#january 30th 2020

[myreputatioooon]

There's a duckging Reusable Water bottle war in the year of our lord 2024 I fucking hate this

[seasononesam]

Stackednatural- 170/327

The Gamblers (15x11) January 30th, 2020

[1dficfests]

No Deadlines:

🗓 Larried In Vegas Fic & Art Fest @larriedinvegasficfest (ao3)

🗓 1000 Feelings For Which There Are No Names @1000feelingsfics (ao3)

🗓 1D Dick Prints & Grey Sweatpants Fest @1dgreysweatpants (ao3)

🗓 Harry Is Louis’ Baby Fic Fest @harryislouisbabyficfest (ao3)

🗓1D Handkerchief Fest @1dhankyfest​ (ao3)

Coming Soon:

🔔

Prompt Submissions:

💡

No Sign-Ups Necessary:

⏳Wanksgiving Fest @wanksgivingfest (due: 27th November)

Sign-Ups:

⌛1D I Do Fest @1didofest (stay open, due: 28th September)

⌛️1D Angst Fest @1dangstfest (until: 30th September)

⌛️1D Film Fest @1dfilmfest (until: 1st October)

⌛Louis Rare Pair Fest @louisrarepairfest (stay open, due: 4th October)

⌛Zouis Fest @zouisfics (stay open, until: 7th October)

⌛Larry After Dark Fic Fest @larryafterdarkfest (stay open, due: 11th October)

⌛️1D Soulmate Fic Fest @1dsoulmatefest (until: 1st November)

⌛️Girl Direction Fest @girldirectionfest (stay open, due: 15th November)

⌛️Qui Pro Quo Fic Fest @quiproquoficfest (stay open, due: January 2025)

⌛Zayn's Albums Fic Fest @zaynsalbumsficfest (stay open, due: 12th January)

⌛️Bottom Harry Fic Fest @bottom-harry-ficfest (stay open, due: 24th January)

⌛️Harry Rare Pair Fest @harryrarepairfest (stay open, due: 9th February)

⌛️1D Family Fic Fest @1dfamilyfest (stay open, due: 15th May)

Writing:  

📝Top Harry Fic Fest @topharryficfest (due: 20th September)

📝Second Time's A Charm Fest @newsecondtimesacharmfest​ (due: 31st October)

📝1D Neglected Tags Fest @1dneglectedtagsfest (due: 15th November)

Fics:

📚Zayn's Album Fic Fest @zaynsalbumsficfest (ao3)

📚1D Rom-Com Fic Fest @romcom1dficfest​ (ao3)

📚1D Soulmate Fest @1dsoulmatefest​ (ao3)

📚Dirty Thirty Fest @dirtythirtyfest (ao3)

📚1D Song Fic Fest @1dsongfest​ (ao3)

📚Girl Direction Femslash Festuary @girldirectionfest (ao3)

📚Second Time's A Charm Fest Collection (ao3)

📚Not Just Smut Fic Fest @notjustsmutficfest (ao3)

📚Omega Harry Fest @omegaharryfest (ao3)

📚One Direction Big Bang @onedirectionbigbang (ao3)

📚1D Dystopian Fest @1ddystopianfest​ (ao3)

📚​Comfort Fic fest @comfortficfest (ao3)

📚Wankfest @wankersday (ao3)

📚1D Omegaverse Fic Fest @1domegaverseficfest (ao3)

📚1D Mpreg Fic Fest @1dmpregficfest (ao3)

📚1D Astro Fic Fest @1dastroficfest (ao3)

📚1D Aro/Ace Fic Fest @1daroaceficfest (ao3)

📚1D Teamwork Fest @1dteamworkfest ​ (ao3)

📚1D Taylor Swift Fic Fest @1dtaylorswiftficfest (ao3)

📚1D Alpha Louis Fest @1dalphalouisfest (ao3)

📚One Direction Folklore Fest @onedirectionfolklorefest (ao3)

📚1D Wordplay Challenge @wordplayfics (Nest, Tight, Carry)

📚1D Watersports Fic Fest @1dwatersportsficfest (ao3)

📚1D Flower Fest @1d-flower-fest (ao3)

📚Bottom Louis Fic Fest @bottomlouisficfest (ao3)

2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017

Last updated: 16th September 2024

Please let me know if I’m missing something!

[soupcorvus]

april 30th, 2020 -> january 18th, 2024

do i have a bunch of shit to get to rn? yeah :) did i think redesigning these would be fun? teehee.. yeah :)

i really like how these turned out, i’m super proud of how far my art has come, even in terms of quicker sketches like this. i think my ability to convey value has improved noticeably and that makes me happy

i also did a fusion of all three of them back in the day so if you wanna see a redesign of that too lmk, it would be a bit of a challenge but i think i’m up to it

rbs appreciated

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

Welcome Bienvenue, Rollo.

{January 30th to February 2nd}

Please read the Birthday Blog Takeover Submission Rules. Yes, I’m reviving this from 2020-2021 just to honor Roro—

Something was amiss.

Of that, Rollo was certain.

The air at Noble Bell College had been strained all day, pulled taut like the tightened strings on a violin. Every so often, those strings would be plucked, sending a wave of tension rippling through the campus and setting his bones shaking. There were whispers passed, quick glimpses made, stifled laughs shared between his aide and vice president.

But the instant he so much as cocked his head in the direction of the guilty parties, they would nervously retreat out of sight. Alas, no chance for a proper chiding--nor to divulge their secret.

What do I care of their matters? Rollo scoffed, dismissing the idea of pursuing them. He made his way down the hallway and to the student council's quarters. So long as it does not interfere with my duties or cause a commotion, there is no reason for me to step in. Leave fools to their foolishness.

Rollo swung the door open and stared into an abyss. The fireplace that normally warmed the space had been extinguished, leaving the room blanketed in darkness.

He sighed, running a hand along the wall. His fingers met the light switch and flipped it, light flooding his field of view.

Students, his aide and vice president among them, sprung out from behind furniture. Gargoyles swooped down from the ceiling. Each grinned and chorused, "SURPRISE!!"

Pop, pop, pop!! Crackling, colorful confetti rained down, settling on Rollo's robes and inside of the large brim of his headwear.

He blinked, dazed as the students descended on him. One offered a party hat, another ferried a platter of petit fours, and several more bore wrapped boxes topped with bows. Excited chatter on all sides, eager eyes in every direction.

"... What is this fanfare?" Rollo demanded warily.

"It's your birthday, Mister President!" his aide beamed. "Don't tell us you forgot."

