#syds blabs

[sydneyofalltrades]

huh, what if i did another challenge?

for 1k notes, y’alls will get an rtc oneshot collection fanfic, and all of you will get to put in a submission

EDIT: deadline is february 17, so i really don’t expect 1k notes on this post but leggo

EDITED EDIT: https://archiveofourown.org/works/53795932/chapters/136163545

here’s the fanfic!!

[professorllayton]

the bear really is such a good show that shit is craaaaazzzzzzyyyyyyy. when richie called carm donna oh my GOOOOODDDDDD

[overflowing-with-hyperfixations]

3, 9, and 27 for the ask game!

thank you!!!

3. What was the last song you listened to? 

im currently listening to rock lobster by the b-52s. dont ask

9. When is your birthday? 

july 25

27. What’s your favorite book? Or just one you’ve read a few times? 

ok so picking a favorite book is hard but ive read runaway max a million times just cause and ive reread the maze runner series and the hunger games way too many times. also any pjo books cause yeah

[thehelluvahazbin]

no one said writing a hazbin fic would be so complicated damn 😭

[buggybambi]

Ugh ok I know we all love carmy but I’ve been fixating on Richie lately 😭 I’m just imagining reader secretly having a crush on Richie but never saying anything because she’s a lot younger than him and quiet.. then he shows up for the first time in that suit and she gets so shy and blabbering because she just can’t handle how good he looks 😂 and everyone (especially Tina, Marcus, and syd) would notice and tease her for it!

-🐻

oh my goodness. my sweet bear :'). you know me so well-

we all reacted the same way seeing richie in that suit, let's be honest with ourselves. like, he's just so ugh. and of course you're gonna stare at him in it!! you've had a secret crush on him since you began working at the bear - of course it had to be a secret. he's older and wiser and you're just the kid of the bear (literally, your nickname is 'kid' because you're one of the youngest staff members, even if you're well into adulthood or whatever) - and he has zero idea.

but tina, marcus and syd definetly have an idea. tina's about three seconds from throwing something at your head to snap you out of your eye-fucking at richie when he comes to the bear in his suit, admist your conversation with syd, marcus and tina.

"i hope you're aware how obvious you are." syd comments as you roll your eyes. "what? i've never seen him in a suit before. it's a new experience. he just looks really good and i think he wants people to stare, you know, take it in!" you blab as marcus laughs.

"you wanna be his new experience you mean." tina gives a playful wink and you roll your eyes, about to toss something at her, when you go back to your admiration and that's when you catch him staring at you.

shit. he still looks really good especially now that he's got a glimmer in his eyes when he looks at you.

[sydneys-adamu]

Hiiii! I was reading time nor place, distance avails not again and omg it’s still so excellent thank you so much for writing this one it’s probably my fav of yours! I was just wondering would you ever write a follow up or it’s really just one and done? thank you again💗

thank you so much that’s so so kind 🥹!! aw that one was so fun to write and it really is a fun one to read back so I love that the feeling is mutual!

honestly, I never thought about a continuation for this one. not because I never wanted to, just because my brain hasn’t lingered on the thought too long. if I ever did, I’d probably switch it up, sick syd, caretaker carmy after they get back together, maybe a little further down the line, next stage in their relationship 👀 (and since I’ve read this ask my mind’s gone a couple of routes; tonsillitis, appendicitis, etc. something that won’t knock her out or anything but could make for cute content lol)

so what I say to this is what I always say: I *do not* lock doors and throw away the key. a continuation of anything I write is always a 100% possibility, it’s just a matter of how and when! :)

thank you so much for allowing me to blab about this again lmao 💛

[zablife]

Hey Lee! I just wanted to pick your brain regarding something from The Bear if that’s ok…

What are your thoughts on Sydney and Carmy? Like do you ship them as a couple? Or do you feel that they’d work better as strictly business partners?

I don’t know how to feel about them….on one hand they have had some moments were there seems to be a spark and it makes me giddy, but then there’re others where I’m like ‘no…I just like them as friends’. I’m also kind of liking the vibes of Sydney and Marcus together - the one scene that I keep going back to is in season 1, where they’re at her house (I think) and she’s making a dish for him to try and they have a little heartfelt moment. I just love the vibes they have together.

