#random polls by katie

[sungiesbabygirl]

Hi idk know you but your asks are wild and I just wanted to remind you, YOU ARE NOT PAID FOR THIS!! Your are free to write anything you want and don’t force yourself to please anyone. You should definitely ignore these people and write stuff you enjoy. Take care!

Thank you for the kind words, I genuinely don’t understand why I’m getting hate for something that I found not really my tbing, I won’t be continuing riki smut and they have to accept that. But thank you for the advice and the talk I really could have used it right now, if they don’t like my page they can block me if they want too

[jflemings]

wip week schedule !

saturday: our 32 - kyra cooney cross

sunday: golden girl - sam kerr

monday: rascal - jessie fleming

tuesday: the better option - jessie fleming

wednesday: she knows it - alessia russo

thursday: lover of mine - katie mccabe

friday: all of the girls you’ve loved before - grace clinton

saturday: lucky dip!

below is the lucky dip poll where you pick a random number that correlates to a fic off of my wips, you won’t know which fic will be posted until saturday. it could either be a fic of my choosing or one that you’ve requested!

[annahxredaxted]

New neighbor (sweethearts Version)

Characters: Milo/Sweetheart

Type: slice of life

Tw: cursing.

The neighbor in question is female, please don’t come for me.

(It was a poll)

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Sweetheart swiftly strode into the room, shorts and a tee shirt, relaxed and at ease. When they’d walked into the living room, they’d caught milo inspecting their bookshelf, now now of course milo was allowed to read from it. But it was in fact the books they’d hoarded since their teen years, and the specific genres didn’t seem like they’d appeal to Milo.

“Whatcha looking for stink-butt?” They jokingly asked, poking out behind him, resting their head on his shoulder.

He jumped at the sudden voice.

“God damnit sweetheart! You damn near gave me a heart attack!” He proclaimed breathing heavily, one hand clutching his tank top, bending over, with his other hand on his knee.

“Sorry Milo,” they chuckled to themselves, kissing his cheek “,it just riles you up to much to not scare you.”

He rolled his eyes, bringing them in his embrace, sourly hugging them. “Whatever you fuckin monster.” He mocked, kissing their head.

“Anyways,” they started, looking at Milo then back at the heavily stuffed bookcase. “,what are you lookin to read?” They asked, raising their eyebrows.

He looked at them, moving his hands to their waist.

“Ehh I dunno. I’m just sick of watching TV, ‘was looking for something to sit down and read.” He explained away, rubbing light circles in his sweethearts waist.

“Oh yeah that makes sense,” they muttered. “, I just don’t think you’d have interest in any of these- well actually hold on.” They broke of contact with Milo, turning to the shelf.

“You might like this one. It’s not bad. By bad I mean scary- like at all.” They chuckled, handing him some random Nancy drew book.

“Fitting.” He chuckled, picking the book up readying the blurb in a British accent.

“Shut up you asshole.” They laughed out loud, playfully slapping him upside his head.

He smiled lopsidedly, his canine tooth sticking out the bottom of his upper lip.

They smiled back at their beautiful boyfriend, gazing deeply into his enchanting sea foam eyes, observing his face, his freckles, scars, moles, and itty bitty hairs poking out from when he’d shaven earlier that day. They thought about how much they’d loved him. And always would love them.

“I love you milo” Sweetheart said, raspiness in their voice at their attempt to whisper. Milo smiled bigger, one of his eyes almost shutting.

“I love you too baby.”

They smiled, resting their head against his shoulder.

“Oh wait sweetheart i forgot something in the car, here come with me it’s for you.” Milo stated, moving swiftly towards the front door.

“What? Like a gift?,” they asked. Milo nodded. They begrudgingly groaned “,Milo…” they held the O longer than necessary.

“Oh come on Sweetheart. I swear I know you don’t like gifts, and I didn’t set out to buy you one, but I saw it and thought of you so I just had too!” He defended himself smiling.

They rolled their eyes and followed him out to His car.

As they walked outside they saw a woman, about their age, walking up to their house, holding flowers.

Sweetheart raised an eye brow.

“Here I’ll handle this you get the thing.” They whispered to milo, he nodded. They walked up to the woman, meeting her halfway.

The Woman smiled, Sweetheart recognized her— she was their neighbor across the street. She has a husband in the military, If the flag on her house had anything to say about it.

“Hi, Can I help you?” Sweetheart asked politely

“Hii I’m Katy, I’m your neighbor. Welcome into the neighborhood.” She exclaimed.

Sweetheart nodded with a smile “thank you.” They muttered.

Katy looked at them, then at the house behind them. “Is your husband home?” She asked, looking around.

