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cantsayidont · 1 year

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Bat-Tin-Tin

In the fall of 1954, Rin Tin Tin returned as a TV star in a new ABC series called THE ADVENTURES OF RIN TIN TIN. Of course, it wasn't the original Rinty, who died in 1932, but one of the dogs who played the character was allegedly a descendant of the first Rin Tin Tin. The show, which had a Western setting, proved popular, running for five seasons and 164 episodes.

Toward the end of the first season in 1955, a new supporting character debuted in BATMAN: Ace, The Bat-Hound.

Although signed by Bob Kane, this story was drawn by artist Sheldon Moldoff, who was Kane's ghost for many years. (Kane drew little if any Batman art after the feature's early years, although he had a much more favorable deal with National than Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster did with Superman, so he got more credit and a steady paycheck.) Moldoff later admitted that Ace was modeled on TV's Rin Tin Tin — not that that's a particular surprise to anyone.

This was another case of DC striking while the iron was hot; the TV show debuted in mid-October 1954 and this issue was on newsstands by the end of the following April.

Next, we come to a controversial point that is much-mocked among comics fans: why Ace has a mask. The story explains it this way:

So, the point is not that people might discover the dog's secret identity, but that Bruce Wayne has JUST published a series of prominent newspaper ads with pictures of this specific dog, presumably also calling attention to his distinctive markings. (The forehead markings are emphasized more in dialogue than in the actual art, but that's another matter.) As comic book origins go, this really isn't THAT ridiculous.

Naturally, Bat-Hound proves an invaluable aide to the Caped Crusaders. Movie and TV dogs normally wait for cues from their handlers, but heroic dog characters must be more proactive:

Batman and Robin subsequently discover that Bat-Hound belongs to a man named John Wilker, an engraver, who has mysteriously disappeared, leaving his suburban cottage a shambles. Later, Bat-Hound detects a familiar scent on the scene of a robbery at General Paper Company:

Note that despite the mask, John Wilker immediately recognizes his own dog, whose real name we learn is Ace. Unfortunately, the pooch is swiftly knocked out again.

Fortunately, Bat-Hound is only out for a while. Guessing that he'll come around soon, the captured Batman and Robin contrive a … dubious plan.

Amazingly, this works:

Note that a reporter does in fact recognize Ace from Bruce Wayne's newspaper ad, so at least within the context of the story, Bruce and Dick's concerns were valid. Maybe not the MOST plausible pretense for giving the dog a bat-mask, but an effort was made.

Ace did indeed become Bat-Hound again, appearing next in BATMAN #97 (February 1956). In his early appearances, he was still John Wilker's dog, requiring some plot contrivances to explain how he was able to hang around with Batman and Robin, but this was resolved in BATMAN #125 (August 1959):

Wilker obviously knew that Ace had been Bat-Hound in the incident in which Ace, Batman, and Robin rescued him, but in Ace's interim appearances, Wilker was out of town or out of the country during his Bat-Hound exploits, so I guess he just didn't hear that Bat-Hound had returned, or something? (Continuity is not the strongest suit of these stories; there's some, but it's not what you'd call rigorous.)

Ace continued to appear semi-regularly through 1964, his adventures growing progressively sillier, but when Julius Schwartz took over as editor of BATMAN and DETECTIVE and instituted the "New Look," Ace was one of the various elements discarded from the series without so much as a nod.

Other versions of Ace have popped up since then — Batman ended up adopting another dog he called Ace in the early '90s, and the elderly Bruce Wayne in the pilot of BATMAN BEYOND has a mean guard dog named Ace. Ace appeared in the KRYPTO animated series and made several appearances in the 2009–2011 BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD animated series. Most recently, a version of Ace appeared in the DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS animated film, voiced by Kevin Hart; there, he's a shelter dog who befriends Krypto, and ends up gaining super-powers, which the original Ace never had.

There are people who really hate the concept of Bat-Hound, but I can say with assurance that there are far weirder (and far stupider) things in the vast lexicon of old Batman comics.

He's a good dog, Bront.

#comics #rin tin tin #batman #ace the bathound #sheldon moldoff #bill finger #robin

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theodoraflowerday · 7 months

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young royals s3e2 episode reaction

heavy breathing on speakerphone? are they having phone sex?

oh no. just longing. that is genuinely worse

"what would you have done if I was there" ok nvm they're gonna have phone sex

OK NVM IT'S STILL JUST LONGING

WHAT ARE YOU? ADULTS?

oh that was really sad

are they ever not gonna get interrupted by knocking. on god.

vanessa gives me the heebie jeebies

y'all vincent is SO dramatic he should genuinely drop out and become an actor.

not the uncomfortable looks between the third years re: the gay porn movie sjfkdjfld

"no one's been bullied" and pans to alexander. yeah. fr.

I knew they were gonna talk shit abt wille as soon as he left.

hm. of course august wants to defend that.

how surprising, ludwig not going to see wille

oh, kristina is fully unraveling huh

bro farima is starting to piss me off too

seriously. not one single functioning adult in this whole damn country.

"so the plan is to not do anything until it looks bad to not do anything" isn't that the plan for all royal families for eternity?

god they're so cute with their piano and their hand holding and their talking about their feelings

simon: close the school !!!!!! wille: wait no

or are you just with me because we go to the same school skflsjfdljfslrk I MEAN.....

like that's not an unfair assumption y'all wouldn't have met otherwise bffr

hm. okay

awww yeah felice is a baby I love her

DIVERSITY

BROOOOOOOOOOO LMFAO OF COURSE IT WAS THAT

DISGUSTINGGGGGGGGGG FUCK YOU LADY FROM THE INCREDIBLES

YEAH FELICE GET THAT

NOT THE TICKLINGGGGG

omg the lil high five/hand shake thing with wille and simon I'm gonna start crying they're so cute

ooooooo a camping trip. love this for them.

WHY ARE THEY BEING SO CUTE

BRO IM IN SHAMBLES I LOVE ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIP WILMON SO MUCH STOP

"do you think we'll get to sleep together" WHO ARE YOU NICK AND CHARLIE AT PARIS?? STOP THAT

god they're so fucking cute I'm gonna kms

oh her and micke having a whole conversation like parent and child? ok

OH SHE NO LONGER WANTS TO WORK WITH HORSES

OH SARA NOOO

oh wow sara's a whole driver huh

so weird to have sara and micke bonding. like genuinely so weird.

HE JOINED THE CHOIR NNNOOOOOOOOO

JAKFJSKFJDKFJDJF THATS SO FUCKING FUKNYKFKTJDKGKDKFKDLFK

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS I'M GONNA DIE OF SECOND HAND EMBARRASSMENT

FELICE'S WIDDLE FACE OH NO

SIMON'S FACEJSKFJDKGJDLFKDLFKFL

oh they're making out now huh

I DIDN'T KNOW YOU LIKED TO SING - I DONT LIKE TO SING I LIKE TO LISTEN TO YOU SING

yo this season is wish fulfillment in every goddamn way

like they're so fucking precious I'm gonna fucking die

awww nothing more precious than rotting with your girl besties

a petition lol

why's he allowed a laptop and not a phone though? that makes no sense

oh. oh um.

oh well that sounds an awful lot like sexual assault huh

lil bro's got a full blown eating disorder huh. you need therapy not exercise

HE'S CALLING SARA

HE'S CALLING SARA AND TEARING UP

WHY ARE YOU TALKING TO HIM

GET A JOB STAY AWAY FROM HIM

oh uh simon tore him a new one huh

ooooooo protective bf wille going all out

listen. I don't *enjoy* abuse of power

but every time wille reminds august who's the heir and who's gonna be king n shit, it's just. it gets to me all right. it gets to me

aw come on that was barely a fight

NOT IN FRONT OF BORIS

"mediation talks" THEYRE SENDING THEM TO COUPLES COUNSELING DJFLFJRLDJRLDJFLDJFLDKFLDKF

STOP THAT IS THE FUNNIEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME DJGKDJFLSKFLSKGLSJGLSJFLSJ

oh come ON SJDLSJFLDJFL

listen I know this is supposed to be dramatic but A RELIGIOUS PAMPHLET I'M GONNA DIENDKFKSKGJDLFKDLGKDLFK

I thought I was gonna be immune to any and all mentions of any sort of revolution, turns out I'm not

oh good lord no

simon don't do it

oh he did it. oh yeah fucking wonderful.

teenagers, y'all.

sure, baby. be the very public boyfriend of the future king of sweden, get a fuck ton of hate (and be accused of social climbing), post an original song about revolution, profit. a+ decision making here. I see no flaws.

oh, yeah, of course farima is in this bitch

this is stressing me out lmfao

ugh.

NO DONT SAY THAT

NOOOOO

WHEN I WANTED A MUTUAL ILY I DIDN'T MEAN DURING A TENSE MOMENT

I mean I'm actually like really glad they're both tense and still reminding each other that they love each other. #communication

but oh no

"I've taken care of myself and sara since we were kids" yeah wonder why that was [stares at linda and micke]

girlhood, man. so beautiful.

OH FELICE IS TALKING ABT RACISM

not stella going "you're so so beautiful" like yes she is that isn't the problem

ok fuck you valter

WHAT GIRL WOULD YOU BE DATING lmfao

WHAT ABOUT THE NONBINARY ONES YYYYEEEAAAAAAAAA MADDIE

nonbinary regnant maddie

tbf simon....... like wouldn't y'all want to get it on lmfao

it makes me very sad tho. the fact that no one would wanna sleep in the same tent with them. homophobic.

FELICE SAVES THE DAY ONCE AGAIN

bro I am so into felice + wille + simon. a wonder.

the lil hammock bit I love them so much

NOT MARIEBERG CRASHING THE CAMPING TRIP

I'm genuinely so obsessed with them they're being SO PUBLIC like that's a power couple right there

STELLA AND ROSH?!!?!!??!? +/? +? /?? =!!

STELLA??? AND ROSH?????????

bro this is straight out of a fanfic I can't stop laughing

STELLA EHSKFJSKFJDKR

fredrika is so nasty and for what sjfkdjfkdjfkdkf

WILLE NOJFLFJDLFKDLFKDLGKD

oh my god

oh that's so fucking awkward akfkskflskd

THAT IS *NOT* THE SAME THING WILHELM BE THE MOST FUCKIN FOR REAL

oh that's a class divide fr in there. wow.

WE HAVE TO WORK TO AFFORD THINGS

DID HE JUST SHUSH HIM

WHAT THE FUCK

wilhelm that is *so* fucking *low*

like ohohoho you're rich like me now because you got your UNDERAGE SEX TAPE LEAKED

that is *so* low holy fucking shit

oh wow

okay that was stressful

I do love those artful shots of wille

oh. ludwig speaks. didn't know he had a voice. I assumed kristina had it on some conch shell necklace.

