#read the names while singing mambo no. 5 :)

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MITZI ✿ TIPPI ✿ LULU ✿ SUKIE ✿ XANDI ✿ ZENIE

Mini flower girls in a big flower world! Acrylics and paint pens on paper, 3x3" each.

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First Words - Peter Parker

Peter Parker x Stark!reader

Actually there's barely any indication that Peter's like a romantic interest in this but like it's still cute as hell

Just pure good vibes and happiness

Nice and short :)

Okay so basically the whole thanos thing didn't happen and Tony and Pepper had Morgan anyway

I think about what Peter would have been like with a little baby Morgan all the time

I just really really love Morgan okay enjoy now

Word count: 1,239

"Say Peter! Peter! Come on say my name. Pe-ter. Peter." You watch Peter looking lovingly at your baby sister as he bounced her up and down on her feet on his lap.

The three of you were in Morgan's nursery keeping the baby busy while your mom and dad took a break. Peter sat in the rocking chair with the child and you sat on the floor in front of them just watching. She was only a year old and was bashfully smiling back at him and giggling. The sight was cute but you were more amused at Peter's weak attempt at getting Morgan to speak.

"Oh come on, Pete. You know between us that she's gonna learn my name first. Isn't that right, Morgan? Say Y/N! Say Y/N!" You smirk confidently and take Morgan from him changing your voice from one of authority to a softer loving voice when you shifted your attention to her.

"No way. Peter's gonna be her first word. I can sense it. You know my Spidey senses are always right." He scoffs and rolls his eyes at you, rocking back in the chair.

"Peter! Be careful! You're setting a bad example for this young lady by lying to my face right in front of her!" You playfully cover Morgan's eyes which only confuses her and makes her giggle more.

"I tell ya what. If you make Y/N her first word, I'll wear that god awful florescent green and yellow spidey suit your dad got me for April fool's day for 2 weeks worth of my patrols." He confidently folds his arms and tips his chin up. The mischief in his eyes was nothing if not tempting.

"Sounds like a deal to me, Parker. How about we spice it up more though... If Peter is her first word, I'll let my mom show you all of the most embarrassing photos of me as a kid." You watched as his eyes lit up. You'd heard from your mother that Peter asked her for those pictures but being the wonderful mom she is, she denied him saying quote 'I can't do my own daughter dirty like that.'

"It is so on, Y/N," Peter says with excitement. Peter was usually quite reserved and gentle but when he was around you, he always ended up being rowdy and competitive. You know that adding such stakes to your little bet is bound to make him a thousand times more committed. Slightly worried for the outcome, you look at Morgan and try to telepathically remind her that family comes first.

-

Over the next week, you and Peter try to spend as much time alone with Morgan as possible.

You caught him learning the "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" tongue twister with her on his lap. He slowed down every time he got back to the word "Peter" and said it very clearly, repeating it a few times.

He caught you reading her a bedtime story but changing every name to your own and putting extra emphasis on it.

You caught him speaking to her like a Pokemon by just saying his own name in different tones and cadences.

He caught you singing Mambo No.5 to her and dancing with her but changing every name to Y/N. Honestly, it made the song seem much more creepy than it already was.

At one point, you were both with her when your father came in.

"Oh hey guys. I'm gonna take Morgan with me while I go pick up something. You two have been spending so much time with her I've been feeling deprived," he says as he comes in and he scoops up his younger daughter in his arms.

"Hey Mr. Stark? What do you think her first word will be?"

Bold move Peter. Bold move.

"Well with you two around her so much, it'll probably end up being asshole or dickhead or some other insult," he laughs.

"Oh come on dad! We've been watching our language around her! Or at least I have I don't know about this guy..." You wave dismissively at Peter.

"I have been! I'd never want to corrupt my favorite Stark girl." He gently pokes at Morgan's cheek with and uses a baby voice before turning and giving you a sickly sweet smile.

"Hey!" You cry bringing your hand up to your chest to fake your shock. He simply shrugs. His cockiness annoyed you to no end but you had to admit, Morgan was also your favorite Stark girl. She was just too damn cute and you loved her with all your heart.