“My- My.. Husband..?,” they paused “,oh you mean Milo. No he’s my boyfriend, and yeah he’s home, just in the garage.” They explained away.

“Boyfriend?..” Katy repeated with a gleam in her eyes. “,how long?” She asked with a shred of hope.

“Oh uh six years. Nearly seven.” They stated, sticking their hands in their pockets.

That surely made Katy feel a wee less hopeful.

She scowled oh so slightly, a fake smile plastered on her face.

“Oh well I’d love To meet him. You know, get to know the new neighbors.” She said, grinning.

“Oh sure,” sweetheart started “, Milo! Can you come here please!” They yelled, facing the garage, seeing milo walk out with a bag in hand.

Said action made Katy’s eyes literally light up, she straightened her posture, brushing her shirt off.

“Hey there,” he said with a bit of gruffness to his voice “, nice to meet ya, I’m Milo.” He introduced himself, holding his hand out to shake hers.

She immediately grabbed his hand, shaking it lightly, as her hand pulled away, she caressed his knuckles, being sure to go slower than necessary.

Sweetheart nearly died laughing, but they maintained themselves, stifling their laughter.

“Pleased to.. meet you I guess.” Milo muttered.

“Pleasures all mine.” She winked, “oh! Here’s the flowers- fresh from my garden, picked specifically for you two.” She said, snootily Turning her head away from sweetheart.

They couldn’t help but let out a quick laugh at her action.

She snapped her head at them.

“Something funny?” She asked with a fake smile, raising a brow with a sick cold look in her eyes.

Sweetheart immediately stopped. “No.” They muttered, looking down with a smirk being hidden on their face. “,just..allergies.” They explained away

“I think we need to go back to our—,” milo thought for a second. “The stove! It’s running we need to head inside, right Sweetheart?” He asked smiling at them

“Stove— oh yes! Our stove!” Sweetheart agreed, going along with Milo.

They both smiled, stifling laughter, walking swiftly back to the front door as Katy yelled a hasty ‘goodbye’

•••

The two of them closed the door, chuckling slightly before walking further into the living room.

“Some people are extremely bad at being secretive.” Milo said rubbing his head.

“You got that right. Oh my god I think if I turned away for even a second she woulda pounced.” Sweetheart laughed breathily rubbing their eyes.

Milo laughed, pulling them closer, peppering their cheek in kisses and rubbing their back, in between laughs.

“Mmm I love you..” milo muttered against their neck leaving a lightly kiss.

They smiled, looking him in the eye.

“I love you..More..” they cackled with a smile before milo and kissed them and said,

“Let’s not start that.” He laughed

“Let’s not”

“After all, everyone knows I love you more than you ever could.” Milo said before laughing and kissing them once more.

••••

Taglist!!!!

@itsdaifuku @verrverii @youisagayhooman @darlin-collins @shellssstuff

[toxic-ship-tournament]

We have our contenders for round 1! Time to see your first nemesis.

1. Artekai x Fross ( @artekai ) vs Elliot Kane x Yuri Gallagher ( @cocainecowgrrl )

2. Dorian x Beau ( @monoma-neitoblog-blog ) vs Deputy Dean Sinclair x Jacob Seed ( @derelictheretic )

3. Jesminder Dhawan x Imogen Grant ( @ruecrown ) vs CJ x Jack ( @sai-nt )

4. Rose Cortez x Joseph Seed ( @jinfromyarikawa ) vs Iraraziel x Cassiel x Mai ( @cyclicalaberration )

5. Li Minshan x Ji Shenchi x Dai Raoyi ( @rosencrantzsguildenstern ) vs Crowcaw x Leora ( @honeydoe12 )

6. Rose x Andrei ( @manganese-heptoxide ) vs Ariel Herrera x Edward Nashton ( @baldurrs )

7. Moth x Bugsy ( @scentedtyrantwitch ) vs Charlie Berger x John Seed ( @detectivelokis )

8. Lucille x Jo ( @radioactive-dragonlover ) vs Valor x Ghost ( @velcrooooo )

9. Ve’Qren x Lohl ( @zillastar13 ) vs Res x Leo ( @adanaac )

10. Esmeralda Poofenplotz x Alice Luoja ( @cantdanceflynn ) vs Pash x Illoma ( @floralprintshirts )

11. Vincent x Jynx ( @bonetrix-arts ) vs Harbinger “Harry” x Dr. Vincent ( @certifiedwerewolf )

12. Wren Blake x John Seed ( @nightwingshero ) vs Ludovica Rossi x Pier Lombardi ( @raybotonline )

13. Theodore Antonov x Cito Putnum ( @pixelpancake246 / @pixelsdoodles ) vs CEO x Arowana ( @owo-whats-bliss )

14. Kotone "Katie" Hoshino x Ellis Lockwood ( @wren-writes-random-things ) vs Matejka x Nikki Darling ( @outpost-31 & @rhaaclaws )

