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formulakracing · 1 year ago

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Just thinking about, imagine in the back half of this season the Williams is going through a stretch where it’s just an absolute tractor, shit box (you know the usual) and it’s at the point where even gg can’t get much out of it and it’s starting to mess with her confidence but she keeping a tough front and trying not to show that. And one race they have just an absolutely brutal quali like p20 and p17 and gg just like shuts down and locks herself in her driver’s room and James & Alex are super worried and immediately call Toto and is like please help

this is quite literally what happens in alkaline for the latter half of the season!!! (how are y'all reading my mind here? we must all be on the same wavelength)

here's a little blurb because i miss my golden girl and her grumpy team principal bf! <3 (guest appearances by james and alex!)

"how did you get my number?"

his voice is gruff, laced with sternness as the driver sucks in a sharp breath, his retort fiery.

"your girlfriend."

the team principal sits up in his seat, keeping the phone pressed to his ear, "yes? what's going on?"

"she's well," alex albon begins, exhaling, "she's not doing good. she's shut herself in her motorhome. she won't open the door for me. she won't open the door for james. fuck, even lewis and george have tried. they've had no luck. what have you been doing the last couple hours? we've all been blowing up your phone."

the team principal arches a brow, pulling the phone away from his ear. momentarily, he scrolls through the nearly dozens upon dozens of notifications that flash across the screen.

shit.

"well," toto wolff swallows the lump in his throat, scratching the base of his neck, "i was caught up in meetings with some of the execs and team back in brackley. we were on zoom for a little longer than i anticipated-"

the driver swiftly interjects, the desperation oozing in his tone with every word.

"i understand but she needs you. she won't let anyone in. i know she will though, if it's you."

"i'll be there as soon as i can," the team principal clicks the button on his mouse, shutting down his setup.

it only takes two minutes before the team principal is packed up, slamming the door to his office, marching out of the mercedes paddock.

he heads in the direction of the sprawling williams home base, chirping greetings to the various team members lingering about. he's familiar with this route, as it is one he's taken numerous times before.

making his way towards her motorhome, he recognizes a figure donned in a williams windbreaker, the hood pulled up as rain patters.

"you finally made it! i knew lover boy could come save the day!"

"yeah, yeah," the team principal waves a hand, fishing in his pocket.

the key should be here somewhere.

it clinks, and he pulls it out, inserting it into the lock. alex albon scoffs, shaking his head.

"i should have known you would have had a key."

"would you like to come with?" toto inquires, pushing the door open.

"what kind of question is that? yes. of course i am. she needs me too, you know."

the inside of the motorhome is dark, all possible lights out. the air is still, stuffy even. there's leftover food on the counter, barely even picked at.

a meow rings out through the space, the patter of paws following in suit.

a kitten,only about four months old, springs onto the counter, purring as toto pats his head, "guten abend, kitty."

"you're not doing too much emotional support are you?" alex teases the tiny animal, scooping him into his arms, "you need to be with your mommy."

"speaking of which," toto clicks his tongue, tossing the leftovers into the nearest wastebin, "she's probably in her room."

the two make their way down the hall, the kitten still in alex's embrace. clearing his throat, toto calls.

"baby, i'm here! alex is with me."

there's a muffled yell that carries, "go away."

pushing the door open, toto rolls his eyes at the sight before him, "i'm not going away. not now."

his beautiful girl is swathed in her comforter, buried in the cozy fabric. her phone is on the nightstand, charging as it was more than likely dead. her hair is manageable, but it was easy to see that she had not moved from the space in a couple of hours.

there's an opened monster can resting on the floor beside the bed, and a few clothes strewn about on the floor.

"rough day?" his voice is soft as he sits on the edge of the bed.

alex joins, sitting on the opposite side, "it was a tough qualifying."

"i know," toto murmurs. reaching out, he brushes a strand from her forehead, "it's only one race, my love. you can come back from p17."

"not in that shitbox."

a chuckle rumbles in his chest, bubbling up, "well, it's what you have to work with until you can be behind the wheel of a real car."

that earns a grumble from alex, who allows the kitten to clamber over to his mama, "you're telling me."

"you know," toto glances over to the williams driver, "we could always have you in the reserves."

"unfortunately i have my life signed away at williams," alex shrugs, "it is what is for now. nothing i haven't dealt with before."

"baby," toto leans forward, planting a soft kiss on her temple, "you need to get up. let's get some food, yeah? i know you're probably not feeling it but how about a double date? i'll have alex get ahold of lily."

"she's worried about you too," alex chimes in, "we all are."

the mass of blanket stirs, wrinkling her nose, "ugh, maybe."

"come on now, schatzi," toto places a hand on her shoulder, "let's get up. get some fresh air."

"only if i get to pick the restaurant."

toto can't help but feel the corners of his curl into a quaint smile as the kitten burrows into next to his mom, the tiny purrs flooding the space.

"of course, baby. of course."

#asks: alkaline 💌#asks: toto wolff 💌#asks: golden girl 💌#asks: alex albon 💌#this had me so soft omfg

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zephfair · 4 months ago

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Pynch rom-com part 1

Going through my WIPs, trying to delete or finish, found this ridiculous one that's 90% finished. But I don't know if anyone will even read it, so I'm putting up the first part here so you can get a feel for it.

It takes place in a what-if late-20s Adam didn't change after TDT and remained a workaholic overachiever while Ronan sold Dream stuff etc. Established relationship, will contain some smut, this is just a little look at Adam/Ronan and comedy.

Will anyone read this if I finish the last part? Thanks in advance.

“Ronan, I am so fucked,” Adam hissed into his cell phone, trying to keep his voice down as he shut the door of his office but loud enough to make sure Ronan could hear how distraught he was. “So. Very. Fucked.”

“Really,” Ronan drawled back. “You’re calling to confess your infidelities right now? You couldn’t wait until I get home to tell me how you’re getting fucked?”

“My infidelities? What? Oh shut up,” Adam snapped then lowered his voice again. “I am in so much fucking trouble. Please tell me everything you know about golf.”

“Hmm? Golf? Like, pasture pool?”

“Pasture what?” Adam tried very hard not to screech at his beloved but also tryingly burdensome boyfriend.

“That’s what my dad used to call it. He would… Dick! Watch my six! How many times do I have to tell you! Fuck it all to hell!”

“Lynch, are you shooting Nazi-zombie-alien whatevers while I’m trying to talk to you?!”

“Well, not any more since somebody let one creep up right behind us and kill me. Damn it, Dick.”

Adam could hear a familiar voice mumbling through Ronan’s gaming setup and he lit up. “Is that Gansey? Lemme talk to him. He should know all about golf.”

“Yeah, typical rich white dickhead sport.”

“Exactly.”

Adam heard Ronan turn volumes up and down, put his phone on speaker, and then got part of Gansey’s monologue about how exactly they were doomed to be killed that round and how their strategies needed to change if they wanted to ever advance to the next level.

“Gansey, tell me everything you know about golf,” Adam ordered.

“Oh, Parrish, hello! Are you playing with us? I thought Ronan was at the Barns?”

“He is, the indolent bastard,” Adam said to Ronan’s loud snort. “He’s supposed to be going through more of the special inventory but instead he’s playing video games in the middle of the damn day while some of our lives are falling down around us.”

“Wow, drama queen much,” Ronan said while Gansey made sympathetic noises.

“I’m not a drama queen when it’s just that everything I’ve built up since law school could be going down the toilet.”

“Parrish, you’re a brilliant attorney. I don’t know what you’re worried about.”

So Adam told them. One of the firm’s biggest clients—the Winthorpe family who owned all sorts of companies and real estate and did all kinds of transactions that attorneys drooled over for being relatively simple yet eminently billable—was soon to be up for grabs. The partner Willis Lloyd who had handled the family for twenty years was getting ready to take early retirement, due, in no small part Adam was sure, to the Winthorpe business.

Normally the account would pass to another senior partner, but word was either Winthorpe or Lloyd wanted a long-term business relationship without major change like they’d had for all those years. So Lloyd had been on the lookout for a junior partner to take over and handle the bulk of the work under his close guidance for the first year or so.

However, Mr. Winthorpe and his son Winthorpe the younger, who was angling to take over the business eventually, hadn’t found any of the junior partners to their liking and Lloyd was frustrated. It wasn’t until he’d taken to meeting with the younger associate members of the firm that he decided to introduce Adam to the Winthorpes.

The first meeting had gone very well, Adam thought, but he hadn’t wanted to risk daydreaming about how landing the account would literally make his career. If he managed to become the Winthorpes’ attorney, he could take his own early retirement in thirty years, but he couldn’t bear to think about it because too many other experienced attorneys stood in the way.

Then Lloyd called him in for another meeting with Winthorpe and Adam met his son Gregory who smiled at Adam and sat closer than strictly necessary and praised his PowerPoint and asked if Adam would like to join him for dinner.