"It isn't that I forgot," Rollo massaged his temples. His growing frown was difficult to conceal with a single folded square of cloth. "It's that I had plans to tend to some important documents today. This is... an unprecedented turn of events."

"You're always working so hard for Noble Bell College and your peers, putting work before yourself," his vice president said.

"We've never seen you have fun your birthday once in all the time we've known you," a gargoyle added.

The aide nodded. "That's why we decided to throw this special celebration in your honor! Let us handle your duties for the day while you relax with your friends.”

"No, I couldn't possibly allow for you to..." Rollo's voice trailed off as realization set in. "Wait one moment. When you say 'friends', who exactly are you referring to?"

“Oh, we were in correspondence with them to prepare for the party,” explained the vice president. “They should be joining us soon. It’s just a short trip for them through the mirror.”

Through the mirror? His gut wrenched with dread. No, it can’t be…! Not possible!!

“Flamme.”

He turned at the voice calling his name, looking as though he had seen a ghost.

Faintness overcame him, and the handkerchief which he reverently clasped to his face fluttered to the ground. Rollo’s face was a show of open shock. “Y-You…!!”

There, in the doorway, was a gaggle of boys in black uniforms edged with golden trim. A band in various colors and a unique emblem was proudly displayed on every left arm. Seven variants, seven dorms.

At the front of the pack was a horned man dripping in black.

They're here. He's here.

Searing bile rose in Rollo's throat.

The villains of Night Raven College. They've returned to torment me.

The horned man's lips pulled back, revealing blinding, knife-like incisors. His voice was a rumble that could shake the mountains. "It is a pleasure to see you again."

Rollo knitted his fingers together tightly, his knuckles going bone white. "Malleus Draconia and company. How kind of you to pay a visit to the City of Flowers."

"Well, it is an important acquaintance's day of birth." Malleus extended an arm to him. His smile was mocking, twisted at the corners. "It is good manners to come and greet the blessed boy."

Rollo snorted, careful to not let his expression sink into a too-obvious sneer--not in front of his classmates. "You will have to excuse me. I don't recall granting you such information."

"Ah, that," Malleus chuckled darkly. "One could say... a little bird told me. Excitable creatures, those. I do believe she is in attendance as well--likely lost in this sea of guests. Do remember to give your gratitude for organizing this get-together, for now you have no need to fear being alone on this momentous occasion."

That Malleus Draconis, he's patronizing me!! Rollo snarled internally. Bells played a resounding war ballad in his head. Were his rage any greater, steam would be pouring out of his ears. How dare he...

Before he could get a word in, his aide and vice president excitedly flanked him.

"Isn't this great, Mister President?" the vice president asked, heartily smacking Rollo on the shoulder. "All your friends gathered in one place to celebrate you and your achievements."

"We worked really hard to put this together," the aide chimed in. "We hope you enjoy it."

"This is our thanks to you!" A line of gargoyles bounced up and down--perhaps the most animated he had ever witnessed the slabs of stone. "Happy birthday, Rollo!"

The words shriveled in his mouth.

He took one look at his fellow student council members. Their jubilant, shining faces met him. He looked at the waiting Noble Bell College students behind them, and then the Night Raven College students walling off his only route of escape. They wore smirks in varying shades. And the dancing gargoyles.

Rollo was caught like a mouse in a trap.

A monstrous roar ripped through the room. "Let's get this party started!!"

"Yes, quite..." Rollo muttered unenthusiastically. He was easily drowned out by his overjoyed classmates.

Rollo glowered to himself as he bent to retrieve his fallen handkerchief. His harsh glare burned a hole in the floor.

The man's carefully crafted schedule, interrupted. Peace and quiet, shattered. His worst enemies in his sanctuary. And he, tiredly relenting and resigning to it all.

What am I going to do with these charlatans...?!

[seoul-bros]

Jikook Week 8 Complete ✔️(30/01/24 - 06/02/2024)

Their eighth week in the military is now complete. It's time to celebrate this milestone with a look back at this week in 2020.

BTS was in Phase 2 of their Map of the Soul 7 comeback......

...starting with the first single release Black Swan on 17th January.

They flew to the US on the 18/01/2020....

..where they performed Old Town Road with Lil Nas X at the Grammys on 26/01/2020.

Cr. to Minkook Eclipse

During the week 30/01 to 06/02 they were still in the US and doing the rounds of the talk shows. These videos of them at iHeart Radio came out on the 01/02 and 06/02.

Everyone was in high spirits excited about the release of the album and the Map of the Soul tour which we now know was not to be. They returned to South Korea the next week on 10/02/20.

BONUS

On 30th January, BTS released the 2020 Winter Package in Helsinki with all these amazing Jikook photos. I've also included JK's GCF Helsinki which was released at the end of December 2019.

Post Date: 06/02/2024

[en-girls]

ENGIRLS, also known as ENHYPEN GIRLS (엔하이픈 소녀들), is a fictional sub-unit of the ten-member co-ed group, ENHYPEN, which was formed through the survival show, I-LAND. The unit consists of the three female members of the group: Aiko, Blake, and Ruruka. They debuted on November 30th, 2020, with the song, 'Really Bad Boy,' as a part of ENHYPEN's debut EP, 'BORDER: DAY ONE.'

Despite their victory on I-LAND, ENGIRLS had a challenging debut because they were the only three girls out of the twenty-four female contestants to make it to the debuting team. Many fans, international and domestic, accused MNET of voting manipulation or stated that they should have debuted an all-boy group by choosing three other male contestants to take their place. This only increased when their debut EP was released, and they were introduced as a sub-unit, with both the girls and the boys having their own unit songs.

Regardless, ENHYPEN went on to have a successful debut and remain one of the top artists of their generation.

MEMBERS PROFILE

Kobayashi Aiko was born on January 17, 2002, in New York City, New York, to a businessman father and a stay-at-home mother. She is the second eldest of four children and the only one of her siblings pursing a music career. From a young age, she has loved music and can play different instruments, including the piano, violin, guitar, and drums.

Later, when she was five, Aiko and her family moved to Osaka, Japan, due to her father’s job relocation. While in Osaka, Aiko continued to pursue music, picking up vocal lessons and later being scouted by SM Entertainment in 2014. Despite her parent’s disapproval, she went on to train under SM for four years, becoming an SMROOKIE and later participating in the survival show Produce 48. She was eliminated in episode 5 of the show and continued to train at SM until leaving at the end of 2018 to join BigHit Music.

After that, she had a fight with her parents, who wanted her to come home to continue her education, but Aiko stood firm and begged for another chance to prove herself. She later joined I-LAND and made it to the debuting team.

