#tenille talk

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i feel compelled to collect cool images of cats and birds like said cats and birds would collect shiny trinkets to bring back to their loved ones or perhaps decorate their nests and/or places of rest

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I HATE THIS

ᴅᴀᴍɪᴀɴ ᴘʀɪᴇꜱᴛ x ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ

ᴡᴏʀᴅ ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛ: 2.7K

ᴛᴡ: ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ, ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ꜱᴜᴘᴇʀ ᴀɴɢꜱᴛʏ.

ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴀʀʏ: ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴀᴍɪᴀɴ ᴄʜᴏꜱᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴇɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱʜɪᴘ ᴀ ꜰᴇᴡ ᴍᴏɴᴛʜꜱ ᴀɢᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ ɪᴛ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇ ᴇᴀꜱʏ ᴛᴏ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ʙᴇ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅꜱ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴠɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ʜᴀʀᴅᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ.

“I can’t do this.”

You hadn’t taken your eyes off Damian as he’d got up to get another drink. You’d watched as he spoke with the bartender, you’d watched as the gorgeous blonde he was now talking to had walked up with her perky boobs and glistening gaze. You’d continued to watch as she flipped her hair and bat her lashes, ever passing second practically tearing at your chest as the pain caused tears to burn beneath your waterline.

You knew you weren’t ready for this before you’d even entered the bar, but as you saw his face, the smile you used to see every day, all the fear melted away. You’d thought maybe you could be around each other without it hurting you.

You finally pulled your gaze away from their burning hold on Damian’s form, instantly locking with Rhea’s sapphire hues as she sat slumped into the booth with her forearm wrapped around Dominik’s shoulders; lazily playing with the ends of his mullet.

“I have to go.”

“Oh come on, she’s not his type.”

Dominik scoffed as he casually cast his gaze around you and in Damian's direction, shaking his head as he brought his attention back to you.

“He’s not gonna waste his time on her, there’s no need to get jealous.”

Rhea’s palm slapped down against Dominik’s chest, her features morphing into a ‘shut up you idiot’ facial expression as her brows raised. A small wince parting his lips as he mouths out the word ‘what’.

“I’m not jealous!”

You snap. Your voice breaks slightly as you bolt upright off your stool, your eyes dropping down to meet Rhea’s as you inhale a staggered breath.

“I have to go. I’m sorry.”

You don’t even give Rhea the chance to object before you turn away from the table, hurrying in the direction of the door. Why had you picked the table at the back of the bar? There was no way past Damian without him seeing you leave.

“She’s had break ups before, what the hell is her problem?”

Dominik grumbled as he rested his head back against Rhea’s shoulder, peeking up at her through his lashes as he watched her watch you leave.

“Not like this.”

She replied. Rhea knew just how much you’d been struggling with not having Damian in your life as much anymore. You’d confided in her when the pain started to display itself and as things got worse, Rhea had been doing her best to keep your mind off things.

You didn’t intend to make eye contact with Damian as you passed him. You didn’t want to make up some fake story as to why you were leaving and you didn’t want to be stuck seeing him with another woman longer than you had to.

Dropping your gaze to the ground just as you were about to pass him, you gasp quietly to yourself as the blondes heel comes into view. There was no way to stop yourself from falling, you’d tripped before you could even find your footing and it was inevitable that you were about to hit the ground.

Your knees hit the floor before you could stop them, the hardwood causing a tremor to vibrate up your spine as your palm stretched out to brace your fall. You could already feel the color that cloaked your cheeks as you processed what had just happened, complete embarrassment washing over you as you fumbled to your feet.

“Y/N.”

Damian’s palm was around your waist and he was encouraging you to your feet before you could tell him not to, the concern on his face as he towered over your tiny frame only tugging at your heartstrings even more as your palms began to push him away.

“Don’t Damian. Please, just..”

Your words fell short as you stepped out of his hold, your glimmering hues refusing to look up in search of his own.

“Don’t.”

You were already walking away as you whisper, a soft sigh parting your lips as your hands curl into each other and your nails pressed into your palms until your knuckles turned white.

You could feel the tears burning your eyes as you slipped between the group of people blocking the door, pushing it open and stepping out into the cold air as the first bead dropped onto your cheek.

How could you have been so stupid as to think that seeing Damian with someone else would be easy? He still meant the world to you and there was no way that just being friends would have worked out.

Bringing your palm to your face in attempts to dry the river of tears that had begun to fall down your cheeks, you inhale a staggered breath. The wind ripped at your throat as the cool air filled your lungs, making your undeniable pain worse with each breath.

You’d blissfully ignored the sound of bar door opening and closing behind you as a yellow cab pulled to a halt at the curb, your projection towards the awaiting vehicle stopping abruptly as a broad palm clasped itself around your wrist.

“Y/N, don’t go.”

Damian’s voice was still like music to your ears as you froze in place, the deep tone almost soothing as his hold tightened to keep you in place.

Why couldn’t he have just let you go?

Shaking your head gently as you tried your best to pull yourself free from his grasp, you let your eyelids fall closed in hope your tears would stop themselves behind the barrier.

“Please don’t make this harder than it needs to be, Damian. I just want to go home.”