TAKING TIME OFF????

"is it my fault?" WILLE NO. NO

oh yeah that's gonna be stressful isn't it

god

#yr livenats #young royals spoilers #yr s3 spoilers

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yuamusuzuran · 9 months

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2023... but told in my hyperfixations

Just a post that allows me to track all of my various hyperfixations that have helped me pass this grueling and busy year

HADES (Supergiant Game)

I played this game for at least 6 months non-stop. I was obsessed with everything about it, from story, gameplay all the way to relationships and dialogue. I was ESPECIALLY whipped for PatroChilles and ThanZag. My major fixation spurs were January and February as well as May. I still play Hades when I need to decompress, I have almost 200h in it and I have 100% achievements which is my first time ever

Captive Prince series by C. S. Pacat

I read this trilogy during February and when I tell you I was smacked in the face by how good it was. From intrigue, plot and political drama all the way to relationships. But ofc I was mostly blown away by the relationship between Damen and Laurent, like, I DID NOT EXPECT to love their relationship so much. I WAS IN SHAMBLES BECAUSE OF THEIR GENTLE LOVE. Couldn't recover for weeks

KINGDOM - Dystopia

One of the things I was really looking forward to. The whole album blew me away and the Japanese aesthetic was top notch. How much my boys have grown, I was in shambles

GENSHIN IMPACT!!!!!!!

What can I say, I ENDED UP LOOKING INTO IT. I didn't start officially playing it yet, but I went through the lore, studied all characters and their relationships and ofc got sucked into shipping side of the fandom (it's not that hard to intrigue me with that)

I was specifically OBSESSED with DainKae (Dainsleif x Kaeya), XiaoAether, HaiKaveh and CynoNari. And as new patches come by and Fointaine was introduced, my fixation periods always come back with new content. And right now, I'm all about Wriollette. Fixation started in July and has been coming and going as the new content was introduced (when Furina's backstory was introduced, I was bawling)

RED, WHITE AND ROYAL BLUE MOVIE!!!!

I was prepared for this movie since last year BUT THE ACTUAL THING BLEW ME AWAY! I was so happy to watch it finally, I LOVED the chemistry and even though I have a couple of grievances with it, I think the whole message was portrayed nicely! I won't tell you how many times I've watched the movie, it's literally my comfort media. The main fixation period was before the release and entire August.

Avatar: The Way of Water

I was very late with my watch BUT BOY WAS I OBSESSED AND HIT LIKE A TRUCK WITH IT. The movie had everything I expected it to have and it really made me feel a lot of things. I was so devastated over Teyam, I had SO MANY theories about other three sequels and honestly, I'm still not over how good that movie is. And now, that I know the third sequel is coming around Christmas of 2025, I know the first part of 2026 will be marked by that movie alone. Major fixation period was end of August and ENTIRE September

KINGDOM - Coup d'Etat

Every time Kingdom has a comeback I go into brainrot, deal with it. This comeback was special because it was the last part of their History of Kingdom series and we got SO MANY information on their lore that also prepared us for Season 2! I cannot tell you how insufferable I'll become when the next series of albums starts. As far as this album goes, though, I had no complaints, another non-skip album and Coup d'Etat was a perfect showcase of their growth in the last 3 years. So yeah, majority of my October and November was occupied by them.

And finally.... HEAVEN OFFICIAL'S BLESSING (TGCF)

This story pounced on me like a tiger from an ambush and honestly, I'm not complaining. I know all spoilers, I'm SO OBSESSED with HuaLian and am currently on the 2nd book. I think I'll be even more obsessed when I live though all the important moments though books and I CAN GUARANTEE my interest will once again peak when I start watching donghua (I'm waiting for season 2 to finish so I can watch both Chinese and English, oh, and Japanese will be watched eventually). And, ofc, I'm planning to buy all eight English volumes!!

#tgcf #kingdom kpop #atwow #rwrb film #genshin impact #captive prince #hades supergiant #hyperfixation

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ghostboyjules · 2 years

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I posted 14,507 times in 2022

That's 4,532 more posts than 2021!

90 posts created (1%)

14,417 posts reblogged (99%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@feraligatr

@lemememeringue

@cry-4-judas

@wantnothing

@hxh

I tagged 4,619 of my posts in 2022

#the sandman - 519 posts

#hxh - 305 posts

#dream of the endless - 234 posts

#dreamling - 215 posts

#my beloved mutuals ✨ - 144 posts

#hob gadling - 115 posts

#prev - 81 posts

#jjk - 80 posts

#killua - 53 posts

#gon - 48 posts

Longest Tag: 113 characters

#😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍

My Top Posts in 2022:

tagged by the ever iconic @hxh, thank you bestie :3c

rules: tag people you would like to know/catch up with

Last song 🎵 : Nothing Else Matters (Metallica Cover) by Phoebe Bridgers (I, of course, love the original as well but this is just gorgeous)

Last movie 🎬 : Everything Everywhere All at Once (if you have mother issues™, do not watch this until you are mentally and emotionally prepared. I'm fucked up. and will be so until the foreseeable future.) [thanks @wantnothing and @halflove 🙄]

Last book 📖 : hmmm.. I'm of the opinion that manga definitely counts, so like. technically Vol 14 of jjk, if we're talking physical. or like, the neat lil booklet that comes with my tarot deck 😅

okiieee I'm gonna tag @wantnothing and @halflove, if they wanna do it. since they have helped emotionally damage me 💀

I'll also tag @watermelon-mafia, @caprisun-overlord, @rabooots, @croakings, @queen-alluka, and @queen-eevee (woah that's two royalty in my mutual circle, love to see it ajfjsjfn)

y'all have a good day, and ily 💙😘

9 notes - Posted August 10, 2022

hi yes hello it's me again. so I'm working on my dream of the endless™~ playlist.. and I was looking through this BROODS album that I liked a lot and... just. just look at this.

uugghh Dream just being so overwhelmed after everything and going to Hob.. and Hob's just. Over the moon that Dream feels safe enough with him for comfort.. the bridge is especially destroying me cause like - of course Dream would beat himself up abt needing comfort in the first place and he can't stop thinking abt all that needs to be done and- AAHHH Hob just gently pulling him out of all that, if just for a moment...

I love fics with this premise and now I have a SONG to go with them???? I'm in shambles.

here's the song btw :

BROODS - Bedroom Door

10 notes - Posted November 10, 2022

hey um. i am genuinely so unwell about this song & dreamling

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11 notes - Posted October 26, 2022

beloved @hxh tagged me in this and I am not gonna lie this was kinda hard. mostly just because I'm v indecisive 🤦‍♂️ also this will absolutely say something abt me as a person, feel free to roast me abt it ajdjajfnf

10 characters, 10 fandoms, 10 tags

1. Megumi Fushiguro (jjk)

2. Cloud Strife (ffvii)

3. Kurapika (hxh)

4. Dream of the Endless (sandman)

5. Kaeya Alberich (genshin)

6. Ling Yao (fmab)

7. Thanatos (hades sg)

8. Shinobu Kocho (kny)

9. Allen Walker (dgm)

10. Mae Borowski (nitw)

okay okay stopping here before I change anything else 💀 I don't think I'm gonna tag a full 10 ppl, but we'll see sjdjfj

okay let's gooo @watermelon-mafia @croakings @caprisun-overlord @lemememeringue @eel-divinity @queen-alluka @queen-eevee @rabooots

almost but not quite 10, good enough for me 💀 ily my beloveds, hope everyone is having a pleasant time (if not I'm wrapping you in a blanket and giving you cookies okay gn)

14 notes - Posted October 13, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

It appears the last two (2)….times I’ve tried creating this post, tumblr thought I was too wordy, so I’m going to attempt to get in and get out before it eats itself again

this playlist (a Dream of the Endless™ character examination via my silly brain and sad ass music) took me entirely too long and I'm going to throw my laptop out of the window if I have to look at it any longer so pls pls take it and I hope that if you listen or even read the lyrics that you find something new, or hear something you like.

This absolutely would not have ever seen the light of tunglr.hell if not for the beautiful souls of the Sandman fandom, and a few of my new friends and mutuals. So special internet cookies and hugs to these inspirational, encouraging, and beyond talented individuals; @wordsinhaled , @weirdfishy , @wizardofgoodfortune , and @xx-vergil-xx - i love y'all dearly and I hope this is even HALF of what you would have expected, or a quarter of the amazing content y'all have bestowed upon my lil eyeballs. Now Onward! to words that personally injure me!

Florence + The Machine -Too Much Is Never Enough

And the crown, it weighs heavy

'Til it's banging on my eyelids

Retreating in covers and closing the curtains

One thing's for certain, oh

A year like this passes so strangely

Somewhere between sorrow and bliss

~I first encountered this song in it's source material FFXV, and there it destroyed me. Now, wearing my dumb lil blorbo glasses yet again, it is back with vengeance..goth royalty sad wet cat flavored (gross), vengeance. "too much is never enough" .... oh sweeties...

Oh, who decides from where up high?

I couldn't say "I need more time"

Oh, grant that I can stay the night

Or one more day inside this life

VIRA - God Complex

God, I could try

To be the one

I'll tear down the sky

What do you want?

I'll do it all for life

My love, my alibi

Tonight, tonight

I'll try to do it for you

~pretty sure this is the angriest sounding song on this thing? but it is fitting.. and desperate.. and wanting and... painful. when she grits out 'try' and 'sky' the way she does.. god the emotion. this just brought to mind Dream and falling for someone hard enough to the point of destructive devotion...

I'm gonna be where you are

Doesn't matter how far

Because we are meant to be

I'm gonna be what you need

Darling, please worship me

Unless you prefer to plead

AJJ - Body Terror Song

~ I love seeing people explore the idea of Dream just...not vibing with being fully corporeal. At least not in the way he is while in the Waking.. what a mood, and especially after the fishbowl...whew.

It will betray you

Be used against you

Then it will fail on you, my dear

But before that, you'll be a doormat

For every vicious narcissist in the world

Oh, how they'll screw you all up and over

Then feed you silence for dessert

Philip Wesley - Lamentations of the Heart

[Instrumental~]

~I wanted to include a few instrumental tracks in here and this one felt apt because I used to fall asleep to this album all the time. Like it was one of the only ones I could fall asleep to with any certainty. The feeling and title for this one tho struck me with Dream specifically so I went with it. The rest of the album is so nice though, highly rec.

