#beforemath?

[andrews-jort-loving-pipe-dream]

I don't really follow this series too closely, mostly I shitpost on here, so can someone explain why I keep seeing posts about leaving the author alone? What's going on now?

[keepinventory]

you know. i think the worst part of a meltdown isnt the actual meltdown itself but instead the fact that i lack my usual confidence to make my tangentially related jokes. i thought of a really good one in response to a discord message but i cant bring myself to do it

[thatonegeekygirl]

headcanon that Donnie didn’t outgrow his glasses, he just figured out that whole contact lenses thing. the aftermath+beforemath:

additional doodles, if you even care /j

[k00299539]

Movement Project Week 4 - Ceramics on Friday

Above: What's the opposite of aftermath? Beforemath...?

In another stunningly intelligent decision, I ended up not attending class anytime between Monday and Friday. I was hopeful I could catch up, and make whatever I needed to out of clay and have it fired for 5PM. My only miscalculation: The kiln was going on at 12:30, not 5...

This is really one of those divine punishments you can't even complain about, I fully deserved this one. I didn't give up however and persevered in attempting to finish a weeks worth of work in three hours. For someone who works as slow as possible, this was certainly a challenge.

Above: The template of success

The first step was rolling out some slabs. The clay we had on hand was a little soft, so Elaine left it out in arches to dry faster. Luckily there was some firmer clay in the materials room, so I lucked out on that one.

The next step was creating a template from which to cut the clay. I already knew I was making a clay version of my paper construction so that was a bit easier. Elaine made a few photocopies for me and scaled them down a bit to fit the slabs I had on hand. I really can't give Elaine enough credit in guiding me through the whole process, could never have done it under such a time limit without her help.

Above: The rest of the owl...

Looking back on it, I really didn't take enough pictures of the process. I guess I was a little distracted by the clay-scoring knife of Damocles hanging above my head.

Next I impressed a pattern into the clay having cut it from cardstock, the effect was subtle but came through more pronounced after firing. Elaine also showed me a technique using cloth to smooth the edges on the slabs. I chose to leave the inner side straight and smooth the outer edge.

After that it was time to roll the slab into a cylinder. Elaine had a couple of templates for this and even cut a larger one down to a usable size for me. Basically you just want a firm cylindrical object of a similar circumference to your slab. The sizing for this one wasn't exact and the clay was softer than I'd have liked for trying to shape something so precisely but overall I'm happy with the outcome.

Above: The outcome

I was still unsure of exactly how to connect the two pieces into a single cylinder but Elaine told me she had an idea on how to do it that involved poking holes in the clay and metal rods... In the meantime it was lunch and I decided to try my hand at quickly remaking another one of my paper pieces in clay.

Above: My lunchbreak

I actually posted a photo of this above, being wrapped around the cylinder template. This was because I didn't take any photos of this process with the other two pieces.

Anyway the biggest difference with this piece from the others is that I joined the ends instead of wrapping them around each other. As has been hammered into my head by Elaine and Sinead Cross from LCFE and every other ceramics teacher I've ever known; I cut the ends at a diagonal angle to increase the surface area for scoring to ensure it joins better. Elaine showed me how to use a rubber kidney to clean up the surface and hide the seem, I'd been using my hands up to this point like some kind of animal. Maybe an animal I am though cause I still preferred to use my hands.

Above: The steps of success

At this point I was pretty much out of time, or so I thought at least. Elaine was kind enough to encourage me to finish off the staircase. The result is obviously a little rough but I'm happy with how it turned out as I normally wouldn't have even attempted to get something done so fast. In that context the result is a success as far as I'm concerned.

I used the paper template to place the steps and cut out all but the near edge so the steps would poke out from the cylinder. It's not how envisioned the staircase in any of my designs but it makes for an interesting shape in it's own right. Sometimes that's the fun of these workshops, stumbling into new ideas.

Above: The holes in my plan

After finishing the staircase I poked the holes in my other two cylinders as suggested by Elaine. As of writing this I'm still unsure of what exactly her idea to connect them entails but I'm happy to experiment with it and see how it turns out.

