#including the obnoxious texts and snapchats

[wrenchmxster]

/going through my drunk posts from last night/ Jeezus Louiseus

[solange-lol]

"why don't we be friends (why don't we make out)" - (1/1)

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There are very few people that Nico forgets about. At least, as far as the people that have stuck around with him for most of his life.

He’s known Percy and Annabeth since they were young, remembering watching the two of them chase each other around the schoolyard and purposefully try and get desks right next to each other before they were inevitably separated by alphabetical last name seating. He remembers trying to convince Piper to do his french project and Jason sitting in the halls with him outside of the music room when they wouldn’t want to go outside for recess in middle school. He can still hear the alarm when Leo accidentally knocked over a bunsen burner in their sophomore year chemistry class, and the feeling of paint on his skin when Hazel tripped and sent half of her palette onto him in their art class.

Nico can even recall moments with the people he was never particularly close to, like when Rachel told him she loved him backstage of their winter concert after only having known him for five minutes (in a very lesbian/gay solidarity way, of course), or when Grover spent an entire hour hiding out in their school library to get away from their math sub.

It’s strange now, looking across such a large circle of people piled into Jason and Thalia’s house. They’re all people from his grade (or class , he supposes, now that they’re officially graduated), Each one of them, Nico can remember at least one conversation he’s had with them, one story he’s passed into his closer friend group that is laughed over and then inevitably moved on from.

It was supposed to be a big party celebrating all their friendships throughout the years.

Ironically, so many people that had such little impact on him, in retrospect.

Which is why it comes as a surprise to him when he sees a flash of blonde curls and freckled skin among the sea of people. He’s hit with what feels like a wall of memories of the two of them, laying in the same bed trading quiet secrets, and walks to the store to get an inhumane amount of candy that they can go share at the pier. Images of blue eyes, warm hands in his, and the sound of stifled laughter at midnight feel all too familiar. Nico is stuck on them.

He hasn’t seen Will in years.

It wasn’t exactly his choice. It wasn’t either of theirs, really. They had gone to middle school together, and from the ages of 10 to 14, Will knew the most about him.

And then their middle school graduation came and went, and Will left for a boarding school. Nico remembers, vaguely, Will asking him to come with them.

“They offer more classes, and there are more opportunities for help,” they had said, or something along the lines of it. “And we could be roommates.”

Part of him wanted to. All of him almost went. But it was the same year he lost his sister, and while moving to another state for school sounded like a fantastic way to avoid all his trauma, he had to stay with his family. Not that his father would have stopped him, but Nico knew he couldn’t go. Not yet.

So he stayed, and Will left, and it all worked out fine. They texted every other day, facetimed once or twice a month when their schedules lined up. Will came home for Christmas that year, telling stories about the other kids on their floor and their girlfriend. Then, when he came home for that summer, about their boyfriend.

Nico would listen, then catch Will up about what was going on at his public school. He had gone out on a date with one boy which was nice but didn’t turn into anything, and Will told him he would find someone eventually. They took trips to the mall together instead of the pier, mostly just to get milkshakes and have a place to walk around.

One morning, Will convinced him to bike to the beach in the morning to see the sunrise. The sky ended up being too cloudy, but they still sat together on the empty lifeguard chair, swapped sweatshirts and bagels with cream cheese, and talking about summer jobs and college.

Then Will left for their sophomore year, and school caught up to both of them and whatever kept them going was lost. The most Nico talked to them was through the occasional Snapchat sent to each other or on a group facetime

The last time Nico had called Will alone, it was in a panic to ask advice on how to break up with the boy he was dating at the time because he realized that relationships weren’t really his thing, at least not yet. Will had sat quietly, giving him occasional advice, and mostly just comforted him.

And that was it.

Nico had gotten a new phone later that year, and all their call logs and long text threads were lost into the depths of his phone memory.

It was bittersweet, in all honesty, and pretty painless for the most part. Maybe it’s because Nico never really forgot about Will. There was never any clear ending; no hard feelings between the two of them. He still sees their posts on social media, sees their mom in the store on occasion. He remembers passing Will at their local fair when they came home again for the summer of their junior year with their boyfriend that they were still dating, and then later again the next when he noticed that all posts had been removed from their Instagram including the ones with said boyfriend and nothing but will - they/them in their bio.

He wondered, briefly, where Will had gone when he didn’t even see him in passing over the following summer. Was he still going to the boarding school? Had his family moved out of the state entirely?

It never felt like a friendship breakup. It was clear now, though.

Nico wonders at which point it became one. He didn’t mean to stare at Will as long as he did. Everything had just come washing over him at once, and he was frozen in place staring at the person Nico had once called his best friend.

He doesn’t even realize he was staring until Will looks back. Their blue eyes meet his brown ones, and reality sets back in. The loud music he had drowned out in his daydream came filtering back through his ears, and he stumbles as people shove past him towards the kitchen. Still, his gaze locks on Will.

Neither of them makes a move towards each other at first.

Then, a moment later, Will is right next to him.

“Hey,” they say it slowly, almost like they were testing the waters, like they knew how long it had been since they had spoken.

Nico doesn’t know what to say. His first instinct was to hug them.

He withstands it, though, instead grabbing onto their wrist and pulling them past the crowd of people and into one of the rooms off of the main hall, which was miraculously empty. He can still hear the pounding music, but it was a little bit quieter with the door closed. Quiet enough that he can think again.

“Uh, hi,” Will tries again, and god, their smile never changed.

“Sorry,” Nico says once he realized he had just seemingly dragged them into a secondary location with no explanation. “It was just… loud. Out there.”

“I get it,” Will says, sitting down on the couch pushed onto the far wall and looking back up at Nico. They were wearing a pinkish-orange button-up Hawaiian shirt that looked straight out of their dad’s closet (Nico would know, he’s seen it before) that was half-tucked into mid-rise light wash jeans that were cuffed just enough that you could see a glimpse of where their socks met their Converse. Yellow, possibly the same pair they had bought at the mall two years prior when Nico was there.

They got taller, he thinks vaguely. Nico had too, but Will still has at least half a foot on him.

“So, what’s up?”

“Not much, I guess,” he shrugs, twisting his ring. “I mean, I graduated. I assume you did too.”

Will nods. “I did. Lou Ellen invited me as her plus one. You know her, right? Friends with Rachel.”

Nico nods. Shoulder length, cloud-like hair that was a different color every other week. Wore lots of random thrifted t-shirts over big pants. Loud personality, even louder voice. Band kid. Friends with Cecil; her good grades probably being the only reason he hasn’t been kicked out of the school yet. Once debated the legitimacy of gender binaries with him in an English class.

“Sorry for, like, staring at you before,” he says. “It’s been a while.”

They nod again. “All good. I was staring at you before anyway.”

“You were?”

“Yeah,” Will shrugs. “You’re easy to look at.”

Then, a moment later, “It has been a while, hasn’t it?”

“Yeah. You’ve changed a bit.”

“Have I?” They ask. “I think just my look, maybe. I’m still just as obnoxious.”

Nico snorts. It’s comforting to know they could just slip back into it like this. Like no time had ever passed, and Nico is back in their bedroom creating each other in The Sims.

“Are you still dating Connor?” Nico asks, vaguely remembering the last conversation they had.

“Nah, we broke up last winter.”

“Any reason?”

Will squints a bit like they’re curious why Nico’s asking. It makes Nico blush, immediately regretting saying anything.

“Dunno. We just grew apart,” they say. Then, “Sounds kinda familiar, doesn’t it?” followed by a laugh.

“I didn’t mean to stop talking to you,” Nico says quickly because he didn’t. There are days where he sees Will’s Instagram story or a tweet and knows that even though he could still comment, it wouldn’t quite be the same.

“Life got busy,” Will says. “It happens”

“I didn’t want it to. Not to us.”

“So let's restart.”

Nico blinks. “Just… start over our entire friendship?”

“No, just pick up where we left off.”

“Just like nothing happened?” he asks, sitting down on the couch next to them.

“Just like nothing happened,” Will affirms.

They’re both quiet for a moment, then—

“Do you remember what you told me when you first came out as bisexual to me?”

It was in the basement of Will’s house. Nico had come out as gay a few weeks prior, and when he was talking about the boy he liked, they just casually mentioned it. Being with Will like this again reminded him of something they had said, and something he later found out.

“I think I just, like… told you, right?” Will smiles. “And I said you were a big part of helping me figure out.”

“Yeah. I always thought you meant because I had already come out,” Nico said. “It wasn’t until, like, last year that Piper mentioned you meant that because you liked me.”

Will laughed again. “I figured you didn’t. You were always talking about what bad of a couple we would make.”

“Yeah,” Nico said, and his heart picked up pace as his knee knocked against Will’s by accident. Neither of them moved. “I actually had a massive crush on you for a while. I think I just said that because I wanted to try and get over it, so I wanted you to indirectly reject me.”

“Did you ever get over it?”

Nico laughs. “Not really. But I moved on.”

He notices Will shift closer, notices how their hands are now on top of each other and their legs are fully pressed together.

“Same,” Will says, moving their head closer to Nico’s until their foreheads are pressed together and their breaths mingle. They look at him for any sign to stop, and Nico doesn’t move.

“Good thing we’re starting over then, right?” they continue, practically a breath of a whisper before their lips connect, and god Nico did not think this was where his night was going but no way in hell was he about to stop it. (He’s not sober enough to care, anyway, and seemingly neither is Will judging by the strong scent smell of weed coming off of his shirt.)

Their hands laced together, subconsciously, almost like muscle memory from all the days walking hand in hand down the dock. (Nico wonders if his younger self was ever trying to tell his mind something.) Nico’s other hand comes up to rest on warm skin, brushing Will’s cheek with his thumb like he’s trying to wipe the freckles off.

Will wraps one arm around Nico’s waist, pulling him closer until he eventually just shifts so he’s in their lap. Will certainly doesn’t complain, only tilting their head to deepen the kiss and breaking apart their hands so they can run one hand through Nico’s hair.

They have to break apart after a moment, and Nico can help it when he laughs.

“Guess we were a little dumb when we were younger, huh?”

Will’s breathing heavy, but Nico doesn’t miss the familiar playful glint in their eye. “I don’t know what you mean. You’re still an idiot,” they say, pressing a kiss to the underside of Nico’s jaw, and another one right next to his ear.

He wonders if Will has thought about doing this the same way Nico has.

“Says you,” Nico says. “You were far more oblivious than I was.”

“I’m not the one who said we would make a bad couple,” they remind Will.

“Yeah?” he says, then leans back in to kiss Will again. Their mouths slot together, and god, they’re an even better kisser than Nico ever thought they could be. Something in his mind tells him maybe it’s not relationships he didn’t like, maybe he just knew it wasn’t the right person.

Perhaps Will’s that person he was always looking for.

Nico leans back, just barely so he can mumble “Lucky for you, I’m willing to test that theory,”  against Will’s lips just before they pull him in once more.

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[muwur]

snapchat headcanons

✧ hc’s ✧ for using snapchat w ur boi toi ft. the pretty setter squad

❧ gn reader

✎ 3.1k words

a/n: kinda a combo of how they use sc and the kinds of snaps they send you! along w wat u send them, and uh... dating stuf n shenanigans? texting/snapping habits? my fantasies? IDEK ANYMORE EOFHEFJ

this was born from the recesses of my mind , which desired nothing mor than snapchats from suga , us sending cute selfies , others bein dumb n chaotic , no context videos , n him snapping me photos of some mangoes on sale he said he’ll buy for me DXX it’s too late for me now

doing research on hq bois and surfing thru sc features (im just now realizing theres quite a bit?? im hoping i address most of them at some point lolol) instead of real life tings aHHhhhHAHA

requests: open! will be working on a suga one i got, dw, requester!

sugawara

✧ sends good morning and good night snaps

✧ so he’s rlly good at keeping streaks, probs has the longest ones (one of them being y’alls streak)

✧ posts tidbits of volleyball practice on his story every once in a while

✧ snaps you pics of his sleeping teammates when they’re coming back to school after a long day of matches , adding a single ‘❤️’ as a caption

✧ he will also create colorful masterpieces on all of them

✧ gives daichi a santa beard, tanaka a squiggly stache (i imagine it to look like spongebob n patrick’s seaweed ones now that were mEN), n kageyama sum angry brows,,, wait he already has them lolol u good der kags

✧ posts a picture of you when you’re hanging out, captioning it: “🥰“

✧ has conversations with you purely via snaps

✧ ranges from casual chats and checking up on u to crackwhoring ( ** indicates the photo, while the “” quotes indicate the caption, all snaps are italicized, otherwise its regular dialogue)

✧ suga: *peace sign* “hey sweetheart, how r u?”

✧ you: *pics of homework* “ahh, drowning in school ;-; i cant wait for this week to be over fghjkl”

✧ suga: *close up with :o on his face* “let’s study together tmrw!”

✧ or

✧ suga: *complete darkness* “its 3 am n i cant sleep”

✧ you: *the top half of your head, laying on a pillow* “ ;( aw babe. do u want me to send something to help u sleep?”

✧ suga: *still in darkness* “y u still up?? go sleep. n 🥺 yes pls”

✧ you: *snaps pics of feet* “that’ll be 50 bucks, pay up” 

✧ suga: *darkness remains* “can we make a trade instead? i promise to make it worth ;)”

✧ ok now u BOTH cant sleep (im sry my crackheading be acting up around 2am eeryday, i stan a mischievous suga--)

✧ video chats (in the darkness lol) instead until you both pass out (im not in luv u r 😭)

✧ super down to take filtered selfies w you

✧ does all the silly ones with you (things like ’angry face’ or the frog one)

✧ but also rlly digs lookin cute with you using some heart crowns, y’all an aesthetic (n crakhead) duo fosho

✧ def subscribes to life hacks and tries them out himself, has a 50% success rate

kageyama

✧ doesn’t rlly use snapchat too much

✧ but when he does

✧ will either send you a picture to indicate he’s at volleyball practice (wow wat a sexi lookin gym floor)

✧ or some random picture of whatever he’s doing at the moment (*drinking milk*)

✧ this is mostly in order to save streaks

✧ he’s so bad at streaks

✧ “why does it matter?? what’s the point of sending just black screens or whatever’s in front of you at the moment??”

✧ can’t keep a consistent streak for more than 3 days and also doesn’t care (until hinata challenges him to see who can have the longer one)

✧ when you send him videos of him playing, he really focuses on them to try to improve his technique. asks you to send those vids to him (assuming u saved them, which u did)

✧ but when you look over his shoulder when he’s watching a video and give him some compliment (“i recorded at the perfect moment! that was a really good set, kageyama!”), he gets a bit flustered

✧ gets even more flustered but pretty happy whenever you post videos on your story showing karasuno winning some points with captions like:

✧ “footage of the legendary quick >.>” or “karasuno crows flyin high!” or “these bois make my heart 😭 im so proud”

✧ you WILL catch him off guard in photos, using filters that surrounds his head w/ emojis like 🥺💖🥰💘

✧ you also put these on your story (to his dismay)

✧ ppl comment on these mor than anything else (n for those who dont rlly kno kageyama, theyre kinda surprised to him like this)

✧ hinata snickers “hey kageyama you look pretty good here--”

✧ takes some selfies with you, mostly cuz you want them

✧ saves them after u send them over (n secretly cherishes them)

✧ occasionally watches his subscriptions, they’ll usually involve sports, mostly volleyball (who woulda guessed)

✧ you use his bitmoji to test out random facial expressions you would never see him wear

✧ you: “can you smile and wink like this? act like you’re the obnoxious charming guy in a shojo.”

