#el is an absolute gem and I love her

[estrellami-1]

If I Should Stay

I’m late! I’m sorry! Life happened. Next update will happen as if this wasn’t late, so it’ll be on the 15th. 😊

Part 1 | . . . | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65

Days pass. El gets stronger. Everyone gathers, once again, for one last mission.

“Anyone wants out,” Steve says seriously, “you have it. This isn’t like last time. We’re not fighting bats. These are grown men who are smart, mean, and will not hesitate to kill you.”

“Papa is a bad man,” El adds. “He has bad men helping him. I don’t want them to hurt anyone else.”

“Kid,” Hopper starts, looking at Steve, “I think this is a job for the government-”

“The government knows,” Steve returns, turning back to everyone else, focusing on Nancy. “If we have to retreat, Nancy, I want you to get everything you can on them. I’d rather not call him unless we absolutely have to, but there’s a man who can help. You’re a great journalist and i know you can get this place torn to the ground if need be.”

“Meaning, if we can’t,” Eddie adds, and Steve nods at him.

Nancy looks between them. “Oh,” she says, brows furrowed. Suddenly she looks at Steve, eyes narrowed. “Him? Really?”

Steve frowns, confused. “What- Nance, what’re you-”

“Don’t Nance me,” she bites back, eyes sharp. “Not when you dumped me for-”

“And that’s enough,” Alli cuts in, tone sharp and eyes sharper. “You’ve officially overstayed your welcome, Miss Priss, I’ll consider letting you back in if you apologize.”

“Oh, stop it,” Nancy begins, but is stopped by Robin, who stands in front of her with her arms crossed.

“Out.” She says, low. Dangerous. “I’ve been through this shit twice. You don’t want to know what I’m capable of.”

Nancy looks at the two of them, looks from Wayne to Hopper to Joyce, then storms out when no one seems sympathetic. Jonathan follows her.

Steve sinks into his seat with an exhale. “I didn’t think- I mean, I knew she didn’t know, but I didn’t think it would- she would-”

El clambers onto the couch next to him. “Do you want me to help?”

He slowly turns to her, brows furrowing again. “Help?”

“Yeah. I can make her trip on the sidewalk. Or make a bird poop on her.”

“Do that one,” Mike says, “it would be funny.”

Steve pulls El into a hug with a sigh. “Thanks, Ellie, but that’s alright. It’s not nice to get back at people who are reacting out of anger.”

“Why’s she angry at you? You didn’t do anything.”

Steve sighs. “I kind of did-”

Robin raises a brow at him. “You broke up with her about a week before she would’ve, Steve, this is not on you. You told me about the conversation behind the school. If she couldn’t say it then, she couldn’t say it now. Simple as that.”

Steve sighs and tilts his head so his cheek is resting on top of El’s head. “I dunno, Robbie.”

“Well I know,” Allison says. “And you can tell me I’m wrong, but that would just make you wrong.”

Steve smiles. It’s a slow, small thing, but it’s there. “Sounds like a waste of time.”

“It would be,” she agrees, moving to press a kiss to his forehead.

Out of the corner of his eye, Steve sees Dustin frowning, looking from Steve, to Wayne, to Eddie. Finally, the lightbulb comes on. “Your boy!”

Steve groans, leaning his head back on the couch. “I knew it wasn’t gonna last forever, but could we not have one day alone?” He laments.

“No, just- dude,” Dustin says, looking highly judgmental. “He’s way too cool for you.”

Steve sighs, fighting a smile. “Never change, Henderson.”

“Lies,” Eddie says dramatically, “lies and slander, I played guitar and he killed an evil wizard, kid, he’s the most badass of all paladins, are you kidding me?”

“Well,” Dustin gestures at Steve, “sure, but look at him!”

“Yeah,” Eddie says, and grins. “I do.”

Dustin’s lip curls up. “Never mind. You two deserve each other.”

Steve and Eddie exchange a look. “What the fuck is that supposed to mean?” Steve asks, but Dustin’s already turned to talk to Mike, Will and Lucas.

Wayne clears his throat. “Someone should go talk to her,” he says. “I’d do it, but I dunno if she’d listen t’me, on account of Eddie bein’ my kid and all.”

“I’ll go,” Joyce offers, already standing.

“Can you maybe threaten her a little bit?” Robin asks hopefully. “If she tells anyone-”

“I’ll talk to her,” Joyce says firmly. “And if she decides not to listen… well, El’s her own person, and no one can really stop her.” She winks at El, who giggles and grins back.

“Thank you, Joyce,” Steve says quietly. “Be nice to her, please. She’s just fifteen.”

“So are you,” Joyce reminds him, and closes the door behind her.

“So,” Will says, brows furrowed, “you and Nancy were dating? And then you broke up with her, because the first time around, she broke up with you?”

Steve chuckles. “Not exactly. We- the first time around, you and Barb were both missing, and she was pretty frantic about Barb. I tried to convince her to keep going with her life, mainly because that’s how I cope. The problem is, that’s not how she copes. We had a fight, and I tried to talk to her the next day and she couldn’t tell me she loved me. She never broke up with me, but later that week she cheated on me with Jo- uh, with- with a friend.”

Will sighs. “It was Jonathan, wasn’t it?”

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[cordeliawhohung]

¡Hola! Disculpa si el mensaje es en español pero no sé como expresarme en inglés sin que parezca un curso de idiomas en nivel 1 🤡. Estoy aquí para decirte que, amo absolutamente tu AU!Mafia y ha sido de las joyas que he encontrado en este lugar. ✨ *escala las paredes y patalea en la cama*

¿Podrías darnos más de John Price x Reader? Algo como una escena de celos y posesión, pero esta vez por parte de Reader donde una mujer intenta coquetearle a su hombre y todo se pone MUY INTENSO *menea las cejas y se frota las manos*

Si no es mucho pedir, me encantaría algo de smut. Pleaseeee 🥹❤️🙏🏻

rough english translation: Hello! Sorry the message is in Spanish but I don't know how to express myself in English without it sounding like a level 1 language course 🤡. I'm here to tell you that, I absolutely love your AU!Mafia and it has been one of the gems I have found here. ✨ *climbs the walls and kicks on the bed* Could you give us more of John Price x Reader? Something like a scene of jealousy and possession, but this time by Reader where a woman tries to flirt with her man and everything gets VERY INTENSE *wiggles eyebrows and rubs hands* If it's not too much to ask, I'd love some smut. Pleaseeee ❤️🙏🏻

sorry this took so long to get out! i once again went overboard. also, never apologize for language barriers!!! and sorry this turned out to be mostly smut... i still hope you enjoy!

mafia!141 masterlist

warnings: jealous wife!reader, fem!reader, alcohol and slight intoxication, porn with little plot, some more possessive sex, oral f!recieving, fingering, p in v sex, creampie, kitchen sex, i think that's about it? 2.8k word count because i'm a freak.

It started with dinner. High profile leaders from several crime syndicates, including your husband John Price, would periodically take turns hosting lavish meals for one another in the name of good business. People would invite their partners and members of the mafia family to these events to mingle and on occasion settle disputes. Of course your husband brought you along, as he would never pass up an opportunity to show you off. The two of you were dressed to the nines in a sharp suit and a beautiful silky dress. Delicious food and appetizers had your stomachs full in no time, and a bubbling heat fizzed along your skin from all the wine you had consumed that night. 

Everything went well until suddenly it didn’t. Some pretty thing in a short dress kept batting her eyelashes at John every chance she got. Which was fine. It was only natural for people to window shop. But then her fingers would graze his arm, and her laughter would ring too sweetly at any comment he made. Her voice was saccharine and she was young, much younger than you, and your blood boiled with every sickly sweet comment, laugh, and glance she threw your husband's way. 

The ride home was bitterly silent save for the dull rumble of the car's engine and whatever radio station John had droning through the speakers. A hazy drunkenness clouded your thoughts and an all consuming frustration and sour jealousy filled the area in your stomach that the alcohol couldn’t. Whatever conversation John attempted to start was quickly shut down by you with short answers or cutting silence, something that had him heavily sighing as he pulled into the driveway of your home. 

It wasn’t until the two of you made it through the entrance that John really attempted to figure out what was wrong. You stormed through the kitchen in search of something to drink when he wrapped a hand around your waist.  It took everything in you not to swat him away. 

“Everythin’ alright, Darling?” he asked.

You hated how he looked at you with such concern and adoration. There was just something so frustrating about the dark blue of his eyes and the warmth of his body against yours. Maybe you were just angry with his blatant ignorance of the situation.

“I’m fine,” you replied sharply. 

By some miracle you were able to slip out of John’s grasp, but it wasn’t long before his hands were on you again. Redirecting you like some wild dog, he moved you so that your lower back was pressed against the island counter and you tried your best to avoid his gaze despite the fact he stood right in front of you with his hands resting at your hips, trapping you. The scent of his cologne was almost more intoxicating than the wine in your system, and you felt your teeth dig into your cheek in an attempt to keep yourself grounded. 

“You’re not,” he countered with slight humor in his tone. “I’m not lettin’ you go to bed angry at me.” 

“Who said I was angry at you?” you retorted. 

“If you were angry about anythin’ else you’d be talking my ear off about it by now.” 

It shouldn’t have surprised you that he was able to read you that well. The two of you had been married for a few years, and known each other longer, after all. Still, he wasn’t able to read you well enough to figure out what had bothered you to begin with. So you tilted your head as you stared up at him, and though you crossed your arms in an attempt to get some space from him, he didn’t budge much from his position. 

“That girl at Shepherd’s dinner,” you said with a tight jaw. 

“What girl?” he asked. 

His question was so blatantly ignorant you nearly laughed. Instead, you rolled your eyes and let out a strong huff before turning your searing gaze back to him. “What girl… the one who was practically throwing herself at you! There’s no way you could tell me you didn’t notice her.” 

There was a slight pause after your explanation, and it made you realize that he truly didn’t know what you were talking about. All you received from him were tense eyebrows and twitching lips. It was difficult to tell if that made you feel better or worse about the situation, but you still weren’t exactly thrilled with your husband at that moment. 

“You’ve got to be joking,” you grumbled. 

“I’m sorry, love, I really didn’t notice,” he said. His thumbs began to gently caress your hips through the silky fabric of your dress, and you tried to ignore the tingling sensation he caused by shifting your crossed arms. 

“Seriously?” you retorted. “Oh, Mr. Price, you’re so funny! All while she’s trying to rip your arm off she’s hanging off of it so bad.” 

“I didn’t notice,” he said again, voice dropping low as he leaned closer. “Why would I notice her when I’m too busy looking at you?” 

Something pulled in you at that comment, and you swallowed down the dry aftertaste of wine that lingered in your mouth. John’s lips parted slightly as he leaned forward, and though the jealousy in you told you to tell him no, you stayed still as he pressed a soft kiss to your forehead. 

“Been lookin’ at you the whole night; couldn’t wait until we got home,” he mumbled into the crown of your head. His hands began to wander while he spoke, fingers digging into the flesh of your hips and then your thighs. “You know you’re all mine, right? You’re all mine and I’m all yours. Do you need me to remind you?” 

