#carmen polo

[carmenmartinezbordiu]

Seville, 1940 (CA.). Carmen Polo de Franco and her daughter Carmen Franco, walk through the avenues of the Acázar gardens.

[zsofiarosebud]

La droga la droga la puta de la droga la madre que la parió! Yo tenía un hijo sano y la drogá me lo mató!

Bu tío este capi vino xa hai uns días e sigho coa puta cancionciña na cabeza mimá

[lazypastrys-thingymajingky]

Ah shoot! CarDon on the loose!

Featuring Don in a Carmen inspired polo shirt and his Emo-wannabe get up

And Bonus: A Speedpaint!

To all Don Enjoyers, I'm sorry (not sorry) for the first song, I just wanna draw him every time I listen to it XD

[buggybambi]

carmen being extremely overprotective over the new waitress that's working at the bear (he has obvious feelings but refuses to acknowledge it)

it gets to the point when she has a date, carmen's all grumpy n stuff, trying to intimidate her date

she pulls carm to the side, because, what the hell was that? and then carm starts rambling about how they're not good enough for her before she just cuts him off with a kiss

-🪷

OH MY GOSH? literally he is, “when in doubt intimidate the competition”

um no but you are SO right about this my lovely anon! he’d be protective of all of the bear staff but when it comes to her? its an unspoken rule that no one is allowed to yell at her or else they deal with angry carmy.

he’s kinda taken aback when a man enters the bear during closing duties and sees you greet him with a hug and a smile. “who the fuck is that?” he asks sydney, who looks up from wiping down the counters. “oh that’s uh, colin? they met on a dating app.”

you see carmen doing his usual grumpy stance as he asks colin these questions. you walk over, smiling and excusing you and carmy away from your date (poor guy has a confused look on his face). you pull carm into the back.

and so carmy makes his way out of the kitchen! and he begins grilling poor colin when you step into the back to grab your belongings. “where are you from”, “how did you meet”, “are you gonna protect her?”

“what the hell was that?!”

“look, i don’t get good vibes from the guy, alright? you deserve someone who shows up with at least flowers and in a better attire then a fucking polo shirt. i’m sorry but he-”and that’s when magic sparks. against all his odds, you kiss him. your lips are soft against his, his hands hesitantly meeting your waist like he’s afraid to touch you.

you pull away, your eyes finally meeting his. it’s silent before you speak again. “is that your over the top way of telling me you’re in love with me?” you ask, your voice hushed.

“yeah.” he replies.

“okay.” you nod, before kissing him again.

[maxybabyy]

Daniel watches on as Max dodges him for the third time today, shimmies away from Daniel’s hands as he hurries to catch up with GP.

Daniel knows Max likes GP better than most people, knows they’ve been together longer than he and Max have. Max will bring it up sometimes when Daniel’s being needy and won’t stop touching him. He will go, “He is of course my race engineer, Daniel. Always I will have to see him more when it is a race weekend, no?”

Daniel will whine, call them work husbands with no love left for their real spouses. The words will taste sour even to his own tongue, but in the moment it will feel better. Max will say as he did once, “If you do not like this, GP being my husband. You can of course change this also, Daniel.”

So Daniel doesn’t call them that anymore, has taken to kiss him silly instead to keep him put.

But Max’s already been in two meetings with GP, and Daniel has barely seen him today, didn’t even get a morning kiss in before they had to leave for the paddock.

GP is picked off by one of the engineers, young and sweet as he works up the nerve to interrupt Max’s latest rant, hands vivid in the air. Daniel is quick to swoop in, bullies Max into a small alcove with his knee pressed against Max’s thigh to keep him in place.

“Daniel? What is this?” He says, wiggles in his hold. “I of course do not have time for this. Rupert wants me to look over the food that he will order, and I have to –“

“You’re a busy boy, Maxy. I know, just,” Daniel says, digs his knee harder into Max when he still hasn’t stopped moving. “Why are you being weird? I’ve barely seen you today, baby, and now you’re trying to do a fucking runner on me.”

“I am not weird,” Max says, crosses his arms over his chest.

Daniel smiles, sweet and soft to keep his lips from twisting. “Annoyed then? Frustrated? Did I do something to piss you off, babe?”

Max keeps looking at him, steady blues as he doesn’t blink. But his chest starts to move, deep, fast breaths that make his tits strain against the polo he always wears. The wind is chilly too, makes the nips peak out. “I am of course not this, annoyed, frustrated,” he says, voice curt.

“But I did do something,” Daniel guesses. “Baby, whatever I did to make you mad, please just tell me and I will –“

He leans in to touch Max’s waist, face close enough to kiss if Max just gave up the last few inches. But instead of leaning in like he always does, Max twists away from him with a glare, “Always I will see you later, Daniel. You can think maybe about how to not be a stupid idiot then.”

Daniel doesn’t know what to say, watches him walk away with his back against the wall.

“’A stupid idiot’? That’s what he called you?” George asks, digs his fork into the leafy greens Daniel had been too weak to order. “And you’re sure you haven’t done anything bad? Did you forget an anniversary perhaps? The cats’ birthdays?”

Daniel shakes his head. Max doesn’t care about shit like that. Sassy had her birthday back in April, and Jimmy will have his turn after the summer break. Siblings, but not twins. “They of course deserve their own birthdays, Daniel,” Max had said, coaxing a small hat onto the head of a patient Jimmy.

