#trolls band arena

[superjwtheartist]

[nikki-ships]

Kinda a WIP thing of Floyd and Siouxsie meeting except I don't actually know how they would approach one another lol.

I wanted to draw it, but I can't actually get the backgrounds to work with me, and they're a huge part of it all ://

Anywhore, here's the song he's walking into the scene to if you also want the full effect of his kinda scary introduction to The Underground scene: My Name Is Mud

This lil WIP is only like 500 words, so blerg

He never had to start from so low, already being a well-established artist. Well, a member of a well-known band, at least. And that’s just the problem. He knows who he is in a group. As a band, they all had their roles to play, it all seemed so cut and dry. But going solo, he just feels… lost.

Which is why he’s turned to The Underground Scene. He’s heard of it, but never been, and trying to get information on where the nearest underground was was like pulling teeth. These scenes are a well-kept secret from a great many mainstream spaces, because the Trolls that play there don’t usually have a well-developed space themselves like the other genres do. These areas are coveted by many smaller genres and subgenres. The mainstream have it easy with their whole kingdoms and villages to play in, but groups like Indie, Punk, Goth, and various others don’t have that. So, to the Underground they took, crafting widely spread out concert arenas for themselves. Literal holes in the ground.

It’s the last place anyone expects to see such a brightly colored Pop Troll, but nothing is vibing right with Floyd’s pursuit of a solo career. He’s desperate for inspiration and to experiment and possibly discover more of who he is as an individual.

The path into The Underground is a bit convoluted. Ominous, heavy noises echo off the walls. A sense of dread fills his chest as the heavy strums reverb deep in his bones. It only grows heavier as he enters the concert area. The lyrics begin as soon as he does, and he’s… not sure what to make of them starting, “My name is Mud.”

Bioluminescent fungi help to light the stage, along with other light sources that were gathered to make the artists visible to the audience. Most Trolls occupying the area are darker in color, generally from grungier music subgenres and derivatives of Rock and Metal. Some are more colorful, however, so he doesn’t immediately stick out too much.

Finally, he sees the source of the heavy reverb making his skeleton feel like it’s about to vibrate out of his body. The bassist. In the blue-toned light, she looks more grey-toned, dark red hair with bangs covering her eyes, her mouth never moving from the neutral expression it’s stuck in. She doesn’t move at all, really… only her hands as she strums such an intense bass line with the drums only making the room shake more. Such a deadpan expression and her general lack of movement around the stage while everyone else was throwing themselves about it would make one suspect that she doesn’t want to be there.

[breha]

it's bandcamp friday! now is a great time to explore your local music scene and while you're at it check out these recommendations from my local folk & DIY scene:

Singer-Songwriters:

Justin Arena the last time i saw them play my friend said "you didn't warn me they were mountain goats music" so take that as you will

Seth Hanson there is something so simple and lovely to me about not too deep.

Zoé Rose dePaz violinist, guitarist, also the fiddle player in a band called troll 2

Prateek "Not just any guy with a guitar... Prateek’s honest, elegant songcraft and luminous voice capture the ear and heart immediately." - The Boston Globe

Elise Leavy i fucking forgot about this woman until just now. i saw her at somebody's house. wait she's so good.

Bands:

nervous. is this folk? anyway i am not beating the "has cried at a nervous show" allegations. they're a blast live

Cats On Film indie/shoegaze. the only thing that weight has to teach us is how to ask for more fuckin weeeeeeeeeeight

Strawberry Machine indie/bedroom rock

Bullpup emo!

[chanelfunnell]

anons, i don't know where Wags PJ parties take place, with Sid the Kid in the background, at the ice rink, arena, locker room or in the restaurant or in the privacy of WAG's house. No idea whether refreshment and drinks are paid by team's fund, by WAGs or hosting WAGs

Look how many likes McDavid has gathered and looks more human, so dozens of NHLers visiting hospitals before Christmas.

I guess it is always up to them as I saw different places and parties but just on the photos. It is definitely up to hosting or Queen Bee WAG. Maybe some WAGs are very healthy food conscious, other girls have a sweet tooth, a deep pocket or more like stingy attitude based on poor small gift basket by Captain for the auction with lack of personality. Others throw big parties with catering or disco, sit down dinner. I have no idea. I think Pens WAGs are pretty. That's why Hilary Clinton lost her support in Michigan. Her husband was right.

But not into normal way to help out than dress up for fancy meet up with a photoshoot. Compared to ex Blackhawks Klara Kubalik and quite young group of Red Wings Detroit WAGs which is good to see. Possibly not so popular like hospital visits by Kris Letang but it is more than meet and fun for ourselves asking other people to donate or buy their merch or listen to their , wisdom, know how how live.

