#he defo helps her come out her shell !

[sunshineandviolets]

the little bumblebee has buzzed right into the hearts of a group of vampires...

Best part of having a detective with a kid? Getting to imagine UB with said kid <3

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Dad & daughter dancing together ehehe <3

Nat being all cute and letting Meera take her photo, very much wins the best auntie award

looks like it's agent grumpy grumps turn to babysit - despite the expression, I guarantee they get along heh

[cinemaocd]

Jenny's ongoing list of films watched 2024

February

January list, here.

Inland Empire (2006)*** It took three attempts to get through this long, confusing film. Like Mulholland Drive or the Season Three of Twin Peaks, Lynch films improve on repeat viewings even if meaning remains elusive. That is part of the joy-- sometimes you just vibe with it.

Death of Stalin (2017)**** One of my favorite films of the last two decades. A harried farce with the bloody-mindedness of Macbeth. Like the Scottish Play, we know how its going to come out, but the fun is in watching the articulate villain, played with delicious malice by Simon Russell Beale being outdone by a team of bumbling, petty bureaucrats and one very bad ass soldier. The Boyfriend (1970)*** Ken Russell's surreal tribute to the burlesque musical genre makes the most of its setting in the 1920s by putting his star Twiggy in iconic psychadelic reiterations of the flapper dress. If you opine the fact that drop waist dresses come back into style every 15 years or so, then this movie is as much to blame as anything. Poor Things (2023)*** Emma Stone gives a wild and convincing physical performance as Bella, a baby's brain in the body of her dead mother and Mark Ruffalo as typical 19th Century Rake Getting His Comeupance iscasting I didn't know I needed. I loved the yearning Godwin (Willem Defoe in truly amazing Frankenstein's monster makeup) and though I haven't read the book, I was drawn into the grotesque, ai generated world of the film. The aesthetics of this movie are as engrossing as the story and characters. Adventures of a Dentist (1965)** The Soviet version of the live action Disney comedies of the 70s, where a humble person is given magical power. Here a dentist is given extraordinary, almost magical abilities to perform dentistry without pain. He becomes a celebrity and his fall from grace involves him giving in to the decadent trappings of being a popular dentist. The humor has a darker edge than Disney though I wouldn't go so far as to call it a black comedy. Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (1973)** This Spike Milligan film plays like a double episode of Dad's Army, not least because of the presence of Arthur Lowe who plays practically the same character here as he does on the tv show. That is not the end of the world however and this is easy to like farce with Milligan's ascerbic, anti-authoritarian bent that is grittier than anything on the sitcom. The Master (2012)** I had high hopes for this, one of Phillip Seymour Hoffman's final films and his last collaboration with director Paul Thomas Anderson is loosely based on the origin story of Scientology. Joaquin Phoenix plays a shell shocked veteran who drifts into the path of the cult leader played by Hoffman. Amy Adams gives a chilling performance as his much younger, controlling wife who is the real power behind the cult. I think I would have an easier time with this film if Anderson hadn't gone around giving interviews saying that Scientology and it's founder L. Ron Hubbard had "helped a lot of people." Of course, this is PTA and Phoenix's character isn't helped at all and he makes the cult worse by being a violent enforcer for the leader's enemies. The levels of whitewashing involved in making a deeply misogynistic cult into a secret matriarchy is just...ugh. However, the homoerotic tension between Hoffman and Phoenix makes the film worth looking out. Murder of Quality (1991)** Made for TV adaptation of John Le Carre's second novel. Denholm Elliott plays Smiley as more doddering and anti-social than Alec Guinness' iconic version of the character. This early Smiley story is more a traditional English village murder mystery, ala Miss Marple, with Glenda Jackson playing Ailsa, Smiley's war buddy that runs a women's magazine. Christian Bale plays one of the students at an elite prep school that forms the economic backbone of the town. Le Carre is merciless in his portrayal of the toxic, petty characters, the wealthy and wannabe wealthy swamp dwellers who run rings around the local constabulary until Smilley steps in and withstands their slings and arrows long enough to solve the case.

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)*** Sometimes you sit down to watch a movie with such low expectations that you are pleasantly surprised that it doesn't totally suck. The excitement of things not being as bad as you feared can blot out some of a movie's excesses. At the end of the day this is Billy Wilder, physically incapable of creating a boring movie throwing the whole bag of tricks at this faux biography of Holmes starring Robert Stephens and Colin Blakely. There's farce and physical comedy, verbal gymnastics and exotic locations. Holmes' possible homosexuality is tastefully hinted at and attempts to create a sensationalist account of his drug use, amount to little before the mystery gets rolling. One of the big delights is Christopher Lee as Mycroft whose scenes with Robert Stephens are bitchy queen pissing contests. Genevieve Page does a turn as a would be damsel in distress who turns out to be a worthy opponent to Holmes similar to Irene Adler.

Irma La Duce (1963)*** For some reason between this and Poor Things I ended up watching two movies about Parisian brothels this month. Billy Wilder based this pastiche of 1950s travelogue adventure films like To Catch a Thief and Charade on a French stage play. A strange attempt to weld the success of the Apartment with Some Like it Hot, reconfiguring a Marilyn Monroe vehicle as a reunion of Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine. Like the Apartment, Irma LaDuce is tinged with melancholy while avoiding a lot of the cliches about sex work that wind up dating so many films on this topic. The main complaint I have about Irma LaDuce s that it's about 45 minutes too long, a common complaint about many films of this period. (Damn Lawrence of Arabia and all who sail in her).

Witness for the Prosecution (1982)*** A made for tv adaptation of the classic courtroom drama, which credits Billy Wilder's screenplay of his film version. Ralph Richardson and Deborah Kerr star in this remake and honestly their chemistry is just off the charts and we're left to wonder how they never managed to make a film together before. Wendy Hiller, Diana Rigg and Beau Bridges round out the amazing cast. Lacks the tension and edge of Wilder's film but I'm having too much fun with Ralph to care.

The Major and the Minor (1942)**: Billy Wilder's first film as writer and director has some of the hallmarks of his later, greater works: farce, trains, mistaken identity, and queer themes in the form of a lesbian coded sister of Ginger Roger's romantic rival. That all the fuss is about fairly bland Ray Milland is easy enough to overlook as Wilder makes the film about toying with Rogers image as sophisticated, sexy, dancer. Typical Wilder inside jokes about the film industry abound, such as a craze for Veronica Lake hairdos among the tween set and swipes at Hollywood actors like Charles Boyer Rogers' childish masquerade to avoid paying full adult fare is preceded by a series of calamities where she's pursued and objectified by a lot of nasty older men. Hoping to escape their advances as well as the ignominity of turnstyle jumping, she maintains the charade through a long weekend with a lot of handsy tween boys until Milland's fiancee is discredited as a controlling social climber. There is a bizarre side track into her home town where Rogers also impersonates her mother before revealing her grown adult self to Milland. No one ever accused Billy Wilder of being restrained I guess.

The Children's Hour (1961)**** This classic of queer cinema was necessarily a scorched earth tragedy at the time of its release. William Wyler's dreamy, restless camera drags you into the warm, cozy life of this female partnership between Shirley Maclaine and Audrey Hepburn that seemingly has the potential to be a romantic partnership. When nasty gossips and spoiled children start a rumor that they are a couple, the scandal destroys their business and standing in the community. Terrorized by the homophobic townspeople, they are eventually "cleared" of the crime of being gay for each other, just when Maclaine's character comes to the brutal realization that she really is in love with Audrey Hepburn's character. It's hard to watch her grief and shame as she admits that the bullies have discovered a truth about her that she didn't know herself. A fact so many queer people can find relatable. The film is based on a play by Lilian Hellman which used the topic of homosexuality to expose the cruelty of female narcissists who bully their way into power. There is much in common with Hellman's The Little Foxes in that way, but the film, perhaps owing to Wyler's inherent romanticism has more of a Romeo and Juliet quality than the play. One feels that Audrey Hepburn has perhaps realized the truth in the lie, just a few moments too late.

Sweet Charity (1969)*** Directed by Bob Fosse, starring Shirley MacLaine and Sammy Davis Jr and Chita Rivera this classic musical combines the best of Fossee's signature choreography, sixties pop show tunes and the psychadelic aesthetics of the late 60s. This and the Boyfriend have a lot in common, though I think the music in Sweet Charity is more solid and the contemporary setting makes it a tad edgier. MacLaine plays yet another flavor of sex worker, a dancehall hostess and paid companion who seeks to be elevated out of her life into respectability through marriage. The fiancee here is uptight and lacking in appeal and when he finally just flakes out in the final reel it's no great loss to the film.