[food-for-daisies]

Really hoping that the new Halloween movie (Halloween Ends) is the first part in a long-running joke.

I want Halloween Ends. I want Halloween Ends II: the Aftermath. Halloween Ends III: the Beforemath. Halloween Ends IV: For Real This Time. Halloween Ends: Thanksgiving is Next. And so on.

[imsointobooks]

Someone please write just a PRANK WAR between Gwyn and Az... Like the aftermath, beforemath, the ridiculous pranks and overall those 2 being competitive and flirty and geniuses and others either joining in or being done with them.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASEEEEEE ANYONE!!!!

[bcarringhton]

#seasoned #chickencutlets #beforemath #BALAKAÉCOOKS https://www.instagram.com/p/B4jNzO9n5jx/?igshid=16n9otfgn63qz

[tbr-agency]

Dream and Sungchan, Assemble !

ERA ― Hot Sauce

CHARACTERS ― Chae Yerina Isabella (The Bloody Roses), NCT Dream + U (Mark Lee, Huang Renjun, Lee Jeno, Lee Haechan, Na Jaemin, Chenle, Park Jisung, Jung Sungchan)

AUTHOR'S NOTE/WARNINGS ― Slight Angst. Assumptions of Starving. Basically Yerina reveals everything to the NCT members.

SUMMARY ― The Dream Boys, along with Sungchan were the first ones to visit Yerina who is in the hospital after chasing a undercover fan who works for NROVERO. (The Beforemath : The Chase)

“Dude, you are really tall!”

“..Or maybe you are just short in general, hyung.” Chenle savagely answered Haechan, who was glaring at the younger one while the others were chuckling their hearts out.

NCT Dream just finished their performance, then met Sungchan who was the Inkigayo MC, to take pictures together.

They had a little moment together, with Haechan basically teasing Jeno and the other wanting to punch Haechan for being an annoying brat - when all of a sudden in the corner, their manager received a call.

This caused Mark and Jaemin's attention to fully turn towards their manager’s drastic change of face expression. He looks worried sick while conversing with the other party.

It was obvious that the manager was trying to speak with the other side of the phone away from the boys.

Despite seeing the worried face of their manager, Mark and Jaemin decided to turn away from him - mainly Mark who was looking on the bright side while Jaemin thought that maybe there was some trouble with the management.

While waiting for their manager, Haechan was scrolling onto his phone along with the young ones when a few messages popped up from the 23 members group chat.

127 Manager hyung

Forwarded message from Eunhee-nim

The situation regarding a sasaeng fan has been successfully handled by Yerina herself. I just wanted to inform you and I hope you could inform the NCT boys that their bodyguard, Yerina, has been taken to the hospital.

Do take note, everyone.

Haechan’s eyes went wide.

Before he could even say anything, Chenle was already yelling with his dolphin voice with a loud ‘WHAT’.

“Hyung! Did you see the message?!” Chenle was running towards Renjun who was quietly texting a few resourceful people. He even called a certain staff member, which made Chenle more anxious seeing the elder boy’s face turning slightly pale.

Mark on the other hand, along with Jeno and Jaemin, were probing their poor manager who looked kind of taken-aback too.

“Hyung, what’s going on?” Mark’s voice went low and in pure seriousness. He can tell that his manager doesn’t even know anything, since he called a few people.

At the same time, Jisung, Chenle and Sungchan were busy reading the conversation between the older members and their managers. They can tell this was something serious, seeing even Winwin who was probably making his way to China, joining the group chat.

Once their manager made the final 5th call, he gathered the boys up - even Sungchan himself.

“Okay everyone. I have gotten an approval from Ms Eunhee, that we could visit Yerina in the hospital. Sungchan, I have informed the Inkigayo staff that you would be gone for an hour.” Their manager informed them, and everyone nodded quickly - making their way out of the music show.

They were honestly nervous, including their manager, who had actually worked with Yerina previously.

To him, she was one of the nicest and hardworking staff. She treats the members equally, and she genuinely is loved by the artists in SM.