Anyways…sorry for blabbing - I’d love to hear your thoughts!! ☺️

Hi K, tysm for the ask about The Bear! Tbh I see Carmy and Syd as amazing work friends, but not romantic partners. The spark between them comes from their love of food and the drive to succeed, but I see that energy crashing and burning v quickly if it was to turn romantic. I get the sense that Sydney would be horribly unhappy due to the fact that she doesn't always trust Carmy will be there for her and that kind of uncertainty ruins any solid foundation they might try to build. (I'm worried enough for them as business partners!)

I will note this is how I feel about the characters in canon and would not be against shipping them in fanfic bc I agree they do make an adorable couple when they're geeking out over recipes 🥰

As for Syd and Marcus, I love these two individually and haven't decided how I feel about them as a couple. Marcus would be the most loving partner anyone could ever ask for, but I'm not sure Sydney reciprocates his feelings for her?? Perhaps she's slow to come around tho. I hope so bc I ship them!

[meguyummy]

hiii!!

ive been active on tumblr for like five years and i wanna start writing and blabbing on here! so here are some things i love!

games: god of war, life is strange, franbow, little misfortune, cry of fear, a lot of vr games lolol

shows: iasip, atlanta, community, the sympathizer, breaking bad, mha, jjk, csm, cowboy bebop, smiling friends, weight lifting fairy, business proposal

music: MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE!! patd, weezer, brand new, the beatles, david bowie, syd matters, fiona apple, literally sm more i love music

here to write some book reviews, stories, and talk about shows and music ;p

[lovelylunarwriting]

I'm watching "K-Pop try not to laugh" compilations and avoiding my family- please tell me y'all are leading more productive lives than me

[aion-rsa]

How Alias Anticipated Modern Superhero Storytelling

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J.J. Abrams’ spy drama Alias, which turns 20 this week, was a lot of things: high-octane action-adventure series, twentysomethings relationship drama, occasional National Treasure homage. It was also, surprisingly, a spiritual predecessor to today’s hyper-saturated superhero movie and TV universes: A preternaturally gifted fighter, Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Garner) inhabits comic-book-esque alter egos to infiltrate secret missions related to ancient artifacts and promised immortality, all while ensuring that her nearest and dearest don’t know how many times she’s saved the world—or which side she’s really on.

Like the series’ MacGuffin-generating Nostradamus figure Milo Rambaldi, Alias has proven to be somewhat prophetic itself about what makes for the kinds of superhero stories that land today. With some 20th-anniversary hindsight, let’s look back at what made Sydney’s story so super and what lessons Abrams’ ridiculous(ly fun) series can still impart to the current crop of superhero sagas.

The Secret Identity as Kiss of Death

The highest priority that spies and superheroes share is that they cannot get made—that is, have their identity as a larger-than-life individual linked to their “normal” selves. They must always keep their personal and professional personas separate, lest they risk losing the people who know both sides of them. Alias establishes this difficult lesson in the first half hour of the pilot, when Sydney reveals her true work (she thinks SD-6 is just a covert branch of the CIA) to doctor fiancé Danny, only for him to blab about it later and get bloodily taken out in their bathtub. It’s the first time that SD-6 treats its sweet protégée harshly, making clear the consequences of her actions should she open up to anyone else in her life. And then she defects to the CIA, which will be a death sentence for her if SD-6 ever finds out.

Yet beyond the specter of grisly assassination, what the series really digs into is Syd’s growing ethical dilemma about being a double agent where it concerns the actually good people at SD-6, primarily her longtime partner Dixon (Carl Lumbly) and sweetly awkward Q stand-in Marshall (Kevin Weisman). It would be too easy if the series were only about her getting long-game revenge on SD-6 director Arvin Sloane (Ron Rifkin); the real conflict comes from Sydney lying to Dixon’s face on every stakeout, knowing that he still thinks he’s working for the good guys and she can’t ruin that fantasy for him without potentially turning him into collateral damage.

Similarly, the moments in which Sydney’s two (or three) lives begin to collide have other heartbreaking consequences: While the scene in which her best friend Will (Bradley Cooper cast as the friendzoned buddy, amazing) gets kidnapped and sees Syd saving him, is one of the decade’s best laugh-out-loud moments, it also leads to Will going into the Witness Protection Program. His life ends, in a sense, because Sydney couldn’t keep everything compartmentalized. And we haven’t even gotten to the awful fate that befalls her best friend Francie (Merrin Dungey)…

What Alias Predicted: The beating heart (or arc reactor) of many a superhero story is this tension between selves—which means that the big reveal of a secret identity has to be carefully timed and deliberately presented. It’s as emotional as Peter Parker’s (Tobey Maguire) mask getting ripped away when he saves the subway car of people in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2, as big as Spider-Man: Far From Home doxxing that Peter Parker (Tom Holland) in a commentary on fake news, or as pure and simple as Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.) outing himself as Iron Man in the very first installment of the MCU. You cannot unring that bell, so it better be a memorable moment.