Maybe Mrs Troll is right in one thing about controling Sidney Crosby..Lets add what I said above and before. Kathy's gift basket was all about Sid's merch -3 things and 2 tiny things added lol. Compared other Pens WAGs. Maybe they like sweet things but they do not bother to visit anything charitable beside posing for their ,charity, photoshoot. Check McDavid and working girlfriend with design and Dreisatl donates quite a lot and often so jerseys, unless he tries to get new blocker or a stick .

If Mrs Troll changes direction there are certainly good hot tube parties by McDavid. Dreisaitl will borrow her his swimming flippers and arm bands and also a burger flipper for barbie parties. Let's wait for her cool, glamourous photo to check reality . She needs Crosby's approval apparently to leave so pray it's drama free so our space

[theswarmanthology]

Ghost, 28, Tacoma, WA

"I mostly lurk and like/reblog pictures and art."

Fast Facts: How long have you been a fan?: 9+ years Did you get to see MCR live before this tour?: Yes, I saw them before the breakup in 2013 How many shows on this tour did you attend in total?: 1 Favorite album: I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love Show experience out of 10: 10 Did you cry at your show?: Yes

Which date of the tour did you attend? 10/03/22, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, WA

When did you get your tickets for your show? Was it a struggle, or were they easy to grab? I got my tickets a few months before, resale on ticketmaster. They were easy but I had to make a decision quick cause the prices were skyrocketing for anything good.

Did you attend with anyone else? Solo

What did you wear? A three cheers shirt, black and red plaid red pants with those suspenders that I just let hang down, doc martens, red and black nail polish, red eye shadow and of COURSE eyeliner specifically with the smudger to give it the authentic 2006 feeling. Even dyed my hair black for it.

Where were your seats? Not in the pit, but on the floor! Section 9, close enough to see the stage but hard to make out the details.

What was your favorite song(s) from the setlist they played at your show? Mama and Vampires Will Never Hurt You

What song were you most hoping to hear? Did you get to hear it? Kill All Your Friends, unfortunately no. But I'm glad it was played on the tour no matter what!

What was your favorite moment from the show? When the crowd parted in a way where I could see the stage and Mikey Way was standing there perfectly framed between all these people in the distance, spotlight on him, holding his hand up towards the crowd. It stood out so much I almost started crying.

What was the most unexpected moment from the show? Gerard Way coming out in the Team Edward shirt for the Double Vampire encore. Being in Washington it felt like both a gift and a troll.

Did you snag any merch? What pieces? TOO MUCH. I got the swarm flag, the beanie hat, the boy zone shirt, the one shirt with the faded demolition lovers, one set of pins, the mikey way mystery shirt and the TYFTV tote bag.

Many fans describe seeing MCR live as feeling like coming home. Did you experience anything like that at your show? Absolutely. The moment where the band goes quiet while the whole arena's singing along to Famous Last Words, you can almost feel everyone's light around you, and it feels incredible and safe.

If you could change one thing about your show experience, what would it be? That I should've brought water with me after getting there so early in the day. And that I wish they played more from Bullets, but VWNHY makes up for the lack of it.

Has your perspective or opinion about the band changed since seeing them on this tour? If so, in what way? I don't think my opinion has changed, but this whole tour has re-awakened the beast that my spotify wrapped will never recover from.

What advice would you give to people seeing My Chemical Romance in the future? Bring water and snacks if you arrive early! Especially if it says it's gonna be hot out! Don't make my mistakes!

Anything we didn't ask that you feel obliged to share or talk about? This is impossible for me to prove but I had a dream of Gerard Way waving around a trans flag two nights before it actually happened. The same show where he walked out as a ghost which has been my online nickname for ages. It's surely a WILD coincidence but I'm going to incorporate into my beliefs that I simply had a brief psychic connection with Gerard Way.

Thanks, Ghost! He can be found at ghost_n_ghoul on Twitter.

[thebandcampdiaries]

Introducing: Christian Russo

Christian Russo is a talented rock, metal, and fusion guitarist born in May 1982. He started his musical journey at the age of 14 by studying with renowned national and international masters such as Fabio Zeppetella, Carlo Fimiani, Lutte-berg, William Stravato, Nico Stufano, Scott Henderson, Tim Miller, Umberto Fiorentino, and Osvaldo Lo Iacono.

He also participated in various masterclasses with artists like Andy Timmons, Guthrie Govan, Greg Howe, Scott Henderson, Carl Verheyen, Paul Gilbert, Roben Ford, and many others. In 2008, Christian joined the band "Indie," with whom he worked until 2010, releasing music under the Eko Music label from Siracusa. Later, he joined the Klivia project and collaborated with various artists, including Ricky Portera, Iskra Menarini, Michele Ascolese, Claudio "Gallo" Golinelli, and Pasquale Pietro Neri.