Thief (1981)** Atypical heist film starring James Caan and Jim Belushi, directed by Miama Vice creator Michael Mann. You can see the beginnings of that iconic 80s TV show, in this movie which favors long scenes of action being edited to music with sparse dialog. Caan squares off against Tom Signorelli a local mob boss who dares to threaten Caan's wife played by Tuesday Weld.

[fruit-salad-ship]

Ok ok, Peach and I have different preferences, fair. Now that it’s happened tho, how does she get Plum back? Does she also try traps or does she bring a different approach? Does she get Grey involved or is he guilty as well?

I mean, she wont admit she enjoys herself, even if she defo does, considering shes alwasy in charge, alwasy busy, endlessly run off her feet making sure everythings going smoothly, to suddenly be very much out of her depth, nothing to do other than go with it, its an unusual feeling for her. Shes the sort to take charge because she knows it makes people happy, just like it quietly makes her very happy to not be the boss for like five minutes. The backlash is that she's unsure wether or not she deserves the attention and specifically the time off, she's one of those people who does a lot of work, and wants nothing in return. Grey has to endlessly fight her on this, Plums learning to counter it too now. Those two clearly discuss the fact that Peach kind of ducks out when the focus is on her, their theory is if they give her enough love and affection it'll break her down slowly and she'll relax into not being so top heavy, she clearly enjoys herself for the moments she disconnects from overthinking, it's just tough to hear her express a discomfort with being so overly loved and focused on. They wont stop until she settles into it, it's gotten better over the years, but theres a long way to go yet. They just want her to chill out, let go a little. She will eventually recover from the hangover and the embarrassment/guilt, and start plotting, scheming, and repay that "favour". Big difference is she doesnt need to trap Plum, she's able to just turn up and pick her up and do whatever she wants. Her style is very much one of action, not trickery.

Oh entierly Grey gets roped in, gotta really push that ranger, make sure she doesnt forget who's really in charge. She got lucky, Peach made a drunk dumb mistake and overlooked the obvious, she wont be stealing desk candy in a hurry again.

It's an odd one, lots of mixed feelings. Plum loves having the power, its a rarity and she gets to go to dark places with it because peach is high-key tolerant to a lot of things. Peach is confused, she denys liking it but her body betrays her, and she's too proud and too stubborn to go looking for that kind of attention, doesnt know how to handle that want/feeling. Defo thinks about it in her free time, without meaning to go there, gets a little hot under the collar, realises what's happening and backpedals hard, denial, bury that, ignore. Grey's just amused, watching her wrestle these issues, watching plum really come out of her shell given the chance, shes the closeted perv who finally has an outlet. He whole heartedly likes to help instigate more of these events, see how both of them handle it. Bonus he's strong enough to keep peach from taking back control, and tends to really enjoy being bossy with her given the chance, and him and plum have symilar wants so can team up easily.

theres a mixed dynamic going on.

[guacam011y]

***SPOILERS FOR EPISODE 5 OF WANDAVISION***

HOLY SHITE MY MIND IS BLOWN

TOMMY AND BILLY CRYING

“Do you want me to take that again?” “Take it from the top?”

Agnes knows ! Tiger - Ralph

“Dark liquor” Vision being concerned

Billy and Tommy aged up?!

I DO NOT TRUST HAYWARD

SCARLET WITCH - TALKING ABOUT HOW WANDA DOESN’T HAVE A CODENAME

SIS STRAIGHT UP TOOK VISIONS CORPSE

HEX — HER POWERS GET REFERRED TO AS HEX POWERS SOMETIMES IN THE COMICS

CAPTAIN MARVEL REFERENCE

NORM SAYING NONE OF IT IS REAL

SPARKY THE DOG - VISION HAD A STAND ALONE AND STOLE A DOG

HER ACCENT

LAGOS

SHE DOESNT KNOW HOW ANY OF THIS STARTED IN THE FIRST PLACE

EVAN PETERS AS QUICKSILVER

DARCY GOING “SHE RECAST PIETRO?” MOOOD

X-MEN, START TO THE MULTIVERSE?!

WANDA CAN’T BE THE ONLY ONE CONTROLLING IT

IS MONICA MAD AT CAROL???

MONICA X DARCY?! WHAT A POWER COUPLE THAT WOULD BE

SIS REALLY ENDGAME - ENDGAME ENDED WITH TONY’S FUNERAL AND WANDA PROBS WENT STRAIGHT FROM THERE AND STOLE HER DEAD BF’S CORPSE (can’t really blame her, it looked like they were trying to experiment on Vis and could it be Hayward behind it?)

WHO WAS THAT ENGINEER THAT MONICA WAS GOING TO CONTACT?

BABY VISION

AND AGNES DEFINITELY KNOWS SOMETHING

DARCY FINALLY GOT HER COFFEE

SO VIS SAID THAT WANDA COULD’VE MADE EVERYTHING SUBCONSCIOUSLY AND THAT OVER TIME SHE BECAME AWARE OF IT, AND SIS DEFO HAS SOME CONTROL BUT IT’S NOT ALL HER. I THINK AGNES IS AGATHA HARKNESS AND EITHER MEPHISTO IS BEHIND IT OR IT’S NIGHTMARE AND THEY’VE MAYBE POWERED UP NIGHTMARE

***FURTHER UPDATES AND EASTER EGGS***

Auntie Agnes and Agnes saying she has a few tricks up her sleeve - we should definitely take note of that seeing as Agnes definitely has something to do with the whole situation

Wanda and Vision’s house changed again, being inspired by Family Ties, possibly Full House and Growing Pains

“Do you want me to take it from the top?” It seems as though when someone, this time Vision, steers away from the script, things either reset themselves or people become aware to some capacity, although Agnes probably already knows

Speaking of Growing Pains - It had a spin off called “Just the 10 of Us” in which the director for Wandavision, Matt Shakman, was apart of the cast - and seemingly also inspired the theme song for this week

We should definitely keep an eye on Monica and her potential for powers. With Maria last episode revealed to have gone by the name ‘Photon’ (which is a name that Monica uses as one of her aliases in the comics) and could inspire Monica’s name as she develops her powers - those scans didn’t look 100% normal. Monica has also used the Captain Marvel monicker in the comics

Wanda’s energy field and such being referred to as “Hex” short for Hexagon, could be a little nod to the comics where Wanda’s powers are sometimes called Hex powers

She’s never been referred to as the Scarlet Witch on the big screen - and it seems as though she soon may earn that code name

So we now know that Wanda stole Vision’s corpse from S.W.O.R.D, but did she actually re animate him fully? He’s still got the gem in the centre of his forehead, but the last time he had it was in Infinity War where it promptly got ripped out by Thanos - so has Wanda found her own way of reanimating him and he’s alive or is he dead and just a trick of the mind - though from other trailers/previews, Vis is seen trying to and looks successful at leaving Wanda’s barrier

They had a little call back to Captain America: Civil War with the Sokovia Accords, which were targeting the Avengers in general but were created when Wanda lost control of her powers and killed civilians

A little joke towards Vis as playing “Father Knows Best” in their little suburbia - Which was a sitcom that ran for 200 episodes in the 50’s

Sparky ! A little nod to the little green dog from the Walta and King comics run for Vision and unfortunately soon meets the same fate 💔

A little nod to Endgame when we hear from Monica that Wanda definitely could’ve taken down Thanos by herself had Thanos not rained fire - and Jimmy arguing that Captain Marvel could’ve just as easily done it - which leaves Monica with an angry look on her face

Good ol’ dial up internet

Can Vis “save” the residents of Westview? He can still seemingly interact with people’s minds, with or without the mind stone - Norm soon comes out of his trance as Vis snaps him out of it and asks to call his sister and that he has to save them all from “her” - now this “her” could be Wanda...but it could also be Agnes and then Vis shuts him down soon enough again and Norm goes back to his sit com self

Billy and Tommy are fully aware, or at least suspect Wanda’s abilities - after asking her to bring back Sparky from the dead and speaking of Billy and Tommy - could they be semi permanent fixtures in the MCU, it would help to introduce the Young Avengers eventually. They'll do Young Avengers at some point since Kang is supposed to be a thing in the third Ant-Man.

Teddy, unfortunately, I don't think will be here for a bit (I really hope he is though!). I think the guy they hired that everyone is rumoring to be Teddy might just be an episode about Billy coming to terms with his sexuality and Wanda and Vis learning to accept it in the way that era of tv they're in would go about with that kind of episode and the dude is just a dude - but again, I really hope it’s Teddy 😭

Wanda leaves the hex after a mini missile/plane tries to shoot at her - and she’s in her Scarlet Witch costume and is seemingly mostly back to her “normal self”, which includes her accent !