As John spoke, you realized he slowly got lower and lower until his knees were on the kitchen floor. Kneeling in front of you, his hands rubbed at your ankles as they dived underneath the skirt of your dress. He began to bunch the fabric up as his hands slid along your legs, exposing your skin inch by inch. It was a miracle steam didn’t pour from your body due to how warm you felt, and you found yourself gripping the edge of the island counter as the lacy fabric of your panties became exposed. 

“What are you doing?” you asked as you tried to keep the tension in your voice at bay. 

“Reminding you who I belong to.” 

A squeak nearly escaped your throat as John slipped his arm underneath one of your legs and tossed it over his shoulder. If it wasn’t for the counter at your lower back, you certainly would have fallen, but he held you firmly in place as his fingers pulled the fabric of your panties aside, exposing your heat to him. He groaned at the sight of you as he pushed the skirt of your dress further up, displaying the soft skin of your lower stomach. 

“John,” you breathed. Your grip on the counter became more firm as he planted a chaste kiss against your cunt. 

“That’s right,” he said, cooing against your slick skin, “only you get to say my name like that, darling.” 

He didn’t waste anymore time before his tongue began to lap at you, and he was so wet and molten hot against you, you weren’t sure how you still stood. Unforgiving, his mouth latched onto your clit and he held you in place while his tongue ravaged you, drawing breathless moans from your mouth. It was such strong and sudden stimulation that your legs began to tremble in his grasp, but John refused to let you fall. 

Just as the pressure on your clit seemed to be overwhelming, his tongue slipped closer to your center before diving into your heat. Groaning at the taste of you, he shallowly fucked you with his tongue for a few thrusts before sliding back to those fizzling nerves. Eventually your hips began to rock in time with the way his tongue moved against you and one of your hands tangled in his hair for better leverage. 

Despite the pressure and the friction, it still wasn’t enough. There was this terrible ache that left your cunt fluttering around nothing, begging to be filled. Biting into your bottom lip, you gently tugged on John’s hair in an attempt to get him to look up at you. 

“John I- fuck, I need more,” you said in a near whimper. 

His mouth moved off of your clit with a wet smack, and he stared up at you with heavy lidded and drunken eyes. A glistening sheen coated his lips and wetted the hair of his beard, and though his mouth wasn’t pleasuring you, his fingers took its place. At first he started with gentle little circles around your clit before grazing along your slit until he reached the depth of your heat. He slowly pressed two fingers into your pussy, but only reached the second knuckle before he paused. 

“Tell me what you want,” he urged while he curled his fingers inside of you. “Say it. Anything; I’ll give it to you.” 

His fingers moved with practiced accuracy as they rubbed against that cushiony spot that had your heel digging into his back. In a way, it felt a little cruel, as if he was trying to steal your words away from you on purpose. Instead, your grip on his hair only grew more firm as your hips began to squirm in his grasp. 

“Fuck me. Properly,” you said, your tone somewhere between an order and a plea. 

For the first time that night, a proper smirk formed on John’s lips. As he rose to his feet, he knocked your leg off of his shoulder and his fingers buried deeper into your cunt which had your hands pulling at his dress shirt. He continued to pump his fingers in you as his still moist lips brushed against yours.

“Here?” he asked. 

“I don’t care,” you whined, nails nearly tearing through his shirt. 

The sudden absence of his fingers left your mind reeling, but you were finally able to catch your breath after such a long period of pleasurable torture. His hands gripped your hips and quickly spun you around so that you were faced away from him. Bracing your hands against the counter, you yelped slightly as John pushed you forward, forcing you to bend at the waist until your chest pressed against the cool granite. 

“John!” you exclaimed as he began to hike the skirt of your dress up once more. 

“You told me to fuck you properly,” he said as he yanked your panties down. They fell over the curve of your ass and the swell of your thighs until they laid in a wet mess at your ankles. “I don’t plan to disappoint, love.” 

Remaining bent over the counter, you listened to the familiar metallic clink of John’s belt coming undone, quickly followed by the unzipping of his pants. It wasn’t long before the head of his cock tapped against your ass which sent your cunt clenching around nothing. 

“I’m all yours, darling. Only yours. Tell me you understand,” he said, voice low and deep in his throat. 

Just as you opened your mouth to answer him, you felt him prod at your entrance, greedily rubbing along your slit in an attempt to drench himself in your arousal. Swallowing, you shifted on your feet slightly. 

“You’re mine,” you spoke, body tensing from anticipation. 

“That’s fuckin’ right.” 

Without further warning, John slid into you, filling you to the very brim with a single thrust. Your hands clenched into fists, and with no bed sheets to grab, you hit the counter in front of you as your forehead came into contact with the cool surface. He gave you very little time to adjust before he pumped in and out of you, hips slapping against your ass with obscene sounds. Your strained moans only added to the symphony; beautiful legato mewls as you attempted to grab onto anything that you could while John punctuated each thrust with sharp, staccato grunts. 

Already sensitive from his tongue and his fingers, taking his cock so full and suddenly nearly sent you over the edge. A blistering heat prickled across your body, causing sweat to bead along your skin as if the universe attempted to adorn you with rhinestones. John’s hands turned into fists as he gripped the skirt of your dress, keeping it out of his way and using it as leverage to pound into you with little remorse. 

“Jealous thing, aren’t you?” he said through a strained grunt. “Thinkin’ I’ve got eyes for anyone other than you? No, quite the opposite, isn’t it? Why would I ever dream of that silly girl at the dinner party when I’ve got my pretty wife bent over the kitchen counter for me, hm?” 

You tried to come up with a response, but each thrust tore the breath out of your chest. He continually hit so deep, stretched and molded you to his form, that it was impossible to focus on anything else. Judging by the way he continued his rambling, he didn’t seem to mind your strained moans being your only answer to him. 

“No, darling, I’m all yours, always will be. C’mon, say it. Wanna hear it from that sweet mouth of yours,” he prompted. 

It was like he had hard reset your brain. Every time you tried to open your mouth to answer him, nothing but a squeak came out. John’s hand snaked around the front of your hips, and while he continued to thrust his fingers lazily played with your clit. Not enough to get you off, but certainly enough to grab your attention. 

“Say it, love. I can feel how close you are. Say it and I’ll give you what you want.” 

He was close too, you could tell by the guttural strain in his voice alone. Pressing your forehead harder into the countertop, you squeezed your eyes shut as you finally willed your voice to cooperate. 

“You’re mine! All fucking mine, please John, need it so bad,” you babbled half-coherently. 

No longer teasing you, the pressure of John’s fingers on your clit was purely intentional. Swirling, twisting, searing; your orgasm sucked all the air from your lungs until you were reduced to nothing but a writhing mess on the countertop below him. His torso collapsed onto you at the sensation of your cunt attempting to milk him dry, and his teeth nipped at the tip of your ear as he clumsily chased his own high. Once the pressure of overstimulation had built so high that it was almost uncomfortable, John suddenly stilled inside of you, pressing himself up against the stiff curve of your cervix as his cock pulsed inside of you. His grunts softened to heavy panting as he kept himself there, torso pinning you to the counter as he pressed wet and messy kisses to the side of your head. 

The two of you stayed like that for quite some time, but eventually your hips began to ache, and your lungs burned from the added pressure of your husband attempting to crush you with his affection. John slid out of you with a heavy sigh before he assisted you in standing up straight where he let the skirt of your dress flow naturally around your legs before he pulled your back into his chest once more. Content, you leaned your head against him as you tried to ignore the shaking in your knees. But John refused to let you stumble or fall as he kept his arms wrapped securely around your middle while continuing to press kiss after kiss to the side of your head. 

“I love you,” he murmured. “There’s no one I want in this world besides you. I’m sorry about tonight. I’ll pay better attention next time.” 

Still trying to catch your breath, you reached a hand up over your head until you caught the back of John’s neck in your palm. A fine layer of sweat had built up there. You couldn’t imagine how warm he must have felt in his suit. 

“I suppose I can forgive you,” you teased. 

The two of you stayed like that for some time, mumbling sweet nothings to one another, until the exhaustion from the night's events settled deep into your bones. The shower you took together after that washed away any lingering frustration, and the bed seemed twice as warm that night as you were wrapped in his arms. As sleep began to pull at your eyes, all your brain could think about was him, your husband, John Price, and how he was all yours and no one else’s. 

sorry the ending is trash i didn't know how to wrap it up ):

[fireflywitch]

hiii!! just caught up on indiana she’s a runner (obsessed, ate, left no crumbs, etc.) and it got me thinking about all my notes i wrote about cali show your teeth,, thus bringing me to reread those notes and find some fun gems of me being cool and correct (manifesting)😎 (interrupted by me getting sad about karen wheeler) so please enjoy my last couple of thoughts i had!!

(absolutely obsessed with el and dustin’s dynamic btw,, like they are literally my best friends) (oh also!! mike being a big brother?? babysitting nick?? its making me emo and v excited about him and holly next season fr)

hello!!!! oh i love

yes, the lamp factory/Electric Lamp Oasis has turned into a bit of a Location, hasn't it? i just thinks lamps are neat :)

oh karen wheeler, never quite able to show the people you care about how much you care.....also part of her arc for a bit longer, me thinks

el and dustin!! so much fun to write together. hope nothing goes and messes that up.

glad you're enjoying :') new chap in ~12 hours!

read indiana she's a runner here

[xgoldxnhour]

vegas. both of our characters wake up married after a drunk night in vegas. (Mafia verse)

What happens in Vegas, leads to intoxicated matrimony.

A disco ball, confetti and an Elvis impersonator—what started out as an elegant night on the town after some business became something to celebrate. After multiple drinks and the insane music near intolerable, the two instead went out on the town, hand in hand. Blue and Birdie, inseparable since day one. It all started as business as usual, until she was spending the night more than coming home. His presence became more intoxicating than the indulgence they shared each night. Long talks, sultry kisses, tangled sheets. An easy existence to fall into behind closed doors, exclusive, for their eyes only. Business as usual again.

Spirits were high, as was the alcohol intake. The city was alive and they felt it too. The city of exuberance and pleasure—what could go wrong? Perhaps it started as a joke, though unsure who exactly started it. Something about Vegas being the eloping capital of the world—alongside its number of divorces. “So, what? Marry today, divorce tomorrow. Marrying you for a day beats…decades with anyone else.” A joke. The two were never quite good at just jokes. The next thing they know they’re hurrying to the chapel, practically making out in the lobby. A business suit and a cocktail dress, there was nothing more spectacular than this.

The vows were written for them, something printed off the internet but it felt like as real if they wrote it themselves. God, she could get lost in those eyes forever. The officiant barely got to the end of “By the power invested in me—“ until Rick had already dipped her over, sealing it all with a kiss. Marriage. No one back home would fucking believe it.

The couple burst through the doors in cheers, El on his back, his hands holding at her legs until they made it back to the car. “Can you believe it, Blue? We’re fucking married.” She murmurs against his lips, words dripping into soft moans, making sure the window between the driver’s side and the back were closed. Sharing another bottle of champagne to celebrate, they retract back his hotel room, crossing the boundary with Rick carrying her bridal style. For the first time that night, Rick makes love to his wife.