— BASICS

STAGE NAME ; Aiko

BIRTH NAME ; Calista Kobayashi

JAPANESE NAME ; Kobayashi Aiko

BIRTHDAY ; January 17, 2002

ZODIAC ; Capricorn

BIRTHPLACE ; New York City, New York

ETHNICITY ; Japanese

NATIONALITY ; American

— CAREER

PROFESSION ; Idol

YEARS TRAINED ; 6 years

YEARS ACTIVE ; 2018 - present

LABEL ; BELIFT LAB

GROUP ; ENHYPEN

GROUP POSITION ; vocalist, dancer, leader (ENGIRLS) 

— PHYSICAL

FACE CLAIM ; Chisa (XG)

VOCAL CLAIM ; Chisa (XG)

DANCE CLAIM ; Soojin (soloist/ex-(G)I-DLE)

HEIGHT ; 167 cm | 5’5

BLOOD TYPE ; O

Blake Akiyama was born on December 18, 2002, in Houston, Texas, to a surgeon father and model mother. She is an only child because her mother had complications after Blake was born, which led to her being doted on by her family as the only female granddaughter. Despite this, Blake is a very humble girl because her grandmother, her father’s mother, taught her the importance of hard work and appreciation for those around her.

Blake has taken dance classes since she was four and excels in many different genres. She has a deep passion for dancing and has won many awards for local competitions. Her dance teacher at the time had nothing but praise for her and has stated that Blake is one of the best pupils she’s had the honor to teach.

Blake’s parents later divorced when she was eight, and her father received full custody of her because her mother wished to pursue her modeling career. Since then, her mother has been in and out of her life. At fourteen, Blake was scouted as a model and took on some gigs despite her father not wanting her to. Still, he allowed her in order to make her happy. Blake later stopped due to the mental and physical toll it took on her.

She was scouted online due to a dance cover she posted on her Instagram and joined SOURCE Music in 2018 until she joined I-LAND and debuted into ENHYPEN.

— BASICS

STAGE NAME ; Blake

BIRTH NAME ; Blake Akiyama

JAPANESE NAME ; Akiyama Chinatsu

BIRTHDAY ; December 18, 2002

ZODIAC ; Sagittarius

BIRTHPLACE ; Houston, Texas

ETHNICITY ; Japanese

NATIONALITY ; American

— CAREER

PROFESSION ; Idol

YEARS TRAINED ; 2 years

YEARS ACTIVE ; 2018 - present

LABEL ; BELIFT LAB

GROUP ; ENHYPEN

GROUP POSITION ; vocalist, rapper, dancer, face of the group 

— PHYSICAL

FACE CLAIM ; Harvey (XG)

VOCAL/RAP CLAIM ; Harvey (XG)

DANCE CLAIM ; AleXa (soloist)

HEIGHT ; 173 cm | 5’7

BLOOD TYPE ; B

Nishimura Ruruka was born on December 9, 2005, in Okayama, Japan. She is the twin sister of Nishimura Riki, also known as Ni-ki, and has two other sisters. Like her family, Ruruka has a passion for dancing and has been dancing alongside her siblings for as long as she can remember. 

Ruruka has taken gymnastics classes since she was four, alongside dance classes, and originally wanted to pursue an athletic career. However, when she and Riki were eleven, they joined the group SHINeeKIDS and performed with SHINee for many stages. Through that, she learned that she loved to perform in front of a crowd and wanted to become an artist like SHINee. When she and Riki left SHINeeKIDS, Ruruka picked up vocal classes.

Between the time of her departure from SHINeeKIDS and her auditioning for BELIFT, Ruruka did some modeling gigs and was the backup dancer for other artists. Later, both Ruruka and Riki decided to audition for BELIFT and joined I-LAND, both succeeding and joining ENHYPEN. 

— BASICS

STAGE NAME ; Ruruka

BIRTHNAME ; Nishimura Ruruka

BIRTHDAY ; December 9, 2005

ZODIAC ; Sagittarius

BIRTHPLACE ; Okayama, Japan

ETHNICITY ; Japanese

NATIONALITY ; Japanese

— CAREER

PROFESSION ; Idol

TIME TRAINED ; 8 months

LABEL ; BELIFT LAB

GROUP ; ENHYPEN

GROUP POSITION ; rapper, vocalist, dancer, visual, maknae 

— PHYSICAL

FACE CLAIM ; Cocona (XG)

VOCAL/RAP CLAIM ; Cocona (XG)

DANCE CLAIM ; Chungha (ex-I.O.I/soloist)

HEIGHT ; 175 cm | 5’9

BLOOD TYPE ; AB

templates i used was created by @enchanthings link to template

[kim-areum]

╰┈➤ ENHYPEN (엔하이픈) is the final 8 members of the survival show I-LAND under BE:LIFT Lab, a subsidiary label under HYBE. The group consists of Heeseung, Jay, Jake, Sunghoon, Areum, Sunoo, Jungwon, and Ni-ki. They debuted on November 30th, 2020 with the mini album, “BORDER: DAY ONE“. The group made their Japanese debut on July 6th, 2021.

╰┈➤ Group Name Explanation: ENHYPEN is a mix of an en dash and a hyphen that connects different words to create new meaning, members of ENHYPEN will connect, discover each other, and grow together.

ENHYPEN Dorm Arrangements: Dorm 1: Heeseung, Jay, Sunghoon, & Ni-ki

Dorm 2: Jake, Sunoo, Areum, & Jungwon

All of the members have their own solo rooms

STAGE NAME: areum (아름) (a•room)

NAME: Kim areum (김아름)

BIRTHDAY: January 2 2003

ENGLISH NAME: Celestia

JAPNESE NAME: izumi (いずみ) (i•zoom•e)

POSITIONS: Face of the group, Visual, All Rounder

ZODIAC SIGN: Capricorn

CHINESE ZODIAC: Rat

REAL HEIGHT : 176 cm (5’9”)

OFFICIAL HEIGHT: 174 (5’8.5”)

WEIGHT: 51 kg

NATIONALITY : Japanese-Korean

MBTI: ISTJ (previous ESFJ)

EMOTICON: 🪼

FACTS:

Training period: 2016-2020

She ranked in 5th in the final episode of iland

Her microphone is pink

Her name areum means beauty

charming point: her 2 moles on her right cheek, voice, eyes (self-revised profile), nose, neck(?)

she is into archery 🏹

Habits: Sticking her tongue out, smiling with closed eyes, spacing out, side eyeing, flipping her hair, crossing her legs, touching her collarbones, touching her necklace (self-revised profile)

