunities I had, the proper medical care and education access that I had. I want other trans people like me to be able to transition safely with support in their life like I have now. I believe in you, but you don't need my word for it, because you know who you truly are deep inside too. You are beautiful for being you, as am I, whoever you be.

[oldestking]

/  GIL’S BIRTHDAY WAS APPARENTLY THE 5TH OF APRIL AND I DID N’T K N OW????

[heir-of-the-founders]

Vent in tags uwu

[etherealdiva]

Astro Observations: Part 7

✨It’s best to not date during mercury retrograde. You can do whatever you want but by actual experience ESPECIALLY if the person you’re dating is a mercury rx native. Once it goes direct, they’ll directly leave also. Doesn’t have to be true for everyone but it def was true for me. Just wait until after the period over. My advice. Frankly, don’t date all. Lmao. Kidding!

✨Also please please please try and avoid accepting a new job offer during mercury rx and REVIEW the paperwork! During a rx in 2020 I was working as a temp and then they wanted to hire me full time. I was hesitant to sign anything but I did anyways (also idk why I even agree to the pay when it wasn’t that great :/ ) but I did and then a month later I got laid off. Also it was the year of the pandemic but still.

✨A way to look/learn at aspects: my little cheat sheet

✨Air/fire- sextile (Leo sextile gemini)

✨Water/earth- sextile (Taurus sextile cancer)

✨Same element- trine (Aries trine Leo)

✨Same modality/different sign- square (moon in Leo square moon in Taurus- they’re both fixed signs but not the same signs- they’re in the same group)

✨Sister/opposite signs- opposition (Pisces opposition Virgo) also count 6 months ahead from the current month to get the opposite sign.

January is Aquarius and 6 months later is July which is Leo season.

February- Pisces + 6 = August Virgo

March- Aries + 6 = September Libra

✨Same sign- conjunct (Aries conjunct Aries)

✨When reading a chart, for Psychological use then use placidus system. You will understand why a person acts the way they are.

✨For predictive skills then use whole sign and sidereal astrology I believe is much more accurate for events. Just my thought.

✨Are you a morning or night person? I always thought I was a night person since I’m a Pisces and I find myself overthinking late at night. But i also always fall asleep lmao. Anyways to figure it out 👇🏽

I have a day chart (sun through houses 7-12 is day chart and sun through houses 1-6 is a night chart) And I find myself actually an early bird. Doesn’t matter what time I sleep, I HAVE to be awake in the morning lol. I absolutely love the sun and the day time. I’m also a Leo moon in the 1st🤔 which is below the horizon

My sis is a sag sun in the 4th and she has trouble sleeping and absolutely loves sleeping in and hates waking up early. Her moon is in Aries in the 8th which is above the horizon. So it’s the opposite side for us both.

My best friend has her sun in the 11th (so she’s a day baby) and her moon in the 10th. It’s above the horizon and she will sleep all day but stay up all night. She’s a Taurus moon also so she does take a lot of naps lol.

A guy I dated has his sun in the 9th (he’s a day baby) and his moon is in the 12th and he also can stay up late! Or basically he’s active at night! We went on a date and then he came home, took a nap and then woke up at like midnight and worked for 3 hours!

For this, Focus on your moon placement since it’s a luminary!

✨Moon houses 1-6: below horizon and you are active in the morning

✨Moon houses 7-12: above horizon and you are active at night

✨The sign & planet that’s in your 5th house indicates what you buy that brings you pleasure or something you enjoy! Or in general what makes you happy/brings you pleasure.

If there’s no planets in there, look at the ruling planet.

Example: Sagittarius and Jupiter is in the 12th house (a Pisces house)

You would buy anything that has to do with spirituality and learning. Maybe esoteric books, counseling sessions with a spiritual mentor/coach, life coach, astrologer and/or tarot reading. Trips! Especially to foreign lands. Maybe always taking courses!

✨Aries/Mars: video games, sports and sports events, working out, a personal trainer, theme parks (like six flags), ziplining, things that you give you an adrenaline rush, sky diving

✨Taurus/Venus: fine wine and dining, satin sheets, candles, music, instruments, treating yourself to nice restaurants, spas, woodwork

✨Gemini/Mercury: journals, anything to do with your hands, books, trivia games, getaway trips, your car, spoiling your sibs

✨Cáncer/Moon: your home, redecorating, food, spoiling your mom, your kids, music, home made items, diy stuff

✨Leo/sun: concerts, anything that makes you look good, a makeover, your hair, camera, ring light, anything to invest in your performance (YT, tik tok etc)

✨Virgo/ Mercury: your pets, health, personal trainer, nutritionist, your meals, books, holistic healing

✨Libra/Venus: facials, spa days, art, spoiling your significant other, dating coach/advice, aesthetic items, dessert

✨Scorpio/Pluto: spell work, witchcraft, tarot reading, anything that changes your appearance, candles, shopping in general

✨Sagittarius/Jupiter: life coach, foreign trips, courses, school, self help books, experiences, going out drinking with friends, traveling anywhere, fun adventures

✨Capricorn/Saturn: designer brand, business items, anything that invests in your business, stocks, spoiling others with gifts instead of telling them you actually love them lmao (jk!)

✨Aquarius/Uranus: technology, computers, games, sci fi movies, volunteering, spoiling your friends, comic books, astrology readings

✨Pisces/Neptune: candles, crystals, tarot readings, substances (such as drinking), tattoos, psychic readings, music

[ducklooney]

Happy 30th anniversary of Goof Troop! Happy 30th birthday of Max Goof!

