#kevin freak the mighty

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Me when freak the mighty:

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Me when a character in a book dies and I literally fucking cry in class

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Every Current Formula 1 Driver But I Decided They Were All Bugs

No Thoughts, Head Empty, Only Insects I Enjoyed From My Single Entomology Class Several Years Ago. Sorry to folks from outside the states. Most of these are like. my local critters.

Max Verstappen - Appalachian Jewelwing, Calopteryx angustipennis I have no reasoning behind this one. He just gives me the vibes of a damselfly kinda man.

Sergio Pérez - Synoeca Cyanea, a species of warrior wasp, or just the Synoeca genus again, literally no justification besides he's on the dark blue team and I just really like these wasps. Please read the Synoeca wikipedia page. they are SO cool.

Lewis Hamilton - Violet Carpenter Bee, Xylocopa violacea fashionable! cool lookin bee!

George Russell - Blue Hawker, Aeshna cyanea

Charles Leclerc - Cattle Killer/Cow Killer, Dasymutilla occidentalis (letting my south midwestern hick jump OUT here. most folks call em velvet ants)

Carlos Sainz - Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta

Lando Norris - Walker's Cicada, Megatibicen pronotalis this is NOT meant to be a drag I actually love these freakishly loud animals but he just gives bright green cicada energy.

Oscar Piastri - Green Carpenter Bee, Xylocopa aerata cop out? yeah. good bee and something that feels correct? yes.

Fernando Alonso - Mourning Cloak, Nymphalis antiopa i love these fuckin bugs. absolute freaks of nature. they live for like a full year and they're always wandering around and getting up to something. plus they're very distinguished.

Lance Stroll - Common Buckeye, Junonia coenia I'm not even gonna elaborate on this one.

Valtteri Bottas - Eastern Cicada Hawk, Sphecius speciosus I just think they're neat!

Zhou Guanyu - Ebony Jewelwing, Calopteryx maculata blatant favoritism here. The ebony jewelwing is perhaps my all time favorite bug from home :) (its also v stylish)

Esteban Ocon - Chinese Mantis, Tenodera sinensis a noble creature that frequently scares the life out of me when i find one outside my window. Why the fuck are you so long. I appreciate u anyway.

Pierre Gasly - European Field Cricket, Gryllus campestris he just *feels* a bit crickety. Idk what to tell u man.

Kevin Magnussen - Halloween Beetle (or in America, the Japanese Lady Bug), Harmonia axyridis the most determined little bastard in the animal kingdom. They WILL get into your apartment through that microscopic sliver in the window.

Nico Hulkenberg - Green June Beetle, Cotinis nitida idk dude he just serves local scarab

Daniel Ricciardo - Black-And-Yellow Mud Dauber, Sceliphron caementarium im sure you are all noticing how much i love wasps by now. i was SO brave not making this a wasp only post. if ur american and a hick (hey girl(gn) hey) you'll know these guys From Constantly Being In Your Car's Inner Workings

Yuki Tsunoda - Bullet Ant, Paraponera clavata tiny but mighty!!!!! (short king solidarity)

Alex Albon - Great Black Wasp, Sphex pensylvanicus yet more blatant favoritism for my faves. Yes this post is so i can assign the williams boys and zg my fave types of local bugs. Anyway. this is one of the best wasps in the world. if u see her irl please stop for a moment to appreciate her. she's usually a docile species but she is very big and i love her. (good hunter too)

Logan Sargeant - Blue Dasher, Pachydiplax longipennis the ultimate late spring and all of summer insect of america. voted america's sweetheart of every local body of water eight millionth year in a row!!!! one of the best dragonflies in the country and i am serious!!! if u live in north america this summer, find a LAKE, a POND, A RIVER, perhaps even a CREEK!!!!!! A POOL WILL EVEN GET YOU! you'll find these folks. at current you might catch mating flight season!!! anyway. these are crazy good hunters and they're a beautiful little baby blue shade. anyway. logan and the rest of williams should go huntin for these when he gets back to florida. think it would fix em.

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Venom gives the antidote to Laurence, it sure takes effect but that doesn't stop his eyes from glowing.

Kenneth: That was my doing.

As soon as his eyes stopped glowing pink, the mouseling tucked his tail between his legs as he looked around. And when he saw the wolf-skeleton, the little monster looked like he was about to have an attack.

Mouseling: Put it back, put it baaaack!

Kenneth: Sure sure.

His eyes were glowing pink again, and that relaxed him.

Kenneth: Ever heard the "Rose tinted glasses" phrase?

He said to Venom.

.......

Wolf-skeleton amalgamation that is Kevin's dad: So that was why! Yes, I am looking for her. She helped me with a potion when she was still single. I owe her a favor for that~

Venom: oh right! Pheromones! I should’ve guessed with you being a vlock and all~

She looks at the mouseling mildly annoyed he needs to be seduced into not freaking out at Grimm monsters

Venom: is there anything else I can help you with?