✧ will actually attempt, but it looks so bad that you die inside and he never wants to try again cuz of ur laughing outburst (you: “😭😭 bb im sorry i couldnt help it”)

oikawa

✧ literally sends you anything and everything

✧ morning bathroom selfie to show off how good his hair came out that day, saying:

✧ “he has risen”

✧ or “i woke up like this”

✧ and my favorite, “you’re lucky you get this content for frEE”

✧ selfies with iwa, who just looks annoyed and exasperated at the camera

✧ sends you pics of his lunch and snacks (“bet u wish u had milk bread too”)

✧ always packs extra milk bread so he could convince you to stay at his practice after school--

✧ FILTERSS

✧ I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENUF

✧ will either use the filters that make him kayooottt (cute)

✧ loves the ones named ‘hearts,’ ‘soft,’ ‘peach,’ ‘butterfly cheeks,’ vsco filters LOL, etc

✧ uses ‘big mouth’ when he feelin a bit sASSY; also loves to use this one when he rants, it channels his inner valley girl

✧ sometimes he’ll be snacking or drinking something while he does so (“hey guys today im gonna eat these milk buns from my favorite bakery and this bomb orange juice and complain about this little kid who talked smack to me earlier and almost made me cry--”)

✧ takes cute selfies with you, is an aesthetic selfie king, puts them on his story to show off he’s hangin with you

✧ but on your story you only post the ones he looks bad in LOL

✧ has separate stories for his every need, some r private (and lucky you, ur included in all of them)

✧ titles them ‘mean things iwa said to me today,’ ‘ranting hotbox + mukbangs,’ ‘a day in the life of oikawa,’ ‘volleyball 🏐,’ ‘unpopular opinions,’ etc. 

✧ fitting room photoshoots lol

✧ “y/n, what do you think of this??” “and this?” “oOH WHAT ABOUT THIS??”

✧ ends up calling you through video chat so you can live critique his choices

✧ “oikawa, please no, i can’t be seen with you in public if you wear those--”

✧ also changes his bitmoji’s outfits from time to time, hopes you’ll notice, but you don’t LOL (oikawa: ;((((((( )

kenma

✧ uses sc usually just to reply to messages ppl send him

✧ indifferent about streaks, but keeps a few with ppl he’s closer to

✧ mindlessly plays the snapchat games with you, finds some of them kinda cute

✧ you both made his bitmoji for him, dressing his up in the orange cat suit

✧ you also helped make kuroo’s and put his in the black cat suit to match--

✧ snaps you every time he gets a new game, starts playing it, and once he finishes

✧ started to post some gameplays and reviews on his sc story (might as well add them to sc since he was already on other social platforms), and ended up amassing a large following

✧ follows the tech and gaming stories on sc

✧ as well as the ones with cute animals--

✧ open to selfies with you, usually wears a calm expression and holds up a peace sign

✧ even occasionally sticks his tongue out

✧ his story is occasionally heavily bombarded with candids of him w/ pretty sc filters, all taken by you

✧ but of all the filters, you love using the clout glasses on him

✧ especially when he’s just minding his own business

✧ “kenma, in his tru habitat” when hes cocooned in a blanket

✧ “kenma, on his way to steal yo manz” while on his way to the bathroom

✧ “kenma, next iron chef. watch out gordon” as he’s cooking instant ramen

✧ “kenma” n das it

✧ but he thinks it meme-y so he lets you do whatever you want, kinda digs it

✧ you end up dedicating your snap story to memes of kenma and the nekoma volleyball team. ppl are in it for the shits n giggles n hot bois

✧ you later discover someone else did the same thing with their volleyball team filled with hot bois from shiratorizawa, and you befriend tendou and share funni internet tings

akaashi

✧ 99% of his photos include either you or bokuto or both

✧ bokuto spams akaashi’s story and contact list with selfies and videos of himself using weird filters, often gets you to join him

✧ has several streaks, but will send something with more substance than a black screen or his bedroom window

✧ will usually involve smthng that just happened to him or smthing he saw, like:

✧ “a kind older lady offered me some apples in return for helping her”

-or:

✧ “how do i break the news to bokuto that the yaikniku place he’s been wanting to go to for the past week ,,, is closed today”

✧ o n let’s not leave out:

✧ “is it possible to conjure a ghost using a wooden spatula, ketchup, and a chalk drawn hexagram? bokuto’s been paranoid ever since he tried last night and i dont know what to tell him. seriously, help”

✧ looks through stories occasionally, comments whenever bokuto makes questionable decisions

✧ also comments on whatever you’ve posted. his words range from “you’re cute” to “why,” depending on the content

✧ ppl know when y’all are hanging out cuz he’ll post smthing to indicate he’s with you, usually it’s some candid and you’re not paying attention

✧ appreciation posts for you as well! esp if you got him something, like onigiri or his fav, Nanohana no Karashiae , for lunch! (akaashi: *snaps a pic of his food* “thank you y/n for feeding me”)

✧ prefers video calling over texting/snapping whenever possible tho

✧ occasionally reminisces thru his sc memories

✧ enjoys the flashback feature and will send them to you and bokuto (cuz they’re about y’all anyway lolol)

✧ also has secretly saved a bunch of selfies of himself, consists of him trying out a lot of the filters (he feelin himself)

✧ you, one day, looking thru his phone and discovering them: “akaashi, you’re so pretty wtf”

✧ akaashi: “...”

koganegawa

✧ sends you selfies of him before practice

✧ during breaks

✧ and after practice, usually makes a comment about how it went for him that day like:

✧  “i hit a decent toss today and futakuchi actually complimented me!”

✧ that, or:

✧ “i got yelled at 17 times today 😢😩”

✧ has quite a few streaks, his longest ones being with you and hinata

✧ def uses filters

✧ tries out every funny one he finds and sends you videos

✧ “look y/n im an aaaaAALlliiEEENnnNNN oo oo hoo hhhooOOh”

✧ “now im a chicky nuggy!!” (chicken nugget)

✧ also enjoys the doodle feature

✧ but he uses the filter with the clout glasses unironically--

✧ usually when smth good happens to him and he feels happy and/or cool about it

✧ “just beat the boss in this game on my 69th try B)”

✧ “kogane, that’s--”

✧ plays sc games with you and thinks bitmojis r cool

✧ kinda sad he cant find a hair option that matches him tho lolol rip

✧ you: “you hair’s just,,, unique,,,”

✧ subscribed to anything sports and fitness, as well as pop culture so he can stay in the loop

✧ also watches everyone else’s stories, pointing out whenever he sees smthing cool and/or interesting

✧ “woahh, karasuno’s at nationals right now! i wish we could’ve won, but next year for sure!!”

✧ you encourage him at all his games, hyping him up irl and online

✧ “koganegawa: best setter 😍!!”

✧ luckily you didnt record the parts he completely messed up LOL

semi

✧ before going out with you, snaps you a pic of his casual outfit like:

✧ semi: “does this look ok”

✧ you: “babe you look great, tendou was just messing with you”

✧ will make unwanted appearances on tendou’s snap and complains to you about them

✧ “i didnt consent to being part of his meme page” and

✧ “okay, but he didn’t only have to share all the moments i messed up--”

✧ also indifferent about streaks but will do them

✧ sometimes sends snaps/streaks indicating he’s practicing his music

✧ when you see these you usually ask him to send you vids or if you can come over n watch

✧ initially is a bit shy about it but he loves what he does and you and knows you’re genuinely interested and supportive so he agrees

✧ secretly rlly enjoys having you as his personal audience

✧ lowkey into asmr, like the soap cutting shit as well as chewing crunchy things

✧ also watches food porn and clips of mukbangs, then can’t resist going on youtube and watching the whole thing

✧  “y/n, can we try this, it looks so good--”

✧ will also often watch oikawa’s stories, especially his ‘ranting hotbox + mukbangs,’ and makes comments about him being an idiot

✧  “this kid he’s talking about is a savage”

✧ but admits they’re quite entertaining

✧ just looks serious in all the selfies you take with him

✧ you: “can you look like you’re enjoying yourself?”

✧ semi: “i look cooler like this tho”

✧ sc memories filled with shenanigans from you and the volleyball team, doodles, and mirror selfies with him experimenting diff looks (you: “tendou, you got him way too concerned about this”)

✧ also enjoys showing off he’s with you, taking a short video of you when you hang out

✧ you: “semi, i look bad right now”

✧ semi: “but you can never look bad”

✧ you: “🥺 bb”

✧ viewers: “aw”

✧ shiratorizawa: “can he be this nice with us LOL”

shirabu

✧ his main mode of communication with you is mostly through the regular messaging app, so he doesn’t use sc too much

✧ also doesn’t care for streaks and is bad at keeping them

✧ will answer to you or his senpais rather soon tho

✧ but lets all his other notifications pile up a bit before finally going thru them

✧ goes through the snaps he receives really fast, spending like 2 seconds each to look at them cuz aint nobody got time for dat

✧ doesn’t even rlly open goshiki’s LOL

✧ you have fun using filters on him and taking videos while he’s just doing his own thing peacefully like studying

✧ it takes him a second to notice and when he finally looks up, he just gives you an exasperated look

✧ cue you cracking up with laughter bc the filter finally shows up on his face

✧ his eyes and mouth are now on mike wazowski

✧ that, or his face becomes so disturbingly moRPhed like an alien

✧ caption: “ken-chan, my future medical man 😍”

✧ “y/n, please, this is like the 7th time in the last 20 minutes--”

✧ finally convinced him to take a study break and hang out with you

✧ which usually consists of snacking and light banter while you lay your head on his lap

✧ and scrolling through snapchat stories and showing him what everyone else is up to and cool things you’re subscribed to

✧ “loooook, dr. miami’s doing another butt job! is this the line of work you’re studying so hard for?”

✧ “no, it’s really not”

✧ is actually very soft with you and likes having the photos and vids for memories

atsumu

✧ sends you snaps where his brother looks bad, captioning it:

✧ “this is evidence that im the hotter twin”

✧ likewise, osamu sends you snaps where atsumu looks even worse

✧ like, the mans passed out, looking rekt and open mouthed, drool seeping into his pillow

✧ osamu: “u still have time to break up with him”

✧ also lucky for you, atsumu also loves to take unflattering photos of you and send them to you randomly at like 2 am

✧ you: “nani tf when did you even take this??”

✧ usually posts a snap while he’s out somewhere like at a match, the gym, outside on a run, a party, or just hanging out with you or his frens

✧ however, makes sure you look good if you show up on his story cuz he wants to show you off

✧ doesn’t really care for streaks, but has a lott

✧ but also has a tON of unopened snaps

✧ is the type to send just a black screen n call it a day, or maybe spice it up by sending a pic of the sexi gym floor (a comeback) w his shoe in the corner

✧ will, however, consistently respond to you and kinda looks forward to ur snaps (secretly hopes you show ur face)

✧ but when you dont:

*in class*

✧ atsumu: *a smirk on his face* “your content’s kinda dry today” 

✧ you: *your sexi desk* “my nudez ain’t free, i demand compensation”

✧ atsumu: *grasped his chin in thought, but angled the cam up bc he needa hide his phone in class lolol* “what if i... take you out on a romantic excursion”

✧ you: * your face but with ‘sausage’ filter* “🥵🥵🥵🥵 yessir, what u want”

✧ rlly only wants to have pics of your face wat a closeted sOFTIE

✧ likes to have content on his flashbacks

✧ usually has other social media sources to keep up to date with things

✧ actually rlly digs using sc filters, mostly ones that’ll make him look like a queen

✧ captions a selfie of you two like: “me >>>>>>> y/n”

✧ but nearly everyone who comments on it is like: “i think you flipped the sign, bro 🤥”

✧ judges ppl who are into soap cutting asmr (you will never hear the end of it if you also like it)

a/n: sc kinda dying for me, my use went from suga to an atsumu to like nearly nonexistent LOL

also o gawd i already have ideas here n there for a pt 2 so stay tuned fjxnwfesd hope it takes me less long cuz this one took me fkin foreva LOL

idk y i made semi like mukbangs but i feel like he’d be rlly into them--

[siriuslyblack12]

chapter 3

“Pete, mate, as much as I love you, this is genuinely the worst idea that anyone has ever had, and I fucking mean that.”

 The four marauders, most popular people in the school, doted upon and loved by almost everyone they crossed paths with, all attractive in their own ways, seemed to be at the lowest point they’d ever experienced: kneeling behind a bush onlooking Mary MacDonald and her friends. To any passing person, this would seem like incredibly creepy, perhaps even stalker behaviour. They would like to inform you that, no, that was not their intention, rather to do a good thing for their friend. Peter had been innocently crushing on Mary from the very first moment he’d seen her, and he was finally wanting to do something about it.

 When Peter had suggested ambushing her as she was outside for PE, something she was very passionate about, the other three had laughed, until realising that he was deadly serious. So there they were, clichéd binoculars in hand, watching as Mary ran laps around the freshly cut grass, waiting for their moment to strike. Her hair was in tight box braids, falling down to almost her elbows, moving from side to side with the effort.

 “How does she even do that? She must have ran around that about 15 times!” Peter squeaked, obviously impressed .

 “Just because you can’t do two without collapsing.” James laughed in a manner that Remus initially thought to be a little mean, but further inspection and Peter’s own smile showed the playful banter.

 “I’d like to see you try, Prongs.” Sirius jabbed.

 “Fuck off.”

 “Gladly, but unfortunately Wormy here requires our assistance.”

 Peter shifted uncomfortably from where he was sat, seeing that Mary had now stopped to chat with Dorcas, catching her breath. He hadn’t bothered to organise exactly what he was planning to do, thinking that he could wing it, but he was now having serious doubts.

 What exactly would he say to her?

 What if she rejected him?

 Suddenly feeling sick, he looked over to his friends who were snacking on chocolate, scrolling through unopened snapchats and talking to himself respectively, hoping for some sort of copout.

 “Alright, now’s your chance, just walk up to her and work your magic.” One of them said, Peter wasn’t paying enough attention to know which.

 “What exactly is my ‘magic’? Sounds gross.” He replied, hand fidgeting.

 “Awe, c’mon, you’ll be fine! Channel your inner… me.” Sirius stated, with a wink thrown in Remus’s direction, who then flushed the same colour as the berries on the bushes. Peter groaned, waiting for the floor to swallow him whole. Unfortunately for him, that didn’t happen, instead he was lifted and pushed right into Mary’s arms.

 Damn Sirius.

 His eyes raised to meet kind ones, dazed and confused, but kind. She placed her hands on Peter’s shoulders to steady herself, lingering there for longer than necessary and twisting her fingers in the material. Realising what she was doing she briskly cleared her throat and dislodged herself from the boy. They looked at each other for a moment, neither really knowing what to say or do, searching each other’s faces for a clue in.

 Dorcas called out, “Mary, coach needs us on the track. What’s going on?”

 “I’ll be right there, you go.” She said, before turning back to Peter with a flutter of her eyelashes. “Did you need anything?”

 Internally screamed internally, wanting to say it but not knowing how, his friends still watching him encouragingly. “No, no, never mind.” He stammered, immediately regretful. Mary’s eyes narrowed, but she smiled sweetly and walked in the other direction. She’s getting away. Do something..