Even though I'm late, I'm definitely posting this since this year is the anniversary of one of my favorite Disney series. On September 5, 1992, one of the Disney Afternoon series called Goof Troop, created by creators Robert Taylor and Michael Peraza Jr., aired. Yes, it's about the life of Goofy and his neighbor Peg Leg Pete with their families. Goofy has a son Max, while Pete has his wife Peg, his son Pete Junior or P.J. for short. and of course daughter Pistol. Yes, Pete has a pet dog Chainsaw and Goofy has a cat Waffles. Of course, there are other characters that appear from Goofy's family such as Goofy's niece Debbie and others. Yes, other characters appear, but I wouldn't care for all of them, so I apologize for this.

Additionally, Goofy's son Max Goof appears as a different version of Goofy Junior. Although his official birthday is on October 21st, it was definitely September 5th when Max took shape as we know him, and after that series he would go on to star in two Goofy movies as well as two Christmas specials and House of Mouse.

I’m not sure if Max’s birthday is September 5th (when he appeared in Goof Troop) or his birthday is October 21st (when he appeared as Goofy Junior in Goofy’s classic short “Fathers Are People”), as well as doubt whether Goofy Junior and Max Goof the same person. All in all, October 21 will certainly be a celebration of his or their birthday. It looks like Max as well as Donald (who celebrates both March 13 and June 9) and Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck (who celebrate both April 15 and October 17) have two birthdays, September 5 and October 21. Anyway, to me Max Goof (Goofy’s son) is one of my favorite Disney characters so I wish him a happy birthday and to me Max was great at Goof Troop, along with his father. If you are a Max Goof fan feel free to like this and reblog this.

This means not only for Max in Goof Troop, but also for other versions of Max Goof (Goofy Movie, A Extremely Goofy Movie, House of Mouse, Mickey’s Once Upon A Christmas, Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas) where Max played a major role in other movies and series. Although for me the best is Max in Goof Troop, but let everyone decide who is the best version of Max Goof for someone. Happy birthday, Maxie, once again!

And now for pictures of Goof Troop and the most important characters. If you are a fan of this series, feel free to like and reblog this. Happy birthday to Max and the other Goof Troop characters, and happy 30th anniversary to Goof Troop!

[americanmoths]

and many more

Harry Potter has a time loop on his finger. A piece of red yarn tied in a bow over the tan line where his wedding ring once was.

“Are you trying to make sure you don’t forget something?” Hermione asks, a mirror of an image she no longer remembers. She asked the same question on that first first Sunday in June.

On that first Sunday, Harry had abruptly stood up—“Fuck!”—the linen napkin in his lap flittering to the floor as he floo’d straight to Malfoy Manor and rang the doorbell twice, three times, four.

“Open up, Malfoy! I know you’re there.” Are they on good enough terms for him to add, “You have to be there; you’re on house arrest”? They’ve only been talking since March, when Narcissa owled him from her deathbed: Befriend My Son Or Else I Invoke The Life Debt.

“I don’t want to talk to you!” Malfoy says from behind the Manor’s large oak doors.

“Happy Birthday!”

“It’s 9 p.m. Barely even my birthday anymore.”

“Ohhhhh there’s still plenty of time to celebrate. Besides that’s not the point. The point is that I remembered. You said I wouldn’t, and I did.”

The door swings open, revealing Draco in a purple bathrobe and black pajama bottoms.

“Goodie for you, Potter.” The blonde rolls his eyes, but there’s a smile strung through his sentence. Cushioning his hard consonants, lifting up on Harry’s name. Harry understands what a balloon feels like, suddenly: filled with nothing, yet drifting higher still.

He recounts the story to Hermione on the 31st? 32nd? first Sunday in June. “Then the next day, it was his birthday again, and the day after that too . . . I think it’s the string. Luna gave it to me. I’ve got a gut feeling it’s the string.”

“Luna probably got it from work. It’s Unspeakable string, Harry. Let me—“ Hermione reaches for it; he pulls his hand back quick.

“It’s really fine. Better than fine, actually.” One June 5th, he made a lemon cake in Malfoy Manor alongside Draco’s running commentary. Another, they listened to the new Weird Sisters album, When the Hurly-Burly’s Done, on repeat in the Manor garden. Some June 5ths he shows up in the morning and spends the whole day with Draco; others he takes lunch with Luna and dinner with Hermione and doesn’t see Draco until 9 p.m. Draco’s always a knot of surprise and confusion when Harry arrives; now that Narcissa’s gone, Draco hadn’t expected anyone to remember his birthday. The slightest tug, and he unravels into a small, private smile.

It’s the best part of Harry’s day, every day.

"It's ... really good." How to explain to Hermione in a way that makes him sound not completely pathetic? “I always liked Sundays the best anyways. That’s why me and Ginny broke up, more or less. She wanted more; I wanted—well mostly, I wanted to wake up late and go for a walk and not do anything at all. That’s still all I want. Maybe someday I’ll want more, and when that happens, I’ll take the string off. But right now, all I do is wake up late and surprise my, errrrr, well, my favorite person over and over again. When he lets me, I get to celebrate with him too. What more could you really want out of a life?” He shrugs. “Besides, if I untie the string, nobody will tell Draco Happy Birthday, and I don’t know. I don’t really want to live in that timeline anyway.”