You didn’t want to risk hurting yourself as Damian’s hold didn’t falter around your wrist, finally giving in to his silent pleading and slowly turning to face him. Your eyes still closed tight as you stopped under Damian’s gaze, you ignored the cursing leaving the open cab window.

“Yeah, vete a la mierda. Sal de aquí.”

Damian heckled after the cab as it screeched out of its spot on the sidewalk, his middle finger easing skyward before his full attention turned back to you. His large palm curling under your chin, he gently raised your head so he could see you.

“Open your eyes, princesa.”

It was like a switch flicked in your subconscious as his words played over in your mind, your eyelids snapping open before you could stop them. The words chirping past your lips as your palm yanked free from Damian’s other palm.

“You can’t call me that anymore, Damian.”

Your palms instantly moved to your biceps as a cold breeze blew through the street, a small tremor vibrating through your body as you fought back a shiver.

“Why not?”

He questioned as you stepped around his muscular frame in search of somewhere to shelter from the chill, his giant form shifting as he quickly followed after you.

“Why not?”

You scoffed under your breath. Your lips twitched into a soft smile as you dipped into a small alley beside the bar, turning back to face him just as he submerged into the shadows behind you.

“Because we’re friends right?”

Your tone was scoffed, almost a little snarky as your palms dropped from your biceps and to your sides.

“That’s what you and I are. Just friends.”

Damian’s brows furrow slightly as he watches your expression shift. Were you getting angry at him, he wondered as his forearms crossed over his chest with a raised brow.

“I mean, that’s what we decided, right?”

There was a sunken sadness in Damian’s tone as his brow arched a little higher, his shoulder falling to lean against the alley wall as he let his gaze wander over the outfit you’d chosen to wear.

“Yeah.”

You sigh softly.

“Yeah, that’s what we decided.”

It had been months since you’d mutually ended your relationship with Damian. So much time had passed and yet you hadn’t quite figured out how to move on and do as you’d both agreed and even though at the time it made sense, you hadn’t managed to get it together enough to find someone new.

“So..”

Your gaze lifted to finally meet Damian’s. The corners of his lips twitching into a playful grin as your brows knit together in confusion.

“So?”

“So what does that have to do with why I can’t call you princesa hmm?”

You could feel your cheeks flush a soft crimson as you flash back to how it made you feel when Damian spoke Spanish. Your fingers tucking a strand of hair behind your ear as you dropped your head to hide your embarrassment.

It was so easy to lose yourself with Damian, his energy and his humor always found a way to make you blush.

“You just… you just can’t, Damian. Okay.”

You were looking back into the depths of Damian’s gaze as the words left your lips, your throat feeling tighter again as you remember just why you’d tried to avoid him in the first place.

“Maybe you should just go back to your new friend. She seems more your speed these days.”

“And what does that mean?”

Damian snaps.

Truthfully this was the first girl you’d seen him with since you’d split and you had no idea what ‘his speed’ was, but you couldn’t forget the way she’d looked at him. How she practically glowed.

The burning ache in your chest you’d experienced as you’d watched him move on so easily returned as you shook your head, your voice coming out in a harsh tone as you searched for an easy way past Damian’s monstrous frame.

“You don’t seem to be struggling with letting me go, so I don’t want to stand in your way. Go back to your pretty little bimbo, Damian. Go fall in love and forget all about me.”

You knew he wasn't going to let you pass, but if you were going to get away from him and feel your feelings in peace, you had to try. Ducking around Damian’s tall form, you grumble to yourself as you feel his palm around your wrist once more. Keeping you hidden in the shadows at his side.

“Damian please, just let me go home. I can't…”

Your breath caught in your chest as you tried to pull free, the burn of tears finding themselves bubbling beneath the surface once more.

How many times were you going to cry in front of him tonight?

“You can't what, Y/N?”

“I can't keep pretending.”

You blurt out. Spinning on your heels to peer up at Damian through thick damp lashes. A few stray tears breaking over your waterline and slowly cascading your cheeks as you try to swallow the word vomit that was about to erupt from your chest.

“I can't keep lying to myself. To everyone. I know we said we'd just be friends, that things would be okay, but I can’t keep doing this Damian. I’ve tried, I promise I've tried, but I can’t pretend anymore.”

You could see the hurt as it grew on Damian’s face, his features contorting into what could almost be described as pain as he just stood and watched you continue with the blurb of words that seemed almost backed in regret.

“I’m forcing myself everyday not to touch you. Not to run into your arms and beg you to just hold me like you used to, to make it all the hurt go away. To heal my heart and make it easier for me to let you go.”

The tears that cascaded your cheeks had become stronger, each drop burning against your skin. Looking up into Damian’s eyes as he towered over you. Seeing him speechless as you blurted out each word only made it harder to stop.

“I sit at home missing you. Wishing you'd call and praying I'm awake to answer it. We took this break to figure out what we truly wanted, to figure out if it was all worth it. Well I know what I want, Damian. I don't need another night to sleep on it.”

Your petite frame took a small step forward as if controlled by an external force, pulling you closer to him with every passing second. Your slender fingers tracing up the expanse of his chest as you swallowed back the desire to keep from crying as hard as you could.

“I think about you all the time. When I’m trying to fall asleep, the moment I wake up. Damian you are on my mind constantly and I don’t know how much more of this I can take. I don’t know how much longer I can stay apart from you.”

