#i knew it was a lot bc that's kind of his reputation (boo) but i didnt realise how much it actually is

[vlindervin7]

realised yesterday just how often hozier actually used to sing about being not quite alive, not feeling like a person, about loving someone in a way that defies death and made him more alive, about suffering death for love. it's like he was constantly being buried underground and unearthed by love, over and over, which, while romantic in a way, is also incredibly sad. but i think it's interesting how his latest album (literally called 'unreal unearth') takes this idea and makes it its central theme. that's what this album is, one man's descent into the underworld. except, crucially, he makes it to the other side, and ends the album saying the darkness will come again, but this time he is "never going back [to hell] again." it feels like such a full-circle moment considering the rest of his discography and i'm so very excited to see what comes after this

[robinofgothamcity]

♡ prompt: "it's us against the world now, isn't it?"

♡ pairing: octavian x fem! reader

♡ note: not checked for grammar or spelling mistakes / yeah, i'm writing octavian fanfic....you can pry this anemic ass mf from my cold roman hands. although, this will be a school au but with the demigod aspect still thrown in bc i just :') i can't stand the way he went out in BoO.

being Reyna's sister, you knew you had a reputation to uphold. not the way that she did but you were still seen as strong, independent, and someone who held a position of power firmly. although, unlike your sister, you didn't make yourself out to be so uppity and firm all the time.

you did have your fun, specifically when you were around the Greeks on the other side of campus. you knew they didn't mind being around Romans, it was the other way around. most Romans hated being around the greeks. Reyna didn't necessarily hate them either but you were a lot more friendlier than she was.

"where are you heading too?" Reyna asked as she saw you put your books into your book bag. you saw the text Piper sent you, "Piper and Annabeth wanted to hang out. something about Piper needing an outfit for her date with Shel tonight," you replied as you heard Octavian's gag from the other end of the table.

"do you have something to say?" you asked, turning around, giving him a look of almost disgust. "you really need to limit your time around....them," was all Octavian said as you rolled your eyes, "as a Roman, you have a responsibility to uphold and you being around those Greek idiots ruins it."

you saw Annabeth text you, telling you that they were going to leave you if you didn't show up in the next ten minutes, "Octavian, maybe if you didn't hate people so much, you'd learn that they aren't any different than we are, our parents are just different," Octavian himself stood up, hauling his books into his hand and bumping into you before turning the corner.

"what a prick," Reyna murmured as you agreed. you gave your sister a quick kiss on the cheek before heading to where you said you'd meet up with Piper.

just as you turned a corner, you felt yourself get pulled into an empty utilities closet. you couldn't help but start laughing as the dim light showed Octavian's bright blue eyes, "didn't think you'd get away from me that quickly, did you?" he murmured as he stared down at you with a smirk playing on his face.

"shut up, you knew I was going to be with Piper today. she wants to find something to wear for her date with Shel and I told her I'd go," you reminded him as Octavian tried to not say anything rude. he wrapped his lanky arms around your neck, giving you small kisses on your face, "answer that phone call," he murmured, seeing your phone light up with a call from Annabeth.

your gulped down a knot in your throat, already sensing where this was interaction was heading, "hey Annabeth, I'm literally a minute away, I got caught up with Reyna about some Camp Jupiter stuff," you tried to explain as Octavian continued to kiss you, this time on your neck to see if he could get any kind of reaction from you.

"you have five minutes before Piper murders you!" she threatened before hanging up.

you pushed Octavian away, giving him a less than amused reaction, "quit it, I'll sneak into your dorm later tonight, I promise," you saw Octavian's face fall as he looked at your outfit. you were wearing a skirt, one that went a bit past your thigh, and a cute top over it, "what're you dressed up for?" he questioned quickly.

"oh, I had a presentation today and had to look 'professional' why?" you asked as you saw him take off his purple Camp Jupiter cardigan, "wear it until I see you tonight," he almost demanded as you slipped it on, "see you later. don't kill anyone while I'm gone," you screamed as you ran off, hoping you didn't get murdered by Piper or Annabeth for being extremely late.

the bright purple sweater clashed with your outfit but Octavian's scent of burnt wood made you not want to take it off, "about time! where were you?" Piper asked as all of you piled into Jason's car. you gave them a chuckle, "I was Reyna. we both had some stuff to handle for our Camp and it didn't make it easier considering Octavian had to be there," you replied.

