#nico you are missing out on hype!!!!!

[f1version]

NICO SAY SOMETHING. stop being a coward, embrace the gossip and say SOMETHING ABOUT LEWIS. PLEASE.

[baby-prophet]

I got three hugs tonight including from that girl I developed a crush on a couple of weeks ago LOL

[yonemurishiroku]

Yeah I was having too much free time and the realization has descended upon me about how much unbelievable sense it makes if Luke were to replace Nico in HOO.

Knowing about Camp Jupiter? - Yeah Idk ab you but like. Alabaster Torrington, former Lieutenant of the Titan Army, is literally out there wielding an Imperial Gold sword. Also Saturn's throne was attacked by the legionnaire. Surely there are many pieces missing but I mean the picture is there.

But how come Luke can become the Ambassador like Nico did? - You guys call Luke a manipulator all the time. He has the tongue he has the skills he has the charm. He'd be fineeeee

Also I reckon Luke vs Octavian might bring a fun dynamic to the stage idk. Former villain vs New Villain. Both with a diplomatic tongue and blonde hair and blue eyes--- Percy's gonna have an aneurysm.

Treading the Tartarus looking for the Doors of Death? - Luke's basically a (godly) federal criminal. He could have been banished to Tartarus. And who knows maybe he could have found his old shoes floating across the hell site that somehow helped him survive for all that time---

Nemesis helped Nico? Well, Nemesis is Ethan's mother and Ethan once sided with Luke back in the day, I wonder how she'd have reacted----

"The Twins wouldn't want Luke" - Well well welll. What if they did intend to take Nico but Luke somehow switched their places/ replaced him bc he refused to let the kid be a prisoner? What then?

Percy making Nico promise to lead them to the House of Hades? - Double angst bc now it's Luke - who led many demigods astray once. Would Percy have the heart to trust him? Would a promise be enough against all those times they had stood on two sides of the war?

Leading the way to the House of Hades? - Think about it. Luke's basically dead. He's a ghost. His father is also the god of traveling. Surely he can have some kind of instincts that guide him through the halls of the dead.

Transporting the Athena Parthenos? - Again. Son of Hermes, god of travel. Look me in the eye and tell me there's no plausible way Luke Castellan could have some sort of teleportation spell that magically blips them a thousand miles away.

And the best thing in all of this, is that Luke actually has the personal motive to fight Gaea.

For Nico, it's more like kindness, the "If I don't do this, those I love will die" - which is sweet, alright, but also quite universal. Luke has more than that. Luke has actually a personal reason which is he has committed the same mistake once. He brought Kronos upon them and only managed to kill him by killing himself. He sacrificed so much for the demigods' sake and now Octavian wants to raise Gaea to doom all of them? He was the one who allied himself with the monsters only to receive the bitter ending, and now Octavian intends to repeat the same mistake?

Try telling me Luke wouldn't want to rip the guy to shreds and blast Geae into pieces. I dare you.

Also obviously the hype of getting a friend-turned-foe turn ally again. How would Percy and Annabeth react? How's Thalia gonna react when Luke comes across the Amazons + Hunters when on his way transporting the Pathernos? Dammit I'd eat that shit up as if I've been starving since the day I was born.

[maccreadysbaby]

A Hundred Ways to Become a Wayne

batfamily + oc insert

tw: none

wanna read more? here’s the table of contents!

want to read the first fic in the hundred days series so you understand what’s going on here? here it is!

sorry this is so short, I’m having trouble deciding where to cut these chapters off 😭

part forty-four

❝ AFTERMATH ❞

SATURDAY — SEPTEMBER 12 — 10:21PM

THE FIRST THING THAT REGISTERED IN BENTLEY’S SUBCONSCIOUS WAS PAIN. A great and terrible pain, in the center of his chest and radiating out to the entire rest of his body like fireworks. Everything seemed to be throbbing, from his toenails to his eyeballs. Throbbing with an agonizing bum, bum, bum.

The second sense that came back was hearing. Mainly because he heard himself make a pitiful, raspy little sound in response to the fireworks.

He felt someone touch his arm. 

“Bruce, he’s waking up,”

Bentley couldn’t really tell whose voice that was. He couldn’t tell much, actually — he was very hyped up on drugs and everything sounded a bit like he was underwater. He felt a bit like he was underwater.

Bentley peeled his sticky eyes open, and he was ever-grateful that the lights in the medbay were dimmed. Not that it stopped his head (or entire body) from pounding. 

It took a minute for the world to swim into focus. He was staring at the ceiling of the medbay, at the lights. He could see an oxygen mask on his face. He moved in a very vague attempt to sit up, but all it did was make the pain ten times worse, and he made a shrill little sound that would’ve been embarrassing if he hadn’t nearly died.

“Easy. Easy, bud, just relax,”

There was a hand on his forehead, and Bentley turned his head just far enough to meet Bruce’s icy gaze.

No one spoke. Bruce smiled. His eyes got a little misty. He wasn’t in his Batman suit anymore, but normal clothes.

“Hey there, chum,”

Bentley lifted his head just enough to look down at himself — it wasn’t much use, he had a blanket thrown over him and he was pretty sure the Robin suit wasn’t on anymore. Replaced by what he thought might’ve been a hospital gown. One of his feet was bigger than the other — a boot. Again.

He turned his head side to side. Nico was still in the bed to his left, curled up in a ball beneath some blankets and sleeping soundly. There was a metal-looking splint on his nose, and he was connected to an IV. Future Nico was over there, too, sitting awkwardly on the edge of the bed that Present Nico was on.

Asten was on Bentley’s right, laying flat and stiff on his bed. He was attached to several machines, including one that had an oxygen mask and was whirring each time he breathed. That was the first time Bentley heard the heart monitors — his and Asten’s, beeping steadily.

He looked forward again.

He blinked when he realized more people were around. The one who’d told Bruce he was awake seemed to be Tim — he was closest, sitting in a chair between Bentley and Asten’s beds. Bruce was between Bentley and Nico’s beds, still pushing Bentley’s hair back, and Barbara was at the Batcomputer talking to someone on the comms. He could see Damian (Looking pretty okay for the most part?) on a rolling stretcher right outside the medbay door, and Alfred was stitching up a cut that went from his right shoulder almost down to his belly button. Dick was right next to him. Everybody was in civilian clothing now.

Bruce reached down and gently took the oxygen mask off of Bentley’s face.

Bentley breathed in. Breathed out. Both hurt.

“I’m sorry,” He rasped, his voice strange and wrong and painful. “Please don’t… get rid of me.”

Bruce only chuckled wetly. “Not in a million years, bud.”

Bentley looked around the room again, his thoughts nothing more than a blurry haze. People were missing but his tired brain couldn’t work out who. He looked around again, turning his head from Asten, to Damian, to Nico. His gaze finally settled on Future Nico.

“Can… you see him, too?”

Bruce looked over at the pair of Nicos. “Yeah, kiddo. He’s real. Just waiting for you and Asten to wake up.”

Bentley hummed lightly, turning to look back at the ceiling, blinking back a stubborn sting in his eyes. “I’m so sorry.”

“It’s okay, Bentley,” Bruce reassured, pulling a chair up to the edge of the bed. “Everything is okay. Asten’s okay. You’re okay. Nico’s okay — everyone’s okay.”

Bentley sniffled, which hurt like a son of a gun. “The Secret Keeper showed me-”

His words died on his tongue when he remembered the Secret Keeper. That he’d… that she was… dead.

Batman’s one rule was no killing.

Great, now Bentley was really in prime get-rid-of-him territory. The stinging in his eyes doubled, tripled, almost. He stared at the ceiling because he didn’t want to see Bruce’s disappointment. “I… I didn’t mean to, Bruce, please believe me. I didn’t mean to. I didn’t-“

“Hey, Bentley, hey,” 

“-I’m sorry, I’m so sorry,”

“Bentley, bud, look at me,” 

Bentley didn’t. A moment of silence came and went before he worked up the courage to shift his gaze to Bruce’s features — he didn’t look as disappointed as he thought he would.

“The Secret Keeper is dead, but it wasn’t you,” 

Bentley blinked a few times, and the tears fell, but Bruce wiped them off. “It wasn’t?”

Bruce shook his head. “No. She woke up after you were already in surgery. We aren’t exactly sure what happened — if her mind control gave out or what, but she… did it herself.”

Bentley blinked some more. “Oh.”

(Did Dr. Keene know? Did Davis know?)

Bentley looked back down at his uneven feet. (What was this now, his third time almost dying? The poison, the gunshots, the metal, and he wasn’t even eleven yet. It hadn’t even been a full year since he was poisoned!)

“Where’s Jason?” Bentley muttered.

Bruce hummed. “He and the others stayed behind to help with the metahumans.”

Bentley exhaled. “And Asten? Is he okay?”

Bruce nodded slightly. “He’s going to have some recovering to do — but yes. He’s okay.”

“What’s going to happen to him now?”

Bruce said nothing, but glanced over at Asten. Bentley did, too, his eyes trailing around on all the machines he was hooked to.

“I don’t know. International fostering and adoption issues like this — especially since all of his guardians are dead — are really complicated. He has no more traceable family in America or in Brazil,” Bruce explained, sighing lightly. “But I’m willing to fight to keep him here.”

Bentley hummed lightly. “Nico?”

“I’ve already spoken to his parents. They're rushing back from overseas,” Bruce explained quietly. “He’s okay, too. Just a few bumps and bruises and a case of over-exertion.”