What Superhero Stories Can Still Learn: Rev the secret identity stakes back up! Captain America: Civil War ably took on the game-changing Marvel Comics arc of the same name by having heroes collectively unmask, and movies like Spider-Man: Far From Home are still playing out those ramifications. But mostly we see the dangerous ramifications of heroes doxxing themselves, without really digging into the strain for heroes to constantly have to lie about the things that truly matter to them.

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Campy Disguises and Clever Aliases

If you’ve watched Alias or were even vaguely aware of it, no doubt the first thing you envision is Sydney in black leather and bright red hair, a.k.a. her iconic look from the pilot. Her non-SD-6-sanctioned, under-the-radar disguise (impersonating Will’s sister) displays her ingenuity and establishes the series’ brand: attention-grabbing hair paired with increasingly ridiculous outfits, from chain mail waitress ensembles to rubber dresses. She’s played punks, rich bimbos, alluring businesswomen, escorts, and all manner of female personas upon which her marks would project their assumptions—all of which belied her true strength and cunning.

Even when future episodes riffed on the color wheel with teal, magenta, purple, and good old-fashioned blonde wigs, it was still within a clear spectrum established on that pivotal mission, when she channels a silly girl who cares more about the color of her hair than her safety, only to pin her torturer with the same chair to which she’s bound.

What Alias Predicted: I would hazard a guess that Natasha Romanoff’s first appearance in 2012’s The Avengers—a seemingly helpless redhead tied to a chair, about to be nastily interrogated—was a nod toward Sydney’s triumphant pilot mission. What’s more, despite the first ten years of the MCU leaning toward sleek costumes, later phases (like WandaVision‘s cheeky Halloween callbacks) have realized that they can embrace the bold colors and campy designs of the comic-book source material.

What Superhero Stories Can Still Learn: Better to lean into the bold colors and campy designs of the comic-book source material than to go for more sleek and cool. WandaVision did this, albeit cheekily and using the excuse of Halloween, but the nod toward Scarlet Witch’s original outfit was well received. Because any superhero can look cool in leather, but only the standouts can rock color.

Rambaldi Artifacts, Immortality, and Clones

While replicating the romantic dramas of Felicity, Abrams was also playing with early iterations of his signature “puzzle box” narrative style: The pilot has Sydney chasing after the mysterious Mueller device, which turns out to be… a floating red ball… which bursts into water the moment she tries to remove it. That head-scratcher of a device is only one of many inventions belonging to Milo Rambaldi, a fictional Renaissance-era philosopher whose sketches and writings all pointed toward the ultimate endgame: immortality. You know, just normal spy thriller things.

The series saw Sydney and co. chasing after all manner of Rambaldi MacGuffins, from a clock to a kaleidoscope to a music box to flowers that either demonstrated proof of eternal life (by never wilting) or amped up human aggression. Through all of this, it becomes clear that Sloane helped found SD-6 in order to collect all of Rambaldi’s artifacts and capture immortality for himself—even and especially at the cost of people like his daughter, Sydney’s half-sister Nadia Santos (Mía Maestro).

Before we get more into Rambaldi’s prophecies about the sisters, we can’t forget the parallel fever dream of the series: clones! Or, rather, secret agents genetically modified to look like anyone—which means everyone is a suspect. This constant paranoia quickly got out of hand on the series, but its first reveal was perfect TV drama: There’s not an Alias fan who doesn’t remember “Francie doesn’t like coffee ice cream” and the complete devastation that followed—the knock-down, drag-out fight that destroyed Sydney’s apartment just as badly as Danny’s death, but also Sydney’s heartbreak upon realizing that her best friend was already long dead.

What Alias Predicted: The Infinity Stones themselves are less interesting than in various superheroes’ personal connections to them: Loki (Tom Hiddleston) tempted by the tesseract in Thor: Ragnarok; Star Lord (Chris Pratt) and the Guardians of the Galaxy channeling their friendship to withstand the effects of the Power Stone; Wanda Maximoff’s (Elizabeth Olsen) stages of grief as she copes with trying to keep the memory of Vision (Paul Bettany) alive even without the Mind Stone. In short: grounding the most out-there plotlines in the personal ensures they will always land.

What Superhero Stories Can Still Learn: Ground the most bonkers of plotlines in the personal, and they’ll always land.