Adam had taken about two seconds to decide whether or not he’d whore himself out for this deal, but when he thought of the future possibilities, he accepted the dinner and told Ronan he had nothing to worry about, it was all professional, Adam wouldn’t even flirt.

“Oh sure, him you’ll put out for for money but I can’t even pay you to take out the fucking garbage cans when it’s my turn on trash night,” Ronan had grumbled, mostly joking (Adam hoped).

“I’m getting the milk for free, Lynch, I don’t have to pay the cow,” he’d teased back.

Adam knew that it was okay when Ronan retorted, “See if you get any of my good quality cream anytime soon.”

Thankfully, Mr. Winthorpe had joined them for dinner and invited Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd so it was much less a date and more of a very booze-filled interview.

Adam still didn’t let himself hope until Winthorpe and Lloyd scheduled another meeting with him that very Monday that he feared would unravel the life he’d made for himself, reveal all the lies he’d carefully crafted about himself and his history.

It happened when Winthorpe casually mentioned that he wished his son took more interest in his own hobby of golf. Gregory scoffed and turned to Adam and said, “It’s more an older man’s game, don’t you think?”

Adam reached for prevarication that would please them both and ended up with, “It’s popular for a reason, surely. ”

To which Lloyd said, “Do you golf, Parrish?”

And he fake-laughed and said he hadn’t been since he was in college and some friends introduced him to a golf course. He didn’t think that their drunken run, and subsequently throwing up in a sandy spot while Adam stood guard, counted.

“What’s your handicap?” Winthorpe had asked, and Adam knew he didn’t meant Adam’s hearing loss.

“I don’t know, to be honest. We only played very casually a few times in college. I never had the time to pursue it. Harvard didn’t leave much time for leisure activities.”

“It looks like you spent your time in the gym,” Gregory Winthorpe said with a white-toothed smile that made Adam automatically smile maniacally back.

“Well,” Winthorpe said, sealing Adam’s fate, “Lloyd and I have a tee time Thursday afternoon, I’d love if you’d join us.”

Adam tried to perk up at the coveted invitation after a side glance at Lloyd who nodded slightly. “That would be terrific. Thank you for the invitation. I’ll look forward to it.”

Gregory rolled his eyes but they’d all shook on it, Adam had ushered them from his tiny office, then collapsed against the door to call his unsympathetic boyfriend.

“Golf is an excellent opportunity for networking outside the office while sharing bonding experiences through the trials and tribulations of a sport where you are simultaneously competing against your colleagues as well as your own personal best,” Gansey said.

There was silence. “Well fuck,” Adam and Ronan said at the same time.

Gansey sniffed. “It’s one of father’s favorite hobbies. He always says he can learn more about a client from just one round than from a year of business meetings.”

“I’m so fucked,” Adam moaned then stuffed his fist against his mouth so no one would hear him. “They’re going to find out I’m nothing but a trailer trash hillbilly pretending to be an Ivy League grad.”

“Oh bullshit,” Ronan said while Gansey tutted chidingly “Parrish really. You are an Ivy League grad, with highest honors, I must remind you.”

While they bickered, Adam frantically googled golf and his eyes glazed over at all the terms—bogies and eagles and birdies, “Oh my,” Adam said a little hysterically.

Each course was different, each hole very different, and how was he going to learn this plus the actual physical requirements, that one website claimed it could take a lifetime to perfect a swing, what the actual fuck. And he was spiraling. His entire career was going to come apart and leave him destitute all because he didn’t know how to hit a fucking tiny white ball around a fucking huge field. And the clubs, there were so many, all different numbers, did he have to memorize this?!

“Haven’t you ever been miniature golfing? You could at least get a feel for putting,” Gansey suggested.

“I blasted the hat off the clown once on the last hole of mini golf,” Ronan said which wasn’t helpful in the least. Adam didn’t even know that mini golf courses had clowns and why would Ronan sound so gleeful at assaulting one.

“Oh shit, Gans, remember that time I shot your ball off the windmill and it went right into that chick’s ice cream cup and her boyfriend was so pissed, he started after us?” Ronan was laughing now while Gansey said stiffly, “Yes, I remember, there’s still a dent in the trunk of the Pig where he punched it.”

Ronan was lost laughing in pleasant memories, and Adam was ready to kill him.

“Lynch,” Gansey’s voice suddenly interrupted, “could you please hold this for a second?”

“Sure, what’re you—holy fuck, that’s a goddamn grenade! Fuck my ass!”

And it was Gansey’s turn to cackle a laugh Adam rarely heard as Ronan’s avatar apparently blew up with a loud boom.

“I’m going to kill you, you giant dickweed,” Ronan promised and Gansey started reminding him about the magic of love and friendship or something bullshit like that.

Adam pinched the bridge of his nose but it did nothing to stave off his stress- and boyfriend- and friend-related headache. “As much as I appreciate listening to you two killing each other, I have a lot of work to do. And golf to research.”

“Parrish, you’ll be fine,” Gansey’s voice could still hold that ultimate reassuring/commanding tone, even through three phones. It almost calmed Adam down. “Listen to me. Don’t drive yourself to a nervous breakdown because of this. You won’t lose your job, and you may even find out you enjoy a new pastime.” He had to pause when both Adam and Ronan snorted in near-perfect harmony. “Either way, you’ll be okay. I promise.”

“I know you’re trying to make me feel better, Gansey,” Adam pinched between his eyebrows where the fierce headache was rapidly taking off. “But I need to go freak out for a while.”

“Understood. Just take care,” Gansey answered.

“Sounds like your life plan might not be up to par,” Ronan said. “Get it? Par? That’s a golf word.”

“Shut the fuck up, Lynch,” Adam said with more rancor than he expected.

Ronan snorted again. “Call me tonight when you’re ready for phone sex.”

Gansey squawked and Adam sighed. “Tamquam.”

“Alter idem,” came the quick reply and then Ronan hung up, leaving Adam with his headache and five tabs open already for his golf research. But first...he had his regular eight hours of work to tackle.

Adam scheduled himself another fifteen-minute break that afternoon to panic about golf. He multi-tasked while eating an energy bar and an apple for lunch. While he skimmed through a couple highly rated YouTube tutorials that only made him despair further, he realized the demonstrators were all dressed similarly.

Shit, he hadn’t even thought about what he’d wear. God, would he need a special wardrobe? And all the equipment? Fuck, how much money would he be expected to shell out for one damn afternoon that was going to sink his career and cost him his job? He cut off the thought before he could spiral, made a note of it in the file on his phone that he had started with his golf questions, and went back to work.

Normally when Ronan was out of town, Adam took the opportunity to work late, getting ahead on projects so he could knock off a few hours earlier throughout the week night to spend the time with Ronan. Although he was definitely distracted, he thought he’d better pull a long night because he’d need more time off later in the week. Plus it might be good leverage to point out to Lloyd when he inevitably tried to fire Adam for being such a poser.

He was definitely dragging when he finally opened the door to the townhouse that night, a bag of fast food clamped in his teeth, bag and keys and files filling his hands. He settled on the couch with his laptop, tablet, and phone then opened the file of golf questions and started frantic googling on his laptop and tablet.

It turned out the golfing outfit was the easiest part. From flipping through news stories of the top PGA golfers, they all looked normal enough. It made Adam’s nose crinkle when he saw the prices, but he figured ordering a major name like Nike from a local department store was the safest bet to be delivered the next day. It only took a pair of khakis-- because while he had his own for business casual meetings, he didn’t know if there was a secret to golf pants so better safe than sorry—a navy polo shirt that almost made him grin at memories of Gansey, a hat he’d never wear again, and gloves.

The only thing he balked at was the shoes. He already knew he was going to suck at playing golf, and an expensive pair of shoes was not going to help his performance at all. Besides Ronan had some new trainers laying around, he could borrow something to match his very conservative outfit so he wouldn’t stand out in a bad way but look professional.

He was reading up on the country club’s course on the tablet and watching a golf pro’s instructions on the perfect swing on his laptop when Ronan’s request for FaceTime came through on his phone.

Adam rubbed a hand over his tired eyes and accepted.

“You’re still wearing clothes?” was the greeting that made him sigh loudly.

“We’re not having phone sex tonight. I’m too stressed out.”

“Sex can help with that,” came the reply followed by a loud crunch.

That made Adam look at his phone for the first time then double-take. “Are you really naked, in your childhood bed, eating potato chips while trying to seduce me into phone sex?”

Ronan popped another chip in his mouth and asked crunchily, “Is it working?”

“Not even a little bit,” Adam said dryly. “Unbelievable, Lynch.”

Ronan just shrugged his bare shoulders. “You just get home from work?”

“A little while ago. I’m trying to learn how to play golf.”

“D’you google ‘how to play golf’?”

“Yes, and it was surprisingly unhelpful and overwhelming at the same time. Did you know these assholes say it can take a lifetime to ‘establish the proper swing’? Who the hell has time for that?”