15. Wayne x MC Scarlet ( @hellhoundmaggie ) vs Anita Gil x The Joker ( @sstewyhosseini )

16. Amaro x Calamari ( @hottopicabbacchio & @corpsoir ) vs Iphi, the goddess of sacrifice x Jack Sinclair ( @kira-the-whump-enthusiast )

JUST A QUICK HEADS UP! I had to switch around a couple pairings, but all is well. Side A will start being posted in a few hours. One poll every hour. Tomorrow Side B will drop around the same time, same posting schedule 💗

[mywifeleftme]

363: R.E.M. // Murmur

Murmur R.E.M. 1983, IRS

Some Short, Disconnected Statements on the Matter of Murmur

1. Insert the following into Waring blender

The Velvet Underground, Pylon, the Byrds, Gang of Four, Patti Smith, the Feelies, Joy Division, the Method Actors, Big Star, the dB’s, the Monkees. Press “Blend” button. (I’ve never owned a blender; I don’t know what the buttons say.)

2. Easy formula for a great band

Having one temperamental genius songwriter guy sounds kind of hard to maintain. Have you considered simply getting four people who are really excellent and distinctive at the respective things they do (at least three of them great singers), who all write well, get along, lack substance abuse issues, have good taste, and modest egos? Why don’t more bands do this?

3. Notes on the early discourse

A lot of the things people wrote back in the early ‘80s to champion this band were dumb as hell. R.E.M. weren’t good because they didn’t use keyboards or synths; pop music didn’t need to be returned to its "honest" folk-rock roots; giving them a thumbs up for not wearing flashy clothes and makeup is dork behaviour.

They were good because they made weird music that derived organically from their time (early ‘80s), place (a college town in the South), and selves (bright, independent, adventurous, sincere, ¼ gay).

Anyone who listened to Chronic Town or Murmur, with their post-punky murk and lyrical references to Laocoön and Marat, and thought to themselves, “As yes, the second coming of Roger McGuinn, this will put those effete new wavers to flight,” was an idiot.

4. Veteran of the psychic war

Somewhere around age 22, R.E.M. took over the mantle Metallica had held as My Favourite Band in the World Forever and Ever, and I proceeded to be almost as annoying about them as I had been Hetfield and the boys. I posted a lot about them; rigged “best music” polls on random message boards I didn’t even post on in their favour; cornered people at parties; crowbarred them into playlists; grumpily chose to dislike bands I saw as stealing their shine; etc. etc. Some (some) of this is maybe cute in retrospect, but really: don’t be like this about music. If you love a band this much, learn how to play their songs on an instrument; write a few poems; paint something. Worst case: review them.

5. Learning nothing, 2024

6. Athens: Lyrics & Enunciation

The matter of what exactly Stipe was singing on the early R.E.M. records was a subject of intense speculation, and eventually, parody. Some of the mystery’s in the mixing, some’s in his Georgian accent, and some’s in his enunciation (never quite as mushy as people claimed, but not exactly Ella Fitzgerald either). But most of it’s in the arbitrary decisions he makes with regard to syntax that cause even accurate transcriptions to seem implausible. Stipe is probably a little bit autistic, which goes some way to explaining the impressionistic intuitiveness of his words, and also went to art school, which fetishizes that sort of thing, but he was always shy of people seeing the words to something like “Sitting Still” on the page because he thought he might be exposed as a nincompoop. “Up to par and Katie bars / The kitchen side, but not me in / Sitting top of the big hill / Waste of time sitting still,” goes the chorus, according to at least one gnostic sect, but the important passage is the one everyone agrees on, when the stream of impassioned babble releases into a howled “I can hear you / Can you hear me?”

Later on, when he would sing more clearly over airy arrangements, with the lyrics neatly printed in the booklet, he’d occasionally try one of those old sound-over-sense moves and embarrass himself (“Leaving New York was never my proud” still rankles). But Murmur’s eternal elusiveness is in the way fragments of sense catch your ear from out of its sleeptalk glossolalia:

“The pilgrimage has gained momentum” “Conversation fear” “Lighted, lighted / Laughing in tune” “Hear the howl of the rope / A question” “A perfect circle of acquaintances and friends / Drink another, coin a phrase” “Shaking through / Opportune” “Take oasis” “Heaven assumes / Shoulders high in the room” “Did we miss anything?”