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for @drarrymicrofic prompt: tie | on ao3

[just-anka]

We went for the first little weekend cycle tour of the year last weekend! A much needed break from 24/7 work thoughts lately, and not feeling so good. I did my first century (ie first 100 mile bike ride) two weekends before that and it was awesome (might need its own post) but I felt really off all week after that. Multiple covid tests were taken and I took two sick days, and did absolutely nothing on both of those plus the weekend following them. I've still been getting bad headaches and weird dizzy spells but by now I think it must be stress? Because I've also not been feeling great mentally, and there's a lot of big things coming up and ongoing. Idk.

Anyway, this one was just lovely. It was supposed to rain all weekend so we decided to only camp sat to sun and take the bank holiday Monday to tidy and recover. The only rain we actually got was in the night, long after pitching the tent! So lucky. The campsite was beautiful, felt almost like a wild camp (pic 5). And I was just so happy to sleep in a tent, I've missed it so much :)

And then we got 4/5th up the pass at the beginning of our Sunday route... Only to be turned around by *snow*. In May!!! We ended up having lunch there because it was so pretty (pic 4), and while we were sitting there a guy actually came down on skis! We chatted to him for a bit and he said there usually isn't any snow there past March, it's just been such a crazy winter. We actually considered coming back next weekend to do the same ski tour, that would be so cool 🤣 but probably isn't happening as I don't have the full weekend off, and we've already put the gear away for summer. Maybe next year.

On the way home, we found a true hidden gem - a little cafe right on lake Zurich, which is normally overrun with people like, everywhere, off a bike path, with basically no one there and the loveliest people running it (pic 2). We sat by the water with our coffees and basked in the sun and it was pure bliss.

Grateful for this ❤

[swiftgronmasterpost]

GRYLES!!!

Rebuilding the Gryles Timeline expertly crafted here because I’m always afraid of broken links and people going private and losing data.

Not only is there a ton of great evidence that these guys were dating such as Harry leaving Nick’s place in the morning wearing the same clothes as he’d worn the night before, I’ve also got a friend who works in the UK music industry and she did tell me these guys did date.  Nick is 100% out as gay so it really does all add up.

Gryles very obviously takes place during Haylor, debunking Harry as the 1989 muse, and if it’s not Harry you do have to wonder... who with green eyes and an obsession with Alice and Wonderland was heavily featured in Taylor’s life and then disappeared before 1989 - a breakup album about someone with green eyes who seems to relate to Alice in Wonderland drops?

You get it.

Anyway here’s Gryles:

This is a little game I like to call "let's talk about Nick/Harry dates and how they line up with Harry leaving and entering the country".

06. February 5th 2012 - Harry and Nick go to a Super Bowl party together.

One Direction in Sweden February 12th - 14th. (Came home by train on the 14th.)

07. February 14, 2012 - VALENTINE'S DAY!

08. February 18, 2012 - Stella McCartney Fashion show with Nick's mom.

09. February 21, 2012 - Brit Awards!

10. February 22, 2012 - They attend a party together. (Nick might have been DJing?)

11. February 23, 2012 - Harry spotted leaving Nick Grimshaw's flat in the same outfit he was wearing the night before.

The morning of February 23rd One Direction flies to the US for their tour and doesn't return to the UK until April 24th, 2012.

This trip is supposedly where Haylor 1.0 happens.  Harry supposedly meets Taylor at the KCA’s on March 31 and they fall for one another.  Taylor supposedly goes to NYC to be with Harry (even though she spends the whole time with Dianna) during the first week of April.  Then they supposedly enter into a long distance relationship that is broken up because Harry was seen out with another girl.

All the while the last thing Harry does before he leaves the UK is spend the night with Nick and then the first thing he does is goes back to him.

Yeah, I’m not buying Haylor 1.0 it seems pretty clear to me that Taylor wanted to pin I Knew You Were Trouble on Harry as a big pop anthem to support her transition to pop.  I think it’s even possible they faked Harry being spotted out with that girl or perhaps he and Nick had some kind of agreement.  I’m not saying Gryles was always exclusive (they may have been), but regardless I don’t see Red era Taylor being cool enough to share her boyfriend with a man.

12. April 25, 2012 - Nick and Harry out together the morning after he returned.

Harry also calls into Nick's radio show on the 25th and confirms that the first thing he did upon returning on the 24th was meet up with Nick and Matt Fincham for drinks so one can theorize he probably crashed w/ Nick that night.

Harry goes to LA by himself on May 1st and returns to the UK on the 5th.

May 5th, 2012 - Harry out with Annie Mac and Nick. (Thanks to my anon for clueing me into this little gem of information.)

13. May 7th, 2012 - Harry and Nick out with friends

One Direction goes to Sweden from May 10th to May 16th.

14. May 17, 2012 - The Sun reports Harry driving Nick to work.

Also out shopping together

15. May 19, 2012 - Nick posts a picture to his instragram from the Kanye West/Jay Z show at the O2.

Who cares right? So he went to see a show. But then.

Hey guess what happened the very next day? One Direction flew to Boston on May 20th, 2012 to start their summer tour in the U.S. They're gone from the 20th to July 3rd.

16. July 5, 2012 - Nick and Harry attend the launch of Tinie Tempah's shoes line.

There's some downtime and vacation time here where Harry disappears for a week while Louis is France w/ Eleanor, Niall goes to Spain, Liam and Danielle are on vacation, etc and then One Direction goes back to work July 11th recording and doing photo shoots.