Renjun, who looked completely devastated, sighs to himself earning eyes from the others, especially Mark.

“Everything is going to be okay,” Mark muttered towards Renjun, whose eyes were downcast as they entered the car - not knowing what they were about to find out.

The car drive wasn’t that long, the hospital was actually near the music show and hence in just 10 minutes, they arrived at the hospital that had a very tense vibe.

Although there wasn’t anyone in the main ground except for the receptionists.

“...Don’t you think it is too quiet in here?..” Jisung whispered towards Chenle, seeing the Chinese boy rolling his eyes openly. “..Hospitals are supposed to be quiet, you dummy!” Chenle whispered-yelled towards the young one, who was shrugging his shoulders.

Sungchan could only chuckle at the both of them, at the same time following Haechan’s footstep.

The older one was following Mark and their manager at the front - going to the reception area and surprisingly, the nurse told them that someone was waiting for them at the front corner.

“I wonder who that could be,” Mark muttered to himself, following the footsteps of their manager.

While Mark was being positive - well trying to be positive, Renjun who is beside him on the hand can’t help but feel worried. It actually shows on his face, he was biting his inner lip while looking around.

It was just a tense vibe he felt.

Jeno, Haechan and Jaemin were clearly just as worried as their manager - although for Jeno and Jaemin they didn’t obviously show it.

Although they had not met Yerina, it was as if the feeling of worry for her was just normal. It was like the times when she hadn't left yet.

“So.. who is Yerina..?”

“It’s Yerina noona,” Chenle added for Sungchan who clearly looks more lost and confused than the others.

Sungchan actually had heard about Yerina a few times from the other managers, but he couldn’t figure out who exactly is she.

“She was previously our bodyguard, until her contract was terminated suddenly. Even manager hyung does not know the reason.” Jisung whispered and Sungchan could only nod, following the older ones at the front.

Just then, they saw a familiar figure - by seeing her usual formal dressing, their manager quickly recognized the face.

“Isn’t that Eunhee noona?” Haechan pulled Mark’s arm, the younger one recognized the familiar figure just from far.

Haechan, as well as Mark, actually has seen her from time to time in SM Entertainment building; she usually meets with the higher executives.

The two of them were actually intimidated by her although the older members of NCT are quite fond of her.

“Ms Eunhee!”

With her name being called, her head that was downcast snapped towards the voice - seeing a small smile forming on her lips.

“....And yeah, that’s what happened.” Eunhee sighed, seeing the very shocked at the same ‘shookth’ faces of the members of NCT Dream along with their manager.

Eunhee just told the boys about what had happened to Yerina, why she is in the hospital, why her chest looked like it had bandages.

Now, Eunhee is going to explain to them why Yerina suddenly appeared in their lives - after 3 years of disappearing.

“To sum it up, she was being held hostage by her abusive ex for 3 years, and we finally found her about a month ago and we decided to bring her back home.” Eunhee revealed, her eyes locking with each one of the members - even the newest one, along with their manager.

“Did you report to the police?” Mark looked towards Yerina’s body, before turning towards Eunhee, seeing her smirking while folding her arms. “...With the help of Chaeun, Nara and Hyunji busting her out….. So yes, eventually,”

“Heol.” Renjun whispered.

There was a proud smile from Eunhee, her smile quickly faded as she forgot more important information to inform them.

Which is Yerina’s family history, NROVERO, her being a past-assassin.

Although she is the boss, it wasn’t her right to tell about Yerina’s personal life.

Her change of expressions actually caught some of the members’ attention.

“So her agency terminating her contract was a lie afterall?” Jaemin’s voice sounded calm, but he was actually rather pissed. Why did her company lie?

“About that, it wasn’t actually our company’s doing,” Eunhee sighed, “Yerina is one of the longest trainees in MMG and she actually has the same rank or level as our leader, Ahrin.”

Chenle is smart to catch on to what Eunhee was saying, or he kind of figured it out. “...It was Yerina noona who somehow hacked into your systems and terminated her own contract?”