 “Hey, um, Mary?” His hands heavy on the back of his neck as she hummed in acknowledgement. “You-, do you-, um,” It’s not that hard. “Do you want to, maybe, go out with me sometime? Only if you want to, you can pick the place and everything, I just thought-“

 “Of course I will, Pete.” She grinned, making him do the same, both grinning stupidly at each other until she jogged away to thread her arm into Dorcas’s, laughing as friends do.

 The three other boys stalked forward, shouting praise and clasping Peter on the back. Maybe he did have that magic that Sirius was talking about.

  ~~

  Remus observed quietly through the following days as Peter and Mary grew closer, spending almost all their time together. He thought they were rather cute together, hesitant touches and lovesick glances, though obviously in their ‘getting to know each other’ phase. He couldn’t help but feel jealous, not of them themselves but of the idea of it, just having that closeness with someone (that someone preferably being Sirius) was appealing. He was a hopeless romantic, though too afraid to admit it.

 He and the others sat at their lunch table, as per usual, eavesdropping on another group’s drama. It was ridiculous, but funny, and ridiculously funny. Tiffany had allegedly cheated, and was now being scolded by her boyfriend, whilst her other friends rallied around her; Remus felt as if he was overstepping some sort of boundary, but alas, it’s not as if he could help it. They were shouting over the noise of the entire canteen.

 “This sounds rich coming from you!” Tiffany shrieked, “You cheated on me a month ago with Nina Hudson, and I didn’t say a thing.”

 “What-, no I didn’t, that was just a rumour.” The boyfriend matched her volume.

 “You did so, she told me herself.” She turned her nose up proudly.

 “I didn’t! I swear on my life.”

 “You’re such a bad liar, you-, you-, shitbag.”

 James laughed loudly, cheering her on whereas Sirius looked disinterested, possibly sharing Remus’s own discomfort. He’d have guessed that he would have shared the same enthusiasm as James, the two being inseparable and frankly obnoxious when paired together, but that wasn’t the case.

 Lily spoke from Remus’s left, “I feel bad for them both, don’t you? Having their relationship so out there like that.” Ironic considering all James could talk about was the ocean blue of her eyes.

 “I don’t see the point.” Sirius said disconnectedly, “Why does there have to be so much fuss about it? Everyone pairing of, who’s fucking who.”

 Remus had taken a sip of water that he all but choked on when James replied, “Just because you’re not getting any.”

 The two bickered as they often did, the two practically being brothers. It had always baffled Remus how one moment they loved one another, and the next they were wrestling, punching, kicking as people said boys did. It was also confusing how Sirius could have such a strong sibling with one person and be so distant from his own brother. Remus couldn’t recall a single conversation the Black brothers had had, nor did Sirius like to talk about it.

 “Come to think of it, have you ever had a girlfriend?” James questioned, the table immediately silencing as he said it.

 Sirius stammered and blushed, “Well no, I’m… just looking for the right person, nothing wrong with that.”

 James looked at him, breaking the amused tone. “Excuses, excuses. How long will it be until you find this ‘right person’ exactly? Plenty of birds would kill for a date with you.”

 “I don’t know James!” Sirius snapped, rising and packing his bag. “I’m going to class, don’t wanna be late.”

 What’s going on? He’s never early.

 Maybe I could find out.

 “We best go too, Re. The library awaits.” Lily chorused, bringing him out of his thoughts. He threw one more look to a disgruntled Sirius, halfway across the room by now, before scuffling to follow the girl.

  ~~

  “What d’you think is up with him?”

 James and Remus were sat in Physics, test papers in front of them, the latter hard at work scribbling something or other when James whispered over to him. For the rest of the week the boy in question had been strangely distant from his friends, making excuses as to why he couldn’t hang out that were about as thin as a paper bag. A nerve had been struck, showing itself as he avoided the help of those around him. Remus felt sorry for him, desperate to piece together exactly what was going on.

 “I dunno,” He said, earning a glance from their professor. “Should we do something?”

 “I’m sure he’ll come around. He loves the drama, I guarantee he’ll be back to himself in no time.” Remus doubted this, but he trusted that James was his closest friend, and ultimately the person who knew him best; making him the most qualified for judgement.

 He trailed off, “I guess… it just sucks to see him like this, you know?”

 “Of course, I get that, but there’s not really much we can do. We can’t sit here and beat ourselves up about it.” James was always the mother hen.

 “There should be no need to talk during this test, thank you very much.” Their professor reminded flatly, finishing with a pointed look to the two boys. Remus waited until she turned her head back to laptop, typing away, before speaking again.

 “Has he seriously never had a girlfriend?” He asked, more out of his own interest than actual care, but no one had to know that. He’d only had 1 himself, one of those primary school girls who held hands with you once before breaking up with you over text. He was vaguely aware of the few that James had had, including a fling with Marlene before she’d realised her sexuality. Turns out one of the only girls James hadn’t dated was the one he wanted to the most.

 “Not that I know of, I think he’s just embarrassed.”

 “Are we talking about the same person here?” Remus asked sarcastically, hoping to amuse the other. It seemed to work well as James let out a laugh that was followed by another warning from the professor, this time more stern.

 “Do you think it’s about Regulus? Something might have happened there that he hasn’t told us about.” James said thoughtfully and seriously, looking behind him to see the very boy he’d just mentioned, pale face pressed almost right into the paper, bony fingers wrapped around a pen.

 “That’d make sense,” Remus responded. “There’s no way of actually knowing until he comes around though.”

 “I wish he’d just tell us, everything would be so much easier.”

 Remus thought about that for a moment, replaying it in his mind. Telling people what’s the matter could help.

 Maybe that’s advice I could take.

  ~~

  Remus alternated between pacing up and down the concrete of Lily’s driveway, and standing perfectly still to lower the rate of his heart. It was dark with the evening sun, but this simply couldn’t wait. His thoughts were far too loud in his head to wait any longer.

 He had to tell Lily.

 He had to tell Lily he was bi.

 The two had always been close, but as of late they’d been spending more and more time together. Bitching about their friends, helping each other study, and Remus felt like he was living a lie. His chest tightened with every word he spoke, and he simply couldn’t continue without confiding in her. It was eating him up, swallowing him whole, biting at his dignity and heart. He wasn’t exactly sure why he hadn’t already told her, putting it down to a combination of imperfect timing and chickening out last minute. He was now determined that he would. He had to be.

 Lily gazed out of the window to find him in one of his pacing staged, fingers nervously picking at a cut on his hand. She scrambled up before her sister could see what she was looking at and intervene, heading straight for the door.

 What the fuck is he doing here?

 Her fingers fumbled with the keys as she tried to unlock the door before anyone noticed what was wrong, which was becoming increasingly harder as she heard the screeching voice of her sister ring through the house. When she finally got the right key, shoving it into the lock and fumbling for a few more minutes to turn it the correct way, the door opened to a shaking and shivering Remus staring back at her.

 He blinked, throat closing up as he worked up the courage. Lily gave him a look, tried to convey ‘why the hell are you on my doorstep unannounced at 8 in the evening on a school night’ as best she could.

 He opened his mouth to speak and was startled as the words fell out of his mouth like a waterfall of emotion. “Lily, I’m bi.”

 “Cool, anything else?” She was surprised but it came out effortlessly smooth.

 Remus hesitated, “Wait, you’re okay with it?”

 Lily came out onto the step to meet him, closing the door behind her, and gestured for him to follow as she set off down the street. “Re, of course I’m okay with it. Dorcas and Marlene have been out for ages, there’s nothing to be worried about.”

 “I know, I know,” he said breathlessly. “But it’s different… I thought-, I’m a boy,”

 “How is that any different? I love them, and I love you, nothing’s changed.” Lily suggested gently. “Am I the first person you’ve told?”

 Remus looked down at his feet, carrying him weightlessly through the street. The tension had evaporated. “Yeah, you were the first person that came to mind, not that I wouldn’t have told you first anyway-“ He added quickly. “I just, I wasn’t planning on telling anyone, not right now anyway, but then James said some poetic shit about telling people what’s up and how it helps and… I don’t know. This is stupid.”

 She cut his rambling short, “It’s not stupid, god, none of this is stupid. I’m proud of you!”

 Remus finally eased into his words, “I never really realised it, never had that lightbulb moment where it all comes to you at once and you know exactly who you are. It was always just something in the back of my mind and I tried to ignore it but the more I did that the more it came forward and forced me to deal with it.” She hummed in acknowledgement. “For a long time I had no idea what was going on, you know?”

 Why? He remembered thinking. Why me?

 “But then, a couple of month ago, I saw people like me for the first time. They were always there, but I’d never really seen them. So I looked into it and got my shit together and stopped fucking… denying it.” Reflecting on his past self, it all seemed rather stupid. “I’m sorry for dropping all of this on you, you’ve got your own stuff to-“

 She cut him off once again. “You have nothing to be sorry for, Remus” She never calls me by my full name. “If anything I’m sorry that you had to go through all of that.”

 He looked at her, fully this time, and felt his heart pull. In his mind he’d known she was going to be okay with it, of course she would, but seeing it play out in front of him was emotional to say the least. He was so grateful to have her. The two continued to walk as another layer of friendship and love was shared between the two.

 She raised her eyebrows knowingly as she said “It’s Sirius, isn’t it?”

 “What-, what are you talking about? I don’t,” He spluttered, wondering if he was ready to tell her about that particular problem.

 She chuckled, “You’re about as obvious as a person carrying a sign that says ‘I’m in love with Sirius Black’. I’m not stupid.”

 “I never said-,” He sighed as she put a hand on his shoulder to prevent him from walking further. “Sirius is my friend.”

 “And Peter was Mary’s friend, and we all know how that turned out for them.”

 Were they really talking about this?

 Remus let out a low, wounded sound, “Lils-“

 “Not that you asked me, but I think you’d be really cute together.” Her smile was warm and inviting, but not warm enough to get burned. No going back now.

 “Fuck, Lils, I really like him. I think… I think I might love him. A little bit. Maybe.” He slumped his head onto her shoulder and groaned comically.

 She laughed, a real laugh, and petted his curls reassuringly. “I know, mate. It’ like I said, you’re not exactly the least obvious person in the world.”

 “What the hell am I supposed to do? He’s straight for fuck’s sake!”

 A smirk painted her face. “Just hold out hope, you never know what’s going to happen.”

 “Lilith Jane Evans is do you know something that I don’t?” Remus raised his voice.

 A laugh escaped from her lips as she pulled him into a hug, “You’ll have to wait and see, Remus Elizabeth Lupin.”

 “My middle name is not Elizabeth.”

 “And my name isn’t ‘Lilith’, I’m not that posh”

 ~~

 Sirius watched Regulus from over the feast in front of him, eyes trained on the way his fingers drummed lightly on the table. Everything looked to far too expensive to even touch, plates and glasses lined with gold embellishments and 5 different forks lined up next to them. He hated family dinners with every fibre of his being, especially when everyone was set on edge by news that Sirius had just shared.

 Regulus hated when his brother did that, gave himself a rebellious reputation that he would do anything to avoid. The boy was much thinner than Sirius, skin pale with an tint that was almost green, limbs longer and face flatter, with his hair cut short and curling around his forehead.

 “Why aren’t you eating, boy? Is this not good enough for you?” The cold voice of Mr Black tried.

 “I’m not hungry.” He said simply, voice devoid of the personality he would usually have an abundance of.

 His mother shook her head from wear she was sat, “is that any way to address your father?”

 Sirius shifted angrily in his seat, “I’m not hungry, sir.”

 This earned a shallow and cold smile from his mother, a stark contrast to the smiles he was used to from his friends throughout the day. “Now that wasn’t so hard, was it? I’d take a clue from you brother if I were you, at least he can get it right the first time round.”

 The table fell silent as Regulus sank down into his chair, hesitant to meet the eyes of anyone. “He’s only so willing because he’s scared, sir.” Sirius said with a bite. “Must be miserable, to have your own children afraid of you.”

 Mr Black stilled, the moment so tense he would be grateful for a pin drop. His fingers curled around the arms of his chair as he stood ever so slowly, towering over Sirius with anger boiling behind his eyes. The tension only grew as the man’s voice came out as quiet as a whisper, “As far as I’m concerned you are no child of mine.”

 He continued, voice rising with every syllable “You say you’re not hungry, then I suppose you wouldn’t mind if you didn’t finish this meal, or any meal for the rest of the weekend, eh? Would you be hungry?

 Regulus gasped, still desperate to keep his voice low and unheard as he squeaked his brother’s name.

 Sirius rose to his father’s level, voice wavering. “I’d rather starve then spend another minute in this hellhole.”

 “Then leave! Get the fuck out of my house!” Mr Black boomed.

 And so he did.

[somethingpoetichere]

DATING SCOTT MCCALL WOULD INCLUDE-

’(I’m sorry if this sucks I wrote it forever ago and just added a few things lol)

You’re the new girl, arriving (before beginning of s4) to stay with your long time friend Lydia Martin, and when you walk through the doors for the first time, Scott accidentally hits himself with his locker

You try your best to suppress a giggle as you open your locker beside his, but end up hitting yourself with your own locker and end up in tears laughing right alongside the brown haired boy

“I’m Scott McCall.” He smiles at you as the both of you finally calm down, extending his hand out for you to shake.

“Y/N Y/L/N.” You grin at him, and Scott is head over heels for you the minute your eyes meet his

Lydia had told him a lot about you already and he’d seen the pictures before, but no description or photo could have possibly done you justice in Scott’s eyes

He helps show you around on your first day, and you end up quickly befriending Scott and his intensely sarcastic yet endearing best friend Stiles

You become really good friends with the pack, as they all fell a little bit in love with your attitude and carefree smile

You stop by your locker after lunch and share a smile with Scott as Stiles corners you once you’re away from Lydia, immediately badgering you about any potential past crushes...

“Did my name come up like once maybe? Or was there a boy with moles mentioned??”

“Sorry about Stiles, he’s been in love with her for years.” Scott apologizes  to you about him for the fourth time, but you laugh it off

“Don’t worry about it, its actually really sweet. I wish a guy cared about me like that.”

As you walk off, Scott smiles dreamily at you and thinks about how you just might have one who does

Becoming really good friends with Stiles, who may or may not send you snapchats of Scott every five seconds captioned with obnoxious and sexual comments

“Our favorite puppy is staring at you again.”

“Really?” You ask as you whip your head around in history class, falling off your chair and making Lydia burst out laughing

“Shut up.”

Scott is left a little more than breathless by you, but puts his breathing problems around you down to his asthma (Lydia and Stiles make fun of him and motion him using his inhaler whenever you walk in the room)

Lydia and Stiles ship you together so hard

Scott uses any excuse he can find to talk to you

“Do you want me to help you with calculus?”

“Scott, have you even taken calculus?”

“Well, no, but I mean how hard can it be?”

You stay behind with Lydia and Malia to watch the boys practice during an offseason training session, doing homework and joking around on the bleachers as you try not to admire Scott for too long

“McCall really does have a great ass.” You add, almost dreamily

“And he can probably hear you.” Lydia smirked at you, laughing loudly as your face flushed scarlet

He definitely hears, and plays even harder after that

You’re screwing around after lacrosse practice, and he’s sort of teaching you how to play and sort of watching in amazement as you flawlessly make shot after shot

“Let’s see how good you really are, hotshot. Up for a game?”