“He was fine last night, had a nice dinner. The hotel room is meh, but that’s not my fault, yeah?” Max had been tossing and turning all night, sweaty where he was pressed Daniel’s chest. But he’s dealt with a tired Max before, and this wasn’t it.

George watches him for a moment, eyes sharp as he stabs his fork through a tomato. “Reckon it’s that thing women do sometimes?” He asks, voice unnaturally casual like he knows it’s a shit thing to say.

“What, George?” Daniel says and abandons his spoonful of chickpea curry. The coriander tastes odd on his tongue, and he wonders if maybe they put nuts in it anyway. “What is it that women and Max do sometimes?”

“I don’t – you know that wasn’t.” Geroge breathes out, in, and then out again. “Carmen obviously doesn’t do this, mind you. And I don’t think Max would either, but there are like, these stories on the internet of women getting mad at their boyfriends because they dreamt about them cheating on them.

“Obviously, Max wouldn’t do it either, but.” George shrugs uncomfortably, the corner of his mouth pulled to the side.

And like, but indeed.

Max barely looks at him during dinner, talks about the press conference like Daniel wasn’t there next to him, and doesn’t answer when he asks about going out for drinks tomorrow.

He’s about to storm back into the bedroom, when Daniel says, “Reckon we should talk about this? Or do you want to keep being mad about something I did in your dream?”

The way Max’s head whips back to look at him is confirmation enough, but the deep, scarlet tint to his cheeks makes it all the more obvious.

“Maxy, why didn’t you tell me you had a bad dream? We could have talked about it together, yeah?” He says. He closes the distance between them cautiously, hovers awkwardly at the edge of Max’s personal space until Max nudges their feet together.

“You were of course a very stupid idiot in my dream, so I thought it would be good maybe to have you think about why it is so bad to do,” Max says, and he sounds so sincere it makes his chest feel tight.

“I reckon that’s fair. It did feel like shit though, thinking you were really mad at me, baby,” Daniel tells him. Max opens his arms, and Daniel is quick to fold himself into them, bury his head in the crook of his neck. The scent of their shared cologne is faint under the day’s sweat. “But you have to know I would never do that to you, yeah?”

Max nods against his shoulder, kisses the crown of his head. “I of course know this, Daniel. It would be very stupid to do this, and you would end up dead also,” Max says. He cups Daniel’s cheek, strokes his thumb along the edge of his jaw, and Daniel knows he’s going to get kissed, soft lips against his, but he cannot –

“Like, yeah. Obviously, I would never cheat on you, Maxy,” he says, covers Max’s hand with his own. To keep him in place, to stop him from moving closer, he doesn’t know. “But, killing me because of it is a bit much, don’t you think?”

Max watches him with a frown, head tilted to the side. “Cheat on me? Why would you do this? Daniel, is this what you dream of? We should talk maybe about this more also.”

Daniel digs his fingers into the dip of his waist, wills Max not to step away, “Hey, it’s your fucking dream, babe. I just think we maybe disagree on whether it deserves the death penalty, but it’s all hypothetical, no?”

Max scoffs, “This is a very stupid dream you have, Daniel. In my dream you were stupid also, so there is maybe something to think about.”

“If it wasn’t – Maxy, love of my life, whom I will never cheat on, ever,” Daniel says, kisses him softly. “Why were you mad at me in your dream?”

Max’s eyes sharpen, and the hand on his cheek drops to hold his shoulder, “Because never would you listen to me, Daniel. We were in the apocalypse, and always you were going to get yourself killed! You did not want to stay with the very nice, very big dog that I told to protect you, and you did not want to eat the food I made for us.

“Always, you wanted stupid Scotty to stay with us, when you knew, you knew of course that he was bitten and would try to eat us. And then I will have to kill him, and you will of course be sad. But I have to save us also, Daniel, so you have to stop being so stupid!”

Max looks so fucking worked up about this, chest heaving and red in the face, and Daniel wants to fucking eat him alive. Kisses him instead, takes what he can get.

“You’re gonna protect me in your big, bad dream, Maxy?”

Max huffs, lets himself be led into the bedroom, “I will of course always save you, Daniel. When you are being so very stupid, also.”

[thewritingofspencerrose]

Risky Romance: A Series

A Helping Hand

maximilian verstappen I don't know what to wear for this dinner

giselle wolff bring three options to danny's and my room and we'll help you pick! he's should be out of the shower any minute

maximilian verstappen ok be down in five

"Babe! Hurry up, Max needs help picking an outfit," I call out, holding my robe tighter to my body as I move to the door, not nearly ready myself. Pulling open the door, I can't help but smile at the sight in front of me.

Max Verstappen is not a man that gets clearly nervous, but he's also a man who's eyes you can read.

And the concept of this dinner has him anxious.

"Max, this isn't life or death. It's dinner with my parents, Lewis, George, Carmen and Mick. There's no reason to be worried," I try to sooth, but his brows furrow, the little crinkly look he gets when he's uncomfortable clear as day.

"I'm not worried, I just needed a second opinion," He denies, holding up the hangers in his hand as if this makes him more believable.

"Whatever you say lion boy, come on in, Dan's just finishing in the shower and I was just looking for what we should wear," I explain, taking his free hand and pulling in him, the door shutting behind us just as I push him into sitting on the end of the bed. "What are your options?"

He holds out the shirts, this time in offering, and I take them, letting go of the sides of my robe and letting it open slightly as I hold the shirts in front of myself. With how they're held they are blocking any sight of my bra and panties, my attempt to be sure I don't cross a line Max won't be comfortable with, but with how intensely Max is staring at me, almost trying to set fire to the shirts that are blocking his path.