"Actually Mr. Stark, I was wondering... Do you think be first word is more likely to be Peter or Y/N?" Peter's usually never this confident around your dad. Must be that competitiveness that has him taking such bold strides.

Your dad narrows his eyes and looks between the two of you. You notice his grip on Morgan tighten.

"Are you actively trying to make her first word be one of your names?" He asks timidly like he doesn't really want to hear the answer. You and Peter don't say anything but just look at each other.

"Damn it you guys I thought you were better than that. Especially you Y/N! Your own baby sister! Unbelievable." He shakes his head and leaves the room disappointed.

You and Peter are silent for a moment feeling slightly ashamed and awkward until you hear your dad down the hall yell back, "for the record, my money's on Y/N! Family comes first!"

You burst into a laugh and stick your tongue out at Peter. He pouts and turns his back to you.

-

"Peeeeter. Say Peeeterr."

"Y/N! See? So fun to say! Y/N! Try it!"

Five days later, you and Peter both sat shoulder to shoulder on the couch with little Morgan sitting happily right where his and your thighs met.

The two of you weren't ready to give up on the bet. Your mom and dad had caught on to the fact that there was a bet going but didn't dare ask what the stakes were. They were getting sick of not being able to spend any time with Morgan though and were getting sick of you and Peter constantly repeating your own names. They thought it made you sound extremely narcissistic. Which it probably was.

"Would you guys just quit already?" Your mom huffed in the kitchen behind you two. You both ignored her and continued saying your name to Morgan as many fun ways as you could think of.

"Seriously guys just stop. I'm worried you'll become bad influences on her." You could practically hear your dad pulling out his hair. You didn't care though. You wanted to win. And apparently so did Peter.

"Pe-Ter! Peter!" He clapped out the syllables.

"Y/N!" You sang your name out sweetly.

"Peter!"

"Y/N."

"Peter."

"Y/N!"

"CUT THAT SHIT OUT I'M SICK OF IT." Your dad's raised voice shuts you both up quickly. You look at Morgan to find that the loud noise didn't make her want to cry and in fact she was still smiling.

"Shit!"

Morgan's first word.

Everyone but Morgan herself stopped in their tracks. You were all struck and speechless.

Shit was her first word.

"Uh Mr. Stark? I don't think you need to worry about me being a bad influence."

[papermoonloveslucy]

LUCY: 40 YEARS OF TELEVISION

1952 Part One ~ JANUARY to JUNE

The second half of the first season of “I Love Lucy”.  In February, the show is nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award, but loses to “The Red Skelton Show.”  Lucille Ball learns that she is pregnant again.  The first season ends with the most episodes (35) of any “Lucy-com”!  

"The Benefit" (ILL S1;E13) ~ January 7, 1952

One of three episodes intended to form the I Love Lucy Movie that was never completed.  Lucy and Ricky do an act called “Songs and Witty Sayings” which Lucy and Desi later performed for President Eisenhower. Filmed November 30, 1951.  

"The Amateur Hour" (ILL S1;E14) ~ January 14, 1952

This is the first time the Ricardos’ address of 623 East 68th Street is mentioned in the show. If the address really existed, it would be right in the middle of New York’s East River! The rambunctious Hudson twins are not actually twins at all, but two young actors costumed to look identical.  Filmed December 7, 1951. 

"Lucy Plays Cupid" (ILL S1;E15) ~ January 21, 1952

This episodes features Bea Benadaret, who was Lucy’s co-star on her radio show and first choice to play Ethel Mertz. Character actor Edward Everett Horton also appears as Mr. Ritter. The children in the above photo were recruited by Lucy to stave off the romantic affections of Mr. Ritter. A miniature Little Ricky is among the group (with conga drum) a year before the character was born!  Fred and Ethel do not appear in this show. Filmed December 13, 1951. 

"Lucy Fakes Illness" (ILL S1;E16) ~ January 28, 1952

Gobloots!  Lucy’s mystery illness is what this episode is best remembered for, although Ball also does a wonderful impression of Tallulah Bankhead. When reverting to childhood, Lucy’s baby voice was inspired by Ginger Rogers in the 1942 film The Major and the Minor.  This is the first appearance of actor Hal March, playing a character named... Hal March!  Filmed December 18, 1951.