Jason laughed, seeing the small hickies that were appearing on your neck, "what have you been doing?" he asked, pointing them out. your eyes quickly whipped to the car mirror and saw the bruising that Octavian had left you from earlier, "that fucking idiot," you cursed at him, getting a laugh from Jason.

"shut up, it's none of your business," you replied, pulling up the collar of the cardigan and taking your phone out to send Octavian a lengthy message. Jason, although he was the designated driver, tried to see the contact name. he saw Octavian's name surrounded with a bunch of hearts but there was no way? right? he shook the idea off, not believing what he was reading.

Octavian who was laying in bed, hoping to find some kind of entertainment while you were gone, saw the essay of a text you had sent him, basically cursing him out for giving you a bunch of hickies across your neck.

"sorry, had to make sure that people saw even if though they don't know it was from me."

you ignored the text as you and Jason managed to steer away from Annabeth and Piper. considering the fact that you weren't publicly dating Octavian and Jason hadn't found anyone to date yet, the two of you weren't really in the mood to be hearing their love stories all afternoon. Jason had offered to go to the nearest gaming store to play whatever console they had on display until they were done.

one thing you learned rather quickly when you started dating Octavian was that he was possessive....possessive as all hell. whenever you had a project with someone, he hated the idea that they were taking up most of your time. you would usually sneak into his room at night, crashing there until the early morning so when you told him you were heading out with some of the camp half-blood kids, he was less than pleased.

both you and Jason passed a large mirror as the two of you headed to get something to snack on. you posed for the photo as Jason took it. what you hadn't taken into consideration was that Octavian would more than likely see it and if there was anyone Octavian hated more than Percy, it was Jason. Octavian saw him as a close rival even though Jason didn't see it that way.

you knew a lot of that possessiveness came from Octavian's insecurities and you understood that or at least you tried to understand. not a lot of people were willing to deal with Octavian's attitude and you were one of the few who did.

you had slipped your phone into your pocket and accidentally ignored the plethora of messages Octavian had sent you. it ranged from 'what are you doing with him? alone?' to 'I will kick his ass harder than he thinks I will'.

you hadn't meant to ignore it but because you hardly saw Jason or the rest of them, it was hard to look at your phone as often as you did. it wasn't until you got back into the car when you finally realized what mood Octavian was in. at the very least, he had sent you sixteen text messages, threatening Jason and by extension Percy. you knew you'd be in for an earful when you finally saw him.

"are you done hanging with those idiots you call friends?" he sneered. you rolled your eyes, trying not to get angry, "I was just with Jason for a few minutes. it was nothing serious. you really need to calm down," you tried to rationalize. Octavian chuckled, "really so that photo was just the two of you being 'friends?' he was awfully close considering he must've seen those marks I left."

once they dropped you off on your end of the campus, you made your way to the boys dormitory. thankfully, Octavian's dorm was on the first floor so it didn't take long for you to crawl through his window. you saw Octavian slumped over his desk, distress written all over his face until he realized you were finally back.

"it was just a picture. it was really never anything beyond that. you really need to learn how to trust me," you stated. you saw a million and one thoughts crossing Octavian's mind and you weren't able to figure out what he was thinking, "how can I when you're constantly running around with them? it's like you're trying to play and Jason at the same time.

you growled, trying to bite back your words.

you were taken back by his words, "fuck off, Octavian. you know I would never do that but maybe everyone was right in hating you," you spat, not bothering to turn around to give him another look.

Octavian saw the rage building up in your eyes as he tried to say something, anything! but nothing came out. it was like he was stuck in place as he watched you crawl out of his window. Octavian knew what he said was wrong but he was very much the kind of person who said things first and thought about it later.

you went back to your dorm, angry and upset. you didn't want to cry but a sobbing sensation came to your mind as you tried to hold it. your room was next doors to Reyna and the walls being paper thin, you were sure she would hear your cries and ask what's wrong.

you cried into your pillow for the rest of the night as you tried to forget Octavian's words.