The Chosen One and the Passenger

This is when the Rambaldi business started getting less National Treasure levels of charming and more outright weird. Turns out the team wasn’t just recovering a treasure trove of artifacts, but also Rambaldi’s prophetic writings—including the mysterious “Page 47,” which featured a drawing of a woman known as the Chosen One… who bears quite the resemblance to Sydney herself. That would be easy enough to dismiss as a strange doppelgänger coincidence, but then comes the reveal of “Project Christmas”: When Syd discovers that she didn’t just stumble into the spy life on her own, but was actually trained as a sleeper agent from childhood, it only amplifies her fears that she has no true agency over her life.

Further Rambaldi writings center Sydney and Nadia into predestined roles as the Chosen One and the Passenger: supposed foes who are fated to clash, with one dying. Nadia getting injected with “Rambaldi fluid” in order to tap directly into the long-dead man’s consciousness (contained within another artifact known as the Sphere of Life) only earns her some nasty apocalyptic visions. But despite their genuine friendship that comes from bonding over their fucked-up childhoods, Sydney and Nadia are forced into that preordained confrontation when the latter is injected with a compound that reduces her to a mindless killing machine… all while a giant red ball is hovering over a city in Russia, because why not. Even after Nadia dies, and is brought back to life, then dies again, with her ghost haunting Sloane as he finally attains immortality, she remains a presence on the series.

There are certainly echoes to Black Widow and how it handles Natasha and adoptive sister Yelena’s (Florence Pugh) strained reconciliation after the older sister got out of the Red Room while the younger was still caught in its web. Their bickering banter about vests and poses, their differing memories of their false childhood, and their respective feelings of abandonment are what elevated Black Widow’s standalone outing—and made it even more tragic, on multiple levels, that this was the only time we would see the two of them in a movie together.

What Alias Predicted: Sister stories are gold! The Rambaldi storylines would mean nothing if they didn’t hinge on a tragically preordained confrontation, just as the MCU’s Red Room depiction seemed overdone until it was presented within the context of multiple generations’ differing experiences with its bloody legacy.

What Superhero Stories Can Still Learn: More stories about sisters! With Nat dead not long after she and Yelena had just started to bond again, it’s vital that Yelena’s future MCU appearances show her still grappling with the little time they got together.

After all, the best superhero stories are the ones that can feel just as fresh now as they did 20 years ago.

Alias is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

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[sydneyofalltrades]

10 notes on this post and i will provide the most in depth analysis of a musical character of your choosing bc i’m BORED

[professorllayton]

also marcus w his big beautiful sad eyes filled w so much aching ..

[wispy-selfship-eden]

ARMIN + KISS PLEASE!!!

Again, this is fucking long overdue and I apologize so much right now. Here you go Sayeko!! ^^

@self-shipping-angel

26. “Jealous Kiss”

How could an afternoon walk home from college be this nerve-wrecking?

“Mai, as–as much as I feel flattered (or embarrassed) from you gazing at me…” How could Armin put this as delicately as possible? How could he sugarcoat how his girlfriend’s constricted pupils within her widened eyes, combined with her tight-lipped mouth, was disturbing him?

“…You’re giving me a bit of a… uh, look right now,” He awkwardly remarks, looking away for a bit to lightly scratch his cheek with his finger.

Mai’s face remains unchanged. “I don’t see any issues with how I’m looking at you, Armin.”“No no no–There is a bit of an issue because you’ve been looking at me like that since school ended!”

“And what time was that, Armin Arlert?” Her attempts at a fruity tone of voice made the stark contrast with her dead face more unsettling.“W-Why are you using my full name now?” Armin’s voice went high-pitched near the end of his sentence before sighing to himself.

It was no good. They’ve been going in circles with the way this conversation was going. No matter how specific or vague he made his questions, Mai always found a way to diverge from the key issue, which in this case is, her unusual behavior. As much as her occasionally confrontational side was refreshing, this was not-at-all reassuring.

Okay, Armin. Think. Just don’t let her stare make you crumble. Think back on what happened today. There must have been something big that changed her behavior. Scratching at the back of his head, Armin racks it for any possible incidents.

Was it because of breakfast this morning?! When I made that comment–No. No, she made it clear that it was fine. She always bounces back from food! Was it when we arrived our first class? Granted, that professor of ours was being particularly crappy to everyone today. So maybe–

“Armin,” Mai calls out, breaking his concentration. He quickly turns his head to face her.He couldn’t help but sigh softly in relief when her face was more normal. She wasn’t giving him that intense stare anymore, but now she was slightly curling in on herself, wringing her hands together roughly.