"Okay, so I'm going to set aside the Redbull polo because, seriously?" I can't help but ask, throwing the shirt at him and making him chuckle at my commentary.

"What are you doing baby?" Danny's voice rings in my ear, just as his body heat becomes apparent behind me, hands finding my hips and lips finding the crown of my head. He pulls away in a robe of his own, walking over to Max and patting him on the shoulder, taking a seat beside him. "Good to see you could make it."

"Almost changed my mind when I didn't know what to wear, but I texted Elle and now I'm here," is Max's response, his eyes drifting over Danny's body before coming back to meet my own, his cheeks tinging pink at being caught.

"Don't worry, you're in great hands, Gigi picks out all my outfits and I'd like to think I always look great," Dan assures, standing promptly to grab the floral dress I had put aside, the tangerine, burnt orange and white flowers set on a sage base, the sage being the same color as Danny's shirt we had chosen earlier.

"Dan you're a genius," I giggle excitedly, looking between the confused Australian who still holds our outfits, an even more confused Dutchman looking with his eyebrows meeting his hair. "Max, how do you feel about matching us?"

"Matching... the two of you?" He asks, pointing between Dan and I slowly as Danny makes his way closer, laying my dress on the bed above my heels for when I'm ready.

"Well, in a way," Is my attempt at backtracking in how direct I just was, "You'd just be wearing your white button up," I explain, holding it in front of the baby blue one that was his other option. "And it would sort of look like we planned it, since both you and Danny would be wearing a shirt that matches an aspect of my dress."

And you can see the smile slowly start to come to his face.

"Yeah, that'd be ok," He agrees, making my smile widen if even possible.

"Okay, put this on," I instruct, handing over his shirt back into his hands, patting his chest before turning to Dan, "Baby, can I have my dress?"

"Do you really need it?" He asks with a smirk, and I can hear Max cough in shock from beside me.

"Daniel," My tone is scolding although both men know I'd never mean it. "Dress, please."

"Yes ma'am," He relents, although still with a cocky smile as he hands it over, "Are you going to change in here?"

The question makes me pause, because ever since Danny and I got together, more accurately slept together, we've felt plenty comfortable changing in front of one another. But Max is in here, and the suggestion of changing with him in here should make us all uncomfortable, except for the fact that it feels so normal for him to be in here, getting ready with us.

"It's your room, I can step out," Max offers, sensing my hesitation.

It's not that I'm uncomfortable, it's that I don't want him to be. While I've been lose about keeping my robe shut, it only has showed a sliver, not my whole body.

"Or you can just change," Is his next offer, a small smirk coming to his face. "I'll try not to look."

I can't help the blush that rises to my cheeks, or the heat settling in my stomach as I realize both of them are watching me. Dan has made some progress, managing to get his jeans on in the time Max and I took in deciding his shirt.

"Fine. But you two need to get ready if we're going to be on time."

"Babe," Danny begins, taking his shirt off the hanger as Max reaches for the hem of his shirt, it rising slowly in his pull over his head, revealing just how gorgeous he continues to be. "The restaurant is in the hotel, we're putting our shirts on and all you need if your dress and heels. We'll be on time."

I nod, because he's right, there really is no concern on time. So I pull my robe off my shoulders, turning around as it falls to take my dress off the hanger. The robe hits the floor as I have the zipper undone, turning around slowly to find the eyes of both boys on my body.

"Very discrete, boys," I can't help but tease, their eyes dropping down to their buttons in a near sync that makes me chuckle. Men.

Pulling my dress up over my hips, I slip the straps over my shoulders before turning my back to the boys once more. "Can one of you zip me up?"

There's a pause, but when I feel the heat of a hand on my hip, another hand slowly pulling my zipper up I don't question that it's Dan.

Until the person leans into my ear, warm lips nearly touching my ear as he says, "Let's get to that dinner, right schat?"

[hexedwinchester]

Supernatural S02E20 What is and What Should Never Be

That's a mouthful for an episode title. What happened to the simpler ones? Home? Asylum? Bugs?

Sam's muscular arms in that polo shirt. Guys how are we as Sam Girls not talking about that damn polo shirt??

I've seen this episode like a thousand time so how did I miss that Dean is not wearing the Samulet in the Djinn universe?????

Djinn Sam... Goshh even he is so different than OG Sam! Mr. Jared Padalecki, do you ever not outdo yourself?!

Djinn Sam is still so cute.. "because you're still my brother"

ok, important question: how did lawboy Sam fall asleep next to a brother who has a silver knife dipped in Lamb's blood on a mission to hunt down a supernatural creature called djinn?!

When Dean is about to stab himself, every character appears and tells him exactly what he wants to hear. Mary talks about being a family again, living a normal life. Jessica talks about how he'd get to see Sam live a full life. Carmen talks about having a family of his own and Sam asks him why is it their job to save everyone? Love it!!

Anyone else finds Sam's "Dean!" Like super sexy or that's just me?

Dean literally saved himself and Sam and the girl. Nice!

Something's that's been nagging from the start of this episode is that there have been two occasions throughout out the show involving djinn and on both occasions, Dean was infected. I'm wondering if Djinn had poisoned Sam what would his wish be? Like Dean always wished for Mary to be alive, to extent where even Darkness fulfilled that wish. We have seen Dean wishing Mary back but I kinda realised we haven't seen Sam desperately wish for something.. not since the story started..