————-

Thistle: heh, that’s a mighty old favor mr..?

[klessard]

The Culkin Brothers: Macaulay Culkin became a sensation in the 1990's for his portrayal of Kevin McCallister in the Home Alone movies. His brothers Kieran and Rory are also actors, and they feature in some of my favourite productions from that era.

Home Alone, directed by Chris Columbus, 1990

A movie I love to watch every Christmas vacation and never get tired of. With Macaulay Culkin as the lead, but also Kieran Culkin as Kevin's bed-wetting cousin Fuller. Also starring beloved Canadian comedians Catherine O'Hara and the late John Candy. Wonderful soundtrack by John Williams.

The Mighty, directed by Peter Chelsom, 1998 Based on the novel Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, this underrated gem is funny, uplifting and heart-breaking all at once. Kieran Culkin plays a gifted teenage boy living with Morquio syndrome. He befriends a strong yet learning disabled boy who becomes his legs while he becomes his brain. Another movie I love to watch around Christmas since an important part of the story is set at that time of year. Hilarious performance by Gillian Anderson as "the Queen of Saxony". Set in Cincinnati but filmed in Toronto. Amazing Celtic-tinged score by Trevor Jones.

Signs, directed by M. Night Shyamalan, 2002 I include this film even though it was released in 2002. It is close enough to the 90's and the story was conceived in a pre-9/11 context. The technologies used by the characters are still those of the 90's (VHS tapes, cathodic televisions, baby monitors) and the fashion as well (Rory Culkin's character rocks the denim overalls and plaid shirts like a pro). This movie is dear to me because of its raw depiction of a man's faith struggle and its effects on his family. But it also offers a wonderful message about God's sovereignty.

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Song sang by Sister Sisto possessing Mia in the Mighty Solars Movie

Sister Sisto, after possesing Mia, breaks up Qourra’s venting speech after she finds out she is not a werewolf and Wanda accuses her of betraying them wrongly, kicks Qourra in the face and sings her a song that ends freaking everyone out, including Miss Frankie, Principal Cooke, Ms. Perez, Kevin, Darcy, Jamie, Randall, Janice, Louise and Trevor. After the song ended, Sister Sisto pops out of Mia’s body and reveals herself brought back from the dead by Kano and now goes by Black Mirror. The people panic and ran for their lives, right after Miss Frankie, Principal Cooke, Ms. Perez, Kevin, Darcy, Jamie, Randall, Janice and even Mia got kidnapped.

[SISTER SISTO AS MIA]

Hey, look out world cause here I come.

I'm burning brighter than the sun.

You put up walls, but I can break 'em, break 'em.

Fear, is not a roadblock in my way

Don't care what the haters say

They don't scare me I'm not shaken, shaken

And if you think I'm gonna quit

Go and cross it off your list

I just wanna scream out loud

Nothing's gonna stop me now.

I'm never coming off this cloud

So move over, move over, move over

You don't wanna mess with me

I know who I'm meant to be

Never gonna slow me down

Nothing's gonna stop me,

Nothing's gonna stop me

Now-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow

Nothing's gonna stop me

Now-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow

Nothing's gonna stop me now

I'm moving faster than you think

You might miss me if you blink

Everyday I'm getting stronger, stronger

But I was born to break the rules

So that's just what I'm gonna do

I just wanna scream out loud

Nothing's stop me now.

I'm never coming off this cloud

So move over, move over, move over

You don't wanna mess with me

I know who I'm meant to be

Never gonna slow me down

Nothing's gonna stop me,

Nothing's gonna stop me

Now

And if you think I'm gonna quit

Just go and cross it off your list

Hey, look out world cause here I come

I'm burning brighter than the sun

I just wanna scream out loud (out loud)

Nothing's stop me now (nothing's gonna stop me now)

I'm never coming off this cloud (no, no, no)

So move over, move over, move over (just move over)

You don't wanna mess with me (don't wanna mess with me)

I know who I'm meant to be (oh)

Never gonna slow me down

Nothing's gonna stop me,

Nothing's gonna stop me

Now-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow

Nothing's gonna stop me

Now-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow

Nothing's gonna stop me

Now-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow

Nothing's gonna stop me

Now-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow

Nothing's gonna stop me now

[piratewithvigor]

An Analysis Of Former ROH Champions in regards to likelihood of fighting Jericho

Low Ki- Probably Not (does about one match a month, usually for HOG, last match was Oct 29)

Xavier- Definitely Not (is dead)

Samoa Joe- Likely, but not on Nov 2 (already is in AEW, but booked to fight Brian Cage)

Austin Aries- Probably Not (has not wrestled since March and if AEW isn't touching Marty Scull with a ten-foot pole, they're probably not touching him)

CM Punk- This is fuckin iffy, man (on the one hand, rumors say he's on his way out of AEW. On the other hand, if he was ever going to come back, 17 days before a PPV is the time to do it)