Iris Lune - Paper Mache

~ this song!! it sounds so so ethereal and her voice is GORGEOUS but the lyrics!! have mercy the lyrics! big ole owwie! "save me from myself" , "make me believe that I can change, make me believe that I'm not strange" hhhh (also if y'all couldn't tell, this will be dreamling flavored, I think I'll tag them too jic but. yes...)

Save me from myself

I've been in the dark too long

Paper mache love

Make me believe that I can change

Make me believe that I'm not strange

At all

Penny and Sparrow - A Kind of Hunger

tremble, recognize the distance

Go try and murder every preference

I’ll keep hangin' ‘round for reference

come care about me

~this is... such a heavy song. hadn't heard it before starting this playlist but found it and immediately had to add it.. just. come care about me. changing, watching you with wonder. Dying is just a kind of hunger. that line specifically. -lays on the floor for 3hrs-

changing, watching you with wonder

you’re less and getting even younger

dying is just a kind of hunger

come care about Me

Carly Rae Jepsen - Gimme Love

~originally was gonna be a joke song to lighten the mood but haha! nope! I mean it is lighthearted but it still absolutely, in my mind, fits Morpheus. beautiful babygirl of the endless...smooch

Gimmie love (Oh)

It's the way we are together (Oh)

Wanna feel like this forever, forever (Oh)

It's the way we are together

And I never thought I'd ever say forever

Jon Bellion - Stupid Deep (Acoustic)

~this song fucks me up! 😀 for real though, I highly suggest watching the acoustic performance of this that he has on youtube cause the vibe is so.. intimate and dreamy and gorgeous.. and the lyrics.. jon bellion, sir.. smh.. the ending..

What if who I hoped to be was always me?

And the love I fought to feel was always free?

What if all the things I've done

Were just attempts at earning love? Yeah

'Cause the hole inside my heart is stupid deep, oh, stupid deep

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#year in review #that longest tag 🤦‍♂️💀💀#anyway here's this mess ajdjakfkg #still so overjoyed tht ppl liked that dream playlist... I'm also v proud of it 🥺#jules.intothevoid✨#Spotify #for some reason did not realize that the year in review thing would tag everyone mentioned in it... again..#so I'm very sorry if your notifs are blown up by me 'mentioning' you ajfjsjfn #hopefully it's just a reminder that ily 🥲💖💖🥺#have a good day beloveds 💖

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nyapetaleijon · 2 years

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I posted 11,343 times in 2022

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I tagged 322 of my posts in 2022

#not to be a lesbian but oh my god - 16 posts

#dead! - 3 posts

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#johnny cash - 2 posts

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Longest Tag: 139 characters

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My Top Posts in 2022:

WHAT is the point of it being halloween if youre not going to have a little fun with it. wear a costume to your college classes. decorate your house

3 notes - Posted October 31, 2022

GOT MY NEW JESSICA LAW CD IM SO FUCKING EXCITED!!!!!

5 notes - Posted August 15, 2022

more mechs thoughts for today!

"elysian fields" is an inverse of the greek afterlife.

so the real elysian fields in greek mythology are the spot where heroes get to live out wonderful lives in the afterlife. but in elysian fields the song its a very literal field where ulysses (and penelope) are free to die peacefully without being stuck back into the acheron where human brains have to keep shambling along in a semblance of life as computing power for the City.

so it reverses the hope for an eternal blessed life after death into simply a hope for eternal peace and never having to be "alive" again.

i just love analyzing the stories of the mechanisms a whole lot 💙

11 notes - Posted June 26, 2022

ok im watching the 1994 interview with the vampire movie...i get it! i get it. i get why ppl are so obsessed with these fucked up gay vampires in a horribly dysfunctional relationship.

did i mention im only 17 minutes in.

28 notes - Posted October 20, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

relistening to tbi and i know the real lyrics in loki are "you cant erase me, you cant unmake me *scream*" but i ALWAYS hear it as "you cant erase me, you cannot make me whole" the first time its sung. the duality!!! even though i know im mishearing it still makes me Feel Things abt Loki.

105 notes - Posted June 26, 2022

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crownhate · 3 months

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logged into my old letterboxd account today for the first time in like 10 years. It's funny to see that I pretty much completely stopped watching movies (and TV shows) in 2014, around the same time netflix decided to start pumping out their absolute dogshit original productions into the market like it was some sort of pissing contest to see who could make the cheapest entertainment possible. "Let's watch a movie" turned into "let's sit on the couch and waste our entire night scrolling through bullshit before deciding that none of it is even worth watching". It really soured my taste for movies and I quickly abandoned most forms of traditional media in favor of youtube and podcasts. I kind of want to get back into it though. I was obsessed with movies when I was like 18-19 and didn't have a job, I would just lay on the couch all day and watch like 5 movies in a row lmao. Some of my all time favourites were Midnight Cowboy (loved a lot of Dustin Hoffman movies really), The Deer Hunter (same with Robert De Niro), Ordinary People, Le Feu follet, Woman in the Dunes, Ikiru, Chungking Express, La Haine, Oslo August 31st. All my favourite movies were like really bleak dramas that examined the human condition and relationships at a microscopic level. the ones that leave you feeling gutted and empty afterwards, questioning your own existence. I miss that feeling of watching something and just being left in shambles. sigh.

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krispyarcadetyphoon · 6 months

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Beirut explosion

On August 4, 2020, the world watched in horror as a devastating explosion tore through the heart of Beirut, Lebanon. In an instant, lives were lost, families shattered, and a city left reeling from unimaginable destruction. This tragic event not only shook Lebanon to its core but sent shockwaves across the globe. As we delve into how this real-life tragedy rivaled even Hollywood's most gripping scenes, let's explore the impact of the Beirut explosion on Lebanon's vibrant film industry and cinematic landscape.

enough movie

In the wake of the Beirut explosion, the world was left speechless by the raw and devastating footage that emerged. The sheer scale of destruction captured on film was reminiscent of a Hollywood blockbuster – yet this was tragically real. As images flooded screens worldwide, it became clear that no movie could capture the depth of despair and loss experienced by those on the ground.

Lebanon's filmmakers faced an unprecedented challenge: how to convey the magnitude of such a catastrophic event through their art. The stark reality surpassed any fictional narrative they could have conceived. In this moment, reality transcended fiction, blurring the lines between cinema and life itself.

The aftermath of the explosion revealed a story more profound than anything scripted in Tinseltown. It showcased resilience, unity, and humanity at its most vulnerable – themes that no mere movie could encapsulate entirely.

Lebanon explosion

On August 4, 2020, Beirut was rocked by a catastrophic explosion that left the city in shambles. The blast, originating from a warehouse at the port filled with highly explosive materials, sent shockwaves through the entire country. The devastating aftermath of the explosion was captured in real-time by news outlets and social media platforms around the world.

The Lebanon explosion marked one of the darkest hours in Lebanese history, leaving behind a trail of destruction and loss. In this moment of crisis, people came together to support one another and rebuild their shattered lives amidst chaos and uncertainty.

Despite facing adversity, Lebanon has shown resilience and strength in overcoming such a tragic event. The spirit of unity among its citizens has been truly inspiring as they strive to recover from this unimaginable disaster.

august 6

On August 6, the lives of many in Beirut were forever changed by a catastrophic event. The date is now etched into the collective memory of Lebanon, marking a day of immense tragedy and devastation.

The explosion that rocked Beirut on August 6 at 6:07 PM sent shockwaves through the city, leaving behind a trail of destruction and loss. Buildings crumbled, streets were filled with debris, and countless lives were shattered in an instant.

As the dust settled and the extent of the damage became clear, Lebanon was thrust into its darkest hour. The resilience and strength of the Lebanese people were tested like never before as they grappled with grief, anger, and disbelief.

In the aftermath of this tragedy, stories emerged that rival even award-winning movies for their raw emotion and human spirit. From heroic acts of bravery to heartbreaking tales of loss and survival, August 6 will forever be remembered as a turning point in Lebanon's history.

6:07 Lebanon

On August 6, at precisely 6:07 PM local time, Lebanon was plunged into chaos by a devastating explosion that rocked Beirut to its core. The world watched in horror as the city's skyline was engulfed in a massive blast, leaving behind widespread destruction and loss.

The incident unfolded like a scene from an action movie – only this time, it wasn't fiction. It was real life unraveling before our eyes, showing the fragility of human existence in the face of such immense tragedy. In just a matter of seconds, everything changed for the people of Beirut.

Despite the darkness that descended upon Lebanon at 6:07 PM that day, stories of resilience and courage emerged from amidst the rubble. The spirit of unity and solidarity among the Lebanese people shone brightly amid the devastation, inspiring hope for better days ahead.

As we reflect on the events of that fateful moment at 6:07 PM in Lebanon, let us remember those who lost their lives and honor those who continue to rebuild amidst adversity.

award winning movies

Lights, camera, action! Award-winning movies have the power to captivate audiences and leave a lasting impact. From gripping dramas to heartwarming tales, these films showcase the best of storytelling and filmmaking prowess. The sheer talent behind creating such cinematic masterpieces is truly awe-inspiring.

In Lebanon, the film industry has produced its fair share of award-winning gems that have garnered international recognition. These movies not only entertain but also shed light on important social issues and cultural nuances. They serve as a window into the rich tapestry of Lebanese life and history.

From powerful documentaries to thought-provoking narratives, Lebanon's cinema scene continues to push boundaries and challenge conventions. Each award-winning film is a testament to the dedication and creativity of those involved in bringing stories to life on the big screen. It's no wonder that Lebanese cinema has earned its place among global film enthusiasts' must-watch lists.

best movies in Lebanon

Lebanon has a rich history of producing captivating films that have left audiences in awe. From gripping dramas to insightful documentaries, the Lebanese film industry continues to shine on the global stage.

One standout movie is "The Insult" directed by Ziad Doueiri, which garnered international acclaim and even received an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. The film delves into complex themes of identity and prejudice against a backdrop of societal tensions.

Another must-watch is "Capernaum" by Nadine Labaki, a powerful story about resilience and survival seen through the eyes of a young boy living in poverty in Beirut. This emotional rollercoaster resonated with audiences worldwide and earned critical praise.

For those interested in historical events, "West Beyrouth" directed by Ziad Doueiri offers a poignant portrayal of Lebanon's civil war through the lens of two teenage friends navigating love and conflict amidst chaos.

These are just a few examples showcasing Lebanon's vibrant cinema scene that continues to captivate viewers with its storytelling prowess and cultural depth.

lebanon’s darkest hour shahid

Lebanon’s darkest hour, captured in the powerful documentary "Shahid," sheds light on the tragic events that unfolded on August 6. The film delves into the heart-wrenching aftermath of the Beirut explosion at 6:07 PM local time. As viewers embark on a journey through Lebanon's pain and resilience, they are confronted with raw emotions and stark realities.