Lagos brand paper towels - “For when you make a mess you didn’t mean to” - a nod to Civil War again in which Wanda accidentally blew up a building in Lagos and caused the Sokovian accords to come to fruition

The mail man again - I also think he was in the commercial but anywho - “Your mom won’t let him go far” similar to “Much like she won’t let anyone leave” a potential nod to Wanda or Agnes not letting anyone leave?

“We can’t reverse death” and yet she brought Vision back - keeping in mind that he’s an android but still a little foreshadow to what happened at the end of the ep? Better yet, could Pietro coming back be a distraction for Wanda? Agnes or whoever introducing someone that Wanda lives in hopes that she won’t go full on breakdown superpowers or just to give her an attachment to Westview even more and make her not want to leave at all

“She recasted Pietro” EVAN ! I’m so pumped for this - it seems this could turn into the X-Men making their debut earlier than expected possibly? In any case, it’s a nice little Easter Egg to the previous Fox franchise of X-Men movies where Evan played Peter Maximoff “Quicksilver” alongside James McAvoy as Prof X, Hugh Jackman as Wolverine and so many others - and with Deadpool being confirmed as Disney’s first R rated film, it seems Mutants are definitely on their way to the MCU

Agnes is definitely Agatha or a gender bent Nightmare

The way Billy shed himself and Tommy up was scary - definitely a little nod to his powers coming in

Multiple different perspectives of Wanda saying that Monica left

Red Hex dialled up to around light sources (computer, window, etc.)

Vision mentions reading Charles Darwin’s The Descent of Man - which could refer to Mutants entering the MCU, Mutants being superior to humans

Agnes calls herself Auntie Agnes - in episode 2 during the title sequence in the grocery store there’s a product called ‘Auntie A’s Kitty Litter’

Agnes refers to herself as a Tiger and in the episode, there’s a Tiger on the dining table in the kitchen - could that be a listening device, her eyes and ears?

There are no other children in Westview - Billy and Tommy are immune because they have no prior trauma

Elizabeth Olsen’s photos are real and slightly altered with Sokovian flags in the background

In the birthday shot of Billy and Tommy, they have ‘1,2,3,4,5’ candles all on one cake

In the holiday photos, Vision goes from Turkey to Easter Bunny, to Santa and progressively gets more unhappy - realising he no longer wants to play along in Wanda’s Hex

During Monica’s callbacks to seeing Wanda’s pain inside her head, we see a new shot of Wanda crying - it looks like it’s around the time she stole Vision’s corpse, as the outfit she’s wearing is very similar, if not the same - could this be an after shot of when she’s trying to bring Vision back?

During the scene where we see the footage of Wanda stealing Vision’s corpse, the S.W.O.R.D logo that appears on the table has 8 stars around the rim of the logo but then has a 9th one in the middle - could this be a little Easter Egg to the nine realms of the Cosmos? And there’s also a map showing Cape Canaveral, could that be where S.W.O.R.D’s headquarters are?

Wanda and Pietro were born in 1989 to Irina and Oleg Maximoff - who were killed in an air raid when the twins were 10. In the comics, Wanda and Pietro were raised by Django and Maria Maximoff, before their true parentage was revealed as being the children of Magneto, however, in the comics this has been retconned so that Wanda and Pietro are no longer Mutants and the High Evolutionary had just disguised them as Mutants (something I think they should undo tbh - MARVEL, PLEASE MAKE WANDA AND PIETRO MUTANTS AGAIN!!!)

Speaking of the air raid, that was also referenced in Age of Ultron by Pietro and Wanda - “We were 10 years old, having dinner the four of us. And the first shell hits 2 floors below, makes a hole in the floor” - was the beeping Stark toaster be what that was referring to?

WHIH reappears for a brief cameo as the news service in the MCU - and Hayward cuts off Jimmy as he was trying to defend Wanda’s reputation, in which Jimmy then turns to Darcy and says “I try not to speak ill of people” Darcy then follows up with “Then allow me, Hayward’s a-“ and then she’s cut off by a shot back to Hayward saying the word “Terrorist” which would make sense as it seems with Vision’s corpse, he may have been trying to make sentient weapons and by subverting Vision’s will and blaming Wanda of doing the same. In the footage shown of Wanda stealing Vision’s remains, we see Vision broken up into parts and S.W.O.R.D seems to be experimenting on him and this seems to be the robotics/nanotech project that Hayward was referring to. Monica asks Hayward about the footage saying “When was this?” to which Hayward replies saying “9 days ago. Maximoff stormed our facility, stole Vision’s body and resurrected him” - this would mean that Wanda took Vision 2 weeks after the events of Endgame, about a week before Monica returned to S.W.O.R.D and Hayward didn’t tell her any of this and when he sent her in there, he knew exactly what he was doing - with her reputation after Civil War, this makes it easier for Hayward to paint her as the villain.

Back in Westview, Tommy wears red and Billy wears green - which are the colours that Wiccan and Speed wear in the comics, respectively. And it’s also the colours that Wanda and Vision are known for and appears quite a lot in their wardrobes

More in regards to Sparky, he was the synthezoid dog in Tom King’s run of Vision - the story being that he was originally a dog named Zeke who unfortunately passed away after digging up the Grim Reaper’s corpse and getting zapped. The Grim Reaper’s helmet appears during the title sequence of Episode 2 in the floorboards. Could Sparky have been trying to dig up a similar thing when he was caught by Agnes and consequently killed?

Monica mentions that she knows this aerospace engineer, they’re never shown but she is seen texting them. Could it be Reed Richards a.k.a Mr Fantastic? Hayward did mention that some astronauts used to work for S.W.O.R.D before a mission went haywire - though it seems a bit lacklustre to introduce such highly anticipated characters this way. Could it instead be the Skrull daughter of Talos that Monica befriended at the end of Captain Marvel? She mentioned that they had extraterrestrial allies in episode 4 working with her and Fury as apart of S.W.O.R.D - in the Spanish subtitles they use the feminine articles for this engineer - so I think it’s more likely to be Talos’s daughter

The board that we saw in Episode 4 now includes the mailman, drivers license and all - could he be Jimmy’s missing witness?

The tension in the room after Jimmy references Carol is similarly seen when in Spider-Man: Far From Home, where Peter asks Skrull Fury/Talos “How about Captain Marvel?” To which Talos replies “Don’t involve her name”. Fury, Monica and Talos were all on the side of the Skrulls by then end of Captain Marvel and the space station that Fury was on maybe apart of S.W.O.R.D. So did Carol betray them?

A slight reference to Captain America: The First Avenger is made when Monica pulls a Peggy Carter and shoots at something to see if it’s bulletproof, in Peggy’s case it was the iconic Captain America shield and in the case of Monica, it was her clothes that she was wearing after Wanda threw her out of the Hex

Abilash (Norm) never states that Wanda is the one that Vision has to save them from, it’s just “her” - could this instead be Agnes?

When Billy is training Sparky to sit, he puts the treat by his ear up to his temple - a future reference that Billy will one day share the same powers as his mum?

During the scene in which Wanda leaves the Hex briefly, she turns the guns onto Hayward but none are trained on Monica - she may still trust Monica slightly, whereas with Hayward, she slightly more pissed off because of what he was doing to Vision’s remains. And turning a bunch of guns on the people you don’t trust? Like father, like daughter as Magneto pulls a similar move in one of the X-Men films - Hopefully, the big cameo they keep teasing will be Ian McKellan as Magneto or the Magnus of this House of M adaptation

During when Agnes “found” Sparky, she says he died from eating too many leaves from her plants - in the Tom King Vision run, one of Vision’s kids ends up killing Sparky and sees inside his stomach that there’s a plant that Agatha Harkness grows in her garden

All the names that appear during the credits that Wanda tries to run to end the show and to stop Vision from talking are names of people who work on the actual Wandavision show itself

When Evan Peter’s version of Quicksilver shows up, he says “Does a long lost bro get to squeeze his sister to death or what?” I DO NOT TRUST THIS PIETRO - Similar to Wandavision, the Fox X-Men movies moved up decade by decade - First Class was in the 1960s, Days of Future Past was in the 1970s, Apocalypse was in the 1980s and Dark Phoenix was in the 1990’s - which would make even more sense as MCU! Pietro wasn’t born until 1989, whereas Peter was active during the 1980s. I reckon that this Pietro is Jimmy’s missing witness, Agnes’s husband Ralph and is disguising itself as a comforting presence to Wanda as Vision no longer brings comfort and is trying to bring Wanda back to reality - and when he shows up, the mirror in the background behind Wanda is slightly distorted but his hand looks red and in the shot as well, there seems to be a grey arm reaching towards Pietro - in the shot itself behind and in front of Wanda, there’s nothing there but in the mirror, there is! Either way, I do not trust this Pietro and it’s just an entity trying to give Wanda the last thing that could make her happy - but it won’t last, as everything is already breaking down around her.