Sheets and clothes litter the floor, feathers strewn about. An absolute mess of things but nothing out of the ordinary for these two. The sun beams through the curtains as the circadian rhythm ends and somehow stirs herself awake. El stretches, eyes squinting as a raging war erupts from her head. Something fierce and nauseating. Fuck, how much did they drink?

“Mmm. Rick?” She mutters, reaching over until her fingertips reach his skin, as though molded by her hand. That’s when she sees it. A gold band wrapped around her ring finger and the most elegant gem she’s ever seen. It nearly frightens her, pulling back—as if she wasn’t looking at her hand. “Rick—Blue. Wake up.” El stirs her husband awake and when he finally turns his head with that familiar dreamy gaze she shows her hand and the ring. God, it was beautiful. “I don’t quite remember bonding ourselves to holy matrimony.” One night in Vegas and they fucking elope, when did they become a walking cliche.

[cangse-sanren]

Thai QL Favorites Tag Game

Tagged by @dragonsareawesome123; tagging @firstkhaolesbian @lolacouldnotcareless @el-dritchknight @harleydellarte and/or anyone else interested

Credit: original tag game by @thatgirl4815

Favorite Thai QL:

Never Let Me Go if I absolutely have to pick only one, but I want the record to state that this question is biphobic.

Favorite Pairing:

I’m never not going to have brainworms over Palm and Neungdiao ok like they’re shrimply everything, they are the moment, etc.

But! But.

The actual answer is InkPa.

Most underrated actor:

I don’t actually think she’s underrated but I want to see Mild more. Independent actors deserve more love too! Also Jennie because I will never have enough Jennie Panhan in my life.

Favorite Main Character:

Khabkhluen Kanaruj Wongthampanich

Favorite Side Character: 

Tiffy my beloved! I’m not ashamed to say I scrubbed through Lovely Writer for her appearances and ignored the rest.

Favorite scene in a QL:

The episode five rooftop scene in… He’s Coming to Me. Surprise!

Favorite line in a QL:

“Shit, Pat, you’ve got to stop doing this to me.” 😈

Most Anticipated QL (& why):

Uranus2324 because I miss FreenBecky. Not enough to finish scrubbing through Secret Crush On You because holy fuck I am not strong enough, but still.

Healthiest relationship in a QL:

Either Mon and her stepdad or Wen and his stepdad. I’m a sucker for positive stepparent rep ok?

Most toxic relationship in a QL:

Like, in a show I sat all the way through? Because I haven’t ever made it through a Mame series and uh. Yikes.

But my very first lakorn was 2gether so all I can say is that Green deserved and still deserves better. He deserves a better show.

Also sending a sincere fuck you to Teh in IPYTM. Oh-Aew date someone who deserves you challenge 2kforever! like me jk

Guilty pleasure series:

Honestly I have great taste so 💅 ok no but Star and Sky: Star In My Mind. Who needs plot when you can watch JoongDunk angst all over the place for 6+ hours out of an 8 episode show? Hidden Agenda is fucking fantastic so far but SIMM gave me Khabkhluen.

Most underrated series:

Vice Versa.

Wait, wait, hear me out. Yes, I realize it got a slot in Our Skyy 2. I’m absolutely not trying to argue that it’s some hidden gem.

I need to list it here, however, because every single review I read of this show was so overwhelmingly negative that I completely ignored it when it first dropped and only watched it recently. As in, a week or two ago recently. I put this show off for a year only to fall utterly in love.

Vice Versa hasn’t given me brainworms the way other shows I could mention have (I am a CLA$$ enjoyer first and then a human maybe like, fifth), but it’s so satisfying! Seriously.

[jlf23tumble]

Hi Jen

I can't wait for you to watch aotv and share your thoughts. All I have to say is -

- I absolutely adore Jay and I'm in awe of her.

- I don't if there was a little bit too much of Harry at first or if that's what my brain chose to focus.

- At the beach with the kid was pretty meh but the kid at his show was so so cute. Extremely heartwarming watching them together.

- Helene is an absolute gem.

- The fan moments left me appalled because of the white washing and the blatant show of privilege, not my favourite part.

- I'm surprised there was no mention of afhf.

It's been more 30 hours since I watched it, and I haven't had a single thought that didn't start and end with Louis. Nothing we didn't already know, but he's just a wonderful person, warts and all.

I need to watch again because I don't remember seeing some of the things that people are talking about. Hope you have a great time!

anon 2: I thought the hug was weird until I saw the movie myself because the hug was before the last 1d performance bts and Louis was so nervous. Harry and Louis didn't hug Liam or Niall in that room but only eachother for that small second and Helene so it seemed more like a small gesture of comfort, a bit of I am right here if you need anything. Right after everyone leaves the room because Louis needs a bit more practice with Helene (they were all ready to go onstage except for Louis) and Louis goes to the door and asks for Harry so it seems they talked again off camara. They showed the performance and there on stage everyone hugs except Louis and Harry and that made me laugh because bts they did hug and we never knew until this doc. I don't know if they were broken up but still cared for eachother because Harry also kept looking at Louis in that bts footage and he had this worried look on his face.

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Just gonna group all these movie-related takes together since I finally watched it! I won't answer your points line by line, but here are my knee-jerk takeaways:

None of this was surprising at all, but it was cool to see it all lumped into one place where people couldn't really erase it.

Love love love and miss Jay, also, Louis is such a tremendously strong person because this is definitely edited, he was bearing a lot more weight than is portrayed here, and yet he perseveres. He seems pretty present in every moment, too, which is impressive.

I hope Helene is making a shit-ton of money because she's doing at least 3 jobs.

The negative space around Eleanor (those 2x the E tat shows up, rip) is really loud, especially with the growing number of rainbow flags (starts with one, ends with hundreds), he is definitely opting to NOT talk about any relationship, draw your own dots (but also? some of the choices here, like the extended kiss during the Grease part, okay). I still feel El was a proxy, and that makes all of her absence even more ohhhhhhkay.

Related: I want to rewatch the first 10 minutes because I could swear he does this whole double layering with the "break up" talk and how it's meant to be about the band, but it's definitely literally focused on Harry (for one, that's mainly where you see Harry, especially in some obvious VO work, but also he says "relationship" singular vs. plural in a place where with the band, the plural makes a helluva lot more sense).

Related related: the way that Louis is interacting with Liam and Niall being at the same festival he was at, yet NOT interacting with Harry when he was at one, too, hmmmm.

I need to watch the Liam G. doc because Charlie's INSANE use of in focus/out of focus/in focus/out of focus, especially with family members, is meant to make it somehow feel unstaged but increasingly becomes annoying.

I felt like the James Corden bit was one of the very truest parts of this, a lot of it was by the numbers rote media training, but Louis disappearing? Maybe he hates James, who knows, but if it's a pattern, oh man.

I felt it was about 20 minutes too long, you could start seeing the template by the end (line up of fans, empty stadium, crowd excitement, Louis's buzzing, on to the next place) to the point where it almost diluted it? I would edit that shit down or compress it, there was a point where you weren't seeing anything new except for the location.

I disagree with anon 2 about the hug (for one, we don't see all the interactions/hug moments, who knows if a lot of hugs were shared, but also when he's calling to someone, Harry's in the back, I think, not to the left? I'd have to rewatch). Also, I'm in the camp that they had a big split around this time, yet were still friendly enough to be close, support each other (possibly fuck, who knows).

The parts with Freddie and his grandparents were incredibly moving, and telling, too, in that I get the anxiety spike because there's a lot here that is telling some people shit they just don't want to hear.

AIMH Oli, you can cause trouble up in [personal details redacted], and I would want to hear more about it. Hope you're being well paid, too.

Personal projection time: there were so many, SO MANY peter pan and the (white) lost boys antics, like, I disagree that all the fan content was white-washing when the entire BAND is white boy coded (at least SOME of the fans weren't white Americans). I don't think it'll change soon, but I like to hope he'll reach out and experiment more (both in terms of music and people around him). I hold out this hope because he clearly laid out the blueprint early on about 1st album is this, 2nd album is that, 3rd album is closer to what I want to do...I promise you, Loueh, plenty of non white dude fish in that sea.

[usernoneexistent]

Could it be triplets, the three eldest or youngest or even the first three you ever created, show me that holy trinity of your bunch! Hosted by @endlessly-cursed

Marwa, Tarragon Weasley-Moss, and Zola Albatross (Juniper and Charlie's kids)

(Face claim: Yasmina el Abd, Jessica Sula and Willow Smith)

So Juniper and Charlie end up with three girls throughout her life two unofficially adopted (Juniper adopted Marwa first with Bill and later Charlie accidently ends up adopting her too before they even got together, its a whole thing) and one biological but who cares about that. We all love a good found family trope. Unfortunately, Marwa never had the chance to meet Tarragon and Zola however Juniper did tell them about her.

Marwa had a lot of shit to deal with yet this girl never became hateful towards anyone despite experiencing a lot of prejudice as an obscurus. She is an absolute gem and just someone I constantly want to protect despite allowing her fate to occur.

Tarragon is a softie but won't get pushed around. I love how she doesn't care for social norms and rather likes to follow her own lane. Animals and magical creatures make for much better companions than humans in her mind. She often feels misunderstood but shares it with Zola who is equally misunderstood by many too.

The wild child of the bunch, Zola is unafraid to speak her mind and make a scene to get her point across. I love how unabashedly she is herself and learns to not care what people think about her and her family's history instead searching for those who value Zola for who she is instead.

[hydrangeawise]

Man, El Cazador de la Bruja EP20 sure was something!

I was so worried when Nadie got caught - and honestly, having a failgirl moment in that specific situation! That was unfortunate af! And the few seconds before we see that it is in fact Lirio who pulled Ellis into safety, I was SO. FUCKING. WORRIED. that is would be Camera Guy instead with how unhinged he started to be this episode. I didn't really expect for him to make a deal with local law enforcing dinguses, but well, here we are. It's interesting that he even had the patience to do so without going after Nadie himself the very instant she was alone. (It is also, in a way, extremely funny how possessive and furious he got over Nadie and Ellis sticking close together when it was in fact Ellis who basically crawled into Nadie's lap. And how it is generally Ellis who initiates the contact.)

Ellis was really having a rough time and while it was very endearing to see her determined about rescuing Nadie right the very instant she was safe again, I'm also very glad that Lirio held her back and made it possible for Ricardo to get through to her. I also once again appreciate how similar Nadie and Ricardo are and how they talk to each other; in this very instant the gap in (life) experience was obvious though and that's also something I deeply enjoy. How Ricardo takes Nadie very serious but also points things out to her without being condescending. (I really really hope that it is not him keeping Glasses Guy updated! That would feel an awful lot like betrayal and while I would absolutely get it with Lirio and all, ungh! I really hope it's not him! But we also never saw the conversation happen in which his contract got terminated, we just saw scenes of the phone ringing in an empty office. UNGH!) It was also fascinating how Ellis mentioned that the stone/gem feels hot without Nadie around and Jody mentioned that Ellis was growing. More on Jody in a bit.