Bentley said nothing, but looked back up at the ceiling. Maybe everything would be okay.

“And you, buddy, are going to be resting for a while until you heal up,” Bruce continued, brushing his hand over Bentley’s head again. “So no hardcore water gymnastics or leaping out second story windows in the near future, please.”

At that, Bentley cracked a tiny smile, so Bruce did, too.

“Get some rest, chum. I’ll be here the whole time,”

It wasn’t hard for Bentley to let the remaining sedatives make his eyes heavy. He’d hardly been all the way awake anyways.

“I love you, Bruce,”

“I love you, Bentley,”

A beat passed.

“You really are the best dad,”

Bentley faded away after that.

(Just in time to not see Bruce cry.)

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dedicated to @sassenashsworld 💚

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[mirzamsaiph]

IT’S ME, I’M ALIVE, UR GIRL IS BACK FR FR. 

Okay, calming down now. Hi, how are you doing? I hope you’ve been good. I AM SO SORRY I haven’t commented on your new chapter releases, I’ve been having a rough time, year 12 is hard man, and I still have like two more terms of school after this one, and then university. I promise you I have read every chapter you’ve dropped, even if I haven’t commented. I’ve been lamenting for days on whether or not to send you an ask bcs like, ur my fav and ya know, it’s only fair I do bcs I follow you anyway lol but I also have no idea what to say, ur making me shy, damn. I’ve just been lurking in your Tumblr feed, liking all ur posts like a gremlin bcs sending an ask is too scary, (forgive me, for I am a coward). How long has it been since I last commented, I don’t even know 🙁.

I’m writing this as a draft in Google Docs in the middle of my maths double, who writes a draft for an ask? Me, I write drafts for asks apparently, yikes man. The maths part doesn't matter, I do not care for it.

I still love every single one of your chapters, ESPECIALLY THE READING THE BOOK ONES!! LIKE HELLO?!?!? POSEIDON FOR BEST FATHER!?!?! Sobbing, screaming, crying after reading that, I love the sea fam. Percy is so bbg too, like hold him in my hands and give him lil forehead kisses kinda bbg, so precious. AND just the campers, they're so cute, I love when Camp Half-Blood actually comes across as a family, or like an actual camp, the singing around the camp-fire is so wholesome, and Will being Percy's hype-man, like c'mon man, they're just best buddies, I love that for them.

It is deeply important to me that you understand just how much I love your fics, and just like ur content in general. When I get bored I always check my emails for updates or I go on ur Tumblr and just scroll, like I love u pookie, fr.

I’m just gonna send this as is, I’m psyching myself out over this hahah. I’ll try and get around to commenting on chapters again, especially one’s I’ve missed, and if I have time I might just start sending them via Tumblr. I need like somewhere to list everything I wanna talk abt in the comments.

Anyway, bye bye, see u soon.

Fun fact, in however long I’ve had Tumblr, this is my first ask :3

PS: I just realised I never put my name lol, it’s Smoll_Satan. This is my Tumblr account 👍.

OH MY GOD HELLO??? WELCOME BACK GIRL??? YOU HAVE BEEN MISSED TRUST 🤞🏻

I’m doing great, school is kicking my butt :( trying not fail this semester as the moment. Year 12 (which I’m taking a wild guess and saying that is junior year, in American terms) is known as the hardest and most stressful year, so no judgement here girlie!

Don’t fear girl! I’m not scary at all, I’m like the literal least intimidating person on the planet. I’m just a girl I promise. I saw you go through and like my posts and I was giggling everytime I got a notification bc that was really nice 😭

Writing in your docs is so real because I have done the EXACT same thing so many times, mostly bc I fear tumblr is gonna bug out on me ;( Also I hate math too, it irks my soul.

THANK YOU. POSEIDON IS GETTING HIS REDEMPTION ARK. TRUST ME. I was screaming writing that, i was just so surprised that I wrote that because I lovedddd it.

Will and Percy are best bro’s but Percy is ready to threaten him when he and Nico get together. Trust Percy is a protective older brother… (the singing was so sweet :(()

GIRL I LOVE YOU OH M GEE YOU’RE SO SWEET. I love seeing your comments, whilst you look for my chapters I go looking in my comments for your comment.

Don’t psych yourself out when it comes to Tumblr asks! I love them, like I find it so amazing. If you do comment trust I’ll be replying to each one, they are the source of my amusement for each chapter. (literally have cackled reading your commentary)

BYE! 🫶🏻🫶🏻

[henrike-does-writing-sometimes]

The Divine, In which five boys have to navigate their daily lives while wielding divine power.

Current Stage - Writing as I please

Genre - Magical Boy | Superheros

Setting - Coastal town somewhere in the world

Synopsis - Human legend tells of five mystical warriors, chosen to wield the powers of light and darkness in order to protect the worlds from danger. No one knows where they come from, who they are, or where they go when all is said and done. 60 years have passed since they were last seen, and people are once more wondering if they’re real or simply a legend.

That is, until one day, strange monsters appear across the worlds, and the mystical warriors are born anew.  

And so, it is now up to five boys to keep the worlds safe from monsters, cultists, and an approaching deity of chaos. All the while dealing with the everyday struggles of being a teenager. 

Piece of cake, right?

Main Characters -

Rei Yamada, The Divine Sun : Dorky videogame nerd who did not ask for this. While he’s not good in social situations and prefers to keep to himself, he is great at strategizing, especially with his quick thinking and fast reflexes. He’s observant, sentimental, and clever. Andie Calinao-Fox, The Divine Twilight : Your number one hype-man. Does everything with good intentions, though isn’t always aware of people’s boundaries, nor their own. They’re supportive, enthusiastic, outgoing, and always happy to lend a listening ear. Timothy Murphy, The Divine Moon : Mysterious and stoic, or rather introverted and sleep-deprived. May appear judgemental and a little mean, but has a massive heart for friends, literature, and all things horrific. He’s witty, attentive, and protective. Nico Morales, The Divine Aurora : Dumbass sweetheart, and perhaps a bit of a stoner. With a polite and comforting demeanor, it’s easy to miss out on his constant state of stress and anxiety. Similarly, it’s easy to forget he’s a powerhouse. He’s helpful, generous, and hard-working.  Mike Chandler, The Divine Arcadia : Oldest in the group and takes that very seriously. Manages to somehow be both really smart and really dumb at the same time. Lives for the arts and never leaves the house without his sketchbook. He’s patient, reliable, and compassionate.

Themes - Found Family | Chosen one | Mental Health | Morality | Divinity | Humanity | Friendship | Light and Darkness | Self-worth | Brotherhood

Warnings - Violence | Cults | Kidnapping | Body Horror | Abuse | More May Be Added

What I Got To Offer ? Angst ! Trauma ! The good stuff ! Diverse cast (LGBTQ+, ethnicity, etc.), cool villains with distinct motives, dudes having magical transformation sequences, magical sidekicks (who may or may not last very long), endless shenanigans

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[sionisjaune]

So today I spent my day at a "circus" in a mall parking lot because my younger cousins were in town and we wanted to do something as a family. ANYWAY some of the acts were kind of dull BUT it was fodder for a circus AU:

Alright. Max is the lion tamer. He's too young for it, but he has a way with the animals--the lions snarl and bat at him with their giant paws, but he talks to them like people talk to babies, in a sort of weird, high voice. No one has seen him smile at a human.

Except for Daniel. Daniel is the ringleader because he's so fucking charismatic. He doesn't have a script for the show because he just steps under the spotlights and starts up a running narration. He makes most of the performers laugh when he introduces them and hypes up their acts, except for Max. So one evening he busts into Max's trailer and is like. Hey. What the fuck is your problem. Because he needs everyone to think he's funny because what if he isn't funny and everyone is just being nice to him and Max is the only honest one. Max is in there with one of the big cats, feeding it sushi with his bare fingers. Daniel freezes in the doorway because there's a giant ass tiger in this tiny trailer and Max is insane, right? Anyway Daniel cracks some joke about Max losing a hand and then Max's face cracks open and he laughs right in Daniel's face because silly Daniel, the cats would never hurt anyone.

Charles is an aerialist. He's startlingly beautiful, and everyone is kind of in love with him. In the air, he looks like a statue--not a single muscle twitches. He twists from position to position with a liquid grace. And he's a fucking daredevil. He wants the circus to remove the safety nets, but they won't. He wants to execute an impossible lift even if it threatens to dislocate his arm. He's fucking insane--it's hard to be near him sometimes. It's hard to soak in his single-minded, self-destructive perfectionism.