I seriously seriously love this show so much 💙

[0oolookitsme]

@fishnets-fingers REST OF THE PART 18 FEEDACK IS HERE!!!!! <33333

[“Okay. This is a prime college make out hotspot but,” he pauses, looking around] wait those are real?? i didn't think so!!!

[“You did tell me you were bored from painting from reference pictures of the internet. So, I had to bring you out to the best spot in a college town,” he shrugs.] AWWWWW

[Birds chirping, a dull buzz of crickets from the trees.] all i can think right now is that it'd be fun to take a nap over there lmao

[“Phoebe?” She suggests hesitantly. She’s not an idiot. Phoebe went to school in Chapel Hill and she must have been the one to show Harry this.] who she? *squints*

[ “Don’t be mad I’d rather be here with you right now in the sun rather than come here when it’s dark and-“] i mean it' defo not pleasing to hear but why would she be mad?

[“Please you have to be blind to not notice that she’s very very attractive. Light blonde, upturned button nose, legs that could go on for days. Please if you had passed up on that, I would smack you,” she laughs.] ahhh, why is t always some blonde chick??

[“What do you have planned for the flower braiding ceremony for your Aunt?”] oooh that sounds good!

[“Oh, like prayer things, lamps, and utensils for the ceremony and all. My grandmum shelled out money to buy those in silver and it’s got an antique look to it. Pretty cool. She insists that we now use them for every little thing so she can justify the money she spent on it,” she chuckles.] hahaha! niceeeeeeee!!

[“Sure I’d love to. I’ll even swing by early to get pictures of all you guys before it starts.”] not surprised <3

[Harry had just texted her out of the blue asking her to get ready for a date and to get her paints ready.] *grins*

[She envied women who could work with their bangs] there are those kind of women??

[Truth be told Harry had already got a peak at her work when he was sitting up straight, feeding her carrots dipped in hummus when she became snippy. He couldn’t help it, she was tiny and he had a better vantage.] heart: fluttering

[What he didn’t get to see was her reaching for her pencil again to sketch him in the paper, lazily lounging on his car as he soaked up the sunshine] i absolutely adore this woman

[“You don’t have to. I’ve been thinking of upgrading to something else and I wouldn’t have thought about doing it if you didn’t do that. So in a way, you’ve helped,” he says, not wanting her to spend her money. Plus, he was looking into getting something in gold after seeing all the gold she wears.] interesting. WAIT. THE GOLD CHOICE IS INSPIRED BY HER???? FUCKING AWWWWWWWWWWWWW

[“So that’s settled then. We’re not going.” He smiles in victory.] damn that was smart

[He always had this need to fill in uncomfortable silences. They most often felt awkward to him. But the silence with her was like falling asleep in the warmth of a sunbeam during the harsh winters. He was at ease. Although poets and movies described love as rainbows, a bolt of lightning, sparks flying, universe halting sensations, he came to the conclusion that the best kind of love was slow. Not like that fiery passionate displays of affection he was so used to watching in his precious romcoms.] shut up or else i'm gonna cry at 4pm.

[What he felt with Layla was like watching the sky slowly become dark with the promise of flickering stars. Like they were stitched together at the seams of a universe that ultimately didn’t belong to them. Like watching a flower bloom. Or watching a pot of stew bubble at the stovetop. Slow. Gentle. Sure. Peace. Fervent. Steady.] *tears up* *re-reads* *cries*

[She’d painted him. He feels his heart soar. He occupied a third of the art board. She got him exactly right. He could even make out the small Gucci on the frame of his sunglasses. His soft brown curls, the mole near his mouth, the tattoos on his arm, the floral design of his Fleetwood Mac t-shirt, the black stipe that ran on his baby blue trousers, his rings, everything was there. Her attention to detail was incredible. She’d captured the bustle of the college town without actually experiencing it, all from a distance.] Honestly, if I could, I would throw Harry off the stage and play the role of Layla's boyfriend.

[ “You’re so talented baby,” he coos.] I agree.

[He liked peeling masking tape from her artwork] same!

[“I’m taking you to an art museum for our next date] not me already looking forward to it.

[“Come here,” he mutters, grabbing her waist and pulling her to his chest. She walks backwards, so she’s trapped between the cold shiny body of the car door and Harry. He leans down to press his lips to the top of her head, whiffing generously at the concoction that he was frankly getting addicted to - baby soap, coconut, cocoa butter and Charlie Red. “I love you.”] *tears up*

[“Thank you,” she whispers, face flushing a warmth at his admission, it still somehow made her want to pinch herself.-His body reverberates against hers as he laughs, head thrown back. Boyish and carefree.-“What?”-“Thank you?” He sputters between giggles. “Who says thank you after someone else I love you?!?”-“Shut up!”] fucking crying.

////

[“Hello hellos,” Layla beams at the screen, as her friends’ faces fill up their designated rectangles] I literally memorized this half as 'The one with loads of socializing' lmfao

[Susan and Heidi] SUSAN!! HAHA HEYY GURL!

[Granted the calls were fewer but it didn’t stop them from sending random memes on the group every single day.] we love some good memes 😌

I bet Susan seems a little too gentle to people at the first sight but then they're like: ah, so I was just breaking down a shield since these last 6 months? lmao, just my thoughts on her

[“That’s really sweet of you. Is it that middle aged Lebanese woman?” Layla asks.] I love that you used 'Lebanese' here

[“Lails, when are you leaving for New Orleans?”] *flashbacks of The vampire diaries and The originals*

[“Have you met her? She’d probably be there before they open up,” Grace comments and it makes them laugh.] 😂😂

[“Nice. I hope you land it, bitch. This way when you tell your family about Jake, you can throw a government job at their faces,” Susan says] YASSS!!!

[Grace reaches for her juul and takes a big puff, letting out the smoke.] wait what's that??

[Her asthma kicked up in minutes and it happened that she’d forgotten her inhaler at home that day] ohh :(

[“Yeah. It comes in loads of flavours and it’s basically vapour.”] I still didn't get it but okay 👍

[“Babe!” Jake calls out. “I got the Maggi you wanted.”] I already like him

[Jake pops up behind Grace. Hands coming to rest on her shoulders, massaging them. ] nods

[“No no. It’s Maggi,” Susan states. She pronounces it like the name ‘Maggie.’] *snorts*

[“Shit. He’s right.”] wait fr?? ...oh wow, my whole life was a lie

[He also fingered me right there in the open. There was no one there but still,” Grace grins proudly.] alright. now I believe that there love is deep deep.

[“I also managed to rip out the necklace from his neck. He was in dude heaven because of his job well done,” she laughs and the others join in too] 😂😂

[“Shut up. You literally have sex until one of you taps out. With dudes it’s over after he comes. Like if Jake comes too soon, he fingers me but he’s the only guy that’s ever done that. The other dudes I slept with just come and collapse without a care about you,” Heidi explains.] hmmm

[Not Harry. I literally have to push Harry away when he’s going down on me,” Layla says with a smug face.] *grins with narrowed eyes, if you know what I mean*

[“Oh no. They didn’t force you to take drugs, did they?” Heidi asks, sitting up straight.] it better not be that or else I'm jumping in through the fucking screen of my laptop

[She’s an architect and she’s just this gorgeous person you know. She’s this hard core queer activist, she is a professional kuchipudi dancer, and she’s very humble] ooooooooooohhh i like her

[“Both. I’ve been crushing on her quite hard and she came over to my house, along with her friends, when my parents were at work and we somehow ended up in the kitchen and I just kissed her.”] 🎶kiss in the kitchen like it's a dance floor🎶

[“Does Meghana know?” Heidi inquiries.] ...who dat?

[“Meghana says she wants a break for a while,” Ramya continues. “She wasn’t mad or anything. She’s just sad.”] that's not any better than her not being mad if I say so

[“I’m just scared that I’ll have to choose and I don’t know.”] ah

[“Why can’t I love both Meghana and Krishna?”] I mean- there is something like a poly relationship..