The award-winning movie showcases Lebanon's spirit amidst chaos, highlighting the courage of its people in facing adversity head-on. Through poignant storytelling and captivating visuals, "Shahid" immerses audiences in the harsh realities of life in august 6 Beirut post-explosion.

Documentary filmmaking at its finest, "Shahid" serves as a testament to Lebanon's strength and unity during times of crisis. It stands as a beacon of hope for a nation grappling with tragedy while striving for healing and recovery.

documentary film making

Documentary filmmaking is a powerful medium that allows filmmakers to delve into real-life stories, capturing raw emotions and authentic experiences. The essence of documentary filmmaking lies in its ability to shed light on important issues, spark conversations, and evoke empathy from viewers.

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The beauty of documentary filmmaking lies in its versatility - whether it's a heart-wrenching story of survival or an eye-opening exploration of cultural traditions, documentaries have the power to educate and inspire audiences worldwide. By blending artistry with reality, filmmakers can create impactful narratives that leave a lasting impression on viewers long after the credits roll.

best Lebanon movies

Lebanon has a rich history of producing exceptional films that have captivated audiences worldwide. From powerful dramas to thought-provoking documentaries, Lebanese cinema continues to make its mark in the industry.

One standout film is "Capernaum," directed by Nadine Labaki, which received critical acclaim and even earned an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. The raw emotion and compelling storytelling in this movie truly showcase the talent within Lebanon's film industry.

Another must-watch is "The Insult," a gripping courtroom drama that delves into complex themes of identity and societal tensions. This film not only resonated with local audiences but also garnered international recognition at prestigious film festivals.

For those interested in exploring Lebanon's culture and history through cinema, "West Beirut" offers a nostalgic look at life during the country's civil war. This coming-of-age story provides viewers with a glimpse into Lebanon's past while highlighting universal themes of friendship and resilience.

Whether you're a cinephile or simply looking to expand your horizons, these best Lebanon movies are sure to leave a lasting impact on anyone who watches them.

mtv Lebanon news

MTV Lebanon news has been a reliable source of information during times of crisis, including the tragic Beirut explosion. Keeping viewers informed and updated on the latest developments, MTV Lebanon continues to play a vital role in delivering news to the public. As we reflect on Lebanon's darkest hour and the impact it had on its people, let us not forget the resilience and strength displayed by the nation in facing such adversity. Our thoughts and support remain with all those affected by this heartbreaking event. Stay tuned to MTV Lebanon for ongoing coverage and updates as Beirut rebuilds itself from this devastating tragedy.

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tsuki-sennin · 1 year

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Hirogaru Sky! 29 and 30~!

Back on the wagon~! Or I suppose in this case, the plane. Or Elle-chan's weird crib gondola thing.

First, a story about a missing doll! Second, a Beach Episode! Just as summer winds down! Funsies!

Spoilers, I guess...

-Raaaaaaaain!

-Goddamn I am so sick of rain. Had my power knocked out this evening. Spent half of my cooking time totally in the dark.

-Who dat?

--nya? Hummy??

-Neko-san~!

-An alive neko-san!

-"Did you have fun in the rain? :)"

-"MASHIRO I WAS ALMOST DEVOURED BY A GHOST CAT SOMEBODY CALL THE JSDF-

-In shambles! Completely and totally spooked!

-"Sora, stuffed animals don't speak. Not like birds."

-Man, with all these huge European-style houses that're only occupied by ghosts or villains, a Pretty Cure Town's real estate market must be insane.

-...Hmmmm... I wonder how low the property values can get?

-For villains who live in the Cures' worlds, do you think somebody like Westar fires rent lowering gunshots? Or am I thinking a little too American?

-Ohhhhh, Tsubasa's a believer now.

-Obakeeeeee~!

-Gap moe! Sora's got phasmophobia~!

-Sealed the kitty.

-Elle-chan :)

-What a cute little fella, huh?

-The first step to overcoming one's fear is acknowledging it!

-Yoyo confirmed horsegirl.

-Speak to us, kitty.

-How sweet :)

-Sora had no time for such simple pleasures.

-...put it like that, you don't forget your first friend, huh Mashiro?

-A drone can be as cat-shaped as it wants, I'm knocking that bitch outta the sky.

-"D-don't mind me! My daughter's got a strong arm on her! She should try out for the baseball team~!"

-Ohhhhhhh, the kitty's a dream weaver.

-...man, something about a toy being abandoned and forgotten really hurts me. Doesn't matter if it's Toy Story or the Fresh PreCure movie or even that story TomSka told about that time he buried all his Thomas the Tank Engine toys on holiday in Fuerteventura. You wanna get me to cry, you give an artificial being abandonment issues.

-Neko-san... :(

-Minoton Spotted

-Enter

-"The game is afoot, Pretty Cures!"

-AN ENTIRE HOUSE

-THIS MAN TURNED AN ENTIRE FUCKING HOUSE INTO A MONSTER

-Step into the Hell House!

-This is badass, what the hell

-Oh!

-Breakin' out the colors early, huh Butterfly?

-Get clocked.

-Raaaaanborg!

-Oh shit

-Thanks, cat.

-Sky's athleticism is something to be admired.

-"Nigeteeeeeee!"

-Kick that bubble!

-Goodbye, Monster House.

-Oh man, I don't envy Tsubasa, it must hurt to pick that many splinters outta there.

-"Until we meet again, Pretty Cure."

-Marron-chan...

-Oh, that's sweet... That's too sweet...

-Hello, Summer~!

-...Hey wait a sec, you already got your cameo!

In the summertime, when the weather is hot~! You can stretch right up, and touch the sky~! When the weather's fine, you've got women on your mind. Have a drink, have a drive, go out and see what you can find.

-Anyways yeah, it's the ass end of August, it's been raining and thundering a shit-ton where I live when it isn't absolutely infernal, and apparently God himself.

-The ocean~!

-It's really FUCKING big!

-Very cute swimsuits.

-It'll be close to 90% ocean when climate change finally kills all of humanity for the sins of the 1%~!

-That run was the gayest fucking thing I've seen all month, and I just finished Season 2 of Good Omens. /j

-I see Tsubasa goes for the Sonia Nevermind wetsuit style. And Ageha... hoo...

-Brined like a fish.

-Beachy beachy~!

-Sora's got built in Iron Boots. She can do the Water Temple no problem.

-Lotta Sora focus these two episodes!

-...Tsubasa, are the Puni Birds supposed to be penguins?

-...is that why you can dance? Are you just Happy Feet?

-Idk how you expect her to do all that, but okay!

-Swimmer friend~!

-Wingless.

-Half an hour.

-Wipe that :3 off your :3, Mashiron!

-Ah don't worry Tsubasa, summer's practically over already.

-I suppose Mashiro's teaching would be much better by default, but goddamn. Sora really saw her gf in the water and dove right in.

-"My unconditional surrender is all but guaranteed!"

-Rubber ducky...

-Kani-san...

-I love the crabs, little dudes.

-Jesus, that's a shit ton of fish. Is Gran Ocean just a few nautical miles away?

-Floatieeees~!

-I love those.

-Watermelon energy~!

-Summer vacation, baby~!

-Now this is podracing!

-HOoooooooo

-Minoton about to make me unwise.

-I have to wonder how many hot single moms (and dads, of course) see Minoton and feel seen.

-"AH-!"

-Ah, I see Minoton put his clothes back on.

-Good thinking, I think it'd have gotten a little weird if he hadn't.

-Life preserven't!

-Game on!

-SKY-

-Immediately fell into the ocean.

-His ass is NOT fightin'.

-Get deflated, idiot.

-Ironically, I think if Sora asked Minoton to help teach her to swim, he'd have gone for it.

-Goddamn, the ocean's so terrifying. Even in relatively shallow waters like these.

-Sora says "My save!"

-Who needs floaties when you've got lifeguards on duty!

-Baywatch PreCure!

-...man, Mitch Buchannon would absolutely somehow have been a Cure in the past. And yet somehow still be both an armored skeptic debunking every Scooby Doo mystery he comes across and a foremost expert on paranormal investigation who has fought mutant alligators, vampires, werewolves, ghosts, and even a climate change-induced apocalypse.

-Incidentally, if you're in dire need of some quality TV cheese analysis, might I recommend Allison Pregler's Baywatching?

-It's part critical commentary, part abridged series, all peak comedy.

-...something of an influence on this program, fun fact~!

-Sunset time~!

-What a fun summer~!

-Oh ye gods, it's raining again, better wrap this up soon.

-PRECIOUS

-Okay, guess we're getting all the previous cameos again. ...I'm not spoiled on anything coming up, I am a good boy, I like surprises, I haven't the damnedest justification to offer as to why Precious wouldn't show up again, shhhhhhhh.

-You are a good bean, Yuin. Sorry the only beach food highlighted was watermelon, but tbh you wouldn't mind at all.

-Right okay, we're done here, I gotta jet! Catch you later~!

#Hop! Step! Jump! Hero Gals Dream of the Everlasting Sky!#precure #pretty cure #hirogaru sky precure #hirogaru sky spoilers

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The Joys of Parenting

Last updated: August 22nd, 2023

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Water Park Adventures [♡] 1k - The girls take their kids to the newly opened water park.

Seven Roads to Home [♡,♤] 372 - Esme, Nubia, Zelda, Rosaelia, Jasmine, Yuna, and Astrid take a trip around Europe for a month, not just for the sights, but to get to know each other better as a group.

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Testing the Waters [♡] 1.2k - Jasmine’s best friend, Olivia, needs someone to go with her to Sydney for the BTS concert. Jasmine agrees to go, not knowing who any of the guys are. That is, until she realizes something.

White Christmas [♡] 1.5k - Jin and Jasmine spend their first Christmas together since high school, and Jasmine is excited to see snow on Christmas for the first time ever.

A Distant Proposal [♡,♤] 1.6k - A surprise visit from a man Jasmine thought was long gone from her life sends her emotions spiraling, and Jin makes an announcement a little too soon.

The Dream Wedding [♡] 3.1k - The day that Jin and Jasmine have dreamed of for years is finally here, and it's just as magical as they expected it to be.

A Simple Man [♡] 1.3k - Jasmine is thrilled to finally have the life of her dreams, and she and Jin reminisce on the past

Taking the Stage [♡] 0.9k - Jin and Jasmine bring Namu to one of the concerts, and Namu decides it's his time to shine.