Carlos is his partner. Everyone thinks he's the level headed one--that he's the one who tempers Charles's insane choreography. He isn't. Charles says, I want you to throw me from the ceiling and I will land on my own, and Carlos says, okay, let's figure out how. He and Charles wear blood-red lycra and move in perfect symmetry. From afar, you might not know who is who. Charles didn't used to want a partner--he wanted a competitor, someone to throw his talent against in order to measure himself as winner or loser. With Carlos, winning means knowing the precise weight of Carlos's body and losing is over-extending his muscles and tumbling to the ground in Carlos's arms. Now Charles has someone who knows his body wordlessly and entirely. Sometimes it feels like he and Carlos are blurring at the edges--sometimes it feel like Carlos is Charles and Charles is Carlos and Carlos is Charles and--

Lewis is the trapeze artist. George is his new partner, and it's kind of tense. Kind of awkward. George is still learning and everyone talks about Lewis like he's George's mentor, and Lewis fucking hates it because 'mentor' is a nice way of calling Lewis old and washed-up and a fucking has been. But he likes George. George is a good kid, and his talent is startling, but he's stiff like a machine and cold like a calculator. Lewis needs him to loosen up--Lewis needs a partner that flows with him like water. Lewis's last partner was Valtteri, who is more of a strongman than an acrobat. Lewis liked it because he got to be the star--every eye under the big top was on him, but he missed the thrill of--

The thrill of Nico. Even when it was bad it was good. When it was good it was still bad. Nothing compares to performing with the person you're fucking. Nothing compares to fucking the person you perform with. When they were younger, Nico and Lewis studied at a prestigious European performing arts school, and Nico ran away with Lewis at seventeen and they felt like such adults and they had each other and the entire world. And Nico and Lewis were superstars, and they eclipsed even Seb, but the circus was a cage and it wasn't big enough for the two of them---or something like that, Lewis still doesn't totally understand what happened. He understands in that he can walk himself through the logical procession of things from bad to worse, but he doesn't understand in that maybe if he understood maybe he would be over it. But he isn't over it and maybe he is fucking old and maybe--

When they started fighting, they didn't stop fucking. Lewis's shoulders were sore from holding his body off the bed, and his chest stung with marks from Nico's teeth. Lewis knew it was coming when he felt the twitch in Nico's thigh while Nico clung to his waist in the penultimate swing of their routine. Lewis fell from the bar and so did Nico, and they landed in the net still tangled up in each other. It was a massive embarrassment for the both of them and for the circus. A year after Nico just fucking left. Told Lewis he wasn't going to do it anymore and fucking disappeared. Lewis knew it was coming.

Sebastian is the behind the scenes guy. He was the Charles of ten years ago. Enough time has passed that that's what people say--Seb was the old Charles instead of Charles is the new Seb. Lewis spends a lot of time in Seb's trailer. Lewis thinks that Seb put himself out of his misery too early--he had a few years left in him, Lewis thinks. He tells Seb as much, and Seb laughs and tells Lewis that he's happier now. Seb says it's a good thing, making space for the new generation. Lewis thinks that he never wants to make space. He never wants to vacate the space he carved for himself.

[all-risejd]

After Shine Part 5 (Damian Priest x OC) (Eventual The Judgment Day x OC)

Dominik

July 25 – New York City, New York

One of Dominik’s favorite things about the line up any given Monday was that he usually got to watch a match or two - people often he hadn’t locked up against, yet. He enjoyed watching the tag-team duo that was the Usos, he loved the chemistry they had in the ring, and wished his and Rey’s chemistry was more like that, more fluid and cohesive. Austin Theory was getting better in the ring, he’d always been good on the microphone, but to hear all that he had accomplished in one year while Dominik was coming up on his third, well that was a bit irritating. He did enjoy watching Rey’s highlight reel, the music banging, as the other legends talked about him. Dominik missed the entrance where he jumped up and out of the stage. He still thought Rey was the most massive legend in the world, but his connection with Rey was starting to be more hatred than love. The bits about Eddie were so important, Dominik felt, as seeing them on screen again filled him with goosebumps and happiness. Hearing his own voice, caught him off guard, he hadn’t realized he was going to be part of the reel - but he supposed their tag team run was one of those things that would go down in history. 

They had a promo cut earlier in the day to air right after that, well earlier in the night he supposed. Danika hadn’t been able to arrive with them, neither had Buddy. Instead they’d arrived together, and had met with the rest of the family, so cameras could catch Rey, Dominik, Angie and Aalyah arriving together - as one cohesive unit. Rey dressed up, as he rounded the front of the car to help Angie out, Dominik helped Aalya out, as the group of four climbed the long hallway. When they reached the party room, Danika was the first one to cup Rey’s face, and kiss his cheeks, “Papi, veinte años, leyenda, ¡te amo!” Rey hugged her, and immediately moved to greet his grandchildren - even Lainey, while Danika hugged Angie and Aalyah, the young girl heading past Danika for Buddy as soon as she could. Danika and Buddy had one job - stay out of the cameras. Dominik felt Danika wrap around his middle, he ducked to kiss her hair, and smiled when she whispered, “I remembered to get Papi’s gift from you, don’t worry.” She laughed as he kissed her nose, bending down with a smile, before he was hauled into the family celebration. 

He caught Danika and Chavo hugging, Chavo whispering in her ear, as he moved to hug Nico and Rosa. Dominik had almost expected Vickie to be there, but in her stead was Shaul and Sherilyn, both of whom quickly hugged Dominik, then moved to hug Aalyah, Buddy, and finally skirting most of those on the Mysterio end of things to post up with Danika and Chavo. Dominik found himself and Rey being hauled out to the ring - when had he become some sort of half-ass bodyguard for his father? - so Rey could give a speech in the middle of the ring. Danika caught his wrist on the way out, and mouthed a quick, ‘te amo’, before she let him go. Rey Mysterio's entrance music blared as the pair of than ran out - Dominik had resigned himself to being a hype man for his father, so he might as well ham it up while he was still on Rey’s metaphorical side, he loitered as he made his way down the ramp, making sure his dad was greeting everyone, before he did. They had their corner moves, Dominik watching his father a bit more critically than he ever had before. It was troublesome, but he realized he didn’t want to be there, in the ring celebrating his father. He wanted to be with his friends. 

As Rey took the microphone the crowd cheered around them, and Dominik, true to his character, urged them on with his hands. He still thought Madison Square Garden was an odd choice of venues to celebrate Rey Mysterio, but Dominik figured that had to do with scheduling. The crowd began chanting, “Thank you, Rey” around them, and honestly Dominik could get behind that chant, in a rather cynical sense, even though he needed to thank his father for the limelight that had brought him this far. “Twenty years, this is special, man.” Rey spoke, his voice familiar and welcoming, it curled around Dominik and he felt worse for all the negative things that had been rattling around in his brain, “Really special.” They paced the ring, always in movement - luchadores. “Now let me give you a little backstory, I was fourteen years old when I had my first match in Tijuana and I never imagined then in a million years that one day I would perform inside a WWE ring.” Dominik hummed, probably because there wasn’t a WWE then, but he held that in for later thought, “Travel the world, make money, and create legendary rivalries for all of each and every one of you to enjoy.” 

Dominik clapped his hands as he bounded on the balls of his feet, “Now, the truth, the truth is, guys my size back then weren’t part of the business, but I was able to break that stereotype.” Sometimes Dominik wondered if his height bothered Rey, he continued to listen to his father, pacing and bouncing happily, nad really he was going to have to talk to someone about how good of an actor he was becoming, because all he really wanted to do was scream, “I broke the so-called blueprint of what a superstar should look like. Now as a smaller guy, and as a damn proud latino,” Dominik clapped, with a smile on his face, “I became world champion at WrestleMania 22. I made a lot of friends along the way. Friends that I want to thank for helping me pave the road for me in my career. You might know some of these names.” Dominik felt his stomach sink, his dad was going to say Eddie’s name, and it always seemed like Rey fell back on Eddie, on everything that Eddie was. “Dean Malinko, K-Dogg. Batista. Kurt Angle.” Each name had the crowd going louder and louder with cheers, “How about Edge?” Dominik clapped at that one, because he knew that was the storyline, but he wasn’t sure if he liked Uncle Adam right now or not - he was one hundred percent confused about everything. “We can not forget the great Eddie Guerrero.” The crowd lost it, and Dominik felt tears on his lashes, he had to bow his head, and attempt to hide the fact, he wiped his eye the best he could as the fans started chanting for Eddie, like they could call him back from the heavens. “Eddie, I love you man, and I miss you every damn day.” Rey was choking up over his admission.

Dominik was barely holding his tears together, as he continued his nervous pace, head down, and biting his lip to prevent the sob that wanted to start. Eddie meant something different to everyone, but he had belonged to Dominik, in a way that maybe he hadn't belonged to anyone else, and Dominik had never been able to fully explain that to himself or anyone else. “I wouldn’t be here without you, I know you're always watching over me. Thank you, Eddie.” The crowd hit a loud cheer again, like they too could feel the ghost of Eddie as it seemed to wrap around them all. Dominik bit his cheek harder, “So the truth is, tonight I stand before you and feel truly humbled and appreciative for all the love and support you guys have given me for the past twenty years.” Dominik rolled his shoulders as Rey paced in a small circle, trying to get his emotions in check. The cheer of thank you, Rey, started up again, while Dominik couldn’t help but send a prayer to the heavens himself for Danika who had talked Damian and Finn out of interrupting this - a small good moment in a sea of otherwise negative ones coming. 

“You know this is special, to be able to live all of that, with my family, it just means much more.” The chant of you deserve it sounded from the crowd, a huge group of people who believed in Rey, who would always believe in Rey. “Angie, Aalyah, I know you're watching backstage, I just wanna say thank you for always being there. I love you both.” The big screen showed half the party people in the back, Danika and Buddy with the kids out of the picture, as usual. “Dom, I’m proud of you son.” And isn’t that just the worst, Dominik patted his heart, right now Rey in front of all these people was saying the one thing that Dominik had been yearning for, for years and it wasn’t for him, not really, it was for the fans to hear. “I’m proud of the man you have become.” No, he wasn’t, Rey didn’t like how Dominik and Danika lived together but wouldn’t honor Angie’s wishes and get married, he didn’t like that Dominik had become a father without being married, he didn’t like how Dominik had fought alongside Danika for custody of Lainey, “And I know that one day, when I’m no longer here…” He held his hand over the ring for a moment, Dominik was nervously bouncing on his feet again, “You’ll be representing the Mysterio legacy to the fullest.” Dominik nodded his head, he was going to represent his legacy to the fullest, he was going to leave a legacy for his kids, for them to rise as Mysterios to the ring if they wanted to, he mouthed thank you to Rey.