James Gibson- Willing To Bet Not (working for the WWE and also hasn't wrestled since 2015)

Bryan Danielson- No (already did)

Homicide- Very likely (Besties with Eddie Kingston and Wheeler Yuta already, which means worsties with Jericho by default)

Takeshi Morishima- Willing To Bet Not (has been retired for like 7 years)

Nigel McGuinness- No (both retired and doing commentary for WWE)

Jerry Lynn- Probably not (officially retired in 2013, but he does work for AEW, so you never know)

Tyler Black- If he did, I'd shit myself (didn't know this was Seth Rollins until I checked. Honestly, he's probably on the way to Saudi Arabia by now)

Roderick Strong- Probably not (due to being on NXT)

Eddie Edwards- Likely not (seems to be pretty heavy into TNA, but he is buddies with Bryan, who is enemies with Jericho)

Davey Richards- Not likely at all (heavy into the indies and wanted to retire 12 years ago)

Kevin Steen- I truly can't imagine (Has been Kevin Owens in the WWE for a good while)

Jay Briscoe- No (This is a manifestation. I do not want him in AEW)

Adam Cole- Oh I hope I Hope (it's been 4 months since he last wrestled due to injury, but this would be a FANTASTIC way to return)

Michael Elgin- Not Likely (Got arrested in July. Tony would be a FOOL to bring him in)

Jay Lethal- Eventually, but not Nov 2 (Is booked to fight Darby Allin)

Kyle O'Reilly- He's Gotta Come Back Eventually (6 days away from 5 months since he's wrestled, but is still in AEW)

Christopher Daniels- Honestly Pretty Likely (wrestles semi-frequently, just not in AEW. But he definitely could)

Cody- No, but if he does, I'd freak (Isn't even wrestling in the company he works for due to a broken tit)

Dalton Castle- No (already did)

Matt Taven- Probably (has done two episodes of Rampage and if the belt match isn't main event, it's almost definitely him)

Rush- Odds are good (I mean, not great odds cause he doesn't seem super over yet, but I wouldn't be surprised)

PCO- Really doubtful (First off, glad to see he's still going strong. I knew him as a Mountie back in 93. But he's pretty stuck into Impact)

Bandido- No (already did)

Jonathan Gresham- No, but only for booking reasons (no reason he can't, but his last AEW/ROH match was him losing the belt)

Claudio Castagnoli- Iffy (on the one hand, their gangs have been feuding since May, on the other hand, he's mighty pissed to lose the belt)

Nov 2 predictions in order of likelihood: Matt Taven, Rush, Homicide, Christopher Daniels, Adam Cole, Kyle O'Reilly

[doubleshotsundayepisodes]

EP 49 - Favorite Things Mix

Episode 49 - Favorite Things Mix Mix

Major Lazer - Major Lazer x Mobb Deep - Be Together Mighty Mi Mix Trayze - A Little Bit Of Pun (Trayze Remix) Bobby Caldwell - Open Your Eyes (Nick Bike Edit) Common - The Light The Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy (Nick Bike Edit)(Drums Only Intro)(Dirty) digable planets - rebirth of slick DAngelo - Lady XA Preto Remix Blackstreet - No Diggity (Nick Bike's Twin Flame Edit)(Clean) De La Soul - Buddy (Native Tongue Decision Version) (feat. Jungle Borthers, Q-Tip, Phife, Que Lauryn Hill - That Thing Missy Elliot - Get your freak on Bifo Remix Cassiano - Onda NxWorries - Link Up Ella Mai - Bood Up vandalized edit Kevin Lyttle - Turn Me On (Nick Bike's 2022 Slide Remix) Kendrick Lamar - Die Hard - Duncan Gerow Remix Stevie Wonder - Stevie Wonder "I Can't Help It" (King Most Redirection) Usher - U Dont Have to Call Duncan Gerow Remix Bruno Mars - 24K MAGIC (BRLLNT REMIX) Maze - Before I let go Luther Vandross - Never too much George Benson - Give me the night Hall & Oates - I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) De La Soul - A Rollerskating Jam Named "Saturdays" (Nick Bike's 'All Night' Edit)(Short) Jim Sharp - Westchester Eagle Janet Jackson - Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Double A 'from The Bay' Flip) Keyshia Cole - Keyshia Cole x Michael Jackson - Love (Double A 'from The Bay' Flip) 79.5 - Terrorize my heart - disco dub

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UnShelled: The Freak The Mighty And Unwind Crossover No One Asked For

The image had stayed in Max’s head for ages. The image of Kevin, spraying chili powder into his father and captor’s eyes, sending him back to jail where he belonged. If this new law passed, there could be the possibility that his father could be unwound and shelled. Killer Kane, Killer Kane, a parts pirate soon to have no brain. He hadn’t known what shelling was originally, when he’d first heard of it on the news, so he’d asked Grim. 

“Shelling’s a horrible thing. They unwind you and then throw out the brain. You’re not alive in a divided state if they shell you, I sure think,” Grim declared.