17. July 19, 2012 - Harry goes out with Nick and Aimee and tweets this.

18. August 10, 2012 - Harry attends Nick's 28th birthday party at La Bodega Negra.

Pregaming before the party!

Outside La Bodega Negra

19. August 11, 2012 - Primrose Hill picnic

20. August 20, 2012 - One Direction visit Nick at BBCR1 to announce their headlining of the BBC Radio 1 Teen Choice Awards.

21. August 25, 2012 -

Nick and Harry go to lunch. (Would also like to point out that they are switching places and that Harry is going to the driver's side of Nick's car :333)

and then to Reading Festival

then Nick accompanies Harry to Liam's party at Funky Buddha

and then they leave together and go see Rita Ora at G.A.Y.

22. August 26, 2012 - The morning after, Nick tweets a shot of his hangover breakfast from Harry's Range Rover (Nick owns a Mercedes).

then a lunch date with several people

They spend this entire day together and this is the day the pics of them in the grocery store  are taken where Nick buys Harry a banana, etc

and then Harry drops Nick off for his nighttime show and picks him up again to take him to/stay with him while Nick DJs at Wonderland nightclub.

(Although, lbr. Given what we learn from Nick's final nighttime show about how often Harry hung around the studio, he probably never left.)

Wonderland! (the only time that fucking song has any bearing on Harry and he’s off being a MLM king)

23. August 28, 2012 - Leaving Nick's flat

spotted in the studio w/ Nick at BBCR1

24. August 30, 2012 - Harry films the Breakfast Show advert for Nick's #Team Grimmy commercial and then they go to Mahiki Club that night.

25. August 31, 2012 - Harry goes with Nick to his DJ gig at Paradise

and then to karaoke afterward

The lo and behold One Direction flies to Florida the very next day to film their Pepsi commercial. They're gone until September 11th.

on September 6, 2012 Taylor has Sushi with Ed and Harry in LA supposedly signaling the start of Haylor 2.0 as if Harry is not fully boyfriends with Nick.

26. September 12, 2012 - Nick's final nighttime show. (this was a gif of them being cute and playing around but I was too lazy to bring it over, you get it they’re touchy, flirty, and playful):

Nick and Aimee go on vacation together from the 14th to the 18th.

27. September 18, 2012 - This dude says he spotted Harry Styles waiting in arrivals at the airport while waiting for his sister's flight to arrive insinuating perhaps Harry was traveling with Nick and Aimee:

28. September 20, 2012 - iTunes Festival where One Direction was interviewed by Nick and Annie Mac

29. Harry calls into Nick's first Breakfast Show on September 25, 2012. Then they meet up after to see Perks of Being a Wallflower together. I can't find the tweets from the ladies who saw them there, but Nick and Emma Watson confirm later that Harry was indeed there.

30. September 29, 2012 - Spotted at Waitrose together and then the following morning Nick regales his listeners with the tale of a Spinach pie he made for a ~friend~.

31. October 5th (or 6th?), 2012 - Preparation for Ladz FM

But also on October 5th, Taylor is on Nick’s show:

32. October 6, 2012 - Ladz FM

Supposedly on this show Nick gives Harry hell for Taylor, the Haylor timeline I like puts it this way:

“One Direction and Harry make an appearance on Nick’s show the following day, and they talk about Taylor on-air for 4 minutes straight. Nick teases Harry by saying “Ol’ Swiftyyyy” over and over again when she is brought up in the conversation.” Yup that’s right, Nick was giving his own boyfriend shit about his fake girlfriend 😭😭😭 this is why I fuck w Nick’s energy.

then they went for lunch in notting hill (no Taylor? why not Harry aren’t you so happy to be back with her and in love w her?)

33. October 7, 2012 - BBC Teen Choice Awards

One Direction doing promotion for the new album.

Paris - October 11, 2012

Ireland - October 12, 2012

Manchester - October 16, 2012

Leeds - October 17, 2012

34. October 19, 2012 - Lunch in London

October 31 - One Direction in Spain

Early November One Direction goes to the US for Ellen, X Factor USA, and The Today Show. After The Today Show Harry flies to LA while the rest of One Direction goes back to London. Harry writes a song with the lead singer of Snow Patrol and rumors start flying about him hooking up with Taylor Swift.

Harry arrives back in London on November 16, 2012.

35. November 16, 2012 - Children in Need benefit concert

November 30th One Direction goes back to the U.S. for one off shows and MSG show. Haylor happens.

Harry returns to London on December 8th via Taylor's private jet and plays the Jingle Ball with the rest of One Direction. Harry and Taylor tour the UK together until December 15th when Taylor leaves for France.  Meanwhile Dianna heads out on a mystery 14 hour long flight on December 14th.

36. December 16, 2012 - Roast Dinner!

One Direction returns to the U.S. for the X Factor USA finale. Harry stays in the U.S. and goes on a ski vacation with Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, and Selena Gomez.

He returns to the UK on December 24th.

37. December 25, 2012 - Late night Christmas leftovers. (Yes they’re spending Christmas together, that’s boyfriend behavior!)