Aerum’s favorite color are pink and black

she has her own instagram and twitter @/areumdawo0 @/ENHYPEN_AREUM

According to Jungwon she is the most calm and easy going in the group and listens to him the most

she auditioned for JYP entertainment but she was rejected

she was scouted in SM in (2016-2017) while she was eating in a restaurant with her father

she left SM entertainment to be in bighit and trained there (2018-2019)

According to her members she’s the tallest girl they have ever met

Nicknames: pretty girl, princess, areumie, reumi, princess swan, mierum (Self-Revised profile)

Areum and jungwon met in SM (mentioned in ILAND)

she wrote Enhypen’s Blossom Blind Chaconne Le sserafim’s blue flame and swan song, impurities

Likes: sour candies, mint chocolate, sleeping, listening to music, Niki, enhypen, coffee cakes, skinship (Self-revised profile)

She helped Choreographed Le sserafim's smart and their song Still Monster

Dislikes: Mud, sasaengs, people who bash her members, messy tables, dusty floors (Self-revised profile)

She is close friends with IVE’s rei Le Sserafim Members BOYNEXTDOOR’s Jaehyun &Team’s Harua NMIXX’s sullyoon ZEROSBASEONE gyuvin and ricky TXT’s beomgyu ILLIT’s wonhee

She was chosen as #1 visual in iland a tie between her and sunghoon

Her role model is Twice’s Chaeyoung mentioned in ILAND

her favorite quote is “don’t let others bring you down with simple criticism, in the end it only benefits them”

FACE CLAIM: Nakyoung (triple s) and Karina (aespa) Bang Jeemin (Izna)

VOCAL CLAIM: jiwoo (RUN contestant ) Yunjin (Le sserafim)

DANCE CLAIM: sujung (ILAND 2 contestant)

RAP CLAIM: Chanelle (RUN contestant) and koko (ILAND 2 contestant )

border creds: @/saradika

[rnmevents]

2024 RNM Fandom Events Calendar

Below, you’ll find an always-being-updated list of events going on in the RNM fandom throughout the year as they are announced:

RNM Big Bang

Signups open: April 3rd

Authors sign-ups CLOSED

Max Evans Weekend

September 27th-29th

RIP Roswell

October 31st-November 3rd

RNM After Dark

Dates to be announced

RNM Secret Santa Exchange

Dates to be announced

2019 calendar || 2020 calendar || 2021 calendar || 2022 calendar || 2023 calendar

Questions? Concerns? See an event missing? Send us a message!

past 2024 events:

Sunrise on CrashDown

January 13th-15th

Kyle Valenti Weekend

February 9th-11th

Liz Week

May 13th-19th

Hatch Day Party

June 14th-16th

RNM Femslash Exchange

June 24th-30th

Isobel Evans Weekend

July 26th-28th

[lotr-sesa]

The Lord of the Rings Secret Santa 2023 prompt meme signups are OPEN!

So, it's that time of the year again: time to sign up for the Lord of the Rings Secret Santa exchange! Slash, femslash, het and gen; you can request it all, so why not join in?

2023 is a year of special magnificence for this exchange, as it has now been going for TWENTY years! We'd love to see you join us for this anniversary.

Lord of the Rings Secret Santa has been a traditional exchange since its inception, but we continue to adapt and refine the exchange to best serve all participants. The exchange has been in the form of a prompt meme since 2020.

If you are new to the format, AO3 has a helpful FAQ here.

This year's timeline (2023):

Prompt Posting: November 1st to 30th

Claiming: December 1st to 31st

Collection Open for Posting: December 1st to 31st

All Fills Due: December 31st

You will be able to post up to 2 prompts, and we will do our best to make sure that at least one of your prompts is filled.

Please note that this is an FPF challenge. (i.e. Fictional, not real people fiction/RPF.) We're always open to all the Peoples and Ages of Middle-earth, which means that characters from The Hobbit and The Rings of Power are welcome too!

The Rules (2023):

You will be able to post up to 2 prompts between November 1st and 30th, and we will do our best to make sure at least one of your prompts is filled.

Your fill is due December 31st 11:59 pm Pacific Time (you can check what that is in your time zone here). Please post it to AO3 (and nowhere else, until January 10th).

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Once claiming has opened, please only claim a prompt if you plan on actually fulfilling your end of the bargain, and please only claim one prompt at a time. After you have completed your fill, you may claim a new one.

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Have fun -- and spread the word! Every reblog is precious to us.

[musicaltheatreturtle]

BOOTLEG TRADING

Here’s my list!

&Juliet

AUDIOS

Toronto - June 22nd, 2022 (First Preview)

CAST: Lorna Courtney (Juliet Capulet), Betsy Wolfe (Anne Hathaway/April), Stark Sands (William Shakespeare), Paulo Szot (Lance DuBois), Justin David Sullivan (May), Ben Jackson Walker (Romeo Montague), Melanie La Barrie (Angelique), Philippe Arroyo (Francois DuBois)

Broadway - November 2022

CAST: Lorna Courtney (Juliet Capulet), Betsy Wolfe (Anne Hathaway/April), Stark Sands (William Shakespeare), Paulo Szot (Lance DuBois), Justin David Sullivan (May), Ben Jackson Walker (Romeo Montague), Melanie La Barrie (Angelique), Philippe Arroyo (Francois DuBois)

Broadway - November 26th, 2022

CAST: Lorna Courtney (Juliet Capulet), Betsy Wolfe (Anne Hathaway/April), Joe Moeller (u/s William Shakespeare), Paulo Szot (Lance DuBois), Justin David Sullivan (May), Brandon Antonio (u/s Romeo Montague), Melanie La Barrie (Angelique), Philippe Arroyo (Francois DuBois)

Broadway - November 30th, 2022

CAST: Lorna Courtney (Juliet Capulet), Betsy Wolfe (Anne Hathaway/April), Stark Sands (William Shakespeare), Paulo Szot (Lance DuBois), Justin David Sullivan (May), Ben Jackson Walker (Romeo Montague), Melanie La Barrie (Angelique), Philippe Arroyo (Francois DuBois)

Broadway - December 17th, 2022

CAST: Lorna Courtney (Juliet Capulet), Betsy Wolfe (Anne Hathaway/April), Stark Sands (William Shakespeare), Nicholas Edwards (u/s Lance DuBois), Justin David Sullivan (May), Ben Jackson Walker (Romeo Montague), Melanie La Barrie (Angelique), Philippe Arroyo (Francois DuBois)