“Don’t say what you can’t take back, princesa.”

You didn’t even bother to fight him on his choice of words this time, your doe-like gaze fixed on the corners of his lips as he fought back a soft smile. He knew what was coming, what you were about to say, but he needed to hear it from your lips. He needed you to be the one to instigate the statement, because the second he broke and took you into his arms, he wouldn’t be able to let you go.

“— Damian.”

Your throat was thick, the air struggling to escape your lungs as your fingertips traced along the stubble that lined his jaw. Your damp cheeks glistening beneath the moonlight as his thumb glazed over the tears in attempts to dry them all up.

“Y/N.”

He uttered. The desire to pull you close and press his lips against your own burning at the back of his mind as the skin beneath your fingertips tingled.

“Damian, I love you.”

It took less than a breath for Damian’s lips to find yours, the warmth of his kiss washing over you like wildfire as his broad palms found their way around your frame, settling in the small of your back as you threw your arms around his neck. Your bodies morph into one as he draws you closer, attempting to remove all space between you even though none remained.

Having his form press against you once more as your lips moved in perfect unison, you could help the soft hum that vibrated from your chest. Your slender fingers winding into Damian’s hair as he attempted to pull you even closer to his chest, his large palms undoubtedly leaving purple blemishes beneath his fingertips as he gripped tighter around your hip bones.

“I’ve missed you.”

You purr softly against Damian’s lips as you pull back only slightly to fill your lungs with air, the tip of your nose gently gliding across his jaw as you push up on your tiptoes to keep that warmth of his breath upon your face.

Thick lashes fluttering open as you peer up at the tall Adonis, you smile sheepishly as your lower lip rolls between your teeth.

You’d hoped one day you’d be back in Damian’s arms, his warmth radiating over you as he held you against him. You fit perfectly and it just made sense for you to be together.

Leaning into Damian’s hold as his broad palm cradled around your cheek, you let your lids flutter closed once more as the sweetness in his tone flooded your eardrums.

“You wouldn’t believe how much I’ve missed you, princesa. There hasn’t been a single day where I haven’t had Finn talking me off a ledge. Tonight was… well she was nothing. I was just trying to do what we agreed and it felt terrible.”

Damian’s thumb gently traced against the apples of your cheek as he beamed down at you, drinking in every inch of your face as if it was the first time he was seeing it. Burning each blink into his memory so as to not forget it.

“I didn’t want to seem rude, but flirting with that girl as you sat mere feet away from me made me realize just how much I wanted you. Not her.”

His other palm cupped around your jaw so he could tilt your head up to meet his gaze, his thumbs catching the flush of your cheeks as you melted into his eyes.

“You’re the one baby, I don’t want anyone else. I don’t need anyone else. I just need you.”

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Lynching victim Rubin Stacy’s story being told by his family in film screening at NSU

Anne Naves knew something bad had happened to her uncle when her male relatives came home from fishing, each wearing a pall of silence. Dad wasn’t cracking jokes like usual. Grandfather looked grave. And her uncle, Rubin Stacy, hadn’t come back. The next day, someone from the funeral home said a body had been dropped off.

Naves, 8 years old at the time, only discovered the full gruesome truth about her uncle years later. On July 19, 1935, acting on an unproven accusation from a white woman, a masked lynch mob strung up Stacy under a Fort Lauderdale tree, hanged him and shot him 17 times as spectators gawked and children laughed.

The brutality and silence of Stacy’s lynching is revisited in the new documentary, “Rubin,” which will screen on Tuesday, Oct. 3, at Nova Southeastern University. In the hourlong film, the farmhand’s death is recounted through the eyes of his surviving descendants, but mainly through Naves, who was the last living eyewitness to the trauma — and to the secrecy — that followed.

The film, the first to be made by relatives of Stacy’s family, also chronicles the history of lynchings in America, used as a tool of punishment and to foster silence.

“I think (my family) knew that, without telling us (kids) what really happened, they would save us a lot of trauma,” Naves says in the documentary. “The neighbors and our church members respected our silence, too, because they knew that if it could happen to our family, it could happen to theirs.”

For “Rubin” director Tenille Brown, who is a cousin of Rubin Stacy, the film has in recent weeks also morphed into something else: a posthumous tribute to Naves. After filming her interviews for the documentary, she died on Sept. 18 at age 96, leaving behind a strong legacy: She was a Broward County educator for 25 years, teaching at Pines Middle and other schools.

“The biggest piece of the film was Anne,” Brown says in an interview with the South Florida Sun Sentinel. “Without her, there’s no story. She’s the driving force. She was ready to talk. She told me to record her. She really pushed me when I didn’t feel confident and said, ‘Record me anyway. Just go.’ ”

The rest of America witnessed the cruelty of Stacy’s lynching long before Naves did. A series of photos immortalize the moment when a white crowd gathered around Stacy’s body hanging from a tree. These images ran in newspapers nationwide, were published by the NAACP, Life magazine and National Geographic, and are now archived in the Library of Congress.