[jartita-me-teneis]

MIGUEL DE UNAMUNO

ÚLTIMOS DÍAS DE UN GRANDE DE LA LITERATURA

El 12 de octubre de 1936, en el paraninfo de la Universidad de Salamanca, se celebró el día de la raza.

El auditorio estaba repleto. Está presente Carmen Polo, esposa de Franco, las principales autoridades del franquismo y altos mandos militares y eclesiásticos.

Miguel de Unamuno, rector de la universidad, decide no ser orador.

Durante las sucesivas intervenciones, se cargó contra los vascos, los catalanes y contra todo aquel contrario al régimen.

Se dice que el militar español José Millán-Astray, llegó a gritar: “muera la inteligencia, viva la muerte”.

Esto hizo que Unamuno cambie de parecer y le decidió a participar de la oratoria:

"Sé que estáis esperando mis palabras, porque me conocéis bien y sabéis que no soy capaz de permanecer en silencio ante lo que se está diciendo. Callar, a veces, significa asentir. No quería hablar, porque me conozco. Pero se me ha tirado de la lengua y debo hacerlo.

Vencer es convencer. Pero no puede convencer el odio que no deja lugar a la compasión, ese odio a la inteligencia.

Se ha hablado de catalanes y vascos, llamándoles la antiespaña. Y yo, que soy vasco, llevo toda mi vida enseñándoos la lengua española que no sabéis.

Acabo de oír el grito de ¡viva la muerte! Esto suena lo mismo que ¡muera la vida!

Este es el templo del intelecto y yo soy su supremo sacerdote. Vosotros estáis profanando su recinto sagrado.

Venceréis, pero no convenceréis.

Venceréis porque tenéis sobrada fuerza bruta, pero no convenceréis, porque convencer significa persuadir. Y para eso, necesitáis algo que os falta en esta lucha, razón y derecho."

Tras las palabras de Unamuno, la tensión era insoportable en el recinto debiendo salir escoltado, para evitar ser linchado por los falangistas.

Días después de lo acontecido en la Universidad, un decreto firmado por Franco le destituyó como rector y se le impuso arresto domiciliario.

"Si me han de asesinar como a otros, será aquí en mi casa", escribió Unamuno.

El 31 de diciembre del mismo año, aún arrestado, murió de forma repentina.

****

Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo (Bilbao, 29 de septiembre de 1864-Salamanca, 31 de diciembre de 1936) fue un escritor y filósofo español perteneciente a la llamada generación del 98 como el mayor de sus integrantes y, en cierta medida, su maestro. Cultivó todos los géneros literarios: ensayo, novela, poesía, periodismo y teatro.

[carmenmundtcloset]

Carmen Mundt attending the UEFA EURO 2024 final.⚽️📸

📍 Olympiastadion | 📆 14th July 2024

Wearing the:

» Krewe JOEL (£250)

» Brunello Cucinelli sequin-embellished silk blouse (£1,980)

» Rolex lady datejust 28mm white gold fluted bezel 279174 (£11,000+)

» Polo Ralph Lauren pleated georgette trousers (£175)

» Kiki McDonough kiki classics rubellite, fire opal and diamond double oval studs (£4,600)

» Oliver Peoples riffo in washed jade (£392)

[aquamanandfriends]

A VERY DESCRIPTIVE PROFILE OF YOUR MUSE !!

Repost with the information of your muse, including headcanons, etc. if you fail to achieve some of the facts, add some other of your own!

► NAME: Rafael Antonio Vazquez ► NICKNAME: Raffy, Raf ► TITLE(S): Dad, Husband, Coach, Olympic Gold Medalist ► AGE: 48 (I play him from high school up) ► SPECIES: human ► SEX: male ► NATIONALITY: Cuban, first generation American ► INTERESTS: do his girls count???? His daughters and his perfect wife are his everything. Dance, travel when he can, he likes watching Forensic Files with his youngest daughter and Doctor Who with his oldest. Teaching, he actually really loves being able to invest his skills in a younger generation. Raf likes to do work around the house and feel useful, he's creative and once he had an idea in his head it's hard to stop him from doing it. ► PROFESSION: competitive dancer all the way up until the first Olympics that recognized dance until he broke his leg, then he worked a building maintenance and eventually became a personal competitive dance coach when he and his wife opened their dance studio ► BODY TYPE: athletic fit when he was younger, now he does his best to stay fit for his wife but he's struggled with a little dad bod from time to time ► EYES: brown ► HAIR: fluffy and brown, he never lets it get too long ► POSTURE: relaxed at home but perfect from on the dance floor or when coaching, most students of his have never seen him slouch ► HEIGHT: 5′ 11″ ► VOICE: I mean... Pedro cause god ► SIGNATURE OUTFIT: he loves Jams World button ups, those dorky dad flowery Hawaiian shirts, he's all over them. He bought one while he and his wife were competing and it became his signature style. Raf will either be in one of those and some jeans or a casual soft polo ► SIGNIFICANT OTHER: @thestoriesincoffeestains Carmen dancing queen Rodriguez Vazquez, his heart and soul ► COMPANIONS: like friends? Emmett, Liam, can he count Mallory? Maybe when he's older... ► ANTAGONISTS: anyone who comes at Carmen for her weight or something stupid, anyone who says he can't do something, for a little while his coach, anyone who has eyes on his daughters ► STRENGTHS: he's good a breaking tension, making people feel comfortable and getting them to laugh. Raf is a good teacher, he's patient and caring, he's always been extremely resilient. Anything that comes at him he's able to take in stride. He is humble but confident and always pushes himself to be better. ► WEAKNESSES: he can be quiet and have pretty bad thought spirals if he's not careful. It's rare but when Raf has an opinion on something he doesn't back down and that can be to his detriment. His wife, his wife and daughters are a huge weakness and strength but he can be blind when it comes to them and over protective. Depending on how you say weakness, cuban coffee for sure ► FRUITS: he loves tangerines, peaches, dates, kiwis, mango ► DRINKS: cuban coffee, sprite, water ► ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: sangria, tequila, whiskey, sake, he likes drinks with a kick ► SMOKES: occasionally, when he's stressed or wants to feel close to his late father he smokes ► DRUGS: he was on pain killers after he broke his leg but he was able to wean off them just fine. Very rarely he'll have a gummy or an edible with his wife to relax ► DRIVER’S LICENSE: yes