Everyone turned towards Chenle, somehow frowning while looking at him weirdly. “What?”

“He is right. She did, in order to protect everyone.” Eunhee muttered, while turning towards the clear glass window, showing Yerina’s sleeping body.

Out of nowhere, there was a slight gasp coming from Mark then looking towards Haechan. He didn't realise he was gripping onto Haechan’s shoulder while shaking the younger one.

“The letter! Did you remember the letter?!” Mark shook Haechan, “Yerina noona wrote me a letter saying she had to go,”

“And when is that?” Eunhee frowns, seeing Mark’s face fading into a sad look. “That was when we had 127 tour in Mexico,”

“Ah..” Jeno muttered, remembering receiving a call from Haechan regarding the issue - remembering the letter they are talking about.

“She must have wanted to protect all of you, or she must have assumed her ex was trying to trigger her by mentioning her loved ones,” Eunhee said to herself while looking at Yerina.

Biting the bottom of her lip, Eunhee finally let out a slight sigh, turning towards the boys and coincidentally, her phone vibrated - seeing a message from her colleague.

“You guys can see her, if you want to.”

“Yes please,” Chenle commented at the back and Eunhee could only nod while opening the door for them to go in.

Sungchan was the last one to enter, before noticing that Eunhee was just standing there.

“N-noona, you’re not going in?”

“I’m afraid not, Sungchan” Everyone somehow heard her, making them turn to her.

“I have to go, everyone. Anyways some of the 127 members will be coming in about 30 minutes. Oh, by the way, congrats on your Hot Sauce win and on your debut in NCT, Sungchan! I’m looking forward to your future promotions and performances!”

Without hearing Sungchan's reply, Eunhee closed the door softly - seeing her answering a call with a very serious look on her face will fasten her pace.

“...Thank.... you..” Sungchan awkwardly said, while hearing the others’ chuckling seeing Sungchan’s reaction.

“We’ll explain more about Eunhee noona on the way back,” Chenle patted Sungchan’s back before turning their focus on their previous-bodyguard’s sleeping body.

In their eyes, she looks different.

It was as if she had lost so much weight, as if she had starved herself.

There was so much on their minds, each one of the members but Renjun, he couldn't help but become emotional that there were clouds on his eyes - clouds of tears.

He was wondering which man could do such a thing to a beautiful and wonderful woman.

Renjun remembered that there were rumors about a bodyguard that had assassinated people in the past. He didn’t want to believe anything, since it was just rumors.

Even if it’s true, Renjun believes in Yerina that she is a changed person now - since Eunhee had her into TBR Agency.

He didn’t realise he was crying when he heard himself sniffing and sobbing, which made some of the members go to him. Jeno could only pat Renjun’s back, with Jaemin by his side.

The young ones - mainly Chenle, Jisung and Sungchan were on Yerina’s side.

Jisung, who was gazing into Yerina’s face, suddenly saw her eyes twitching slightly. He who couldn’t believe this, had to rub his eyes a few times.

“Hey, I think I saw Yerina noona’s eyes twitch,”

“What? I didn’t see anything,”

“I saw!”

“But I didn’t!”

While Chenle and Jisung were bickering, Sungchan on the other hand witnessed everything - seeing her eyes beginning to twitch rather obviously, causing him to quickly call the others.

“Yerina noona..?” Mark softly called, seeing her eyes beginning to flutter open.

She slowly turned towards him and for the first time in 3 years, this was the first moment that Mark had made eye contact with her - and honestly, he could see that Yerina isn’t the same person he met 3 years ago.

He could see it in her eyes and he could sense it.

“Huh–

Yerina’s eyes begin to shut tightly, then groaning in pain as she tries to move while the Dream boys quickly get onto her side to assist her.

“T-thanks,” She muttered while looking at each one of them.

Silence started to fill the room which made things quite awkward. The members can't help but look at each other sensing the awkward atmosphere.