It was a tale of Jim Crow-era racism that Fort Lauderdale would’ve rather forgotten — the brother of a corrupt Broward County sheriff participated in the lynching — but city officials have made strides in recent years to acknowledge the tragedy by placing memorial markers around Fort Lauderdale. One is on Davie Boulevard and Southwest 31st Avenue, also known as Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, near where Stacy took his last breath. There’s another on the 800 block of Northwest Second Street, where he lived, and a third at Woodlawn Cemetery, his final resting place. In February 2022, a section of Davie Boulevard was renamed Rubin Stacy Memorial Boulevard.

“I’m glad they acknowledged it,” says Brown, of Pompano Beach. “These stories make some people in the state uncomfortable, but if they are based on fact, we need to tell the truth. You can’t turn your head. These are things you can’t ignore.”

For Brown, it was these memorials — and Naves’ willingness to break her silence — that motivated her to reconstruct Stacy’s story. To do so, she also interviewed Ken Cutler, Parkland commissioner and historian, and Tameka Bradley Hobbs, library regional manager of Fort Lauderdale’s African American Research Library and Cultural Center.

“My family didn’t want to talk about it out of fear for years,” Brown says. “There was shame. There’s an element of hurt, and you can hear that emotion in Anne’s voice. Now it feels freeing. This is a story that was suppressed for years and by sharing it, this is how we overcome.”

Michael Anderson, a producer for “Rubin,” says the film also tackles what too many school textbooks don’t stress enough: the history of Black lynchings.

“For Black youth to know their stories, they have to know the history of lynchings,” Anderson says. “They still don’t know how lynchings were used as a weapon to keep a community quiet. That’s exactly what it did to Rubin Stacy’s family.”

IF YOU GO

WHAT: “Rubin”

WHEN: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3

WHERE: NSU’s Rose & Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center, 3100 Ray Ferrero Jr. Blvd., Davie

COST: Free, but tickets must be presented for entry

INFORMATION: 954-462-0222; MiniaciPAC.com

[makingmeagirlwithluv]

BTS MEMBERS AS ANGSTY LOVE SONG LYRICS AND WHY YOU WOULD BREAK UP

Author disclaimer: This is just for fun! I'm sure all the boys are lovely in their personal relationships. I just want to feel angsty!

Warnings: Angst, swearing, PG, but my blog is 18 plus so MINORS DNI.

Kim Namjoon:

"I'm bein' a cool girl, I'm keepin' it so tight"

"I need him like water, he thinks that I'm alright

I'm not feelin' human, I think he's a good guy"

Complex by Katie Gregson-MacLeod

Not sure if yall were ever dating officially :(

He's brilliant and wonderful but he can't make time for you in his head or his heart.

Thinks you're lovely and sweet and enjoys spending time with you but would not claim you.

You try harder to get his attention than you do caring for yourself. It's just not gone work I'm so sorry

Park Jimin:

"I know heaven's a thing

I go there when you touch me

Honey hell is when I fight with you"

False God by Taylor Swift

Absolutely devastating arguments lead to the breakup.

Jimin isn't a yeller but he can be so cruel when he's heated. And he doesn't take back anything he says even if he knows it hurts your feelings.

Will not talk to you for days on end if you don't apologize first.

Ultimately the anxiety you felt every time you disagreed on something was not worth it in the end. You break up and speak when you run into each other but don't date again.

Kim Seokjin

"'Cause I know we said we'd just be friends

I can't lie and I can't pretend

Boy, I've tried and bottom line is

I still love you and I hate this"

I hate this- Tenille Arts

He broke up with you cause he liked you more as a friend and wanted to do his own thing.

You are not handling it well.

You keep making up reasons to talk to him seeking some form of closure an he's so gentle he keeps talking it through with you because he does care about you.

Sadly as much as you love him and think he's your forever he does not feel that way about you.

Jeong Jung Kook

"Cause you're so pretty

When you smile, it kills me,

You're the only person left, so hold me

Don't leave me"

Ur So Pretty- Wasia Project

Anxious attachment style on both ends oh my gosh!

You were both so nervous about fucking things up and losing each other yall wouldn't let each other breathe like.

Lots of jealousy on both ends.

Relationship kind of imploded on itself.

Maybe some therapy would have helped but then again maybe not.

You two have an on and off thing for like a year before agreeing you're better off as friends.

Min Yoongi:

"And it's true

I tend to follow in his stride

Instead of side by side

I take his cue"

A part of that- The last five years

You just kind of lost yourself in him?

It's easy to fall into the world of min yoongi but your sense of individuality slowly fell away.

You looked up one day and your world was only him and it wasn't his fault but you had to find you again.

The breakup was amicable and you're still friends to an extent. You don't date again for a few years after him as you spend that time rediscovering yourself.

Jung Hoseok

"But when you walked out that door

A piece of me died

I told you I wanted more

But that's not what I had in mind

I just want it like before

We were dancin' all night"

Blue Jeans- Lana del Rey

Hobis ambition is not something you or anyone can get in the way of.

He loves you but he loves success a little more.

Long nights at the studio missed anniversaries long stints of no communicatom became the norm. You tried desperately to act like being second place in his life didn't bother you

But it did. And one day you walked out of his life and never looked back. One week without communication became 3 became months became a year.

It sucks that it fizzled out but you learned to date only people who had time for you.

Kim Taehyung

"I miss your tanned skin, your sweet smile

Sorry to say that you pushed this sweet guy away,friend.