tagged by @goxinsane

[cleverclove-arts]

The guy! :D

[Image ID: A digital artwork of El Topo from Carmen Sandiego, drawn from the bust up. He is a young Latino man with dyed silver hair on top and black hair on the side and tan skin. He is drawn looking at the viewer and smiling. El Topo is wearing a hearing aid on his left ear. He is wearing a dark purple polo shirt. He is set against a gradient purple background. /End ID.]

[juliustrumpet]

NEW YORK, NEW YORK (fragmento).

🏙🏙🏙🏙🏙🏙🏙🏙🌉🌉🌉🌉🌉🌉🌉🌉

Orquesta Gran Soufflé. 2023.

Sin secuenciadores. Sin mandangas.

Toni Alós (batería), Roberto Llamas (bajo, voces), Julio Llamas (trompeta, voces, percusión), Paco Abarca (trombón, percusión), Fran Nicola (saxo, voces, percusión), Carles Piles (teclados), Eduardo de la Cruz (guitarra), Julia Perea (guitarra), Mia Rizzo (voz, percusión), Ricardo Llopis (teclados), Carmen Llopis (teclados), Frankie McCoy (voz), Conxa Polo (voz), Didier Ferrando (voz, percusión y flauta) y Txema Magraner (técnico de sonido).

#gransoufflé #gransouffle #orquesta #Almussafes #almussafes #spain #Valencia #trumpet #trombone #saxo #live #directo #endirecto #drums #bass #piano #voice #guitar #poprock #blues #funky #jazz

[princesademian]

Castiel is going back and forth on the tree’s swing. All he can hear is the soft singing of the birds on the backyard.

Suddenly, tearing the silence, Cas hears tires on the asphalt. He smiles fondly and gets up, heading to the interior of the house. As he walks to the door, the whistle of his name becomes clearer. Once again, a soft, but even happier smile appears on his face.

The blue-eyed man opens the door and standing there, carefree, is a pair of beautiful green eyes. “Whistling my name”, he thinks.

— Cas.

— Dean. — He responds and let the new arriver come in.

So familiarized with the place, Dean walks directly to the kitchen and grabs a beer.

Cas in standing on the door frame, watching him.

— COD? — Dean asks, to what Cas agrees.

Both of them are on the living room, Cas on the sofa and Dean right on his feet drinking his long neck.

Castiel is wearing a cyan polo shirt, which matches his livid eyes. He pays attention in the game, trying to understand, for the fifth time, how exactly it works.

Dean, otherwise, wears a red flannel shirt and heavy boots.

They are so used to it. Meeting every afternoon. Waking up and the other’s face being the first thing they see in the day. Talking until the sleep beats them.

The sun is so hot outside; it’s one of these summers. However, a fresh breeze runs into the house and the tree’s shadows make the place a little bit cooler.

Cas is flushing as he watches Dean’s neck and hair. And he blushes even more when suddenly Deans leans back to kiss him, pushing Cas to the floor with him.

— I won. — Dean says happily.

— You are the best! — Cas whispers as he puts his hands on Dean’s back, trying to stand up.

— I am, right!?

One second before he closes his eyes for eternity, Cas dreams.

[…]

— It's you, it's you. — Cas says all at once. — It’s all for you… everything I do. — He points to his own chest.

In the next moment, Dean’s face is in between Cas’s hands.

The green-eyed man looks so fragile and exposed. So weak, differently from his usual.

— I tell you all the time. — Cas whines.

It is so hard for the angel to understand the feelings of the Earth’s man. He knows he loves him; so what is the big deal?

He can’t tell but, looking in those green eyes, which usually looks clear but now seen insurmountable, Castiel feels that there is something he can’t change.

And this makes him want to cry; he can change so many things, he can create and destroy. He can save people from hell. But why he can’t make someone loves him? No, it is not that, he thinks, why he can’t admit what he feels?

— Heaven is a place on Earth with you.

And this make Dean cries.

Because our hands are always almost touching, Cas thinks, but we never hold them. And we both know, honey pie, we both know;

— I have fallen from grace because of you, Dean. I gave everything for you!

“They say the word was made for two”, Castiel heard this from a singer named Carmen on his first days on Earth. He didn’t understood it and got even more confused when she added, in a low drunk tone, only worth living if somebody is loving you.

“How could it be?”, he thought back then, that living is only worth it if there is love?

And then it happened. And he got it. Deep on his heart, soul and mind. In every corner of his body, in every material that composed him.

The earthly Dean Winchester.

The nights hunting things, “family business”, Dean used to say. An important job, he said. But, oh, what he truly loved were the easy nights singing in old bars, playing pool and wild darts. All those posters of old stars, blurred by the time; how nostalgic he felt. It matched him, he thought.