But not for Chenle. “How are you feeling, noona?” He was the first one to speak, not hesitating to look her in the eye. “..My chest and stomach hurt.. It must because of the kn–

Yerina cuts herself off from saying the sensitive word, which made the members look at her with worried looks - especially Jisung and Renjun, and Yerina could see it through to them.

Which made her feel bad.

“How did you know I am here?” Yerina spoke softly, and the members kind of turned towards their manager - he too looked taken-aback, more like he was afraid to tell her that he told the information to the NCT members.

“I-I told them that you were at the hospital,” The manager stuttered a little, making a one second eye contact with Yerina.

“Did you tell them how I got hospitalised? Please don’t tell me you didn’t.” Yerina whispered at the end and their manager looked towards Mark for help.

“Actually, Eunhee noona told us what happened.” Mark spoke in english, seeing Yerina frowning. “All of them?.. Okay, did she tell you about my family history to you guys?”

This was Mark’s turn to shake his head confusingly.

‘What does she mean by her family history? Did something happen?’

“Okay…” Yerina muttered to herself, as her eyes went downcast before closing her eyes.

A lot of things are in her mind. Firstly, she feels like shit.

Secondly, NCT Dream is in her hospital room and lastly, there is no way she can keep her secret long enough.

She feels like she screwed up for some sort of reason, but Yerina knew deep down she didn’t.

“Firstly, I know… It’s been 3 years. I-I saw all your messages in my old phone when I got my old stuffs in my box,” Yerina didn’t dare to look them in the eye, but the words she is going to say next made her look into their eyes.

“I am not who you think I am,” Yerina whispered and there were visible frowns from some of them - mainly Jaemin, Jeno and Mark.

“Were you in the same team as Eunhee noona?” Jeno questioned respectfully and Yerina turned towards him. “No. I was a MMG ‘trainee’. I had my own share of schedules.”

Everyone one kind of had the same question that they wanted to ask her, but no one dared to. So Renjun decided to step up. “...Why did you hack into the systems, saying that you terminated your contract?”

This is it. This was the moment when they were going to judge or probably not want her back - Yerina thought.

“..Because a syndicate group had finally found me.”

“Syndicate?” Sungchan repeated, eyes widened while looking at the others, seeing they had their eyes on Yerina. They know she wasn’t joking at all.

“Could you tell us more..? If you are comfortable….. please…” Chenle pleaded at the end. “..We won't judge you. We just want to know why you left.” Haechan added, and Yerina finally gave in.

“I come from a family of assassins, the people who trained my family are coming for all of my family members… sadly that includes me.”

“Okay, so this syndicate called NROVERO killed your oldest brother, and then you killed NROVERO’s members along with the people that are related to them in vengeance..... and now NROVERO is looking for you…..?” Haechan sums up Yerina since she told them from A-Z.

The Dream boys honestly couldn’t get everything in one go, but their reactions were priceless - they were staring wide eyed towards Yerina.

“Yes.”

“So, you are a wanted assassin?” asked Chenle.

“...Kind of.. For NROVERO.”

“Does the police know this, and are they going to arrest you?” Jisung questioned this time.

“No. Instead of the police, NIS does know this - they actually had a talk with Eunhee, I’m assuming they kind of agree on some kind of terms to clear out my name.”

“Heol.” Everyone said in unison and Yerina sighs. “It isn’t great guys. I’m basically being watched by NIS of my every move.” Yerina shakes her head remembering signing a few papers by NIS along with Eunhee.

“Why didn’t you tell us about this, noona? I thought we were close.” Renjun whined slightly and Yerina smiled slightly.

“I can’t just tell you guys everything. Well, I was actually going to tell you about my personal life in the long run 3 years ago but… they got me first.” Yerina whispered at the end, eyes falling down her legs - not wanting to remember her stupid ex works for NROVERO.

“Your ex is trash, pure trash.” Jaemin commented, him folding his arms in annoyance. “But what he did to you was more severe. He deserves to go to jail!” Jeno added.

Yerina's ex, whom she didn't know all the times when they were together - is actually working NROVERO.

Let's just say Yerina was emotionally abused and, he did some stuffs to her that she won't be able to forget easily.