“Terms?” You ask with a brilliant smile, tugging his spare helmet on

“If I win, you go on a date with me.” He smiles confidently back at you, and you shoot him a wink, still a little surprised by his sudden burst of confidence

“And if you lose?” 

“Then you get whatever you want, Y/L/N.”

“Game on, pup.”

In a moment of pure luck, you make one more shot than he does, and when he slumps in defeat as Lydia shouts that five minutes is up, you go to stand next to him

“I know what I want.” You declare with a soft smile, wrapping your arms around his neck, and you giggle lightly as his eyes widen in shock

“Go out with me, McCall.”

Needless to say, he really did need his inhaler after that...

You share smiles with Scott from across the library and through the book shelves while you are supposed to be studying, but neither of you can really focus on your books

You send each other the cheesiest pick ups lines imaginable in class

After he bites Liam, you get text updates from Stiles from Scott’s house, and demand he sends you pictures of Liam duct taped in the bath tub.

“I guarantee you this black mail will come in handy some day.”

You’re staying in Lydia’s guest room, so it scares the living daylights out of you when you hear knocking on your window

You throw the window open, brandishing a baseball bat and knocking Scott off the side of the house, having to stifle a laugh as he lands unceremoniously in the rose bushes

“What the hell are you doing here?”

“You know, I was trying to be cute.” He groans playfully, climbing back up the side of the house

“Try a little harder next time.” You tease, helping him through the window

You stumble a little and he falls through the window, grabbing your waist with lightning fast reflexes and shifting so that he would hit the floor and you would land on top of him

Your faces are literally centimeters apart and you can feel the erratic pattern in which his chest rose and fell beneath you

He can sense just how fast your heart is racing, and looks up at you in wonder as he brushes a stray strand of hair behind your ear

“You’re incredibly beautiful, did you know that?”

In a moment your lips are on his, one hand gripping your waist while the other caresses your face, and your hands are resting on ground beside his face

He rolls you over so that he’s on top of you, and you’re enveloped in his heavenly scent and the warmth that seems to radiate from every inch of his body

You spend the rest of the night watching Netflix, sending a snapchat to Stiles of the two of you captioned “Netflix and chill w your man”

Stiles absolutely loses his shit and is texting you so much that you eventually just shut your phone off

Considering that Liam undoubtedly harbors a small crush on you (as seen when he ran into the goal after you arrived at the field on the first day of practice), they decide you’re their best shot at getting him to come to Lydia’s lakehouse

“Y/N, please?” Scott begs you with that damned puppy dog look of his, and you grudgingly agree (Honestly, even the most heartless of bastards couldn’t say no to that look)

I hate you, you mouth to him as Lydia forcibly pushes you through the front doors, mock pouting as he shoots you a brilliant grin

Scott is a little surprised at the surge of jealousy that runs through him at the sight of you cheerfully persuading Liam to join you at a party that night

“Is it too late to agree with Stiles and chloroform the little bastard?”

“Is Scott McCall jealous?” 

“Maybe.” He answers with a sheepish smile, wrapping an arm around your waist. “I just don’t like other people touching what’s mine, babygirl.”

“Yours? And since when was I babygirl?” You ask with a raised eyebrow and barely concealed smirk

He presses a sweet kiss to your cheek in answer, guiding you into your shared literature class, and you can’t help but smile

God, that boy can make you swoon like no other

He has a smile that literally makes you go weak in the knees, and he has no clue what he does to you

The drive to Lydia’s lake house consists of your phone being bombarded with texts from Scott making sure you’re alright, and you ignoring them as you sing along to cheesy pop songs with Liam

You curse as you note that Stiles changed Scott’s contact name to “daddy” when you weren’t looking

Honestly, Stiles is like that annoying little shit of a brother that you never really wanted but were forced to love anyway

Your contact name in Scott’s phone is “babygirl” so Stiles thought the nickname for Scott was only fitting

After the whole Liam fiasco and the party, Scott drives you home as you wonder aloud how he stays calm during full moons

“Perfect control.”

He doesn’t notice your smirk as you lean over the console, lips hovering just above his ear as your hand rests on his thigh and whisper lowly, “You sure about that, babe?”

He curses as he swerves on the road, and you laugh so hard that you nearly cry

All Scott can do is watch you laugh, just completely and totally enamored with you

For your first date, he picks you up on his motorcycle and takes you for a scenic hike around the Beacon Hills Preserve

He’s definitely the type to open doors for you and pull out chairs, because lets face it, Melissa McCall raised her son to be the perfect gentleman

He takes you home afterwards to meet his mother, and she’s a little wary at first because yeah, she liked Allison, but his first girlfriend also tried to kill a few of his friends and had the crazy family and huntress dynamic thing going on

Melissa is pleasantly surprised when she comes home to find you and Scott in the midst of an all out water gun war in the backyard, and decides you're perfect as you hit Scott with a water balloon right in the face

She smiles as she watches the two of you from the kitchen window, unable to remember a time when her son looked so carefree

You’re huddled in a spiderman towel as Melissa comes outside to call the two of you in for lunch, and you’re hit with a wave of nerves at the thought of meeting his mother

Lunch is filled with the two of you chattering like you’ve been friends for ages, and as Scott grins at the two of you, you can't quite remember why you had been nervous at all

“I hope you know I’m only dating you because I love your mom.”

You often have lunch dates with Melissa, as she needs the girl time and you really just love spending time with her (Scott doesn’t hide how thrilled he is that the two of you get along so well)

“Your phone is ringing.” You point out to Scott as the two of you are inhaling fries at some diner and studying for history together

“I know.”

“Aren’t you going to answer it?”

“They can wait.” He grins at you, kissing your hand

Whenever you’re up late studying, he presses gentle kisses to your shoulder as he pleads for you to just get some rest

The deadpool freaks the absolute hell out of you, and you and Stiles privately share your concerns about it to each other

“I mean, I’m not genetically enhanced or anything, but can I get put on there for being supernaturally gorgeous?”

“Maybe for being a supernatural ass, Stilinski.”

You help Scott take care of Liam, and although Scott certainly isn't fond of the fact that the young beta has a crush on you, he appreciates the calming affect you have on him

Secretly plotting to set Stiles and Lydia up with Malia, Kira, and Scott

Scott loves to surprise you with cute little picnic dates

You proudly wear your McCall sportswear to every lacrosse game

He calls you babygirl when he’s jealous or in private, and the nickname never fails to make your knees go weak

Sweet kisses on the cheek in greeting when you meet up in the halls

Intense make out session in empty classrooms in between classes, during free periods, and sometimes when you manage to talk your way out of history class

Everyone’s heart melts just a little bit at the sight of the two of you lighting up whenever the other comes into view

Making silly faces at each other from across the classroom when the teacher looks away

Every time a new piece of the deadpool is discovered and more names added, you feel your heart break a little

“No one else is going to die, Y/N. I swear on my life.”

“That’s what I’m afraid of, Scott! That you’re going to die. Don’t you get that? I care about you, way more than I probably should, and that terrifies me.” You scream, the anger draining out of you as exhaustion overwhelms you

Scott tucks you into his chest, pressing a soft kiss to the top of your head as you let out a sob. “If it makes you feel any better, I care about you way more than I probably should. Thats why I’m doing this, Y/N. I just want you to be safe.”

“You’re a very difficult person to be angry at, McCall.”

“It’s my heartbreaking good looks and killer charm.”

Leaning your back against his chest, and he immediately leans down to kiss the top of your head as his arms encircle your waist

Adventurous dates, like white-water rafting or paint balling... anything that gets your adrenaline pumping

Chill dates, the two of you just cuddled up on the couch watching Friends or attempting to make breakfast together

As long as the two of you are together, it doesn’t really matter what you do

When the school is placed on lockdown during the testing, you’re left panicking alongside Lydia

As soon as the barriers are removed, you tackle Scott to the ground in a hug, half sobbing with worry

“I could get used to a greeting like that”

“please just shut up and hold me”

When Scott fakes his death to attract the benefactor, he has the Sheriff keep you occupied at the station with some paperwork you offered to help with (he didn’t want to worry you)

You find out about his plan a few hours later when he stumbles into the Sheriff’s office looking like death, and after you scream a little about how much of a complete dumbass he is, you collapse in his arms muttering something about him being your dumbass, and Scott can’t help but smile a little

“If you ever pull some shit like that again, I will kill you.”

“Point taken, beautiful.”

He likes to bring you flowers randomly every once in a while just to brighten up your day

Sweet, heartfelt compliments

“You’re beautiful to me in the mornings, at 2AM, after practice, when your makeup is only half done, when you can’t be bothered to brush your hair... you are so goddamn beautiful to me that I still get butterflies when you walk into the room.”

Flirty text messages in class... ALL THE TIME

“those jeans look good on you but they would look better on my floor;)”

He loves when you run your hands through his hair, sometimes just laying across your lap just so you’ll do it to him.

“You are SUCH a puppy, Scott McCall.”

He feels his lungs constrict in his chest just a little bit every time he wakes up next to you, with your bedhead and sleepy smile

FOREHEAD KISSES

Whenever one of you goes to hold the others hand, he brings yours up to his lips absentmindedly to kiss your knuckles and just SHIT it kills you every time

Being each other’s support system 

“You may be the Alpha, but you’re also just a teenage boy- one who is allowed to mess up and feel sorry for himself at times. You’re not perfect Scott- and I love you precisely because of that.”

“You love me?” He asks breathlessly, a brilliant grin on his face

“Obviously, puppy.” 

Hours later when you’re tangled up on bed together, a rerun of Friends blaring in the background and popcorn in between you as he mumbles in your ear, “You know, I love you too.”

Singing along to cheesy pop songs on the radio and having rap battles on long car rides

“SHAWTY HAD THEM APPLE BOTTOM JEANS JEANS BOOTS WITH THE FUR WITH THE FUR-”

Knowing that for the rest of your life, you have the privilege of waking up next to someone who loves you more than you could ever imagine- and being lucky enough to have someone that loving them feels as natural as breathing

“Sometimes I catch myself thinking about the future, and I used to be so scared of what tomorrow may bring, but now that I have you, it’s almost like nothing could possibly go wrong. And even if it does, I’ll still have you- and as long as I have you, I’m always going to be a winner.”

“Of course you are. You’re the hot girl, Scott”

[negasonicimagines]

(You kissed her.)

Hi folks! I am so, so sorry for not posting, like, at all, ever! I am trying really hard, I need to stop procrastinating and get on you guys’ requests! I’m bad at keeping track of which rqs are anon and which aren’t, so, if you wanna be tagged in your fulfilled rq, please include to tag @[user] because I copy the rqs into a doc! (this is also useful if you wanna be tagged but not as your main blog!) anyways, I wanted to mix up the writing style a little, sorry if it’s obnoxious!

request: “Can u write something like,Idk,the reader is texting Ellie and asks her to make a makeup tutorial for youtube and she actually films it?And she's all flustered and embarassed interacting with the camera?Sorry if this is too vague”

I tweaked this significantly, I’m so sorry, I just really struggled with doing it justice, especially due to the vagueness of it. But, I did appreciate the request and if you’d like to submit it with a few extra details I would love to write you a new piece! 

Additionally, this is my 30th NTW x reader imagine! Not my 30th published, but I keep my docs numbered and this is number 30! So, go us! 

So sorry for the long A/N! Please enjoy! 

(Text names are what you guys have each other saved as in your contacts!)

Ellie lost touch with most of her friends at home when she moved to Xavier’s.

(Most.)

There was one left, and if you’ve ever read one of these fics before, you know it’s you. Her best friend who she definitely doesn’t have a crush on.

Y/N ♡: Ellie!

҉  ♥Ellie♥  ҉  : What.

Y/N ♡: Your make-up looked really cute on the news today!

҉  ♥Ellie♥  ҉  : Thanks. Your point?

Y/N ♡: I was wondering if you would film a tutorial…? Please?

҉  ♥Ellie♥  ҉  : You don’t need a tutorial, you do makeup just fine. I saw your Snapchat story

Y/N ♡: Yeah, but I don’t do it how you do yours! I wanna learn THAT….

҉  ♥Ellie♥  ҉  : Tough.

Y/N ♡: :-(

Ellie rolls her eyes before leaving you on read. She’s so lucky you can’t see her face when you shamelessly compliment her like that. She gets so damn red, it’s embarassing. Whatever. She plugs her phone in and goes to sleep pretty quickly, not even dreaming.

The next morning, though, when she’s bored, she decides to create the video.

(Like it was a decision, when you were the one asking.)

҉  ♥Ellie♥  ҉  : Fine, I’ll make it. Can’t say I never did anything for you

Y/N ♡: Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

҉  ♥Ellie♥  ҉  : Whatever lol weirdo. Don’t text back I don’t want the phone to vibrate during

She suction cups her phone to her mirror, as she typically does so she can watch Netflix and do her makeup at the same time, but instead of that black and red app, she goes to the camera and begins recording.

“Hello, everyone. Or, just, y’know, Y/N. This is how I do my makeup. I start out with a primer, because I’m not completely stupid, then I go in with my foundation. Yes, it really is this pale ass emo shade. Then I blend it with a beauty blender, yeah, even I haven’t avoided that trend. And then this gray eyeshadow. And then the eyeliner, duh. And then mascara. Lipstick optional, but I’m wearing it tod- Oh! Oh my god!” She covers her mouth.

(Shocked.)

“Hey!” you tell her, stepping through the door. “Oh good, you’re actually recording. I wanted a video of us BFFs reuniting!” You wiggle your fingers towards her, and she rolls her eyes. You were the fun one, she was the grouchy one.

“What the fuck are you doing here?!” She remembers the situation.

“I’m not allowed to visit?!” you ask in reply.

“It’s kind of a long drive!” She argues, gesturing with her hands a little, and you shrug.

“Well, yeah, but when you’re moving somewhere it’s a good idea to visit first.”

“What?!” Ellie asks. “You’re a-!?”

(You nod.)

“What kind?! I mean, what do you do?!”

The people who overhear as they pass swear she’s never been this loud before, always responding briefly and nearly muttering her words.

You offer her a packet of sunflower seed snacks. She looks at you, confused.

“Take one,” you tell her. She’s always resisting.

(It’s cute.)

“What’s this got to do with anything?” the jaded girl inquires skeptically.

“Just do it, doofus!”

She takes one from the pack, and goes to crack it.

“No, hold it in your palm.”

“Y/N, you’re acting weirder than these jackasses think I am.”

“Watch!”

You close your eyes, focusing on the seed in her hand. She watches as a small green stem cracks the shell open, roots sprawling out as the stem grows thicker and darker, growing taller until the sunflower bursts open.

“Oh. My. God. Seriously?”

You crack open an eye nervously, smiling with the same tone. “Yeah. And…” You control the roots, causing them to make themselves into legs with feet at the ends. You make the sunflower dance, waving its leaves like arms.

(She just watches.)

Ellie usually didn’t speak as a choice, but in this instance she genuinely didn’t have anything to say.

(Until she realized that yes, she did.)

“Um, Y/N… Well, uh… Can you make the sunflower stop dancing?”

(No, that wasn’t it.)

“Oh, yeah, uh, here.” You hand her the gift bag she hadn’t noticed you’d been holding, and she peeks inside. It’s a bag of soil, as well as a black flower pot and plate set with silver skulls spray-painted on. “For the sunflower.”