7. Permission to be arbitrary

I remember sitting in the basement of my college house with my old hometown buddy Brad (mostly a metal/classic rock guy), playing him “Shaking Through” and explaining one of the things I love about old R.E.M. is that it’s great music to yell to. I don’t know how much he really got it, but we were drunk and it’s a catchy song, so we howled and made keening, wordless, Stipean noises along with it and the next few until one of my roommates came and asked us to keep it down.

Also: one theory for why cats purr when they’re injured is that the vibrations somehow reduce pain and encourage healing. From many experiences humming these songs while wrapped up in headphones and bedsheets in the middle of a day that’s passing like a kidney stone, I can confirm.

8. Note on the modern discourse: Influence?

Black Francis, Kurt Cobain, Bob Mould, Steve Malkmus, Bob Pollard, and Thom Yorke loved R.E.M. So did, to his own apparent consternation, Metallica’s Cliff Burton. Still, you sit down with someone and listen to those musicians with the goal of showing them the R.E.M. influence (don’t do this, why would you do this?) and it’s honestly pretty oblique. Most of the bands who directly aped aspects of R.E.M.'s early sound were at best pleasantly minor (see Captured Tracks’ Strum & Thrum comp), and the ones who seemed to be listening most closely to their ‘90s efforts were not who you want.

Their ultimate influence was probably simply showing what an art-first, indie-adjacent rock band could accomplish by sticking to their guns and bending the system to their desires instead of being bent by it. They were like a Velvet Underground for the college rock era, except everyone talented who heard them was inspired to start a band that didn’t sound much like them. They always used their spotlight to introduce people to other bands and, when they really got huge, they modeled how to deal with success. There don’t seem to be many R.E.M. stories, Peter Buck’s airplane incident aside, about them being anything other than kind. That’s a fundamentally less exciting type of influence than most other “great” bands have. But I do think it’s kinda cool they were the wise old heads for an entire national movement of alternative music.

8b.

Of course, it still bugs me people don’t think they’re cool. Murmur at least, should be considered cool. And Reckoning, mostly. Chronic Town for sure. Some of Fables. Am I crazy for saying some of Monster and New Adventures even? I’ll stop. I’ll go on.

9(-9). The music

They were a pop band, they were an art band; they sounded like children, and like craggy old men buried in kudzu weed; natural and pretentious; date-stamped and timeless. Decide yourself. Happy 41st birthday Murmur.

363/365

[yourmomxx]

M A S T E R L I S T

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Outerbanks. ⊹ °. * ✧ . ✦　 . • ✺ ° ★ . ° .    ⋒

the birthmark on his cheek - jj maybank x male!reader

jj maybank relationship headcanons - jj maybank x male!reader

jj maybank relationship headcanons - jj maybank x female!reader

the art of making a house a home - jj maybank x male!reader

prom date - jj maybank x male!reader

glory and gore - jj maybank x male!reader

girl crush - jj maybank x male!reader | requested

so much for the larger couch - coming soon | jj maybank x male!reader

heal my shattered heart (tear it all apart) - coming soon | rafe cameron x reader

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American Housewife. ⊹ °. * ✧ . ✦. ✺ ° ★ . ° .  

snow on the beach (weird but fucking beautiful) - masterlist

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Criminal Minds. ⊹ °. * ✧ . ✦　 . • ✺ ° ★ .

hotch x plus size reader - requested

derek morgan taking care of you (smothering you) when you’re hurt) - requested

emily prentiss x wife!reader - requested

domestic evenings with aaron hotchner / spencer reid - nurse!reader | requested

accidentally revealing your secret relationship - aaron hotchner x reader | requested

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Teen Wolf. ⊹ °. * ✧ . ✦　 . • ✺ ° ★ . ° .    ⋒

stiles stilinski falling in love with a chimera headcanon - stiles stilinski x male!reader

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Celebrities. ⊹ °. * ✧ . ✦　 . • ✺ ° ★ . ° .    ⋒

madelyn cline social media au part 2 - fem!reader

lando norris social media au - fem!singer!reader

madelyn cline x fem!reader - requested

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Random Shitposts. ⊹ °. * ✧ . ✦　 . • ✺ °

cat

mommy wanda

comfort characters

happy pride

make it make sense

b♡♡bs

just like other girls

the two people that made me realize I was indeed not straight

(maybe) unpopular opinions on thor: love and thunder

writer problems

tumblr design change

tumblr hates me

the eddie munson effect

jonathan byers in s3

love me a dilf

ed sheeran on tour

german bi panic

don’t worry darling

epic

violent night

couples of dreamworks>>

train em young

john wig

I’m back!

lorde >>

(anti) depressants

öbb

scream vi

ethan landry is bae

e.l. 🤝 l.d.r

plans - iq

new show, new father figure

buddie = destiel

office shenanigans

911 - 4.04

even more buddie

the big question - iq

flagged for violence

“just for fun”

tag list (?)