+

the following morning, you had training with Leo and Annabeth. you had offered to give them a few lessons in Roman hand to hand combat and as a return, they'd teach you the Greek version. for a while, it went well. at first, you had completely forgotten about everything with Octavian but once the afternoon hit, the thoughts came crashing down.

you hadn't texted Octavian all day and it felt off. the two of you would usually be sending each other gushy text messages until you saw each other at night.

one quick move by Leo that you hadn't saw coming managed to take you off guard and make you fall completely onto the ground, losing consciousness rather quickly. Annabeth gave Leo a look of panic as she saw that you were completely out and didn't look like you were going to get up.

"get her to the infirmary and I'll run to tell her sister," she practically screamed. Leo scooped you into his arms as Annabeth ran in the opposite direction. thanks to you she knew that all Romans would be eating lunch or doing some free training so she quickly found Reyna by the training grounds.

"Reyna! your sister was training with Leo and I and she accidentally got knocked out and lost consciousness. Leo is running her to the infirmary but I don't she's awake."

Reyna's eyes widened as she dropped her weapons and followed Annabeth back to their end of the camp. Octavian, who was not far from Reyna heard the conversation and did the same, dropping everything he had and running in the direction they were heading.

Reyna saw you on the bed, still not awake as she tried to not get angry at Leo. you didn't look that hurt, minus the harsh gash you had on your forehead. once Leo explained that you weren't paying attention when he went to attack, she realized that it was more your fault than it was his; however, Octavian didn't see it that way.

he bursted into the room, instantly slamming Leo onto the ground as he got on top of him. it was too quick for everyone to realize what he was doing so by the time it all registered in their head, Octavian was screaming at him at the top of his lungs.

"I will kill you, Valdez. if you ever think of hurting my girlfriend again, I will have you sacrificed, do you understand?"

Reyna, Jason, and Annabeth stood in shock, not processing what they were hearing. Reyna more than anyone knew that you despised Octavian so to be hearing that you not only didn't hate him but you were dating him made her spiral into a fit of shock.

Octavian's eyes were red with rage as Leo tried to shimmy his way out of his grasp. you opened your eyes slightly as you saw Reyna looking down at Octavian in shock as Octavian had Leo in a firm grasp. Jason stood off to the side, trying to calculate everything he had just heard.

"really Octavian? you admit to everything when I'm not awake?" you tried to joke as Octavian instantly stood up and ran over to you. you let his fret over you for a second as you stood up, "I swear on Apollo himself, I will kill him if he hurt you again," you sighed, trying to get him to calm down.

"it was an accident, Tavian'. it was more my fault than his," you explained as Reyna looked to you, implying that you had some explaining to do. you gave her an awkward chuckle, "surprise?" you replied, not knowing what to say exactly.

she shook her head at you, "you'll explain to me whatever...this is tomorrow when you feel better. we should leave you to rest," Reyna gave Octavian one last look before practically kicking everyone out. you hugged Octavian's cardigan closer to you as he put his forehead on yours. a very odd gesture by him.

Octavian rolled his eyes, not bothering to think about them as he gave you a kiss.

"I'm sorry for last night, I didn't mean it," he confessed as you smiled, "I know. you just have to think before you speak, Octavian."

he nodded understandingly.

"well now you gotta explain our relationship to everyone considering you practically screamed it to the entire camps."

"fuck em," he murmured against your lips before diving back in for another kiss.

[aureolinsic]

SCM Gods in College HC (Punishments pt.2)

these guys in college is a bad idea y’all

4. Ichthys

mf that should really be in jail Notorious Prankster

Bisexual

is a Marine Biology student

rides everywhere on a penny board

favourite hobby is seeing if he can make Ziggle burst a blood vessel

tho if he tried he could rlly make him have an aneurysm

everyone else either hates him or loves him

honestly, he just wants everyone to laugh and be happy ☀️

he does take some of his pranks a little too far tho

Like when he swapped the incense in the prayer rooms with weed and made everyone get high