So good to me, so right...But if we loved again, I swear I'd love you right I'd go back in time and change it, but I can't"

Back to December- Taylor swift

You had a lot of shit going on and you liked Tay but he always felt in the way even when he was just trying to love you.

You dumped him pretty abruptly, and he was pretty hurt and even asked you to reconsider a few times, but he eventually moved on.

After healing the parts of yourself that was not ready for a man like him you decide you'd love to try again.

He's already moved on though. Sometimes timing and life is funny like that.

You learn to be happy for him after being miserable for a while and eventually you love again.

And that's it! Let me know if you liked these and if you want more boys as song lyrics or head canons. Make sure to follow me for bts fan fic/ head cannons

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Gallavich Quotes Prompts 🗣️

Prompts for fics, headcanons, or discussion, etc. Interpret these however you like and feel free to use them as just a jumping off point! Btw, if anything along these lines has been written, please do recommend them to me! Quotes are by various writers that I’ve come across on tumblr (so I’m trusting these are the accurate sources)

“When I go toward you it is with my whole life” - Rainer Maria Rilke, Rilke’s Book of Hours

“I still wake up with things to tell you” - Trista Mateer, I Still Forget We’re Not Even Friends

“You did something for me I couldn’t do for myself. You loved me for who I am” - William Chapman

“With my eyes in your eyes I am less vulnerable to the elements” - Oana Avasilichioaei, Momiji Garden

“The peril of love is not in loving too often, a single evening can leave its wound in the soul” - Meng Chiao, Impromptu

“All the years of wanting you have softened me up, have made me sensitive to the moments we are together so that I treat each one like a treasure” - Michael O'Leary, He waiatanui kia Aroha

“I want to watch your wrinkles deepen under the passing full moons, I want to see grey hairs appear and strong shoulders stoop as our families grow” - Tenille K. Campbell, we met in late spring

“I hadn't realized how much I'd been needing to meet someone I might be able to say everything to” - Elizabeth Berg, Talk Before Sleep

“Love, genuine passionate love, was his for the first time” - Jack London, The Call of the Wild

“There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment” - Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever

“Right now I'd like all my troubles to stand in front of me in a straight line, and one by one I'd give each a black eye” - Shannon Hale, The Goose Girl

“If I could but know his heart, everything would become easy” - Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

“It is funny how you do not miss affection until it is given, but once it is, it can never be enough; you would drown in it if possible” - Libba Bray, The Sweet Far Thing

“Your first kiss is destiny knocking” - Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones

“When someone is in your heart, they're never truly gone. They can come back to you, even at unlikely times” - Mitch Albom, For One More Day

“All roads lead to you even those I took to forget you” - Mahmoud Darwish

"I am in urgent need of having my lips sealed with kisses” - Franz Kafka

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This Is Her House : Celebrating Saraya

Hello Everyone! Yes , you did read the title of this article right! I wanted to write about a wrestler who has made history and has a movie about her life. The wrestler I’m talking about is Saraya, formerly known as Paige. Today is her birthday and I wanted to celebrate her!

Saraya Jade Bevis was born on August 17,1992 in Norwich , England . Her mother and her father are both professional wrestlers, which means she is a second generation wrestler. Her mother is known as Sweet Saraya and her father is known as Ricky Knight. Her brother, Zak Zodiac , is also a professional wrestler as well as her half-brother , Roy Knight. Saraya’s nephew , Ricky Knight Jr., has also joined the family business by becoming a professional wrestler.

Bevis entered the professional wrestling business at the age of 13 when she made her debut in World Association of Wrestling ( WAW ) . This was her family ’s wrestling promotion, thus , she debuted under the name of Britani Knight. She toured the European Independent Wrestling scene and won several championships. Nevertheless in 2011, she would soon get her big break when Vince McMahon signed her to WWE after her second tryout for the company . She was sent to their developmental brand , Florida Championship Wrestling ( FCW ) , and soon made her debut there under her real name at one of their house shows before changing her name to Paige and debuting on their TV program in 2012. She chose this name as a tribute to one of the characters on the TV show , ‘ Charmed ’. Thus, FCW was rebranded into what is now known as NXT. The Anti-Diva would make her NXT debut the same year.

On the May 29, 2013 episode of NXT, Stephanie McMahon , the daughter of Vince McMahon and Co-Chief Executive Officer of WWE at the time , would make an appearance on NXT. She announced that there would be a tournament to crown the inaugural NXT Women’s Champion. Paige soon found herself entering the tournament. She would go on to defeat wrestlers such as Alicia Fox to go to the finals. Therefore , she would make history in WWE.

In the finals of the tournament, Paige would face Emma ( Tenille Dashwood ). She would go on to defeat Emma and become the youngest NXT Women’s Champion, at 20 years old . She would successfully retain her championship against opponents such as Natalya , Summer Rae , Emma , and Sasha Banks ( aka Mercedes Monè ) . Nevertheless, she would have to vacate the championship in April of 2014 after making history once again.