Broadway - February 1st, 2023

CAST: Lorna Courtney (Juliet Capulet), Betsy Wolfe (Anne Hathaway/April), Stark Sands (William Shakespeare), Paulo Szot (Lance DuBois), Justin David Sullivan (May), Ben Jackson Walker (Romeo Montague), Melanie La Barrie (Angelique), Phillippe Arroyo (Francois DuBois)

Broadway - April 19th, 2023

CAST: Lorna Courtney (Juliet Capulet), Betsy Wolfe (Anne Hathaway/April), Stark Sands (William Shakespeare), Paulo Szot (Lance DuBois), Justin David Sullivan (May), Ben Jackson Walker (Romeo Montague), Melanie La Barrie (Angelique), Phillippe Arroyo (Francois DuBois)

Broadway - June 14th, 2023

CAST: Rachel Webb (u/s Juliet Capulet), Betsy Wolfe (Anne Hathaway/April), Stark Sands (William Shakespeare), Paulo Szot (Lance DuBois), Justin David Sullivan (May), Ben Jackson Walker (Romeo Montague), Melanie La Barrie (Angelique), Joomin Hwang (u/s Francois DuBois)

Broadway - June 17th, 2023

CAST: Rachel Webb (u/s Juliet Capulet), Betsy Wolfe (Anne Hathaway/April), Stark Sands (William Shakespeare), Nicholas Edwards (u/s Lance DuBois), Justin David Sullivan (May), Ben Jackson Walker (Romeo Montague), Melanie La Barrie (Angelique), Micheal Ivan Carrier (u/s Francois DuBois)

Broadway - August 2nd, 2023

CAST: Lorna Courtney (Juliet Capulet), Betsy Wolfe (Anne Hathaway/April), Stark Sands (William Shakespeare), Paulo Szot (Lance DuBois), Justin David Sullivan (May), Ben Jackson Walker (Romeo Montague), Melanie La Barrie (Angelique), Phillippe Arroyo (Francois DuBois)

Broadway - August 6th, 2023

(Stark Sands Final Performance)

CAST: Veronica Otim (u/s Juliet Capulet), Betsy Wolfe (Anne Hathaway/April), Stark Sands (William Shakespeare), Paulo Szot (Lance DuBois), Matt Raffy (u/s May), Ben Jackson Walker (Romeo Montague), Brittany Nicholas (u/s Angelique), Philippe Arroyo (Francois DuBois)

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West End - January 2020

CAST: Grace Mouat (u/s Juliet), Cassidy Janson (Anne Hathaway), Oliver Tompsett (William Shakespeare), Jordan Luke Gage (Romeo), Tim Mahendran (Francois), Arun Blair-Mangat (May), Melanie La Barrie (Nurse "Angelique"), Ivan de Freitas (u/s Lance), Jocasta Almgill (Lady Capulet/Nell), Christopher Parkinson (s/w Lord Capulet/Sly), Kirstie Skivington (Eleanor/Benvolio), Antoine Murray-Straughan (Augustine), Sophie Usher (s/w Gwynne), Alex Tranter (Henry), Rhian Duncan (Imogen), Kieran Lai (Kempe), Danielle Fiamanya (Lucy), Dillon Scott-Lewis (Richard), Kerri Norville (Susanna), Josh Baker (s/w Thomas)

West End - January 4th, 2022

Broadway - October 2022

CAST: Lorna Courtney (Juliet Capulet), Betsy Wolfe (Anne Hathaway/April), Stark Sands (William Shakespeare), Paulo Szot (Lance DuBois), Justin David Sullivan (May), Ben Jackson Walker (Romeo Montague), Melanie La Barrie (Angelique), Philippe Arroyo (Francois DuBois)

Broadway - November 22nd, 2022

CAST: Lorna Courtney (Juliet Capulet), Betsy Wolfe (Anne Hathaway/April), Stark Sands (William Shakespeare), Paulo Szot (Lance DuBois), Justin David Sullivan (May), Ben Jackson Walker (Romeo Montague), Melanie La Barrie (Angelique), Philippe Arroyo (Francois DuBois)

Broadway - December 22nd, 2022

CAST: Lorna Courtney (Juliet Capulet), Tiernan Tunnicliffe (u/s Anne Hathaway/April), Stark Sands (William Shakespeare), Paulo Szot (Lance DuBois), Justin David Sullivan (May), Ben Jackson Walker (Romeo Montague), Melanie La Barrie (Angelique), Philippe Arroyo (Francois DuBois)

Broadway - December 23rd, 2022

CAST: Lorna Courtney (Juliet Capulet), Tiernan Tunnicliffe (u/s Anne Hathaway/April), Stark Sands (William Shakespeare), Paulo Szot (Lance DuBois), Justin David Sullivan (May), Ben Jackson Walker (Romeo Montague), Melanie La Barrie (Angelique), Philippe Arroyo (Francois DuBois)

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie

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West End - Date Unknown

RENT

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Broadway OBC - Opening Night

BEETLEJUICE

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Broadway OBC - Date Unknown

COME FROM AWAY

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Broadway - March 10th, 2017

ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME

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Broadway - September 3rd, 2023

Cast: Briga Heelan (Cinderella), Justin Guarini (Prince Charming), Jennifer Simard (Stepmother), Adam Godley (Narrator), Brooke Dillman (O.F.G.), Aisha Jackson (Snow White), Ryann Redmond (Belinda), Tess Soltau (Betany), Mila Weir (Little Girl), Gabrielle Beckford (Rapunzel), Ashley Chiu (Sleeping Beauty), Nathan Levy (Clumsy/Prince Ebullient), Ryan Steele (Prince Erudite), Morgan Whitley (Princess Pea), Lauren Zakrin (Little Mermaid), Liv Battista (Belle), Pauline Casiño (Esmeralda), Selena Haro (Gretel), Joshua Daniel Johnson (Prince Brawny), **Amy Hillner Larsen (u/s Goldilocks)**, Justice Moore (Red Riding Hood), Kevin Trinio Perdido (Prince Mischievous), Mikey Ruiz (Prince Gregarious), Josh Tolle (Prince Suave), **Matt Allen (u/s Prince Affable)**

HADESTOWN

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Broadway - July 30th Act 1 Only

Cast: Reeve Carney (Orpheus), Eva Noblezada (Eurydice), Tom Hewitt (Hades), Jewelle Blackman (Persephone), Lillias White (Hermes)

AUDIOS

Broadway - September 9th, 2023

CAST:

Lilas White (Hermes) Reece Carney (Orpheus) Grace Yoo (u/s Eurydice) Phillip Boykin (Hades) Betty Who (Persephone)