 “Of course you’re not alive without a brain,” Max said. “No different than being a zombie then.” Even though Max was pretty sure he had no brain- he was a massive butthead. He wondered- would he want shelling to be his father’s fate, or was it too cruel? Better than the death penalty. At least his stupid body would be helping somebody. 

“I heard the only type that shell is that foreign unwinding place,” Gram said with a shake of her hand. “What do they call it… The Zah Dey?”

“It’s the Dah Zey,” Grim corrected. “Something for flesh market.”

“Kevin said it’s Burmese,” Max interrupted. Kevin had… a very strong stance on unwinding. 

“How unchivalrous! It’s a horrible practice, and should never be performed on anyone nor supported,” he claimed. “I know they can’t unwind me because I’m ‘unclean’. Well, I’ll show them unclean! I’ll protest against unwinding until this nonsense stops!” 

Max had always admired his friend’s courage and way to speak his mind. He admired that he even had a mind, something Max always felt that he had lacked. Freak was his mind; together, they were Freak The Mighty, nine feet tall and with the biggest brain you’d ever seen. Even separate, they were a menace. Freak had led to the arrest of a notorious parts pirate, and Max had passed the eighth grade! They were unstoppable! 

Max thought about unwinding a lot. No doubt if he’d been adopted out instead of taken in by Grim and Gram he’d be a pile of organs by now- a big pile of organs. He was probably worth a lot on the black market, an extremely tall, boeuf 13 year old, the prime age for unwinding. Maybe his dad would have raised him a tithe if he “found the light” earlier. Max chuckled at that. The thought of him, a tithe! He’d probably be the biggest tithe of all time. Maybe they could put him in Ginny’s World Record book or whatever it was called. 

Max also thought about parts pirateering. When your father was someone who was so cruel to send his own wife off to be unwound by the Burmese Dah Zey, you had to. Iggy and Loretta were still tied up in that business, and Max vowed to stay away from them for that very reason. Even if Loretta had saved his life once. Maybe she was just eyeing up his parts. She always acted like she was, anyways. 

One day, Kevin declared that he had a quest. “We must go to where I am to receive my robot body! To the Medical Research Center, noble steed!” 

And so Freak hopped up on Max’s shoulders and they became Freak The Mighty once again as Max galloped off into the sunrise with the smaller boy on his back. This was Max’s favorite thing in the world; the wind blowing through his hair, Kevin on his shoulders, off on a wild quest to who knows where. He loved Kevin, Freak, whoever the hell he was, he knew he did. He wasn’t sure what that love meant or what kind of love it was, but it was there. His butthead was too stupid to figure out what it was. The only way would be to ask Freak, and then he’d know that Max was a butthead too stupid to understand love, and then where would they be? But Kevin never treated Max like a butthead. He seemed to be the one person in his life who understood that even if he was one, there was no need to treat him like one. Teach the big goon to read and write, eek eek. Then call him a noble steed. 

“The castle looks just fabulously ravishing today, doesn’t it?” Freak said from atop his steed. 

“Ravishing? Hungry?”

“No, that’s famished. Ravishing means beautiful, alluring, bewitching…”

“So all the things your mom is?” Kevin smacked Max with one of his crutches. “The noble steed will not make comments about his rider’s mother.” Max untied one of Kevin’s shoes playfully, a game they always played together. Kevin always pretended it ticked him off, but Max knew it didn’t. Then when he got off of him, Max would tie his shoe back up. Kevin was originally surprised he could even tie a shoe. 

“So, when are you getting your robot body?” Max asked curiously.

“Why do you ask?”

“I’m really nervous for you,” Max admitted. “I mean, you’re getting a bionic body. That’s pretty freaky.”

Kevin sighed. “Max, it’s time you know. There is no robot body. It’s just as fictional as Arthurian legend. I came up with it to help myself cope with the inevitable, the inevitable being my soon but sure demise. It’s called manifestation. If I lie to myself enough, it becomes true to me.”

Max didn’t understand most of what Freak had said, but seeing the tears in his eyes told him most of what he needed to know. “You’re… going to die?” Kevin nodded. “My organs are just getting too big for my body, and since I refuse unwound organs, I’m not going to last long.”

“Why don’t you just take them?” Max asked, trying to plead with him. “The kids got unwound anyways.”

“Do you know how hard it’d be to find organs small enough for my body?” Kevin asked. “They’d need to unwind a three year old. And they’d have to make it so the organs couldn’t grow either,” he explained. “It’d be far too complicated. And possibly illegal.”

“But you can’t die!” Max exclaimed. “Without you, I’m just… The Mighty. I need my Freak.”

“That which comes cannot be avoided,” Kevin said seriously. 

But Max would find a way to stop it. He knew he could.

First, he needed money. Lots of it. But where does one get lots of money? He swore to never be a criminal, but that might be the only way. Kevin would have called what he was doing a quest of the unnoble variety, but he needed the money. Enough money to bribe someone who probably had all the money in the world. 