On the April 7 , 2014 episode of Monday Night RAW , in which this episode was the show after Wrestlemania XXX ( 30 ). The current WWE Divas Champion , AJ Lee, was standing in the ring cutting a promo. During Lee’s promo , Paige’s music would hit and she would interrupt the champion . She congratulated Lee on retaining her championship before being challenged to a match for the championship after AJ slapped her . Nevertheless, the match started and Lee would soon find herself in Paige’s signature move , The Paige Turner , to quickly end the match. Therefore , Paige won the match and made history again. She became the youngest Divas Champion at the age of 21. She also made history by becoming the only woman in the WWE to be NXT Women’s Champion and the WWE Divas Champion by having both championships at the same time . She would also be a key figure in the Women’s Evolution in the company as well as a cast member on the reality show , ‘ Total Divas ’. In 2018 after having to retire due to a neck injury , she would become the general manager of Smackdown. It was rumored that she was assigned the job to help promote the movie about her life , ‘ Fighting With My Family ’ , which starred Florence Pugh as Paige . In 2019 , she would become the manager of the Kabuki Warriors , Asuka and Kairi Sane .

Paige would leave WWE in June of 2022. In September of the same year, she would make an appearance for Tony Khan’s All Elite Wrestling ( AEW ) , at their Grand Slam show . Khan would announce her signing to the company after she did this . She would be wrestling under her real name , Saraya. Her first feud in AEW would be with Dr.Britt Baker , DMD. On the November 9,2022 episode of Dynamite, she would announce that she was fully cleared to return to in ring action . Saraya’s first match in five years would be at the Full Gear Pay-Per-View against Britt Baker where she would win. She would also form a Heel stable called , ‘ The Outcasts ’ , along with former WWE talent, Ruby Soho , and Toni Storm. They would attack the original AEW Women’s talent. Thus , in 2023, Saraya would challenge for the AEW Women’s Championship in a fatal four way match against Britt Baker , Toni Storm , and champion Hikaru Shida. The match would take place at the All In Pay-Per-View in London, England .

‘ All In ’ would take place at the legendary Wembley Stadium. Saraya would have her family escort her to the ring before the match to Queen’s ‘ We Will Rock You ’. She would find herself successful by defeating Baker , Shida, and Storm by becoming the new AEW Women’s World Champion in front of her home crowd. She would celebrate with her family after the match. The AEW Women’s World Championship would be her first championship in almost nine years. Her title reign would last over a month before being defeated by Hikaru Shida on ‘ AEW Dynamite: Title Tuesday ’ , which took place on October 10, 2023.

Saraya would soon reform The Outcasts with Ruby Soho. They would replace Toni Storm with Harley Cameron. Saraya and Cameron would soon turn on Soho after it was revealed that Saraya put Cameron up to kissing Soho’s boyfriend, Angelo Parker , to try and break them up. This would lead to Soho and Saraya having a feud . Therefore , their feud would quickly after Soho announced her pregnancy. Saraya and Cameron are still tag team partners.

Saraya is also an advocate for addiction and mental health.

My Final Thoughts:

It’s amazing how Saraya accomplished all of this in her career. I also love how she was able to face all of the obstacles in her life and how she overcame them. Fighting With My Family is also a great movie . Happy birthday, Saraya!

Love You All,

- Kay

[tenille-arts]

Is anybody out there or am I just talking to the ceiling? Is anybody feeling what I'm feeling? Like you wanna cry. Like you wanna hide. Do you feel like the whole world's waiting for you to get it right? Do you feel like you wanna scream but you can't 'cause you can't breathe? Do you feel like you're the only one who knows what this feels like? So do I. So do I. So do I. So do I.

So Do I by Tenille Arts

[chaifootsteps]

My toxic trait is believing that alot of sappy country love songs, when looked at in a certain context, can either be seen from the point of view of someone absolutely adoring their horse and sees them as a platonic/familial life partner, or from the point of view of a horse with human-like intelligence that loves their human with all their heart and willing to do anything for them, and there's nothing that can change my mind.

Some examples:

5 foot 9 by Tyler Hubbard (this one reminds me of a horse just basically listing all the things he loves about his human and how lucky he is to have her)

Wild as you by Cody Johnson (this one reads as a cowboy wanting to tame a wild mustang and slowly gaining its trust to the point that the horse is comfortable with him, but he knows in his heart that the horse deserves to stay wild and free)

Home to me by Tenille Townes (I personally see this one as a horse going on a cross-country 'homeward bound' esc adventure to reunite with its rider, or a wild horse that bonds with a human and comes to see them as home and keeps returning to them, no matter how far it travels)

Beautiful Crazy by Luke Combs (same reason as 5 foot 9. Just a horse adoring how crazy his human is and how much he adores her for it.)

My Girl by Dylan Scott (this one's a bit iffy, but again, I can see it as being a horse (possibly even a rescue, by the 'she saved me' line) just adoring his human and knowing that she's his girl, she's his human, and no other human will take that away)

Hard to Love by Lee Brice (this one can kinda have two different ideas depending on how you look at it. If you look at it coming from the humans pov, it could be a guy trying to train and work with a mare with less abrasive methods than what he's been taught to use, but he messes up and slips back into these abrasive methods at times. But even then, the mare still comes back and wants to work with him cause she recognizes that he's trying and is willing to forgive. From a horse pov, this could be a horse that has behavioral issues due to a bad past, which causes him to lash out at his human, but despite this, she continues to work with him and love him, despite him having problems and being hard to love)

The Good Ones by Gabby Barrett (this one works except the one t-shirt line, but if you ignore that and look at it from the horses perspective, it's reads like a mare that previously been abused and mistreated until a kind cowboy takes her in and treats her with kindness and love for the first time, and she realizes she's finally found one of the good humans who genuinley cares about her and loves her)

Run to You by Lady Antebellum ((yes I know the shit they've tried to pull and fuck them for that, but I still need to bring this up cause this is what started this weird obsession of mine) this one always felt like a horse and rider who find comfort in eachothers company and use their bond as an escape from the stress of the world)

Somebody like You by Keith Urban (this one I have a very specific story for. This gives me the vibes of a lesson horse/lease horse that finds a human that they love and they feels is their person, and how they wants to love somebody like them cause they push them to be the best it can be.)