Detangled and Steaky [♡] 0.8k - Jasmine wakes up on Valentine’s Day to realize she forgot to fix her son’s hair the night before.

Saturday Shopping [♡] 0.8k - Jin’s two youngest have gotten into an argument over the TV, and Jin decides the way to remedy it is a shopping trip and some time in the kitchen together.

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Headed to Floor Nine [♡,♤] 1k- Yoongi’s had a long week in New York with the UN, but what happens when he gets stuck in an elevator with a stranger?

Dresses Go Best With Sneakers [♡] 1.3k - Yoongi and Rosaelia are finally getting a chance to spend time together, but they have to get crafty with disguises so they won't be recognized.

The Ambience of Rain [♡,♧] 1.4k - Yoongi and Rosaelia finally get a night alone in her apartment after making their relationship official.

I Miss You [♡,♤] 0.7k - Yoongi gets a call from his drunk girlfriend who has to tell him she misses him.

Who Are You Attracted To? [♡,♤] 1k - Mutually drunk, Yoongi and Rosaelia finally talk about their sexualities.

Not a Replacement [♤/♡/♢] 3.5k - After the death of their first baby, Yoongi and Rosaelia don't plan to try again. That is, until one of their friends offers to carry their baby for them. This doesn't stop Rosaelia from worrying about the outcome, though.

The Benefits of Co-Sleeping [♡] 0.4k - Yoongi is tired of waking up in the middle of the night to his daughter crying, so he decides to keep her in his bed at night.

A Day Out with Appa [♡] 1k - Yoongi takes on his daddy duties to keep Isabella occupied in New York City. There’s nothing like a day with his little girl.

A Rainy Movie Day [♡] 0.8k - Yoongi and Isabella have a fun day together while Rosaelia is at work.

Valentine Baby [♡] 0.6k - Yoongi and Rosaelia welcome their newborn the night before Valentine’s Day.

Friday Fears [♡] 1k - Yoongi’s hyper daughter, Isabella, wants nothing more than to model for her mother’s clothing line.

The Trials of a Jealous Heart [♡,♤] 1.6k - Yoongi’s daughter, Isabella, is feeling jealous of her best friend, Hyeon. When she doesn’t deal with it in the right way, will her friendship be lost forever?

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Operation: Get Hobi a Girlfriend / Pt. 2 [♡,♤] 2.3k - Hobi had a run-in with a girl in the hallway before their performance. He makes it his goal to find her again.

Moonboat [♡] 1.2k - Hobi takes Yuna to Lotte World for a date.

Trust the News [♡] 1.3k - Hybe is in shambles after Hobi and Yuna’s relationship gets leaked, but Yuna isn’t as worried as she should be.

A Kiss Under the Moon [♡] 1.8k - Yuna plans a special early birthday celebration for Hobi, and perhaps she has more than one surprise in store for him.

The Valentine Scrapbook [♡] 1.3k - Yuna and the girls join Hobi for Valentine’s Day lunch, and they present him with a gift that will keep giving for years to come.

Thursday Training [♡] 1k - Hobi’s second daughter, Haeju, is very interested in becoming a trainee, so he takes her to the studio to show her the real life of a trainee.

A Charitable Christmas Eve [♡] 1.1k - Hobi throws a charity event for Christmas with the help of his four older kids.

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The Diner Down the Street [♡,♤] 1k - Esme is intrigued by the man who frequents the diner she works at. Maybe dating him wouldn't be so bad.

Valentine - The King of Heartbreak [♤,♡] 0.9k - Esme and Namjoon get to spend Valentine’s Day together, but it doesn’t go entirely as planned.

One More Chance [♡,♤] 1k - Namjoon is dreading their trip to England, as it reminds him of his ex-girlfriend. But the last thing he expected was to run into her.

Wedding Kisses [♡] 1.6k - Namjoon and Esme are finally tying the knot, but Esme has no maid of honor. It seems her sister got the memo.

Wednesday Whining [♡] 1k - Namjoon’s two oldest daughters are fighting again, so he decides an afternoon with his girls is needed.

Skateboarding Mishaps [♡] 0.7k - Beatrix wants to go skateboarding, and Esme insists Elise escort her sister. The trip doesn’t go entirely as planned.

January Sky [♡] 1k - The Kim girls spend the day together as they wait to meet their little brother.

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Something’s Fishy / Pt. 2 [♡,♤] 3.5k - Nubia’s best friend, Eva, sets her up on a date. When her date stands her up, a catastrophe happens and a stranger pays for her meal. Turns out, insisting on paying him back would have more consequences than she thought.

A Karaoke Kiss [♡] 1.5k - Jimin invites Nubia out for a day on the town, but the last thing Nubia expected was to realize she was in love with him.

The Taste of Home [♡] 1.6k - Nubia finds herself distraught as she realizes the people she once considered friends were not really her friends, but thankfully, a group of real friends is there to help lift her up.

Snowy Cat Café [♡] 1k - Jimin and Nubia go on a date to the cat café.

Red-Stained Hands [♡] 4k - Nubia, despite once dreading her wedding day, finds much joy in the days leading up to her wedding and even the entire day itself.

A Tiny Bundle [♡] 0.5k - Baby Eunseo is born, and her older brother, Donam, is curious about the new baby.

Chocolate and Roses [♡] 0.5k - Nubia takes Donam and Eunseo Valentine’s Day shopping.

Tuesday Tears [♡] 1.1k - Nubia is exhausted taking care of a newborn by herself, so Jimin stays home for a day to take care of their baby.

Ummi and the Babies [♡] 0.9k - Nubia spends a day with her two youngest children.

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I Think I Could Love You [♡,♤] 1.6k - Tae goes on a search after a girl catches his eye at an award show. Little does he know, finding her will be a bit easier than he thought.

A Long, Long Dream [♡,♤] 3.2k - Zelda's life has been flipped upside down all because of one man at an award show, but maybe this is some sort of elaborate dream, because there's no way the pieces could fall into place this easily.

First Time Tears [♡] 1k - Tae is excited to finally get an afternoon with his girlfriend, but when he finds her in tears, he's unsure what to do.

Your Touch [♡] 1.1k - Hugs are usually unenjoyable for Zelda, but this one isn’t.

A Birthday Wish [♤,♡] 3.1k - Tae takes Zelda to her hometown for her birthday, but angst ensues when an old friend of Zelda's stirs the water.

Chicago Dreams [♡,♤] 0.7k - When Tae gets a call at 4 am, the last thing he expects it to be is his girlfriend calling to tell him that their relationship has been discovered by the press.

A Boyfriend for Christmas [♡] 1.3k - Zelda goes home for the holidays with the anticipation of Tae being there too. But when his schedule gets rearranged, their plans take a turn for the worse.

A Room for Two [♡] 1.5k - Tae and Zelda spend a night in Las Vegas together, and maybe having separate hotel rooms is overrated.

Shades of Pink and Purple [♡,♧] 1.2k - Zelda wakes up in Tae’s hotel room after accidentally falling asleep there; fluff ensues.

A Modeling Break [♡] 1.3k - Tae and Zelda spend a few nights in Paris together for Paris Fashion Week; flirting ensues.

Stupid, Crazy in Love with You [♤,♡] 4.1k - When Zelda realizes just how much fame marrying Tae will come with, she decides they need to take a break.

Wedding Day Worries [♡] 0.9k - Early mornings aren’t Zelda’s thing, but that won’t stop her from having the best wedding day ever.

Where's My Razor? [♡] 0.7k - Tae and Zelda spend an afternoon in their hotel, teasing each other on what they'll do for the rest of their honeymoon.

Smoke and Mirrors [♤,♡,♧] 2.3k - Tae and Zelda have a long overdue conversation after she finds him smoking.

Losing the Nerve [♡] 1.2k - Zelda is reflecting on insults she got during her time practicing to be a model. Tae notices.

Pretty Girl [♡,♤,♧] 2.8k - Zelda's stuggling with liking herself again, and Tae makes it his personal mission to make her feel better. Cue twenty minutes of him just loving on her.

Pampered and Jet Lagged [♡] 0.7k - Tae gets home from work after a long day to find that his wife has prepared a night of pampering for him.

Hello There, Little One [♡] 0.6k - Tae enjoys a few moments with his infant son.

Sweet Sleep [♡] 0.8k - Tae comes home from work to find his wife in tears and his two-month-old wailing. Can he help them both get the rest they need?

Sleep, Love [♡] 0.5k - Tae and Zelda settle into bed after a long day and coo over their sleeping four-month-old.

Don't You Love the Rain? [♡] 1.7k - The Kims take a trip to California to see Zelda's family, and Zelda and Zoro enjoy some time together in the rain.

Patsa and Bed [♡] 1k - Zelda must take a stealth mission to the convenience store. Will she make it without getting caught by paparazzi?

Ice It [♡] 1.2k - Zoro is teething, and his parents can’t figure out what to do to make him feel better.

Big Brother [♡] 1k - As Tae and Zelda greet their new arrival, there's a little boy who's even more excited than they are to meet the new baby.

Crunchy Dumplings [♡] 0.7k - With a new baby in the house, Tae and Zelda's parents both come for a visit. However, troubles occur when Hyeon's dumplings are cooked differently than she's used to.

Little Memories [♡] 1.6k - Zoro is the sun in Hyeon's sky. But when his smile disappears, she'll do anything to bring it back.

Happy Vaeetilnn Days [♡] 0.7k - Tae leaves a Valentine’s Day message for Zelda and the kids.

Bedtime Blues [♡] 1.9k - Tae and Zelda have quite the night taking care of their three youngest kids.

Monday Madness [♡] 1.4k - It’s Monday morning, and as always, it’s a bit crazy in the Kim household.

Welcome Home [♡/♤/♢] 2.7k - Zelda and Tae have wanted to adopt for years, but the timing never seemed right. That is until one day, Zelda’s niece, Luna, calls her with a request.

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Spill the Coffee [♡] 1k - Astrid spills her coffee all over a guy while rushing out of the cafe. Little does she know, he’s not any ordinary guy.

An Unlikely Date [♡] 1.1k - Astrid is greeted by a mysterious guy in her bakery one morning, but he's not as mysterious as she thought he was.

Can You Keep a Secret? [♡] 3k - Astrid hasn't had time to work on any music lately because of her busy life, but when she returns, she finds a message from one of her biggest fans, and their conversation sparks a collaboration between the two of them.

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Meet the characters

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#the joys of parenting

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windermeare · 2 years

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Just In: It Couple Are Starring In An Upcoming Taylor Swift Music Video

— Thu, 07 July.