Dean would stare at these posters in some fucked up dreamy way. As if he would, or wanted to, die young and this is how people would see and remember him: a beautiful happy smile frozen in time. Still beautiful, still Dean Winchester, people would think.

For Cas, otherwise, it was about how content Dean was. The half hugs, while drunk, that Dean gaved him. Oh, Cas looking up the skies — thinking of his old home, trying to see it — and him came, hugged him from back and told him to go back inside. And Castiel went, always.

(…)

And then, Dean was looking so confused while listening to Cas’s speech.

— Why does this sound like a goodbye?

He couldn’t shed a tear for how disassociated he was. It was not happening and it couldn’t be a goodbye.

— Because it is. — And, in Cas eyes, there where tears.

“This can’t be happening”, Dean thinks as in a pray.

— I love you.

Total silence. Dean’s mind is blank; but his whole body is cold and weak. “I love you too”, a tiny, but convinced voice, says inside of Dean.

But it is too late, he is already on the floor and a disgusting black goop is revolving Castiel. The last thing he does is smile fondly at Dean.

(…)

The flames are consuming his body.

And he sees nothing.

(…)

There is blood coming out from his mouth; and a huge pain on his chest.

Carmen’s voice echoes softly in his head:

They say that the world was built for two

Only worth living if somebody is loving you

And, baby, now you do.

He closes his eyes for the last time.

[jackredfieldwasmyjacob]

BENIDORM FEST 2023 SONGS

Below I'll detail all 18 songs that'll compete to represent Spain in Eurovision 2023 next January at Benidorm. I'll also add some tidbits that they said in the presentation they did this morning, and they'll go in the order they used for said presentation as well cause it makes it easier for me.

Everything will be below the cut as I'll be linking the youtube videos to the songs (if there is one) and I don't want to take much unwanted space on your dashes. Here is the official spotify playlist btw, you'll be able to listen to all songs there if you prefer it.

I'll be completely impartial here, if you want more insight into my own reactions to each songs, you can search the tag 'benivivi23' in my blog <3

Finally, throughout these weeks I'll be posting the translated lyrics of the 18 songs here, in case you don't want to miss them I'll use that same tag 'benivivi23', to have everything organized (i'll also use the tags i'll use here tho so there shouldn't be any problems)

Anyways, let's start :)

AIRE BY SHARONNE

Sharonne (1976, Sabadell) is a drag queen known for winning the second season of Drag Race España. It's her second time entering the preselection for Eurovision, as she participated in the 2001 preselection within the group Trans-X. Right now she's one of the protagonists of the national tour of the drag show Gran Hotel de las Reinas.

Aire [Air] was composed by herself, Iván Torrent, and Alejandro Barroso. The song talks about liberating oneself, about taking a deep breath and continuing on. In the presentation, she said that the song was composed with the Benidorm Fest in mind, and that she was inspired by all the people that had reached out to her in social media talking about how seeing her and other drag queens thriving had helped them; it's her way of thanking them.

2. ARCADIA BY MEGARA

Megara (born in Madrid in 2015) is a self-proclaimed 'fuchsia rock' group with an aesthetic that combines dark undertones with cotton candy. They have a total of three albums and two other EPs.

Arcadia is a reference to the idea of Arcadia Felix, a Heaven on Earth. In the song, Megara makes Arcadia a virtual world where two girls fall in love and live their particular Arcadia. It was composed by Megara members Sara Jiménez Moral and Roberto La Lueta Ruiz, and their producer, Israel Dante Ramos. In the presentation, they talk about how their dream was getting into the Benidorm Fest so they've already achieved their dream, but they'll fight to go to Eurovision as well. They're also very honored to represent rock for the first time in Benidorm Fest.

3. DESDE QUE TÚ ESTÁS BY ALFRED GARCÍA

Alfred García (1997, El Prat de Llobregat) was first known as a contestant in Operación Triunfo 2017, where he ended up fourth [imo his best performance there was Maldita Dulzura]. Afterwards, he was selected to go to Eurovision 2018 with Amaia, where they sung Tu Canción. Since then, he has released 2 albums.

Desde Que Tú Estás [Since You Are Here] is a song dedicated to a person that made him rediscover and feel again things he hadn't felt in a while. The lyrics were composed by him and the music is by Raúl Gómez. In the presentation, he says that it is one of the best songs he has ever composed, and that he was inspired by love as something revolutionary.

4. EAEA BY BLANCA PALOMA

Blanca Paloma (1989, Elx) is the only returning artist to the Benidorm Fest, as she participated in the last edition with Secreto de Agua. Eaea is only her third single.

Eaea was composed by herself and José Pablo Polo, and it is a flamenco-sounding song made as a tribute to her roots and ancestors through lullabies, a sorrt of remembrance of where she came from to know where to go to. In the presentation, she said it is a tribute to her grandma, Carmen (the woman in the cover of the single).

5. FLAMENCO BY ARITZ AREN

Aritz Grau Sueira (1992, València), his stage name being Aritz Aren, is mainly known as a dancer, as his leap to fame was the dancing TV show Fama ¡A Bailar!, where he ended up as the runner up. Since then he has gained a large following on Tik Tok, and has worked in Madrid and Shanghai. In this last place, he coreographed the productions of Fame and World of Dance. Finally, he has taught dance classes at one of the best studios in Tokyo, Dance Studio.