Or when he swapped the water in Scorpy’s bottle to 96% alcohol vodka

lord knows where he got such a strong drink

cried when he retaliated by destroying his taiyaki stash

Teo usually makes him feel better by throwing a party

protip: Ikky is a wild party animal y’all

out here doing karaoke and slut dropping on tables

always ends up in someone else’s room half naked

is a part of the band ZODIAC as a bassist

is also a part of Ziggle’s debate club for fun

is actually a pretty big Vine star

absolute memelord

everyone wishes they were as cool as him

5. Partheno

Zero Moral Pervert

Pansexual

works part-time as a male model

Has a popular OnlyFans

his fans love his thicc ass

is peTTY™

will seduce anything with a pulse

like srsly he doesn’t mind getting dicked down or fucking a bitch either

is a Fashion Design student

is the best in his course by far

sis has incredible fashion sense. If he ever attended the Met Gala he’d slay all u hoes

his goal atm is to run through everyone on campus

Is a home👏wrecker👏

doesn’t matter if ur in a relationship, if he wants ur s/o then too bad boo he’s getting them

His Tinder and Grindr get hundreds of messages daily

is the no. 1 tea source on campus ☕️

has a lot of jealous haters but sis knows how to throw shade on their name and have their reputation destroyed

Regina George would be his bitch

likes to try and seduce his friends by calling them Daddy 💦

has never worked but we move

is lowkey in a competition with Teo to see who can be the biggest slut

Partheno is winning, sis wbk

queen 👑

Sharpay who?? Bitch step aside

Partheno’s in town and he’s ready to fuck yo bitch

will definitely be the first to be a celebrity

Wants to meet Kim K so he can flex on her

can out twerk a bitch any day of the week

Dreams of becoming a VS Angel and running the catwalk

overall: he’d step on u and you’d like it

6. Dui

The Kind, Smol Boi

Bisexual

Is a Nursing student

Everyone adores him. He has a big fan club on campus

is a part of the band ZODIAC as a vocalist

his voice makes everyone swoon like goddamn

Scorpio often acts as his bodyguard to fend off the thirsty thots

He’s trying to keep Dui untainted and blissfully unaware of the lusty members of his fan club but it’s a hard job

Dui knew he was bisexual ever since he had a crush on both Jessie and James from Pokémon as kid

you’d think bc he’s so innocent that he’s probably a huge lightweight at parties

lmao SIKE BITCH

this guy cannot get drunk. his intolerance is higher than ur grades, honey

Ichthys, Teo and the others always try and get him drunk but they always end up wasted before he’s even tipsy

is deserving of the title of Party King 🥂

Usually ends up as the designated driver

His smolness has the ability to turn hetero people gay

like legit some of the guys on his course swear they’re the biggest Bros™ but also wanna bang

no homo my fuckin ass smh

did I mention he has a fan club? cause he does

Or maybe it’s a cult?

On Valentines & White Day he is SWARMED with gifts from his self proclaimed lovers fans

Scorpio taste tests all the sweets to make sure they aren’t trying to drug his boi like the good friend he is

Dui can’t give gifts back to all of them but being the nice boi he is he still gifts the other 11

biggest and best gift goes to Krioff, his lowkey crush ofc

in conclusion: we all want to marry him and protect him from harm 💖💘✨

[lastskiss]

My LA Reputation Secret Sessions Story :D

(i realize that this post is long so i decided to break it into fun little sections with names inspired by friends episodes :D )

The One Where Taylor Nation Attacked Me

On Thursday, October 19th I got the taylor nation dm :D The one that made my heart beat faster than ever. I stared at the blue little “new message” circle for what felt like hours (it was minutes, tops) and it had me crying and shaking at 10:24 am in my school’s dining plaza probably weirding out everyone around me. I was honestly minding my own business freaking out over the Gorgeous announcement when this happened. I could not believe it I couldn’t even breathe properly, but I opened the message and there it was, the all caps CONFIDENTIAL and everything.

The gag is, in the days before that moment i constantly shoved that thought in the back of my head because i didn’t want to be sad knowing that it would never happen to me. Yet even with it shoved in the back of my head I had such a feeling of hope. Sooo many people tried saying 1) taylor loves me 2) they think i’m gonna meet taylor this era or 3) they want me to meet taylor and as happy as that was for me it felt so :( bc it was such BLIND HOPE and i felt like it would honestly never happen for me. Ironically, i made so many tweets being sure that this would never happen to me, for example:

(the amount of old tweets or posts of mine where taylor proved me wrong and has made me look like boo boo the fool is hilarious)

but it wasn’t blind hope :D

Also, three hours before my taylornation message, I randomly tweeted “Don’t you see the starlight, starlight, don’t you dream impossible things!” which is....wild...like i can’t believe the universe works that way.