A secret source told us these two would be starring in a Taylor Swift music video. Oh la la! Considering the warm weather as we are in the middle of summer heat, could it be an august music video? Or perhaps are they going to star in fan-favorite and long-awaited Cruel Summer music video?

It is no secret that Taylor Swift and Vivienne Wayne have been friends for long—well, if we stalk their Instagram long enough, we will see them on each other's pages. In 2016, they went to Venice together and both keep attending each other's birthday bash. It would be no question why if sooner or later we will see the pretty face of Gotham's Princess in a music video belongs to Swift.

Another interesting thing is, Vivienne's boyfriend, a YouTuber-turned-into-an-aspiring-actor, Nate Kim is rumored to be in the same project with her. Fans went crazy after Nate quoted Vivienne's post on Twitter:

— The viral post that got the Twitter stans in shambles

The couple have been known as big fans of the cardigan singer, and with both of them giving us a hint like that all over social media, it is safe to say that both are hinting at something related to Taylor.

— Vivienne Wayne and Nate Kim are fans of Taylor Swift

Our source also told us that there is a high chance this upcoming music video would be a short movie, similar to the All Too Well short movie which Taylor directed by herself.

Now that only time will tell, which Taylor Swift's song would you like to see the couple starring in?

#nk #JustIn

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scapegrace74-blog · 4 years

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No Light, No Light (Claire’s Anthem)

A/N To recap where we’re at in the Metric Universe, Jamie and Claire are living separately while their building gets repaired after a fire. Jamie has confessed to loving Claire, and she hesitantly agreed to give a romantic relationship between them a chance. The dates have gone well. Really well. Maybe a bit too well... Rated M, because they deserve it after all I’ve put them through.

All other parts of the Metric Universe are available on my AO3 page.

The amazing song by Florence + The Machine (another guest artist!) that inspired the title and features in a few lines can be heard here: https://youtu.be/HGH-4jQZRcc

August 24, 2018, Scottish Highlands, Scotland

Outside the train, the landscape slid by in an emerald smear. It had been raining earlier, but as the sun dipped westward it broke from beneath the clouds, setting the greens afire. The view was violently beautiful, but Claire stared instead at her face, pensive and wan, reflected in the smudgy window. There was an almost laughable lack of connection between herself and the taciturn man to her left.

It hadn’t started out that way. After a near-idyllic summer dedicated to their mutual enjoyment of each other’s company, this trip to Scotland was meant a culmination of sorts. A validation that they were moving towards something momentous. A delineation between their past as friends and their future as... something more.

Jamie had first mentioned the idea in passing while they waited in line for a gelato in the shadow of the Gherkin on a hot July day.

“T’would be braw tae introduce ye to Lallybroch before ye return tae yer studies, Sassenach,” had been his exact words. Claire had learned to appreciate Jamie’s deft navigation of the shoals of her caution. An invitation to meet his family would have garnered an immediate negative response, but an invitation to his family home received an ambiguous hum.

Several weeks later, they were searching Netflix for a movie they could agree on while cat-sitting for Joe and Gayle. Said cat was lounging on the sofa cushions between them when Jamie casually raised the ante.

“Tomorrow I’ll be buyin’ my ticket home for the August bank holiday. The trains north will be packed, so I was thinkin’ I’d grab a second seat. Just in case, ye ken. T'is refundable, sae there’s no harm.”

By the end of the evening, the cat had fled the room, Claire’s shirt was down to its last button, Jamie’s summer tan couldn’t mask the flush of blood that raced beneath his skin, and the idea of spending a weekend away together sat like an unopened present on the closet shelf of their minds.

Last Monday, between her day shift and his graveyard, they had met for coffee to discuss the details of moving back into their flat.

“Jamie, my name is on this lease.” Claire set down her cup rather abruptly on the table, spilling a few hot drops over her fingers.

“Aye, tis. I asked the landlord tae include us both. Considering all the delays an’ the nuisance, tis the least they could do.” Pausing to hand her a napkin, he balanced his fingertips over her scalded knuckles. It’s yer flat too, Sassenach. No matter what.”

The gravity of the moment hung heavy in the air. Neither spoke for a while, letting the hum of ambient conversation dull the edges of their nerves. Claire slid an unsigned copy of the lease into her satchel.

“I, uh, I ken this mayna be the best time tae be bringing this up, but I’ll be away home come Thursday, back on Monday. There’s still a ticket in yer name, should ye wish tae come wi’ me.”

She looked at him then, so earnest and open and hopeful, the sunlight from the street burnishing his hair coppery-gold. He’d crept in like a thief, disturbing the tidy boxes of her life and leaving traces of his passage on her heart. A thief who gave instead of took, and whose only crime was to love without recompense.

“What would it mean, if I went to Scotland with you?” she asked quietly.

“It would mean everything to me,” he admitted.

That hadn’t been what she was asking, but it was her answer all the same.

The day before they were due to depart, Claire had been eating a late afternoon snack in the hospital cafeteria when a familiar tall form in running gear caught her eye. She couldn’t suppress the frisson of delight she felt as he made his way towards her table, a whiplash of appreciative female gazes following in his wake.

His infectious smile of greeting faltered and then disappeared as he caught sight of what she was reading.

Oh.

The monthly rental property magazine had been left behind on her table, but she’d be lying to say she was browsing it purely out of idle curiosity. The weight of seeing her name next to Jamie’s on their new lease had been pressing down on her since Monday.

On the one hand, it was a tremendous relief - no longer could the outcome of their courtship render her homeless - not that she could imagine Jamie ever being as cruel as Frank. But it also implied a commitment, a state of permanence between them, that quite frankly scared the shit out of her. And so she had been perusing her options, not with any serious intent, but because it gave her comfort to know they existed. Jamie had dropped by unannounced at the worst possible time.

A crowded cafeteria wasn’t the place to start making excuses, so after a stilted exchange about meeting the next day at Euston Station, Jamie departed, a small storm cloud of ire floating above his head.

By the time they met the following morning, that cloud had darkened to a gale, blowing all hope of casual conversation before it. Jamie’s disposition was generally sanguine, but when he put his mind to it he could glower like the Viking gods he resembled. It made for a silent journey.

“Ye can just go ahead and say it, Claire.” When it came, his voice was diminished by resignation.

“I’m curious what it is you want me to say,” she replied.

“That ye willna be moving back inta the flat next month. If that means we willna be seeing each other at all, well, I’d rather ye tell me before I go introducing ye tae my family as my girlfriend like a fool.”

When she turned to face this accusation, the first thing she noticed was the absence of light behind his typically radiant blue eyes. It neutralized the acid on her tongue.

“Those are awfully dire conclusions to be drawing from some rental adverts, my lad,” she quipped. Then, almost begging. “You promised to be patient with me.”

“Aye, I did. But ye also promised tae try, Claire. I canna help but feel that ye’re just marking time, waiting for me to fuck up badly enough that ye can say, well, that’s that then, another disappointment, and retreat tae yer solitude.”

It wasn’t far from the truth, although she’d never have stated it so baldly. As with every emotional conversation she had with Jamie, his words left her feeling naked and exposed. He saw her so well. She didn’t doubt the sincerity of his love for her, because what else kept a man coming back once all the ugliness was on display?

“I hear what you’re saying, Jamie. I think you know this isn’t easy for me. Just being here with you on this train, Christ. I almost called you twice this morning to say I wouldn’t be coming.”

“But ye didna. Why?”

“Because the only thing that scares me more than being with you,” her voice rose in pitch, “is being without you. I’m here, but it’s taking bloody everything I have. So please do not ask me for more,” she pleaded.

A strong arm wrapped around her shoulder and she came to nestle against him willingly.

“I would never ask ye for that, a ghraidh. I only want ye tae learn tae let go of yer fear, as it serves for nought. I learned that the hard way with my accident. T’wasn’t anything I earned nor deserved, but it happened nonetheless. We canna chose if we win or lose. We can only chose how we fight.”

She listened to his heart, steadily thumping beneath the muscles of his chest. To think, he could have been taken away before she came to know the dimensions of its strength. It sent a chill down her spine.

“I ne’er told ye, that first night we met a’ the pub, how ye reminded me of a fierce lioness. All golden eyed and imperious. An’ when I saw those same eyes, peering at me o’er a surgical mask the night of the blast, I understood I would live, because ye did. Ye’re a fighter, Sassenach. I kent it from the start.”

“God, Jamie, I was an utter shambles at the time,” she confessed. His faith in her was overwhelming.

“Aye. But ye were goin’ down swinging.”

***

Ian Murray, Jamie’s best friend and brother-in-law, met them at the train station in Inverness. As they navigated the country roads, his conversation with Jamie had the ease and teasing short-hand of timeworn friendship. Claire was content to sit quietly and listen, the inconclusive discussion on the train looming large in her peripheral vision.

It was well past dark as they arrived at Lallybroch, giving the structure an air of timelessness as yellow light bathed the courtyard from windows high above. The battered wooden entrance swung open to the welcoming chaos of barking dogs, children’s laughter and lilting Gaelic voices spilling into the night.

Claire hung back, pretending to help Ian with their bags as Jamie jogged forward to embrace a dark-haired woman who barely reached his shoulders, lifting a giggling toddler from her hip and high into the air. The dogs spun around his legs, practically tripping him as he tried to climb the stairs and answer his sister’s rapid fire questions all at once. Halting before the door, he handed his nephew over before Jenny disappeared inside, the dogs at her heels.

Feeling absurdly nervous, Claire mounted the stairs and accepted his outstretched hand.

“So, this is it?” she asked inanely.

“Aye, this is it. Welcome to my home, Sassenach.”

***

They’d eaten on the train, so after a hasty introduction to the rest of the family and a promise to become better acquainted over breakfast, Jamie and Claire headed upstairs. It occurred to her on the second landing that she had no idea where he expected her to sleep. Their status as temporary lodgers in other people’s homes back in London had made the question moot.

Visceral memories of their increasingly heated goodnight kisses caused Claire to trip on braided rug. Jamie turned as she was righting herself.

“Aye, well, here we are. The lavatory is jest across the hall. If ye need anything, the laird’s room is up these stairs.”

“The laird’s room? Wait, who’s the laird in this story?” she was momentarily distracted from her agitation by this unforeseen detail.

“Well, me. But dinna get any grand illusions. Tis only a leftover title from when Clan Fraser ruled o’er these parts before the Rising.”

Her mouth was moving before she fully considered her next words.

“And does that make me your lady?”

Instead of laughing off her glib comment as she hoped he would, Jamie’s face grew somber.

“Nah. Tha’ position is presently unfilled. In this house, the laird sleeps next tae his lady, always. G’night tae ye, Sassenach.” And with a soft kiss that barely ghosted her lips, Jamie retired to bed. Alone.