MOULIN ROUGE

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Broadway - August 9th, 2023

CAST: Casey Cott (Christian), Courtney Reed (Satine), David Harris (The Duke), **Patrick Clanton (u/s Harold Zidler)**, Sophie-Carmen Jones (Nini), Ricky Rojas (Santiago), Andre Ward (Toulouse-Lautrec), Jacqueline B Arnold (La Chocolat), Tasia Jungbauer (Arabia), David Merino (Baby Doll), Patrick Clanton, Alexander Gil Cruz, Taurean Everett, Aaron C. Finley, E.J. Hamilton, Bahiyah Hibah, Heather Makalani, Nick Martinez, Kaitlin Mesh, Clay Rice-Thomson, Jenn Stafford, Alex Varcas, Cole Wachman

West End - August 10, 2023

CAST: Robson Broad (u/s Christian), Melissa James (Satine), Matt Rixon (Harold Zidler), Ian Carlyle (Toulouse-Lautrec), Jon Tsouras (s/b Santiago), Ben Richards (The Duke), Amy Thornton (Nini), Siobhan James (u/s La Chocolat), Melissa Nettleford (u/s Arabia), Tiago Dhondt Bamberger (Baby Doll)

VIDEO

Broadway - June 2022

CAST: Derek Klena (Christian), Ashley Loren (Satine), Eric Anderson (Harold Zidler), Sahr Ngaujah (Toulouse-Lautrec), Caleb Marshall-Villarreal (Santiago), Declan Bennett (The Duke), Kaitlin Mesh (Nini)

SWEENEY TODD

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Broadway - August 23rd, 2023

Cast: **Nicholas Christopher (s/b Sweeney Todd)**, **Jeanna De Waal (s/b Mrs. Lovett)**, **Nathan Salstone (u/s Anthony)**, Gaten Matarazzo (Tobias), Ruthie Ann Miles (Beggar Woman), Maria Bilbao (Johanna), Jamie Jackson (Judge Turpin), John Rapson (Beadle Bamford), **Daniel Torres (u/s Adolfo Pirelli)**, Galyana Castillo, Jonathan Christopher, Taeler Cyrus, **Hennessy Winkler (s/w Timothy Hughes's track)**, Paul-Jordan Jansen, Alicia Kaori, **Michael Kuhn (s/w Raymond J. Lee's track)**, Patricia Phillips, Samantha Pollino, Lexi Rabadi, **Dwayne Cooper (s/w Nathan Salstone's track)**, **Tug Watson (s/w Daniel Torres' track)**, Kristie Dale Sanders, Stephen Tewksbury, Felix Torrez-Ponce, **Megan Ort (s/w DeLaney Westfall's track)**

Broadway - September 13th, 2023

Cast: **Paul Jordan-Jansen (u/s Sweeney Todd)**, Annaleigh Ashford (Mrs. Lovett), Gaten Matarazzo (Tobias), Daniel Yearwood (Anthony), **Jeanna De Waal (s/b Beggar Woman)**, Maria Bilbao (Johanna), Jamie Jackson (Judge Turpin), John Rapson (Beadle Bamford), Nicholas Christopher (Pirelli), **Michael Kuhn (u/s Bird Seller)**, Patricia Phillips (Passerby), Stephen Tewksbury (Jonas Fogg), Galyana Castillo, **Kyrie Courter (s/w Taeler Elyse Cyrus's track)**, Timothy Hughes, **Dwayne Cooper (s/w Paul-Jordan Jansen's track)**, Alicia Kaori, Raymond J. Lee, Samantha Pollino, Lexi Rabadi, Nathan Salstone, Kristie Dale Sanders, Daniel Torres, Felix Torrez-Ponce, DeLaney Westfall

CABARET

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West End - August 31st 2023

CAST: Mason Alexander Park (Emcee), Sally Frith (u/s Sally Bowles), Nathan Ives-Mobia (Clifford Bradshaw), Beverley Klein (Fraulein Schneider), Teddy Kempner (Herr Shultz), Toby Turpin (u/s Ernst Ludwig), Michelle Bishop (Fraulein Kost/Fritzie), Ela Lisondra (s/w Frenchie), Matthew Gent (Hans), Hicaro Nicolai (Lulu), Charles Croysdill (Victor), Grant Neal (Max), Adam Taylor (Bobby), Laura Delaney (s/w Helga), Gabriela Benedetti (Texas), Sophie Maria Wojna (Rosie)

SOME LIKE IT HOT

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Broadway - August 26th, 2023

Cast: Christian Borle (Joe/Josephine), *DeMarius R. Copes (u/s Jerry/Daphne), Adrianna Hicks (Sugar), K. J. Hippensteel (u/s Osgood), NaTasha Yvette Williams (Sweet Sue), Adam Heller (Mulligan), Mark Lotito (Spats), Devon Hadsell (u/s Minnie), TyNina Rene Brandon, Julius Williams (s/w DeMarius R. Copes' track), Casey Garvin, Elizabeth Earley (s/w Devon Hadsell's track), Jenny Hill, Ian Campayno (s/w K. J. Hippensteel's track), Jarvis B. Manning, Brian Martin, Abby Matsusaka, Amber Owens, Dan Horn (s/w Charles South's track), Brendon Stimson, Raena White, Richard Riaz Yoder

KIMBERLY AKIMBO

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Broadway - September 16th, 2023

Cast: Colleen Fitzpatrick (s/b Kimberly), Justin Cooley (Seth), Jim Hogan (s/b Buddy), Alli Mauzey (Pattie), Bonnie Milligan (Debra), Olivia Elease Hardy (Delia), Alex Vinh (u/s Aaron), Fernell Hogan II (Martin), Skye Alyssa Friedman (u/s Teresa)

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I’m open to pretty much anything but I love anything & Juliet, Moulin Rouge, Rent or Cabaret

If anything on this list interests you, feel free to DM me!! ♥︎

[erinelliotc]

A tip I give as a listener and music lover: don't give up on songs after listening to them for the first time.

You know, one thing I've learned from my experience listening to music (and which I'm confirming even more now that I've started listening to Will Wood) is that sometimes it's not that you think the song is bad or meh, sometimes you just haven't listened to it enough. Sometimes it's not that you don't like the song, you might actually like it and just not be in the mood to listen to it at that exact moment. And especially if you're listening to several songs at once for the first time, you may not absorb them all well, so it's important to listen to them again other times.

This happened to me with a lot of The Living Tombstone songs. I'd listen to a song for the first time and think "That was kind of weird, I didn't like it very much", or "That wasn't bad but it wasn't good either", then I'd decide to listen to it a few more times, usually at other times, and then I'd start to LOVE the song.

Now this is happening to me with Will Wood.