“It’s all a waste of time and money,” Ronan said sagely. “Think of all the sex we could be having while those old rich idiots waste their time on swinging their thing. I’d rather be helping you swing your thing.”

“You know, I have to agree with you there.”

“Maybe they do this rather than having sex with their wives.”

They shared a snicker, then Adam sighed. “There’s too much, Lynch. I can learn the basics on paper, all the terms and technical shit, but I don’t have enough time to play golf or even schedule a lesson I can’t afford at the country club before we go.”

“What about going to one of those places where you just hit the ball as hard as you can? Gansey took me to one once when we were visiting his family. It was fun until the dude told me I wasn’t supposed to be aiming for the staff cart. How was I to know they weren’t an intentional moving target?”

Adam snorted in amusement despite himself and typed rapidly. “A driving range? That it?”

“Sure,” Ronan said.

“Okay, there’s one right outside of town, and yes! They’re open until seven tomorrow night. I’ll call first thing in the morning and reserve a time. I can maybe get a couple hours in practice. There’s even staff members there, so maybe someone can give me pointers.”

“Great. See, I told you that you’d figure things out. Now, about that sex…”

“Still a no, Lynch.”

“Well, how about you keep bitching and complaining and just let me listen and watch.”

Adam narrowed his eyes at him. Ronan raised an eyebrow, unimpressed at his attempt at intimidation. “You really wanna get off to me bitching and complaining?”

“I’ve got nearly a decade’s experience at it. What can I say? You stressing out and being mean gets me hot,” Ronan deadpanned.

“Fuck you.”

“Wish you would,” Ronan winked at him and Adam almost, almost cracked a grin.

Instead he shook his head in frustration. “I’ve got more research to do, and oh, I have to find out if I can rent clubs somewhere. I don’t know anything about the equipment I’ll need.”

“Do you want me to come home tomorrow?” Ronan asked, in all seriousness.

Adam considered the offer just as seriously. “Are you done with what you needed to do at the Barns?”

He could tell already from Ronan’s grimace that the answer was no, so Adam sighed. “Come home Wednesday, like you planned.”

“How about I look around, see what all kind of sports shit my dad squirreled away. I’ll bring you anything that looks useful, okay?” Adam nodded, and Ronan went on, “Look, I know you can’t believe this right now, but this is not going to affect your career. You’re the best damn attorney they have, and they’re lucky to have you.”

Adam appreciated his enthusiasm, he did, but “Just, let me freak the fuck out for a while. I’m so tired.”

“I’ll call you tomorrow night,” Ronan promised. “But if you need me in the meantime…”

“I know where to find you,” Adam finally smiled a little. They exchanged a few more words and hung up, and Adam had to admit he felt a little relieved to know that Ronan would be coming home and helping him.

#my fic #the raven cycle #trc #pynch #pynch fic #trc fic #adam parrish #ronan lynch

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recurring-polynya · 2 years ago

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I like how your lieutenants math headcanons post implies Yumichika does tax evasion. How else does squad 11 afford repairs for all the times it has presumably been trashed by enthusiastic brawling.

This is not the first time I have accused Yumichika of doing a little light embezzling, you know, as a hobby.

One of my favorite ironies of the Gotei-13 setup is that you become captain by merit of being good at beating people up, but then the job itself is like 49% paperwork and 49% management, with ass-kicking taking up the other 2%, if you're lucky. I think the actual most important function of a captain, and the one thing that cannot really be delegated to a lieutenant, is asking for money.

It's always very vague what all of the non-specialist squads do with their time and resources. I imagine though, that in addition to whatever Bullshit-of-the-Day Yamamoto makes his captains do, they have general standing duties. I imagine there's something similar to a bid process that goes into this. When there is new work that needs to be done, any captain that's interested in taking it on would have to provide a proposal for why their squad is suited for that task and what resources they would require to get it done. (Or sometimes Yamamoto might make everyone submit a proposal, whether anyone wants that job or not). At the end of the year, they have to provide accounting of their costs and summaries of their accomplishments. A savvy captain is good at figuring out which tasks are going to bring in cash and acclaim to their squad, which, in turn, is going to allow them to recruit better people, reward their high performers, and provide their officers with interesting and rewarding work. A proven track record is going to go a long way in winning future work, but so is knowing how to work the system. Here's where the system is pretty broken (I say, with utmost affection), because if you look at say, Squad 6, Byakuya a) knows all of the secrets of writing Proposals Central 46 Loves to Get because his grandfather was making him write these things for his allowance when he was 10 years old, b) people love to do favors for him because he's rich, and c) he can use his own money/money the clan approves as a discretionary fund for planting cherry trees and buying everyone dress uniforms, so that stuff never has to show up as a line item so his expenses always look super-clean. Other captains have their own techniques for getting cashola--no one understands what Mayuri does, so when he asks for 12 million kan to develop illuminated shadow-defeating inflatable armor (with color-changing LEDs), they're like "sure, sounds legit." Unohana just asks very politely and drops some vague hints about her very precise knowledge of anatomy. This is also the reason that Squad 10 is constantly doing all of the worst jobs-- Hitsugaya bids on everything and is extremely honest and ethical. Even Ukitake plays the game better than he does.

But you know who does not? Zaraki. Zaraki could not give two shits about this. He does not want to read the monthly RFP roundup newsletter. He does not want to write memos. He just wants to fight things. Give him something to fight. I think Squad 11 officers already get paid below standard rates because most of them did not graduate Shin'ou, which bumps them way down on the Gotei-equivalent of the GS scale. As you say, they break their own shit, constantly. And on top of that, I think Zaraki also has almost no concept of what money is worth. He's a simple guy with pretty simple desires. He lives on base, has, like, three outfits, and goes drinking sometimes. You can't even buy a really sweet truck in Soul Society. He comes from the literal worst part of the Rukon, which probably didn't even use money-- everything is luxurious to him.

I think a lot of the Squad 11 guys buy into the Zaraki lifestyle. They're also from the Rukon, they're just happy to have a sword and their weekly booze. But on the other hand, they are vastly under-compensated relative to their work. I think everyone has a roommate, whereas most seated officers in other squads get personal quarters. There are strong fighters elsewhere in the Gotei, people with experience and fighting knowledge, that would consider joining Squad 11, but they're not taking the pay cut. They can't keep seated officers. Every so often, they get an insane person (Renji, Iba) who joins for some limited period of time. It ups their vibe enormously, and then that person leaves after they've worked through whatever personal shit that led them to join Squad 11 in the first place.

So, Yumichika does what he has to do. He reads the the monthly RFP roundup newsletter, and if anything sounds like it involves a lot of violence, he uses his graphic design skills and his rock-bottom budget to put together a nice little proposal, and sends it off with Yachiru to Squad 1. Zaraki is not even really cognizant of this process, he just knows that sometimes they get good jobs that he likes. For as low as his budgets are, Yumichika still knows how to pad them out extensively, and how to file for project year extensions.

He's also the one who controls intra-squad expenditures. Yes, we would all to spend our entire budget on "swords", but unfortunately, we have to pay for the mess hall you buffoons exploded last week if you ever want to eat again. Yumichika may give off the appearance of extravagance, but he is very much the "pulls into the drivethru and orders (1) small black coffee" to the rest of Squad 11's "McDonalds! McDonalds! McDonalds!"

Also, for the record, he very much does do some straight-up embezzling. Eye feathers don't pay for themselves, you know.

#bleach headcanons #squad 11 #yumichika ayasegawa

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therecordconnection · 11 months ago

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Ranting and Raving: "Video!" by Jeff Lynne

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There is no such thing as the “Cult Classic” anymore. Today, if a movie fails or a television series flops, it’s just removed and completely forgotten without a second thought. With physical releases no longer having the same cultural weight as before, it makes media preservation even harder. I hear if you complain long enough about this and get caught, Netlfix or Hulu or Pooblo or Tuubah or whatever else comes to your house and hits you with the Neuralyzer from Men in Black so you’ll shut up.

In the eighties, this wasn’t the case. Movies could brick at the box office, but they might get lucky and find their audiences later on through cable or video rentals or just really good word of mouth. Xanadu still exists today and has love because HBO kept showing it during its infancy and LGBTQ audiences eventually latched onto it (though that’s probably more due to the everlasting power of Olivia Newton-John’s gay fanbase). Phantom of the Paradise owes its continued love and existence to Guillermo Del Toro, the Daft Punk robots, and all of Winnipeg, Canada really loving that movie. I’m with them in that boat (Phantom is one of my favorite movies). Electric Dreams, a 1984 science fiction-tinged romantic comedy, exists today purely through video rentals and good word of mouth.