(point being i hope you guys who haven’t met taylor yet know you shouldn’t ever stop believing that this could happen for you. I know it feels like aimless dreams and impossible wishes but it definitely could happen for you, especially when your idol is trying just as hard to reach you.)

*taylor swift voice* next chapter

The One When It Was October  22nd

i have never felt so many emotions before in my life and i’m literally the most over emotional person in the world. my organs were flipping inside of me my heart was ready to jump out of my chest and there wasn’t enough air. it was such a feeling you guys. I was riding in my car with my parents where they would drop me off and i’d like to first of all thank the world that there is a 1989 secret sessions video out there so I could prove to my parents that this is a thing Taylor does and it wasn’t a scam and i wasn’t going to get kidnapped. My mom was legit scared to let me go and said “Lizbeth if you’re not back by 11 i’m gonna call the police” laasdkljakljs it was so funny (I got back at 11:17 she was scared but she obviously did not call the police she just waited outside the meetup with other worrisome/waiting parents) but anyway i checked in i met up with people and a lot of us knew NO ONe or just made friends with anyone we could find or some people did get to meet up with friends which was so nice ...honestly everyone in that room was just very friendly and very happy for each other and just happy in general. We were all going through the same “i can’t believe this is real and it’s happening to me” thoughts. So we got loaded into the bus and everyone was chatting and excited and nervous and excited and happy and just in shock. 

The One Where I’m In Taylor Swift’s Home

holy fucking shit??!!?!?!?!?!?! it was soo beautiful and big and we stayed in the pool area and were greeted with refreshments and food/snacks that i was too nervous to eat (except 1 rep cookie). When we were called inside, the room was very cozy and warm and there were candles everywhere and blankets and pillows and i loved it it was very intimate. I was so excited for her to just pop up and she did, she came in from the back and we all started screaming :D you can hear people start to sniffle bc honestly most of us were just on/off crying the whole night. She was so cute she did a little happy dance holding her laptop and there was extra screaming when we saw Alana, Jack, Ruby Rose, etc it was just so surreal. You guys...taylor was there..... she was so close and this wasn’t some high quality video interview i was watching her from this was my own two eyes and she was right there. She greeted us and explained how it’s gonna go and told us how excited she was to be doing this for us. You guys she loves us so much, not just the 100 fans in that room but everyone of us on here. She wants to do this, she’s excited to do this. She is also the happiest I’ve ever seen her be. throughout the whole night I just got very emotional at how happy she was and how sure of herself she was and just how cute it was seeing her so :D. Honestly, the fact that I’ve always called her my best friend but this time in that room she was talking to us and sharing stories with us like we were best friends was....wow. I love her. We danced to LWYMMD and it was so fun and the entire room just radiated :D :D :D :D!!!! and everyone was having the time of their lives just dancing with her. She truly wanted everyone to have a good time and made sure everyone knew how happy she was to have you there. Many of us have eye-contact moments and it’s completely amazing to know. Like that’s just how much you can tell Taylor was really dedicated to making this night feel special for all of us. i love her idk if i’ve mentioned this, i love her. fun fact: i love her

The One When I Liztened To ‘reputation’

just kidding i have a few words that i can say :D !

It was so good. It was so so so good. My face went through every emoji possible the whole album through. Sonically and lyrically it stunned us all and it was so enjoyable and full of bops and classic Taylor Swift genius writing, but like on a whole other level of amazing. That’s all I’ll say :D (Also the pre-releases, as much as i love them and would die for them, aren’t the peak of the album trust me, there’s soooo much more)(y’all are gonna be so shook)(i still am)(im also so proud of her you can tell she’s proud of her work and she very much should be)

The One When The Night Was Flawless And It Finally Happened

I have loved Taylor for as long as I can remember. She’s my #1. She’s always been, like she’s genuinely my best friend. Her saying “you are the longest and best relationship that I have ever had” that one time at the 2013 BMA’s was the most validating thing. Because like...i know. She’s been there when I was sad and when I was happy and when I needed someone. I’ve loved and defended that woman to anyone for years and have dealt with sooo many teasings and “she doesn’t even know you”s. So the fact that this happened was........ wow.