Because: Ellis really got through to Camera Guy this time?! I mean she also set his pants on fire because he tried to make Ellis leave Nadie behind for not mentioning that she was hired to watch Ellis and that's why they crossed paths in the first way. ("But Nadie is Nadie, and that's enough for me." ELLIS MY BELOVED WEIRDLING THAT WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL THING TO SAY!) I will most likely never get over how Ellis says Nadie's name btw. And the fact that immediately after (setting fire and collapsing), she hugged Nadie close and snuggled into her? Lovely. Excellent. Also soulcrushing to Camera Guy, but well, he was a bit slow on the take-up. It was also very interesting that the narration concluded the episode with a remark how artificial witches would without fail gain the capacity to feel, which makes Glasses Guy's whole "I gave you the capacity to feel" spiel very - well, like it's not that special after all and his hold on Camera Guy is basically no hold at all. (But maybe he knows that. Maybe they both know that, and that's why he let him go so easily.)

Oh, and Jody is apparently keeping secrets from the council??? It seems that she's rather interested in Ellis or maybe her powers as well because with all the chaos, I would have imagined that it would be easy for her and her ladies to capture Ellis while the others were still kind of preoccupied. She also keeps playing with her own stone. Hmm. Something to keep in mind for sure.

[eluminium]

I posted 1,473 times in 2022

That's 1,184 more posts than 2021!

137 posts created (9%)

1,336 posts reblogged (91%)

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I tagged 1,105 of my posts in 2022

Only 25% of my posts had no tags

#dose of impulse - 535 posts

#dose of skizz - 272 posts

#dose of bdubs - 81 posts

#impulsesv - 63 posts

#el rambleth - 51 posts

#dose of tfc - 43 posts

#el answereth - 36 posts

#dose of gem - 35 posts

#dose of tango - 33 posts

#double life spoilers - 32 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#i love grian as much as anyone else but honestly i'd rather not have him be involved in any resistence plot because we've already done that

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

appearently Joe said "maybe ive been instructed to make a sign to passively-aggressively shame impulse. no im just kidding i dont think impulse does drugs" in response to someone asking them about the "Winners don't do drugs" King Ren screen on the arcade. Which, while hilarious on its own, just made me think of like, soup group seeing that screen.

Like they see the king ordering them not to do something??? He dare extend his authority like this???? Well no king can tell THEM what to do!

Cue a meetup at the little research office in Pearls mushroom where Impulse is crying on the floor because he can't roll a blunt right, (Grian and Ren rolled all his blunts in the Hippie era, his hands were and are too big and clumsy for this) Pearl is trying to mix weed into a soup they're gonna give to the king but shes not familiar with the plant either so shes also struggling, and Gem is blazing it up with absolutely no problem. Shes a nature Elf, how the fuck did the others ever think she didn't know her way around plants like these

(weed is also legal in Canada. Its not in Australia but it IS in Arizona. Impulse is knowledgeable about the drug its just been so long since the Hippie days, hes been too much of a good boy lately. Hes lost the little blunt rolling skills he had :[ he was bragging about it to Gem and Pearl too and now hes made a fool out of himself :[[[)

Shoutout to @potionofinstantdamage for reporting that Joe quote and indirectly causing me to create this post.

527 notes - Posted September 16, 2022

#4

Useless Facts about ImpulseSV: the post

Welcome to “Useless Facts about Impulse”. The title says it all. I am Eluminium, that one fuck who decided to watch every single Impulse hermitcraft season and actually fucking did it, and I have a bunch of completely useless knowledge from it now. AND I SHALL SHARE IT WITH YOU SO YOU TOO MAY ALSO BE ENLIGHTENED! Also cuz i’m bored as shit (Btw i’ll probably keep adding onto this post as I remember or gain more useless knowledge) People who’ve blessed this post with more facts: @bucket-of-amethyst  @tsukinouta  LET THE FACTS BEGIN! First addition of facts: August 7th 2022

-Out of every single base Impulse has constructed on Hermitcraft, 3 and a half of them have featured water as a major design element. These would be the City of Atlantis (S5), iBay (S6), The Pyramid (S7), and the half is his “starter base” temple (S3).  (I count it as a half because he spent a considerable amount of time designing it but it isn’t his main base so to say.) -Impulse has two seasons of Hermitcraft that are the exact same lenght in terms of episodes, these being S3 and S4, both having 57 episodes. -Impulse’s longest season is S6 with 113 episodes, and his shortest is S8 with 35 episodes -Out of every base Impulse has built, only 2 of them do not feature his logo on the inside or outside in it’s final design. These are iBay (S6) and The Pyramid (S7)

-Impulse is shorter then Bdubs IRL. Bdubs claims to be 5′10 while Impulse claims to be 5′8. This makes fanon extremely hilarious

-In S4, the safe rooms Impulse and Tango constructed in the Wither Skeleton farm were called “The Sissy Room”, but only for one episode. After that it’s never mentioned again.

-Impulse’s wife (Ms. Impulse) has never touched Minecraft because she’s an interior designer and would most likely disappear off the face of the Earth if she ever let herself play the game. It hasn’t stopped Impulse from trying a few times though.

-Impulse has a habit of biting off more than he can chew. In 4 out of 7 seasons he’s been in there have been obvious projects that were never finished. These are in order: The roof of his and Tango’s shared Mega Base (S3), A fair amount of The City of Atlantis (S5), The missing farms on the Phinias Board (S7) and the interior of The Candy Factory (S8)

-Impulse’s current keyboard (At the time of writing) was custom made by his son

-In both S3 and S7, Impulse used the exact same floor desgin and armor stand gimmick for his Patreon Monument.

-One of the reasons Impulse and Skizzleman remain such close friends today was because he found a book on networking on Skizz’s bedroom floor when they were both looking to go to a new collage. They both went to the same Networking class after Impulse suggested it and have been glued together ever since. -They absolutely hated that networking class though

-Impulse has had 4 piercings in total. One in the tongue, one eyebrow one, one nipple, and one in the ear. Both the eyebrow one and the nipple one were taken out after they got caught on various zippers, and the ear one was something he did together with his drumline. None of them survived to the present day though.

-Impulse has sold enchanting related things in 4 out of 7 seasons (S4 S5 S6 S9)

-Impulse used to be completely bald and beardless until he grew out his hair and a beard for a No Shave November challange and people said it fit him. He hasn’t returned to baldness since that (At the time of writing) -Every since their introduction, Impulse always carries a totem on him. Although he has a resource pack that makes the totem invisible in first person so it won’t block up the screen as much.

-His Guardian Goodies shop building in S7 is an exact replica of a Guardian “shop” (everything was free) xB designed in S3

-Impulse has won every single “How to Kill” compitition, and with the exact same concept to boot. In “How to Kill a Doc” he made a bunch of traps that looked like the final blow but weren’t, instead having the killing strike be deliver by Impulse himself. In “How to Kill a Tango” he did the exact same thing, although the final blow should have been delt by a Magma Cube instead. Both of these killing machines also share similar surprises. Both involve fire charges (One from dispensers, one from a live Ghast), anvil launchers and TNT. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it i suppose?

-Impulse actually bought the “copyright rights” to the “i” brand from Iskall in S6 so he could keep iTrade open without confusion. Never got something similar from iJevin thought.

-When S6 updated to the villager update, Impulse managed to obtain a glitched Farmer Villager who never locked up his trades no matter how much you traded with him. Although he did lose a fair amount of villagers in iTrade too, so it was more a soul for a soul.

-The only season Impulse was part of that never had Elytras was ironically S3, the one with amplified terrain.

-The first time Impulse properly tested out the Elytra, it lagged so bad he died from fall damage by falling into Xisumas Guardian Farm. The elytra refused to open.

-Impulse and Tango has had an agreement since Impulse joined in S3 that they can take certain resources from each other’s storages and farms without asking before hand. They call this “Mi casa, Ti casa” or “My house, your house”.

-In 4 out of 7 seasons, Impulse has had at least one entire video that centers around either a request from xB, or featuring xB himself. (S3 S4 S5 S7)

-The “SV” in impulseSV could be read as “impulsive” but it actually stands for Impulse’s IRL initials

-Impulse was introduced to Minecraft via his son, who wanted to get into gaming. Impulse mostly played shooters but he didn’t want his kid to play those types of games at his age, so a coworker suggested Minecraft. Although his kid didn’t know anything about the game, so he had to hop on and learn too.

-Impulse plays Minecraft with an inverted mouse. This is because he got so used to flying helicopters in various shooters it made more sense to his brain that dragging the mouse down means up, and pushing it up means down.

-Impulse started out as a fan of Tango’s until he learned that he and Tango are pretty similar in age and in video style. So he e-mailed Tango about a collab and he accepted. Later they learned they lived incredibly close to each other and went out for some “sodas” (aka BEERS). The rest is history.

-The name Impulse along with the black and yellow colour scheme is something Impulse stole from his drumcore’s name and colour scheme. His favourite colour is actually purple.

-Impulse and Skizz live in the same neighbourhood (at the time of writing)

Second addition of facts 9th of August 2022

-Impulse has a dog (specifically a Border Collie) named Prim and a cat named Luna. Luna was a gift for his older daughter. Impulse wasn’t the biggest fan of cats until his wife got one, and he fell in love as well.

-He and Skizz have been best friends for over 25 years (at the time of writing)

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818 notes - Posted August 7, 2022

#3

“There’s only two genders, MCC winner and non MCC winner” well damn Impulse congrats on your transition!!!! 

1,253 notes - Posted November 18, 2022

#2

Impulse: does an entire week of recording, including two videos, one of which for a major server event, and then an entire 4 hour livestream that was an EVEN BIGGER server event WHILE SICK ENOUGH THAT HE SKIPPED AN ENTIRE WEEK OF STREAMING

Impulse, the day after:

Oh wow. How did this happen. What a mystery. (Affectionate)

1,747 notes - Posted October 24, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

IMPULSE JUST CHUCKED THE QUEST RULEBOOK INTO THE OFFERINGS PIT LIVE AND DECLARED ANARCHY  HES DOING IT. HE’S GOING OFF HIS ROCKER! IT’S ALL I’VE EVER ASKED FOR-

2,367 notes - Posted August 22, 2022

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[schulhz-chen]

Ok, I think we REALLY really need to complain about GT now, because the last updates weren't that great and the current one from Korea was pretty bad.

The secondary game modes are not that good.

Colliseum: you don't even need to play to receive gem every week.

Arena is very difficult even with a good team because of that player who has a team that is 100% ranged dps and 200% additional shield

The expedition is only challenging when you play for the first time, when you get the maximum score you may never enter again.

Guild Raid is only minimally challenging when your guild has a lot of people playing, otherwise it will be just you fighting against level 60 bosses using a level 95 or 100 team, since there is no longer a growth limit according to the progress of the story mode.

Boss Rush is garbage, that's a fact, the same thing as Guild Raid but with things that could be in Guild Raid to make it a little more fun.

And now they released hell mode (a STORY mode) which is a TOWER CHALLENGE MODE, this could literally be the boss rush and it would be 100% cooler.