Their stride never broke once as he steps closer to her side and tentatively holds her closest hand in his. “Mai?” He calls her name lowly. After inciting a light flush of her cheeks and her mentally gushing over how sweet Armin was being, she took a deep breath and gave him a remorseful side-glance. “I-I’m sorry Armin… You didn’t do anything wrong but–it’s just–well…” The young woman was clearly struggling to make comprehensible reasons. Her brows furrowed, her face scrunched up and her jaw was rigid. She just gave in after those few seconds as she yanks her hair with her other hand.“Whoa, Mai! P-Please don’t do that! I don’t want you hurting yourself!” “I can’t help it, Armin! I’ve already hurt myself today with what I’m feeling!” She groans.

The way she worded it elicits confusion from Armin, who tilted his head at her.

“Excuse me?”

“Oh boy, uh…” How was Mai going to put her unreasonable actions down as? Surely Armin wouldn’t make fun of the way she was feeling, right?…

Just as Armin was going to speak up for her, she squeezes her eyes shut and brazenly blurts out,

“I got jealous today!”

Out of all the possible answers Armin could have anticipated, that was the most normal yet still most unexpected from Mai.Blinking slowly, Arming asks in disbelief as he gestured to her. “You got jealous?…”“…Yeah…”

Then, he points to himself, his blue eyes widening. “For me…?”

“Why are you being so surprised, Armin?!” Mai exclaims, her features briefly expressing her shock before she quiets down.

“Well, I guess it is surprising… in one way or another.”

“Hey! Arnold!” Before Mai could walk over to Armin and chat with him, another girl from afar waved at him.

The girl, in her flaxen-haired beauty, had no qualms of just intruding in his down time and  sit across from him.

“It’s Armin, Mandy,” Armin politely corrected as he bookmarked his page for his upcoming class. “What is it you need, again?”“Yeah–I have a little worksheet that I need to fill out for Mr. Ackerman, and I was wondering—”“I would love to help you but you would have already filled it out if you paid attention to his class,” Armin intercepted, adjusting his glasses as he looked over the contents of the paper before deadpanning to himself.

Yeah. It was so easy that you literally only had to think and apply the notes they just took an hour ago. That’s it.

“Aw c’mon Arin, don’t be like that,” Mandy pouts, butchering Armin’s name again, much to his chagrin. Huffing, she leaned back in her chair while flipping her hair back. “In any case, like the asshole would even make things that easy anyways!” With newfound vigor, she leaned in close and pleaded with har hands clenched together. “Come on, just this one time and I won’t bother you ever again? Please??”

“Hey Mandy! You getting answers from Armin?! Hey Armin, help us too, please!” “Me too!!”“What’s the answer to number–”In just five minutes, people from out of nowhere flocked him where he sat, chucking sheets of paper into his face, or even the occasional laptop.

‘You only want him for cheating! Bunch of stupid, lazy, nonsensical, pieces of crap. You pathetic lot of pathetic excuses for human beings how dare you waste his TIME like that…?’

The plastic water bottle in her hands was reduced into a squished, torn mess that splattered water all over her and the floor. The noise startled everyone around her, and the wetness made her yelp and look down at herself.

“Wow… so it was from that time, huh?” Armin nods in realization.

But that only made Mai groan at herself as she stops walking and wrapped her arms around herself in a squatting position.

“I don’t know what I was thinking… It was as if the very inside of my body began to ache; I felt irrationally angry; and I wanted to punch a bunch of people!”

This feeling, no matter how much it may be expressed as naturally as breathing air, or expressed through portrayals in crappy romance flicks, was still unexpected.  The constrictive squeezing of the heart, and the cloudiness that veils your mind and your eyes… It was a scary feeling for Mai.

Because her arms hid her head away, she didn’t see nor hear Armin quietly kneel in front of her. She didn’t see the soft smile or blush adorning his face.

“I think… I’ve begun to understand how you felt before, Armin. And I’m really… really sorry,” Mai murmurs shamefully, her body heaving with her sigh.

“Being jealous fucking sucks…”

His quiet, wobbly laugh brought her head up from her arms. Armin took the chance to cup her face and bring their foreheads together.

“You have nothing to be sorry about, Mai,” Armin reassures, his smile a little bit broader as he kisses her forehead, both of them closing their eyes in response.