So, he ransacked all the abandoned houses in town he could find. Eventually he’d stolen one, two thousand dollars? He’d been able to find a diamond necklace he’d been able to pawn off, and he had his cash. Now, time to go to the people he’d needed.  

“Loretta? Loretta, you in there?” Max asked, banging on the door. Eventually, the woman with the fake eyelashes and droopy lips greeted Max tiredly. 

“What do you want, kid?” She asked. “No, I’m not lending you money.”

“Oh, I’m not asking for money,” he said with a smirk. “Quite the opposite. You’re going to become very rich.”

“So, let me get this straight…” Loretta thought, long and hard. “You’re going to pay us to take you to the Dah Zey?”

“Well, not quite. The money is to bribe the higher ups into letting me do what I want. But yes, I’m submitting myself to you as an AWOL. No one has to know, and the Dah Zey will still pay you.”

“Well, your plan’s crazy, but you got a deal, kid,” 

Soon enough, he was on a plane to Burma, going to be unwound… maybe. He could admit he was scared out of his shorts, but this was something he needed to do, or else innocent lives would be over. He must do this.

Loretta and Iggy wouldn’t be making this journey with him, as they claimed that they were too small in the parts pirateering business to meet the owners of the harvest camps themselves. According to them, they didn’t even know what happened at the harvest camps, at least no more than anyone else knew. It had recently come out that the Dah Zey experimented on children, when the doctor had publicly made an appearance with his chimpanzee-footed assistant. Max had bigger dreams than being put on postcards, but he had a similar goal to Mr. Chimpanzee. To become an experiment of the doctor’s.

When Max arrived at the Dah Zey, they threw him in a cell, by himself. “Volunteers get special permission. You don’t go with others.”

Max wasn’t bothered by the man’s poor English; he was just anxious to meet the doctor. Only then did he realize how miserable the existence of the prisoners at Dah Zey were. 

Despite being a volunteer, Max was given very little food or water, and only a bucket to eliminate himself in. For entertainment, he was given a crappy old TV with only movies buttheads would ever want to watch, and especially enjoy. But he put them on anyways, because he was a butthead. I mean, what kind of butthead would turn themselves into parts pirates for a friend?

Apparently an impressive butthead, as later Max received a private audience with the doctor. 

“My name is Doctor Rodín,” he said, sitting down. “And you purposefully… volunteered yourself for experimentation?” 

“Yes, although you’re only allowed to experiment on me if you do exactly what I want and as I say.” 

The doctor snorted. “And why should I?”

“Because.” Max took out wads and wads of cash from his pockets. “I’ll make you very rich indeed.”

“Boy, I see more than that in a day,” he said, and Max couldn’t tell if he was bluffing or not. “But I love to meet someone with my same interest in human experimentation. So, pitch your idea to me.”

“Imagine,” Max started. “A nine foot tall giant, with a brain just as big to match. He’s super smart, like, super duper smart. He could probably invent world peace or something. Or something that’d make somebody rich.”

“I’ve already done experiments for giants,” he scoffed. “They went poorly, though. The person survived, but they’re completely bedridden. I’ll have to come up with another way than stacking spinal columns.”

“Sir, I’m already 7 feet tall, and I’m only 14. Imagine how much taller I’ll be when I’m older. Or you could give me, let’s say, a two foot spinal column addition.”

The doctor looked intrigued. “So, what exactly are you proposing?”

“I have a friend who’s a supergenius, but he’s going to die soon, his organs grow but his body doesn’t. So, why don’t you shell him…” “And then shell you…”

“And then put Kevin’s brain inside my body. Oh, yeah, Kevin’s the supergenius. And, we’ll be normal enough that we can pass as a normal person, someone who could maybe publicize your experiments as not cruel, but rather innovating.” Saying all these things made Max sick, but it had to be done to save Kevin’s life. 

“I see. And what shall we call you?”

“Freak the Mighty.”

“I like that.”

Kevin woke up one day, no memory of what had happened to him or where he was. 

That was when he noticed how big he felt. His hands felt heavier, his feet reached further down in the bed than they ever had before, and when he sat up, he felt two tons of extra weight. Well, not two tons, but that was what hyperboles were for. 

He wasn’t himself. This wasn’t his body. He was Max. 

He noticed a doctor looking down on him curiously. “Hello, Freak The Mighty.”

[cannondisabledcharacters]

Today’s disabled character of the day is Kevin Avery from Freak the Mighty has Morquio syndrome. He also wears leg braces and uses crutches

Requested by Anon

[joelxxmiller]

Characters from Supernatural as things I’ve texted:

(Early seasons) Castiel: “The duolingo owl will commence the apocalypse. And we might not survive but we shall try. The clock is ticking, for the all mighty Lord Duolingo will appallingly end what we know as Earth and all of man kind”

Castiel: “Dean Winchester is a valorous sir but eke a valorous looking one too wink wink nudge mine cousin”

Jack: “I also remember Jesus telling you "you need Jesus" and I said "but your name is Jesus"”

Chuck: “I like writing third person POV stories because it makes me feel like a god”

Dean: “This son of a bitch is going to be expensive in the future, I'm calling it.” (I was talking about a Castiel funko pop lmao)

Lucifer: “You must comply with what I want, human”

Kevin: “Am I laughing or am I crying? I can’t tell anymore”

Gabriel: “She was all like, “SCRATCH MY BUTT!””