Harry and Nick both leave London on the 29th (Nick for Puerto Rico and Harry for NYC) Harry spends New Years with Taylor and Nick spends New Years with Pixie, Aimee, and the rest of the hipster crew. Harry and Taylor then fly to Gorda British Virgin Islands where they are supposed to vacation until the 7th. Taylor leaves on the 4th and Harry goes to Necker Island alone. Tabloids say Harry and Taylor have broken up.

And that’s it for Haylor!

Harry arrives back in the UK on January 8th

38. January 8, 2013 - Sushi lunch date! (tweet confirming nick was also there.)

and harry with the girl who tweeted it.

39. January 10, 2013 - Tinie Tempah's GQ dinner.

The party was for people on the British GQ best dressed list (Nick was on it. Harry was not.)

Jessie J puts a picture of the table cards from her table on instagram. Harry doesn't have one which, you know. I'll just be here imagining him as Nick's + 1.

One Direction fly to Ghana on the 12th or 13th and return on the 15th. On the 16th Harry calls into Grimmy’s show to talk about how Fincham DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A MEMBER OF ONE DIRECTION. Finchy asks Harry when he’s back and Harry says “in a couple of days”. (Small side note here that I don’t think Finchy and Harry are at the level of friends where they keep track of one another’s schedules so the only way Finchy could have known that Harry was heading back out of town to Japan that very day is if Nick told him.)

One Direction in Japan from January 16th to the 20th.

I'm not going to count this as a time they were together because I have no hard evidence, but the night of January 20th Harry was spotted in a grocery store buying wine and Annie Mac mentions on her show that Nick ditched coming over for dinner that evening to have a friend round to his house instead. We assume it was Harry, but w/o actual proof I don't want to say it concretely.

40. January 21, 2013 - Baking for Radio 1! (Tweet confirming the friend was Harry.)

Nick tells this story the morning of the 22nd about how he forgot he had to bake, so he got up from bed, went to the store for supplies, and forgot eggs. So, he texted his friend who was coming over to bring eggs and then Nick baked while his friend yelled at him to add more butter.

41. January 22, 2013 - Watching Great British Bake Off

Do what you will with this one. Obviously there is not definite way to tell if this is Harry or not, but given the evidence of the amount of time they spend together that has been laid forth thus far, I feel comfortable saying those are indeed Harry's legs.

42. January 31, 2013 - Out for Harry's birthday at La Bodega Negra (the same place they celebrated Nick's birthday.)

Nick also went to Groucho Club afterward with Harry and mentioned on his show this morning that he hadn't slept at all. (He was still wearing the same outfit.)

43. February 1, 2013 - Aimee tweets about being in the car with Nick en route to play Laser Quest. (Can't imagine who they might be playing with.)

Nick tweeted this :)

Never

Getting

Over

This

February 19, 2013 - PreBrit Awards Dinner Hosted by Nick!

THEIR SMILEY LITTLE FACES. :3

Legit SHARING A TAXI ON THE WAY HOME

2/20/13 - At the Brit Awards together!

Leaving an after party!

taking a cab to Nick's house so Nick can change for work

hands hands hands

At Nick's flat

 2/21/13 - On The Breakfast show the morning after the Brits!

Harry on The Breakfast Show!

2/23/2013 - Nick attends One Direction's first show at the O2 in London

THE DROUGHT IS OVER!!!

8/21/2013 - Nick interviews Harry, Zayn, and Liam for TBS

Then Nick and Harry hook up later for dinner.

September 12, 2013

Harry gets off the plane from LAX, gets on the tube and meets Nick at an Elton John concert

Harry and Nick's dad at the concert, posted to Nick's instagram.

September 13, 2013

This person says they saw nick and Harry at Apartment 58 (members only club) together

https://twitter.com/LightbownL/status/378610145271771136

But, Sadie Frost also posted a picture of her and Nick getting ready to go out for LFW with no mention of Harry, so the tweet could be false facts.

But then! September 14, 2013

Sadie posts this picture of Nick sleeping on her sofa

Followed by this picture of Harry posing with her daughter

And then Nick and Harry went to Henry Hollands show at LFW together

Then to a pub with Gemma, Kelly Osborn and others

Then to dinner with James Corden and his wife

September 15, 2013

September 17, 2013 - Fashion Show East in London

November 9, 2013 - Breakfast with Anne and Robin at the Wolseley.

So Anne tweeted this in the morning. You can see the Wolseley logo at the top of the plate.

Then this girl got a pic with Harry at the Wolseley during his breakfast with Anne and Robin.

and she confirmed that Nick was eating with them https://twitter.com/alexandra_imper/status/400204985222193152

Then off to Selfridges to shop!

At Alexa Chung's birthday party!

November 10, 2013 - Ladz instagram and Aimee Phillips birthday party!

LADZ VIDEO!

November 30, 2013

Harry playing with Puppy at Nick's house.

Poppy Delevingne's hen party!

Leaving Groucho club.

December 1, 2013

Primrose Hill lighting ceremony!

Nick with Daisy Lowe and his dad!

Then this girl met Nick

https://twitter.com/rpcheald/status/407224559687852032/photo/1

and saw Harry

https://twitter.com/rpcheald/status/407209332858552320

Class of '92 movie premiere

Nick and his dad on the red carpet

Harry meeting Beckham!

December 4, 2013 - London Fashion Awards

February 17, 2014 - Taking a random taxi ride?????

and leaving Nick's flat

March 29, 2014

Sleepover at Harry's house!