One of them would be injecting random serums into her.

Yerina only told them about her ex working with NROVERO, but she didn't know told them the whole truth.

They did not need to know the whole truth - including the serum.

Yerina chuckled slightly. “He is on the wanted list of both MMG and TBR. You don’t have to worry about that,” Yerina smiled weakly towards Jeno and he automatically had this shy + awkward smile.

“Boys, I’m afraid I have cut the session off. We have to go.” Their manager suddenly informed them, and there were lots of ‘aww’s and ‘mood spoiler’ coming from Chenle.

“We can see her when she returns back to work, c’mon.” The manager added, and one by one the Dream members stood up.

“Get well soon, noona. Listen to the nurses here. Don’t fight–

“I’m not the same person, Injoonie. I won’t fight them.” Yerina cuts Renjun off, and hearing her calling his Korean name made him blush slightly as he bowed to her before leaving her.

“Hey. I just want to say thank you for opening up to us. I mean... I know it’s really a lot and I really appreciate it - oh and I just want you to know that we ain’t mad. We were kind of just shocked that a lot happened to you when you were gone… So yeah, thank you and get well soon so that our favorite bodyguard can return to us.” Mark awkwardly spoke, him letting out an awkward smile and him just brushing his hand on the back of his neck.

“Thanks. I’m glad that you and the others understand.. Well at least for Dream members, that's why I am a lot more biased to Dream.” Yerina smirked slightly and there was a shocking look from Mark - before waving to her.

“Have a good rest, noona. Please recover fast, because our waiting room is kind of boring now like there is less staff and Mark probably miss–

Haechan was roughly being pulled off by Mark - while covering Haechan’s mouth, dragging him out while waving to Yerina.

“Get well soon, noona!” Jeno said goodbye, “We will visit you when we are free!” Jaemin added, before bowing to her - followed by Chenle, Jisung and Sungchan.

“It’s a shame that we only have 30 minutes, but noona this is Jung Sungchan, he is our newest member in NCT.” Chenle gestured towards the taller one, him bowing towards Yerina.

“Nice to meet you, Sungchan.” Yerina turned towards the taller one, he looked a little shy since he keeps on standing slightly behind the two youngests.

“Can we visit you in a few days?” asked Jisung, “Yeah, of course. If I was given approval of discharge, I’ll ask them to inform Eunhee and she will tell your manager.” Yerina stated and as Chenle was about to ask more, they were already being called by their manager.

“Aww, that hyung is impatient.” Chenle whispered. “That’s because you have a schedule to attend to. It’s okay, Lele. You can still talk to me through text. I still use my old number.”

“Oh.... I kind of deleted your number,” Chenle awkwardly chuckled while Yerina was trying to ask them to go. “You can ask Eunhee or your manager, you guys really have to go!” Yerina shooed them away, as they just waved to her.

For the first time, they saw that genuine smile as she waved at them from the clear glass window.

The NCT members didn’t want to leave her alone but they had no choice since work was calling them.

“Did I forget to mention that Yerina noona is really pretty?” Sungchan commented towards the members.

“Oh~ You have eyes for her? Mark actually had his eyes first though.” Jeno answered savagely, and everyone turned towards him - they were specifically smirking at the older one.

“What!?!”

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[thekillingmoonmoon]

hello! rose red’s lilac haze is still lingering around my head. i can’t help but think about rindou in the aftermath of this (and the beforemath. and the duringmath).

reader texted rindou to end their relationship and then put the phone away. i think about how he reacted it to it, and how he was affected by the suddenness. did he compartmentalize his feelings and continue his wild and crazy adventure with sanzu? did he attempt to contact ran? was this not a surprise to him because he’d seen this coming?

ahhh i am so curious about their intertwined lives just based on the small slice of their history you’ve gifted me with!