Some of these have their flaws, but Im willing to look past those to make a point. There's definitely more, and I'm currently working on a playlist. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk

I've been listening to country music all my actual life including while riding horses and I shit you not a whole world just opened up. This is fantastic. Thank you for this.

[songsofprotestpeacerevolution]

Tenille Townes - Somebody's Daughter

It means the world, hearing that people are connecting to this song and thinking about people that they've run into or passed by in their car, [or] someone that they know or are related to, a cousin or brother. We've all got a story. Everybody's got struggles that they're going through.

This song was inspired by a drive I took with my mom when we were going furniture shopping, and we saw this girl holding onto a cardboard sign, and it kind of made us think about what her story might have been, and how everyone's got one. So it really means the world when people reach out and have the courage to tell me their story and respond in that way.

My goal is to be able to write music and play for people, and music always makes us feel less alone in what we're going through. I think songs are such a powerful way of getting to tell someone's story. To me, as a writer, it's an honor to get to shed light on things that might be harder to talk about, and music kinda makes those walls come down. We realize we're more alike than we knew we are. So it's always a goal for me to make people feel welcomed, to show up and come as they are.

[pummoosun]

Omg speaking of aquariums (I'm late to talking but shhh I was nappi g!!) I think Captain Tenille (guy in the picture) takes the baby's amongst dio and his group to the aquarium in his free time :3

Awww thats so cute! Yea, he definitly does!

(Dont worry btw, i now just barely woke up too, lol)

[folklore-barnes]

december '22 | playlist

1. sunset - caroline polachek

2. with love from - aly & aj

3. permanent december - miley cyrus

4. 'tis the damn season - taylor swift

5. forever winter (taylor's version) - taylor swift

6. oh ms. believer - twenty one pilots

7. typa girl - blackpink

8. walk it talk it - migos, drake

9. happier than ever (edit) - billie eilish

10. decode - sabrina carpenter

11. i'm a mess - avril lavigne, yungblud

12. everybody says they're fine - sigrid

13. back home - ibrahim maalouf, jp cooper

14. snow on the beach - taylor swift, lana del rey

15. somebody like that - tenille arts

16. overprotected - britney spears

17. canvas - 4minute

18. '39 - queen

19. because i liked a boy - sabrina carpenter

20. wtf do i know - miley cyrus

21. feel like this - ingrid andress

22. happier - ed sheeran

23. never gonna leave this bed - maroon 5

24. cut to the feeling - carly rae jepsen

25. every time i cry - ava max

26. dancing with a stranger - sam smith, normani

27. all i wanted - paramore

28. temporary funeral - emlyn

29. coast - hailee steinfeld, anderson paak.

30. plain jane - hailey whitters

31. the time of our lives - miley cyrus

32. i'm a slave 4 u - britney spears

33. renegade - big red machine, taylor swift

34. borracha - becky g

35. 22 (taylor's version) - taylor swift

[daybloomcrow]

more swag and trans furry art... i need to see it all... dash please cooperate...

[rainintheevening]

13 (*bats eyelashes*), 15, 28, 30 for the song asks.

*cackling*

A song for...

13. your best friend(s)

'I Get To Love You' by Ruelle

15. when you need tough love

Umm, first one that comes to mind is 'Fool With a Fancy Guitar' by Andrew Peterson.

28. making you roll your eyes

'Despacito' by whoever. Everyone knows what song I'm talking about. It's annoying.

30. a glimpse into your soul

'Fly High' by Michael Mitchell, 'The Cut' by Jason Gray, 'Girl Who Didn't Care, by Tenille Townes, 'Didn't Even See the Dust' by Paul Brandt, 'Sons of Thunder' by Owl City, 'Nous Vivons Ensemble' by Gordon Lightfoot, 'Just As I Am' by Andrew Peterson, 'All Things Well' by Chris Tomlin, 'Joy' by Nathan Wagner, 'Those Were the Nights' by Hunter Brothers, 'Something Wild' by Lindsey Stirling, 'Prologue+The Great Adventure' by Steven Curtis Chapman, 'There Is a Redeemer' by Keith Green, 'Hard to Find' by Skillet, 'Stick Outside the Door' by Smitty Kingston, 'Skating Rink' by David Francey, 'Arms That Hold the Universe' by 33 Miles... Okay, I'll stop.