[“Guys, I think I might be polyamarous. I’m not just saying things because I can’t choose. But I’ve been the kid who had so much love to give to others. I’ve tried the monogamy route with Meghana and you guys know, it’s something I don’t side with. Meghana gets jealous when I talk or flirt with others but I’ve never really cared when she does it, even if the flirting leads to more. So yeah, I know you bois don’t agree with-“] OMG YAYY

[“Just because we don’t side with something doesn’t make us any less proud and you any less loved,” Grace reassures.] :)

[“Yes, bitch. Go be yourself unapologetically. That’s all we want for you,” Layla chimes in.] YASS!!

[“Thanks ladies.” Ramya wipes her nose with the back of her hand. “I was just scared you guys would be disappointed in me.”] aw :(

[Layla notices something moving and finds a paper airplane flying into her room and landing softly at the foot of her bed.] :D

[Will you be able to come over and spend the night with me??

You won’t be here for five days and I just want a good cuddle that’ll keep me going that long.

I’ll even throw in a shoulder massage and let you scratch my back to help you doze off.

Pleaseeeeeeeee…

xox] ok now. I need to calm down.

[“Aiyo! How precious!” Heidi squeaks, with her hand on her chest.] LOVE THE AIYO!!

////

[These are Harry’s favourite types of mornings. When he wakes up to see his sweet girl deep in slumber beside him. She woke up with a jerk today and rolled over to his side, and he took that as an opportunity to ink some kisses on her skin. Secretly, he prefers morning sex. As much as Layla pouts to go brush her teeth beforehand, there’s something about the lazy, uncoordinated, unhurried gentleness of it all. He noticed that she was very reactive and sleep warm in the mornings, from having burrowed under the covers all night long. That’s how she ended up on top of him now, catching their breaths, basking in their post-coital bliss. Both bodies covered in a sheen of sweat they managed to work up. Harry found having her full weight on him to be comforting, like having his personal weighted blanket that was warm - her ice cube feet and hands being the only cons.] 💖💖💖💖💖

[“Har,” she props her head up, so she can look him in the eyes. “Please don’t make me feel guilty for wanting to experience things.”] aw hell naw

[“No, listen to me. I’ve dreamed of going to [New Orleans ever since I watched the Princess and the Frog. When we got to planning the trip, way before I booked my plane tickets for spending time with Auntie and Uncle, I just knew that Halloween and New Orleans together were right up the things I love. I mean think of me going cemetery tours at this time of the year and watching the Halloween parade at the French Quarter. Plus, the food. Ever since Earl and I made that gumbo from his wife’s recipe book - I was in love. I would love for you to join us. I really do. I had so much fun at the Smoky Mountains and Vermont but we’ve booked this months in advance.”] dayum

[“The grill bar downtown is hosting a horror movie trivia contest and I just thought about how much fun we would have. With you as my partner, I’m sure that coupon gift has our names on it. And there’s the town’s fall fair in Chapel Hill. It sucks that you’re not here, that’s all,” he tells her. His accent was much thicker with his sleep raspy drawl, it never failed to make Layla melt.] ohh

[“How about we have a trivia contest of our own? We could do it with Mitch and Sarah when we FaceTime again. We could do boys versus girls or couple versus couple. It could be fun,” she proposes.

“We could, I guess,” he replies, warily.

“Why do I have a feeling this is just not about the trivia contest?” She sighs, pushing a brown ringlet that stuck to his forehead because of the sweat.

“I just stupidly thought that we’d spend all our time together because you’ll be leaving in a soon,” he mumbles.

“It’s not stupid. I do really want to spend all my time with you too,” she reassures him. “I promise once I’m back from this trip, I’m all yours.”

“I’m sorry that I’m going to be leaving soon,” she continues. “I told you this before, let’s take it one day at a time, yeah?”

He nods. “I’m going to miss you so much, baby.”

“I’m gonna miss you too,” she coos, as she closes the distance between their lips] okay. this whole last half made me tear up. pass me a handkerchief, will you?

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AND WE ARE DONE!! HURRAY HAHA! LOVED THIS MAYA <33333

[lululawrence]

do you know any good abo fics! ty

sad;gkhas;fdlksaj HELLO! i’m so so sorry i haven’t made the rec before now! but YES! i have LOTS of excellent a/b/o fics for you!

first of all, you can check out previous a/b/o fic recs i have made here: rec | rec | rec | rec | 

and i also have a masterpost of fics i’ve written that are a/b/o here

that said, last time i made an a/b/o specific fic rec was apparently about a year and a half ago, and when i checked my bookmarks for a/b/o fics i saved just since that time, i found almost 80 fics. i am NOT going to list all 80 here. lol as much as i would like to. instead i’ll share the 20 most recent fics i have bookmarked with the a/b/o tag and hope that suffices for now! You can find them all under the cut :D

A Distant Hazy Light by @greenfeelings / green_feelings - this fic blew my mind and is the first part of three she has planned and i just cannot recommend it highly enough??? the whole concept of the fic as well as the way it all unravels and various things come to light is beautiful and compelling and i adored it.

Like Candy In My Veins by @littlelouishiccups / littlelouishiccups - this is an oldie but a goodie! it was deleted a little while ago, but the author reposted it for us, which i’m very pleased about. it is such a fun fake relationship christmas fic that i’ve always enjoyed.

the way that you're thrilling me by @hereforlou / hereforlou - love me some non-traditional a/b/o pairings! this one is omega/omega and the self discovery as well as exploration with each other is just lovely. i very very much appreciated the way it was all handled and described and i am so very fond of this harry and louis hehe

don't know if i could ever go without by @lovehl / ifthat - okay this fic is so much fun, i love the world building. omegas are not equal to alphas and therefore have a hard time finding a job and louis ends up hiding he’s an omega in order to get a job at an alpha only firm. except he isn’t doing as good of a job as he thinks he is and that is just something i really really enjoy reading hahaha

I Should've Known by @28vinyl / nikogda - this is another omega/omega pairing BUT it’s a poly fic! there’s SO much pining after their alpha neighbor, liam, and he’s attracted to them too, but doesn’t thin he can do anything about it and the way the alpha and omega dynamics are played with are just... it is SO much fun. i loved this fic so much too.

First Moments of Freedom by @jaerie / jaerie - i feel like it’s a common caution i give to anyone i’m reccing jenna’s fics to, but i’ll repeat it once more: please read the tags. haha i loved this fic and as with all of hers it is so well written, but it covers some dark and triggering topics, so just please take care of yourself. if it is something you are still interested in reading after traversing the tags, then you’ll be taken on a journey, that’s for sure.

Rose Pink Omega by KatnissPotter1 - this one was a lot of fun because so much about the fic felt like a/b/o fics from 2014/2015, back when they were harder to find. it gave me such a sense of nostalgia haha! it’s omega harry and his twin alpha marcel, and omega louis is roommates and besties with harry, and then on top of all of that Louis is a camboy and it’s a uni au and... yeah. there’s just a lot all shoved together in this and it felt like a fun throwback reading it!

When Tomorrow Comes by @jacaranda-bloom / jacaranda_bloom - okay listen. i am a SUCKER for fics that focus on scenting, and this fic is such a fun way of looking at all of that, PLUS it has ALPHAS nesting!!! i’m also a sucker for nesting, but alphas??? omg i looooooved that. and the idea of soulmates all as a part of it, it just was such fun and i really loved it.

Shadows Come With The Pain That You're Running From (Love Was Something You've Never Heard Enough) by hlftanna - another secret omega fiiiic! this one is more canon compliant, but i really really love when the secrets build up to tension and misunderstandings and just really like seeing how it all plays out and comes together and seeing what all makes it fall apart and i got that in this fic so it was defo fun! hehe

Confessions of a Fabricated Alpha by @jaerie / jaerie - another secret omega fic!!! in this one louis works for a phone sex line and harry calls in to get the kind of stability he craves that he can’t get as a famous, secret omega and omgggggg the way it all unfolds is so lovely and i wanna protect and cuddle and love both of them and i told jenna that while i read it i wanted to wrap myself around harry and snarl at everyone surrounding him in the fic hahaha so yeah, it evoked a clearly emotional response in me which imo signifies an excellent fic haha

Home (It's You) by sunniskies - okay okay okay! miscommunicationnnnnn due to making a poorly timed joke with someone who misunderstands because of previous traumatic experiences? YES PLEASE. seeing them have to get past that hurdle when it happens not just once but a few times just has me all excited lol they are neighbors in this one and it’s so fun to see them interact when they are feeling awkward and gah yes love

Tastes like Strawberries by @sadaveniren / SadaVeniren - the classic i texted the wrong person kicks off this fic and i love how it turns out anyway. it’s so funny because louis just needs cuddles so so bad and harry just wants louis to have what he needs despite the fact he hardly knows him and then... well. it’s sada so if you’ve ever read any of her fics i’m sure you can imagine where it goes lol it’s wonderful, as per usual.