Electric Dreams is a wonderfully weird cult classic in every sense of the word. It has a very lovably goofy eighties rom-com setup and delivery: Miles Harding (Lenny Von Dohlen), a loser tech nerd geologist who gets no bitches, falls in love with his new apartment neighbor Madeline Robistat (Virginia Madsen), a quirky and beautiful cellist. They're an unlikely pair in every conceivable way, but they fall for each other. The only problem is that Miles' fancy new supercomputer (who becomes sentient and later identifies himself as “Edgar”) would like to see Miles destroyed so that he can be with her instead. Edgar then does everything in his power to ruin Miles’ life and his chances to be with Madeline. Eventually, Edgar comes to accept the love between Miles and Madeline and they get their happily-ever-after.

On paper, the whole thing probably sounded silly to a 1984 audience, which might be why nobody bothered to see it at the time, but Electric Dreams fucking rules. Von Dohlen and Madsen are great and have such an odd yet instantly lovable chemistry with each other that you can’t help but root for them (it helps that they were good friends instantly and remained that way until Van Dohlen passed away in 2022). Steve Barron, one of the great music video directors of the early MTV era (he’s responsible for Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean,” Toto’s “Africa” and “Rosanna,” and many more), brings that same music video storytelling style to this movie’s visuals. If this movie had done better upon release, it would’ve gotten everything Miami Vice’s directing style often gets credited for. The soundtrack is also really great! Giorgio Moroder did the movie’s theme with Human League frontman Phil Oakey as well as a killer score for it (only Moroder could find a way to expertly turn Bach’s “Minuet” into a duel between a cello and a computer. He couldn't get more eighties than that if he tried). There’s also a really neat Heaven 17 cut that sounds like a Crash Bandicoot level theme (“Chase Runner”), Culture Club right at the end of their relevance (“Love is Love” and “The Dream”), and Jeff Lynne from Electric Light Orchestra with arguably the two best songs in the movie. One of them, “Let It Run,” is awesome as hell, but “Video!” is the one we’re gonna talk about.

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“Video!” appears at a pretty pivotal point in the movie. It soundtracks the montage of one of Miles and Madeline’s first proper dates, which involves sneaking away from a tour group to run around and play in Alcatraz (I’m serious). They’re also seen together at a carnival. Before this date, Miles tasks Edgar with finding a way to write music for Madeline. He intends to pass off whatever Edgar comes up with as his own work, hoping to impress her and make her fall in love with him. This is one of the main reasons Edgar wants Miles out of the picture. He knows he can make music with Madeline (he did it previously in “The Duel” scene, though Madeline thinks Miles is providing the music, not the computer) and fell in love with her by doing that. He is fully aware that Miles is trying to win her love with a lie. Once Edgar figures out how rhythm works, he figures out how melody is made by reviewing and absorbing the music playing in television commercials. “Video!” then starts playing proper once he’s got the basics down. For a computer with no previous songwriting experience, writing a Jeff Lynne composition is a pretty impressive feat!

Electric Dreams is not the first movie Lynne has contributed music to. There are two others. The first one was 1976’s All This and World War II, which is a movie which pairs all-star covers of Beatles songs and World War II footage. I’ve never seen it and I don’t think I need to. But you can hear Lynne, the most famous Beatles fanboy to ever live, do a fully symphonic version of “With a Little Help From My Friends” and “Nowhere Man.” It’s pretty cool. The other one was Xanadu, which is much more well known. Lynne provided five songs: “I’m Alive,” “The Fall,” “Don’t Walk Away,” “All Over the World,” and the title track with Olivia Newton-John. I think they’re all great. Xanadu totally works on its own as a great ELO EP if you want to forget there’s a movie attached.

This is all to say that Lynne was no stranger to giving songs to strange movies, even if he harbored regrets later on about doing that. He regretted Xanadu for a while, but made peace with it decades later (he re-recorded “Xanadu” in 2000 for the ELO compilation Flashback and he’s revived “All Over the World” for every ELO tour since 2017). I don’t know how he feels about Electric Dreams and at this point, he’s done so much in his career that I doubt he even remembers it. I think he should! I think “Video!” is a great song and I think he was a perfect fit for Electric Dreams. The entire soundtrack is dated as hell, but in a fun time-capsule kind of way. It represents the sound of what people in 1984 thought the future was going to sound like. Lynne had already spent time imagining the sounds of the future.

At the dawn of the eighties, Jeff Lynne had gotten tired of dealing with the big orchestras you hear on that great ELO run from 1976-1980. Orchestras started becoming a pain in the ass for him around the time when synthesizers and keyboards were getting some big technological boosts. New wave artists like Gary Numan, Kraftwerk, and the Human League were pushing synths and keyboard sounds into the mainstream and proving that the new technology could be used to make some wildly futuristic sounds. Lynne quickly learned that with a few fancy keyboards, you could start simulating strings and classical sounds, but in a new and exciting way. Suddenly, Lynne and ELO keyboardist Richard Tandy could keep the symphonic pop sounds the band had been making, but update the sound and take it into the future. Suddenly, the “Orchestra” part of the ELO name suddenly found itself obsolete and out of a job.

Dick Clark asked him about this choice on an American Bandstand appearance in 1986. Lynne responded, “Well, you know, I got fed up with using a big orchestra because they used to always be in a union and stuff like that and they used to put their equipment away while we were still recording. So I thought what we'll do is we'll use just ourselves and then we can work as long as we'd like and nobody would complain.”

So Lynne took advantage of all this new technology that was floating around and used it to craft the 1981 masterpiece, Time. That album is the best example of retrofuturism in music I can give. In Time, Lynne imagines a loose concept album about a guy who gets yoinked out of 1981 and flung into the year 2095. The entire album is full of songs where Lynne imagines a future that he would never live to see (I won’t either, unless I somehow make it to a full century of life). Hover cars, rides to the moon, robotic girlfriends (built by IBM) who can also serve as telephones, prison satellites, ivory towers, plastic flowers, and meteor showers as a common weather condition are all present in Lynne’s visions of the distant future. Most of his predictions feel like they’re coming out of science fiction magazines from when he was a child, but the album is more concerned with just letting his imagination run wild and wonder about how one would feel if they were flung far into the future where everyone they’ve ever loved is gone. The future presented in Time feels like daydreaming rather than any kind of cautionary tale or warning. I’ve never gotten the sense that Lynne thinks any of what’s in the album will actually come true.

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If Lynne got anything right, he somehow nailed the still-lingering nostalgic yearning to return to the eighties. Lynne’s narrator constantly laments that he’s stuck in 2095 and 1981 is name dropped in “Ticket to the Moon” and “The Way Life’s Meant to Be.” “Ticket to the Moon” even begins with what is now a variation of the only kind of Youtube comment you’ll find on any old song from the decade: “Remember the good old 1980s / When things were so uncomplicated / I wish I could go back there again / And everything could be the same.” He might as well have called himself “Nostradamus” when writing that one, because that line is going to keep feeling accurate to people until every child of the eighties and every vintage style eighties cosplayer on instagram is dead and in the ground. Lynne using the current year the album was made in had a real danger of seriously dating it, but Time has never sounded dated to me. It doesn’t sound like anything else from 1981 and it still doesn’t. Lynne blended all the old sounds and genres he loved and infused them with the new sounds of the day on that one and imagined a future that still sounds just as magical then as it does now. It took pop music a few years to catch up with what Lynne was doing on that one. Time is still a retro futuristic dream and he carried all the tech and sound effects that he was using on that album with him when he made “Video!” for Electric Dreams. ELO’s future was up in the air by 1984 (Lynne would dissolve the original band for good two years later) so he tackled “Video!” as a solo artist (literally, as no other ELO members are on this) and released it under his own name.

I don’t know if Lynne’s predictions for 2095 will come true. The verdict is still out on that. But what I do know is that everything Lynne is describing in “Video!” is a reality that I’ve lived to see, though perhaps differently from anything Lynne could’ve imagined in 1984. We’ll get there.

In the context of Electric Dreams, “Video!”’s lyrics are all about the many things Edgar the computer can find out about the world in pre-internet cyberspace. He can watch it all, from rock n’ roll to old time movie scenes, and learn. He has no other choice: he can’t move from Miles’ desk and see it himself. Nothing in Lynne’s lyrics are dated except for one thing. He mentions that satellites “send their love from up above / Down to [his] VTR.” VTRs, which I believe is meant to be a reference to “Video Tape Recorder,” is an obsolete machine in 2024. It’s long been replaced by digital video, such as DVDs, Blu-Rays, and 4K. That’s the only specific reference he makes besides working in both the movie’s title and the title of the Phil Oakey/Giorgio Moroder collab. “They beam across the sky / Together in Electric Dreams.” I imagine Lynne was probably told he had to work in the title somewhere. To his credit, it’s a pretty smooth title drop. Clumsier movie songs have done it much worse.