"Lucy Writes a Play" (ILL S1;E17) ~ February 4, 1952

The first appearance of the Wednesday Afternoon Fine Arts League, presenting  “A Tree Grows in Havana” (set in Cuba) which switches mid-performance to “The Perils of Pamela” (set in England). The last episode filmed before Christmas break 1951.  

"Breaking the Lease" (ILL S1;E18) ~ February 11, 1952

This is the first time "Sweet Sue” is sung on the show. This is the first all-out fight between the Mertzes and the Ricardos. When Lucy is packing to move out, a magazine with Lucy and Desi on the cover can be glimpsed on the coffee table! Lucy’s friend Barbara Pepper (and candidate to play Ethel Mertz) makes her first of 8 appearances. This is the first episode filmed after the Christmas break, on January 5, 1952.     

"The Ballet" (ILL S1;E19) ~ February 18, 1952

Lucy continues to employ her friends, casting Mary Wickes as the ballet instructress, Madam LaMond.  According to Lucie Arnaz, Wickes was her mother’s most constant friend throughout her life. In addition to Lucy’s comedy at the barre, the episode contains the vaudeville routine “Slowly I Turned” (”Martha!”).  This is the third of three episodes that was supposed to comprise the unproduced “I Love Lucy” movie.  Filmed January 11, 1952. 

"The Young Fans" (ILL S1;E20) ~ February 25, 1952

One of only two episodes without Fred and Ethel, this episode features Janet Waldo and Richard Crenna as the ‘young fans’ reprising roles they created on Lucy’s radio show.  Both would have successful careers on TV.  Waldo (later the voice of Judy Jetson on “The Jetsons”) played Lucy’s sister on a 1963 episode of “The Lucy Show.”  The episode also gives us the line “Keep jiggling, Peggy!” as well as a glimpse of Lucy and Ricky in their golden years.  Filmed January 18, 1952.

"New Neighbors" (ILL S1;E21) ~ March 3, 1952

This episode is probably best remembered for featuring Hayden Rorke (later Dr. Bellows on “I Dream of Jeannie”) and K.T. Stevens (one of Vivian Vance’s best friends). It also features a couple of firsts: the first (and only) time we 'break the fourth wall’ and see a window in the living room; and the first time the gang is behind bars. Filmed January 25, 1952. 

"Fred and Ethel Fight" (ILL S1;E22) ~ March 10, 1952

This episode is based on a real-life incident in which the Arnazes tried to mediate a spat between friends and were successful, but ended up fighting themselves. We hear about Fred and Ethel’s mothers, although neither will ever appear on the series.  It is the first time we hear Lucy Ricardo’s middle name: Esmeralda. We also learn that Lucy Ricardo dyes her hair - with bottles of Henna Rinse. Filmed January 30, 1952.

"The Mustache" (ILL S1;E23) ~ March 17, 1952

The episode really should be titled “The Beard”!   Ricky sings “I’ll See You in C-U-B-A” and we learn a little about the Mertz’s vaudeville past.  A mention of Major Bowes and Vigoro, a grass-growing product!  Filmed February 8, 1952. 

“The Gossip” (ILL S1;E24) ~ March 24, 1952

Features Bobby Jellison as the Milkman, 3 years before he played Bobby the Bellboy in Hollywood. Mentions of Gold Dust washing powder, Louella Parsons, and Hedda Hopper, who would appear as herself in season five. The show unusually makes use of voice over so that the audience can hear what Lucy and Ricky are thinking. Filmed February 15, 1952. 

"Pioneer Women" (ILL S1;E25) ~ March 31, 1952

The huge loaf of bread is one of the most memorable images from “I Love Lucy.”  It was an actual loaf baked by a local bakery. After the filming, the giant loaf was carved up and enjoyed by cast, crew and the studio audience. Less memorable, but still remarkable, is Ricky riding a live horse home from work!  Filmed February 22, 1952. 