“Nice,” Ellie comments, placing the plate and the pot in the correct position, on her desk in front of the window.. You dump some of the soil in the pot, and make the sunflower sit cross-legged, more roots expanding outwards to stake in the dirt before you add more. You take a water bottle from your purse and wet the earth inside with what’s left.

“Well, uh, I’ve gotta tour the campus. Kitty’s showing me around.”

“No,” Ellie immediately disagrees, jealousy rushing through her veins like it’s racing against her blood.

“Did I remember her name wrong?” You ask, confused.

“No, just- I’ll show you around. Tell her not to worry about it.”

You peek your head out the door and shrug, but then you nod.

Damn it, Kitty had been out there waiting for Y/N & listening the whole time? How embarrassing… Ellie thinks.

“Alright, let’s get the tour started, huh?”

The two of you go to exit, before Ellie realizes she’s (uncharacteristically) forgotten her phone! She stops the recording and locks it, sticking it in her back pocket.

You follow her around, listening to her explain the classes you’d likely take and what clubs there were in an exhausted tone.

“Is it really that bad here? Maybe I shouldn’t come…” you tease.

“No!” she nearly shouts,and you look at her with a mildly surprised expression. “Uh, it really doesn’t suck or anything, I’m just… You know… Like that.”

“I was kidding, Ellie, and besides. The papers are all in order. I don’t have anywhere else to go, anyway, my parents… Well, you know how that story usually goes.”

Ellie nods. “I’m really sorry. They seemed better than that.”

“It’s okay. Now I get to be roomies with… Well…”

Ellie’s eyes widen. “Me?”

“Yeah! You’re one of the few students who doesn’t have a roomie yet, so when they told me I could pick, I chose you!”

She tries not to blush.

(It doesn’t work.)

“Oh, jeez, El, you’re really red. You’d think with all that working out as an X-Woman, you wouldn’t get so winded after walking around a bit,” you joke, at least about the working out part. You’ve got no clue why she’s so flushed. “Are you okay? You’re not getting sick or anything, are you?”

“Sick of you,” Ellie remarks, though she doesn’t mean it. The only thing that makes her sick is her own cowardice. She couldn’t even ask you out over text, and now you’re going to be seeing her in person? She’s never going to admit her feelings, is she? She’ll die miserable and alone, just like she is now. 

(And people wonder why she lashes out.)

You giggle nervously, eyeing her expression. Most of the time you knew she wasn’t being serious, or, at least, not being honest, but you did worry sometimes. “Alright… Suppose I’ll have to find Kitty to give me the rest of the tour…” You turn around teasingly, waiting for her to stop you as you slowly walk away.

(She doesn’t.)

It hurts your feelings signifcantly. You don’t turn around, knowing you wouldn’t be able to hide it. You begin walking at a normal pace.

“Hey, wait!” she protests, and you return. “Listen, I’m sorry I’m kind of a dick. I try not to be a dick to you, but it doesn’t always work out, because I really like you.”

“Um… Isn’t that supposed to be… Not like that?” You laugh nervously, a bit concerned for her mental health and your own safety.

“I just mean that- Well- I don’t like being nice to people! It makes me feel weak! And I don’t want to be weak in front of someone I like!”

“Like… Like-like…?” You ask nervously, trying not to sound too hopeful.

(It doesn’t work.)

“Yeah,” she admits dejectedly, your hope most likely being obscurred by the metaphorical dark clouds that always surround her. Most of the time, people saw them as anger. You understand, though.

(They’re shields.)

“Hey. Did you miss my tone completely or something? It was hopeful.”

“Hopeful that I wouldn’t? Sorry to disappoint you, prince- Mmf!”

(You kissed her.)

[megacircuit9universe]

TikTok’s Reprieve

MON AUG 03 2020

Things have actually gotten a little better since the last entry.  The Homeland Security guys were removed from Portland, and never got deployed anywhere else.  

And Trump, after threatening to ban TikTok in no uncertain terms, announced yesterday that he will hold off for 45 days, allowing Microsoft time to negotiate a purchase of TikTok.

Microsoft had begun such talks a while back, when the TikTok ban was first floated by Secretary of State Pompeo.

Microsoft actually backed off and halted talks when Trump began tweeting about doing the ban for real, last week... but then Trump seems to have realized, Oh, wait!.. 

Having all that data on all those users in federal hands could be more useful than pissing off every voter between 18 and 30, to run to the polls.  And maybe he could strong arm a little kick back from Microsoft... you know... like he always angles for.

Either way, TikTok is off the hook for that Tulsa rally prank... for now.

I, personally, am very fascinated by what a Microsoft owned TikTok would be like!..

Thus far, Microsoft has zero social media presence.  They tried several years ago, to break into the smartphone market with an OS, but it was a huge flop.

Prior to that, the last time Microsoft really got all up in the face of the internet was back during the browser wars of the late 1990s, and early 2000s... going up against Netscape, with Internet Explorer and...

...really fighting to control how web pages were coded, by having a browser engine that dealt with HTML differently than Netscape* and recognized tags that Nescape didn’t... shaping the final format of the desktop browser internet as we know it today.

They won that browser war eventually... but then lost it to Google Chrome a few years later.  Their tepid answer was Bing... which only survives because it’s the default for so many corporate workstations.

But Microsoft missed the whole social media revolution entirely.

YouTube and Twitter were two of the first, followed by Instagram, Tumblr, Snapchat, etc... all bought up by big online conglomerates like Google, Yahoo, or Facebook... while Microsoft sat quietly by... totally focused on Windows 10, and nothing else.

But it is the triumph of Windows 10, that makes me think a Microsoft owned social media app, like TikTok... the coolest that ever was... could result in some far reaching, life changing, stuff... the likes of Google buying YouTube.

YouTube is now the undisputed video platform of the modern world. It’s not just TV, Movies, and personal videos... but a library of Alexandria magnitude database of knowledge, in the form of educational and how-to videos... as well as a great news resource.

Okay, back to Windows 10.  I call it a triumph, because it’s finally become a self-updating OS, that is simultaneously, forever backward compatible.  W10 has perfected the virtual machines inside itself, which can run any app that ever ran on any previous version of Windows, back to the start.

Hell, it has a virtual machine to run DOS just like the old days!

It entrenches Windows into the universe, the same way the qwerty keyboard is entrenched, or the width of train tracks were entrenched by ancient Roman chariots... it doubles down hard on keeping the computer... as we knew it... a thing we will still know tomorrow.

Compare that to the currently flopping adventure from Google into the laptop market, with tiny laptops, called chromebooks, run by Chrome OS.  Nobody wants them.  They’re just glorified tablets... which are just glorified phones.

Where are our windows?  Where is our start bar?  Where is our folder system, and our millions of programs we’ve come to love over the past thirty years?

Phones are one universe... computers are another.  That seems set in stone now, and Windows will never be directly compatible with Android, or Apple based phones/tablets... but that’s a good thing.

Back to TikTok...

Imagine if Microsoft brought back the legendary Windows Movie Maker, in a new form for editing TikTok videos!  How awesome would that be?

Windows Movie Maker was the MS Paint of desktop video editing.  It was free with Windows, and it was amazing!  I’m sure that it had a huge hand in getting YouTube off the ground, back in the early days, when it was all just reguar people with digital camera footage in their bedrooms.

I’m not sure why they discontinued it, but they did with Vista.

If a verson of Movie Maker were to come back to the desktop, in the form of a TikTok extension... holy shit!

But TikTok also has licensing agreements with a vast library of musical artists, and other audio resources, so, Microsoft could easily spin off a Spotify type playlist feature, and a GarageBand/ Myspace type unsigned indie music feature, that would dominate that unmet demand for such things, in 2020.

Currently, Amazon Music, Spotify, SoundCloud, and several others, including YouTube, have been clumbsily grasping at this music market... with shitty results.  

Spotify’s falling out of favor, because of it’s obnoxious adds.  SoundCloud is a vanity publishing service where unknown artitst pay for exposure, but there’s no access to anything else.  And Amazon Music is great for both indie and published musicians, but... only gets used by Amazon Prime members, which means they cannot share playlists with most people.

A universal music sharing superstructure, free to everybody, that compensates the artists... like YouTube for video creators... does not exist, but could soon, if Microsoft buys TikTok and develops it along logical lines.

In fact, if they spin off longer form branches of the app... the five minute vid... the thirty minute vid... the ninety minute vid... they’d supplant YouTube.

...or at least force YouTube to step up it’s game, considerably.

This could be a gold mine for Microsoft... if they don’t screw it up.

They’ve already announced that, should the purchase go through, Microsoft will oversee TikTok in Canada, America, and Australia... which is a great start on dominating Europe, and eventually getting back into India, where it is currenly banned.

It will be ineresting to see what comes of all this in the months and years ahead.

But for tonight... it’s time for bed.

*Netscape rose to popularity by enabling it’s own in-browser HTML tags, that were not yet part of the WC3 (World Wide Web Consortium 3.0) standards.  And their tags enabled images to be featured inline with text, as well as other innovative reaches that forced the WC to play catch-up, while wagging a naughty finger.

This forced a, “cambrian explosion” of web design and content.

Microsoft engaged in the same tactics, with MSIE, but rendered pages differently and had it’s own unique tags, and document model to be accessed by Javascript, forcing web designers to choose between Netscape, or IE compatability... or some convoluted compromise.

Eventualy IE won out, but was supplanted by Google Chrome, as the universal browser of the world.

[magic-multicolored-miracle]

5 - 100 but only multiples of 5

There are a lot of questions here, so I’ll do the people (I don’t know what people, the people) a favor and put them under a cut:

5. What is your relationship status? I am a single bean. And pretty okay with it. Almost maybe wasn’t. Almost.

10. How would you describe your style? It depends: my two go-to are obnoxious eyesore and Post-apocalyptic Kindergarten teacher

15. Favorite snapchat filter?  Don’t use ‘em. I do put lots of texts on my snapchats the very rare times I use that particular app.

20. How tall are you? 5′1″

25. What color socks are you wearing? I am not.

30. What’s your favorite candle scent? This week it’s been Werewolf (which appears to be a discontinued scent. I have just discovered this fact and find it greatly distressing). Fireplace by the same company is a close second.

35. Who is your celebrity crush? Joey Batey (duh), Robert Sheehan (double duh), and Eva Noblezada. Also David Bowie. 

40. How many times have you been to the hospital? I’ve lost count. For surgeries alone over the years 7. Plus the concussion and that time I accidentally breathed in a fuck ton of highly toxic mold. So at least 9 times. 

45. How many kids do you want? Actually mine I gave birth to them kids, none. I wouldn’t mind fostering and/or adopting an indeterminate number someday, but I don’t know if I’d be a good parent. Or that I want to be a parent.

50. What was the last text you sent? “Aww, that’s super sweet.”

55. What is your dream job?  Being totally outlandish and not really within any actual skill sets, costume and/or makeup design for a badass scifi or fantasy show/movie But also, I genuinely enjoy and look forward to working in Elder Law and/or Domestic Violence advocacy, which is my projected/hopeful career post-graduation. So I guess you can call it a more realistic but equally dream job?

60. How many pictures do you have on your phone? “ According to select all, 751. That includes things like album covers though because I’m too lazy to uncheck them and get a proper count. 

65. What do you wear to bed?  Too-long/baggy pajama pants and a tanktop or teeshirt.

70. What was the last concert you saw?  Counting quarantine livestreams, Abney Park on May 30. Actually in person, Frenchy and the Punk, October? November? I dunno, last fall.

75. Are you going to change your last name when you get married?  Probably not. It sounds like a lot of unnecessary paperwork. Especially since I’m getting this fancy JD degree with my current name. If the person I marry has a super badass-sounding name I might consider it thought.

80.  What is your biggest pet peeve? Hm...I’ve never thought about it much, but I think it’s the phrase “because I said so” as a way of avoiding giving a good explanation for why something is the way it is, especially when used by parents to invalidate their children. Or people reading over my shoulder.

85.  What shirt are you wearing? I am actually wearing a dress. It is white and green polka-dotted.

90. Do you wash your face? at night? in the morning? Generally I just wash my face in the shower, and I tend to be a night showerer. Unless there’s some particular reason for me to wash my face separately.

95. Summer or winter?  Winter. DEATH TO THE VILE HEAT!

100. Who was the last person you cried in front of?  My sister. A few weeks ago. It was a rare occasion, as I try to keep my crying to where no one can see me. 

[rongasm]

what's your headcanon for stydia + social media over the years? like, when did they start commenting on each other's Instagram pictures, the difference between their snaps in 3b, s4 and after eichen, etc. sorry if you have too many headcanons asks!

So this is definitely hard because I think they both used social media a lot less over the years. I would almost go as far as to say that Stiles doesn’t have an instagram and Lydia barely used hers after Allison died. 

But I actually think it’s possible that they started their talking over facebook messenger instead of texting. Stiles was too scared to ask for Lydia’s number in s2 and didn’t have it until late in the summer before s3. So whenever they needed to talk or meet up, they would use facebook messenger. 

I think he always really shyly, nervously liked her photos on facebook and instagram after they became actual friends in s3, but he didn’t comment because he didn’t want to seem like he was stalking her. In fact, I don’t think Stiles ever commented on Lydia’s instagram pictures until he was in one. Which is a super brief window, probably mostly 3b, and then after Allison died, like I said, Lydia just didn’t use it as much.

As for Lydia, I think maybe a few nights after they kissed it all kinda flew up into her head and made her breathless and she went to facebook and stalked all of Stiles’ pictures through the years. 

I think most of their snap chatting happened mid-3a, and then they stopped for a bit after the kiss, but after the “you’re the one who always figured it out” scene it was back on. Snap chat with Stydia is mostly Stiles being obnoxious and sending snaps to large groups so that Lydia doesn’t think he’s just sending them to her. But then she starts errantly commenting and randomly replying in a really sassy way and he realizes she actually likes them and he’s like “Oh. Oh.” So he starts sending more. 

Once again, it stops after 3b. They don’t really pick up again until he and Malia are broken up with, and it’s actually one of the things that really shows how pronounced the distance is between them. Lydia suddenly doesn’t feel as comfortable liking his funny tweets. Stiles suddenly has to pretend that he’s not waiting for her to like them. He never likes the occasional random photo that she puts on instagram unless Scott’s in it. They don’t snap chat. If he needs to talk to her, he texts her, and somehow texting seems more impersonal than it used to. 

I think they actually didn’t go back to normal until post-Eichen. Lydia wasn’t back to school yet, and Stiles was nervous about her recovery but didn’t want to be pushy by texting her, especially because of the several romantic moments that they shared that he didn’t know how to read into. So instead of texting her, he snap chatted “do you want your homework?” with a goofy picture of Scott, and then Lydia started snap chatting him because he was bored and suddenly they had this whole secret thing going where they were talking every day but didn’t know how to express what it meant to them. 

Then they started hanging out more over the hiatus between 5b and 6a and Stiles was single and Lydia was single (and for the first time they were single at the same goddamn time) and neither of them know how to act around each other, but they do know that they’re suddenly starting to become a lot more flirty, and that includes snapchat and texting and twitter wars and suddenly everything feels normal and Lydia is more aware than ever of how much she loves this funny, silly, broken boy. 