Lynne sneaks in a few lyrics in the song that become ominous and foreshadowing if you’ve seen the movie more than once. The first two verses end ominously with the lines “The world is at my fingers / Under control” and “I’ll just stay here on my end / I’ll have it all.” Those lines foreshadow Edgar eventually using his supercomputer intellect to control other computer systems and mess with Miles’ life, from cutting off access to his credit cards and funds, to manipulating phone lines so Madeline can’t call Miles later in the movie for comfort when her cello has been broken in an accident (it gets caught in an elevator door and gets crushed). His whole motivation in the movie is that he “wants it all,” especially Madeline. Lynne later captures that ominousness with the absolute beast of a song “Let It Run,” but “Video!” is reserved for Lynne soundtracking the moment where Edgar stays inside and excitedly discovers the world at large and how to write pop music, while Miles simultaneously goes out and discovers the world at large with his lovely lady.

Musically, “Video!” strikes a balance and finds a perfect blend of the mechanical and the human elements of music making. Lynne seemed to understand that more than some of the art-school new wavers that were ruling the US and the UK in the early eighties. The entire song is mechanical, but that makes sense given the in-universe explanation that a literal computer is making it. The rhythm is provided by a drum machine and everything else is synthesized and sequenced to hell and back. Even the fun sound effects throughout the song and during the middle instrumental bit are canned and not original to the song. There’s something that kinda sounds like a twangy guitar at the end of the verses and on the chorus, but that could just as easily be a keyboard making that sound. Lynne has made records where he’s played all instruments organically, but keyboards, sequencers, and machines not only suit the assignment, they’re necessary for the assignment.

The human elements are Jeff Lynne’s vocals and his always sharp sense of melody. Lynne’s never been the most mind blowing singer, but his vocals and melodies capture a magic and a warmth here that few of the survivors from his generation still making music in 1984 were capable of. He sings the song with that same sense of wonder that he has on Time. I love the melody of the verses and that chorus is so upbeat and happy and infectious. I love the way he slides into the chorus by holding out the word “on” before saying “video.” Oooooooon! It’s pop music at its most delightfully fun.

I’ve been surrounded by video my entire life, but Lynne makes it feel like it’s a brand new concept to me when I hear this song. I said that everything Lynne is describing in “Video!” is a reality that I’ve lived to see. That reality is Youtube. “The world is at my fingers” because I can more-or-less search for whatever I want (whether I actually find it is another story). The entire second verse can be used to describe someone discovering Youtube for the first time:

I see that rock and roll And all those old-time movies scenes They beam across the sky Together in electric dreams I'll just sit here on my end I'll have it all

Youtube, for all its numerous (numerous) flaws, allows me to be my own MTV VJ and watch scenes from my favorite movies with only a few mouse clicks. I can sit at my computer and watch videos in comfort (and while eating my dinner). Like Edgar, I have it all. Lynne sings that verse with completely sincere jubilance. The song is entirely mechanized, but the feelings presented in the song are not and they help provide a warmth and joy to the whole song that makes it sound like a dream. Lynne makes the concept of watching video sound like it’s the most exciting technical marvel you’ll ever see. He sells it like he’s Grover Cleveland lighting up the 1893 World Fair. It’s fantastic. Lynne isn’t even just fascinated by video, he’s fascinated by the entire process that helps bring it to life. That first verse takes the song from the hugeness of outer space and leads it to the small and insular space of a computer in an apartment without ever losing a step.

The satellites that search the night They twinkle like a star They send their love from up above Down to my VTR

Lynne sounds absolutely amazed by the technological wonders of 1984. He sings it with a child-like fascination that’s so lovably dorky. He sounds like Miles Harding does in the movie when he gets to talk to Madeline about architecture and his dream project during dinner. I was only ten years old when Youtube first arrived in December of 2005, so I essentially grew up with the rise of the internet and internet video creation. I imagine it must have been mind blowing to older people who were there to witness that boom. Maybe some of them were as excited as Lynne sounds on this song.

Nowadays, we take a lot of the modern technology around us for granted, but for Lynne in 1984, this was all exciting and new. That might be where the excitement and exuberance in the song stems from. Betamax and VHS had only existed for about a decade when Electric Dreams first came out, so people were only just getting started in terms of building up home video libraries and having video readily available to them. Camcorders were only starting to become a common commodity when Electric Dreams arrived, so I imagine people were going nuts and losing their minds that they could make home movies and shoot video of their own. Nowadays, technology has reached the point where the little bricks in our pockets (which are Edgar-level supercomputers of their own) can do almost anything, even film video anytime, anywhere. Now more than ever, the world really is at our fingers due to the way technology and social media keeps us interconnected.

“Video!” sees a continuation of Jeff Lynne’s interests in technology and the future that he was exploring on the Time album. Once again, his music is featured in a movie that’s weird, strange, and ridiculous, but also incredibly fun. “Video!” and Electric Dreams as a whole, is a beautiful little time capsule. It arrived during a time when the wonders of the future and technology was full of optimism and we were once again evaluating our relationship to tech as the world was continuing to undergo constant change. After Electric Dreams, Lynne would examine his own relationship with technology with the 1986 song “Calling America,” one of the last ELO singles before he went off to enjoy a second life as an in-demand producer for a while. He doesn’t sound as excited when he sings “Yeah, we’re living in a modern world” on that one. He doesn’t sound as excited about satellites on that one either, though that might have more to do with him being fully sick of ELO by that point and having to wrap up one last album before he can move on to other things.

Electric Dreams, both the movie and the soundtrack, aren’t as well remembered as Xanadu and I think that’s a shame. Electric Dreams is such a strange, beautiful, and moving love story. It’s the thinking man’s version of Spike Jonze’s Her (it’s also better than Her). The movie only played in theaters for a few short weeks before resigning to its fate as a strange movie you take a chance on when you’re wandering around the video store on a Friday night and you and your partner are looking for something interesting to watch. In hindsight, maybe a movie like Electric Dreams was just too strange to ever capture mainstream attention.

But don’t feel bad for it! It’s lived and has found its share of people who love it, despite its initial failure. I’m one of them. Lenny Von Dohlen and Virginia Madsen are also in that boat. They loved working on it and had nothing but positive things to say about it. Madsen still considers it one of the best things she’s ever made and I agree with her. Cult classics like Electric Dreams find their audience. Sometimes it just takes a while.

I can tell you that Tumblr absolutely fucking LOVES this movie. If you do a search for “#electric dreams” you will find SO. MUCH. FANART for this movie in that tag. It’s not even funny. Tumblrinas L O V E making art of Edgar the computer. They love making art of him so much, you’d think he’s the protagonist of the movie, not Miles and Madeline. You’d also think Miles, Madeline, and Edgar are in a polycule with each other (hot take: polyamory would not have saved them). The fanart in that tag isn’t even that old either. People love this movie and they love him. (A shocking number of fanart posts depict Edgar hanging out with GLaDOs from Portal, HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey, and AM from the Harlan Ellison short story I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. I have come to the conclusion that Tumblr really loves antagonistic machines).

Electric Dreams celebrates its fortieth anniversary this year (it came out on July 20th, 1984, so this post missed its birthday by eleven days). An unloved film in its time, but a lovably strange and beautifully sincere science fiction romance that remains a beloved cult classic to those who know about it. If you want to see the film for yourself, it’s on Youtube for free. I highly recommend it.

Jeff Lynne is also celebrating this year. At the time of this writing, he’s preparing to take his modern day version of Electric Light Orchestra on the road one more time before retiring for good (he’s calling it the Over and Out Tour, which I think is just a fantastic name). He’s definitely not going to play “Video!” but he’ll be playing every ELO banger in existence, of which there are many. If you’ve never seen the maestro present his music live, I highly recommend you catch him before it’s too late. I plan on going to one of the Philadelphia nights. It’s gonna be a lot of fun.

“Video!” and Electric Dreams are snapshots of a simpler time that dared to get a little silly and dream about a possible future. Some of its ideas about where technology was headed and our relationship to that technology were hauntingly accurate, some of it is hilariously outdated. Lynne’s visions of video and where video technology ended up being incredibly accurate in all the best ways. Video madness came upon us like a trance in the dark and because of that madness and the internet that houses all that madness, a movie that went completely unnoticed forty years ago can still exist and float out there today, waiting to be found. It wants to share with you what the world looked like during an interesting crossroads in time and it wants to show you what people thought the future might look like. Electric Dreams wants you to know that the future is strange, but it’s also bright and love can be found in the strangest of places if you know where to look. Don’t worry. It’s all under control and it’s all on video.

Electric Dreams sends its love to you. Send some of yours back to it.

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Can we maybe get some character sheets for your ocs and id like to write about them!!