i hope you’ll be okay <3 i saw you were stepping away for awhile bc of a hectic schedule

okay firstly - hi I love you wherever you are, you made me so happy💜

I did actually half write a sequel where Rindou reacts - because.. did Rindou even read the message Reader sent? or did he ignore it until the next day, after all the 'damage' had already been done? How would he feel knowing it was Ran? would it be worse than a complete stranger? and I feel like Rindou did feel it happening. he's not stupid (just stupidly flexible lol) I'm sure he could feel the distance growing between his gf and himself, and of course he had to know how much Reader meant to Ran. I think Rindou needs Reader. he needs her to remind him of before, of Roppongi, of just being a reckless teen who wanted to hold onto whatever freedom he could get, of the sweetness of puppy love and forever friends. but Rindou has left that behind, and has left Reader behind too, it only makes sense that the person Reader turns to is Ran - after all, Rindou's history is Ran's history is Reader's history.

I'm half-scared to finish and post the sequel, because I feel that sometimes it's best to leave something for the reader (not 'Reader' but reader😣) to imagine for themselves🤷🏼‍♀️ idk. let me know if you want that sequel, okay?

and also - do you enjoy pain??? wolfsbane and marigold are the angstiest prompts I have😂 I love it! thank you for the suggestion, I'm kinda excited to write some Wakasa angst🌚

I hope you have a good day you wonderful human💜 I popped in and was so happy to receive your message🥰 I could probably ramble about the silly stories I write all day, so thank you for the opportunity.

I'm okay, life just has a habit of springing surprises on me😂

lots of love💜

[uwumessenger]

solomon's latest devilgram post:

and the comment section is like:

asmo: the aftermath of WHAT?

luke: can you show us the beforemath please😀

[fredtougas]

Aftermaths beforemaths   by tougs

[cadycathykatherine-blog]

Let Me Take A Stab At This

Musicals described in one sentence by me:

Newsies: Sad boy gives up friends for loneliness (You heard it here first. Ten cents a pape)

Bonnie and Clyde: Is you can’t be an actress, rob with your boyfriend to get attention

The Last Five Years: Marriage drains you, but dating is forever

Book of Mormon: Why be happy when you can be m O R M O N

The Lion King: Sad lion gives up family for loneliness and loves desert life. Also Hamlet

Aladdin: Where did the fucking monkey go?

Little Women: Call me Jo, first feminist

Wicked: racism? at? its? worst?

Rent: MimiiiiIIIIIIII and aids and not paying for things

Mamma Mia: let’s get married so I can meet my father

Heathers: it’s survival of the fittest in high school with hot people and a fucking weird kid you’re oddly attracted to

Be More Chill: it’s not survival of the fittest. it’s MICHAEL IN THE BATHROOM BY HIMSELFFFFF

Once on this Island: Longest. Fucking. Bedtime. Story. Ever. But. Good.

Willy Wonka: it’s survival of the fittest but make it candy

Falsettos: Gay, gay, gay, gay, straight, straight, jewish

Company: pardonmeiseverybodyherebecauseifeverybody’sherei’dliketothankyouallforcomingtothewedding...

Passion: Love is beautiful until you fuck her to death

Jesus Christ Superstar: Judas was ACTUALLY better than you think

Bring it on: LIN DID THIS HOLY SHIT I MUST LISTEN

Hamilton: REVOLUTION and the aftermath. plus ya feminist trio and an affair

Les Mis: REVOLTUION and the beforemath. except for an unfortunate love triangle but it works of for (some of) them

Phantom of the Opera: she should have ended up with the P... shut up. shut the fuck up.

In the Heights: Hispanic Hamilton right? wrong. so so wrong. 96,000!!!

21 Chump Street: yes, let me trick innocent young but into selling me weed so I can arrest him

Mean Girls: Modern heathers right? wrong. so so wrong. No death, but there is a REVENGE PARTY. A PARTY THAT ENDS...

Cats: cats. I know nothing else and I don’t wish to

Anastasia: how did you leave your child behind, shitty grandma...

Six: OUI OUI BONJOUR SHE DOESNT WANNA BANG YOU SOMEBODY HANG YOU

Grease: virgins are losers. even when they date popular guys.