As I was getting closer and closer in line the butterflies (the beautiful kind) were going wild inside of me. I couldn’t believe it. I couldn’t believe i got to be here. I spent the last three days convinced i was gonna get a message that it was a mistake and she didn’t mean to invite me or it was gonna be cancelled or i couldn’t go or something because i was honestly so in denial. but it was almost my turn and the feeling when it’s hitting you that this moment you’ve wanted for so long is here is the most amazing and exhilarating feeling in the world. 

When it was my turn I walked up to her and was greeted with open arms and said “hi I’m liz” and she goes “Yeah i know you’re lizbeth right’ and i like gasped and was like “omg how did you know” and she’s like “yeah you’re lizbeth” :D :D :D :D (HER SAYING LIZBETH ACTUALLY MEANT SO MUCH TO ME I MADE A POST ABT IT) so i was like “taylor...i have to get this all out because if i don’t i’m gonna hate myself” and she laughed at me. queen of laughing. and then i just went for it and said “taylor, you’re my best friend.” and she said “aww” and I continued “like you are really my best friend. you’ve been there for me in my lowest moments and in my happiest moments. I love you so much. Like i literally sing with you in my car all the time and make sure it’s loud enough so it sounds like we’re singing together” and she laughed and went “oh my god i love that it’s like we’re duetting” and I’m like “yeah we are duetting taylor we honestly go off!!!” and then got serious again and told her about how there was an entire year period where I would cry myself to sleep every night listening to Safe & Sound because that year was so bad for me and it was so comforting to listen to. Then she gasped and said “oh my god” with the most concerned and loving look in her eyes. And i said thank you for everything and she grabbed my hands into hers and said “thank /you/ for everything i love that thank you” and then she went on about how happy she was that she was doing this and how she loved getting to do this for us and even with jack being there how nice it was for them to be seeing our reactions to the work they made. and she goes “and your reactions to eVERYTHING i love that” and i was like “oh my god taylor all those reactions were so genuine” “i know they were!” “because that album was just so so good it was so amazing i loved it so much!” and she said thank you :D 

when it was time for our picture she asked what kind of picture i wanted and i was like a hugging pic but for Reasons. and she looked at me like she was ready to #lizten which i appreciated. so i explained that there’s a picture of Taylena hugging at an awards show i couldn’t remember i probably looked sTUPID when she asked which one it was and i was like guh...idr.... but anyway i was like i wanna be on this side bc Selena was on that said and i was like “taylor i love you and Selena so much you have no idea I literally call myself taylena’s daughter and everyone agre-” and she cuts me off and goes “oh we would definitely adopt you we would totally adopt you she would want to adopt you i can confirm that she would want to adopt you”.... IF Y’ALL COULD SEE THE DUMB LOOK ON MY FACE............. GUH..... every time i call taylena mom now it’s gonna be #legit ....wow....anyway i was shook. so we got into position i was like another reason i wanted to be on this side is because when I met her i was on this side of our pic too and she goes “oh i like that I love your attention to detail”...wow.....queen of compliments. and then we :D (((also quick mention that the fact that she has curly hair again also meant...a  lot to me..not that she doesn’t always look good in any hairstyle ever but i’ve just always been insecure about my curly hair and seeing that she’s embracing hers again makes me emo.))))

so i hugged her one last time and told her i loved her and she told me she loved me and i walked out of the room still looking at her, facing her as i walked backwards and she still looked at me and that was it...I got handed my reputation merch bag and couldn’t stop smiling on my way out. :D

I am so happy and so grateful for her and everything she’s done for me and I feel so blessed to have gotten to thank her for it all.

@taylornation​ thank you for all the work you did to help make this possible for all of us too.

@taylorswift I love you and I miss you already. i can’t wait to see our picture together. you are still my best friend and will always continue to be. i’ll also be sending you the adoption papers for you and Selena to sign soon. :D