It could be like this: the stages of hell mode followed by a boss fight and then the next stage, using the mechanic of choosing the difficulty level and debuffs of the last boss of the boss rush, that would be cool,mas eles tinham que tapar buraco ,já que tinha um literal modo chamado inferno e eles não podiam simplesmente deletar,parece politixo em época de eleição tentando fingir que fez algo,I wrote this in Portuguese because my anger about this update is unbearable.

Now Cammie's Super Costume.

1st (not the corporation commander), this custom would make more sense to launch in the nightmare mode of world 16 which is literally THE NEXT NIGHTMARE MODE TO BE RELEASED SINCE THE ONE IN WORLD 15 WAS RELEASED IN THE LAST UPDATE

2nd- the super costume design is not that good actually (kill me if you want, but I'll keep this):

Hair color is different between sprite and illustration

The outfit doesn't suit a dark element unit, the change in attacks is very bright, and even in the theme of marriage, something that reminds us of happy and less dark things (except for those who have a father who went to buy cigarettes and never came back) and suits a basic or light unit much better;

It is physically impossible for a human being to wear that;

the clothes don't show any signs of being pretty, in fact they look like New Year's clothes (when they say that the color of your clothes is something you want for the next year, red is love, white is peace and yellow is money) that they wear, but they took a veil and a bouquet and said it was a wedding dress;

The sprite (as well as the illustration) is boring, the colors are monotonous and very repetitive thanks to the hair (yes, whenever I can I will talk about the hair) which they could have changed to make it at least a little more cheerful, this outfit looks like they took Cammie and threw a bucket of paint on her hair and another on her clothes;

The illustration was made to sell you that this costume is good, showing you her chest and back that are obviously open to get your attention, even though you never see her back in the sprite since she will probably have that hair that doesn't match covering it, but in general it is so obvious that they wanted to show her breasts, her ass and the health problems she has due to malnutrition since she is as thin as a broom handle.

3°-The story of Heavenhold that was released looks like a fan-animation of a ship from a fandom that gets 300,000 views, e a fan-comic of a ship, the difference is that more than one person was paid to do it.

4°-Now I'm going to have to listen to people saying that Knight is LP's brother in law.

5° I'm absolutely sure that you'll see another ship in this third season that will be that annoying Bellial in Priscilla's body (and that also happens in world 17 and 18), and then people will fight between Fp, Priscilla and Camilla to see who will be Knight's future wife and then someone will come and say that Knight marries everyone because he's like that guy from Isekai who has a harem.

6°If you compare Andreas' SC with this one, you will notice that in almost all the previous points that I wrote, Andreas does WELL.

(honestly I think ships like AkayukixSumire, FpxFK and AilliexCraig are canon after that, the purest conviction and I'm burning with rage because I hate them all.)

I'm not even going to edit, change the font size or see if I wrote something wrong.

In fact, there are so many things that irritate me nowadays, like the new interface, but I only talked more about Hell Mode and Cammie's SC because they were my limit.

Then you say "if all this irritates you so much then why don't you stop playing?" Then I tell you that I stopped playing thanks to this update,tchau.

[yaellaharpe-blog]

CARVILIO'S RING

EL ANILLO DE CARVILIO

L'ANELLO DI CARVILIO

(English / Español / Italiano)

The ring of Carvilius, found on the finger of a Roman matron during excavations on the Via Latina, bears witness to the profound pain and at the same time the great love of a mother for her son.

In 2000, on the Via Latina on the south-eastern outskirts of Rome, while excavations were being carried out to remove a pylon from a plot of land, steps leading to a sealed doorway were discovered. Beyond the door was a Roman tomb from the 1st century AD, still intact.

The tomb, measuring 9 square metres, houses two marble sarcophagi. In the first lies "Carvilio Gemello"; in the other, "Aebutia Quarta".

The bodies of the two deceased were well preserved, especially that of the young man, probably due to embalming and the favourable microclimatic conditions of the tomb.

In the sarcophagus of Aebutia, a wealthy Roman matron, only the skeleton has been found, but also the garlands of flowers (lilium, roses and violets) that adorned the deceased, the silk tunic she wore and the beautiful red wig she wore on her head, made of human hair, plant fibres and animal hair.

Neither of the deceased wore the traditional coin in their mouths, as was the custom in Rome, suggesting that Carvilius and Aebutia were followers of the Egyptian cult of Isis.

Wigs similar to the one worn by the Roman noblewoman have also been found in other burials, while the band ring worn by Aebutia on her finger is original and absolutely unique, a ring that has aroused great astonishment among archaeologists. An object of great beauty and incalculable value for its uniqueness and emotional value.

Under the bezel (part of the ring, or other jewel, where the gem is placed) of rock-crystal, worked "cabochon", is a mini-bust of Carvilius, who died at the age of 18 years and three months. The young man depicted has a bare torso; his curly hair, thin lips and aquiline nose are evident.

Due to the brightness caused by the glass lens, Carvilio's image gains depth when viewed.

Aebutia had had two children by different husbands. Carvilio was born of her first marriage to Titus Carvilio, of the Sergia family. From her second husband, however, she had a daughter, Antestia Balbina, who took care of his burial.

Aebutia died a few years after Carvilius, at the age of 40-45. In her sarcophagus there were also some baby bones, suggesting that she was pregnant at the time of her death.

The magnificent ring is now in the Archaeological Museum of Palestrina in Rome.

Por Anna Rita Rossi

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El anillo de Carvilio, hallado en el dedo de una matrona romana durante unas excavaciones en la vía Latina, atestigua el profundo dolor y al mismo tiempo el gran amor de una madre por su hijo.

En el año 2000, en la vía Latina, en la periferia sureste de Roma, mientras se realizaban excavaciones para retirar un pilón de un terreno, aparecieron unos escalones que conducían a una puerta sellada. M��s allá de la puerta, una tumba romana del siglo I d.C., aún intacta.

La tumba, de 9 metros cuadrados, alberga dos sarcófagos de mármol. En el primero yace "Carvilio Gemello"; en el otro, "Aebutia Quarta".

Los cuerpos de los dos difuntos estaban bien conservados, sobre todo el del joven, probablemente debido al embalsamamiento y a las favorables condiciones microclimáticas de la tumba.

En el sarcófago de Aebutia, una rica matrona romana, sólo se ha encontrado el esqueleto, pero también las guirnaldas de flores (lilium, rosas y violetas) que adornaban a la difunta, la túnica de seda que vestía y la preciosa peluca roja que llevaba en la cabeza, hecha de cabello humano, fibras vegetales y pelo de animal.

Ninguno de los difuntos llevaba la tradicional moneda en la boca, como era costumbre en Roma, lo que sugiere que Carvilio y Aebutia eran seguidores del culto egipcio a Isis.

También se han encontrado pelucas similares a la que llevaba la noble romana en otros enterramientos, mientras que original y absolutamente único es el anillo de banda que lucía Aebutia en el dedo, un anillo que ha despertado gran asombro entre los arqueólogos. Un objeto de gran belleza y de incalculable valor por su singularidad y su valor emocional.

Bajo el bisel (parte del anillo, u otra joya, donde se coloca la gema) de cristal de roca, trabajado "a cabujón", hay un mini busto de Carvilio, que murió a la edad de 18 años y tres meses. El joven representado tiene el torso desnudo; son evidentes su pelo rizado, sus labios finos y su nariz aguileña.

Debido al brillo causado por la lente de cristal, la imagen de Carvilio gana profundidad al observarla.

Aebutia había tenido dos hijos de diferentes maridos. Carvilio nació de su primer matrimonio con Tito Carvilio, de la familia Sergia. De su segundo marido, sin embargo, tuvo una hija, Antestia Balbina, que se encargó de su entierro.

Aebutia murió unos años después de Carvilio, a la edad de 40-45 años. En su sarcófago había también algunos huesos de bebé, lo que sugiere que estaba embarazada en el momento de su muerte.

El magnífico anillo se conserva hoy en el Museo Arqueológico de Palestrina, en Roma.

Por Anna Rita Rossi

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L'anello di Carvilio, trovato al dito di un'ostetrica romana durante gli scavi sulla via Latina, testimonia il profondo dolore e allo stesso tempo il grande amore di una madre per suo figlio.

Nel 2000, sulla via Latina, nella periferia sud-est di Roma, mentre si effettuavano scavi per rimuovere un pilone da un terreno, apparvero dei gradini che conducevano ad una porta sigillata. Oltre la porta, una tomba romana del I secolo d.C., ancora intatta.

La tomba, che misura 9 metri quadrati, ospita due sarcofagi di marmo. Nel primo giace "Carvilio Gemello"; nell'altro, "Aebutia Quarta".

I corpi dei due defunti erano ben conservati, soprattutto quello del giovane, probabilmente grazie all'imbalsamazione e alle favorevoli condizioni microclimatiche della tomba.

Endel sarcofago di Aebutia, una ricca matrona romana, è stato ritrovato solo lo scheletro, ma anche le ghirlande di fiori (lilium, rose e viole) che adornavano la defunta, la tunica di seta che indossava e la bella parrucca rossa che portava in testa, fatta di capelli umani, fibre vegetali e peli animali.

Nessuno dei due defunti portava in bocca la tradizionale moneta, come si usava a Roma, suggerendo che Carvilius e Aebutia fossero seguaci del culto egizio di Iside.

Parrucche simili a quella indossata dalla nobildonna romana sono state ritrovate anche in altre sepolture, mentre originale e assolutamente unico è l'anello a fascia che Aebutia portava al dito e che ha suscitato grande stupore tra gli archeologi. Un oggetto di grande bellezza e di incalcolabile valore per la sua unicità e il suo valore affettivo.

Sotto il castone (parte dell'anello, o di un altro gioiello, in cui è inserita la gemma) di cristallo di rocca, lavorato "a cabochon", si trova un mini-busto di Carvilius, morto all'età di 18 anni e tre mesi. Il giovane raffigurato ha il busto nudo; sono evidenti i capelli ricci, le labbra sottili e il naso aquilino.

Grazie alla luminosità dovuta alla lente di vetro, l'immagine di Carvilio acquista profondità quando viene osservata.

Aebutia aveva avuto due figli da mariti diversi. Dal primo matrimonio con Tito Carvilio, della famiglia Sergia, nacque Carvilio. Dal secondo marito, invece, ebbe una figlia, Antestia Balbina, che si occupò della sua sepoltura.

Aebutia morì qualche anno dopo Carvilius, all'età di 40-45 anni. Nel suo sarcofago c'erano anche alcune ossa di bambino, il che fa pensare che fosse incinta al momento della morte.

Il magnifico anello si trova oggi nel Museo Archeologico di Palestrina a Roma.

Por Anna Rita Rossi

[existentialmagazine]

Existential Magazine’s September Music Roundup

With the month coming to a close, we’re sharing just a handful of our favourite new releases we’ve discovered this July! Sit back, put on our New Music Friday playlist and spend a few minutes enjoying fresh new tunes hand-picked by us.