Gabriel: “Yeah dude, I’ve know you for like 5 million years”

Crowley: “The lights started flickering in the Daiso I'm in and everyone freaked out and I just said "lol"”

Charlie: “Brb I’m watching infinity war”

Sam: “I feel like a mom right now”

Sam: “I honestly don't remember anything from that day. Except for when I was screaming and hiding from Chuck E and the animatronics.” (This one reminds me of the episode “Plucky Pennywhistle's Magic Menagerie” for Sam lmao)

[thestarrynightslover]

She’s So Pretty

Pairing: Hailey Upton x Fem!Reader

Word count: 1,640

Warnings: Slight mentions of alcohol.

Summary: You and Hailey meet at a karaoke bar one night when you don't even try to hide your interest in her.

Disclaimer: I don’t own any of the One Chicago shows, or its characters, also not associated with it in any way or know anyone involved with it.

A/N: So… I guess I wrote a Hailey fic? It’s obviously my first but I just couldn’t shake off the idea and had to go on with it. I wanted to see her interactions with the unit and wingman!Jay on this one so, beware! Also, after the finales, I felt like we all could use some fluff (especially Hailey!). Anyways, I hope it doesn’t suck, lemme know what you think!

(y/n) = (your name) (y/l/n) = (your last name) (y/n/n) = (your nickname)

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You and your co-workers had decided on a karaoke bar for that Friday night after shift, which was great because you absolutely loved karaokes! With that in mind, you didn't have any other plans besides hanging out with your friends, getting a little tipsy, and singing until someone decided it was time to kick you out. But all of that changed the second your eyes fell on a cute blonde that had really beautiful ocean blue eyes.

That woman could easily change your plans on any given day. And, convinced that she should know about it, you started to plot flirting moves in your head. First, as usual, you started to give her the sexy stares — not that girls would usually get very impressed by that but you wanted to catch her eye, show her your interest —, which quickly got your friends to get their gossiping started.

"Wait. A. Second. " You heard one of your colleagues say. "Are you really switching teams tonight, (y/n)?"

"What?"

"Yeah, I mean… You usually prefer girls…" She offered but, seeing your confused expression, she added: "because we can tell you're, you know, on the flirty mode."

"That obvious, huh?" Good. Your plan was working. "But I still don't know what you guys are so surprised about. Who do you think I'm going for?"

"Isn't it that hottie, broad-shouldered, blond guy? The one on that table with three other people?" The other one asked, pointing with her head in the exact direction you had been looking at.

"What? No, no! I mean, I am, indeed, looking at that table but that guy's not the one catching my attention! The blue-eyed hottie beside him is!" Hearing that, they all looked at the girl who was now smiling brightly at something one of the men she was with had just said. Jesus, that smile.

"Okay. She is pretty. Like, really pretty." The only male friend in your group stated while you just threw him an I-know-that look. "You know, you saw her first but, in case she's not your type o' player, gimme a heads up, please!" He asked poutingly while you just rolled your eyes.

"Just because you've already hooked me up before."

"And that is why our partnership works!" He told you with a wink while you just laughed, going back to your job and sort of disconnecting from your co-workers' conversations for the rest of the night.

"Wow, Jay, that shirt must be doing you a lot of service, huh?" Hailey teased her partner in a hushed whispered tone.

"What?" Was all Jay said while trying to conceal his confusion when he saw the smirk on her lips.

"That girl over there! She hasn't gotten her eyes off you the whole night!" Hailey said, as if he was the dumbest person alive. So he followed her gaze to discreetly meet the eyes of a very beautiful woman he'd already noticed before. Except that, unlike Hailey, Jay actually knew who, on their table, she was looking at.

"What? You think she's looking at me?" With that playful look never leaving her face, his partner just said:

"Of course, she's looking at you! Who else?" He couldn't believe it. The all-mighty, badass-detective, Hailey Upton was missing that one? No way.

"Really, Hailey?" He asked, still thinking she was just trying to prank him.

"Uh… I mean…" She stuttered, not really being able to come up with a proper response.

"Oh my God!" Jay squealed out, as he couldn't stop chuckling.

"What?" She asked, starting to fear she was embarrassing herself somehow, "what?" He just kept laughing, it wasn't every day he got to mock Hailey without the certainty that she already had something worse for him in the works.

“She is very obviously looking at you!” He told her with a huge suggestive smile on his face while trying to hold back his laughter.

“What?” She asked him, still mesmerized by that possibility. “C’mon! You’re joking, right?”