birthday

hs: lot

katy mixon

escape from reality

rwrb

maahp

cooliver fanfic?

cooliver fanfic.

lion king 2

charles leclerc

please send requests

making money - iq

christmas special fandom poll

mlp soundtrack

[sungiesbabygirl]

hi, I don’t usually send messages or anything on tumblr but I’ve been seeing the messages you’ve been receiving and I just want to say I’m so sorry :( the person(s) that is shaming you for deciding to pull back from writing riki smut is an awful person, and I hope someone like that doesn’t discourage you from continuing to write things that you enjoy/ are comfortable writing. people are mad if you do write Riki smut, AND if you don’t?? it’s insane. If I’m not mistaken the person that’s calling you a “flop” is the same one that was hounding you for that one riki fic a bit ago…very odd to say the least 😭 any who I love your work, and I just wanted to send you a nice little message because I think you deserve some sweetness <33 I look forward to your future work!! enjoy ur day

-minnie anon

Thank you for the kind words minnie anon!!!

I genuinely don’t see why people are so upset with the fact I stopped something that I didn’t feel okay with doing. It blows my mind how I can get hate for Riki smut and then get hate for stopping riki smut. I’m not so sure what person was begging for the riki fic but I know there’s quite a lot of people so it’s kind of hard to narrow it down.

They keep takin my words out of context, I said I wasn’t going to write riki smut and now they keep saying I’m not taking requests? I am taking requests, if I wasn’t I wouldn’t keep putting that my requests are open at the end of my fanfics.

Have a wonderful day though !! I really appreciate the fact your being a really nice person and you actually care about people’s feelings 💗

[zoraheading0-blog]

ITunes Top a hundred Pop Songs 2019

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[fandomthesickness]

Ouran high school host club Plance one-shot

Hello! I did a poll on my amino (fandomthesickness) and most people said they wanted me to write this Ouran plance one-shot! I had so much fun writing it and please let me know if you like it and want me to continue it!

In case you all get confused about who’s who here is a little key. (I tried my best to match the characters of similarity)

Haruhi- Pidge

Tamaki- Lance

Kyoya- Keith

Hikaru- Lotor

Kaoru- Rolo

Honey- Hunk

Takashi- Shiro

(I made Haruhi’s dead mother into Pidge’s dead brother Matt, sorry for the tears I thought it would be best for the story)

I had a lot of fun writing this so if you wan’t me to continue the story (if I do i’ll make it a little different from the story line to put in more plance and stuff) so tell me in the comments if you all want me to do so!

-FandomtheSickness

“I’m still in shock I got into this crazy ass school.” said Katie Holt, formerly known as Pidge Holt, to herself as she was passing through the halls of Ouran Academy. It was her first year as a freshman and she still didn’t own a uniform as sadly, she barely could afford one. A crewneck sweater, some slacks, and her dead brother’s glasses were what she usually wore to match her short hair. It used to be long but an unfortunate incident with gum occurred in prior years resulting in Pidge’s transition to short hair. So basically, she looked like a boy and didn’t resemble a girl in the slightest of ways mainly because of her clothing and her lack of feminine physique. But did Pidge care? Nope. Not at all.

“How are you doing up in heaven Matt? You have been there for 5 years am I correct? Wish you were here so you could tell me how everyone in this school is a frickin clod.” She said aloud to herself in the empty hallway. It was after school hours and she felt like finishing her unearthly amount of homework in the extraneous libraries of the school. However, this plan was foiled as they were all packed, and people weren’t really Pidge’s forte. She walked all around the school only to find an empty music room that seemed to suit Pidge’s needs when she was outside it. Little did she know, what was inside it was the exact opposite of what she needed. She turned the doorknob and a flash of light and rose petals flew at her.

“What the He-” She stammered. As the light faded away to a normal setting she feasted her big, brown eyes at a group of boys who were all standing up except for one boy seated in a throne in the empty music room which was weirdly turned into an elaborate dining room.

“Welcome!” They all said confidently.

“Wa…I-uh…” Pidge stammered. She said paralyzed with her body slammed against the door.

“Holy quiznack its a boy.” The twins on the left of the boy in the throne said. They had silky silver hair and looked almost identical.

“Lotor, Rolo, I believe this young man is in the same class as you isn’t he?” The boy with glasses replied. He was placed on the other side of the throne. He had a black-haired mullet, and magenta eyes which were hard to see under his glasses.

“Yea, but he’s shy. He doesn’t act very sociably so we don’t know much about him, Keith.” Lotor and Rolo replied.