“I love you son.” Dominik felt those tears again, but something wasn’t right, not about the admission or how it was done, “WWE Universe-” Rey turned his back as he walked away, leaving Dominik in his proverbial shadow again, the boy recoiled from the thought as it danced through his mind, but was careful to keep his face schooled to one of adoration for Rey, “And everyone watching around the world, thank you for accepting me, for always rolling with the Mysterios, and for twenty of the dopest, most awesome years.” Rey knew how to work a crowd, that was a truth that Dominik hadn’t quite managed to overcome yet, the crowd began to cheer, as Dominik inched closer to his father, “And I believe I saved the best for last. Last but not least, I want to thank all of you here tonight. I could have been anywhere in the world, but I’m here tonight in the legendary and iconic Madison Square Garden celebrating twenty years. Thank you guys, I love all of you.” He paused while the crowd went wild, Rey started his thank yous in Spanish, so Dominik let his mind wander. “Viva mi raza!” He ended the speech, which got a lot of screams, and Dominik couldn’t help but smile.

Dominik inched over again, to squeeze his shoulder and smile - but Rey’s speech wasn’t apparently done, “I love all of you guys, thank you so much, it means the world to me, you have no idea.” Alright, he saw Finn, apparently Danika could only convince them not to be assholes for so long. The fact they’d made it through the speech was an amazing one, not lost on Dominik, whatever Danika had bribed Finn and Damian with, he’d have to get her to pay double, somehow. Finn was sarcastically clapping as he made his way to the ring, the other two couldn’t help but search for Damian and Rhea - was she back yet?. 

“Congratulations!” Finn called, as Damian appeared, stalking to the ring, the pair on either side of the ring, circling them. They did have a match coming up, so they were going to have to face them, but Dominik had hoped for a little more of a breather before they showed up. Finn had Dominik in the corner but by the time the cameras came back from commercial - in the interim they had targeted Dominik only. Rey was ready for the tag when Dominik made it to his side. Dominik made it back to the corner while Rey started dominating Finn, once Dominik was tagged in again, they had a rhythm one out of memory, since they hadn’t created any new moves as a tag-team since this whole issue with the Judgment Day started. Rey was looking for revenge, and Dominik couldn’t help but marvel over how well Priest and Balor worked as one in the ring, for not being a tag-team. Dominik already knew the outcome of the match - Rey was going to pin Finn, but how long that took was up to Rey, this whole match was to show the world his skills. Dominik didn’t mind hovering by the sidelines and watching, not when this was Rey’s night, but Dominik hadn’t agreed with Angie and Aalyah being forced to stay backstage or the continued ignoration of Buddy (maybe he was mad on behalf of Aalyah) and Danika.

Priest caught him when he tried to fly through the ropes, Damian tossed him into the barrier, and once again Dominik knew it wasn’t at full strength, it was enough to look like a bump, but it wasn’t one that was going to leave him injured for long. Damian’s high scream made Dominik cringe, the man roared like the lion he was. Once again Dominik was the target of both Finn and Damian, they were as usual keeping Dominik away from his father, unlike Rey however the pair tended to mutter the planned defense and offense as they moved, careful to make it look like trash talk. Rey and Damian had all eyes on them, Damian’s sheer strength against Rey’s agile speed - it wasn’t a fair match, not even remotely. Dominik wondered if Danika was more worried about him or the Judgment Day at his point, she had love for Rey but she didn’t support his choices when it came to Dominik. Coming back to the match, attention on the almost three-count, Dominik broke up the pin Finn had on Rey (reasoning that his father could fuss at him later for doing something shady), Priest slid the chair into the ring while the referee was distracted by Damian, Dominik helped distract the referee, just for her to turn around in time to see Rey on the floor acting as if the chair had connected with him.

Dominik had a moment to think Eddie Guerrero would be proud, before they were setting the boys up for a dual 619, Rey got the pinfall, and Dominik had to put his acting to the test, celebrating his father, and pointing at him with a huge smile on his face, as tried to lead his father back to the party room. “Papaíto!” Dominik grinned as he caught Lainey who had been running down the hallway, headed straight for him, Buddy about three steps behind her looking as if he knew he had fucked up. Dominik grinned as he kissed Lainey’s head, and spun her around, she immediately looked for Rey, “Abuelo, you were sooooooooo brave!” She sung down at him, Rey shot her a grin, before he thanked her and kissed her little hands. Rey might not agree with Dominik’s life, but he did give Lainey, Rosa, and Nico love. 

The promo celebration was chanting Rey as they made it back, and quickly had to be recut, for Buddy to take Lainey and hurry them out of shot. They shot it a second time, with Dominik following his father, squeezing his shoulders as they met the family shouting for Rey again, cheering him on. Champagne was popped by one of Dominik’s cousins, and it started to rain down on all of them. Aalyah had the only gift that was scheduled to be given on camera, so Dominik could just sort of ride out the champagne and cheering, as the whole family danced and celebrated - bouncing in time for Rey. Rey found the tequila bottle, passed it to Chavo, who immediately moved to uncork it for him - this was a celebration after all. Dominik had to start clapping, everything about the promo had been organized and agreed upon - as far as he knew, beforehand. His father still had a nasty habit of leaving him out of the important information, it had been Danika who told him it was Rhea who would be coming for him, and she only knew that because Damian had kindly told her. Aalyah appeared with her perfectly wrapped gift, and Dominik winced because he had no clue what Danika had gotten for his gift for Rey, he was sure Danika had done something related to the children and Dominik for Rey’s celebration gift, she always seemed on top of her game when it came to that stuff.

“Did you pay for it?” Dominik teased his little sister, who gave him a sharp mocking grin. She hadn’t wanted to be a superstar, but she liked showing up for storylines every now and again, it caused a bit of a rift between them if he were honest. And her continued relationship with Buddy (who he liked for the most part outside of the ring). It was a sight to see, Rey’s original ring gear, from years before. Whatever Danika had managed to make for Dominik to give him wouldn’t touch that, once again Aalyah had won who's the best sibling without even trying. He sort of wanted to bash his head against the nearest wall, once the shock wore off, he glanced at Danika who held up her glass of water with ice cubes in it, a salute, he realized, a warning - he was holding Rey’s original 1997 Halloween Havoc gear, and Danika was warning him that Rhea had arrived. And she had no right to look that beautiful and terrifying in one go.

“Oh, Rhea, please, this is a celebration.” Rey had tried, Dominik went to hold his father back, aware Rhea was there for him, and him alone. Allowing Rey out of the room would spell disaster, he was sure, especially since Danika looked so bothered. 

“This is a special night, there's no need for you to be here.” Dominik had tried, Rhea’s eyes met his and he knew he was going to either hate the next fifteen minutes of his life or love them in so many inappropriate ways. 

Of course Aalyah couldn’t leave well enough alone, Buddy had opted to sort of hide behind Danika, which was a dick move, as Aalyah stepped forward, “I think it’s time for you to leave.” Alright maybe his sister wasn’t over the temporary break she and Buddy had had back January to March, maybe she was still a little upset about Rhea and him hanging out, possibly hooking up, but Buddy had apologized and he had won her back. It took balls to stand up to Rhea Ripley, and honestly Aalyah didn’t have the skills to back it up. Dominik hoped the camera didn’t catch his smirk as Aalyah bodily placed herself between him and Rey, “Get out of here.” The younger woman ordered, Rhea looked down her nose at Aalyah, unbothered and amused. A slight twitch of her wrist was the only warning Dominik got, before Rhea used her whole hand to shove Aalyah out of her space by her face, and back into the rest of the Mysterio family. Dominik stepped forward to attempt to catch her, all he managed to do was shoo her into Buddy’s arms, the man had a vice grip on his younger girlfriend, and was probably relieved that Rhea didn’t break her, honestly, Rhea seized her chance, and grabbed him by the back of his hair, yanking him out through the door, with Rey chasing them.

He had a moment of fleeting worry when Rhea grabbed his hair and jerked him out of the room - and the worry had little to do with how much pain she could probably inflict and everything to do with the spike of arousal the hairpulling caused to bubble in his stomach. Yeah, Danika was going to tease him mercilessly about this. Damian took Rey out with an odd sort of tackle, sphere combination. As Rhea held Dominik away from the exchange, her hand in his hair merciless, she whispered a soft, “Don’t move.” Under her breath, he managed a slight nod of his head, following her lead like he did Damian’s normally, “When we move, you move.” She added, as Damian kicked at Rey, and Rhea, using her grip on his hair, flung Dominik away and down the hallway, “Stay for now.” She ordered, a little firmer, he nodded his head, looking at her in understanding, she graced him with an almost smile, before joining the abuse Finn and Damian were heaping on his father. Rhea picked up the Halloween Havoc gear, and tossed it into Danika’s waiting hands, a whirl of emotions passing between them, before Danika nodded her head, and stepped back, allowing some of the Mysterio family out - and how had Danika managed to hold them back to start with.