Once he pulled away, he shyly remarks, “If it’s worth any consolation… you being jealous actually made me happy.”“What?! But why??” Mai’s hands came up to grip the fabric of his shirt as she asserts, “But jealousy is bad, isn’t it? I nearly went into hysterics because that typically means I don’t trust you or something! Or that I nearly obsessively endangered your social life! I could have become a stalker or a hostile–”“Mai. Let me just stop you right there, okay?” He holds a hand up, immediately inciting her to go silent as she watched his every move. That smile of his was undeterred as he asks,

“I’ll just ask one thing. Do you trust me, Mai?”“I do!” She answers readily, the conviction dripping in her words as she nodded firmly. It made Armin giggle and smile more as he hugs her close.

“Then, there’s nothing to worry about, is it? In a way, it shows that you really care and.. l-love me,” His blush darkens as he adds hurriedly, “N-Not saying that to be pretentious though! It’s just h-how I feel! So, thank you! For being jealous! I m-mean, for caring, you know!?”

In most cases, jealousy led to tons of unnecessary complications and misunderstandings. Yet regardless of how embarrassing it made her feel to own up to her pettiness, talking it out made her feel… lighter.

Smiling to herself, she brought her arms around him and snuggles up to him closely. “You’re welcome then, Armin… But I’m gonna make sure this doesn’t happen often, okay?”“Noted. We’ll work on ourselves together.”

‘After all, you helped me with my jealous tendencies long ago too…’

The couple stood back up again and happily continue their walk home, feeling closer than ever.

The Next Day

“You doing okay after yesterday, Mai?” Syd asks her, smiling amused as she watches the Asian girl smiling as she gets ready for her psychology lecture.

Laughing, her other colleague, Victoria, comments, “I think after that water bottle, she must have simmered down by now!”

“Oh shut up,” Mai playfully retorts as she gets out a few sheets for the both of them. “Let’s just hope my jealousy will be a one-time thing. I’m not gonna give you the guys the pleasure of enjoying my pettiness towards people.”

“That’s what they all say~” Victoria sprung up from her seat, lugging her backpack by one strap on her shoulder as she swipes her sheets from Mai. “But seriously, thanks so much–You are an angel.”“Seriously though, thank girl! We really appreciate the notes you’ve given us for Mrs. Lewinsky,” Syd thanks, taking her notes as well.

“I mean you two have it pretty rough, you know? Full-time students and working? This is the least I can do.” Mai merely shrugs at her generosity.

“Ugh, you’re disgustingly humble. I swear… Anyways, see you in class, Hun!” Both Victoria and Syd go out the door waving to Mai.

“See you later guys!” Once the door closed, she pumps herself up for her first class of the day as she went out and headed up the stairs.

“All right, today is going to be great! I just know it.”

“Well if it isn’t little miss blabs-a-lot herself,” A voice drawls from behind her.

Her smile was wiped from her face as she gazes dispassionately at the smirking male following behind her.

“Your shitty attempts at being funny impress me so much as usual, Travis,” She deadpans, focusing on heading up the rest of the stairway.

She almost smiles in pleasure from the small noise of discontent from behind her.

“It’s Traveon, dumbass.”

“And I wish I could give less of a shit to someone as insignificant as you. But I guess we can’t get everything we want, now can we?” Mai counters in that honeyed voice of hers.

Too bad her facade didn’t last long as she waited until she reached her designated classroom’s door did she resign herself to more of her bully’s (or at least that’s what Travis denounces himself as, like he’s proud of that fact) bullshittery.

“Speak now or forever hold your peace.”“Well, I just thought that maybe it’s about time you get a taste of fun and we go out to get some food,” Mai shit herself not, he actually attempted to cage her with one arm over her. Travis’s so-called charming smile looks so condescending she would have thought he was Narcissism personified.

“In case you are out of touch with reality, dickwad,” His face forms an offended expression. “I already have a partner for life. So, do kindly dismiss yourself and hit up another pathetic bimbo to your whims. I get enough fun from watching people be stupid every single day of my life.”“Come on, don’t be such a bitch,” He attempts to defend himself, “I’m just saying that you might as well enjoy some company and–”

A clearing of the throat rang in this noisy hallways. Both look over, Traveon with disdain, and Mai with unadulterated happiness as she sees Armin coming over with a poker smile on his face.

“Armin~! Good morning,” Mai greets, swatting Traveon’s arm out of the way as she trots up to meet him halfway.