Flamenco was composed by Carlos Marco, Frida Amundsen, Kaci Brown, Sam Gray, and Tonino Speciale. It is a song that fuses urban and latin sounds with autochtonous Spanish elements. In the presentation, he says that for him the song means the unrestraining oneself and letting yourself just feel at the beginning of a relationship. He is very happy singing it and he feels it matches quite well with him. He is also already working in the staging, and he told the interviewer that there'll be dancing in it.

6. INVIERNOS EN MARTE BY JOSÉ OTERO

José Otero (1990, Telde) became known after participating in The Voice México in 2019. Since then, he has published a number of singles and collaborations with artists like Karen Méndez.

Inviernos en Marte [Winters in Mars] is a power ballad composed by himself, Manu Chalud, Gabi Ore, Kenia Saiz, and Karen Méndez. It talks about impossible love and giving up once you realise you have lost someone you love. In the presentation he said it is a song composed to be sung live, and that the lyrics talk about vulnerability in oposition with lost. He was inspired by his father's death last year.

7. LA LOLA BY FAMOUS

Famous Oberogo (Amsterdam, 1999, raised in Bormujos) was first known as the winner of Operación Triunfo 2018 [I think we can all agree his best performance was Uptown Funk], where he participated in the preselection process for Eurovision 2019 and manifested his love for Eurovision and his wish to go someday, he even got to sing with Cesár Sampson. Since then, he has been preparing his first album with a few singles already out, and is currently playing Rafiki in the Spanish production of The Lion King, in Madrid.

La Lola [The Lola] was composed by Adrián Ghiardo, Andrés Sebastián Ramírez and Jorge de la Cruz, and talks about that feminine side everyone has, dubbed Lola in this song. In the presentation he says that Lola is fierce and fun, and that with this song he wants to start up a party and wants people to have a fun time and enjoy it. He also said that there's gonna be dancing in the staging as well as interesting 'vocal stuff'.

8. MI FAMILIA BY FUSA NOCTA

Miriam Nares Signes (1996, Gandia), best known as Fusa Nocta, rose to fame in 2019, when she was a viral contestant in the Spanish X Factor. She's been writing poetry since she was 15, and she only recently started doing music as well. She has participated in many festivals like Madcool, Puro Latino, or Arenal Sound.

Mi Familia [My Family] fuses different sounds to explore her own family, talking about both the prettiest and the darkest parts of it. She composed the song alongside Ignacio Moreno González and Carlos Padilla Linares. In the presentation she was overwhelmed as she didn't expect so many support after the song released, and revealed that the little girl who talks at the beginning and the end of the song is her baby cousin. She goes a bit more in depth about the song, saying it talks about the advice her grandmas have given her, and about how much family really means for her. She also wanted to include the crudest parts of family.

9. NOCHENTERA BY VICCO

Victoria Ribo (1996, Barcelona), best known as Vicco, has been playing the piano since she was 9, and shortly after she started writing her own music. She started her first band, Carpanta, with her own sisters, and when she was 19 she opened for Alejandro Sanz. She has since released an album, a few singles, and has composed for a multitude of artists, like Mireya Bravo, Flori, María Escarmiento, or Edurne.

Nochentera [a portmanteau of both 'noche entera' (full night, in the context it's more like 'all night'), and 'noche ochentera' (80's night)] talks about that moment when you like a person and want to do anything to see them, and so you throw up a party to be able to bump into them and dance together. It is a hymn to happiness and good vibes, it was made to feel like a party itself. In the presentation she said that a lot of stuff will be going on in stage, and that it will be lot's of fun. She also said that there's a lot of good songs in the preselection, so it's gonna be complicated to win.

10. NO NOS MOVERÁN BY MELER

Meler (formed in Madrid in 2020) is a band formed by Loren, Javi and Jonathan that started playing in the London underground and Madrid metro until the pandemic, when they were forced to look for alternate ways of doing music and created Meler. Now they have a couple singles out and have opened for Taburete.

No Nos Moverán [We Will Not Be Moved] is an energetic song made to dance, sing, and jump. It talks about that moment when you wish you could stop time to stay like that forever. It was composed by Jonathan Geraint Burt, Francisco Javier Pagalday González, Natalia Neva Martín, Oliver García Cerón, and José Héctor Portilla Rodríguez. In the presentation they said that they're working hard on the staging because it is very different to what they're used to do. They also said that the song was made with Eurovision and Europe in mind. Finally, they commented about how there's hints on how the staging will be in the music video.

(aparently you can only put ten videos per post so i'll link the rest of the videos in the titles of each song)

11. QUE ESCLATI TOT BY SIDERLAND

Siderland (formed in Barcelona in 2018) is a band formed by Uri Plana (voice and guitar), Albert Sort (bass), and Andreu Manyós (drums). They defined their sound as 'night pop', and since their debut they have played in multitude of venues in Barcelona.

Que Esclati Tot [Let Everything Explode, this might not be 100% accurate as I don't know Catalan] was composed by Siderland in collaboration with Roger Argemí. It has the typical sound of the band, and it tells the story of two lovers who react differently to a world that is collapsing; one accepts destiny and prepares themselves for whatever may happen, while the other refuses to do so and ends up alone. In the presentation they talked about how they tried to get into Benidorm Fest last year, and about how the staging is going to be explosive. This is the first song in Catalan in Benidorm Fest.