Dominik gave chase once he knew for sure where they were going, and as Rhea gave him a fleeting look through the doorway to the staging area where they set up all the things not used in the staging of the seats and ring as well as catering. Finn was screaming about his birthday (Dominik had actually gotten Finn a birthday present but had forgotten to shop for Rey’s 20th celebration, he was maybe an asshole, afterall). Rhea’s shrill, “Get him,” As Damian hoisted Rey up and slammed him shoulder first into a stack of catering tables was his cue, as far as Dominik was concerned, he’d stayed back like Rhea had asked, and now he needed it look like the caring and concerned son. Angie and Aalyah rushed to Rey’s side, first, followed by some of the cousins, some still drinking wine, while Dominik tried to climb over the wreckage to get his father out of the tables, while the group called out for him, “Dom.” 

They seemed to retreat, but not before Rhea had the last word, “Hey, Aalyah, you're boyfriends a bitch.” And then Damian was dragging her away, Finn nodded his head at someone - a glance at the crowd would reveal Danika standing with Rosa on her hip, holding Lainey’s hand, the little girl was holding Nico’s hand. Damian paused in his forward movement to pick up Nico’s little lion up, he looked at it for a moment, before his head turned, Domini watched as he handed it off to Danika, she gave him a measured look. Finn was calling for Damian, even as Danika turned slightly to watch him scurry away, the lion in her grasp. His platonic soulmate might not be interested in storylines, but she was a member of Dominik’s most trusted circle, and apparently she meant something to the Judgment Day. Reassessing his family, he watched as Danika and Buddy took charge, ushering everyone back to the celebration room, even Angie went eventually, Dominik settled beside his dad to wait for the medical staff to come check his shoulder - Rey had hit it hard. Alexa Bliss’s music had barely stopped when the Judgment Day started in on Rey again, Rhea came out of nowhere and kicked him in the shoulder, Dominik hadn’t been there to protect him - he’d been tangled up with both Finn and Damian, the pair teasing him, and calling him Dom Dom.

Danika

“What the hell did you do to Demi Bennett?” Danika hissed harshly at Buddy as they worked on cleaning up the room, and ushering the family back in. Buddy narrowed his eyes at her, “Don’t start with me, dumbass, she made it very clear you were a bitch.” There was a slight twitch to Buddy’s cheek, she liked Buddy, but he was an idiot when it came to Aalyah and his allegiance to the Mysterios. He didn’t make his life easier on himself either, constantly giving Rey and Angie reasons to hate him. 

“I thought I wanted a change, Aalyah is younger you know, it’s hard sometimes to connect so I thought I’d try out someone in the business, she was coming off a break up and I thought we agreed it was casual-” Buddy looked ready to continue a long tirade against Rhea Ripley, but Danika didn’t want to hear it, nor did she want Aalyah who was practically her little sister, to hear it. She elbowed him hard, making sure to hit him square in his flat gut, he let out a wheezing grunt. 

“Stop talking.” Danika growled, “We are going to discuss this later.” She added as Aalyah came back to his side, eyes narrow. “Is Papi ok?” Danika asked softly, taking Aalyah’s hand in hers, and squeezing for comfort. 

“Dom wanted to stay with him, the medical team was looking over him.” Aalyah offered, “What was that between you and Priest.” Aalyah asked, darkly, “As he was walking away, he stopped to pick Nico’s little lion up and handed it back to you like he knew who you were and who it belonged to.” 

“I’m sure it was just in his way.” Danika hadn’t realized anyone had caught Damian handing her Nico’s stuffed lion, which had been kicked into the hallway when Rhea took Dominik, it had been dropped by Nico when he was playing, and they hadn’t been able to find it - Damian had recognized it and handed it back to Danika off camera, before he continued his attack on Rey. 

Aalyah didn’t look like she believed her, mercifully Rey and Dominik returned, then Dom made his way to Danika’s side and dropped Rosa’s purple giraffe in her hands, before placing a chaste kiss on her lips. “Everything ok, cariño?” He asked as he looked over at her with the kids, Lainey was hiding behind her, Nico and Rosa were eating snacks on the table ahead of her.

“It’s fine, babe.” She promised him, “Papi ok?” 

“Looks like. I wanted to give him my gift, where is it?” Dominik asked, softly. Danika pointed to under the table, watched as Dominik pulled a rather large box out, “Thank you, mi alma gemela.”

“Bienvenido.” She offered back to him, deciding to ignore Aalyah’s gaze as she watched Dominik walk across the room to Rey who had shut the door to their party room, and taken a seat by the cake. 

“Jefe, I got this for you.” He presented him with the silver wrapped box, a large golden and red bow on the top of it. Danika watched as Dominik settled it down in front of him, she’d packed his Halloween Havoc gear back up in the gold and silver box it had come out of, and handed it off to Angie. A smile pulled on her lips as Rey opened the large box, she had made a scrapbook timeline of Rey and Eddie Guerrero’s rise to stardom together. She had also had a custom lucha outfit and mask made for him, which had elements of the Halloween Havoc suit in it, and she had found one of Eddie’s original Black Tiger luchador masks, with its authenticity verified. Dominik thought that was everything, but at the very bottom, under it all, was the speech Dominik had written when he thought he was going to announce his father for his 20th year celebration. 

Danika watched his face, watched Dominik realize the adoration she had woven for him, Rey hugged him tightly, “Papi, this one is from us.” Danika approached, on heels, her black dress was fitted to her, showing off her pregnancy well. Her red hair was up in a elegant braid around the crown of her head, the box was much smaller, but Rey opened it with eager excitement, “Lainey helped me design the mask, Papi, and the twins doodled you those pictures, and I give you, Papi, this.” She handed him an envelope that had an all expense paid vacation to the Bahamas in it for him and Angie, it was good for four years, so they could go whenever. 

“Thank you, dulce hija.” Rey took her hand in his and kissed her knuckles. 

“You are most welcome, Papi, I can not tell you how lucky I am that you took me in.” She bowed her head and kissed his mask, sweetly, before she stepped back, so the others could hand out their gifts. The party tapered off after that with Buddy, Aalyah, Angie and Rey heading out before RAW was over to get dinner together, Danika had waved them off, “I’m exhausted.” She had explained, and Dominik had decided to stay with her, and once everyone had shuffled out of the room she’d given him a blinding smile, “We have dinner plans ourselves, let’s find the Judgment Day’s locker room.” She took Lainey’s hand while Dominik scooped up Nico and Rosa, he’d had time to change into street clothes, his gear bag on his shoulder as he trailed after his best friend.

Danika led them to the room Damian had texted her about, relieved when Finn opened the door and he looked normal, “Priest and Ripley are in the showers, hello princess.” He bent down to talk to Lainey, “I gotcha something, doll.” He pulled a shirt from behind his back, a new Rey Mysterio shirt, Lainey grinned warmly.

“We gotcha somethin’ too, Fergie.” Lainey beamed at him with the biggest smile, before digging through her pockets, and pulling out a small box, “Here go.” She handed it off to him, impatiently.

Finn knelt down to open the little box, a small squashed black bow atop a tiny silver velvet case. He opened the case carefully, inside was a set of keys, with a luchador mask as a charm dangling from it, he looked up to Danika who shrugged her shoulder, “Housekeys, for Tampa. We also got you a new leather jacket and Lainey made you a cupcake.” The little girl hurried over to dig a little cardboard box out of the diaper bag that Danika had for the twins, she rushed it back to him. 

Finn opened the box to find a mashed, misshapen chocolate cake of some sort, with purple icing and a shamrock cookie on top of it. He had to bite back tears, his whole face going red with a flush, he had to clear his throat a couple times before he could press forward and kiss Lainey’s forehead, “Thank you princess.” With that he turned his attention to Dominik,  “Not hurt are you, lad?” He asked Dominik, who shook his head, “How are you, lass?”

“Pregnant and tired, and due a conversation with Buddy Matthews.” She offered, as she pushed in and headed for the couch, she curled up on it, yanking one of Damian’s leather jackets off the back of it to curl around her as she yawned, “Dios, growing a baby is exhausting.”

“Do you two know what this one is?” Finn asked as he settled on the other end of the couch, Dominik took a seat on the coffee table, and immediately dug out some toys for the twins, handing his phone off to Lainey. 

“No, we like to be surprised.” Danika explained, “Dom, can you unlace my heels.” She was so tired of having to dress nicely all the time, “Do we have time to swing back by the bus for me to change?” She asked Finn, pleading. He nodded his head as Dominik unlaced her heels, and helped her slide them off her little pale feet.

Damian emerged in jeans with no shirt or shoes from one of the showers, “Hola Bella dama.” He patted her braids as he walked past her, looking for his shoes, “Little ones.” He ruffled Nico, Rosa, and Lainey’s hair as he moved around them, “Ah, here we go.” He grabbed his boots, “That wasn’t too much, right?” He settled down on the floor not far from the table Dominik had sat on. 

“Nah, it will look great for the lead up into Summer Slam, we got a match now, on Saturday in Nashville.” Dominik offered to Danika who rolled her eyes, “What?”

“This is a lot of build up, if Mr. Levesque doesn’t allow you to betray Rey.” Danika said point blank, which brought a giggling Rhea Ripley out of the back room, “Demi Bennett, pleasure to meet you.” 

“I have no idea who you are.” Rhea offered as she moved to join Finn on one of the chairs, “I didn’t hurt you did I, Dom?” She asked sweetly. 