Beaming a smile at her, Armin greeted her back, “Good morning, Mai.��

“You’re unexpectedly early today! What’s the occas–?” Before Mai could finish her sentence, Armin’s hands cupped her face tenderly and angled their heads  away from their witness to kiss fervidly.

A small noise escapes into Armin’s mouth, who swallowed it up as he continues to pour more emotion into their kiss.

It felt like hours before the blond haired young man pulled away, smiling endearingly as one of his hands smoothed back Mai’s supposed bed hair. And he also smiles at the fact that Trevor was stomping away bitterly, just turning the corner.

“Wow… that was surprising of you, Armin,” Mai murmured, in awe of the sudden lip lock she got.

“Then I accomplished my mission then. Don’t think on it too much,” Armin wraps up innocently before pecking her cheek.

She glances down at his hands and gasps in admiration, “Wow Armin~ You’re wearing a ring today? That’s different. Now I’m seriously wondering about the occasion.”

Chuckling, he dismisses it by saying, “Again, it’s just spicing up my routine for the day. Nothing special. I’m going to stop by the bathroom so, if you could…”

“Oh, all right! I’ll save a seat for you then,” Mai smiles giddily before hopping into the classroom, waving at him over her shoulder.

Just as Armin dreamily sighs, he gets a bonk on the head by Professor Levi Ackerman, in all his bitch-faced glory.

“Like hell you’d wear a ring for no fucking reason, Arlert,” he drones, although his steel eyes gave off a hint of being impressed.

“Whatever do you mean, sir? I’d say it just matches really well with Mai’s, don’t you think?” Armin complacently holds up his hand, where said band was proudly displayed on his ring finger. Just like Mai’s…

“Heh. You fucking sly bastard,” Shaking his head, he used his attendance binder to slap Armin’s back before entering the classroom next door. “Get to class brat, it’s starting.”“Yes, sir,” He obediently answers, where he proceeded to smile for the rest of the day every time he glances at Mai glancing down at her ring she wore for today.

Yup, sometimes jealousy does pay off.

[truthhcrts]

kim taehyung, male, he/him. — you know minki knox, don’t you? he’s the twenty year old sophomore who’s studying elementary education and living in straus hall. they used to be addie’s ex friend, but now he is happy he doesn’t have to deal with her anymore.

hi friends!! i’m syds, and i’m bringing u my jerk baby minki! if u’d like to connect w/ him, just like this or shoot me an im!! 

minki was born in yongsan, south korea, and was the youngest of four siblings. the pregnancy was a surprise to his parents, and it was something they deeply regretted, seeing as they barely had enough money to keep up the family they already had. 

they tried to keep him for five years before realizing it just wasn’t financially possible without having a terrible life ahead of them. they couldn’t keep minki up to health, unable to feed the whole family most days. his parents were desperate and clueless. the only thing they could think to do was put him up for adoption. 

minki was still far too young to understand anything, thinking for at least a year that he’d see his parents again, and the center was just a strange vacation. eventually, a couple from america decided to adopt him.onl

at the age of seven, he was moving to america. it was VERY stressful for him bc... he couldn’t speak english and it was an entirely different culture he was being thrown into. luckily his adoptive parents hired someone to teach him english, but he struggled a lot for his first couple of years trying to keep up with everyone.

it got worse when he started actual school. he got rly miserable and didn’t like how behind he felt, and it made him rly secluded in school/unwilling to socialize with other kids.

that worsened as he got older and started to fully realize what had happened with his parents, and that he was the only child put up for adoption. he had an entire family in south korea, living a life without him, and that really messed with him more than anything else. it was when he decided that family does not mean unconditional love, and he started to question if love was real at all to begin with.

it made him VERY emotionally detached, and as much as his parents attempted to bond with him, he wouldn’t have it. they tried to pay for his love through money and he... never told them NO bc... $$$$

minki isn’t really known for being a good person... unless it comes to him around children. after being forced to babysit as punishment, he quickly realized that he couldn’t BULLY a kid,,, and then he realized that he actually works SUPER well with them. his whole attitude changed and he realized how good with kids he is!!!! it’s what made him want to become an elementary school teacher, since it’s something that actually makes him happy

he also REALLLLLLYYY loves photography. so much so he has huge containers full of photos in his apartment. he thinks he might have an addiction to wanting to remember every single part of his life. he fears a day that he starts losing all of his memories, so he tries to take as many photos of everything as much as possible. he’s rly good at it, and he does freelance photography work in his free time for extra cash

usually seen wearing clothing way too big for his body. it’s his brand. 