Keith’s face lit up for a brief moment like he realized the meaning of life. “Oh, that wasn’t very polite. Welcome to the Ouran Host Club, Mr. Honor Student.” Keith said smoothly.

The boy on the throne rose to his feet. “What?! YOU MUST BE PIDGE HOLT. You’re the exceptional honor student we’ve heard about!” the boy exclaimed. This guy had tan skin, ocean blue eyes, and brown hair.

Pidge slammed herself against the door hoping it would budge out so she could escape the limelight of these random boys.

“This is... A host club? I-uh better.. Wait how did you know my name?” She asked. In her head she was so lost at the fact they called her “Mr. Honor Student” but she didn’t question it.

“Why Pidge, you are the star of Ouran. It’s not normal for a commoner like yourself to get into our prestigious establishment. You must have an audacious nerve to work hard enough to fight your way into this school as an honor student Mr. Holt.” Keith said shoving his glasses upward.

Pidge was so lost.

“Thanks?” she questioned.

“Your welcome.” the throne boy said as he walked toward her. “You are a hero to other poor people, Holt. You have shown that even a poor person can do amazingly at a private academy. I’m so sorry that you are constantly looked down upon by others.” He said obnoxiously.

Pidge wanted to punch this guy in the face. “Uh.. you’re taking the poor thing a bit too far don’t ya think?” She asked gritting her teeth. She caught on to the fact that these guys thought she was a guy too. She was too done with them to correct them and just decided to let them think what they want. Besides, after she was done with this conversation, she thought she would never see them again.

“Well.. we welcome you poor man to our world of beauty!” The throne boy said while slinging his arm over her shoulders.

‘Get me the hell out of here Matt.’ Pidge thought.

“But to be honest Holt, I never suspected someone like you to come into the host club. Who knew that a brilliant minded person like you would be so openly gay..” The throne boy pondered.

“OPENLY what???????” Pidge burst.

The throne boy didn’t catch her reply and continued on. “So Pidge, what type of guys are you into? The strong and silent type Shiro?”

he asked pointing to a boy who was muscular, tall, black with a white floof at the front hairstyle. “The boy lolita Hunk?”

He pointed to a tiny yet semi-large stomach boy.

“Or the Mischievous type, Lotor, and Rolo?”

He pointed to the twins.

“OOh! Or the cool type, Keith?”

He finally said pointing to the boy with glasses.

Pidge was so uncomfortable she wanted to melt. “I- umm.. It’s not like that.”

“Or…” The throne boy said while leaning toward her, cornering her. “Maybe you’re into a guy like me? Lance is the name by the way. What do you say?” He said leaning his face close to hers.

Pidge’s face started turning red, she started to panic, and turned the other way from the door and backed away from Lance. She backed away slowly until she felt her back pushing something off of a pedestal. From looking at the room earlier, she assumed it was the beautiful glass vase carved with plant designs. She turned around and for that moment, Time seemed to stop.

She leaned over the pedestal in attempts to catch it before it hit the ground. For that split second it seemed like her pinkie was about to catch it, but as the vase kept falling, her pinkie couldn’t catch it in time. The vase fell to the ground and shattered into millions of pieces.

‘Ohhhhhhh… crap.’ She thought in her mind which was currently in overdrive.  

“Oh man! Now you have done it, commoner! That vase was going to go on auction for 72 thousand dollars!” Lotor and Rolo hissed.

Pidge slowly leaned up from the pedestal in shame. “I….. I'm gonna have to pay you back.” She stammered in shame.

“With what money? You can’t even own a school uniform! What's with that stupid, crappy outfit anyway?” Lotor exclaimed. The entire host club looked at Pidge baffled. With the lack of money and the broken vase, Pidge was more than screwed.

Pidge started stuttering as she didn’t have any answers. She had no clue how to earn back the money for the vase and wanted to shrink to the size of an atom.

“Well Lance, what shall we do?” Keith asked with his arms crossed. Lance, the King as he was called, rose up from his “throne” and placed his hands on his hips.

“There is a famous saying you may have heard, Holt. When in Rome, you should do as the Romans do.” He went on.

‘What the..’ Pidge thought but Lance wasn’t done yet.

“Since you have no money, you can pay with your body!” Lance exclaimed.

“WHAT THE?!” Pidge questioned.

“That means….. Starting today, you’re the host club’s pet!” Lance said.

‘What the hell? This kid was sitting all poised and quiet and now he’s commanding me. He must be in debate club for crying out loud. Matt.. please, you can see this from heaven, right? These boys have captured me and they call themselves a frickin Host Club?’ Pidge thought. She was shaking internally and was ready to pop. For the first time in 5 years, she wished was with Matt.