“No.” Dominik offered, “I’m fine, and this is Danika Wesson.” He motioned to Danika, “She’s the mother of this little horde of children.” He pointed them out, “My children.” Danika watched as Rhea’s eyes got big, “We aren’t together or anything,” He added quickly, stumbling all over himself - Danika couldn’t wait to tease him on the crush he obviously had for the femme fatale, “Just best friends who sometimes have babies.” He mused.

Damian laughed, “They are complicated, but not in love. You need to put comfortable clothes on, Bella dama.” 

“Yes, I do. I’m too weak to walk, surely someone will love me enough to carry me.” She pouted, which earned a laugh from the group at large. Damian hauled his shirt on, he’d gotten his boots laced up at some point, and moved to sweep her into his arms, “I do love a strong man.” She grinned, and settled against his chest. 

Rhea looked at the smaller children, before she looked at Lainey, “Hey, wanna piggy back ride?” The little girl nodded, as Dominik scooped Nico up and Finn picked Rosa up, the group as one headed out of the room, and down the back corridor, headed for the exit to the bus.

Danika pressed her face against Damian’s warm chest, “Thank you, Luis.”

“You are welcome, and easily too delicate to be left to your own devices.” He teased her, which made her cackle a little bit, “Seriously, Mami, tiny little slip you are.” She rolled her eyes, but nuzzled into him more, “I bet you’d rather sleep than go out to dinner.” 

She wasn’t going to give that an answer as they reached the travel bus, and all climbed in, she watched Dominik give the driver an address for the restaurant, before Damian put her down, she gracefully climbed to the second floor of the bus to switch into comfortable clothes. Pulling on a red sweater, and bell bottom blue jeans, sliding her feet into converse. She left her hair alone, as she headed back down the stairs. The kids were already crowded together on the couch, with Finn playing against Lainey on the SWITCH. Rhea and Dominik were at the table talking amongst themselves, Damian was on the smaller living room couch, looking large and imposing, she instantly dropped into place next to him. 

He dropped an arm around the back of her shoulders, “You look adorable.”

“So you’ve said, now tell me more about that band you like…” She watched his face light up in excitement, Damian was her favorite human other than Dominik and her kids, hands down. Damian  had launched into an explanation of Twisted Sisters' importance in music history. Damian hadn’t stopped talking about 80s music by the time they reached Mccarthy's Pub. The bus dropped them off out front, Danika leading them down, Lainey in Damian’s arms, Finn holding Nico, and Dominik carrying Rosa, while Rhea brought up the back of the group. 

They were led to the second floor, to a private room. “You picked a place for me.” Finn looked over the moon about the meal venue.  P.J. Carney’s Pub was near Carnegie Hall. Upon entering a sign warned: If you are grouchy, irritable, or just plain mean, there will be a $10 charge for putting up with you. The bar itself was hardwood, and it looked old. There were so many Irish alcohols lining the back of the bar that Finn looked like he was in legitimate heaven, they were led to a private corner, with the hostess eyeing the kids and Danika, at least until Danika whispered to the hostess that they were the Wesson party and that she had ordered a Boozy Irish Whiskey Cake for Finn’s birthday. He looked shocked as the cake was brought out with candles pushed into the top of it in the shape of a crown. They sang him a roaring rendition of Happy Birthday, which had him in tears, even as he skimmed the menu. They let him compose himself, which proved to be worth it when Finn suggested, “Alright, no talking shop tonight.” He decided, “Let’s talk about everything else.”

Danika grinned as they told stories - Damian started, talking about his time in the Indies and going to Rock Concerts, he admitted to the group at large that he only scattered memories of Danika on the Ring of Honor tour in 2018, and how much he wanted to take Danika to a rock show. Finn talked about Ireland, and all the places he wanted to take Dominik and Danika when they were able to go, all the places he went as a kid that he figured the little ones would be interested in seeing themselves. Rhea talked about growing up in Australia, she talked about figuring out how to break into wrestling, she talked about how she made her parents proud, somehow she got on the subject of Buddy - explaining that he’d chased her, and they’d never slept together, but he’d tried and pressured her for it. Damian had chimed in with the fact that he’d been the one to tell the boy to hit the damn bricks, while Finn hissed in irritation. Danika and Dominik talked about their youth. 

“I was a gymnast and a dancer.” Danika offered, “All through high school, Dom did football and soccer, Aalyah was a cheerleader, but I wanted to do gymnastics, so…” She breathed out, “Rey and I danced together, we chose to use that as our bond.” She hummed, “I mean I did some competitions but nothing exciting…” Dominik on the other hand bragged about his grades and his ability to befriend pretty much everyone. 

Damian hummed, leaned over the table, “I sort of want to see you dance.”

“Oh, it’s worth it.” Dominik grinned, “She says it isn’t, but for being non-latino, she can shake it.” Danika swatted his arm, “What, gruñón?” He looked so insulted that she’d swatted him.

“You brag too much.” She countered, then looked across the table, “Tonight we are supposed to park back at the arena and wait for Rey to rejoin us, but do you think we could have a movie night or… something?” Somehow, they ended up eating ice cream, and watching Scooby Doo with the kids laying over them, spread out over the couches in the ‘living’ area of the tour bus. Rhea curled up against Dominik, with Nico laying over them, Rosa curled into Finn’s side, the pair snuggling under her Elsa blanket, while Lainey was laying across Damian, under her Harry Potter blanket, and Danika was leaned against his shoulder, with her own blanket tossed over her, Damian’s arm around her. 

[peonac]

I’m so glad to have a friend who enjoys One Piece! How did you get into it? Do you have a favourite character? One you can’t stand? A favourite arc? Any fic recs?

I WAS FUCKING WAITING MY WHOLE LIFE FOR THIS ASK. NOT EVERYONE KNOWS IT BUT ONE PIECE IS THE SERIES OF MY LIFE. I CAN'T IMAGINE AN EXISTENCE WITHOUT IT!

probably the longest post I have ever made incoming:

I got into it in April 2003 (I was 11 at that time). Watching anime on TV was the only way for me and my brothers, there was no computer and internet around. We were hooked since episode 1 and never missed an episode, we would watch all the re-runs and be hyped about every epic moment and cry our eyes out at every tragedy or happy moment. Laughing our asses off at the jokes (Skypiea and Thriller Bark are imo the funniest!) And since then I'm a huge fan, though there were several years I lost touch. I picked up the series again a few months ago and stopped at the beginning of the Wano arc (due to low energy, yk how it is with taking care of the family etc).

And OMG I have so many faves!!! Nami!!! Her arc inspired me so much I took her name as my nickname. For a lot of rl friends, I'm just Nami, sometimes my teachers were confused and asked me if it's my middle name fklsdhfsjdůlkasd!!! She is so caring! Big sis vibes!

Zoro! He is so cool! Do I need to explain this? (also I find his relationship with women really interesting, the guy is so traumatized! And also he would literally die for you!) Devil Child Nico Robin. She is smart, powerful as hell and MORBID and her sense for cute things is just immaculate. The episode when she got to be part of the Strawhats is still one of my favorites. Maybe I'm mistaken but she is the only one that invited herself and not because Luffy told her so. I... okay, I will stop because otherwise, I will write a whole ass essay about her and why she is THE QUEEN of all queens!

The future king of the pirates Monkey D. Luffy! Period.

Trafalgar [redacted] Law.

*GRABS YOUR CHEEKS*

*PULLS YOU VERY CLOSE, OUR NOSES TOUCH*

You will understand once you watch more.

PERONA. I don't know why but I fell in love with her so hard I want for her to be real so I can propose to her! (but I also ship her with Zoro)

And here is a list of others I like: the whole strawhat crew (Jimbei ofc included), Sir Crocodile, Bartolomeo the Cannibal (I couldn't get enough of him, he is so silly), Donquixote Rosinante, Smoker, Tashigi (I ship her with Zoro too, wtf is with me to ship Zoro with so many characters!), Bon (Mr. 2), Boa Hancock, Bepo. I'm sure there are more, but I will stop here haha. I hate Donquixote Doflamingo, the Cipher Pol agents, Big Mom (she...I... she is a monster, like...wow), Buggy the Clown (imo the most pathetic anime guy in history, but the comedy around him is good), most of the Marines (what a bunch of assholes, really, it's a mirror to our world) and ugh, I'm sure there are more, but I can't remember XD! Fave arcs: Arlong Park, Loguetown, Alabasta Saga, Sky Island Saga, Enies Lobby, Thriller Bark, Summit War Saga And here begins the controversy, ofc I'm not including the Wano arc because I haven't seen it whole yet...But I'm not able to enjoy the after-time-skip arcs. Great animation moments, the story is amazing too, but the pacing is just so bad. So many fillers within the episodes too, Dressrosa was a torture to watch. So if I just judge it by story everything is great! Maybe reading the manga would be the better choice. But I didn't want to miss the great animation.

I haven't read any fics yet but I have a few in my marked for later list:

What I enjoy the most are artists that create nice little stories and AUs! I'm going to make a separate post and tag you, the list is too long!

[originalgenshinscenarios]

Hit me with a match up

I’m a lesbian that goes from hyperactive and spontaneous to extremely serious and analytical.

Im a leo that fits under both ESTP and ENTP if that matters.

I like annoying people (lovingly). I like exploring in places that I’m probably not supposed to be. I will spend a lot of time talking to friends, playing videogames, watching Tv, writing storys or listening to music. I listen to a lot of Grandson, Halsey, Jutes, and Nico Collins. My favorite band is Skillet. I like debating about bigger and heavier topics.

My love language is physical touch and quality time. I have a lot of dog like qualities with always wanting attention/affection I’m very loyal and I’m die hard for those I’m close to.