[solenlanoche]

100 Razones

1. You swing our hands when we're walking. 

2. You scrunch your nose when I do something you think is cute. 

3. Your voice goes up when you call me bubs or say that I'm so cute. 

4. You listen to me talk for hours about things that are way in the future, because you know it cheers me up and comforts me. 

5. You calling me a pup is the cutest thing in the world. 

6. You're so dedicated to your friends and family. 

7. There are so many distinct things that you are so passionate about, and hearing you talk about these things makes me fall a little bit more in love with you. 

8. You like to brag about me, even when I'm sitting right next to you. 

9. You're so enthusiastic about teaching me your language and your nicknames for everyone. 

10. You dedicated an entire weekend to me. 

11. You're just as crazy about us as I am, which is why we work. 

12. You go along with my crazy ideas. 

13. You put up with me even when I get paranoid. 

14. You love me through our stupid (and not so stupid) fights. 

15. You brought my mom flowers, even though she hasn't been our biggest fan. 

16. You let me call you even when I'm having a bad night, even when you're out with your friends. 

17. You give me the saddest, sweetest puppy look when we have to say goodbye. 

18. You wipe away my tears, even when I'm crying about dumb things. 

19. You open up to me about things you're self-conscious about. 

20. You hype me up when I'm feeling low on self-love. 

21. You read my (very subpar) writing and make me feel like the most talented writer in the world. 

22. You write poetry inspired by our love and call me your muse. 

23. You like to remind me of how special I am to you, and how special our relationship is. 

24. You're my little mermaid with beautiful hair. 

25. You make me feel like the most important person in the entire universe. 

26. You serenade me with all your favorite songs. 

27. You have a playlist of songs that remind you of me and listen to it regularly. 

28. You work so hard to make me feel included even when I'm hours away. 

29. You care about what's going on in my life, even when I'm being depressing or unreasonable. 

30. You listen to me whine about my clothes and my hair and pretty much everything in life. 

31. You give up precious sleep to spend time with me. 

32. You answer all of my dumb questions. 

33. You get protective over me, even though you're clearly the catch in this relationship. 

34. You daydream about our future and share these dreams with me. 

35. You use the cutest pet names for me. 

36. You send me things on Instagram and it makes me happy because it means you're thinking of me. 

37. You appreciate the small things that I try to do for you, even when they don't work out very well. 

38. Your special kisses. 

39. You tell me you've waited 20 years for a love like ours. 

40. You want me to be a part of really special things in your life, like getting a tattoo. 

41. You never make me feel needy or obsessive. 

42. You love our phone calls as much as I do. 

43. You're not afraid to show us off in public. 

44. You make me want to be a better person. 

45. I can tell how much you love me by the way your eyes sparkle when you look at me. 

46. You're conscious of me not being completely out yet, and you always ask what I'm comfortable with. 

47. You always remind me that I can take things as slow or fast as I want. 

48. You aren't freaked by how much I want to be a part of your life. 

49. Your nose and forehead kisses are so endearing. 

50. Your family has been so welcoming, and you embrace that completely. 

51. You show all my snapchats so much love. 

52. You don't care what your friends think about me or us. 

53. You always believe in us, even when things get really hard and we're both afraid. 

54. You're willing to wait weeks to see me. 

55. You know things won't be easy, but you're willing to go through it all with me. 

56. You squish my cheeks and think it's cute. 

57. You're okay with spending hours in a hot car with me because it's our only alone time in Greenville. 

58. Your "no clothes" rule. 

59. You love me even when I have an obnoxious shower cap on. 60. Your love for jerseys (and the fact that you get them from thrift stores). 

61. Your love for pretty much all kinds of animals. 

62. You put me as your home and lock screen. 63. You remember small things about me. 

64. You like the way my Spanish sounds. 

65. You aren't afraid of dealing with my dark side. 

66. You let me make infinite (crazy) travel plans.

67. You’re my inspiration for fighting the darkness every day.

68. You’re always ready to fight for us or stick up for me.

69. You choose to be with me every single day, and you do it happily.

70. You call me your parakeet.

71. You’re completely honest with me about everything.

72. You never get annoyed with me when I need some validation.

73. You text me throughout your sessions even though you know I won’t be in the best mood.

74. You’re willing to go see the same artist for the third time just because I want to go.

75. Late night car rides with you while your hoodrat music is blasting are my second favorite kinds of nights.

76. You’re always willing to cuddle for hours.

77. You asked me to be your girlfriend at 2am while you were high and then apologized for not doing a better job.

78. I knew I loved you from the beginning and that didn’t scare you.

79. You downloaded Tinder again just so we could bond over the terrible profiles.

80. You still think it’s funny when we ~emphasize~ words.

81. You don’t judge me, even when I put country songs on my playlist for you.

82. You’re proud of the little things that are only ours.

83. You bought my favorite snacks and cereal for our weekend together.

84. You laugh with me about the weird sounds my tummy makes.

85. You’re concerned about my health issues, and you’re genuinely interested in how to deal with them.

86. You like learning things about me, even when they’re insignificant.

87. Every second in our lives aligned for us to meet and fall in love.

88. Your bed feels like home.

89. You know exactly when to hug me (and for how long) when our night is coming to an end.

90. You embrace all my quirks and love me even more because of them.

91. You have a list of places you want to take me.

92. You’re willing to kick your friends out just so we can have alone time.

93. You text me all day and are still willing to call me for hours at the end of the day.

94. You also get excited about showing us off at Pride (even though it’s four months away).

95. You’re very good at guessing when I’m upset, even though I’ll probably deny it when you ask.

96. You include me in your plans for the rest of your life.

97. You prioritize us over practically everything.

98. You appreciate how girly I am.

99. You love my body.

100. You are my sunshine.

[tylerbiard]

Facebook -- TMI

I never got into Facebook when it was new and trendy, circa 2007.  I didn’t have a need for it.  I just watched from the sidelines as my peers slowly migrated from Nexopia (which I also didn’t use) to it.  It wasn’t until after high school that I could’ve seen a use for it, but by that time, Facebook had already peaked in (youth) popularity, and I was increasingly aware of its more negative aspects, especially as someone who even then was critical of increased proliferation of texting and social media.  I didn’t want to become addicted to it, I didn’t want to play Farmville, and as a photographer, I didn’t like how Facebook keeps the right to use your images for whatever purpose they so desire (which isn’t unique to Facebook).

I would regularly get asked about why I didn’t have Facebook, which was increasingly obnoxious, and I knew there were certain social aspects that I was missing out on, so I caved in 2015.  Now it’s been going on two years and I’m left wondering what all the fuss was over.  Don’t get me wrong -- there are a lot of cool features to Facebook.  But I’ve never found such an anxiety-inducing amalgam of banality.  I often consider pulling the plug and deleting my account, but I always stop just short, instead deactivating as a more pragmatic approach.

I think a lot of my anxiety with Facebook stem from one thing specifically, and that’s just the amount of information Facebook presents to you.  It’s too much.  It’s overly personal, too, due to the way the platform is set up.  It’s also the type of information Facebook gives you, which is often of the lowest common denominator variety, partially due to the platform itself, partially due to the user base and how they use it. 

Now, to be clear, I realize I came to Facebook late, and know there once was a reason young people flocked to it.  But once everyone and their grandma jumped on board, it became an awkward family dinner party.  I completely understand the rise of Snapchat as a reaction against the familial, curated juggernaut that is Facebook for young people.  Kids want to be kids without having to worry who will see what they liked, and don’t necessarily want to share always-manicured stuff for Instagram.

One of the more obvious issues with Facebook is clickbait.  Probably due to clientele and sheer size, Facebook, like no other social network, is synonymous with it.  Instagram doesn’t even allow links in an effort to cut down spam and clickbait.  I’m not gonna lie, I’ve been tempted by catchy, vapid articles, but at the end of the day, there is no way I’m going to actually need to know 10 surprising things I didn’t know a jellyfish could do.  I live in a landlocked province, BuzzFeed!  Clickbait is the type of thing that makes you unproductive at whatever you should be doing without actually gaining anything meaningful.  You may as well trudge through Wikipedia articles instead and gain insight.

A nicer Facebook feature is that you can hook up other social accounts for easy cross-posting.  But it comes at a price.  For the way Tumblr is configured to connect with Facebook, not only does it let you cross-post Tumblr posts to Facebook, but for some reason, it allows Facebook to keep a tally of everything you like or share on Tumblr.  Just a bit creepy.  This doesn’t happen with Instagram or Twitter.

As previously mentioned, I often pragmatically just deactivate my Facebook account whenever I feel overwhelmed by it.  Whenever you do this, Facebook pulls a guilt trip on you saying “X friend will miss you.”  Very nice.  Perhaps this isn’t overtly information overload, but it’s still kinda lame, and adds another deranged wing to the platform. The “friends” are either someone who won’t actually miss me, because we don’t actually talk anyways, or it’s someone who can get ahold of me through other means, including, amazingly enough, Facebook Messenger!

Although I find Messenger nice enough to not deactivate it, it is clearly sadistic in some ways.  For example the right pane (on browser), constantly notifying you who is on Facebook and when they were last on Facebook.  Through that, it’s easy to start picking out who spends too much time on Facebook, and notice habits in when people are on.  These are things I don’t want to know and should only be valuable to stalkers in almost all cases.  So why is it there?  But the real vile part of it is the Read notifications.  And not only does this show you that someone has viewed your message, Messenger also tells you exactly when.  There are many articles dealing with “left on read”, but I’ll just say the whole thing, while a nice idea, should just be abolished.  It is a terrible situation for both parties. For the receiver of a message, it creates unnecessary pressure to respond, as the clock starts ticking once you’ve opened the message, when you may simply have opened by accident or are trying to figure out a response.  Or you just don’t have anything to say.  It’s even worse for the sender, who sees their message read, and then just left.  It creates this self-loathing anxiety encircling the notion that your message isn’t important and that your “friend” doesn’t care about what you have to say.  Which isn’t necessarily the case, either.   These features create an environment where people get anxious, analyze the hell out of things, in the process making assumptions, putting pressure, and so forth, and it’s all just not healthy.  We really don’t need to be informed the time that a message was read, nor do we need to know when someone was last online, nor any of this.  As someone who’s dealt with both ends of these issues, I think it’s best to keep Messenger as an augmented version of texting (not iMessage) in the right ways (eg stickers, customizing, group chats, etc).  

The bulk of Facebook’s information overload aspects come more from the personal side of things.  Some of this is literally the posting behaviour of members.  Like, I don’t actually care what Gilmore Girl you’re most like.  I mean, to each their own, but I don’t really get why it has to be shared.  Every.  Time.  It’s spammy.  And I know people whose profiles are just endless “test” results.  I admit, sometimes they can be interesting, but the lowest common denominator variety rarely are, unless ironically (so hipster!). I think that’s the crux of it too; the banal, lowest common denominator drivel runs amok on Facebook in a way you don’t find elsewhere.  It’s all very underwhelming and overwhelming at the same time.  Yet for some reason I still log back in.  It baffles me sometimes, to be honest.

On top of that, Facebook likes to show that “X friend liked/commented on this”.  Most times, I don’t care.  Other times, it might be interesting, but I have no desire to interact with the post (which is presumably why Facebook does this) because it’s a post by a random friend-of-a-friend, whom I’ve never met.  I’m not going to like or comment in that situation.  It’d be weird. It’d be awkward.  It’s the kind of thing that makes people desire to be very selective with what they like on Facebook because it may show up in someone’s feed, without that someone even looking for it.  And because of the more personal (i.e. familial) nature of Facebook, it makes it doubly awkward.  Personally, this isn’t an issue for me, but it’s still obnoxious. 

Also, unlike Instagram, Facebook seems to serve as a photo dump for every photo from a night out to be posted.  It really is just a waste of bandwidth to post two near-identical photos, side by side.  I get that there is a less-rigourously-curated nature to Facebook, but c’mon.  It makes the feed far less enticing to peruse.  I guess there’s the unfollow option in these cases.  More to the point, is that for some reason so many Facebook users (myself included) felt obligated to add people that they really have no interest in just to be “nice”.  Usually it’s relatives, but it can be acquaintances or randos you met somewhere, sometime.  It really makes Facebook that awkward dinner party I pointed to earlier.  Often times, it’s perceived to be too awkward to unfriend, while others go through regular culls.  For the former group, though, it dilutes the feed with stuff people aren’t interested in from people they aren’t interested in, which is why young people have flooded Tumblr, Instagram, and Snapchat.

But why not just delete it at that point?  I’ve heard rumblings that many younger teens now don’t bother with Facebook, but once you’ve got it, it seems odd to get rid of it.  It’s still a highly used platform, so it’s very, very useful for engaging with people.  It’s great for groups, for events, and of course, more personal stuff.  Facebook is a walled garden, and provided you set your posts not to public, it can allow you to be more real about things, provided you don’t have to worry about random aunts and acquaintances seeing it (or don’t care).  It isn’t always a presentation of your best self, and in some ways that can be liberating.  It’s candid.  I like that.  For the people I genuinely care about keeping up with, Facebook is a fabulously personal platform.  But there’s also just a lot of bullshit on Facebook, including sometimes from those you do care about keeping up with, which makes Snapchat more and more enticing for “who cares” posting.  If only most of my friends actually used it!  Maybe I just need to unfriend a bunch of randos that I don’t really have in my life.  But there’s still the systematic issues with the platform that wouldn’t be resolved in such a scenario. 

For now, Facebook just feels like a taxing, necessary evil.  I’m growing kinda tired of social media and smartphones in general, so maybe one day I’ll pull the plug.  For now, I’m merely becoming distant to alleviate myself from the more toxic and creepy elements of Facebook, so that I can still reap the benefits of the platform.  Hopefully it works.

There’s probably more I could’ve gone into here, but does anyone else feel similarly about Facebook as a platform of “TMI”?   Anyone else feel stuck with it due to the broad nature of the platform?

[devontroxell]

The Complete Guide to Creating Your Own Snapchat Filters

Since its launch in 2011, Snapchat has allowed users to share quick pictures that vanish into thin air in the matter of seconds. Who would have thought that the popular social tool would become a leading social platform for users of all ages eventually turning into a valuable tool for marketers? Now, Snapchat has are over 229 million daily users, and lands on the list of the top 10 most popular apps worldwide with over 53 million downloads!

Why in the world is Snapchat so popular, especially amongst Millennials? Well, one of the biggest reasons is the ability to apply fun and creative filters showing your audience the cool park you’re visiting or the Sunday Funday adventures you’ve embarked on. Even more than a fun way to use the platform, the Snapchat filter is an extremely useful marketing tool for businesses. How so?

In this guide, you’ll learn:

What Snapchat filter is

How to create a customer Snapchat filter

How to use a Snapchat filter for your brand

What is a Snapchat filter?

A Snapcaht filter is an overlay for photographs that you can create and purchase to advertise your brand. Also called a Snapchat Geofilter, is essentially the tool in the app that allows businesses (and personal accounts) to create your very own custom Snapchat filters promoting your brand or message.

You can make filters available for lengths of time, as well as in specific locations. A Snapchat filter that targets a particular location is a Geofilter.

“A Geofilter is a location-based overlay you can find by swiping right on your Snapchat photo,” says HubSpot. “It’s a particularly useful tool for promoting your business… A Geofilter can help you alert foot traffic to your business’s nearby proximity, and spread awareness to users both in and outside your chosen location.”