Hope you all liked it!

[jamesv-t]

2018 Best Songs

As per last year - a round dozen songs, with a bonus thirteenth track for the deluxe edition. One song per artist, “featuring on” doesn’t count towards that one per artist total - although I’m limiting myself to one “feat.” as well.

13. Dagny - Love You Like That

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I’m taking some liberties with these songs, as while they were all new to me this year, this song (and one other) were released late in 2017. However as most Best Of Year End lists are compiled in November for press in December, and it’s my list so it’s my rules, I’m bending things in this new age of streaming services where most songs don’t have a release date - or even a physical release. Dagny came to my attention late this year, as one of her songs was played before Sigrid came on stage and I liked it enough to Shazam. Scandanavian pop became my niche interest this autumn and Dagny filled that with aplomb.

12. Anavae - Afraid

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Bit of a year for the London based duo, after the highs of their first headline tour in the Spring to parting ways with their absolute dicks of a label, to successfully launching a PledgeMusic campaign that, it’s probably fair to say, was more overwhelmingly positive than expected! This is the first song publicly released from the Pledge EP and demonstrates the growth the band have gone through over the last few years. If this is the direction they’re going in I’m all aboard the hype train!

11. Pale Waves - Red

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I heard a lot of buzz about Pale Waves’ album from friends on Twitter when it was released in October so I figured I’d give it a listen. I wasn’t disappointed with what I heard, but oddly the song that stuck out to me was an album track rather than one of the singles. A band who’ve built on Chvrches’ synthpop and made something better (it’s telling that this makes the cut while nothing from the Glasgow band’s third album does), this is one of those songs I can listen to on repeat without getting bored of it.

10. Troye Sivan ft. Ariana Grande - Dance To This

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The first male vocal on this list, and also the first instance of me cheating my own rules to squeeze in an artist who’ll appear later on, using a “feat.” credit. While she’s not been brutally eviscerating sentient ham Piers Morgan on Twitter, Ariana’s steadily rolled out some bangers throughout the year, and this guest appearance just adds a lovely air to a genuinely nice song. While some pop songs conjure up images of a thrilling romance, this is a cozy afternoon on the couch, and all the better for it.

9. Avril Lavigne - Head Above Water

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A bit of a departure from my other favourite Canadian singer. Rather than coming out swinging for the fences with a bratty pop-punk belter leading off a new album, as she has done since bursting onto the scene in 2002, Avril launched this new era with a hopeful uplifting ballad. A more mature sound (it’s tricky to pull off a defiant teenage punk act when you’re 34) no doubt influenced by her issues with lyme disease, it’s got me looking forward to the new album.

8. MNEK ft. Hailee Steinfeld - Colour

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Thanks to seeing both artists in support slots, and copious showings of the video before Little Mix, I managed to hear this song at three separate gigs this year, which may be some form of record for me. Another nice, lovely song that won’t storm the charts or break the internet but it will make the day seem a little less grey when you listen to it - and isn’t that the point of pop?

7. Lena - Thank You

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The artist with the most scrobbled track in my 13 year Last.fm listening history, Lena came back this year with a wonderfully sarcastic peon to an ex. A slow-burner, this song was initially written off by me as a passable single unfortunately overshadowed by Ariana Grande’s “thank u, next” released a week beforehand, but it burrowed deep into my skull and became a track I frequently returned to, discovering new things each time. I just wish she’d tour in England!

6. K.I.D - Boy (reprise)

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Like the Dagny track I’ve fudged the timeline slightly for this song as well, as this was released in November last year but I only discovered it in July on a Spotify playlist. That was overshadowed by the discovery of Poppy, a sentient singing Siri, but this track kept reappearing on Discover playlists until the raw emotion and yearning of Boy became something I made a note of. A beautiful ballad of teenage lust, the acoustic version has a bit more passion than the original, and I can see this being a random deep cut I return to in years to come.

5. Sigrid - High Five

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Sigrid won the BBC’s Sound of 2018 poll at the start of the year, and has been pushed heavily since, with tours increasing in venue size throughout the year. With a debut album next year she’s poised to break through into the mainstream; given the rate of bangers she’s put out (and the newer songs she played on the autumn tour) it’ll be justified. Scandinavians just do pop better than everyone else and this is the perfect example of it - a frothy fun song that seems pleasant on first listen, until you realise how biting the lyrics are.

4. Ariana Grande - God is a woman

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It’s a long journey from the third female in a kid’s TV show to being the first person ever to be named an honorary citizen of Manchester after her response to the bombing after her gig, to having to publicly deal with one actual and one threatened suicide of her ex-boyfriends. In between all that Ari released several bangers. While No Tears Left To Cry had a cathartic energy to it that launched a new era while still paying tribute to Manchester, this track was a statement of intent that blew me away. I do love me some big epic tracks and this is no exception!