he is: impulsive and has zero fears. he loves suddenly getting up one day and just driving somewhere. sometimes he’ll drag people with him. he loves admiring things around him, and being outside. also: the quiet. his favorite. he’ll tape ur mouth if ur blabbing at him during his quiet time. don’t TRY him!!!!

catch him chillin at the park at 2am have a picnic by himself

hooks up w/ people a lot???? tbh he’s pretty flirty when he finds someone attractive unless they REALLY annoy him. he has a rly cocky attitude for the most part and he’s pretty good at going back and forth with someone. he likes teasing and he rly is the type to pull someone’s hair when he wants their attention :( hate him

he isn’t ever going OUT of his way to be mean. he just speaks without considering if he’s gonna upset someone? unless, again... he has a reason to not like them. then he’s a big bitch on purpose :(

his relationship with addie was: ex friends. the two got along decently, but there was a party... and honestly, minki doesn’t remember all of it, but he knew that it ended in him being pissed off at addie, and the two stopped talking. he DID NOT like her at ALL after that, and so he’s not too bothered by her death. 

fun facts: he loves scary movies, butterflies, and can rant abt people driving horribly for at least an hour. he’ll get sweaty over it and everything,,, relax, minki!!!

connection ideas!!!

ex-friends. someone who he was talking to consistently and then just… dropped them all of a sudden? probably some hurt feelings/confusion there yikes! he bails out if he thinks he’s getting attached to a person, so that’s definitely what happened here!

muse. someone he REALLY likes taking pictures of, but probably won’t ever tell them that straight up. likes dragging them places just to take pictures of them and then probably being fake about why he did it!!

travel buddy. someone he can rely on to go with him whenever he has an impulsive decision to take off somewhere. sometimes he likes to disappear alone, but SOMETIMES he likes taking someone with him, and when all else fails he knows he can trust this person 2 drop everything and go with him

old hook up(s). self explanatory… minki likes 2 pretend it never happened!!

childhood friend. someone he probably eventually dropped contact w/ cuz getting close to people is too much for him but someone who made him feel more comfortable in america ok

crush but not really? someone who he’s a lil infatuated with aka he wants to bang….. his current Mission, if u will

forced friendship. someone who he had to be friends with because of his parents?? maybe they disliked/dislike each other????

someone he broke the heart of. maybe they started dating because minki was bored, but then the other person got rly attached, and he was STARTING to get there, so he dipped and left them broken hearted.

hateship. the two rly love bullying each other. it’s just their Thing, if you will. they mock each other, but if someone else tries to butt in, they both get annoyed at that person for not MINDING THEIR BUSINESS.

those were kinda rushed but skdfjd we can brainstorm too it’s fine!!!!! sorry this is so long!!!!! i have no chill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bobbie-robron]

Classic ED schedule - week 33 (2022)

Diane and Mack ‘flaunt’ their relationship according to Edna. It’s the anniversary of Frank’s death. A drunk Zoe throws herself at Charity in the pub. Things take a turn as she turns her affections to a man that are not rebuked! Syd makes advances on Chloe. Paddy and Emily get an unexpected lodger! The village celebrates the Golden Jubilee with Queen Katie learning she’s pregnant and it’s Viv that blabs it to the ENTIRE village with Jack & Brian livid that the pregnancy was deliberate by the teens. Both Jack & Brian want Katie to have an abortion which eventually leads her & Andy to Diane’s doorstep to stay at the pub. The BettyCam lands Seth in hot water and it’s time to pull the plug on it.

UK START TIME ALL WEEK IS 1:40PM

15-Aug: 27-May-2002 (3186), 28-May-2002** (3187)

16-Aug: 29-May-2002 (3188), 30-May-2002 (3189)

17-Aug: 31-May-2002** (3190) 1 episode only due to 1hr Corrie!

18-Aug: 03-Jun-2002** (3191), 04-Jun-2002** (3192)

19-Aug: 05-Jun-2002** (3193), 06-Jun-2002** (3194)

**Robert appears in the episode

Snippets:

04-Jun-2002:

06-Jun-2002:

[sweetonsugden]

Should someone start planning Syd's funeral now? He doesn't strike me as "sinister". That bodily harm charge was probably him throwing something at the arresting officer. Robert is probably more sinister, especially when he's cornered or vengeful.

Welp, the prison guard told Adam that Syd was a compulsive liar, so who know if the charges he blabbed about in the prison van were even accurate.  

And i was never a believer in the person being “sinister”, but more about the situation/trouble they bring with them is what was sinister.  if that makes sense.