"The Marriage License" (ILL S1;E26) ~ April 7, 1952

Marks the first time the action was set outside NYC. The show used actual facts from Lucy and Desi’s wedding to create the plot.  This is the first appearance of Elizabeth Patterson (who would go on to play Mrs. Trumbull) and Irving Bacon (who would go on to play Ethel’s Father, Will Potter).  Filmed February 28, 1952. 

"The Kleptomaniac" (ILL S1;E27) ~ April 14, 1952

The centerpiece of this episode is Lucy hiding a cuckoo clock under her coat while being quizzed by Ricky and Fred.  There’s also a live baby elephant!  Joseph Kearns (Mr. Wilson on ”Dennis the Menace”) plays Lucy’s feesukeyatrist (as Ricky says). Filmed March 7, 1952.  

"Cuban Pals" (ILL S1;E28) ~ April 21, 1952

One of the Cuban pals is played by sexy Lita Baron (Mrs. Rory Calhoun). Lucy and Ethel dressed as cleaning ladies is a highlight. Ricky sings “The Lady in Red” (which is the color of the dress Lucy is wearing above) and “Similau.”  The 1992 film The Mambo Kings inserted a scene from this episode into the story!  Filmed March 14, 1952. 

“The Freezer” (ILL S1;E29) ~ April 28, 1952

Who can forget the sight of Lucy’s icicle-laden face peering through the freezer window? Her slick spiel while re-selling the meat from a pram in a busy butcher shop was also memorable. Make-up designer Hal King designed Lucy’s quick-frozen look.  Filmed March 21, 1952. 

“Ellis In Freedomland” ~ May 1952

An 82 minute technicolor promotional film for Westinghouse Appliances. In it, Lucille Ball voices Lina the Laundromat (aka Washing Machine)! Some of the other celebrities lending their voices included James Mason, Andy Devine, Jerry Colonna, and Maureen O’Hara as the Dishwasher!  Betty Furness was their  spokeswoman. 

“4-Star Revue" (S2;E35) ~ May 3, 1952

Lucy and Desi’s first non-”I Love Lucy” appearance in two years. They re-join Ed Wynn, one of the show’s rotating hosts. This was also their first time on another network (NBC) since signing on with CBS to do “I Love Lucy.” They shared the stage with British comic Ben Wrigley, who would be featured in four future “Lucy” sitcoms!  

"Lucy Does a TV Commercial" (ILL S1;E30) ~ May 5, 1952

One of the three episodes most viewers rate as their favorite “I Love Lucy” episode!  In 1997, TV Guide ranked this episode #2 on its list of the 100 Greatest Episodes. In 2009, it moved to #4.  The initial airing was watched by 68% of the television viewing audience. This was also the first episode in which Desi Arnaz received a producer’s credit. It was such a funny episode, few remember that Vivian Vance is not in the show.  It was colorized in 2015. Filmed March 28, 1952.  

"The Publicity Agent" (ILL S1;E31) ~ May 12, 1952

Lucy poses as the Maharinsess of Franistan. “Hail, Tiger!” Ricky sing “Babalu” and “I Get Ideas.”  Filmed April 4, 1952. 

"Lucy Gets Ricky on the Radio" (ILL S1;E32) ~ May 19, 1952

Freddy Fillmore (Frank Nelson, above) returns with a new radio show, “Mr. and Mrs. Quiz”.  Lucy steals the answers before they change the questions, and her on-air replies end up being unintentionally hilarious. One scene at home shows Lucy reading Look Magazine - one with Lucille Ball on the cover!  Filmed April 11, 1952.  

"Lucy's Schedule" (ILL S1;E33) ~ May 26, 1952

After having to turn down the offer to play Fred Mertz, Gale Gordon finally appears on “I Love Lucy” as Alvin Littlefield, new owner of the Tropicana.  The centerpiece of this episode is Lucy’s manic dinner party, complete with biscuits pitched like baseballs and barely tasted split pea soup that doesn’t get a chance to get cold.  Filmed April 18, 1952. 