***

The next two days were a glimpse into a way of living whose existence Claire had previously discredited. Communal mealtimes, where each family member had an assigned role, from buttering the bread (Jamie’s three-year old nephew and namesake) to clearing the table (Ian, and by their second meal, Claire). Morning and evening chores that left the adults drowsy and smelling slightly of the chicken coop. Siblings bickering, slamming doors and then laughing about it by suppertime. Outings to local landmarks in the rain, a cheerful row of matching Wellingtons and wax cotton jackets tramping along well-worn paths. Visits to neighbours, carrying a Pyrex dish of some culinary offering and returning four hours later, stuffed to the gills and carrying a different Pyrex dish loaded with leftovers.

Seeing Jamie take his place at the centre of this family dynamic was a shock. She’d only ever known him in an urban setting, where he was one man among millions; noteworthy for his decency, his peculiar fondness for blood pudding, and because he was hers. At Lallybroch, he grew before her eyes, taking on new dimensions that challenged and teased her understanding of him.

This was his concept of home.

This was his template for love.

***

On Sunday afternoon, the clouds had lifted to reveal a robin’s egg sky. Claire accompanied Ian on a circuit of the upper pasture. A border collie named Jem bounded down the hill ahead of them. Ian was an easy companion, and they were mid-conversation about the impact of the Scots in the history of medicine when Claire pulled up short, words evaporating in her throat.

There in the hay field just below stood Jamie. Long rows of golden sheaves that had been cut the past week were now drying in the late summer sun. Armed with nothing but a pitchfork, Jamie had obviously been working for some time. He wore boots and loose trousers, but his shirt was long abandoned. Sweat glistened in the fine russet curls that covered his breastbone and over the sun-kissed curves of his shoulders. He was so beautiful, it hurt to breathe.

“He’s himself again,” Ian remarked. “It lightens my heart tae see it.”

Claire tore her eyes away from Jamie. Ian was watching her with a knowing twinkle in his eye.

“Well, he obviously loves being here, with his family...” she dodged.

Ian shook his head.

“Nah, t’isn’t that. Since his accident, he’s been... altered. Jamie was always the golden one, ye ken? Smart, strong, funny, kind. He wore it well, but it gives ye a sense of... invincibility, maybe? Tha’ blast ripped apart more than his back. I think it made him doubt who he is on the inside. Ye’ve helped him find tha’ man again, Claire, and for that we are in yer debt.”

She couldn’t look at Ian then, for fear that he would see just how much she wanted what he was saying to be the truth. To be essential to someone who meant so much to her, to be enough purely by being herself, it was more than her feelings could contain.

It was what Jamie had been trying to tell her all along.

***

The third stair between the guest room and the laird’s bedroom creaked, and Claire froze, eyes darting guiltily down the corridor to where Ian, Jenny and their children slept. Nothing stirred beyond the drumming of her heartbeat, so she crept the rest of the way, tapping quietly on the solid wood door.

Jamie’s voice was alert as he beckoned, “Come in, Jenny.” She clutched a thin sheaf of papers to her chest and entered the room. The only illumination came from the hearth, where a low fire still blazed. It cast its light on a large, masculine room, with deep blue wallpaper, heavy damask drapes and an immense four poster bed. Jamie sat up against the headboard, the glow from his iPad echoing in his downcast eyes.

“It’s not Jenny. It’s me,” she whispered.

With a visible flinch, the iPad fell to his lap.

“Claire...”

He stretched her name out like honey from a jar, trickling sweetly from his mouth.

She wanted to run. From this plush room, this welcoming home, this uninvited sanctuary of tenderness. Her legs quivered with the impulse. Instead, she plunged forward into the room, right to the edge of the bed, and thrust her offering towards Jamie, who followed her movements as though she was defusing a bomb.

“Whas’ this then?” he asked, peering down at the document.

“It’s our lease. I signed it. And faxed a copy to the landlord.”

There, she had done it. The pebble that would start the landslide. There was no turning back now, and it was pure relief.

Jamie was silent for so long, staring down at her signature, that she began to wonder if he’d fallen asleep. When he looked up again, his eyes were glassy.

“Are ye sure, Sassenach?”

A drunken encounter in a pub. Agony radiating from his bright blue eyes on a hospital gurney. Her rain-soaked salvation. A roommate. A friend. His steady patience as they tentatively grew closer. And now something more, something bigger than she knew how to articulate, sneaking around the margins of her fear.

She wasn’t sure of much, but she was certain that Jamie’s love could never hurt. The rest, the panic that she could lose him or disappoint him, that was just the price of paradise.

Instead of answering the question directly, she walked around to the opposite side of the bed and gestured to the empty mattress beside Jamie’s long body.

“Is this place still vacant?”

His smile was radiant.

“For ye, Sassenach, always.”

***

It was like no other sex she’d ever experienced. Intimacy, up until then, had been a transaction, an exchange of debits. This was a cancellation of accounts, an obliteration of any mutual debt. They loved each other with the pure, mindless joy of a wave meeting the shore.

Which isn’t to say that it was perfect. It felt strange to touch Jamie in more than a friendly way. Not at all unpleasant, but strange. Like going to the theatre to see a well-loved play, and suddenly being thrust onto the stage. The hesitance behind Jamie’s touch told her he felt something similar.

In a particularly awkward moment, they were jostling and bumping to remove each other’s pajamas when her hair got caught in the buckle of his watch.

“Ouch!” she yelped. He pulled away, stammering apologies, which only made things worse. After a few failed attempts on Jamie’s part, she reached up and unclasped the watch band, giving him two hands to work with. By this point they were both giggling, the gravitas of the moment lost.

“Ye’ve a great deal of hair, mo nighean donn,” Jamie groused as he lay the offending watch on his nightstand.

“Complaining already, Fraser?”

“God, no. Ye’re... would it be sentimental tae say ye’re the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen?”

She was lying naked, but for a pair of skimpy knickers, the firelight caressing her limbs where they were splayed against the dark sheets. Jamie’s visual perusal of her body held a potent combination of lust and reverence that warmed her blood.

“I suppose I can tolerate a bit of sentimentality,” she conceded, rolling towards the bulwark of his naked chest. Her fingers played down the corduroy ripples of his flank.

“You’re beautiful too, Jamie.”

The mood in the room shifted again. Soon they pitching across the mattress, trying to touch in as many ways possible. Their skin grew slippery with sweat. At some point, underwear must have been removed, because she could feel the coarse abrasion of his pubic hair against her thigh, alongside the tensile ridge of his erection.

“Claire,” he gasped as their hips ground together in frenzied pulses. “If ye dinna want me tae go any further, I need ye tae tell me now.”

She reached between them, taking the heft of him in her palm, feeling a spasm of need shudder through his frame.

“There’s nothing about you that I do not want, James Fraser.”

A cavernous groan, a frantic search for a condom in the bedside drawer, the tearing of a foil wrapper, and then a breathless hesitation. She opened her eyes to see Jamie looking down as though she was the morning sun. There was nothing left inside her but dazzling hunger, filling the spaces where her fear once resided.

Here was the start.

#my writing #outlander

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luvdsc · 4 years

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cat i will first of all excuse my poor coherent thoughts bc i just finished reading ypur newest jeno fic and im so in shambles i have been crying these oast few minutes trying to compose my thoughts and myself and

You see, I wished that i could explain verbally what i am feeling but as always, your writing is always so well balanced like we have the comedy, we have the angst, we have the fluff and all the in-between!!! Also, bonus points for all the frat names being groups love to see it and honestly i do appreciate that dynamics are always very real, like things that happen and real emotions like ofc i would have wished that since the moment OC and Jeno realize both had feelings back in freshmen year they suddenly fall in kove and live happily ever after bam the end, but character wise in how both were made it made sense to see how theu react, they both were scared and yes, Jeno took the leap of faith by confessing but it also was very human for OC to feel scared, more so with the whole issue of not catching feelings allowed.

Plus something i found very interesting is how some dialogue like came back, buth with a whole new meaning like the phrase "choose me" when Jeno made reference to the cat and at the end with how OC realizes Jaemin chose to stay, to love and so did she or also the whole ordeal of Lee Jeno (when oc first see them at the party and i think kater when he finds her with hyunjin) and i bet there were more that i couldn't see but uhhhh my point is that i appreciate how much thought you always put in creating wonderful stories and how the endinh was very much an accurate ending of what things happen.

I'm very sorry for my rambling but, believe me i loved it a lot! Would have reblogged it but my phone kept crashing whenever i wrote sksksk sorry about that lol but thanks again!!!! Good luck with everything!!!

omg honey bee, thank you sososos sooo much for always leaving the kindest comments on my fics !!!! 🥺💗💗💗 kajhdsfkljas whenever i see your url in my activity feed, it’s like my brain goes !! instant serotonin boost !!! 🥰🥰 so thank you so much for all your efforts, lovebug, and i appreciate you very much 🤧💜 and i’m so sorry for making you cry 😭 but thank you for confirming that the feelings i was hoping to portray came across :’) once again, i’m putting this under the cut because my answer is long asjkdfa

i feel like my previous fics were realistic enough in a sense, but they were also pretty idealistic with the way everything lined up perfectly and had a romcom movie ending, and that was where pussy blocked was headed too originally! 💞 the alternate ending i had roughly written was the original ending i was aiming for, but that went out the window when i spontaneously decided to make yn kiss jaemin, and suddenly, jaemin just made so much more sense as the ending. for me, her choosing jaemin in the end is what makes this feel more real 💗

aaa but making jeno and yn fall in love in freshman year and go on to date and live happily ever after has peak luvdsc fluff romance written all over it, doesn’t it? 🤧💖 jeno definitely took the leap there, and unfortunately, yn just wasn’t ready to jump with him. like i had mentioned in my response to your lovely thoughts about august, love really does depend on so much happenstance and timing 🤍 and this time, it didn’t work out for these two sadly ):

YES oh my gosh, you noticed the repetitive language used aaaaa sweetpea, that makes me so unbelievably happy 😭💟💟💟 choosing and choices play a huge role in this fic, and i’m just over the moon that you picked up on those details, lovebug 🥰🥰 and yes!!! there is a rewrite of her impression of jeno at the beginning of the fic and near the end of the fic to show the shift in feelings she has for him :’) repetition is something i like to incorporate in my writing style, so it was used for various paragraphs / phrases here and there in my fic :’) the bathroom scene with hyunjin overall is supposed to be reminiscent of the bathroom scene at the beginning of the fic, right down to her wearing the same white top 💕

you are the absolute sweetest sweetpea, and i am so so sooo grateful for your appreciation and sharing your thoughts with me 🥺💞💞 please don’t ever apologize for this, honey bee, i absolutely love to hear what you think about my fic and thank you for giving it so much love 💓💓 askjdfa tumblr isn’t very mobile friendly when it comes to reblogging long posts unfortunately, but thank you for even taking the time to rewriting everything you were gonna say in your reblog and sending me an ask instead 🥺 i hope you have a wonderful day/night, angel 🌷🌷🌷

#asks #iroxanamiranda #flowers #fic: pussy blocked

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The Chronicles of the Dark One: Breaking the Curse

Chapter 21: Business As Usual

Helping Emma with the children wasn't the breakthrough he'd hoped for. On the one hand, considering the potential that breakthrough had at being a wish made on a genie lamp, he felt rather fortunate to have dodged that bullet. On the other hand, as someone who wanted the Curse broken more than anything in the world, he almost wanted to try wishing again. Almost…but not entirely.