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AAAHH i really wanna do updated character sheets WITH personality and lore i just aint got time rn!! BUT thank you for being interested!! 😭😭

to make up for the lake of sheets, heres some facts and lore typed out lol

Molly: (based on persona) secret demon being attached to Nina

Mollys kind of a strange case. Not quite puppet not quite...other creatures. She popped into existence around the time nina was born, hence the shared birthday. Shes a bit scatter brained, very easily distracted but once she has her mind set on something, nothing can get in her war. She's quite inquisitive and is constantly asking questions. Her first day in the neighborhood was basically asking every neighbor she met the most wild and intrusive questions she had. Little to no filter, says exactly whats on her mind. Doesnt understand why that makes some people so uncomfortable. Isnt it good to be curious? To tell the truth? To be honest? Man these creatures are strange. Also doesnt have any boundaries, is an absolute open book and for some reason is suprised when not everyone else is too. Think of her almost like a more unhinged wally, very naive to the ways of the waking world, but well verse in the night time activities. frequently takes long walks alone in the middle of the night. she sees them. she knows them. she keeps them away. some have gotten a bit too close to the neighborhood for comfort, is it because of her? do they know shes one of them, if not atleast similar? shes suspicious wally knows whats going on, its not normal for these beings to be here, but what draws them in?

^ongoing plot line of Molly spying on Wally constantly. A bit obsessive with him-she cant tell WHAT he is but she knows he isnt like the other neighbors but hes also not like her. Constantly pushing and manipulating him to break, but he seems either annoyed or oblivious to her attempts. otherwise, general nuisance to Wally, Frank (eats his bugs), Eddie (stares at him thru the post office window), Poppy (constantly getting herself into trouble) and Nina (personal demon).

Also maybe kills the nighttime creatures?? it seems like shes protecting the neighborhood from an outsiders perspective but those that REALLY know her know its territorial...somehow isnt intimidated by home tho. maybe shes trying to work with home? two demon things band together?? idk lmao

clumsy but also graceful? very bendy. no bones...crawls around like a creep sometimes.

Nina: (self insert oc) regular spider gal with a knack for art

Ninas quite normal actually. She was raised by a normal family within normal circumstances, but found herself with the strangest imaginary friend. She was never quite sure why one day everyone was suddenly able to see Molly but shes glad she finally isnt crazy. Now she cant get rid of the annoying asshole. Stuck with this annoying ass demon puppet thing, Nina moves to the neighborhood to get a new start on independence. With her new home, Nina spends most of her days painting, sewing, crocheting, and sculpting. Of course she always has her music going on, its never quiet in the house. Wally spends lots of time with her, they will frequently setup figure drawing sessions where their fellow neighbors will pose for them. Howdy seemed more than happy to constantly volunteer, maybe a tad bit overzealous to show off his muscles. Nina was more than excited to have such an interesting subject to create art of, although with Wally by her side, he always seemed to end up drawing an apple. There wasn't even an apple in the set. Nina doesnt care, shes just happy to have her little darling with her!

Despite being easily excitable and down to earth, shes actually quite timid and easily flustered. Howdys first few advancements had Nina trying to come up with some sort of lie so she could hurriedly get out of the bugdega and hide her beet red face. After this its just the rom com do they like me pinning i love so much lol

Unlike the other neighbors, she is somewhat aware of what goes bump in the night. Shes not sure what exactly it is, but she knows its dangerous...and she knows Molly has too much fun dealing with it. Despite Mollys homicidal tendecies, Nina is NOT scared of her. Shes aware of the fact that without her, Molly wouldnt have a host to stay alive. She cant do anything to harm her and even if she did, Ninas not afraid to grab her by the tail and launch her into the sun (Molly is actually somewhat intimidated by Nina, so she shows some level of obedience).

and thats it for those two!! I also would like to add that I wanna work on an oc of my dog and make goofy content of him and barnaby being like dude tf are u doing. also i know i have other ocs but either they arent quite fleshed out (lilith, betty, batsy), they arent technically mine (tilly and mitzy), or im just really tired and its late rn.

but if u got this far wow ermgee thanks for reading my late night rambles im dying

TLDR: Mollys homicidal, stupid, cant read a room, and is a demon. Ninas just a timid, excitable, down to earth, artsy spider with a weird demon imaginary friend that came to life.

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Love, Laugh, Lich is the first installment of the Claws and Cubicles series, and it completely stole my reliquary—I mean, heart. First of all, the situation is absolutely hilarious: a lich takes over the realm, instituting an Evil Dominion o’er all, and yet… people still go to work! There are office jobs! Lily, the human protagonist and the lich’s personal assistant, complains about a lack of PTO and shitty severance packages alongside the virgin sacrifices that the Lich Lord demands! It’s wild and utterly ridiculous and I truly enjoyed every moment of the sheer incongruity of it all. Look at this quote:

[The lich is] pacing the lower inner level of the Sanctum, the ritual floor. It’s drawn up in runes and incantation circles, with all his most-used ingredients lined up near the edges, and an altar for sacrifices in the center. "And there’s the initiative to bring more women in the STEM fields. That’s Sneakiness, Traumatization, Evil Studies, and Misfortune," I trail off...

It’s so corny and silly that I can’t help but love it. It feels like corporate D&D with the absurdity of the setting, almost, but with an office romance twist. This is one of those books where I learned almost nothing about the FMC outside of her interactions with the love interest, but I was weirdly okay with it because the setup was so outlandish and fun. Anyway, I truly did enjoy Lily as a protagonist. Usually I don’t jive much with first person POV, but I liked Lily’s. She is, of course, rather disconnected from reality and potentially crazy—it’s not wanting to jump a lich’s bones (ha) that makes me say so, but the fact that she has a continent-sized crush on her boss and agrees to sleep with him for work. FOR WORK! Girl…

Janice, Lily’s best friend and the company’s HR manager, is the voice of reason here (and potentially the FMC of the next installment of this series) but she is sadly—or perhaps happily?—ignored by Lily in favor of Soven (the lich) and his trifecta of cocks. You heard me right: trifecta. Soven has three dicks (one of them dedicated to clitoral stimulation) and he isn’t afraid to use them. Lily is a big fan, as am I. Soven is also a bit of a dork, which is super endearing given that he has enough undead magical power to (probably) level a city block without breaking a sweat.

I actually liked the conflict in this little novella. You can read the entire story in a few hours, but it feels appropriately sized—not too grand, but also not cramped. The story was (to quote Goldilocks) just right for what it was trying to do. The fact that sleeping with one’s boss is generally considered a bad idea all around, even in the real world, was acknowledged heartily—Lily agonizes over her feelings and Soven’s feelings and what the boundary is between “work” and “a relationship” and honestly it’s a whole mess of emotions that ordinarily I would find tedious… but because the novella is so short, the miscommunication and pining and angst didn’t get drawn out even close to the border of my patience, and I had a great time.

The ending is very cute and a definite HEA that I found very sweet without being cavity-inducing in its intensity. The sex scenes were fun and varied, and as someone who prefers more lavish, drawn-out sex scenes I was reasonably satiated with these. Overall, Love, Laugh, Lich was a great, funny rom-com, and I’m looking forward to picking up the next book in the series as soon as my next paycheck comes in.

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What Makes EDSPL’s SOC the Nerve Center of 24x7 Cyber Defense?

Introduction: The New Reality of Cyber Defense

We live in an age where cyberattacks aren’t rare—they're expected. Ransomware can lock up entire organizations overnight. Phishing emails mimic internal communications with eerie accuracy. Insider threats now pose as much danger as external hackers. And all this happens while your teams are working, sleeping, or enjoying a weekend away from the office.

In such an environment, your business needs a Security Operations Center (SOC) that doesn’t just detect cyber threats—it anticipates them. That’s where EDSPL’s SOC comes in. It’s not just a monitoring desk—it’s the nerve center of a complete, proactive, and always-on cyber defense strategy.

So, what makes EDSPL’s SOC different from traditional security setups? Why are enterprises across industries trusting us with their digital lifelines?

Let’s explore, in depth.

1. Around-the-Clock Surveillance – Because Threats Don’t Take Holidays

Cyber attackers operate on global time. That means the most devastating attacks can—and often do—happen outside regular working hours.

EDSPL’s SOC is staffed 24x7x365 by experienced cybersecurity analysts who continuously monitor your environment for anomalies. Unlike systems that rely solely on alerts or automation, our human-driven vigilance ensures no threat goes unnoticed—no matter when it strikes.

Key Features:

Continuous monitoring and real-time alerts

Tiered escalation models

Shift-based analyst rotations to ensure alertness

Whether you’re a bank in Mumbai or a logistics firm in Bangalore, your systems are under constant protection.

2. Integrated, Intelligence-Driven Architecture

A SOC is only as good as the tools it uses—and how those tools talk to each other. EDSPL’s SOC is powered by a tightly integrated stack that combines:

Network Security tools for perimeter and internal defense

SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) for collecting and correlating logs from across your infrastructure

SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response) to reduce response time through automation

XDR (Extended Detection and Response) for unified visibility across endpoints, servers, and the cloud

This technology synergy enables us to identify multi-stage attacks, filter false positives, and take action in seconds.

3. Human-Centric Threat Hunting and Response

Even the best tools can miss subtle signs of compromise. That’s why EDSPL doesn’t rely on automation alone. Our SOC team includes expert threat hunters who proactively search for indicators of compromise (IoCs), analyze unusual behavior patterns, and investigate security gaps before attackers exploit them.