Seoul Metro - Anywhere

The Manchester-based artist Seoul Metro has embraced his pop influences within his debut release ‘Anywhere’, a glowing indie-pop twinkling of sound. Led in with steady drum beats and glowing synth, the sound is immediately established to be upbeat and infectious. Fading back, tapping drums and intermittent backing sound effects litter the verse, all the whole Seoul Metro’s vocals add a depth to every soaring sound. The chorus absolutely explodes into colour, dancing through vibrant synth key pops and continued percussion, all the while Seoul Metro airily flows into a higher range, making for a heavenly slice of mesmerising lyrics. An emphatic guitar riff glides through the concluding heightening of sound, showing off a whir of energy and rock-based spirit you just can’t get enough of. Infusing stylings from an array of genres, ‘Anywhere’ is utterly addictive in how it grows and develops, filtering through indie spirit, rock grit and pop hooks you can’t get enough of. Writing of yearning for a lover and worldwide travels, Seoul Metro sings lines like ‘let’s go to anywhere, I’d run away to anywhere with you’ that display a real urge to love and be loved, while running through picturesque scenes without a care in the world. Other lyrics like ‘I don’t wanna work no more, I just want to be adored’ emphasise the desire many hold within to live life to the fullest, escaping the cyclical capitalist agenda for a life rooted in so much more. At two and a half minutes in length, this astounding new anthem is one sure to wrap you around its fingers and leave you yearning for more, and we just can’t wait to see what’s next for Seoul Metro.

Love Ghost - Snap

Continuing from their string of stylistically dynamic singles this year, the alternative force to be reckoned with Love Ghost are now returning with yet another fiery sure-to-be hit ‘Snap.’ Reminiscent of acts like CORPSE and Scarlxrd, this new shift in sound from the emo rap and pop-punk blenders shows something a little more diverse, as well as collaborating with the Mexican artist Chzter for even more unique flair. Conversing around a dark trap sound, ‘Snap’ falls into place immediately with distinct electronic beats and distorted backing vocals, before gravelly spoken vocals that lead things into the first verse with a gritty, snarled edge. Building up into more layers of scattered beats and two vocal layers, ‘Snap’ plays out between cleanly sung lines and an undertone of hoarseness, almost seeming to parallel those darker thoughts we all carry within but try to bury beneath a facade of doing well. Chzter soon takes over for a segment, flowing through her own lyrical mix of both English and Spanish with an unparalleled angst and confidence, delivering lines with a flair you can’t get enough of. Between addictive pop-esque hooks and more punky tones, Love Ghost are always here to break down the barriers of genre and prove that artists can succeed by simply opening themselves to whatever feels right. Lyrically, the track runs through darkened themes of battling through depression but ultimately transforming into someone you’d always wanted to be, achieving new heights and escaping from the rut of mental illnesses that made it feel intangible to reach. Defeating that part of yourself you no longer recognise or resonate with, ‘Snap’ is a freeing, cathartic anthem of sorts, giving you that nudge of closure to a chapter preferred to be forgotten.

Dom Malin - Fever

Returning to the scene, the singer-songwriter and indie-pop gem of an upcomer Dom Malin has just shared his latest glowing single ‘Fever’, a slice of heaven wrapped between nearly three minutes of instrumentals. An infectious electric guitar riff and warm strums lead into the sensual experience that is ‘Fever’, an opening that’s filled with a positive groove you can’t help but immediately be hooked on. Gliding into the first verse with the addition of steady drum beats and Dom’s tender vocals enriched by his lower-toned emotive encasing, ‘Fever’ delivers upon a sound that’s absolutely radiant and urges you sing along before you even know the words yet. The chorus rather originally finds itself scarcely changing in instrumentals whatsoever, instead placing a focus on the atmospheric sparkles that follow it in the form of thudding drum beats, pulsating synth-esque beats and layered backing vocals. The bridge takes a more climactic turn, thriving through a short rock and roll reminiscent guitar riff before fading down into drum clashes and a synth haze, all the while Dom’s introspective lyricism and haunting vocals guide you through. With such a catchy patchwork of sounds, Dom has penned a narrative that’s just as passionately-infused, writing of the intoxicating pull of attraction and desire. Led in with the title defining lyric ‘I’ve got a fever, a hot, cold sweat’, Dom makes it very clear this romance is one that’s gotten him swept off his feet, consuming him both physically and emotionally. If you’re after a release that’ll leave you feeling good and bursting with your own hopeless romantics, look no further than ‘Fever’ for that sweet release.

Eva Westphal - Adult

Since beginning writing music at only age thirteen, the pop and folk blender Eva Westphal has since made her mark on the music scene with continually hard-hitting releases, and her newest ‘Adult’ is no exception. Tenderly led in with acoustic guitar strums, intermittent and subdued violin strings, backing vocals and distant spoken words, ‘Adult’ captures a real sense of nostalgia just in its introduction alone, like you’re in the neighbouring room to your childhood self watching things unfold. As the first verse glides in with these continued gorgeous instruments, Eva’s soaring vocals lace around their delicate poignance and protrude with her own elegance, cautiously capturing a sensitive realness in every haunting word left lingering in the air. The chorus only further captivates you, floating around more resonant violin strings and heavenly backing vocals in a way you can only achingly stir within, feeling both a warm comfort and intricate pain all at once. With a message that’s perhaps heavier than you’d ever imagine, Eva writes a letter to her teenage self dedicated to survivors of abuse, pouring her heart and soul into what she wishes she could do for her younger self to feel safe and loved like she deserved to be. That sense of solace and familiarity flows the entire way through, leaving the track feeling like the embrace of someone when you need it most, while still peering into darker avenues of experiences no one ever deserves to go through: ‘when you need somebody older to tell you it’s not your fault, I’ll be that adult.’ Bittersweet is perhaps the best way to describe it, as Eva leaves you aching through a narrative journey that’s not always easy to hear, but ever so important to listen along to the poetically written words of.

Bvrden - Indigo

Hailing from London, the alternative-rock duo Bvrden have found themselves taking listeners on dynamic musical evolutions since their 2020 beginnings, now sharing their latest heartfelt slice of reality in ‘Indigo.’ Setting the pacing immediately, Bvrden delves headfirst into the thunderous sound of ‘Indigo’ with a pounding drum beat sure to get you on your feet and your heart racing. Soon complemented by emphatic guitar strums, the soundscape falls into place as the real slice of indie-rock it strives to be. The first verse fades out of the guitar strums, taking instead a quickly paced riff and bright intermittent strums into the background instead, a more subtle speeding dominance all the while the staple drums remain centre stage. Bvrden’s lower-toned vocalist complements the sound perfectly, capturing an emotionally indicative edge in his more downbeat delivery, giving the perfect vocals for an anthemic tune to thrive off of. The chorus only continues to rise through this dynamic evolution, growing into an atmospheric lacing of heightened vigorous guitar strums and thudding drums while Bvrden’s vocalist dances through a slightly higher range that completely switches-up the track’s vibe. The second verse only continues to shift your expectations, tenderly lingering in an acoustic guitar riff and occasional reverberated electric guitar strings before the pacing picks back up with gargantuous momentum. Writing about fighting for your purpose and finding the strength to build and follow your desired path no matter how much others and life get in the way, ‘Indigo’ journey through a real passionate declaration of finding oneself and learning to trust yourself above all else. Chasing your dreams regardless of the judgement and fears of others, ‘Indigo’ is that reminder to never let anyone halter you in your path to success, as you know deep down what you’re capable of.

OpenTAB - WYA

Debuting their first ever single after five years together and a mass of live show performances, the up-coming alternative pop and rock blenders OpenTAB bear everything on their sleeve in ‘WYA.’ Dreamily led in with an echoey electric guitar riff, acoustic guitar strums and haunting airy backing vocals, the introduction alone sets up an atmosphere you can’t help but feel you’re floating within, lost high above in the clouds. Lightly picking up as the first verse cascades in, their vocalist soars into the soundscape with his own tender delivery, at times complemented by layers of backing vocals for an even further ethereal effect. Soothing drum beats also accompany the sound moving forward, pushing the momentum along but maintaining the song’s delicacy with an ease. The chorus shifts in tone as the track falls into darker notes, deep bass twangs and a newfound riff, a surprisingly downbeat moment you can’t help but ache along with. The repeated chorus hook ‘where you at?’ only further adds to this, leaving you caught up in the band’s pained narrative that journeys through fears of abandonment. Exploring difficult themes of the uncertainties of life, OpenTAB find themselves terrified of waking up and losing everything, unable to comprehend such a blindsided betrayal and the aftermath of losing everything without closure to piece you back together. This evidently hurt story desperately seeks answers throughout, asking ‘how the hell did this happen, we were so good?’, leaving you feeling every word of their heartache. Yet the sound utterly contrasts their every line, offering you a comforting mesh of indie tones to get lost within while their narrative finds you lingering in more thought than you’d ever expect.

OK PANDA - Echoes

With their first glowing new single since the release of their debut EP last year, the Brussels-based pop rock quintet OK PANDA now share ‘Echoes’ for the world to hear. Delicately rooted in more of a folk-pop, paired-back sound, ‘Echoes’ right away entangles you within its branches of warmth and simplicity, capturing the same stunning resonance as shimmering lake water on a summers day. Between an introduction of a crackling record-players hum, a bright electric guitar riff and subtle drum taps, ‘Echoes’ immediately sets a tone of nostalgic whimsicality, a haunting but uplifting sound to get lost within. The verse settles into more toned-down drum patters and intermittent keyboard keys before lightening back up with emphatic acoustic guitar strums, electric guitar twinkles and bass twangs, an ever-growing layering of instruments that captures the same tumultuous, never-resting feeling of life. Their vocalist offers a familiar radiance in his every word, dancing through the sound with a lower-toned range that offers seeping essences of deeper emotions. The flowing guitar riff feels like the core of the track’s euphoria though, laced in the most vibrant of evolving tones and strings before a thunderous climax shows off every instrumental’s powerful performance. With an interwoven lyrical message of the same empowering sense, ‘Echoes’ speaks of an ode to freedom, a deep burning desire to break free from the mundane cyclicality of life and explore what it truly has to offer. As we often fall into routines that almost seem to cement us down into their fixtures, OK PANDA are here to remind you that it’s never too late to chase those dreams and make those memories, you’ll only regret not doing it: ‘do you relate to those who try to leave?’

Keep For Cheap - Lakehouse

Uniquely blending indie, country, rock, and pop, the up-coming band Keep For Cheap have been finding themselves in tune with music that resonates deeply within, captivating audiences with stories that both make them feel at home and leave them aching all at once. Their newest offering ‘Lakehouse’ is a perfect example, longing for a place that no longer feels like home. In lines like ‘in my friend’s families cabin’ , this distant memory from the past finds itself tugging at your own long-lost past, reminding yourself of those who once felt like family that couldn’t feel more like a stranger in adulthood. Continuing ‘when I go back up there now it aches as that same old place, same water… I seek its vitality’ , the yearning for youth poignantly shines through, whether that be a carefree childish attitude or to relive those moments that once were all over again. Lead in by enchanting natural sounds from a pouring stream, ducks quacking, birds tweeting and subdued voices, ‘Lakehouse’ right away sets a scene of this tale lost in time that you can’t help but feel nostalgically entwined within even though you never lived it yourself. Building through textural acoustic guitar strums and an airily gliding female vocals, the intimacy of ‘Lakehouse’ is never once lost, transporting you to a place filled with utter serenity. As things push forward, thudding beats soon join into the mix along with drawn-out guitar string plucks, all building up the multitude of layers that make ‘Lakehouse’ feel just as warm and inviting as its dainty storytelling leaves you feeling. Things only further grow and evolve as the song propels onwards, climactically rising into intense instrumental heights and addictive clapping beats before closing out with a more sincere moment of calm. If you’ve ever longed for music that takes you someplace else, visually guiding you through journeys that aren’t your own and yet feel so entwined with experiences you one lived, then Keep For Cheap are a band you’ll feel warmly welcomed by.