3. Carly Rae Jepsen - Party For One

Youtube // Spotify

Carly continues to tease us with the promise of a new album, but in the meantime she gives us little droplets of single releases to tide us over in the long droughts. After Cut To The Feeling last year we got this infectious poppy single about being able to support yourself, not needing anyone else, how it’s ok to spend some time on your own...ok it’s about wanking, but like the Hailee Steinfeld track of three years ago it’s a great song regardless of subject matter!

2. Selena Gomez - Back To You

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My love of this song is frequently used against me in arguments about my bias towards female singers, as “if Ed Sheeran sang it instead [I’d] hate it!” Well, probably, but as it was released by a different friend of Taylor (a description that sounds vaguely euphemistic, like “friend of Dorothy” but less stigmatised) it’s regularly made it onto my playlists this year. A lovely, pleasant acoustic ballad that’s good enough to make me forget that it’s probably written about Justin Bieber. Video’s good, too.

1. Hailee Steinfeld - Capital Letters

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Hailee has been quietly putting out some bangers throughout the year, and coupled with a stellar performance supporting Katy Perry makes me think she’s not just doing this music career as a side gig. Despite being released at the start of the year this song has a nice uplifting vibe that would’ve made it a perfect summer song, so I kept listening to it throughout the year to fit it in with the seasons. It’s also another example of a film soundtrack that’s far better than the film it’s promoting (see also: the other 50 Shades films, Vampire Academy, Twilight, Hunger Games...I’m not sure what it says about me that YA adaptations have soundtracks that really click with me).

[toxic-ship-tournament]

ROUND 1 / SIDE B / POLL 6

Kotone "Katie" Hoshino x Ellis Lockwood ( @wren-writes-random-things ) vs Matejka x Nikki Darling ( @outpost-31 & @rhaaclaws )

who makes up your ship?:

Kotone "Katie" Hoshino/Ellis Lockwood

why does your ship deserve to be considered the most toxic?:

okay so they did start as a completely healthy relationship. but then that whole apocalypse thing happened and ellis died and katie couldn't get over it so she spent like. 200 years murdering people and stealing magic and generally obsessing over bringing her gf back to life. and then she had to basically sell her soul in the end but it worked! but then she decided the best course of action would be to uh. wipe her gf's memories of the sun going out ??? and try and convince her that she had just injured herself and was off work for a while. and then ellis kept figuring out that something was wrong and katie kept wiping her memories until ellis confronted her and managed to get away and ended up working with the rebellion that katie USED to help before she realised that they couldn't help her bring ellis back to life and then sold her soul to the guy who the rebellion was fighting against. and now katie has to fight the rebellion or he'll kill her gf. but also her gf is part of the rebellion. it's not even clear whether ellis broke up with her or not. she/it electrician butch x murderous former hr manager femme supremacy. also small note that the picrew isn't perfect cause i havent entirely decided their designs yet but oh well

ship tags/playlists/pinterest boards?:

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who makes up your ship?:

Matejka (he/him) [by @outpost-31] and Darling Nikki (she/they) [by @rhaaclaws]

why does your ship deserve to be considered the most toxic?:

Darling Nikki and Matejka met in 1524, after Nikki's mother's death, and got into a duel- proposed by Matejka- at the price of Nikki's soul. She ended up winning the fight, and was turned into a vampire. They stayed together afterwards due to both being immortal, and have known each other closely since then. The reason why we think they deserve to win is their extreme codependence: Matejka is extremely attached to Nikki, because she looks like his dead wife Esmé, whom he's still in love with. Nikki takes advantage of him and roleplays as Esmé during sex. This unhealthy attachment to Nikki began consuming his life, so they got into a fight and split up for nearly 100 years. This caused the both of them to become incredibly suicidal, as they'd known each other for 4 centuries at this point, and they barely knew how to live without each other. Even missing each other so dearly, their relationship has the tendency to be very unhealthy. Once, Nikki insulted Matejka's dead wife as a joke, and he almost dragged them out to the sun in an attempt to kill them. Another time, she tried to eat Matejka (due to being a cannibal), but thought his black blood was disgusting. They know each other like no one else does, but still have layer of distrust. Nikki doesn't even know Esmé's name. Altogether, their bond is an incredibly complex one due to the nature of their immortality, but their unhealthy overreliance on each other has nearly ruined both their lives.

ship tags/playlists/pinterest boards?:

Ship name: Red Flags And Long Nights Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4GJDQdhpDITspMvp9c99m9?si=29599a8e944946a3