We Both Got Nothing to Hide by @chloehl10 / lovelarry10 - AND THEY WERE ROOMMATES!!! hahahaha seriously though, this one features pining! in the form of a SECRET NEST!!!! i just. a secret nest? so vulnerable i love it so much and don’t really know what more to say without giving plot away. secret nesting. roommates. what more do you even need?

If you let me be your man by @lightwoodsmagic / lightswoodmagic (sarah_writes) - sarah hits SO HARD with this fic and i LOVE it!!! zayn is so close to his heat that he doesn’t even realize he’s literally sniffing out an alpha based on his scent being so appealing and the way it all comes together is so so great. liam is so soft and wanting to be so good and zayn just WANTS HIM SO BAD i cannot. i cannot handle it. love.

Unplanned Circumstances by @haztobegood / haztobegood - a/b/o zouis!!! secret agent zayn! accidental pregnancy with a one night stand! ohhhhh this is so so so great and it’s once again the first part of the story! we have been promised more! i cannot wait because we have been promised a happy ending, we just don’t have it yet and i am here for it.

Promise Me You Won't Run Away by @thinlinez / thinlines - royalty au! it isn’t so much famous/non famous, but harry is just a knight and defo of lower status than prince louis, and ohhhhh!! it’s childhood friends to lovers secret relationship that also features HURT COMFORT and anticipated genders that don’t necessarily pan out and it’s just. oh goodness it is so much and i love it

i'll be by your side (anytime you're needing me) by genuinelylarry - omega/omega! friends to lovers! and they were ROOMMATES!!! featuring hurt/comfort and not wanting to overstep boundaries and not knowing about their ~preferences, and gahhhhhh the pining and longing and ahhhhh so many wonderful components all coming together in this one as well.

The Prince and the Thief by @jaerie / jaerie - an a/b/o take on tangled!!! it is even written in a way that has it read like a fairy tale. it’s so so so fun and silly and innocent while still being sexy and intense and they somehow find their way to their own happily ever after. it’s so lovely and soft and spoiled prince harry is just wonderful hahaha

Compete Against the Stars by @daggerandrose / amomentoflove - I LOVE THIS! SO MUCH! i am a sucker for a good shifter pack fic and in addition to that louis is the “rising omega” of his pack and ends up in an arranged marriage with the rising alpha from another pack and has never met him. then he goes to uni and meets harry and wants him so bad and i’m sure you can see the twist coming but how they get there?!?! is so great!!!! omg i cannot even... it’s just so so so great. i loved every second.

Dare you to move by @shining-louist / Whoopsiedaisiesss - omega activist louis! meets alpha harry at one of his marches! harry is so insecure and a blogger and louis is so strong and fierce and the way they kind of revolve around each other is so lovely. i really enjoyed seeing how louis helped harry come out of his shell and the way it came together in the end.

[dragonssparkle]

a critical role s2 pining beau/jester college au concept I will never do anything with but planned extensively ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Beau: Sophomore. Already jaded. Doing her best. Plays field hockey very aggressively. (also does some martial arts club stuff) Everyone thinks she’s here on a sports scholarship but nope! she’s majoring in history and is REALLY smart actually and is here on a full ride scholarship cause her parents refused to help her pay through college after trouble she caused in high school. She wants no one to know this and would rather be perceived as ‘uncaring jock’

>> Classes: World Wars, War in Literature, Theater I, History of Musical Theater

Jester: Freshman. Bubbly. READY TO GO! She’s an art major and LIVING HER BEST LIFE! Her mom is VERY wealthy and putting her through college easily. Is trying to start a cult (but in like a joking college way... they think. they’re pretty sure.)

>> Classes: Drawing Fundamentals, Painting Fundamentals, Freshman Writing Course, Poetry Workshop Fjord: Freshman. Not sure what he wants to major in yet. Was going to do business but the RA keeps nudging him towards switching majors because he is VERY stressed and doesn’t like his major at all. it’s only been a month

>> Classes: Statistics, Freshman Writing Course, Calculus, Into to Psychology

Cad: Senior? They think... No one is sure and he refuses to give a straight answer. A lot of people seem to think he’s been around longer than 4 years. Calm. Religions studies dual major with psychology. Doesn’t do well on exams yet is very knowledgeable and doesn’t seem to actually be failing his classes? Help him. RA. All the freshmen go to him for advice. Sometimes he will come to them before they even realize they need advice. An enigma.

>> Classes: Thesis…. class? (man idk i’m only going in junior year and i’m an art major) Religion and Nature, Religion and Medicine, (some sort of psychology class)

Veth (nickname to certain friends: Nott): Junior. Chemistry major. Has been accused of stealing things from unlocked rooms multiple times. Has yet to be caught. Unsure if she’s actually done these things. Is always seen with Caleb and hanging around his classes. Does she actually go to her own classes? Unknown. Also an enigma but a different kind. Dating the intro to chem TA (first year grad student).

>> Classes: The Organic Chemistry of Polymers, Molecular Neurobiology, Chemical Thermodynamics and Kinetics, Theater I

Caleb: Junior. English major. Has an emotional support cat that is sometimes permitted to wander the hall. He’s not supposed to let it out of his room but Cad never tells on him. Doesn’t really talk to people much. Very diligent with class and studies. There are some whispers about some really bad stuff happening at his high school, but few people know what happened.

>> Classes: War in Literature, The American Renaissance, Poetry Workshop, Multivariable Calculus

Molly: Junior. Film major, theater minor. Transferred from another college and changed his entire vibe after. New place new face. (there are some whispers there’s more to the change. something about a bad accident. he doesn’t talk about it). Always seems to be around. Has defo gotten in trouble a few times.

>> Classes: Poetry Workshop, History of Musical Theater, Social Justice in Film, Musical Production Participation

Yasha: doesn’t actually go to school here. Stays in molly’s room when she comes by. Quiet. Big. Some shit went down a while back. She keeps the flowers in molly’s room alive. he’s bad at it. Oh this thing was WAY longer than I thought. More content under the cut!

Shared Classes: War in Literature: Beau, Caleb

Theater I: Beau, Nott

History of Musical Theater: Beau, Molly

Freshman Writing Course: Jester, Fjord

Poetry Workshop: Jester, Molly, Caleb Rooms:

Beau and Jester’s Room:

Jester’s side is decorated with frills and the walls are practically covered in clothesline ropes and clips for hanging doodles. So many plushies. Everything is more or less tidy and clean. There’s a photo of her mom on her desk. Shrine to the traveler on her desk. She is running a cult someone stop her. Jester put fairy lights all over the room. Beau’s side is pretty plain all things considered. She has sports gear and some other stuff. Blue covers. No photos. A bunch of books on her shelf and notes all over her desk. Beau is… messy.

Caleb and Veth’s Room:

A fucking disaster someone help them. There are books and papers everywhere. Veth’s bed can be better described as a nest. Where is her desk? is it under that pile of random things? Possibly. No one is sure. They have not cleaned the floor ever. At least they take out the trash? Has anyone ever seen them in the laundry room? Do they do laundry? There’s a cat tree in there. It’s the only surface without things on it. The cat runs the room. It has only been a month. Veth isn’t even always there, often goes to Yeza’s apartment

Molly’s Room (also sorta of yasha’s):

A surprising amount of flowers in pots. He has a bunch of tapestries on the walls. Fairy lights. Lots of fancy pillows. He’s taken over the other bed with pillows, blankets, and clothes after Fjord left to stay with Cad a month in. Lot of wild clothes everywhere. Makeup and hair products on the desk along with assorted jewelry. He has his schedule hanging up on his closet door.

Caduceus’s Room:

Started in the room alone before he let Fjord move over. So many plants. Including succulents and funguses. Some of them may be poisonous? Some crystals. A little shrine in the corner. He has a tank of pet beetles. He loves them very much but doesn’t seem to care much if one dies? He just puts them with the funguses if they do and makes little necklaces with the wing shells. Some glow mushrooms. His whole room smells like tea and he usually has a little pot going on a hot tray. The top bunk used to be for plants. Now it is for Fjord.