Before going to the main topic I'll contextualize the following: I discovered Will Wood through "I / Me / Myself" on TikTok (don't judge me I'm trans okay 😭 this song means a lot to me. This is still my most listened song of his so far, but "Front Street", my favorite Will Wood song, is almost taking the top spot) because of an edit (made by @flowerpuff09) with Double D from "Ed, Edd n Eddy" (my biggest hyperfixation) and it immediately became a song I listened to every day almost all the time for many weeks and I even made 4 Eddy edits with this song (first I realized that the song on Spotify wasn't exactly the same as the one in the edit, and then I discovered that there was a demo version and an official version, and I ended up loving both equally in different ways). So in another Ed, Edd n Eddy edit on TikTok, this time an Eddy edit, I discovered "The Main Character" and loved it, and then I discovered that it was ANOTHER fucking Will Wood song! At that moment I thought I should listen to the rest of his songs because it was already the second song of his that I loved, and so I did.

The first time I listened to all of his songs (January 30th), I added to a playlist the songs that I felt I really liked from the first time I listened to them. If you're curious to know what songs they were here's the list so you can judge me (observation: I listen to the 2015 "Everything is a Lot" album except Aikido and EIAL / Destroy to Enjoy, and to the 2020 Remastered Version of SELF-iSH):

6up 5oh Cop-Out (Pro / Con)

Skeleton Appreciation Day in Vestal, NY (Bones)

Front Street

Thermodynamic Lawyer Esq, G.F.D.

Chemical Overreaction / Compound Fracture

Cotard's Solution (Anatta, Dukkha, Anicca)

Hand Me My Shovel, I'm Going In!

Suburbia Overture / Greetings from Mary Bell Township! / (Vampire) Culture / Love Me, Normally

2econd-2ight-2eer (that was fun, goodbye.)

I / Me / Myself [demo]

I / Me / Myself [official]

…well, better than the alternative

Outliars and Hyppocrates: a fun fact about apples

BlackBoxWarrior – OKULTRA

Marsha, Thankk You for the Dialectics, but I Need You to Leave.

Love, Me Normally

Memento Mori: the most important thing in the world

Your Body, My Temple

When Somebody Needs You [Song]

Tomcat Disposables

The Main Character

Against the Kitchen Floor

Willard!

Then I listened to my 23-song playlist non-stop for almost 3 weeks. And even the songs I already liked seemed to get better over time after listening to them more times, like "Marsha, Thankk You for the Dialectics, but I Need You to Leave.".

One day while reading Reddit, I saw some people commenting about not listening to "Euthanasia" because it was too sad, then I decided to watch the "Euthanasia" music video and ended up crying and loving the song, so I added it to my playlist. 2 weeks later, I added "Mr. Capgras Encounters a Secondhand Vanity: Tulpamancer's Prosopagnosia/Pareidolia (As Direct Result of Trauma to the Fusiform Gyrus)" to my playlist too after giving it another listen and really liking it (I was trying to increase the number of songs on this album because I felt sad listening to only 3 songs, even though it's a small album). A few days later I added "Ferryman" and "The First Step" after watching a video compiling the best parts of Will Wood's songs. Almost a week later I decided to give the "Everything is a Lot" album another listen and then I added "White Knuckle Jerk (Where Do You Get Off?)", "(Cover This Song) A Little Bit Mine" and "Lysergide Daydream". I also added "Venetian Blind Man (Song)" after seeing someone on Reddit say it was an underrated song, listening to it again and realizing it really was.

And something unusual happened. Somewhere in the middle of all this I also removed "BlackBoxWarrior – OKULTRA" because even though I liked it the first time I listened to it, it became a song I kept skipping, then I realized I didn't like it that much (please don't kill me. I know a lot of people love this one, but I found it to be my least favorite on "The Normal Album"). Whether I like or dislike a song ends up being about the sound, not the lyrics, mainly because English isn't my first language, so I end up not caring that much about the lyrics. It's not that the lyrics aren't important to me, what happens to me is:

If I like the sound of a song, and the lyrics also talk about something I like, identify with or find important, the lyrics come as a bonus so I like the song even more

If I like the sound of a song, but the lyrics have nothing to do with me, the song is still just as good for me

If I don't like the sound of a song, but the lyrics talk about something I like, identify with or find important, it doesn't change anything for me, it doesn't make me enjoy listening to the song one bit

Basically, the lyrics make songs I already like better for me, but they don't make a song I don't like better, or a song I like worse.

Fun fact involving me not being a native English speaker: besides Will's lyrics being very abstract in general, I'm also not fluent in English and I never made any effort to pay attention to his lyrics either, so I had no idea what "Tomcat Disposables" was about. But every time I heard it, I became inexplicably extremely sad and melancholic and even teared up even without knowing what he was talking about. One day I decided to look for the meaning and now I know that it made perfect sense to be sad about this song, and of course now I feel even sadder than before listening to this song. He did a really good job of making the melody capture the sad feeling of the story.

So from March 15th until the day before yesterday (for 1 month), I listened to this playlist of now 30 songs. So the day before yesterday I decided to listen to his albums again, and now I just added one song after another. The more I listen to his songs, the more I realize that I actually really like them. The songs that were added practically all at once were:

¡Aikido! (Neurotic/Erotic)

Everything Is a Lot

Destroy to Enjoy

2012

The Song with Five Names, a.k.a. Soapbox Tao, a.k.a. Checkmate Atheists! a.k.a. Neospace Government, a.k.a. You Can Never Know

Dr. Sunshine is Dead

Laplace's Angel (Hurt People? Hurt People!)

Cicada Days

That's Enough, Let's Get You Home

Um, I Mean, It's Kind of a Lot

Half-Decade Hangover

Vampire Reference in a Minor Key

Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll

White Noise

Yes, I like "Destroy to Enjoy" more than "BlackBoxWarrior – OKULTRA", leave me alone. And yes, it took me a while to like "Laplace's Angel (Hurt People? Hurt People!)". It's my second least favorite song on "The Normal Album", but it's still good enough for me to put on my playlist. I swear, I REALLY wanted to like this song more, considering that "The Lorax" and especially the Once-ler were hyperfixations of mine in 2021. And yes, it took me a while, but now I love "The Song with Five Names [etc etc insert 4 more names here ...]". "Cicada Days" also finally got a special place in my heart, but the one I'm listening to most from the album "In case I make it," is "That's Enough, Let's Get You Home", the ending really touches me.

Anyway, now I have a playlist of 44 songs. I may still add more, but in general I'll enjoy listening to all of his songs (except "You Liked This (Okay, Computer)" and generally those that are only instrumental), even the ones I don't consider favorites (the ones that aren't on my playlist).