Nick posted this on instagram

http://instagram.com/p/mHpTBdPJyt/

At the time we weren't sure it was Harry's drive but...

https://twitter.com/cuppanarryx/status/481310537817399296/photo/1

Hiya, doggie.

Also Nick's tweet from the morning after just because.

https://twitter.com/grimmers/status/449814322399940609

May 24, 2014 - Radio 1's Big Weekend

May 28, 2014 - Barry's BC London

And link to post about the other tweets x

June 8, 2014

Nick attends One Directions show at Wembley Stadium.

June 12, 2014

Harry at Nick driving around London in a Ferrari.

and another tweet about the Ferarri sighting.

https://twitter.com/ItsJustMikey/status/477133631602065408

Then later that evening Harry went to Nick's for his World Cup barbecue and fans took pics with Harry outside Nick's house.

[puppetsoftomorrow]

the avalance news reader au

hey who said peer pressure doesn't work. anyway i made this post and y'all seemed to like it so here we go!! might post to ao3 later on idk...

It had been a truly terrible day.

Ava considered, in the moment that her coffee machine spluttered coughed up coffee grounds over her last clean shirt, that maybe she'd just had a truly terrible year. All her dreams about finally moving to television after being stuck in the doldrums of local news media for six years had been slashed when she'd been placed on the graveyard shift - sure, Ava was finally reading the news, but her shift was from 1AM until 4AM, so her only audience was long-distance truck drivers and new parents.

Still, she persevered, with the slightly foolish belief that if she worked hard enough, she could be promoted to a primetime slot. Or at least a slot that didn't require her to be making coffee at 10:45PM.

Her day had started off badly - she'd barely slept, as the sound from the construction work three blocks away rattled her windows, and she’d woken to find that her cat, Merlin, had kicked his litter halfway across the house in a fit of pique. Ava couldn't even have her normal oatmeal, as she was out of oat milk, and now she was having to drink her coffee black.

After changing her shirt to a dark dress and grimacing as she choked down the coffee, there was a knock on the door, and Ava groaned as she realised she was running late.

"Hey, Sara." She sighed.

Sara stood in the doorway, hair wavy over her shoulders, hands shoved in the pockets of her hoodie - the same grey hoodie she wore every day, branded with their news station's logo.

"Woah, a dress?" Sara said, eyebrows raised appreciatively, as Ava grabbed her coat and bag and they moved to go down the stairs.

"Don't mention it." Ava grumbled, pulling the coat around her shoulders.

"It looks good on you." Sara said, and Ava shot her a look. Sara mimed zipping her lips. "Do we have to time for Starbucks? I had to have black coffee; my mouth tastes like something died in it." Ava muttered, and Sara shrugged.

"I mean, we've arrived half an hour early for every shift for the past year -"

"Do you want to go back to taking the bus?" Ava said, looking over at her as they reached the lobby. They'd discovered they lived in the same building almost accidentally in Ava's first week, awkwardly meeting across the hall in the early morning, until Sara had realised that Ava had a car and they'd started riding in together.

"Fine, if you're happy with having bad angles." Sara said, holding the door open for her, and Ava rolled her eyes.

"Are you saying I have bad angles?"

"Oh, I'll find one." Sara muttered, and Ava snorted with laughter and unlocked the car. One of the benefits to giving her camera operator a ride every day was always having excellent angles.

After a stop at Starbucks, Ava rolled along the dark, quiet roads, sighing deeply.

"What's up?" Sara asked, sipping her drink - black coffee, which she somehow enjoyed.

"Nothing." Ava muttered, but it only took one look at Sara for her to come out with the story of her crappy day. Sara laughed.

"So that's why you're wearing the dress."

"That's what you're focusing on?" Ava said, focusing on the road with a small smile on her face. "I have to go back to my apartment at 5AM and clean up kitty litter and coffee grounds."

"Not to mention getting coffee out of your shirt." Sara snorted, and Ava groaned, loud and over the top.

///

They always split when they got to the studio, Ava marching off to make-up to get ready, and Sara taking the elevator to the studio floor to set up her camera. The studio was always dead past midnight, just a skeleton crew left, which Sara found she enjoyed - it was easier to know everyone that way. She waved at Nate, distracting him from where he was running through the weather, muttering under his breath and checking his perfectly coiffed hair in the camera. He waved back, a bright smile on his face.

Careful not to trip over any of the wires on the floor, Sara made her way up to the box above the studio, the cramped room filled from head to toe with blinking lights and buttons, with a large window so they could look down on the studio. The techs – Behrad and Charlie - were sat with headphones on, running through sound checks, so Sara just waved to them as she found who she was looking for.

Zari, the studio runner, was running through her clipboard, muttering under her breath. When she saw Sara coming, she rolled her eyes. "Back again?"

"What have you got for her today?" Sara asked, keeping her voice nonchalant.

"The usual. Some city councilor has been embezzling funds, Star City is readying to bid for the 2028 Olympics, and former mayor Queen is opening a patisserie down-town. It's been a quiet week."

"Exactly." Sara said, her grin widening. "You've got to add the cat one."

Ray, their head writer, had found a story a week ago about a fat cat attending the Star City pet spa to lose weight, and Sara had been tracking down clips of the poor thing, bribing the editor, Nora, to pull them together. She'd even written a script. Zari looked at her with an eyebrow raised.

"Seriously?"