“Jesus Christ, Hails. Of course, she’s looking at you! Look again and you’ll see it.” Jay assured her one more time, which got her curiosity in the play, so she looked. And, instantly, you winked at her. Hailey didn’t know what to do with that. How to react. Confusion was all over her face, so you smiled and got out of your seat.

“Oh my God, Jay. Oh my God. I looked and now I think she’s coming here! What do I do?” She nervously hissed at her partner. “What do I do??

“What do you mean what do you do? You talk to her. Smile. Don’t act grumpy. That is, if you’re interested…” Seeing her panicked look, he turned to her to ask: “God, Hailey, what’s the matter with you tonight?”

“I- I, uh, I don’t know… I’m just…” She started rambling once again while tucking a string of hair behind her ear.

“Okay, breathe. Now, tell me, what’s going on? Is she not your type? Or are not interested in meeting anyone? Because, if it’s any of those things, just tell her so. We both know that girls don’t usually have a problem being told no.”

“Right. I know that. And it’s not really because of any of the things you said… I just- I just haven’t been with anyone in a long time. And with the way our jobs are… I’m not sure if it’d be nice to get someone wrapped up with me right now.” She confessed to her best friend.

“Oh, Hails…” He started while offering soft eyes and a kind smile, “I’m not sure if I’m the best person to give you advice on that front-” Hearing that, she had to interrupt Jay to say, in between dry chuckles:

“That you really aren’t! But I’d like your input anyways. I mean, i’s not like I have a clue of what to do, so…” Hailey told him with a glimpse of a smile on her lips.

“Ha ha ha. Well, I just think that you shouldn’t hold yourself back this much. The seule fact that you haven’t been with anyone in a while should settle it!” He exclaimed, raising his hands, as if it was the simplest, most obvious thing ever. Ignoring Adam and Kevin’s curious looks, Jay went on: “I just think that you should try and live your life! You know, what you said about our jobs… Only makes the whole fun-time thing more necessary, if you ask me. Besides, you don’t need to overthink this! We’re in a freaking club, Hailey! You think the girl’s gonna come here and propose?”

“First of all, I don’t see you doing much of that fun-time thing yourself!” She pointed out, to which Jay just responded by taking a sip of his drink. “And, second, look! I don’t think she’s even coming here at all.” So he looked towards the direction his partner was indicating to see you getting on the small karaoke stage the club had. Hailey looked triumphant for not having to decide on whether to live her life or not. And Jay just shook his head in disapproval, which quickly became mock towards his partner when they noticed the song you were singing.

“They’re so pretty it hurts

I’m not talking ‘bout boys, I’m talking ‘bout girls

They’re so pretty with their button-up shirts”

As you sang, you made sure to let the blonde girl know that it was meant for her. And, God, did she know.

Hailey was pretty sure she’d never, once in her entire life! Ever blushed that hard. By then, your flirting had become so obvious that even Adam and Kevin noticed and started to itch with curiosity.

“Say, Hailey, you hiding a big game from us, huh?” Ruzek half-barked while drinking from his beer bottle. She just blushed harder while trying to cover her face with her hands.

“Damn, Miss Upton! Talk about a big game! That girl is fine!” Kevin chipped in and Jay thought it was his moment to go back to wingmanning his partner.

“I told her that! See?” With that, Hailey took a peek from her hands and she couldn’t believe Jay was doing that! Or she could, she just didn’t anticipate it because your voice was distracting from everything else. To her, you were singing beautifully, even though there was already a hint of drunkenness in your voice. And no one had ever done something like that just to get her attention. For her. “Hailey, I’m serious now: give the girl a chance. Give yourself a chance, woman!” Jay spoke again, pulling her out of her thoughts to notice that Kevin was nodding vigorously to it and Adam asking:

“Wow! When did Jay get this wise?” After that, she let out a laugh and prepared herself to go talk to you 𑁋 because, no matter how upfront you could be, Hailey Upton wasn’t about to let you make all the moves 𑁋, like she was getting ready for battle. With more cheers from her fan club, she made her way to the stage, where you were just getting down from.

The minute you saw her there, though, you literally lost your balance 𑁋 being that close to her seemed somewhat more intoxicating than the alcohol you’d drunk. But, just like in the movies, she held your arms before you could go any further. Her soft touch seemed like a dream to you.

“H- hi.” You said nervously, after steading yourself, while biting your bottom lip. Why were you getting that nervous? You didn’t even know the girl yet! But there was just something about her…

“Hi. I’m Hailey,” she said, holding out her hand for you to shake.

“I’m (y/n).” You responded by taking her hand in yours. Yeah. There was definitely something about her. That was why.