Because while the children being reunited with their father wasn't much, it had at least been something. It may not have been exactly what he'd expected or hoped for, but it was something. It seemed to have set off a series of events in Storybrooke; things that had never happened before were happening, and while he didn't know what to think of the events themselves, he knew that any kind of change in Storybrooke was a step in the right direction, whether it be a good change, or just downright mysterious.

The good change? David and Mary Margaret were…well…dating legitimized it in a rather unsavory way, but when he considered that they were already married…the best way he could put it was that they were "finding each other" again. That annoying little habit they'd started in the Enchanted Forest seemed to have struck again, and he couldn't have been more pleased by it.

He knew what was happening between them because he'd seen this coming for weeks, hoped for it even! After David had woken and Graham had died, he'd hired one of Dove's cousins to watch David because while he'd heard that David was back with his wife, he'd still had his doubts. He hadn't put anyone on Mary Margaret. He hadn't seen a point in that. Mary Margaret was a far cry from her counterpart Snow White. Here, she was shy and quiet. Half the time Dove reported Emma was with her, and the other half, well…if she wasn't with David, he didn't care what she did. Marc, Dove's cousin, wasn't as good at the following and snooping as Dove was, but fortunately, he could read between the lines of Marc's updates. Mary Margaret and David were seeing each other. It had started last week, just before Christmas, when they'd had some terrible storms come through the area. For whatever reason, Mary Margaret had driven into the woods, and Marc reported that David had gone after her. Because of the storm and the intimacy of the situation, it had been impossible for Marc to really see what had happened, but he reported that they'd both gone into the forest and both come out…together. Better yet, the next morning, Marc had seen the pair kissing in the alley by Granny's. It was wonderful, just wonderful! But the best part of it was that it didn't end there.

After that confrontation, Marc reported they saw each other discreetly whenever they could, not that they were any good at that. Marc had said that when he saw them kiss at Granny's, it was in full view of none other than Regina, the worst person who could observe the pair. He'd held his breath all week for her wrath and revenge to rain down on the couple. But so far…nothing. The Evil Queen had done nothing about it. In fact, far as he could tell, she was going about her day as if there was nothing out of place. Denial? Confusion? Shock? Or was it simply that she didn't have a plan yet? Or worse, that she had a plan, and he couldn't see it. He just had to wait and see. But in the meantime, David and Mary Margaret continued to see each other, continued to grow their bond in this new world, and he couldn't see the downside to that. Even according to his newest spy, he could tell they weren't acting the same as they had been before. They were happier. They were having an affair. And he was just fine with that.

But that wasn't the only thing that was new to Storybrooke…there was a stranger in town. That news hadn't come from Dove or Marc, but rather the entire town was buzzing about it. A strange man on the motorcycle. He'd ridden in on the same night that the twins had reconnected with their father and hadn't left. He was curious. He thought very seriously about sending a spy out to investigate him, but after sending Dove to watch Emma and Marc to watch David, he had a feeling that sending someone else out to spy on the newcomer might raise too many questions. Neither Emma nor Regina trusted him at the moment, and he had no doubt they'd be looking for strange things like that to link to him. So he'd tried to solve the mystery on his own. He attempted to do it discreetly, thinking that it wouldn't be very difficult. After all, the man himself was hardly discreet. But he was quick. He didn't sit still for long. He was staying at Granny's, but he didn't have time to stake out the diner and bed and breakfast all the time. Not that his current plan of attack seemed to be working out any better. His current plan being to wait until he saw the motorcycle stop at Granny's and then walk down there himself to see. But by the time he limped down the street, the stranger would leave. The result was that at the moment, his own investigation had amounted to a single glimpse he'd caught of him, from a distance. Other than dark hair, he couldn't make a face out.

He'd also managed to get a name, August Booth. Usually, a name was all he needed, but in this case…it led nowhere. No background, no history, he couldn't even trace the damn motorcycle. It was as if August Booth had just appeared and started living one day. It was irritating. He wasn't ready to give up yet. But he couldn't spend all his time on this. Christmas was over. Dove reported that Emma spent the holiday with Mary Margaret. From the window, he'd watched as the former decorated the tree while the latter made cookies, and the pair of them had watched movies late into the night to celebrate. But while the holidays still were not truly over, the town was getting back into their usual routines, just as they always did before the New Year. And this year, with Emma here, there was other work to be done lest his secret be revealed too early.

He had a meeting to go to tonight, a meeting he'd really rather not attend, but it was the price of the façade he continued to uphold. Tonight was the night he had to collect the remaining half of his money from Regina for the property she was buying from him. Admittedly, the cost had been $50,000 for that spit of earth, at least twice what the land was worth, but it had all been worth it to piss off Regina. He'd taken half of it about two weeks ago after they'd made the deal, and tonight, she was bringing him the remaining half. But from the beginning, he knew there was something off about it.

He'd wanted to make the exchange and sign the paperwork in his shop, somewhere warm and with plenty of light. But earlier in the day, Regina had called and insisted on doing it on the actual property. He'd put up a fuss, of course, tried to get her to see reason, but she'd insisted it was this or no deal, and retrieving the $25,000 he'd already deposited into the bank would be a bigger hassle than just meeting her in the damn forest.

But, as it usually was with Regina, when he finally got to the place that he was supposed to meet her, he was suddenly glad he'd come and see it for himself. They weren't alone in the woods. Trucks were sitting idle and silent around the area, a couple of floodlights lit the place up brighter than noon, and Regina stood there with one hand on her hip and another clutching a briefcase. She didn't see him coming. She was too busy watching as the workers unloaded what was in the back of the truck; metal, chains, hand grips…and a plastic slide. Suddenly a piece of information that Dove had sent him earlier that day didn't seem as useless as he'd thought it was.

"I heard you destroyed the former playground this afternoon," he stated, sidling up next to her.

Regina smiled as she looked over her work. "That old thing has been in shambles for years; as mayor, it's my job to see that everyone in town is safe, including my son and all his friends. The storm destroying it last week was just icing on the cake. As you should know, I've been working on this for weeks."

"Indeed I do…" It wasn't exactly true. He'd known she wanted the property. He wasn't aware that she'd wanted it for a playground, but so long as she paid for it…what did he care? "I assume that's my money."

"I assume that's the final paperwork," Regina spat back, looking at the folder he carried with him.

"Must we hire someone to meet us halfway, or can we do this cordially?"

Regina snorted as she finally turned to look at him, then she smiled and handed him the case. "I included a little something extra to satisfy that curious mind of yours."

He glared at her as he handed her the folder he'd brought for her to sign, then with careful precision, he opened the case to find the trap that she'd laid for him. Plans for the new playground. But this new playground of hers wasn't just any playground. It was clearly modeled after her own castle, back in the Enchanted Forest. It was a trap, a test, to see if he showed any kind of inkling of recognition. But he was older than her, wiser and always at the ready for something like this. He had to be when he'd been tormenting her with subtle hints and words like "please."

"Interesting design," he commented, closing the case and watching as she signed the paperwork. "Bit gaudy for a child's playground, don't you think."

"I got the idea from one of Henry's fairytale books. I'm the mayor, Mr. Gold, not an engineer. It wasn't made for me."

"Yes, but it was made for you, made at your behest."

"Trust me; if it were my design, it would look much different."

"Still…it's as if the contractor didn't design it with you in mind at all, more like…his wife maybe…" he kept his gaze neutral as he delivered the blow. She'd been hoping that he'd reveal something, but he was hoping his words provided her with more suspicion. He wouldn't admit anything, but he did love to leave hints.

"Why would you say that?" she questioned.

"Just an observation. I assume if it's not what you want, it's what someone wants."

"Yes…children! So why would you say that, specifically?"

He smiled as he looked around at the equipment being unloaded. "As I said, Madam Mayor…observation…can we get back to the business at hand…please." Regina sneered but was quiet. "I see you didn't waste any time waiting for the permission to have the land before you got started. But, if you want to build a new playground, then build a new playground. Why do you need to do it out here in the middle of the woods? What's the reason for all the cloak and dagger?"

"I want this to be a surprise for Henry."

"Feeling a bit forgotten, are we, Regina?"

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"It means Henry has been spending a lot of time with his mother-"

"Biological mother," she snapped. "Sheriff or not, she is not Henry's mother. I raised him. He is my son."

"I've seen the adoption papers to prove it," he agreed, knowing that a signature didn't mean anything to a boy Henry's age. He needed love and attention, and Emma was where he got it. "So, it's meant to be a surprise for Henry, so…why not build it at the former site? Why not wait until you had the property to call in the dozers."

"Because I want it installed tomorrow, of course. Tomorrow during the council meeting, actually."

"Tomorrow…impressive…you don't waste time, it seems, Madam Mayor."

"I see no reason to waste time, Mr. Gold. Especially now that the storm has destroyed the former playground. The children need somewhere safe to play. And I'm going to give it to them."

"Well then…it all seems to be arranged. But tell me, Regina, do you really think $50,000 worth of land will buy the boy's love? Make him run into your arms and scorn the Sheriff who gave birth to him?"

She whipped her head around to him so fast he half expected her neck to crack. "That's not the reason I'm doing this," she sneered.

"No, of course not," he answered sarcastically. "But…one can always wish." She ignored that comment, just continued to glare at him. He felt a swell of happiness and pride burst inside of him. She'd thought she'd get the better of him, but he'd won this match and gotten the better of her. I loved to win. "If you don't mind, it's been a long day and an awfully long drive for…well…talk of plans for domination. I'll take my leave now."

"Have a nice night, Mr. Gold."

He smiled at the way she'd accented his name, as if hoping that it would be a last-ditch effort to get a hint out of him. But he wasn't that ignorant. "Same to you, Madam Mayor."

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