12. QUIERO ARDER BY AGONEY

Agoney Hernández (1995, Adeje) was first known as one of the contestants of Operación Triunfo 2017, ending up in 6th place [his best performance is undoubtably Eloise]. Since then he's released an album, and he's currently staring in the music contest Dúos Increíbles alongside legendary singer Ana Belén [they recently sang Eloise together!].

Quiero Arder [I Want to Burn] is an explosive song composed by Agoney himself where he gets to do complicated vocal work, as he's known for. In the presentation he threatened to burn Benidorm to the ground, and he said that he needed to made that song when he composed it, and that at first it wasn't gonna be the song he was going to present to the Benidorm Fest, but he got an impulse to do so and he went against the advice of the discography.

13. QUIERO Y DUELO BY KARMENTO

Carmen Toledo (Bogarra, Albacete), better known as Karmento, first started her musical career in 2012, when she moved to Malta. She made her first album there, and then came back to her homeland to release her second one. She self-defines herself as a 'singer-songwriter, sexologist, and lover of emotional communication', and her sound as 'neofolklore', combining the folklore of her land, La Mancha, with more modern sounds.

Quiero y Duelo [I Want and I Mourn] is a local expression of La Mancha that expresses the feeling of wanting something and battling with the pains and difficulties of trying to achieve it. She talks about her own quiero y duelo with music and also about all of those who had to abandon their roots in order to have a better life. In the presentation she said that last year watching Benidorm Fest she was impressed by the acts and wanted to send something to the contest this year because of it.

14. SAYONARA BY TWIN MELODY

Twin Melody is a group formed by the twin sisters Paula and Aitana Etxeberria (1999, Ordizia), known in all Spain thanks to their large following in Tik Tok (more than 18 million followers). They currently study Education in university and are regular guests in the late show El Hormiguero. This year they debuted in music with Ciao, a collab with Emma Muscat.

Sayonara was composed by Twin Melody, Jonathan Geraint Burt, and Natalia, and it is an empowering song about self love and leaving behind things that harm us or don't show our true selves. In the presentation they said that the song is in French, Spanish, English, and Basque, because those are the languages Twin Melody speak and they wanted to make the song as genuine as possible. They talked about how they are already preparing themselves for the staging and how they have filmed the music video. They want to combine song and dance.

15. TRACCIÓN BY RAKKY RIPPER

Raquel García Cabrerizo (1995, Granada), better known as Rakky Ripper, was one of the pioneers of Spanish hyperpop in 2019 alongside PUTOCHINOMARICÓN. Praised by artists such as Charli XCX or Dorian Electra, she was named one of the VOGUE Hot Talents 2021. She has published an EP and been in dozens of music festivals such as Sónar, ValleEléctrico, Covaleda, BIME, WarmUp, or SXSW.

Tracción [Traction] was composed by Rakky Ripper alongside Kickybombo, and it is a song with a sound that mixes hardcore, drum&bass, and techno. It talks about when you like someone but you are incapable of telling them so you just fantasize about them and the sexual tension and the fear of rejection just get entangled in all of that. In the presentation she says how Benidorm Fest is going to be a crucial point in her career, as well as a personal challenge cause he wants to give the best show ever.

16. TUKI BY SOFÍA MARTÍN

Sofía Martín (1996, Alicante) is a Hispano-German artist who uses her multicultural background to fuse different music styles and write in three languages. She has a few singles out of the dance and latin dance genres.

Tuki [aparently it's a Venezuelan word that means 'young punk', kinda like chavs in England or canis / chonis in Spain] was composed by Sofía, Freddy Rochow and Claudio Maselli, and it is a combination of Spanish and Latin rythms with European beats from dance and electronic music. It talks about being able to achieve your dreams no matter how or where you came from; tuki is that feeling when you finally achieve your goal after a long time working on it. In the presentation she says that she doesn't have any expectation in regards to Benidorm Fest, that she goes with the flow.

17. UFF! BY E'FEMME

E'FEMME (formed in 2019) is a girlband inspired by K-Pop groups and sounds, and formed by Sandy (1997, Pamplona), Melania (1998, Santa Cruz de Tenerife), BUBU (1999, Madrid), and Lottie (2000, Madrid). They want to combine all visual arts in their projects.

Uff! is a song composed by E'FEMME alongside Antonio Escobar and Barei. It is an empowering song about getting one's inside strength outside to stand your own ground. In the presentation they said that the song perfectly reflects their energy.

18. YO QUISIERA BY ALICE WONDER

Alicia Climent Barriuso (1998, Madrid), best known as Alice Wonder, is currently one of the most known artists in the Spanish indie scene. In 2017 she released her first EP, and has since released a full album and multiple collaborations with artists such as Javiera Mena.

Yo Quisiera [I Would Want] was composed by herself, and talks about the storm brewing inside someone who stops trying to understand the world and simply lives in it. Alice says that even if it seems like a pessimistic song, it is really positive, as it talks about having faith despite life's inconsistencies. In the presentation she talks about how the song was born from an improvisation in her mum's piano in a moment of shock. She also says that she really doesn't know why she's there, in the Benidorm Fest, and how all of it is really out of her comfort zone.

[shadowredfeline]

(Response to Rita)

Shadow R 😺🗡️: That is really cool to remember Bonn wearing a Polo shirt too. Especially if you both went out on a date together. Maybe my parents would enjoy a double date with you guys or Windy and Scottie would enjoy a Triple Date. Or should I say, Parents night out. Which something Lisa and I would do one day too. Or maybe if I can do a triple date, I'll have your Son with us as well as for Maxwell, Vanilla and Emme. That can be really fun. 😊