[sweetface-the-dollbaby]

I promised myself- I promised CALIX I wouldn’t ship max and Kevin, yet what did I do??? I did THIS

Gram: Maxwell dear why does that Kevin boy call you “babygirl”?

max: gram how about we stop talking for a little while-

[tibby]

Mighty Tibby what is your opinion on Friendly Space Ninja's review of Riverdale?

i haven't watched it because surprisingly i have better ways to spend my time than watching a two hour long video making fun of a show i love dearly but i've spoken to people who have watched it and it sounds like that his opinions range from being mind-numbingly stupid to just being things that the fandom has been discussing for ages. like it's not revolutionary to point out that betty is a bad person like we all know this and that's the POINT. and yeah gay kevin hasn't always been written well but it's not smart to be all "his hypersexuality and relationships aren't good for him omg how problematic" when for the most part, his casual behaviour towards sex and relationships has been shown to be incredibly unhealthy and it has made multiple people concerned for him because it's not MEANT to be a good coping mechanism.

also quite frankly i think it is a bad take and a borderline offensive one to be like "this gay man who has spoken openly about finding comfort in comics when growing up bullied and closeted going on to create a show based on those characters is a predator for making it because i don’t personally like said show." roberto doesn't handle things well a lot of the time but acting as if he's an evil gay man preying on younger men because of darkfuck archie is fucking bizarre and disturbing. and tibby honest his more petty/unfounded criticisms gives less weight behind the genuine ones (like toni being completely sidelined for the sake of cheryl/choni), because it feels less like acknowledging an actual issue and more like a Gotcha! to prove his moral superiority over not liking the show.

maybe i'm being too harsh towards a video i haven't watched but i have seen some of his other videos and he's made fun of riverdale/roberto in offhand comments in those so this clearly wasn't an unbiased thing and deliberately twisting archie's weird fantasy to make it out to be ~creepy~ to justify your hate makes YOU the freak. also i simply don't respect a man who can make a video about gossip girl where he openly acknowledges that chuck is an awful person before proceeding to talk about how he's such a complex character that you can't help rooting for. speak for yourself xx

[thishadoscarbuzz]

171 - The Mighty

This week, we are talking about Sharon Stone and The Mighty. Adpated from the young adult novel Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, the film follows a burgeoning friendship between a silent giant teenager Max (Elden Henson) and a King Arthur obsessed neighbor with a rare metabolic disorder Kevin (Kieran Culkin). But the film’s real awards play was a Globe-nominated Stone, inhabiting the role of Kevin’s mother Gwen shortly after her first nomination for Casino. However, a firmly locked Supporting Actress race left Stone fighting for fifth place, ultimately missing out to Rachel Griffiths in the equally forgotten Hilary and Jackie.

The film was one of Miramax’s many titles in 1998, and shifted to a awards lower priority once Shakespeare in Love and Life is Beautiful began to take off. This episode, we discuss the film’s very broad performance from Gillian Anderson, James Gandolfini joins our Six Timers Club, and we look at back at Oscar’s love for “suffering parent” roles and other adjacent tropes.

Topics also include the shared loving gaze of Redgrave/McKellen/Fraser, Lara Flynn Boyle in Wayne’s World, and Cincinnati cinema.

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[klessard]

Books I have been a bookworm as far as I can remember. I even had my books confiscated as a punishment once and often got scolded for reading in the dark as a child. For me, the nineties were associated with discovering wonderful classics such as Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden and Lucy Maud Montgomery's Emily of New Moon. But three novels published in the nineties also delighted me, and I have read them many times since. I discovered them through the Scholastic catalogue distributed in my English class in high school.

The Moorchild by Eloise McGraw, 1996

Set in medieval Europe, The Moorchild tells the story of a changeling girl named Saaski, born of a human father and a fairy mother. Unable to fit in with the Fae, she is sent to live with a human family, replacing a human baby snatched away to the moor by the fairies. Saaski is odd and cannot fit in with humans either. We see her struggle to make sense of her existence and please her human parents. She eventually finds redemption by returning the stolen child to her adoptive family and choosing a new life with a friend who appreciates her, an orphan goat herder named Tam.

Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, 1993

I read this novel in the early 2000's after seeing Peter Chelsom's 1998 film adaptation of Philbrick's book. Freak the Mighty tells the moving story of Max Kane, a giant teenager with learning disabilities living in his grandparents' basement, the "down under". Max is quiet and introverted, unable to cope with witnessing his mother's tragic death at the hands of his father Kenny Kane who is in prison. His life changes for the better when he meets Kevin, a short boy born with Morquio syndrome whose prodigious intelligence makes up for his physical disability. Perched "high above the world" on Max's shoulders, Kevin takes his big friend on quests, proposing a partnership in which Kevin becomes Max's brain and Max becomes Kevin's legs. Together, they are Freak the Mighty.

What Child is This? by Caroline B. Cooney, 1997

Cooney’s Christmas tale What Child is This? is a heartwarming yet thought-provoking take at how foster children experience the holidays. Here, we meet a foster child named Katie who believes she will get a family for Christmas when she takes part in a program for disadvantaged children who receive a present from generous strangers.

It is a short yet powerful novel I read every Christmas vacation.