I have a very out of pocket and dark sense of humor and I go to far with my jokes sometimes without knowing. I hyper analyze people and am very good at reading them usually being able to tell exactly what kind of person someone is after 5-10 minutes of interaction. I have very morbid thoughts that would and do scare most people. I laugh inappropriately and when upset I will laugh while crying, I use humor and feigning happiness as a coping mechanism also to cover up emotions. I’m a big hype man and I’m a hugger, I’m good at making people feel loved and accepted. I’m capable of flipping certain emotions on or off or just all of them off to get through a day. I loose everything and forget everything. (I’m getting tested for ADHD) and I’m a flirt.

Essentially 2D me is a goofball airhead crack head. 3D me is very inteligente and hyper analyzes people and craves intelligent conversation.

You didn't say what age group would be appropriate to match you with so if what I give you is inappropriate, let me know so I can fix it.

This is a part of 3x Valentines event

I match you with...

Yelan

Annoying her might not be the easiest, but she sure acts annoyed whenever you discard your well being for the sake of people you're close to. Loyalty is great, but not to the point where you have to sacrifice something.

That and when she sees you somewhere you shouldn't be at in the first place... Sometimes she really thinks it's a talent on how you can end up in such places by accident.

She definitely enjoys having little harmless debates with you. Exploring each other's views and whatnot. It's definitely interesting.

Just like you she's amazing at reading people, but you tend to surprise her quite often. Perhaps the chaos is what drives her towards you? Who knows!

Still, even if you do a lot of masking of emotions she knows when to subtly comfort you.

Whenever she's out for work reasons she makes sure you'd be occupied with something else and when she's back she'd take you on a date.

So she gives you just enough time to miss her without you being lonely.

She often makes sure to remind you of everything important, not only that she somehow always manages to find your lost items. She doesn't track them down or anything, she just makes a guess and luck is on her side as she finds it.

Your inappropriate and dark jokes don't usually move her much. Even if it's highly disturbing. She just wonders how is it that you have such humor.

~Mod Lisa

[topweeklyupdate]

TØP Monthly Update #158: Unplugged (6/17/22)

So... I'm a little late to the party...

As you all (probably) (definitely) know by now, our band was featured on MTV Unplugged last week for a very plugged-in performance. However, it was still a very different performance, with Tyler and Josh using live sampling and looping to construct new versions of their songs in real time. It was pretty cool!

But since you don't really need me to tell you all this, I figure I might as well give my impressions on each of their tracks. While I wasn't head over heels for all of them, I am 100% behind the band continuing to challenge themselves, find new forms of artistic expression, and discover ways to feature Joshua William Dun on the mic. Hearing him singing while also playing multiple instruments/machines was a revelation. Growth is good, we love to see it!

"Stressed Out"- By the nature of the form, all of these tracks took a little bit to come together. This one probably took the longest to "get going", and I honestly didn't love the direction at first... at least until they stripped back everything for the bridge, which featured a duet. I never thought I'd see Tyler and Josh harmonizing, and there was something really wonderful about seeing my two music idols look into each other's eyes while singing over such a dreamy, soothing arrangement.

"Tear In My Heart"- A gentle, synth-infused version of a true underrated classic of their discography. This one just reminded me that we really need to give "Tear" its flowers; folks forget how much it laid the groundwork for "Stressed Out"'s commercial cement. This version's echoey harmonies made it probably my second favorite track from this performance.

"House of Gold/Lane Boy"- Tyler thinks he's such a comedian, but we all know that Josh is the funnier one. Incorporating the audience into the track in some way (even if they are almost completely covered up by the effects) seems like a really promising step for future shows. I love the rendition of "House of Gold", and I like the idea of using "I'll put you on the map" to link it to "Lane Boy", but it still feels like something's missing from this version.

"Shy Away"- I've seen some people compare this more stripped down version to some Self-Titled tracks, and that's a good thing for me. Love the soulful "I love you"s. That said... it really drags in the middle, the peppier repeat ending is much weaker/unnecessary, and the final impov riff on needing to pad for time is... well, kinda bad? I dunno, maybe it played better in the room.

"Ride/Nico and the Niners"- Love the crowd interactions for this. Tyler's counting methods are confusing; who the hell counts to four? Otherwise good but not especially noteworthy.

"Car Radio/Heathens"- 100/10. Holy hell. I've heard fan covers of "Car Radio" that lean into hard rock potential, but hearing Tyler do the riff and blown-out screaming himself was so metal. While I would never want them to replace the normal live version, I'm begging them to release this track.

In other news, our band is back on the road! The last time they were in Europe, Tyler was recording the superior version of "The Hype" and announcing Jenna's first pregnancy; now he has two baby girls. Time isn't real! They should be taking the stage at Pinkpop in the Netherlands literally as I write this, and they'll play at the Hurricane and Southside Festivals in Germany over the weekend before kicking off the London leg of Takeover Tour starting Tuesday.

But before they did all that, their first show after a brief hiatus was a few weeks ago in BottleRock at Napa Valley. Judging by the setlist for that show, we probably shouldn't be expecting too much different for these other summer shows other than a slightly different campfire medley. If you haven't gotten the chance to check that out, it's a good laugh (shout out to Fookie).

Finally, Jenna shared some pictures of Tyler's new studio, now featuring much more natural light and more personal touches. I don't think that means that we're getting a new album anytime soon, but hopefully it proves to helpful for his mental health while he's in work mode. For now, our band is back out on the road, where they're supposed to be, and I couldn't be more excited for what lies ahead.

Power to the local dreamer.

|-/

[comradedream]

NICO FUCKING COLLINS !!! HOLY FUCKING SHIT I WAS SUCH A BIG NICO GIRLIE FOR NO REASONNN I LOVED HIS STUFF EVEN THOUGH I HATED ANY OTHER SONG IN THAT GENRE

bro i had our way out on loop in my head for the longest time YOU DONT GET ITT

OMGGGGG A NICO COLLINS LISTENER… this is insane thank u for fulfilling my niche ME TOOOOOO i had borderline on loop for like an entire year once…. he never misses his build ups and then drops r incomparable they even overshadow the fact that all his music sounds kind of the same… burning house, honest, nothing ever changes, hate me…,,, >>> like yas trauma dump a concerning story to this sick beat for me 😍 i wanna make a dt or dtkq irl edit to top of the world i’ve had it in my head for like a million years now it’s just such a joyful hype song idk

[bananamitz]

hey!! pjo fan here to debrief you!

TSATS comes late because it’s a standalone novel and in the timeline, occurs most recently. It’s not a core element to the bigger series, it’s a small focus on Solangelo and Nico (so it’s much more romance-driven, and though there’s romance in other books, it’s not as much as TSATS). To be honest, you could technically start with it, even though it is the most recent in the universe, since it has very brief mentions of previous events and the mentions you do get are vague enough that honestly, it just builds up more hype. I will say that when reading it, it did feel like the intended audience is much younger, and the novel is co-written so the writing style is very different and it doesn’t exactly have the same essence as the other books.

The main series (Percy Jackson, Heroes of Olympus, and Trials of Apollo) have one major theme that stays pretty persistent and that’s family and abuse (well, HOO not so much, but the other two really hit it with the message). Percy Jackson is the one with the TV adaptation rn, and just to be a bit critical: the adaptation improves a lot on certain parts of the story such as Medusa, but fails on some vital exposition on the gods and why they’re there. It’s the first main series in the timeline, so if you want to follow it from the beginning, go there. Family and neglect is such a vital part of the story and characters, it’s the reason for the main conflict. It’s a middle grade series, and follows Percy from 12-16. It introduces you to the world, and if you start from there, you get the most understanding of the rest of the franchise.

Heroes of Olympus comes after PJO. I haven’t seen anyone start with it, and though it does debrief you on the established world, I don’t recommend starting with it since two main characters are in PJO and you’ll miss out on their main character development. Also: Rick Riordan IMO is a bit worse at 3rd person POV than he is at 1st, so it might not live up to PJO. IRRC, it’s a lot longer and has more action. Lots of new characters and a lot of interesting world building that I think you’ll find fascinating! It’s a lot different than the other two series in terms of setting as it centers more on the ancient world and there’s less aspects of the modern world/technology here. Might not be doing the series a lot of justice since it’s been a long while, but I think that the theme of abuse is mainly present in character backstories, and otherwise is not as much focused on. Found family is a bigger focus.

Trials of Apollo is the second most recent, takes place only before TSATS. I’ve seen people start from there too, and you can do that since neither main characters (Meg & Apollo) had barely any previous character development, and though it’s not as in depth, there are quick debriefings on the world like in HOO so you can get a basic understanding. Previous characters also appear, but only briefly. It’s not romance-centered, so it really gets into that family/abuse message. Like a lot more than PJO or HOO. Tip for reading: narrator is the unreliable narrator, and though admittedly he has done terrible things, he also wants you to think he’s much worse than he is. Also, I do think the audience is older than that of the other series. If I may, @/fearlessinger has a lot of incredible analyses on the narrator.

And if it’s a dealbreaker for you, Solangelo becomes canon in these books and appears in the first and last book of TOA. There’s not much build-up in the other books, so most content of them comes from TOA (minus TSATS, ofc). Only other book where they interact in is around the end of Blood of Olympus, which is a part of HOO.