"Yes! I have a bet going with Mick - if I can get Ava to break on camera by the end of the month, he's got to give me $50." Sara said. It was ridiculous, she'd started the bet - truthfully, she found it endearing how Ava read the news with the same abject sternness whether she was covering a political scandal or a dog who'd learnt to surf in Star City Bay. She'd only broken her composure once - a smile creeping on her face when reporting on the 5th birthday of a crocodile at Star City Zoo named Snaps. From that day on, Sara had vowed to make her laugh, properly, live on air.

"I don't have any time to make up." Zari said, and Sara sighed.

"Yeah, but you know Ava reads quick enough. Please? For me?"

Zari seemed immune to the puppy eyes, so Sara sighed. "And I'll give you $20."

Zari snorted. "Do you have $20?"

"I'll have $50 when I win the bet." Sara countered, and Zari sighed.

"Fine. I'll see what I can do."

"Z, you're the best." Sara said with a grin, and turned to return to the studio floor.

///

The program went smoothly, like always. Sara liked her job, the focus of filming and the pride she got when she saw her own work on TV, but she liked it better when she was filming Ava, who had pretty much insisted from day one that Sara be her primary operator.

Ava looked especially pretty today, someone in make-up evidently having convinced her that she didn't need the bun today, and instead curled her hair over both shoulders, which didn't completely cover Ava's defined arms, visible in her sleeveless dress.

The night ran the same as most others, Ava transitioning smoothly between topics and engaging in light, courteous banter with Nate before he presented the weather. Sara looked at Ava during these moments, the five minutes she was off camera, where she looked down at her notes, worrying her bottom lip with her teeth.

Okay, so maybe Sara wanted to make Ava laugh because she looked so pretty doing it. Sue her.

They were coming near the end, and Sara was losing hope that the story would be included, until she heard the segue.

"Now, in lighter news," Ava started, her eyebrows suddenly shooting up as she read the prompter. Sara grinned; Zari had obviously left this out of Ava's notes to inspire more of a reaction.

"Cats," Ava blurted out, steadying herself before continuing, "they're not normally known for their love of swimming, but one feline in Star City is hitting the water instead of the gym in a bid to lose weight. Mr. Snuggles -" Ava bit her lip as the pictures played on the monitor - a black and white cat in a life vest, looking absolutely terrified, and Sara grinned. "Mr. Snuggles is a thirteen-year-old cat who - dislikes the outdoors and other physical activities."

Sara's grin widened as Ava lost it, barely making it through her lines through her giggles. Her face was flushing pink and she bit her lip to try and compose herself. "But with encouragement from his owner -" Ava pressed on, trying to hold herself together, "Mr. Snuggles had lost one pound in six months."

That was the final straw, as Ava descended into a full-on laugh, barely making it through her sign off. Sara was so distracted by the sound she nearly missed Zari's voice in her ear. "Camera 1 to Camera 3 in 3, 2, 1 -"

Sara switched off, but not before Ava snorted, flushing even deeper and covering her face with her hands at the sound, not disguised by the jingle from the lottery numbers playing across the screen.

///

Ava had bolted from the set, and Sara packed up her equipment as quickly as possible, ducking out just in time to catch Ava as she walked down the corridor to the lobby. Her face was now free of make-up, her hair tied up in a messy bun, but she was still in the dress that left Sara's mouth a little dry. She looked at Sara, blushing again.

"I can't believe you did that." She groaned, and Sara put on her most innocent face on.

"Did what?"

"Bribed Zari to put the cat story in! John in make-up said that Charlie had told him that you'd bribed Zari."

"To win $50!" Sara said, grinning. "And you have a really cute laugh."

Ava looked up; eyebrow furrowed. "Really?"

"Yep." Sara said, trying to play it cool. "Look, do you want half? I feel bad now."

Ava sighed. "No, it's okay."

"I could buy you dinner." Sara said, almost blurting it out, and Ava looked at her. "To make up for it."

Ava's mouth quirked up in a smile. "Uh - yeah, okay. I can do dinner."

~the end~

okay so this was fun to write and i kind of want to write more so uhh send me where u think this story should go. or ideas for a part 2 maybe. thanks for reading!!

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♡Threw away your love letters♡

Intro

A/n: smau chapters will start when this backstory ends. Only one more chapter left. The green italics are ushijima’s thoughts and the blue italics are y/n’s thoughts

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Y/n L/n March 5th

To do:

- finish science project by 4pm

- complete all homework

- study for chem

- study for....

‘Oh who am I kidding there’s no way I’m doing all that’ you thought. sitting through chemistry was the most boring part of your school day. It was the last period of the day and all you wanted to do was go to the boys volleyball gym to see your boyfriend practice and receive your daily letter he writes for you.

Attending shiratorizawa academy required you to excel in all your school subjects but how could you when the only thing on your mind was Ushijima. The boy had you wrapped around his finger and so deeply in love that you overlooked the negatives of not being able to focus in class or the way he doesn’t make time to spend with you or the way he’s been distant lately-

“Okay class don’t forget to study for tomorrow’s exam, if you do bad it will hurt your overall grade” the overly strict science teacher stated.

Once the bell rang you anxiously put your books in the pink bag you carried around that was too small to fit any important schoolwork. You don’t know why you’re so nervous to see your boyfriend all of a sudden, you always visit him before practice after school.