Why businesses should use Snapchat filters

Snapchat filters are one of the main ways Snapchat was able to successfully grow their popularity. Before Snapchat introduced the world to these swipeable filters, the app was download 600,000 times each day worldwide; once Snapchat filters were added to the platform the daily download rate DOUBLED.

A Snapchat filter, left, is overlay, as opposed to a VR lens, right.

One study found that one of the main reasons users spend time on Snapchat is because of the filter feature. Realizing this, Snapchat has made it possible for businesses to grow their brands by creating their own branded Snapchat filters.

Geofilters also have been found to get a wide amount of visibility with 40 to 60% of the daily Snapchat audience seeing them, according to HubSpot. In fact, a Geofilter run by Bell Media for students at the University of Alabama reached 19,000 people in just five hours!

Now that you understand how valuable these babies are, here is how you can go about creating your very own Snapchat filters to draw even more eyes onto your brand.

How to create customer Snapchat filters

When it comes to using Snapchat filters for business there are a few different routes you can go. You can choose to design and purchase a filter from within the Snapchat app without making a Snapchat Business Account or you can first create a business account (if you do not already have one) and buy and create filters for multiple locations with more precise demographic targeting capabilities.

If you are looking for a quick and easy route to make a business filter, then creating one as a guest may be the way to go. However, creating a business account will give you a higher level of control, and also provide you with more Snapchat advertising capabilities. Here is how to go about creating your own business account.

Now that that is out of the way, here are the super simple steps to create your very own custom Snapchat filters:

Step #1: Go to the “Create Your Own” website to start and click “Create Filter.”

Step #2: Upload your custom-made design or choose to use Snapchat’s one of existing templates and add any unique text, images, or emoji of your choosing. Pro tip: Include your business logo to build your brand recognition. Once things are looking fabulous, hit “Next.”

Step #3: Customize your start and end time for when your filter will be available for use. This window is adjustable and can be set as a “repeating event,” as well. You can even choose to run your filter during specific times of the day or week.

Step #4: Give your filter a home by setting up a “Geofence.” The “Geofence” allows you to target a precise location where your filter will be available.

Step #5: Choose if your filter is for personal or business use, submit your order, and wait for Snapchat confirmation. It really is that easy!

How to make your brand's Snapchat filters successful

Now that you know how to set-up your very own Snapchat filter, you need to make sure you’re using them effectively for your business. Well, we have done some digging and these five tips that will ensure your filters are not only acceptable, but phenomenal at engaging your target audience!

1. Set a plan with specific goals

Just blindly creating Snapchat filters for your businesses radius is likely not going to be super effective at engaging your audience. And, worse, it could feel random or even obnoxious to Snappers. This is why having a specific plan in place as to what the goal of your filter is and why you want people to use it will be most effective.

For instance, are you a floral shop running campaigns around Mother’s Day flower arrangements? Then a couple weeks pre-Mother’s Day when folks are starting to think about sending out deliveries may be a good time to sponsor a Mother’s Day related Snapchat filter with this reminder.

The bottom line is that having a goal set and purpose for your filter will ensure it will actually spark interest and benefit your bottom line.

2. Put yourself your customer’s shoes

Would you, as a potential customer, use this Snapchat filter? This is the question you should always ask as you are creating your Snapchat Geofilter. If it does not feel like something your audience members would actually use, then what is the point?

Making it fun, entertaining, and timely are some ways to ensure your customers will use it. Perhaps playing off a recent SNL skit or incorporating some holiday related content that gets your audience members to feel warm and fuzzy inside. Always thinking about how to relate most to your audience members, and getting into their mindset will ensure your business Snapchat filters resonate.

3. Follow the specs outlined by Snapchat

While this one might sound obvious, it can be easy to overlook. Why waste time and money designing your beautiful Snapchat filter to have it disapproved by the platform? Here are the artwork guidelines outlined by Snapchat that you need to follow:

File dimensions: 1080px wide by 2340x high

Max file size: 300 KB

DPI: 72 (*error message is DPI too high)

File type: PNG with a transparent background

Ensure your filter only takes up roughly 25% of either the top or bottom of the screen (Snapchatters want to see themselves!)

Snapchat also provides are longer list of submission guidelines and tips here.

4. Simplicity is best

You’ll notice the last bit of advice in Snapchat’s list of guidelines for filter approval includes ensuring your filter takes up no more then 25% of the frame at the top or bottom. This is for a reason! Your audience members are using Snapchat primarily for selfie-taking and do not want a huge logo of your brand draping across their face.

Stick to simple designs that are relevant and do not take up tons of space. If you really want your target audience to use your filter, you need to ensure they are not overly salesy. Remember, the main reason people use filters is not to promote your business.  Here’s a great example from The Detroit Zoo.

5. Evaluate and improve as time goes on

Just like with all of your marketing campaigns, you should be evaluating the effectiveness of your Snapchat filters. Luckily, Snapchat has a built-in analytics tool to gain insight into how your filters were used and viewed by Snappers. To take a look at your metrics click on the three-line icon on the top left-hand corner, select “My Orders,” chose your filter, and view the metrics. You’ll be able to evaluate filter metrics like swipes, uses, views, and overall usage. These analytics can also be downloaded to a CSV.

Set up your Snapchat filters today!

Now that you have all the information handy, it is time to conquer the world of Snapchat filters. Your audience could use some new and fun filters in this new normal we are all living in.

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[brittanyyoungblog]

Don’t Have a Bae for Valentine’s Day? Live It Up Anyway!

Valentine’s Day is upon us, and few things send single women running for the Ben & Jerry’s faster than the thought of spending another February 14th alone. From the obnoxious singing gorillas in silk boxers (I mean, c’mon, what self-respecting man—or ape—still wears silk boxers?!?) that assault our ears at Walgreens to the over-saturation of, “I love my hubby soooooooo much!” posts that wage war on our Facebook feeds… Let’s face it: Valentine’s Day is not an equal opportunity holiday.

That’s why I wanted to flip the script a little bit this year and provide single ladies everywhere with a little positive motivation in case you happen to be feeling like one, is in fact, the loneliest number. Consider this: If Valentine’s Day is the “Holiday of Love,” isn’t this the perfect time to love yourself a little more fiercely? To remind yourself of how strong, and spirited, and independent you are? To celebrate yourself and your life a little? To take a moment to appreciate and honor all the different kinds of love you have in your life instead of focusing on the one kind you don’t have?

Or, in other words: Without a bae this Valentine’s Day? Live it up anyway!

But how? You might ask, as you gaze wearily at the aisles upon aisles of gargantuan stuffed teddy bears and monster-sized boxes of heart-shaped candy at the supermarket. (Is it just me or does Valentine’s Day get more and more extra every year?) Well, let’s start with what NOT to do.

1. Step away from the sappy rom-coms and love ballads. I’m sorry, Ed Sheeran and Ryan Gosling, but thank u, next. I’m all about a good chick flick, but there are 364 other days in the year to Notebook ourselves. Instead of watching or listening to things that make you feel sentimental and sad, how about amping up the girl power mojo? Brush off your box set of Sex & the City (or binge the whole series on your streaming service of choice) or rock out to Beyonce’s Lemonade. Nothing gets me feeling more like the badass, strong, empowered woman that I am than basking in the glow of other badass, strong, empowered women.

2. Absolutely positively NO TEXTING YOUR EX! Here’s the thing, he’s your ex for a reason. Don’t let the misty water-colored haze of Valentine’s Day become beer goggles. When you’re tempted to only remember him as a wonderful, adorable, romantic prince (for example, last Valentine’s Day my ex got me a dozen purple roses—because he knew it was my favorite color—and a bracelet inscribed with the GPS coordinates of the location of our first kiss) remind yourself of the big, croaking, warty toad he was capable of morphing into. (Less than a month later, that same ex broke up with me in a ten-minute long phone conversation.) Come tomorrow, Valentine’s Day will be a thing of the past. Let your ex remain that way, too. There’s no need to open the door to someone today who you’ll regret inviting back into your life tomorrow.

3. Don’t isolate yourself. If you don’t feel like going out and partying it up, don’t. Believe me, I get it. Netflix is my middle name. But don’t sit at home alone all night feeling sorry for yourself, either. Invite some girlfriends over to watch a movie. (I can’t recommend the movie Girls Trip enough for a girls night in. You will laugh your socks off.) Or get out and do something social. The movie Dirty Dancing is coming back to theaters for its 32nd anniversary and a group of girlfriends and I are going to have a girls night and go see it on February 13th because nobody puts Mandy in a corner—even on Valentine’s Day. (Side note: I am low key obsessed with this film and have been my entire life. I even write about my pilgrimage to go stay at the resort where the movie was filmed in my latest book You Are Enough.) Does this not count as a sappy rom-com, you might be asking? No. Because if anybody embodies the spirit of a badass, strong, empowered woman who breaks all the rules to follow her heart and shake her booty, it’s Baby Howseman.

Okay, we’ve covered what NOT to do. Now let’s talk about what TO do in order to live your best life on Valentine’s Day.

4. Do something that day that lights you up inside. Again, if love is what this holiday was created to celebrate, then what better way to do that than by doing something you love? For me, it’s dancing. I LOVE to dance. I always have. I recently got back into ballroom dancing and I’m having an absolute blast. The dance studio where I take lessons is having a dance party that night, so I’m grabbing a group of single ladies and we are going to go get our groove back on the dance floor. The waltz makes me feel like a graceful princess and the chacha make me feel like a sassy vixen, so it’s a win/win. Remember, when in doubt, dance it out! (Paint it out, run it out, sing it out, read it out… you get the point.)

5. Don’t be afraid to take a little social media break. If all the cheesy, over-the-top declarations of love from your taken friends starts getting you down, then shut it down. It’s perfectly okay and even healthy to unplug from time to time. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat will still be there tomorrow.

6. Remember to celebrate all the love you do have in your life. Instead of focusing on the love you don’t have, think about everything else you’re grateful for. Your friends. Your family. Your co-workers. Your church. Your pets. Love of self. Your faith. There are soooooooo many beautiful kinds of love so why let the lack of romantic love in your life blind you to that fact? Plus, when you focus on the things and people you love, the great big bonus of that is that you tend to attract even more things you love into your life—and who’s to say that doesn’t include a soulmate?

So here’s to not just surviving this Valentine’s Day, but THRIVING! Valentine’s Day, no matter how disappointing or anxiety-inducing or depressing it may be, is just one day out of the year. Regardless of what goes down on February 14th, the beautiful guarantee about life is that February 15th is going to come. And guess what comes with it? Half-off everything on the Valentine’s candy aisle at Walgreens. I can’t think of a better gift this holiday gives us than that.