Alice Pisano - Back To Her

Pairing an uplifting dance-along sound with a song delving into the complexities of love and heartbreak isn’t an easy feat, yet the synth-pop upcomer Alice Pisano finds herself doing just that in her latest offering ‘Back To Her.’ From bright piano keys and steady beats that open up the release, there’s an immediate sense of intimacy as well as a driving energy that pushes things forward, leaving your heartbeat racing for what’s to come. Things continue to build as the beat picks up in pacing, all the while Alice’s soaring vocals glide through a floaty delivery that’s emotive and self-assured all at once. Climaxing for the choruses high, her vocals lift into a much more powerful range and confidence, all the while the track absolutely bursts into colour. From a multitude of layered beats, scattered synth pops, dreamy backing vocals and more, this heightened moment offers a much-needed cathartic outburst for an otherwise bittersweet realisation of deserving better. As Alice writes of falling for someone who’s just not over their ex, she sings ‘you’ve got one foot in the past… I should step back, move on’ , acknowledging the truth of the situation and yet the unwillingness to let go. Continuing ‘I’m falling for you’, it’s clear she’s torn between head and heart, knowing she’s deserving of someone all in for her and yet she finds herself yearning for this one person alone. From the track’s catchy sound to the message buried within, ‘Back To Her’ leaves its mark on you within its three minute journey of emotion, reminding you never to settle for less but that you’re certainly not alone in finding yourself wanting someone still longing for what they’ve lost.

Moon Worm - 9/10

Closing out our Roundup for the month with a dreamily atmospheric soundscape, Moon Worm find themselves capturing the same kind of bliss in ‘9/10’ that you’d only ever find above the clouds, a floating resonance and a sincere freedom as far as the eye can see. With deeply reverberated guitar strums, prominent bass twangs, steady beats and dazzling synth, the hazy mesh that is ‘9/10’ offers an escape to someplace else. Soaking lucidity and ethereality into his enchanting layerings of sound, Moon Worm patches together an experience that’s comparable to nothing other than the universes’ grandeur, a sonically powerful journey that echoes between worlds and loops between your thoughts. As the heavily electronically-ladened, resonating vocals glide through the sound, ‘9/10’ only further pushes its cascading aura upon you to behold. But moments of more intimate drawn-out synth keys bring you back to earth, a short moment of utter tranquility needed even in the most vibrant palettes. As Moon Worm pens a desire to escape normality and see the world, ‘9/10’ rings out with a mesh of internal dialogues that almost overshadow one another, clouding between the dreams of adventure and the fear of leaving something behind in the process. Accepting that permission to move on to bigger things and let go of what once was, ‘9/10’ is perhaps that reminder we all need to reach new heights and live our days to the fullest: ‘give it all, see what happens next.’

Give a listen to these songs and more in our New Music Friday playlist this week, or see our Roundup Recap playlist for every song previously featured in one of our monthly roundups that you might have missed!

Written by: Tatiana Whybrow

// This coverage was created via Musosoup, #SustainableCurator.

[airyairyaucontraire]

“With nine scripts, over eight-hundred pages, almost two years of filming, thousands of visual effects shots, and a runtime nearly twice the length of any previous season, Stranger Things 4 was the most challenging season yet, but also the most rewarding one,” the brothers said.

they really are emulating Stephen King, writing increasingly WIDE novels

“There are still many more exciting stories to tell within the world of Stranger Things; new mysteries, new adventures, new unexpected heroes,” the Duffers intoned. “But first we hope that you stay with us as we finish this tale of a powerful girl named Eleven and her brave friends, of a broken police chief and a ferocious mom, of a small town called Hawkins and an alternate dimension known only as the Upside Down.”

yeah nah look, I think the creators of shows like this often overestimate the degree to which fans love the world the story takes place in as opposed to the specific set of characters they've grown attached to.

(the huge exception to this rule is The Mandalorian, where the writers/studio seem to be way more keen on bringing back characters from the original media than many of the fans are, because it was so cool to have a story set in that world with fresh and endearing characters that wasn't heavily dependent on links to the dang Skywalkers, but Star Wars is its own weird beast in this regard)

[valenhell]

From the studio that brought you “I can’t find good Byler fics in the ao3 tag”, comes:

"The Definitive Byler fic rec list"

Literally no one asked for this but because I spent the majority of last year (...and 2019, and 2018...) reading byler fics and coping with life, I thought I’d make a list of some of my absolute favorites. 

The other day I was basically starving for some byler fics and the angel @magicalfairy provided me with some of her faves so I thought I’d do the same, because I love reading, and I love all of these fics and I appreciate their writers💗 And fic writers in general, come on!

- This is a mix of long works and one-shots/short stories. - Everything is mostly fluff with a tad of angst and a lot of internalized homophobia conflict.  - Every fic is completed, except for the ones I mention that they are not. - I try my best to lay out the stories in a way that I won’t spoil you the plot but also warning you of some stuff you might don’t like. Either way, all of these fics are correctly tagged by their respective authors/owners, so read at your own risk. For better understanding, in between brackets I denote Rating, Words and quantity of Chapters. - I feel like I should clarify, none of these are narrated in the singular first person. None of that “And I told him...”, no. 

Long fics

a dream always the same (T, 99k, 35 chapters) What happened in those few weeks between the Battle of Starcourt and the Byers leaving Hawkins. Literally a satisfying and very needed fill in of season three, with a good dose of Mike’s thoughts and conflict. Mike’s characterization is specially amazing in this one. The writing style is amazing and I know the author put everything into making it historically accurate, and it was really sweet. You probably read it, it’s by the amazing sevensided here on Tumblr🧡

Spring Break (T, 120k, 14/15 chapters) The slowburn of my dreams. Lots of internalized conflict and conflict with each other. Conflict within the Party (uhh kind of), conflict with Mike and Will. Byers family has moved and the kids are visiting! Chaos. Characterization is on point. Yeah, I know it’s unfinished, but the fourteenth chapter actually serves as a pretty nice ending. 

This is where it starts (M, 148.8k, 24 chapters) Aged up characters. The Party is in college and Will disappears again, but now it’s different. Mike knows he didn’t vanish from thin air, and the discovery he and the Party end up making is pretty insane. Mystery solving/fantasy/third dimension, throw in a bit of D&D and Mike realizing some shit, and you get this marvelous fic. It’s a breath of fresh air. The world building is definitely one of the elements that stands out the most, because it’s very nicely described, it sounds like a dream and it’s completely immersive. Absolute gem of a fic. 

there’s a Starman waiting in the sky (M, 30.6k, 8 chapters) Do I need to say anything? Will is out there living his best life and Mike realizes that wow, umm, maybe his best friend looks a bit too nice with that costume... and wait, is he getting horny? It’s actually really fun and sexy.

The Evening Speaks (T, 23k, 7 chapters) In where Mike is a late-night college radio host and Will is the art student that stays up till late to catch up with Wheeler on the Mic. They flirt through songs y’all, this one is really sweet. 

heads or tails? (E, 24k, 3 chapters) Aged up characters. I know most people don’t enjoy sex in fics and with specific characters but this one is insanely well written. It’s a slowburn that commits to the tension and with every word you are grasping and anticipating their next move. I think you can find the author here on Tumblr as yousaidyes🧡

The Man of Average (M, 56.7k, 5/? chapters) Aged up characters. No but you don’t understand, the writing here is absolute gourmet. The story is exciting as well, it’s super interesting. Weirdly enough, for being very aged up characters, they are well characterized but they don’t feel like teenagers. They are naturally Mike and Will. The author really captured Mike and Will’s essence. I know, it’s unfinished and it’s updated very rarely, but this is the typical fic you can’t believe someone just posted on the internet for free. I will say though, I think it’s definitely not for everyone. Read at your own risk.

Heartstrings (E, 82.8k, 24/? chapters) Aged up characters. By the same author of The Man of Average. A collection of memories, the road to Mike and Will’s happy ever after. And fucking hell!!!!! You’ll cry and get angry, you’ll cheer for them, then you’ll want to crash their faces together because god dammit you love each other!!! But yeah, same thing here. The writing and the way the story is laid out as a nonlinear narrative is brilliant. And I also think this is one of the best Will versions I’ve read. The author might as well be the og creator of this two characters tbh. You can find the author here as mylesimeblr🧡

Sinners behind the walls (T, 1.5k, 1/1) And because I can’t stop recommending this author, a little thing of Mike tormenting himself but also being too deeply committed to Will. 

The Red Envelope series (T/E, 167K, two completed works) Something happens that Will thought was impossible and from there, pure drama and romance. Anything by this author has the potential to become your absolute favorite fic, but this series in particular is amazing. I doubt that any of you haven’t read this, but it doesn’t hurt to put it in this list. I’m pretty sure the author is serendipitous-magic on Tumblr🧡

A New Fight series (T, 91k, two completed works, one WIP) And finally the Star Wars AU that we all needed. But this isn’t your typical “Mike is Han”, “Will is Leia” and “El is Luke”, it’s way more interesting than that, and the author has appropriated the Star Wars world like no other. I’ll admit I’m not a 100% fluent in SW lore but this is amazing to me either way. This author is also on Tumblr, tea-for-one-please🧡

- Yes, most of these are (if not all), in a way, canon compliant/canonverse/canon continuation into fanon. (In a way)

One-shots and short stories

Sundae for Two, Please (G, 4.8k) Steve being the supportive friend and older brother these kids collectively need. (not Jonathan erasure, we love him). Steve is very sweet himself, and this little cute thing through his POV is gorgeous. Yes, it’s byler.

Backstage (T, 10k, 2/2) Jonathan, you forgot to mention to Will how hot your new band’s guitarist is, dude. Now he’s hyperventilating and weirdly flirting with him in the corner. Background Stonathan because why not.

102 Peach Street (G, 3.8k) Established relationship, but not only that, they are married :’’))) PURE fluff. Extreme fluffiness. Diabetes. 

sweatshirts and bottled up feelings (T, 3.2k) Or, Mike thinks that the sweatshirt Will wears looks insanely good on him. And kitchens are for lovers. 

kiss it better (T, 16.3k) Basically one of the best character studies of a few precise moments of Mike and Will’s relationship and feelings. 

will wonders ever cease (T, 11.3k) #i ship will and happiness. Omfg what a beautiful piece of fanfic. Will centric, this kid really deserves all the good in the world.