Hairspray: who said they couldn’t take on both improper body imagery and racism?

Hair: not to be confused with the above but hippies. that’s it

Kinky Boots: drag queen rights

Tuck Everlasting: living forever sucks; wanna join?

Waitress: cheating is only okay when he’s mean, I think

Dear Evan Hansen: Sad boi leaves loneliness for friends, but lies to get there, so is it really a win?

Legally Blonde: it’s pretty much the movie just with bangin music

Spring Awakening: where are your parents?

Little Shop of Horros: fEED ME SEYMOUR. That’s all I know

Percy Jackson: underrated and super close to the book

Chicago: If you can’t be a famous actress, M•U•R•D•E•R

Bye Bye Birdie: If you get the chance to kiss a famous person, do it

Teen Beach: this qualifies OKAY. LEAVE IT ALONE

Cinderella: you know the story. this is not my fucking job

Clueless: This happened I guess?

The Prom: gay prom...prom gay... grom... pray...

Hadestown: Myth but make it jazzy

Beetlejuice: Dead people get rid of dead people that’s how it works

Matilda: Good child likes the library

Oliver!: Sad boy who doesn’t know he is sad takes on homelessness and death

Singing in the Rain: Girls with high voices are not to be taken seriously under any circumstances

La La Land: Dating sucks, so live your life without him/her

High School Musical: why be popular when you can do THEATRE

Sound of Music: Singing makes me sad until it doesn’t?

Seussical: who let this be a musical? what the hell?

Rock of Ages: How to make a musical without a music writer

School of Rock: Jack Black

Peter Pan: we designed the lead male to only be sung by females *SNEAK 100*

Fiddler on the Roof: MATCHMAKER MATCHMAKER

Jersey Boys: Italian Mafia Boys Can Sing, a musical

Urinetown: Sometimes, our government does know what’s best, even if we don’t understand it

Rocky Horror Picture Show: A Sexy Horror Musical? Someone was definitely on crack but hey it worked out I guess

Avenue Q: Sexy Sesame Street. Or Sexy Muppets. Whatever Floats your Boat.

The King and I: this was a movie right?

[missalexas]

#school #beforemaths #aftermaths #deadaftergerman #ilikedrawing

[peterbromley]

AFTERMATH You should have seen the beforemath. . . . . #weather #storm #afterthestorm #eastdover #peggyscove #novascotia #shotoniphone #atlanticocean #ocean #waves (at Clearlight Evolution) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZXj0iDvHF2/?utm_medium=tumblr

[agallimaufryofoddments]

The Honeypot Affair

Chapter Eight/Penultimate Chapter: The Beforemath

Fandom: Baccano!

Summary: Those of good faith want nothing more than to dismiss the honeypot incident at the Alveare as the result of an innocent mistake. Maiza was just an unfortunate random victim, no more, no less. They are forced to revise their opinion when Maiza is gunned down in broad daylight later that day.

In which Maiza is targeted repeatedly by unknown assailants, and the Martillos close ranks and prepare to mete down Camorra vengeance.

Chapter Word Count: Around 8500 words, not counting one scene..

Notes: Check AO3 for the main notes. Couldn’t quite fit this in there, but I had Victor say in the previous chapter that Superintendent Veld had been ‘stripped of his badge’, when the novels technically say that he resigned due to scandal. I don’t entirely buy that it was as simple as him resigning – I suspect that’s more what the BOI/DOI forced him to do (when it was tantamount to dishonorable firing).

Chapters: One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six | Seven

Read on AO3

(Normally I copy the chapters under the cut, but there’s a spot of unusual formatting in this chapter that isn’t going to translate well onto tumblr and...I imagine you’d prefer reading a 8k word chapter via the AO3 format instead.)

[poemsofallgenres]

Winter

Winter is joyfulness and jubilation. It tastes like the delightful sweetness of hot cocoa. It sounds like bells singing the marvellous creations of snow. It smells like the cold, dewy, beforemath of the soft ice. It looks like crystalline inventions of ice, created so delicately. It feels like plush, snug blankets comforting you.