What We Hunt:

Zero-day vulnerabilities

Insider anomalies

Malware lateral movement

DNS tunneling and data exfiltration

This proactive hunting model prevents incidents before they escalate and protects sensitive systems like your application infrastructure.

4. Multi-Layered Defense Across Infrastructure

Cybersecurity isn’t one-size-fits-all. That’s why EDSPL’s SOC offers multi-layered protection that adapts to your unique setup—whether you're running on compute, storage, or backup systems.

We secure:

Switching and routing environments

On-premise data centers and hybrid cloud security models

Core network devices and data center switching fabric

APIs, applications, and mobility endpoints through application security policies

No layer is left vulnerable. We secure every entry point, and more importantly—every exit path.

5. Tailored Solutions, Not Templates

Unlike plug-and-play SOC providers, EDSPL dives deep into your business architecture, industry regulations, and operational needs. This ensures our SOC service adapts to your challenges—not the other way around.

Whether you’re a healthcare company with HIPAA compliance needs, or a fintech firm navigating RBI audits, we offer:

Custom alert thresholds

Role-based access control

Geo-fencing and behavioral analytics

Industry-specific compliance dashboards

That’s the EDSPL difference—we offer tailored SOC services, not templated defense.

6. Fully Managed and Maintained – So You Focus on Business

Hiring, training, and retaining a cybersecurity team is expensive. Most businesses struggle to maintain their own SOC due to cost, complexity, and manpower limitations.

EDSPL eliminates that burden with its Managed and Maintenance Services. From deployment to daily operations, we take complete ownership of your SOC infrastructure.

We offer:

Security patch management

Log retention and archiving

Threat intelligence updates

Daily, weekly, and monthly security reports

You get enterprise-grade cybersecurity—without lifting a finger.

7. Real-Time Visibility and Reporting

What’s happening on your network right now? With EDSPL’s SOC, you’ll always know.

Our customizable dashboards allow you to:

Monitor attack vectors in real time

View compliance scores and threat levels

Track analyst responses to incidents

Get reports aligned with Services KPIs

These insights are vital for C-level decision-makers and IT leaders alike. Transparency builds trust.

8. Scalable for Startups, Suitable for Enterprises

Our SOC is designed to scale. Whether you’re a mid-sized company or a multinational enterprise, EDSPL’s modular approach allows us to grow your cybersecurity posture without disruption.

We support:

Multi-site mobility teams

Multi-cloud and hybrid setups

Third-party integrations via APIs

BYOD and remote work configurations

As your digital footprint expands, we help ensure your attack surface doesn’t.

9. Rooted in Vision, Driven by Expertise

Our SOC isn’t just a solution—it’s part of our Background Vision. At EDSPL, we believe cybersecurity should empower, not limit, innovation.

We’ve built a culture around:

Cyber resilience

Ethical defense

Future readiness

That’s why our analysts train on the latest attack vectors, attend global security summits, and operate under frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK and NIST CSF.

You don’t just hire a service—you inherit a philosophy.

10. Real Impact, Real Stories

Case Study 1: Ransomware Stopped in Its Tracks

A global logistics client faced a rapidly spreading ransomware outbreak on a Friday night. Within 15 minutes, EDSPL’s SOC identified the lateral movement, isolated the infected devices, and prevented business disruption.

Case Study 2: Insider Threat Detected in Healthcare

A hospital’s employee tried accessing unauthorized patient records during off-hours. EDSPL’s SOC flagged the behavior using our UEBA engine and ensured the incident was contained and reported within 30 minutes.

These aren’t hypothetical scenarios. This is what we do every day.

11. Support That Goes Beyond Tickets

Have a concern? Need clarity? At EDSPL, we don't bury clients under ticket systems. We offer direct, human access to cybersecurity experts, 24x7.

Our Reach Us and Get In Touch teams work closely with clients to ensure their evolving needs are met.

From technical walkthroughs to incident post-mortems, we are your extended cybersecurity team.

12. The Future Is Autonomous—And EDSPL Is Ready

As cyberattacks become more AI-driven and sophisticated, so does EDSPL. We're already integrating:

AI-based threat intelligence

Machine learning behavioral modeling

Predictive analytics for insider threats

Autonomous remediation tools

This keeps us future-ready—and keeps you secure in an ever-evolving world.

Final Thoughts: Why EDSPL’s SOC Is the Backbone of Modern Security

You don’t just need protection—you need presence, prediction, and precision. EDSPL delivers all three.

Whether you're securing APIs, scaling your compute workloads, or meeting global compliance benchmarks, our SOC ensures your business is protected, proactive, and prepared—day and night.

Don’t just react to threats. Outsmart them.

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Compact Yet Chic: Home Office Furniture Ideas for Hong Kong Apartments

Working from home has become a new norm in Hong Kong, and with it comes the need for efficient and stylish workspaces that fit into limited apartment space. But transforming a corner of your flat into a functional home office doesn’t mean sacrificing style. With the right approach, you can create a compact yet chic setup that fuels productivity and complements your home decor.

In this article, we explore practical and aesthetic ideas tailored specifically for small apartments in the city, focusing on smart home office furniture Hong Kong residents can realistically use.

1. Choose Space-Saving Desks with Built-in Storage

The desk is the heart of your home office. For Hong Kong apartments, compact desks with integrated shelves or drawers are ideal. Look for:

Wall-mounted desks that fold up when not in use

Ladder desks that lean against the wall and offer vertical storage

Corner desks to make use of underutilised space

These designs combine function and minimalism, helping reduce clutter while giving you enough surface area to work comfortably.

Tip: For a cleaner look, opt for desks with cable management features to keep wires out of sight.

2. Opt for Ergonomic Yet Stylish Chairs

You’ll likely spend several hours a day sitting at your desk, so your chair needs to be both comfortable and visually appealing. Fortunately, the home office furniture Hong Kong market offers plenty of ergonomic chairs in contemporary designs.

Look for:

Adjustable seat height and lumbar support

Mesh back for breathability in HK’s humid climate

Sleek silhouettes or fabric upholstery that blends with your home’s décor

If you're tight on space, consider a foldable or armless chair that can be easily tucked away.

3. Use Vertical Space with Wall Shelves and Floating Units

In small Hong Kong flats, floor space is limited—but wall space is often underutilised. Floating shelves, wall-mounted cabinets, and pegboards can turn a blank wall into a functional workstation.

These vertical storage options help you:

Keep the desktop clean

Store books, files, and stationery

Display plants or artwork to make the space feel more inviting

Choose finishes that match or contrast with your existing furniture for a cohesive, modern look.

4. Incorporate Multi-functional Furniture Pieces

One of the smartest strategies when it comes to home office furniture Hong Kong apartment owners swear by is investing in multi-functional pieces.

Examples include:

Convertible desks that double as dining tables

Ottomans with hidden storage

Filing cabinets that serve as side tables

Such furniture allows you to maintain an uncluttered living space while easily transitioning between work and relaxation zones.

5. Bring in Light & Colour with Stylish Accessories

Don’t overlook aesthetics, your workspace should be a place you want to spend time in. Add personality and visual interest with:

Minimalist desk lamps that save space but provide focused lighting

Coordinated organizers in neutral or soft pastel colours

A small plant or two for a refreshing, biophilic touch

These simple additions elevate the look of your home office without overwhelming the space.

6. Invest in Mobile Storage Solutions

Tight on space but need flexibility? Consider rolling carts or portable drawers that can move around depending on your needs.

This is especially useful in Hong Kong homes where your work area might share space with a living room or bedroom. When the workday ends, simply roll your files and tech accessories into a corner or closet.

7. Blend Your Office with Your Home’s Design Style

One of the unique challenges in small flats is maintaining a visual flow between your home office and the rest of your apartment. Many home office furniture Hong Kong stores now offer stylish pieces that blend seamlessly into residential decor.

Look for:

Scandinavian-style light wood tones

Industrial elements for a modern loft feel

Japandi or minimalist styles for compact Zen setups

A cohesive aesthetic ensures that your workspace doesn’t feel out of place in your home environment.

Creating a compact yet chic home office in Hong Kong isn’t just possible—it’s surprisingly easy with the right planning and smart furniture choices. The key is to maximise space without sacrificing style or comfort.

Whether you're a freelancer, remote employee, or business owner, investing in quality home office furniture Hong Kong offers is essential for productivity and well-being. With multifunctional designs, vertical storage, and a touch of creativity, your home workspace can be both practical and beautiful.

Ready to upgrade your work-from-home setup? Explore top-rated home office furniture in Hong Kong from trusted local suppliers and transform your space today.

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Unlocking Online Income: Discover What cashstark com Has to Offer

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In a world that’s increasingly digital, cashstark com emerges as a beacon for those wanting to break into the online income game. It's a dynamic platform packed with strategies, tools, and guidance to help users find legitimate and realistic ways to make money online. Whether you're dreaming of becoming a digital nomad or just need a side hustle to boost your income, cashstark com has something for you.