[cultreslut]

ik its not a recent trend but so many ppl exclude 2010s/2020s music from the general niche music listener sphere bc they think its just pop music but so was every other decade . past decades also have had really shitty popular music too but ppl dont talk abt as often bc its just been forgotten to time . its different now bc were living in the Now and youre more likely to hear a shitty song from the past year in the grocery store than Captain and Tenille's 1976 #4 Hit 'Muskrat Love'

[skyblue-ringpops]

so if you've been following me for a while you know i always have the most controversial favs 😭 and im back with another... my favorite cruel summer character is jamie. but i have my reasons!! i could say a lot about him but let's start with:

jamie was not a villain in the '93 storyline in episode 7

ive seen so many people cite that episode as a reason why they hate him and... honestly i don't get it. not saying kate had no right to be annoyed, but he's not entirely to blame and didn't have bad intentions.

so let's break the scene down.

the promise ring. even though he was told it was too big of a commitment, he didn't care - he loved her and really did want to be with her. again, kate not being ready is absolutely not a problem. but he definitely did care about her.

next. the flask, brought by tenille. and then after the food court scene, jamie went off with ben while the girls stayed together. of course jamie is still partially at fault for what happened, but consider: he said whatever was in the flask (again, brought by tenille) was very strong - I actually saw a theory once that tenille intentionally made something intended for kate that would get her very drunk in order to embarrass her, not saying I think that's the case but it is very interesting to consider - and also, that ben was with jamie the whole time, and seemed to find the whole thing amusing. ben is another fav of mine so im not attacking him at all, but imo he's partially responsible as well.

then there's the spill. totally not done intentionally, and... also not jamie's fault. ben knocked into him, that's the only reason he spilled it. but still, jamie gets the full blame - and takes full responsibility. he apologizes (as far as we know, ben says nothing) and runs to find something to clean it with while everyone else stands around. honestly no matter who's at fault, the best solution would be the girls washing it off in the bathroom, but jamie was the one to step up.

and then, leaving the mall. when he asks what her favorite present was and she doesn't say the ring, he seems so sad about it... but then seems to have a moment of realization where he sees that the ring may have been a mistake (at least, that's my interpretation of his reaction.) then kate tries to assure him that she likes it... even though it's obvious she doesn't... and he's happy again. then asks about her favorite present and genuinely seems interested, because that's how much he cares.

then there's also the question of... why. why is he taking her home? yes, he brought her there. but he drove, and obviously that isn't an option on the way back. kate was running late and jamie could barely stand up (and yet still brought her home) and nobody else offered to help out? none of them could give them a ride, or at least offer to get jamie home so kate wouldn't be held back by him?

and then when they actually get to martin's. martin asks kate if they want a ride home. then, in the scene where they're in the car, they're talking as if they're alone when kate is dropped off, and if you look in the back during the one scene that shows it, jamie isn't there. but it doesn't make sense that he'd be dropped off first - even if you consider that martin wanted to be alone with kate, since she needed to get home and, as far as we know, he didn't have a curfew. so either jamie isn't totally to blame for kate being late, or he was abandoned in martin's front lawn.

either way. he's not the bad guy here.

[defeatsthem]

♡ mary & tenille

send me ♡ and i'll answer:

who buys generic brand products? who buys name-brand? Tenille definitely goes for organic, name-brand products at any given time. Mary is impartial to either one.

who upgrades their iPhone/Android every single year? I feel like they both would just use their phones until their phone acts up. That could mean 2 years or 5 years depending on the durability. Apple Watches though? Tenille upgrades every year or two due to her fitness activities.

who complains about their day? who listens? It depends on the day so it could be either one in either scenario.

who gets shit-faced drunk forcing the other to drive? Tenille definitely.

who sends the other 20 tiktok's in a day and expects them to react to every single one? I feel like Mary would. I don't think Tenille is on TikTok (publically anyway) so this would be a trait Mary would have.

who stuffs clean sheets in the closet without folding them? who complains about it? Neither of them do this because they were raised to know better. They both fold things properly and neatly.

who surprises the other with coffee/breakfast in the morning? Tenille hates coffee but she makes it for Mary, along with some breakfast if she's feeling particularly fancy.

who starts a food fight while they're preparing a meal? I feel like this would be something Tenille would do but only sparingly because the clean-up process is never fun when it's their own kitchen. If it's at a resort and they do it? Then it's fair game and they leave a generous tip for the mess they left the workers to clean up.

who thinks of the weirdest, out-of-pocket scenarios at 3 in the morning and calls/texts/talks to the other about it? Mary.

who refuses to eat the first & last piece of bread in the bag? Tenille.

who doesn't like the crust on their sandwich? Tenille, but it depends on the type of bread.

who goes to Target for one thing and walks out having spent $400? Mary.

who pays for the dinner? who pays for the drinks? Tenille pays for drinks, Mary pays for dinner.

who's always looking at the dessert menu before even ordering their drinks? Tenille by far! And she always takes a photo or video of their entire meal before diving in to post it on Instagram.

during the movie previews, who's the first to say "i wanna see that movie"? Tenille.

who shoves the other into the pool fully clothed? Mary would do this. God help her if Tenille's phone's in her pocket when it happens.

who has to have the corner piece of a cake/brownie/etc? I feel like this would be Mary's trait. Tenille's just happy to have a brownie to munch on.

who brings home a dog/cat despite the other saying not to? I feel like Tenille would be the one to do this and Mary would be so mad but obviously would come around to the entire idea.