Truth is... he’s been very distant lately. Sure he comes over to your dorm but it’s not like he can be all affectionate when your roommates there, and you sure as hell don’t want to overstep his boundaries but geez not being able to hug or kiss your boyfriend for almost two weeks was hell. And it’s not like he made an effort to do anything anyway. You knew he was pretty reserved but that’s why you spent two whole years of your life breaking down his walls. The boy didn’t have a clue how you felt either, which made things that much harder for you. But.. he’s dedicated his time to volleyball and you fully understood that, genuinely happy he had something so special to him ‘unlike you’ you thought as you strolled down the narrow hallway making your way to the double doors that led to the schools courtyard. It was always a shortcut to the gym and you just wanted to get there as fast as possible, not expecting what you were about to be faced with.

Letting the door swing open you scanned your eyes around the courtyard and falling on you boyfriend who was walking with the rest of the shiratorizawa volleyball team. Even now that you’ve gotten to know them, they still were intimidating to walk up to. Especially since you haven’t been face to face with ushijima in a couple days. Making eye contact with you, he slowly made his way out of the group of boys and finally towering over your small Frame.

“Hi toshi, I know you have practice right now but I was wondering if you wanted to have a snack with me before you start.. we haven’t been able to hang out for a while and I just thought that.. well I thought that we should spend more time with each other” you said with a deep blush forming on your cheeks. your heart was beating out of your chest at the way he looked at you, with his eyes always making contact with yours and arms crossed over his chest. You sense something different in him though. Usually he’d stand close to you, even embrace you in a hug before you even spoke, maybe even a little smile. And not to mention he would always give you a cute little note of all the things he missed out on saying to you in person from the day before. But why was today different? Deep down you wanted to stop lying to yourself, he’s been acting different for a while now.

“There’s no practice today y/n, the team is coming to my house today so I will not be able to spend time with you.” He said with a straight face.

You felt your heart shatter at the words. What did you expect? He never has time for you, And somehow you always put up with it. Did he even care about your feelings? Having enough of the distance you finally felt the courage to confront him

“So when wakatoshi?”

He furrowed his eyebrows at the sudden use of his full name. ‘No toshi? No ushi? No baby? Were you mad?’ He thought.

Is she actually mad that I would be busy?

“Whenever I can. Which is not today, or tomorrow since we have to practice ” he said slightly irritated, did i really need to explain to you that volleyball came first? didnt I establish that in the beginning of our relationship two years ago?

“Can you give me a day where you can?”

“I don’t know y/n, please stop asking when I’ll be free, I simply do not know.. if I could spend time with you I would but I can’t so just stop asking me every day because the answer will alsways be I don’t know”

Taken aback by this, you could feel the tears starting to form in your eyes and threatening to spill.

“Toshi..” you barely chocked out.

See.. he never has time for you anymore y/n, just stop trying.

“I’ll just go home then” you said softly

“Do you have my letter? I can just take it and go, I don’t want to intrude on your time with the team any further” grabbing your bag and opening it, getting ready to take the letter and stuff it in there so you can run home and get away from this humiliation and pain.

“I didn’t write one. I said everything I needed to yesterday. And that goes for today too.” He said coldly

Well you sure weren’t expecting his next line..

“Actually, dont expect anymore letters y/n. It’s becoming a burden to keep writing them when I could be doing something else like practicing or studying” without a second glance at you he turned around and started walking back to his team. He didn’t even notice how you had started to spill your tears. ‘Was this really how he viewed what you thought was an act of love? Was that what he felt that you were? A burden?’ Pushing away your thoughts you couldn’t handle the way your heart was breaking. Your mind took over your body and you felt your legs running towards the girls dormitories, just wanting to be in the comfort of your bed. This was your only safe space now. It hurts when your safe space used to be being wrapped in your boyfriends arms, but not anymore.

In the midst of your confusing feelings, Anger and sadness took over. Now being in your dorm, Once again feeling your body moving on it’s own you began to write down your feelings on a piece of paper, mind clouding with words and full sentences you wanted to say to him. Too much was happening and you felt like you could crumble at any second. Tears staining the small note paper was what it took for you to finally realize that you were writing ushijima a love letter.

‘Pathetic. He just rejected your very existence and you’re writing him a love letter?’

“Shut up conscious” you spoke out loud.

The letter was more of how you’ve been feeling for the past few months, through The highs and lows of your relationship. This being the lowest point. You wanted to let him know just how much pain and hurt he was causing you, but you ended your letter with how much you love him and want things to get better.

‘Of course, making yourself vulnerable’

And so as you were about to deliver the note to him. opening your door, there he was standing outside your door hand midway in the air ready to knock.

“Toshi, what are you doing here?” You questioned, a hint of hope in your voice. ‘Was he here to apologize?’

“Y/n, I don’t want to be in this relationship anymore. It’s suffocating. I’m breaking up with you”

And with that if there was any piece of your heart left before that statement, there wasn’t any now.

Feeling like time slowed, he didn’t even give you time to respond.

Watching, eyes welling with tears as he walked away from your door, away from your life, and away from your heart. You didn’t even give him your love letter.

Stepping back into your dorm room, shocked at what just happened, you searched for all the love letters he’s ever written you. Wanting to destroy all evidence of your relationship with him out of pure anger. Pulling out the shoe box under your bed you didn’t even open it before throwing it in your shared bathrooms garbage can. Knowing fully well that the letters were in there, you tied the bathroom bag up and put it outside your door.

Goodbye Ushijima wakatoshi.

A/n: omgggg first chapter!!! Hope you enjoyed the first chapter which is technically a backstory but anyway

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