Plot points in no particular order:

Getting to campus

Meeting hall mates

when beau first gets to room jester is already set up and her first thought is “god damn it i’m suck with a girly girl”

beau listening to jester talk forever and ever about fjord. it is killing her

Meeting jester (and they were Roommates. my god they were roommates)

beau leads a ‘yoga class’ for her friends

beau gets in, like, an actual fight

molly gets really badly beat up. at one point because of something idk. probably was cheeky to the wrong drunk person. DOES NOT DIE FUCK YOU

Tattoos!!!!! 

Beau talking with molly. he gives her advice

Caduceus just watching her closely. He doesn’t bring it up but has his eye on her. gotta love that high wisdom

Molly directs a musical theater show for a club he’s in

Veth comes to War in Literature with caleb every class. beau is confused to find out she is not, in fact,  in this class when she doesn’t show up for an exam

Theater time with Veth and Molly

Confessing to Veth. who offers to do something but doesn’t when beau begs her not to

seeing jester get together with fjord and sad times

confessing and jester kisses her. jester has TWO! HANDS!

classes with caleb (veth is also there)

beau switches to a different room halfway through the year cause she can’t do this

meals with the crew

Jester birthday time!!!

Some sort of nightlife adventure

DRINKING TIME PARTY!

gay thoughts about yasha but knowing it wouldn’t work. not doting on it much. Yasha was her freshman crush, but has someone else

Beau goes to one of jester’s cult meetings. there is a concern

Haha. A lot. I’d as that if someone wants to do something with all (gestures vaguely) this please ask though ask or dm first. When will the hiatus end

[the32ndbeat]

Ship ur mutuals w/ members of NCT127!

ahh another of the ship asks ( not that I’m complaining lmao it’s a good distraction from my current wips )

also whoever asked this question, thanks for letting me exercise my one remaining braincell haha

kara - @hae-sicheng​

sicheng!

not just because he’s her bias but bc they just seem so compatible in my eyes

they are both relatively soft spoken but extremely kind

i feel like they’re both the type who prefer to let others take the spotlight

and would prefer to support their friends from behind

he appreciates how giving and caring she is

will very easily be able to connect on a deep emotional level with each other i believe

a very wholesome pairing tbh

dee - @atbzkingdom​

i think i’ve mentioned this before but taeyong

they are pretty similar personality wise and i feel like taeyong would like someone who is able to think the same way he does

as leader of 10 men who are collectively mentally 10, he’s defo on panic mode some days

she can help to listen to his woes and just be there for him

which he would greatly appreciate and love her for

she gets him like no one else does and he gets her like no one else does

having the same kind of mindset might also mean that it’s easier for them to relate to and understand each other

bea - @chaoticdeobi​

i’m thinking jaehyun would be a good match for bea

imo they have such a calming aura that always makes the ppl around them feel comfortable and at ease

since jaehyun has always had to put up with the image of seemingly being this perfect being

i feel like bea is someone that ppl can easily open up to and he is no exception

he can truly be himself around her and not be afraid of getting judged

honestly i’ve always thought of jaehyun’s ideal type being like someone like bea

so this was a pretty easy pairing

clarie - @passionfruithyuck​

johnny comes to mind when i thought of clarie

i don’t rly perceive them as having similar personalities but rather opposites

johnny is a lot more outgoing and i feel like he’d be able to coax her out of her shell and get her to open up to him

she can sort of tame him down a little

they make up for each other for whatever the other is lacking

basically when they’re together, they’re both able to help to make each other a better person

case of opposite attracts?

anie - @mjlkau​

hyuck probably!

they would make a dynamic duo

but they’d probably be the couple that loves to go around playing pranks on everyone else together

to me, they both seem so lively 

they both make the mood in their group of friends

your number 1 hype couple honestly

idk it’s just that whenever i talk to anie, i get such positive energy that i usually associate with hyuck ^^

leyna - @jensungf​

hmm mark...?

leyna is just so caring and always looks out for other ppl and i think that’s something mark rly rly appreciates in a partner

as someone who’s part of almost every nct subunit except wayv, he’s probably super overworked at times

but doesn’t necessarily like to admit it

she is able to perceive any changes in his mood and will 100% be there for him whenever he needs her

he’s also a very chill sort of guy who seems like he’s always in a good mood just like leyna

i just think they’d be able to hit off well

rose - @guccibeomgyu​

yuta lmao

this girl is so delightfully random and funny

i think yuta would be so intrigued by someone like rose

he might be used to ppl being intimidated by his presence but with rose, he doesn't get the same vibe

she’s super carefree, doesn’t rly give a fk about what ppl say about her

and yuta would 100% be into that

seeing as he’s just like that too

basically your sassy, ‘fk everyone go us’ couple

allie - @nzeeten

first thought: doyoung 

talking to allie is so refreshing

i feel like she’s able to think things through in a very logical way

i might be wrong but that’s what it seems like to me

she seems mature beyond her years

i believe doyoung would want someone who’s very emotionally and mentally mature in their thinking

i can already envision them having like intellectual talks tgt

and they just get each other you know what i mean?

also i’m sorry if i didn’t include some of my other moots here haha i was like half falling asleep as i was doing this! if you wanna know which nct 127 member i’d ship you with, just shoot me an ask or dm me!

[haikyuu-tee]

OwO matchup?Im 5'2 female looking for male match up.Im rather nervous around people at first and need to hide behind someone who is okay with me clinging to the bottom of their shirt. I like d&d,video games,memes, big dogs and cats (small dogs are mean and scary).I like to pace around and daydream to music. Once im use to people i tend to open up more and talk about things.I need my quiet time but I still want someone around to cuddle up to and just silently do things with.I enjoy being read to

Suga:

Reasons:

Chill as fuck

can still be more extroverted to bring her out of her shell 

fine with comfortable silences and skinship

Meme King(™) I don’t accept criticism. 

Would be down to clown with some D&D I feel like he’s super creative and witty. Would love the storyline aspect and would make a 10/10 DM.

Would love seeing you come out of your shell, and would be so proud of you when you become close with everyone in the volleyball club.

Soft dates, and stay at home dates often

Suga would be a great boyfriend, just the right amount of mature and absolute child energy in one person.

Would absolutely melt/be a smug lil shit every time you hide behind him. 

First Meeting:

Probably in the same class I imagine.

At first you’d kinda go under the radar for Suga, he’s friendly sure but he doesn’t know everybody.

When he does notice you I imagine it’s like you’re in your head listening to music on the way back from lunch, and it’s a bit of a meet cute.

He doesn’t notice you and you kinda just run into each other.

You are both apologizing profusely, you more embarrassed than him i’m sure, but he’d think it was really cute.

From then on he’d wanna get to know you better, he’d find your shy personality endearing.

How you get together:

Again, I feel like him watching you open up and become more comfortable with everyone would make him super proud.

He probably gets a big ol crush on you pretty quickly. Daichi and Asahi try to get him to confess because y’all would be SO CUTE.

He’s a nervous bean, but I feel like you guys would be hanging out after practice, and you’d be just kinda chilling out. Maybe you’re talking excitedly about a new game, or you’re so immersed in your current one you find yourself leaning into him and he’s PANICked.

Suga would just be so mesmerized by the moment a confession would kinda just loudly slip out. (see: kiyoko holding his hands and him immediately jumping to marriage this boi is wildt)

It’s perfect, you’re both embarrassed, but both very happy.

Noya:

Reasons: 

Would LOVE a girl to hide behind him and be soft with. 

Another memer, and probably pretty good at video games. 

Had a doggo as a kid and overcame his fears confident king who will help you open up to others for fucking sure.

A protective boyo, and would be the extrovert to your introvert.

He’d also be such a good boyfriend, just wants to make a girl happy.

Would always hype you up for everything you do.

Reason i don’t think he’d fit as well as suga:

He’d be TOO extroverted, defo a lot to handle at first meeting.

He’s not good at knowing boundaries without them being explicitly set for him

He’d be terrible at quiet time, but would genuinely try his best. I personally just think that he’s not good at sitting still with nothing to take up his energy.