"Ricky Thinks He's Getting Bald" (ILL S1;E34) ~ June 2, 1952

Series head writer/producer Jess Oppenheimer was bald, and actually tried out the odd-looking device that Lucy uses on Ricky. Originally, the 'bald party’ was the episode’s last scene, not the 'torture treatment.’ After the episode was filmed, Oppenheimer didn’t think the party scene was funny enough to end the show, so new sequences were shot and the episode was re-edited to put the torture treatment at the end. One of just two episodes where Fred Mertz actually has hair!  Filmed April 25, 1952. 

"Ricky Asks for a Raise" (ILL S1;E35) ~ June 9, 1952

A farcical premise pays off with a hysterical quick change act where Lucy, Ethel and Fred, get to do a variety of characters.  Gale Gordon returns (for the last time) as Alvin Littlefield. “Ricky Ricardo is not playing here anymore?”  Filmed May 2, 1952. 

[jennaschererwrites]

Dirty Dancing: 10 Most WTF Moments from ABC's TV Remake - Rolling Stone

The original 1987 Dirty Dancing is a movie that worked against all odds. Eighties sensibility (and hairstyles and theme song) shoehorned into a Sixties nostalgia piece, a miniscule budget, a cast of unknowns, and a troubled production – not to mention a heroine named … Baby. And yet it positively crackled, thanks to Eleanor Bergstein's deeply personal script, crazy chemistry between leads Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze, and the ethereal gyrations of the late, great Swayze.

Wayne Blair and Jessica Sharzer's remake attempts to be all things to all people, and ends up being nothing to anybody. The 2017 made-for-TV Dirty Dancing manages to be both a grim, workmanlike re-creation of the original – some scenes are rehashed shot for shot – and also a vast extrapolation that bloats the original's runtime by more than an hour. It's also a musical (but only sorta), a melodrama about the decay of marriages, and a clumsy (if well-meaning) treatise on issues ranging from feminism to institutionalized racism.

Buried among all this is the original story: about Frances "Baby" Houseman (a wildly miscast Abigail Breslin), a teen who goes on vacation with her family to a 1960s Borscht Belt resort and experiences a psychosexual awakening while also learning the Mambo. But those unfamiliar with the original material would be forgiven for not following that thread, given how many other ones Sharzer's rambling screenplay has attempted to weave in. Here are just a few of the moments that had us shouting "No!" at our TV screens while clutching our VHS copy of the original to our hearts.

1. The Framing Story Confusingly enough, the Catskills-set tale begins with a helicopter shot of…the Manhattan skyline? It's 1975 for some reason, and a bunch of hastily costumed extras are standing outside a Broadway theater that's showing a sold-out production of something called Dirty Dancing: The Musical. And if that wasn't "What the huh?" enough for you, Baby herself grabs an orchestra seat to watch, voiceover-ing to herself: "You never forget your first love. You carry it with you always." And if she'd added …like a watermelon we could almost forgive this nonsense. But she does not, and it's flashback time. Kellerman's! 1963!

2. The Dirty Dancing Isn't Dirty The moment when the original Dirty Dancing blows wide open is when buttoned-up Baby finds herself inside a packed, sweaty staff party where Kellerman's working classers are grinding against each other with impunity. In the remake, she encounters a largely empty room in which clean-cut choristers perform obviously choreographed dance moves with all the sexual charge of a church social. This is also our big intro to Johnny Castle, the bad-boy dance instructor who'll steal Baby's heart, played with put-upon exhaustion by Colt Prattes. This scene made us wonder if Kellerman's had fallen prey to some kind of Westworld scenario in which chiseled robots dutifully performed the motions of carefree pleasure without actually experiencing it. Has anybody checked for a mysterious maze behind the dance studio?

3. It's a Musical…Kinda? Blair and Sharzer seemed to have half-decided to make Dirty Dancing a musical without fully committing. The remake features most of the Sixties and Eighties tunes from the original soundtrack, but made some of them sung by the actors and others played as incidental music. Case in point: Johnny sings the Contours' "Do You Love Me" while gyrating at the party, but later dances mutely to a cover of Eric Carmen's "Hungry Eyes" playing over the action. Make up your mind, movie! The sung-through parts add nothing to the movie, other than proving that ABC can do a "musical event" just like Fox and NBC can.