The Calm After the Storm (T, 1.6k) Tooth rotting fluff, boyfriends in love. Boyfriends being lazy, cuddling, love words, kisses. Boys loving each other’s company... Basically, Mike and Will in their element. What more can you ask for?

neither of us ready to let go (T, 4.8k) That scene from season three, but a bit of a fix it. 

Still in love (G, 1k) Domestic, married life au fluff. Y’all, I’m a sucker for established Byler, even if I can’t find many fics with it. But this is very sweet. It takes place in 2020, but I don’t think there are any mentions of the COVID-19 crisis that I remember.

I Nver Find Out ‘Til I’m Head Over Heels (G, 12.5K) Classic 5+1 fic. If you haven’t read it, where have you been? This is your moment. In where Mike keeps inviting Will to the school dances and Will thinks it’s just a joke until he realizes it’s not. 

Before You’re Gone (T, 5.9k) Will is leaving Hawkins and Mike thinks this is a great moment for a confession. This one I discovered last friday, thank you friend @magicalfairy 💗

You’re weird Wheeler (M, 4.5k) Mike unintentionally starts a tradition of going to each other to talk about their sexual encounters just after they finish. Will keeps getting more explicit with the details he shares, and he makes his best friend interested. This one is really fun y’all.

Out-Of-Town Friends (N/R, 4.6K) It’s not rated. I haven’t re- read it but I’d say it would probably fall in a T rating. So cute!! Will has new friends and sneaks off every friday and the Party doesn’t know where he is going, so Mike decides to follow him and is surprised. 

Snowed Under (G, 1.3k) By the same author of The New Fight series. Mike is spending christmas by himself in college because a snowstorm hits Chicago and Nancy can’t drive to see him, but then he has a surprise visitor. Ahhh just a lil sweet holiday fic. Super cute. 

you love me anyway series (T, 7.1k, three completed works) Literally just the cutest thing ever. Established Byler. Will loves to take pictures and he loves taking pictures of Mike. It’s adorable. 

you wanna be friends forever (i can think of something better) (T, 9k) This one is so amazing. So. Amazing. From Will’s POV, my kid deserves the world and he gets it. 

okay not to be okay (T, 4.9k) Mike is a bit sad but then everything is okay. 

can’t hold out forever (G, 18.4k) Y’all!!!!! 5+1 sweetness. Mike has been falling in love since kindergarten. And it’s long af, you’ll enjoy it. 

even if it takes forever (G, 1.3k) College short AU, they miss each other, they love each other, they promise all to each other. It is sappy y’all.

clear as day (N/R, 18.4K, 4 chapters) It’s not rated, but I’d say it falls in the T category. Strangers to friends to lovers. And also, everyone is pretty gay; we have our dynamic trio Mike, Max and El as disaster lesbians (and gay). Will works at the library and he is also gay. Lucas and Dustin and Will are the best friends we needed. It’s very sweet and the Party is kind of formed here!

I went overboard with the one-shots, so you must have realized how much I love long one-shots and I favor them over long works lmao but they are all amazing!!! If it’s on this list, I probably read it at 2 am, sobbing in my bed. So. Hope you enjoy it☺️🧡

[cheer-deforest-kelley]

This is the amazing day I met DeForest Kelley on the set of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.

My boss was friends with a woman who worked on a few of the Star Trek movies. He introduced us and told her of my love for DeForest and she invited me to the set when De was filming.

I could not take photos as it was a closed set, but it didn’t matter as everything I saw was burned into my soul.

In late December 1988, I drove through the gates of Paramount Studios and parked right by the Star Trek Production trailer (Trailer 12). My head spun as I walked inside and was surrounded by the hustle and bustle of the making of a Star Trek movie. While sitting in my friend’s office, a voice on the walkie-talkie said that Bill and De were in their dressing rooms. My head exploded.

My friend walked me to the stage that was the Enterprise bridge and I got to sit in Captain Kirk’s chair (my feet didn’t touch the ground—literally and figuratively). I saw Director’s chairs with the names William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley embroidered on the backs. I would have loved to sit in De’s chair, but all I could do was touch the arm as we walked by.

The Stage Manager told us that Bill was on the New York street set, so we left the stage and walked to an outside set with a high stage. When we arrived, Bill was being strapped into a harness (which fit around his torso, waist and crotch and which would allow him to be lifted into the air). His legs were bare and very white (he was wearing gym shorts). He was making jokes and talking in a very high pitched voice as they tightened the straps around his nether region.

I forgot all about Bill when I heard a voice on a walkie-talkie say that De was stepping out of his trailer and would arrive in a moment. My heart started pounding and I started feeling very warm (it was 49 degrees outside— which by the way, is considered freezing for Southern California). I turned around and saw DeForest Kelley ambling towards me. He was wearing dark blue jeans, a dark green sweatshirt, a light blue jean jacket with a fleece collar, black cowboy boots and a multicolored scarf around his neck.

Tears welled up in my eyes. De said hello to a few people, hugged my friend and she then walked him over to me. She told him my name and said where I worked. De shook my hand for a very long time (eventually just holding my hand rather than shaking it) and called me a spy because I worked at different studio than Paramount. He commented on how cold it was and lifted his sweatshirt up to his chin to show us a fleece-lined shirt that a fan from Seattle made him. He was very charming and chatty; I said a few sentences but was mostly mute (just call me Gem).

After a few minutes, he said it was great to meet me, shook my hand again and went to talk to Bill (who was now wearing sweatpants with yellow stripes and a blue uniform tunic that was unlike their usual uniforms). They talked for a while, laughed a lot and then hugged goodbye. Bill (being the Director) had to leave to watch a previously filmed scene— he was driven away. Suddenly all the commotion on the set just stopped and much of the crew left, however De stayed.

He came over to talk to us again (OMG!!) and said “It’s always hurry up and wait.” I responded “That’s showbiz.” He laughed (thank God) and said “That’s right, you know it!” I found my voice this time when he asked about my job. We talked for at least 10 minutes— discussing the cold weather again, his being a little sad that production on the film was almost done (You’re sad De? Let me hug and console you.) and what we were respectively doing for New Year’s Eve. For De, it was was “Absolutely nothing except kiss my wife before midnight since we don’t stay up that late.”

A man holding a humungous binder came over and said he needed De. De said “Bye now” and left (sob!!). Of course I kept my eyes glued on him. After he conversed with the binder guy, he talked to some crew members, but when they left, he stood alone for about 5 minutes, during which he smoked two cigarettes (he had a very nice lighter). He looked around and found a random Director’s chair and plunked down in it (he first pounded the chair with his fist, to make sure it was sturdy-- it was an old looking chair).

Bill was gone for over an hour (lucky me). I was free to wander around the set, but I mostly stayed close and kept an eye on De; he talked to the crew, left once (potty break?), read a magazine and smoked-- sad to say he constantly smoked. He once looked over at me and gave me a big smile.

When Bill returned, they were ready to film the scene when Kirk falls from Yosemite’s El Capitan and McCoy berates him. There was a publicity photographer taking pictures of everything, including this scene (which happened to be printed in a magazine and is my first picture posted here).

The Assistant Director called for De, who stood up and unbuttoned his jacket. A woman appeared and De closed his eyes as she touched up his make-up and combed his hair (I wanted to comb his soft hair). Two big burly men then lifted De (by his outstretched arms and butt) onto the elevated stage; they lifted him so high and hard, he literally flew into the air before landing on the stage on one foot-- he caught his balance and then turned back to them laughing with his eyes wide. They both laughed nervously and said “Sorry De.”  He told them they were very strong.

On the stage was the bottom part of El Capitan made out of fiberglass. At the time, not knowing anything about the story, it just looked like a huge rock surrounded by dirt, boulders and trees. There were screens surrounding the stage that looked like blue sky with clouds.

They connected wires to Bill’s body harness. He was lifted just off the ground and then quickly hung upside down where he swung around loosely. De came over and bent down with his face very close to the upside down Bill and they spoke quietly between themselves; De then stepped back and Bill called “Action!” Kirk said “Hi Bones, mind if we drop in for dinner?” and laughed like he was a little drunk. De took a step forward, bent down and McCoy started yelling at the slightly twirling Kirk. Kirk patted McCoy’s ears and squeezed his cheeks, laughing and making little noises. They quickly filmed the scene twice. The first time went fine, but the second time, they both began laughing and De said to the upside down Bill, “Kiss me.” They quickly kissed on the lips (I know, I know!!) and the entire crew cracked up. Bill called “Cut!” and someone else yelled “Lunch—45 minutes.” De said goodbye to the crew, got into a car, lit a cigarette and was driven away.

I had to get back to work. I walked (floated actually) to my car and drove out of the studio gate, ecstatic that one of my wildest dreams had come true.

A month later, my friend gave me my very own Final Frontier cast & crew jacket (similar to the one McCoy wore in the campfire scene), a photo of the cast & crew (Leonard’s and De’s smiles are absolutely adorable), some Star Trek notecards and a cast publicity photo.

Sorry this is so long. It’s taken from a note I typed up when I got back the the office that day. I didn’t want to forget a thing.

[nicanario]

I have made the mistake of starting my first rewatching in years of one of my all time favourite shows, El Ministerio del Tiempo (The Ministry of Time). if you liked Timeless (or even if you didn't like it or even watch it at all), you will love the show it plagiarized happens to be somewhat similar to maybe. it's also sometimes called "the Spanish Doctor Who," which, I can understand, but, also, no

for those who don't know, this absolute gem of a series centers around a secret ministry in Spain which must make sure history doesn't change. every episode is the main team encountering a historical figure or event and preventing some other force from changing it

it's sometimes very grim, and can deal with some heavy stuff, like one of the main characters being a widower that lost his wife in a car accident not being able to stop going back to meet her again a lot. but it's also funny as shit. the comedy and drama is very well balanced

a few examples of how fucking unhinged this show is:

- they don't have a time machine because time machines don't exist, that's stupid. they travel through FUCKING DOORS. they open a door, go through it, and BAM they're in fucking 1069 or something

- they have people of all eras working for them. the main team (in s1, since because the network renewed the show every like 2 years or something some actors left, came back, went from guest to regular and vice versa, etc) is comprised of a paramedic from the present, Julián. one of the first (fictional) female university students, Amelia. and Alonso a fucking soldier from 1569!!! there's also the subsecretary (why not Minister, I don't even know), Salvador, from the present as well; Irene, a lesbian from 1960; Angustias, from 1900, and Ernesto Jiménez (who is later revealed to be SPOILERS I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU)

- they sometimes need help recognising people, especially if they are travellers through time that have gained access to a door that is outside the Ministry. so, of course, they need a forensic artist. guess who they got. guess who they FUCKING GOT!! I'm not going to tell you because it's actually a great gag and I don't want to spoil it for you since you are. going. to watch. this show

also, I cannot stress enough how much character stuff it has. in relatively short seasons (8 or 13 episodes), they dedicate a lot of time to developing the characters apart from showing the viewers all the history shit. this is because each episode is an hour and 10 minutes long!! it really doesn't drag, believe me, and you can (will) watch it bit by bit

I will start making posts about it, if anything to annoy some people into hopefully watching it lmao