Rick Riordan also has other series with a similar idea but with different mythologies (because if you haven’t noticed, PJO is all about the merging of Ancient Greek mythos and the modern world) and funny enough, they all take place in the same universe. Those series are shorter than the 3 pentologies, but from what I know, they’re really good too. The Kane Chronicles takes place around the same time as PJO + HOO, Magnus Chase is the same time as TOA. AFAIK, they don’t have as much about family and abuse as the others.

AHHH tysm for this!!! It was seriously super helpful, thank you <3

[ear-worthy]

Four Of The Year's Best Podcasts From WMG's Interval Presents

 Warner Music Group launched Interval Presents in April 2022 to create multi-format, culture-forward audio content at the intersection of music, pop culture, and social impact. That sounds like a mouthful and marketing speak, but, in this rare case, Interval has delivered on its marketing hype. As we close out 2023, Interval Presents, Warner Music Group’s (WMG) in-house podcast network, has curated a selection of podcasts for you to catch up on heading into the holidays. I've reviewed these chosen podcasts during 2023 and have enjoyed all of them. It's a rare moment when a big company and me are on the same page. The below podcasts from Interval Presents are available on all major podcast platforms - hope you enjoy listening.   If you are looking to get lost in an immersive rollercoaster love story told in the form of a narrative album, featuring brand new, original music woven into the story and score - listen to Underwater, a sexy, neo-noir thriller fiction series at the cutting edge of audio entertainment, starring Jason Derulo and Alexandra Shipp. Great story, terrific acting, original music and top-notch sound design. The Last Dance [SEASON FINALE]: Nico has vowed to protect Ana… but what he doesn’t know might hurt her. When her past finally catches up to her, it’s time for them both to find out if curses are really meant to be broken.  If you are looking to be inspired by personal experiences of failure turned into personal growth with a diverse lineup of celebrity guests who have weathered their fair share of struggles and professional setbacks during their careers - listen to Yeah, I F***ed That Up, hosted by Grammy-nominated hitmaker Billy Mann. Family First (ft. Kelly Rowland): Kelly Rowland is shocked to be asked - what is your biggest fuck up? “No one has ever asked that!” Host Billy Mann, who has known and worked with Kelly for decades, talks to her about life’s bumpy transitions - going from Destiny’s Child to a solo career and what it was like to be dropped by a music label that still repped her as part of the greatest musical female trio of all time. If you are intrigued to learn about the history of Black radio through the story of those who made a long-lasting impact on the medium we know and love today - listen to Amplify Color, hosted by Ryan Cameron, a 2x Emmy winner, the host of “Voice of Atlanta,” a member of the Georgia and Black Radio Hall of Fame, and long-time Atlanta DJ. 

For music and radio fans, this show is a can't miss. Episode #13  Wendy Williams: Today we know her as a TV host, businesswoman, writer, comedian, and actress. But Wendy Williams first rose to prominence as New York City’s #1 “Shock Jocktress.” Her journey was filled with hurdles and obstacles. From being one of the few Black people in her neighborhood growing up in Asbury Park, New Jersey, to graduating almost last academically in high school, Wendy never gave up. Listeners will learn more about how, through many personal and professional trials and tribulations, Wendy Williams persevered to land in the National Radio Hall of Fame. If you are interested in a long-form podcast with a conversational art for exploring ideas, friendship and the most interesting anecdotes from the hip-hop community with special guests and celebrities - listen to Drink Champs, co-hosted by N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN. 

Now, these guys know how to hold a conversation. Episode 371 w/ Tony Yayo: N.O.R.E. & DJ EFN are the Drink Champs. In this episode the Champs chop it up with the one and only, Tony Yayo, who shares stories of working with 50 Cent, Eminem, Dr. Dre, Beyoncé and more. The Talk Of New York, shares stories of his career, the mighty G-Unit and much more. 

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These are all solid Interval shows to enjoy. 

[me-uglypretty]

NONONONO THANK YOU but also like how dare you cause i haven’t been able to watch anymore until now and it’s all i’ve legit been able to think about

but yeah no the suspense is for real and i totally get what you’re saying! there’s definitely not been a superhero based type of show (that comes to my mind atm) with this type of suspense! it’s always about the suspense of if the hero will make it or who finds out about the hero type of vibe, but the suspense of this show is more thriller like vibes for sure. the quality of the show is so good too! i’m very confused as to why this show didn’t have more hype when it aired!?!?

(omg wait major throwback- but runaways is giving me the same vibes as a nickelodeon show called house of anubis! it was a small silly little show that barely anyone knew of but i ate that shit up and the suspense vibes from that kids show was insanely good)

ANYWAYS, yes! molly needs to be protected at all costs!! if anyone messes with her they’ll have to go through me first! ! ! !

((is it ever truly a friends to lovers arc if there isn’t anything problematic happening though? especially if it’s happening in the marvel universe ? ex: fitzsimmons from agents of shield))

(((OMG I WILL GLADLY GIVE ALL THE INPUTS IM SO FREAKING EXCITED NOW AND THAT’D BE COOL IF YOU REWATCHED IT TOO BUT YOU ALSO DON’T HAVE TOO IF YOU DONT WANT TO, NO PRESSURE ik rewatching shows takes up a lot of time cause i tend to do that)))

((((lol thanks! nicknames are a forte of mine if i do say so myself, if you don’t believe me just ask my pets and their million names))))

(((((wow, sorry that was very long)))))

((((((also be prepared for more in of the put from yours truly))))))

(((((((okay one last thing i promise, how are we feeling about the parentheses? is it annoying? should i do bullet points instead?)))))))

~ input runaway anon

THE SHOW WAS SLEPT ON! IT DIDN’T GET ENOUGH PROMO OR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT EVEN WHEN THE LEAD IS LITERALLY A GLOWING LESBIAN??? All my fav show ends up being underrated or cancelled. Am I cursed with loving shows like that or characters who ends up d wording??? Maybe.

(HOUSE OF ANUBIS??? YOU MEAN *COVERS ONE EYE WITH HAND*??? i used to watch that show every night like I NEEDED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS and did that sign like it was normal. I get what you’re saying, but the difference between the two…like I know I would be cracking my head if I ever rewatch house of anubis, and just complain about all the things that didn’t make sense but still eat it up)

((For me, it all started with Jade and Tori from Victorious like they were the founding mothers of the lgbtq+ to me, or just mostly the writers who wrote fan fictions about them. marvel are cowards is all I say to the amount of things they ignore))

(((I’VE JUST STARTED REWATCHING AGENT OF CARTER CAUSE I’M MISSING HER HOURS but I’m gonna go rewatch runaways soon cause I’ve been missing smol Nico and tall glowing Karolina and the best part of the show that I'm not sure you've seen yet??))) 

((((YOUR INPUTS ARE IMPORTANT, INPUT RUNAWAY ANON! And I have lots of nicknames for my pets too. Give all your emotions in any way easy for you!! I’m just here to go cap locks with you and scream about runaways or anything else like why does the good show and character always end))))

[box-of-fandom]

Guilty Tears Analysis

Okay so I just watched Guilty Tears from @not-exactly-laborious and sodbskdhebeo??? I was so hyped going into it and it did NOT disappoint. Due to my excitement, I will now try to analyze what I can. (Even though I'll probably be wrong.) I also don't know how to make a cut in my post, sorry about that /gen

So in the 1st second of the video, you can see this calender

It's blurry, but we can see that it's still the month of the callback/wedding. If I have my dates right, it is April 22, which just so happens to be two days after WTIT.

(ID: Thomas's phone showing the date, April 20th. End ID)

We'll come back to this in a bit.

The presentation about sleep goes on, I honestly can't find anything until it gets to the part about nightmares.

While talking about nightmares, Logan lists these as the causes:

(ID: People who are undergoing extremely stressful situations like:

Missing important events

Loneliness

Rejection

Confusing emotions

Broken promises

End ID)

We can link a lot of these to what Thomas is going through right now. He missed the call back(missing important events), he feels incredibly alone, but isn't mentally ready to enter a relationship (rejection), and he's relearning everything he learned as a child. (Confusing emotions).

But what about broken promises? That's where Logan comes in.

Thomas cleaning up his apartment was a promise that he made to Logan. When he left to hang out with Nico at the end, he broke that promise. (Now that I think about it, that whole list can apply to Logan, but I doubt that's the direction the story's going.)

Then it goes into the treatment of nightmares, where we see this;

(ID: A TV with Morse code displayed on it. End ID).

Luckily, I didn't have to translate it because @gaypackmaster already did it. The code says:

WHY DON'T YOU LISTEN TO ME? AM I A JOKE TO YOU? I TRY SO HARD TO BE PATIENT AND GIVE YOU TIME, BUT YOU CHOSE TO MAKE A STUPID PROMISE INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING.

So we can clearly see that Logan is upset about being ignored/the end of WTIT. That is the last thing you see before the jump scare. After that. The TV turns off and we see this:

(ID: A yellow glove taping an 'Out of Service' sign to a TV. End ID).

So Janus was the one watching that tape. Since he was also the one the TV off, its clear he doesn't want the others to see this tape.

Now, onto my theory!

I believe that this video, possibly the series is about Janus repressing the orange side / not letting the others see him. This would be hard since Logans anger has reached new heights as of late, and orange seems to use him as a vessel. I also believe that the series will take place in a bunch of nightmares. That's why Logan would be talking about them, since where else would nightmares come into play?

To close this post I'd like to point out again that this is probably wrong. This is only episode 1, and we need to wait until tomorrow to find similarities in videos. I can't wait until then! Please point out anything I missed in the replies!