[fuck-customers]

*names have been changed*

okay a defo fuck coworkers story.

i've worked for the same high-end fashion company for almost five years now, part-time, mostly, although full time during the time i wasn't in school.

i've been at my current store for almost the duration of that (i worked for 6 months at my 'original store' before moving and securing a transfer and i did have two 3 months  stints at new stores to help ease opening) 

so we got quite a lot of new staff recently. we lost quite a lot due to (1) ongoing conflict and (2) having to be quite short with hours, so we transferred some people so they could be full time at a store with better hours (3) similar, some part time people who lived nearer to another store transferred for ease.  

first intake was ellie and robert. ellie was immediately good and got it - she was 20, so a year younger than me. she got customer service, store standards, procedures sooooo quickly - you'd think she worked there for year. robert was good, too, but not as good as ellie - slightly rusty on processes and was a bit nervy on the cash desk. to be expected. 

we then hired another two - scott and kaz. they're both 17 but very young 17, if that makes sense? kaz seemed like they'd be good - talkative and loud but kaz is always late and doesn't do anything when they're in. scott is probably the most dense boy i've ever met. i can't even begin to explain. you tell him something and he doesn't get it. like at all. he has the same dumb expression on his face at all times, he can't work the cash desk, he doesn't know how to pull stock, he doesn't listen to what our manager has to say... i could go on...

then five more people come along. three of which are christmas temps. they're all terrible. apart from callum who i just think has pretty bad social anxiety and will be fine once he's managed to settle a bit. honestly. i don't know where my work found them. we have a full-time staff member who helps recruit and honestly, she shouldn't have been given the job. again, most of these guys are 17, too, and although i got hired super young these guys are young. one didn't understand how to clean spilled coffee from the floor, another didn't know how to tie a bin bag... just to highlight their 'i depend on my mum to do everything behaviour'.

i 100% understand that people take a while to come out of their shells at work. with this job, i've also had two or three other jobs on the side at various times, even as late as this summer and i know what it's like to be new and needing a lot of support.

but, these guys are something else. honestly. our manager can't leave the shopfloor for a second for chaos to break out. with the exception of ellie, robert and callum everyone is just... bad? as long as i've known my boss (three and a half years) he's been so chill and kind and patient and understanding with everyone.

over black friday, our sales were awful. and it was all the hours where it was mostly the new staff (with the exceptions) being on. our survey response rate, that since as long as i can remember was over 85% satisfied, is now down to 53% - even last christmas when we hired five temps, and a lot of them needed support, it never dipped lower than 85-86%. these guys just dont know how to do their job and everyone sees it.

my main duty in the store (as i've worked there for so long i have a specialised role) is stockroom. i only work weekends and evenings generally but i have my own email account and i get paid a rate for maintaining the stockroom. but cause these guys have been so bad, on evening shifts i've had to support my store manager and supervisors, essentially being another manager, because these guys just need everything spoon fed to them.

a few weeks ago someone was yelling at me about a faulty product she had purchased from us a couple of months back. she still wanted it but it was now discontinued. so my solution was a 20% price reduction, which she took, i talked the two new guys hovering over me - not doing work - how to go around this, and told them they always needed to ask a manager or the likes of a senior member of staff (like myself or the recruiter) if they can do this. i tell them to always check to see if we have the product. if so, we can swap it. if not, we can offer a price reduction and a refund. this is in accordance with the law and is also just economical. they're not authorised to do this anyway, so would need to get one of us over anyway to put through the transaction. but. surprise surprise. someone comes in with a faulty jacket we do stock about an hour later and the guy puts through the price reduction and gets me over to authorise it. i just do it, as hes already said she could. but. he didnt even offer her the exact same (undamaged) jacket that we had in stock. 

now, it's christmas. essentially. we got 6 weeks of rotas posted (black friday week until near year posted). everyone was asked what one out of xmas eve/boxing day/nye they would like off - obviously everyone always says boxing day but my manager made us all fill in a form to detail if we COULD work this shift. so, i said i'd prefer boxing day off as public transport is bad and boxing day is bad but i could work it as i would be around AND worst comes to worst i could get a cab in. so, i was scheduled in boxing day. other staff who said they could do it were, too, but now everyone is saying they cant work boxing day as their family is going away and they cant work nye because they already made plans.

whats even worse is that literally three of the new guys mums have phoned the store to beg for their kids to get basically the whole of xmas/new year week off because "we always do this...they're only 17..." whatever. 

DONT.TAKE.AJOB.IN.RETAIL.IF.YOU.CANT.WORK.THE.SHIFTS!

[fragile-contents]

Here goes all 50 adorable asks for raebeatle ✨ 1. I haven't met my soulmate yet! 2. My favourite colours when I was young were yellow blue and green and its the same then as it is now ✨ 3. Sometimes I wear eye shadow :0 I usually wear like browns and pinks when I do ✨ 4. I wouldn't say so no, a crush ain't too serious 5. I personally dont believe love at first sight, more love at first conversation yk? 6. I'm a realist and a pessimist 😎 I'm a real miserable fucker if I'm honest 7. My first kiss was gross. In a dark cold room, sloppy and wet asf barely even lasted one second I didn't know what the fuck was going on and I was not at all up for being kissed and tbh I'm up for redoing my first kiss with someone else as long as it ain't that shit 8. I own lots of stickers! I have tonnes of sketch books, journals, pens and pencils and I stg I have boxes upon boxes full of stuff I have a problem 9. Really just everything on my blog is my aesthetic and same goes for my fb 🌟 10. Yea I wear dresses a lot! A skirt is part of our school uniform so like yea I wear skirts too 11. My hair is brown its a messy bob kinda? Like slightly above my shoulders, bed head 24/7 12. It depends on what I'm at like if I'm doing something I rlly like then time goes super fast but if its bleak shite then its such a drag 13. I either conk out at half five in the evening and get up and half three the next day or I dont sleep til 3am and am up 2 hours later full of energy or just don't sleep at all there's no in between tbh 14. Toffee or fudge is my favourite sweet food!! Or peaches 🍑 15. I love tea, coffee and hot cocoa ✨🍵✨ 16. Literally cannot pick just one I love them all! 17. I dont remember any games I played as a kid except for the ratatouille ds game that was the best thing ever 18. Honestly I read Macbeth when I need comforting its a nice way of reminding myself things aren't so bad Mara you didn't kill the king, go power-hungry and get killed by a dude who was born by caesarean yk? Nice stuff 💖 19. Mermaid all the way!! 🌊 20. Nah I defos dont fall in love easily I take forever 21. Breeze is my favourite word 🍃 22. Absolute fucking disaster 23. I do like total dad dancing to eighties music in public places and that's that 24. I never wear fake nails but I paint my nails some times :0 25. Yea lots of people confess to me 26. I do lie but its only to stop people from getting hurt or to stop myself getting in trouble for never doing homework lmao 27. Literally everything I am never not smiling help me 28. I cried at the first Shrek movie so I think that says enough about what makes me cry 29. David bowie as the goblin king in the labyrinth when I was like 10 30. H e l l n o 31. Not rlly superstitious I'm like kindastitious 32. 12 year old me and how I wish I could go back and slap her with a brick 💖 33. I love candy! I really love jelly tots and anything butterscotch flavoured! 34. Generally a lot of the holidays I go on have the fun and enjoyment totally sucked out of them BC we always go to England and my aunt and cousins live there and don't believe in enjoying life its all go go go no time to look at anything we plan the holiday for you and its not what you want to do but fuck you kinda thing? Like last year was the best tbh BC (I'm a horrible person) we were given a days break from them since one of my cousins broke her arm and we got a days peace but srsly we didnt want them near us my granny told them we were coming there was no escape. Its rlly bad too since our family isn't religious at all and they force the christian belief down your throat and my oldest cousin is a total fucking creep around me yikes 35. I love every season except winter. Irish winters suck arse 36. I am 100% dog person! 37. I'm quite loud tbh 38. 90's aw yes 39. Denim jackets and bootcut jeans tbh ✨ 40. Once I had a dream that I was in this city and it was full of lil gecko dudes with normal gecko bodies but with human limbs? And I was walking about eating a nice pineapple pizza and they were all amazed they were like wow the prophecy was true and I was like yes lads idk what the prophecy was but I'm rolling with it so I got crowned king and one geck was like shit lads she's a girl should she not be a queen? And I'm like nah its cool being the king is rad too so I got a cape of like shed snake skin and a crown of egg shells and the gecko people kept bringing me slices of pizza and cute mutant human limbed gecko babies to kiss on the forehead for that good ol Irish luck and it was so nice I was really loving life 41. My dads friend Scott, he was loud and tall and had a Scottish accent even though he was from derry and I didn't understand what he was so I hid behind the sofa every time he came to visit 44 because apparently there's no 42 it just skips straight to this but that's cool. I flirt sometimes? Its mostly just messing about though 45. I tend to dress in lots of greens, blacks and greys and look like I crawled out of the bin most days 😎 46. Yea I blush 47. ✨🌸 I feel nothing🌸✨ 🌠🌟 I have been dead inside for years🌟🌠☀🌻 know any good assassins🌻☀ 48. I'm a hella big crier and I'm also smiling 24/7 smile while I cry nothing can stop the smile 49. I honestly cannot remember my first love 50. My last love was just a crush I had a while back ✨