Then that's it. Give a second, third, fourth listen to that song you didn't like. It might even become a song you love and listen to all the time.

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Then Because She Goes

Instagram AU (volume i)

back to masterlist — volume ii — volume iii

a/n: I really wanted to add more visuals to the TBSG universe so here is a the first part of my Instagram AU!!! This volume is full of 'posts' that would've occurred during the span of the fic, future volumes will include ones from the time jump before the epilogue and maybe even after that too :)) lmk what u think! AND try to spot all of the tiny references to the fic i added 😝😝 love u

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t_rumanb1ack ALBUM OF THE YEAR

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April 12th, 2024.

Case of the day: CAT2RBC-4254 Architecture (landmark) -/- corruption (entropy)

aka "Millennium Dome more like Millennium Doomed" aka "stop. digging."

May 13th, 2024

Case of the day: CAT2RB-4254

Drowning (subterranean) -/- key (metaphor)

aka "Trip down memory lane, try trip down flood relief drains" aka "do not help your husband open that door"

And look Sam none of us believed you but you said that just a month ago.

Also same DPHW.

There is so much in this episode.

Is the immersion heater somewhat important? That it's kept in Cheshire (Gwendolyn Bouchard, like the Cheshire Bouchards?)? That the metaphor really reminds me of dream logic?

Why is it a January 30th 2020 (00:35) homicide case when Stan's body was found in November 2019 and Viola lived at least till February 2021? Whose homicide is this about?

[send-up-my-heart-to-you]

what is the story of you and violet like how did you start and how did it reach to where it did, of course only if you’re comfortable. ( i’m not trying to mock you or make fun of it, ik what you went through but since you said anything personal, i have wanted to know this. i’m interested in things which are none of my business. i pray im not sounding rude, i really want to come of as nicely as i can, but i can’t)

whole story below the cut, there’s a tldr at the end bc i added a load of unnecessary details. js brace its kind of a long one.

so we met when i was 12 and he was 15. i remember it was june 2020. i didn’t like him at first—got sort of a weird vibe. but then i got to know him more and, by september-ish, he became one of my best friends. by november, i thought of myself as having a crush on him (i didnt know i was aroace at the time) but i never made a move bc he was dating one of my friends, lets call her jude. we talked pretty much every day. i had to leave our friend group for safety reasons but he was my source of contact with the rest of my friends. i think we mainly talked on discord at the time?

flash forward to new years eve of 2020, and something happens. i’ll spare you the details, but needless to say my devices got confiscated. i still remembered his discord id, so i got my best friend to msg him and tell him what happened. i also got my favorite cousin to do the same, so he’d have two ways of talking to me.

keep in mind, my best friend and cousin both had it in their minds that i had a crush on him, so they’d both try to get him to like me. in june i think he broke up w jude. my cousin was also in regular contact with jude on instagram, so i got to msg jude at some point after the breakup and i distinctly remember her saying she’d be okay if i dated him but she personally was so unhappy w him. i didnt get that, but i think i later did

years pass w barely any contact. december 2022, i start dating someone else. january 2023, i realize i chose the absolute worst person and i break things off. then april 2023, i manage to get in contact w violet. we start dating the next day. (here he’s told me that he’s genderqueer he/she, but later he denied this)

i talked to him anytime i could and he'd send selfies a lot. i was scared about my parents so i asked him not to. he'd do it anyway. i didnt ask him to stop after that

he wasn’t necessarily a bad boyfriend, i js didnt rlly feel. idk. special? i’d make playlists for him and send voice recordings whispering “i love you” in arabic but i never got any of that back ig. the first few weeks were the best but after that? nothing. i’d send pics and he’d call me pretty and hot and say he’s so lucky to have me. later i found out he called every girl pretty when he’d see a pic of her.

i self-harmed for the first time when i was with him. what he did was ask me to send a pic of it so he could check if its bad. i told him i was suicidal. i dont remember what he said.

and then came june 15th, 2023. what a day. i talked to him at like midnight my time. i remember the last thing he asked was for me to send a selfie so he could show me off to his friend.

then my mom found out. and i was so scared of her getting angry at me that i downed 16 pills and got rushed to the hospital.

my mom didnt get angry. but my devices were confiscated again. and i couldnt talk to him. keep in mind, he knew i was suicidal. i was expecting some kind of response from him through my best friend because he was still talking to her at the time, but i didnt hear anything. instead, nine days after i tried to kill myself, on the 24th of july, he broke up with me. 

i didn’t blame him. when your suicidal gf ghosts you for nine days ofc you’re gonna wanna move on. it’s not his fault. i js felt kind of lonely, yknow? on the 30th i managed to log into my acc to talk to him, to explain everything, n all i saw was a breakup msg. i dunno.

in october-ish of 2023, i managed to get thru to him. i explained everything. he didnt give much of a response, but he did ask if we could keep talking. i said sure. we did keep talking and i invited him to tumblr bc i had more of a presence here than anywhere else. when my mom confiscated tumblr in november, i continued talking to him on google chat

in february 2024 he was my valentine js bc we were both single and alone and we thought itd be fun. i wrote him a letter. he didnt make me anything but its fine. you get the idea we were getting closer again

by this point i realized i wasnt receiving the amount of love i deserve, and i was kind of sad bc he’s not a muslim and i am, so we couldn’t get married, therefore we wouldnt have a future together (i’m the kind of person who wouldn’t have a relationship w someone if it won’t lead to anything in the long-term). he told me he wouldn’t become a muslim or study islam for me, so i respected that. i wouldnt forcibly convert him. but i also acknowledged that i couldn’t be w someone who’s not a muslim, so i asked him to stop talking to me. he said okay.

he’d still reblog stuff and send me asks—he even asked me to write a poem about him for my follower event. but around that time i had kind of been getting drained from exams and i didnt want boy problems on top of that, so i asked him to stop all contact w me. he respected that, as far as i know. he wished for me to have a nice life. i wished the same for him. and i blocked him. i havent talked to him since then at all, i dont think

so yeah. kind of lengthy story thats a whole load of nothing. i dont want you to go bother him about this. he was my friend before being my boyfriend, and he was with me during a dark time in my life. i respect him and i ask for you to please not send hate towards him. think what you will, just dont bother him. i’d be happy to answer anything else, but i think i js about covered everything.

tldr; we met when i was 12 and he was 15. we dated starting when i had just turned 15 and he was almost 18. he broke up with me after i attempted sewerslide. we continued talking for a while after reconnecting but i cut him off again last feb for religious reasons and we havent talked much since.