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Gaming Monitors in Sri Lanka: Level Up Your Visual Experience

Hey gamers! Are you still playing your favorite titles on a regular office monitor? If so, you might be missing out on a truly immersive gaming experience. A dedicated gaming monitor can transform your gameplay with faster response times, higher refresh rates, and better color accuracy. Let's dive into the world of gaming monitors available at Suhadha Computer Center, one of Sri Lanka's trusted retailers for gaming hardware.

Why Do You Need a Gaming Monitor?

Before we look at specific options, let's understand what makes gaming monitors special:

Higher Refresh Rates

Standard monitors typically operate at 60Hz, meaning they refresh the image 60 times per second. Gaming monitors offer 144Hz,, 165Hz, or even 240Hz, resulting in smoother motion and reduced motion blur – crucial for fast-paced games.

Lower Response Times

Response time measures how quickly a pixel can change from one color to another. Gaming monitors boast response times as low as 1ms, eliminating ghosting and blurring during rapid movements in games.

Adaptive Sync Technologies

Technologies like AMD FreeSync and NVIDIA G-Sync synchronize your monitor's refresh rate with your graphics card's frame rate, eliminating screen tearing and stuttering for a smoother gaming experience.

Gaming Monitor Options at Suhadha

Suhadha Computer Center offers a variety of gaming monitors to suit different budgets and requirements:

Entry-Level Gaming Monitors (Rs.34,000 - Rs.45,000)

Perfect for casual gamers or those on a budget, these monitors typically offer:

24-27 inch display size

Full HD (1920x1080) resolution

75-144Hz refresh rates

1-5ms response times

Basic adaptive sync features

These monitors are ideal for esports titles like CS

, Valorant, or League of Legends, where high framerates matter more than visual fidelity.

Mid-Range Gaming Monitors (Rs.45,000 - Rs.100,000)

These offer a better balance between performance and visual quality:

27-32 inch display size

WQHD (2560x1440) resolution

144-165Hz refresh rates

1ms response times

Advanced adaptive sync features

Better color accuracy

Mid-range monitors are versatile enough for both competitive gaming and visually stunning single-player titles.

High-End Gaming Monitors (Rs.100,000+)

For enthusiasts and professional gamers, premium monitors like the models priced at Rs.120,000 or the ones that go up to Rs.202,900 offer:

27-34 inch display size

WQHD or 4K resolution

240Hz+ refresh rates

Advanced panel technologies (IPS, VA with better color reproduction)

HDR support

Premium build quality and features

These monitors deliver the ultimate gaming experience with no compromises.

Panel Types: What's the Difference?

When browsing Suhadha's collection, you'll encounter different panel technologies:

TN Panels

Fastest response times (ideal for competitive gaming)

Lower cost

Limited viewing angles and color reproduction

VA Panels

Better contrast ratios for deeper blacks

Good color reproduction

Slightly slower response times than TN

IPS Panels

Best color accuracy and viewing angles

Higher-end IPS panels now offer competitive response times

Usually more expensive

Additional Features to Consider

When choosing a gaming monitor from Suhadha's collection, also consider:

Connectivity: Ensure the monitor has the right ports (HDMI, DisplayPort) for your setup

Adjustability: Height-adjustable stands prevent neck strain during long gaming sessions

Screen size: Larger isn't always better; competitive gamers often prefer 24-27 inches to keep everything in their field of view

Aspect ratio: Standard 16:9 or ultrawide 21:9 for more immersive experiences

Setting Up Your Gaming Monitor

Once you've purchased your gaming monitor from Suhadha, make sure to:

Configure the refresh rate in your display settings

Enable adaptive sync technologies

Use the correct cable type (DisplayPort is preferred for higher refresh rates)

Adjust the monitor's color settings for optimal gaming visuals

Why Choose Suhadha Computer Center?

Suhadha Computer Center offers several advantages when shopping for gaming monitors:

They provide genuine products with manufacturer warranties

Their staff can help you choose a monitor that matches your GPU capabilities

Competitive pricing on a wide range of models

After-sales support if you encounter any issues

Final Thoughts

A quality gaming monitor is an investment that can significantly enhance your gaming experience. Whether you're a casual player or a competitive gamer, Suhadha Computer Center has options to match your needs and budget.

Ready to level up your gaming setup? Check out Suhadha's gaming monitor collection and find the perfect display to complement your gaming rig!

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Fast & Affordable AC Repair Service in Lucknow – Book Today!

When the heat rises in Lucknow, your air conditioner becomes your best friend. But what if it suddenly stops working? That’s when you need a fast and affordable AC repair service in Lucknow. Whether your AC is blowing hot air, leaking water, or just not turning on, Repair Dot Com is here to help.

We offer quick and reliable AC repair service in Lucknow at your doorstep. Our expert technicians handle everything from minor issues to major breakdowns with professional care. Let’s explore why Repair Dot Com is your best choice for air conditioner servicing, maintenance, and installation in Lucknow.

Why Choose Repair Dot Com for AC Repair in Lucknow?

At Repair Dot Com, we understand how crucial a functioning AC is, especially during the scorching summer months. Here’s what makes us the preferred choice for AC repair service in Lucknow:

Fast Same-Day Service We offer same-day service so you don’t have to suffer in the heat. Just give us a call or book online, and our technician will be at your doorstep in no time.

Affordable Pricing We believe that quality service shouldn't be expensive. Our rates are transparent, and there are no hidden charges.

Experienced Technicians All our technicians are trained, certified, and experienced in repairing all major AC brands like LG, Samsung, Voltas, Hitachi, Daikin, Blue Star, and more.

Convenient Booking You can book our AC repair service in Lucknow through our website, call center, or WhatsApp. It’s that simple!

100% Satisfaction Guarantee We don’t just repair ACs—we build trust. Our goal is to ensure complete customer satisfaction every time.

Common AC Problems We Solve

Is your AC not cooling properly? Making strange noises? Don’t worry. Repair Dot Com specializes in solving all types of AC issues, including:

AC not cooling

AC not turning on

AC making unusual noises

Water leakage from indoor unit

Bad odor from AC

Frequent turning on and off

Faulty remote control or thermostat

Gas leakage or low refrigerant level

Whatever the issue, our technicians can diagnose and fix it quickly and efficiently.

Complete AC Services in Lucknow

1. AC Repair Service in Lucknow

We offer comprehensive AC repair service in Lucknow for all types of air conditioners—window, split, or central. From motor issues to fan problems, compressor repair to circuit faults, we handle it all with precision.

Whether it’s a residential unit or an office AC, our team is equipped with the right tools and experience to get your AC back in working condition fast.

2. AC Installation in Lucknow

Buying a new air conditioner? Let us handle the setup! Our professional AC installation in Lucknow ensures your unit is mounted and connected correctly, without damaging your walls or interiors.

We install:

Window ACs

Split ACs

Inverter ACs

Commercial AC units

We also offer AC uninstallation services if you're shifting your home or replacing an old unit.

3. Annual Maintenance & Servicing

Want your AC to work efficiently all year round? Regular servicing is the key. Our AC maintenance plans include:

Deep cleaning of filters and coils

Checking refrigerant levels

Electrical inspection

Ensuring smooth airflow

Lubricating moving parts

Proper maintenance not only increases the lifespan of your AC but also reduces electricity bills.

4. Home Appliance Repair in Lucknow

At Repair Dot Com, we’re not just limited to air conditioners. We offer Home Appliance Repair in Lucknow for:

Washing machines

Refrigerators

Microwaves

Water purifiers

Geysers

LED TVs and more

So whether it's your AC or any other household appliance, we’ve got you covered.

How It Works – 3 Easy Steps

Getting your AC repaired with Repair Dot Com is easy:

Book Your Service Call us, book through our website, or use WhatsApp. Choose a time that suits you best.

Get Technician Visit Our technician arrives at your doorstep, diagnoses the issue, and provides an estimate.

Get It Repaired Once approved, we repair your AC quickly using genuine spare parts and skilled workmanship.

All this with a warranty on parts and services!

Service Areas in Lucknow

We cover entire Lucknow city, including but not limited to:

Gomti Nagar

Indira Nagar

Aliganj

Hazratganj

Alambagh

Rajajipuram

Ashiyana

Jankipuram

Chowk

Mahanagar

Wherever you are in Lucknow, our AC repair service will reach you on time.

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Ignoring small AC problems can lead to bigger and costlier issues. Here’s why timely repair matters:

Prevents complete breakdown

Saves energy and reduces electricity bills

Improves cooling efficiency

Enhances indoor air quality

Extends lifespan of the appliance

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Affordable Pricing Plans

We offer value-for-money services with upfront pricing. Whether it’s AC repair service in Lucknow, AC installation in Lucknow, or general home appliance repair, our charges are always reasonable.

We also offer seasonal discounts, combo packages, and annual maintenance contracts (AMC) for regular customers.

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