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Unusual asks! 1. Spotify, SoundCloud, or Pandora? Spotify all the way, I have like, 40 playlists and I use it every day2. Is your room messy or clean?So messy, but I clean it up once it really bugs me3. What color are your eyes?Green-ish?4. Do you like your name? why?Not really, it's a really common name and i don't really feel it fits me, but I'm fine with it. My middle name is Elizabeth and I've always wanted to go by Eli but its too far gone now5. What is your relationship status? I'll stick with complicated6. Describe your personality in 3 words or lessFriendly, obnoxious, anxious7. What color hair do you have?Dirty blond8. What kind of car do you drive? color?I don't have a car, but if I'm saving up for one and its going to be a motorcycle, not a car. 📣(I hate everything about cars!!!)9. Where do you shop?Mostly thrift stores and consignment stores10. How would you describe your style?Like, 80s mom meets 90s grunge meets modern goth witch11. Favorite social media accountProbably twitter at this point12. What size bed do you have? Queen 👑13. Any siblings?A half-sister, shes a little older than me though, and she lives across the country, but i love her and miss her!14. If you can live anywhere in the world where would it be? why?Probably Eastern Canada because my family is super Canadian and i just love it there15. Favorite snapchat filter? Idk any really, I guess that one that makes ur eyes and mouth really big because my friend uses it alot and its so funny!16. Favorite makeup brand(s)Mostly Tarte and Urban Decay; Tarte because I'm allergic to most other shit and Urban Decay because I love the Naked palettes and I will suffer for them17. How many times a week do you shower?I wash my hair every few days but I shower like once a week in the winter and every couple days in the summer18. Favorite tv show?Brooklyn 99 or Game of Thrones19. Shoe size?8-ish20. How tall are you?5'9" if I stand up straight21. Sandals or sneakers? Depends on where I'm going, I like my feet to breathe, but boots and sneakers can be so cool and really put together and outfit22. Do you go to the gym? I have a gym membership that I sometimes use, but not having a vehicle right now is imposing on that23. Describe your dream dateA date that keeps going. Starting with food or drinks or whatever, and having such a good time that you keep it going and you go somewhere else, and another place. Enjoying each others' company so much that you don't want the night to end, even if that means staying up until the sun comes up. It doesn't matter if we're just sitting in a park talking and smoking cigarettes, its that neverending want that matters to me. 24. How much money do you have in your wallet at the moment?Cash, $12. I mostly use my debit card so i don't really carry cash25. What color socks are you wearing? I am not wearing socks right now because I am in bed but usually black26. How many pillows do you sleep with?1 under my head but usually at least 3 in my bed, well as all the shit thats on the left half of my bed27. Do you have a job? what do you do? Yes I work at a restaurant called Tokyo Joe's, I'm the unofficial assistant manager, and I am most often making sushi or taking out food and such.28. How many friends do you have? Including work friends I have 5, not including work I have 3. 29. Whats the worst thing you have ever done? Broke up a couple. Its whole thing.30. Whats your favorite candle scent? This candle I got from Ross, its tobacco leaf and Rose, but I'm more of an incense gal31. 3 favorite boy namesCharlie, Adrian, and Danny32. 3 favorite girl namesEli, Andi, and Dani (These and the last 3 are interchangable because I like genderless names)33. Favorite actor? Idk any off the top of my head, mostly because I kind of hate men, I really like Chadwick Boseman's acting, and I really like Leonardo DiCaprio as a person34. Favorite actress? This is really hard because I love lots of ladies, but acting wise I like Charlize Theron and Natalie Portman I guess? Idk I've seen like 7 movies. I love my gal Kristen Stewart though35. Who is your celebrity crush?I have several, more well known being the aforementioned kstew, and some lesser known names such as Lynn Gunn, Paris Jackson, and Hannah Hart36. Favorite movie? This is so hard, I guess the lotr trilogy because I can always watch that if I want to. I'm really more of a tv show kinda gal37. Do you read a lot? whats your favorite book? I used to when I was younger, I stopped when my depression took over pretty much my whole life, but I've been slowly getting back into it. I used to read a lot of teen fiction and my favorite was always Harry Potter, but now my favorite book is probably Through the Looking Glass, just because I loved it as a kid and its a nice nostalgia read, as well as a unique and creative book.38. Money or brains? Always brains.39. Do you have a nickname? what is it? Not really but I wish I did!40. How many times have you been to the hospital?I myself have had to go to the hospital only once that I can remember, ( I crashed my motorcycle) but other than that a few times for visiting family/ friends41. Top 10 favorite songsIn no particular order-Anyone Else, Pvris-Somebody Else, The 1975-In A Week, Hozier-Cherry Wine, Hozier-Pork Soda, Glass Animals-Interlude 1, Alt-J-Agnes, Glass Animals-If I Believe You, The 1975-Obsidian, Trevor Hall-From The Dining Table, Harry Styles42. Do you take any medications daily? I'm supposed to take allergy medicine but I never do so no43. What is your skin type? (oily, dry, etc)Kind of on the dry side, I'm a lucky shit though because I barely take care of it and its pretty nice and soft44. What is your biggest fear? Everyone hating me45. How many kids do you want? A couple, adopted only46. Whats your go to hair style?I have pretty short hair thats curly. The sides and back are short and the top is curly, parted on the left,so it hangs just above my right eye47. What type of house do you live in? (big, small, etc) Smallish condo with my ma!48. Who is your role model? Hannah Hart!49. What was the last compliment you received?My coworker said I have a very elegant air to me, especially when I tell stories, because I always cross my legs and i talk very extravagantly with my hands50. What was the last text you sent?My coworker Kaylee❤ dropped me off and I let her know I was in my house because you can't see my house from the street and she worries51. How old were you when you found out santa wasn’t real?I don't think I ever believed in him?52. What is your dream car? I'm gonna replace car with motorcycle and its an Zero SR ❤53. Opinion on smoking?Unfortunately, I smoke. I love cigarettes! I smoke Newport 100s. I bought a vape to help me smoke less and it definitely helps!54. Do you go to college? Ya, I'm very slowly getting my associates at MCC55. What is your dream job? I have no idea, but something I enjoy doing, and hopefully something that makes changes for the better56. Would you rather live in rural areas or the suburbs? I truly just want to live in the middle of the woods and be a woodland witch 57. Do you take shampoo and conditioner bottles from hotels? No, I have too expensive of shampoo for that and thats a stupid waste of plastic.58. Do you have freckles? Not like the classic type, but I have some random ones on my body.59. Do you smile for pictures?Almost always60. How many pictures do you have on your phone? Over 200061. Have you ever peed in the woods? Yes, I've been camping several times62. Do you still watch cartoons? Not really63. Do you prefer chicken nuggets from Wendy’s or McDonalds?I don't eat chicken nuggets because they are 1. Chicken and 2. Garbage64. Favorite dipping sauce? Balsamic vinegar or Sriracha, depending on what it is. 65. What do you wear to bed? I sleep nakey 66. Have you ever won a spelling bee?Maybe? I don't know67. What are your hobbies?Sometimes reading, sometimes writing, alot of staring at my wall in the dark while listening to music68. Can you draw? Not well, but thats not gonna stop me!69. Do you play an instrument?Nope70. What was the last concert you saw? I haven't been to a concert in a really long time but i think the 1975? 71. Tea or coffee?TeaStarbucks or Dunkin Donuts?72. Dunkin has better coffee but Starbucks has better literally everything else, and the Starbucks next to my work is literally my sanctuary and all the gals that work there are such sweethearts I love them all so much even though they probably hate me.73. Do you want to get married?Someday far from now, and really only for adoption purposes74. What is your crush’s first and last initial?Denied75. Are you going to change your last name when you get married? Idk it depends if their last name is coer than mine76. What color looks best on you? Probably blue but im partial to black77. Do you miss anyone right now? Yes78. Do you sleep with your door open or closed?Closed79. Do you believe in ghosts?Yes!80. What is your biggest pet peeve? Rudeness just to be rude81. last person you calledMy coworker Kaylee❤82. Favorite ice cream flavor? I'm more of a shaved ice or sorbet gal, but i love the Ben and Jerry's line of almond and coconut milk ice creams!83. Regular oreos or golden oreos? Lemon!84. Chocolate or rainbow sprinkles? I guess chocolate? Rainbow sprinkles are literally flavorless sugar85. What shirt are you wearing? I was wearing an old '92 Hard Rock Cafe shirt from Hawaii that I snatched from my ma and turned into a crop too86. What is your phone background?My home screen is a golden sunset cloud photo I took a while back and my lockscreen is a picture i took in the woods of a tree with mushrooms growing on it87. Are you outgoing or shy?I am usually shy but I work customer service so if I have to be I can be very outgoing, its so draining though88. Do you like it when people play with your hair?Yes! Please do!89. Do you like your neighbors? I mean, I don't know them but 2 of the 3 smoke weed so they're probably pretty cool!90. Do you wash your face? at night? in the morning?Look it gets washed when it gets washed let's not discuss it91. Have you ever been high? I spent ages 17-19 almost exclusively high. I don't really remember a lot of it92. Have you ever been drunk? Yes, several times. I am a lovey drunk and I love to kiss when I'm drunk. Or cry. Just depends who I'm around93. Last thing you ate? Diced cucumbers with lemon and salt and some white rice with peanut sauce and onions94. Favorite lyrics right now"Where does your body go when I leave you alone?Would your heart know if I met you in a brand new set of bones?Cause you may see me in different bodiesHiding below with the same soul"Same Soul, Pvris95. Summer or winter? Winter, but only because I live in Arizona so winter means like, 70 degrees96. Day or night? I like being out and about at night but there's no where to go because everything is closed97. Dark, milk, or white chocolate? Only dark. Like, at least 80% dark98. Favorite month? I like October, the weather is nice and it has a fun atmosphere, plus Halloween!99. What is your zodiac sign?My Sun sign is Capricorn, but I have an Aquarius Stellium and I kind of identify with that more100. Who was the last person you cried in front of? Technically my cat this morning. I don't do alot of public crying. Lots of private crying though! I'm a big baby of emotions

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Who Gives A Tweet?

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Could you imagine if every crazy little thought you had during your day, hour, even conversation was published for everyone in the world to see? To experiment, I wrote down all the thoughts I had while writing these two sentences:

-       Do flight attendants ever age, because they constantly fly back and forth                     through time zones?

-       Who was that guy in that movie about France?

-       Will I have enough time tomorrow to paint my nails before work?

-       I would love some salted caramel ice cream.

Twitter allows an individual to express all of these random storylines to an entire world of individuals. The social media platform is designed for easy and fast usage on a text-based format. The quick output is quite useful when wanting to post into the digital realm on the go, but can create an environment of filter-less banter. I’ve always clamored for visual interest and platforms that provided imagery. Although Twitter does not provide this form of layout, I decided it was time to investigate what made this public journal so enticing.

Trump. Plain and simple; Trump and Twitter have become synonymous. He is certainly the elephant in the Twitter room and has continued to portray the good and bad of the site itself. He has become quite the artist on the social platform with a talent for blunt commentary. In an interview with The New York Times, Mr. Trump states, “I can let people know they were a fraud… I can let people know that they have no talent that they didn’t know what they’re doing. You have a voice” (nytimes). Goodness gracious does he use his voice. For the President, the best form of response is one from him; without hesitation, without lengthy press conferences. If someone wants to attack him, he responds in kind.

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This post is not about politics, or Trump himself, but he presents a great understanding of the power available within the Twitter realm. With 48.8 Million Twitter followers, the President doesn’t shy away from communicating important information even relating to previously closed door conversations such as North Korea. The reach of this platform is substantial and can become an incredible tool for not only communicating important national issues, but even spurring debates, engaging in friendly banter and testing out comedic bits. Even celebrities from television shows will ‘live tweet’ during episodes to create an active dialogue between cast and consumer.

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So who are these Tweeters? “37% of Twitter users are between ages of 18 and 29, 25% users are 30-49 years old” (omnicore). With over 67 million Twitter users in the US alone, the site has given voice to 100 million active users daily (omnicore). One of the facts that I found most interesting is that “Saudi Arabia has the highest percent(age) of internet users who are active on Twitter” (omnicore). Twitter also dominates within the mobile platform. In a 2017 report, Twitter was slowly catching fellow social giants Instagram and LinkedIn by less than a 10% margin of users (Gallagher). Surprisingly, Twitter’s biggest profiles belong to musicians Katy Perry and Justin Bieber.

The tweet elite have begun to include images, clips and GIF’s into their posts, perhaps as an attempt to lure the visual crowd. My biggest misconception about Twitter itself was the lack of imagery associated with posts. Almost every tweet from Katy Perry was visual and even included links to her instagram accounts. She posted tour clips, Snapchat videos, advertisements, and even snippets from her American Idol debut. So what makes Twitter so different from Facebook? Was it the modernity of it? Was it the ease of usage? No, I’m asking you, because to me the difference is only in Twitters sleek appearance. The operations of both sites appear to be mirrors even with similar color tones.

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Twitter has created a safe communication platform for celebrities to connect directly with their fan base in real time. To safeguard its users Twitter created a ‘genuine account’ signature for figureheads and celebs to attach to their Twitter handles. This extra step was an interesting add-on Twitter uniquely employed. And while it protects celebrities, it has becomes more about taking their power back. “It’s more about controlling your privacy than giving it up… When Britney (Spears) shares her details on Twitter, it’s not going to stop paparazzi from stalking her. But it devalues the stuff they’re able to steal from her. She’s actually reaching in and taking back a piece of the paparazzi economy” (forbes). 

Twitter has certainly attracted celebrities and businesses alike. Although initially designed with individuals in mind, companies find the site to be a controlled forum for customer communication. The key to successful tweeting? Quality content. Don’t tweet just to tweet, post something that defines your brand or engages your followers. The smoothie brand Innocent Drinks for examples, has created a clever, silly personality with their various posts, most of which aren’t even about smoothies at all. Sometimes it’s funny weather reports, cute animals, or obnoxious sayings, all the while defining their brand and communicating with the customer. Twitter has also followed Facebook’s footsteps and included tracking and analytics. This is Facebook Business’s most popular feature and has certainly helped include Twitter as a top business tool contender.

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While attempting to type 140 characters can seem daunting, Twitter’s staple can sometimes feel limiting (just ask President Trump). I can understand the value of the social platform, especially for organizations and celebrities. As part of a digital campaign, Twitter provides an important platform of communication, irreplaceable in today’s digital-favored society. However, in terms of individual users, not so much. I don’t care what you want for dinner, or why you think your dog looks better in blue. It’s none of my business what your boyfriend said to you on a date, or what song you sing in the shower. To all the Tweeters out there… you can see me on Instagram.

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How to Use YouTube Video Essays in the Classroom

Like many of you, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how we can better prepare students to be thoughtful, responsible, and critical consumers and creators. While I don’t have all the answers, I’ve come to one conclusion: Media-literacy education must deal with YouTube. Ninety-one percent of teens use YouTube. That’s 30 percent more than use Snapchat (61 percent), the next closest social media competitor, and even more than use tech we think of as ubiquitous, like Gmail (79 percent).

What’s more, YouTube is a unique beast and can’t just be tacked on. It has its own celebrities, culture, norms, and memes and has even given rise to the dreaded “YouTube voice.” But what I find particularly fascinating is that YouTube has its own genres and types of videos. One of these — the video essay — is something I think can be a great tool for media-literacy education. Here’s why.

What Are YouTube Video Essays?

YouTube video essays are long-form (relative to many other internet videos) critical videos that make arguments about media and culture. They’re usually meticulously narrated and edited, juxtaposing video footage, images, audio, and text to make an argument much like a writer would do in a traditional essay. As former YouTube talent scout Jeremy Kaye puts it, video essays “take a structured, in-depth, analytical, and sometimes persuasive approach, as opposed to the quick ‘explainer’ video style.”

Why Are They Great for Learning?

It’s easy to dismiss a lot of what circulates on YouTube as frivolous, silly, or even obnoxious, but video essays are the opposite. They demand students’ attention but not through cartoonish gesturing, ultra-fast editing, and shock value (which even some of the more popular educational YouTubers fall prey to) — there’s room to breathe in these essays. To capture attention, video essays use a time-tested trick: being flat-out interesting. They present compelling questions or topics and then dig into them using media as evidence and explication. This makes them a great match for lessons on persuasive and argumentative writing.

But what I really love most about video essays is that they have something at stake; they ground their arguments in important cultural or political topics, exposing the ways media represents gender or race, for instance, or how media evolves over time and interacts with the world at large. Most importantly, video essays model for students how YouTube can be a platform for critical communication.

How Can They Be Used in Classrooms?

First, a caveat: Most of the channels below offer content that’ll work best in an upper-middle or high school classroom. Some videos can also be explicit, so you’ll want to do some browsing.

Conversation starter or lesson hook: Many of these videos serve as great two- to 10-minute introductions to topics relevant to classrooms across the curriculum.

Active viewing opportunity: Since video essays present often complex arguments, invite students to watch and rewatch videos and outline their theses, key points, and conclusions.

Research project: Have students find more examples that support, or argue against, a video’s argument. Students could also write a response to a video essay.

Copyright lesson: Video essays are a great example of fair use. Show students that by adding their own commentary, they can use copyrighted material responsibly.

Assessment: Have students create their own video essays to demonstrate learning or media-creation skills like editing.

Channels and Videos to Check Out

Nerdwriter

This is an eclectic channel that’s hard to pin down; basically, the video topics focus on whatever intrigues the channel’s creator, Evan Puschak. There’s everything from analysis of painting, to MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech to the history of the fidget spinner.

Vox

Vox runs the gamut of issues in politics, culture, and pop culture. Their explainer-style videos can serve as conversation starters, and since they published multiple videos a week there’s no shortage of choices. Also, make sure to check out their playlists offering essays on everything from music to climate change.

Noisy Images

This channel does a masterful job of uncovering the layered meaning — social, political, and cultural — in music and hip-hop. While most of these videos are mature, and only suitable in very particular high school contexts, there’s brilliant work on everything from the poetic rhythms of the hip-hop group Migos to Kanye West’s stagecraft to music video minimalism. Any one of these videos could inspire a great lesson or unit.

Lindsay Ellis

Video essays are just one thing Lindsay does on her channel, and she’s really good at them. Her videos often deal with heady topics like “the other” but boils them down in accessible ways. She also isn’t afraid of throwing in a few jokes to keep things interesting.

Genius

There’s tons here focused on music with a specific emphasis on hip hop lyrics. One of my favorite series is called Deconstructed. While Deconstructed videos aren’t typical video essays, they present color-coded breakdowns of the rhyme schemes in hip-hop tracks. Students could apply this technique to their favorite songs or poems.

Every Frame A Painting

This now defunct channel has 30 videos with some of the best film analysis on YouTube. If you’re looking to help students analyze the language of film, this is the channel to check out. One of my personal favorites focuses on the work of a film editor.

Kaptain Kristian

Kristian focuses a lot on cartoons and comics which is a nice entry point for younger kids. His videos each touch on big ideas in storytelling. For instance, his examination of Pixar movies delves into their rich themes that break the often rote themes of other animated movies. This video would pair well with creative writing or literary analysis lessons.

CGP Grey

One of the more long-running essayists on YouTube, CGP Grey has a fast-talking style with a lot of animation, but does a good job of answering head-scratching questions like, “What if the electoral college is tied?” or explaining complex issues  like copyright in a digestible way.

Lessons from the Screenplay

While this channel focuses on how screenwriting underpins film, the lessons offered in each of this channel’s video essays are broadly applicable to the craft of writing in general.

Kogonada

I saved this one for last because it’s the least traditional. Kogonada is a former academic turned filmmaker who gained popularity through his Vimeo video essays that, for the most part, elegantly edit together film clips without any narration. These videos are great if you’re teaching video and film editing class or  film appreciation/criticism. Creating a narration-less video would be an excellent final project for students.

Tanner Higgin is Director of Education Editorial Strategy at Common Sense Education, which helps educators find the best ed-tech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students with the skills they need to use technology safely and responsibly. Go to Common Sense Education for free resources, including full reviews of digital tools.

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