4. Too Many Subplots Did we really need to know how Baby's sister, Lisa, got the ukulele she plays in the talent show? Or how Baby got her iconic white dress? So very clearly not. The remake provides no shortage of side stories, most notably the tale of Mrs. Houseman (Debra Messing) and her frustration with her distant husband (Bruce Greenwood). We're glad your working through some stuff, Marjorie, but it's a tangent that's given so much screen time that it threatens to engulf the main plot.

5. So Much for That Lift Oscar nominee Abigail Breslin has many virtues as an actor, but dancing ability is not one. A good chunk of Dirty Dancing is a Baby-gets-better-at-Mambo montage, and in the original it's fun to watch her go from awkward to smooth. In this one, she never improves – but everyone acts like she does. It hurts our hearts to watch Breslin and Prattes practice the most uncomfortable, splay-legged lifts in the history of dance in a pristine pond, pretending that anything graceful at all is happening. If nothing else, at least we get to stare at Johnny's abs, which are pretty much the only well-formed thing in this entire movie.

6. So Much for That Sex Scene Grey and Swayze famously hated working together, but their onscreen sparks were visible from space. The same can certainly not be said for Breslin and Prattes, who both look vaguely put out anytime they have to so much as smooch. The ook factor reaches its zenith in the iconic "Cry to Me" sex scene, which is cringingly restaged – from swirling dip to bare-chest caress – in a way that only emphasizes how little the actors seem to be comfortable making physical contact. We do indeed feel like cryin'.

7. Too Many Issues With its sex positivity, strong-willed heroine and frank discussion of abortion, Bergstein's original movie was a surprisingly feminist piece of cinema for its day. The remake attempts to bring that subtext to the fore, but in doing so undermines its own message. Baby 2.0 is reading The Feminine Mystique and dreaming of becoming a surgeon like her dad, sure; but Sharzer's script also takes icky glee in slut-shaming an older female character (Katey Sagal) and is generally more prudish than the source material. The remake also attempts to touch on racism and sexual assault, but does both so glancingly that it feels cheap.

8. The Autotuned Covers That this Dirty Dancing is tonally all over the map is no more obvious than in the millennialed-up versions of songs from the original soundtrack. We kinda feel like we're at the Kellerman's of old with straight-up covers like Lady Antebellum's "Hey Baby" and Seal's "Cry to Me." But watching Baby learn to dance to Greyson Chance's goopy electronic take on "Hungry Eyes," or seeing Johnny drive away to Calum Scott's over-produced "She's Like the Wind" (originally sung on the soundtrack by Swayze himself) take us right out of the story. We get that ABC wanted to chart on iTunes, but come on. No one's heart is bursting or breaking to this much autotuning.

9. We Are Not Having the Time of Our Lives And it has come to this: the Kellerman's talent show. Baby is sitting in her corner (reading The Bell Jar! Take it down a notch, Baby), missing Johnny. But does he coolly enter in the middle of a song like Swayze does? Oh no, my friends. "This is a summer I'll always remember," Mr. Kellerman declares from the stage. "A summer of family. A summer of friendship. A summer…" "…of LOVE!" Johnny declares, bursting into the room. Dude. For one thing, the Summer of Love isn't happening for another four years. In this version, "I've Had the Time of My Life" becomes a full-cast musical number, which Johnny prefaces by declaring, in case you were confused, "I had the time of my life with you this summer." And to our dismay, Baby still hasn't nailed that lift.

10. What the Hell Was That Ending? Just as we're all dozing off because this thing has already been on for almost three hours, we're back with future Baby in 1975, in the audience of that Broadway play that is confusingly also her life. Baby hangs around the theater afterwards to meet up with…Johnny! Who choreographed a musical, based on a book that Baby wrote about that one crazy summer at Kellerman's! (So much for her becoming a surgeon, we guess?) Into this awkwardness enters Baby's husband, who is not Johnny, and their child, and Johnny looks wistful, or maybe just confused as to how Dirty Dancing has managed to defy space-time and rip off La La Land. It's an unnecessary, annoying coda to an unnecessary, annoying movie. And just when you think it's over, Johnny says, "Hey. Keep on dancing." We would prefer not to.