Christian has continued to play and collaborate with numerous artists in the Italian music scene, including Dino, Wilma Goich, Stefania Cento, Andrea Cervetto (New Trolls), Shalpy Giovanni Scialpi, and Valerio Zelli (O.R.O.). He also performed at the first Sila Tre Vette event, during which he was filmed by Rai Sport and participated in the television show "Cantando Ballando" on Canale Italia with the Mediterranean orchestra. In 2014, he collaborated in the first edition of "La Place des Artistes" in Cosenza.

In 2015, Christian released his first entirely instrumental EP titled "The Guitar Battle for Peace". The EP featured the participation of numerous guests of national and international fame, including Michele Ascolese, William Stravato, Carlo Fimiani, Vanny Tonon, Andrea Martongelli, Andrea Morucci, Patrick Abbate, Sergio Pescara, Gianni Cicogna, and Michael Angelo Batio, one of the greatest metal guitarists of all time. The EP was released by Hydra Music by Amedeo Pesce and reviewed in the historic magazine "CHITARRE."

In 2019, Christian collaborated with jazz fusion guitarist Brett Garsed on the track "Road Beyond Borders," which was included in the album "Terre lontane" produced by William Stravato. He continued to collaborate and play with other luminaries of music, including the renowned bassist Billy Sheehan and drummer Walfredo Reyes Jr.

Christian is a very active live performer, with performances on prestigious stages and high-profile events, including his performance at the Arena Farnesina event - Municipio Roma XV "Andy Luotto che il gusto della cultura, cinema, musica e teatro" in 2020.

Christian graduated with top marks in Rock Blues Guitar from the Saint Louis College of Music in Rome and has years of experience in music education. He began his teaching career at the "CMM - Modern Guitar Academy" of Andrea Morucci, where he promoted a didactic philosophy aimed at enhancing the characteristics and potential of the instrument.

Currently, Christian plays together with Carmen Costantino (Demetra) in the metal band "Sliding Doors," which released its first single "I Believed" (with Billy Sheehan on bass) in 2023. With over 400,000 views on YouTube, the song was accompanied by a video directed by the award-winning Swedish director Patric Ullaeus.

[adamburt1984]

Mid Year Review, 2023

Start off with what worst, football, apart from winning League Cup (Carabao Cup) and being 3rd and back to Champions League, football is annoying lost 7-0 to Liverpool (fans arogant that not shame lost to a team that bottom of the table), Kim Min Jae choose Bayern over Manchester United and didn't get Harry Kane (he move to Bayern cos Spurs put £100million, United not sure they pay him or is he worth £ 100 millions) and got trolled by two Bayern wanking bastards and Leeds Sheep shaging fan (I don't accpet trolls and negative comments. And don't forget, Manchester Shity steal Manchester United's treble history, frusrated and angry it happen. I'm not loving my football. Got three great players but would of been great if we get Harry Kane, but Tottenham put too overprice on Kane, hate that team and losing to them on 2nd match doesn't help and new season start, feel not start off great but it's beginning of the season, hope we win Champions League.

Had my first interview, well it called training interview with group, been shown a booklet and shown around. It at gym, be gym cleaner but didn't get the job. I got but feel job are good and would be good for me. No idea how nerves I was before interview, it was tense, but after interview I was bit better. Nerves if I had a job. And worry that unable to get a holiday for my concert. Was looking forward for a concert. Still struggling with job searching,

Talking about Concert, went to Sabaton Concert with my brother at a Arena in my hometown. It also feature Babymetal and Lordi, I do like all these bands, Babymetal more. Even I enjoyed the concert, didn't get any mechs or souvnirs. And walking home at night is bit scary.

Enjoying Genshin Impact lately playing non stop. And on Youtube seem addicuited listen to US presidents (Trump, Biden and Obama) IAs (not real) like playing video games and doing tiers, check them out, they everywhere in Youtube.

That all I think I can say so far. Well Seen The Mandalorian season 3, I wasn't happy with this Bo Katan can do what Din can't like using black lightsaber and allow to take her hemlet off and be part of the Bounty Hunters, and seen the creature which is symbol of Bounty Hunters, feel Din should do some of them, like see the creature. He main character with Grogu.

What coming that I'm looking froward even had no job, is me and my brother going to London for three days in end of November, mainly Babymetal Concert, seeing them again. But also going to tour Big Ben and visit Battersea Power Station and some muesums and some shops. Two months and four weeks, worried everything can happen. It seem far. Looking forward for it.

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[spirit-of-boris]

Time for a review of what might be my favorite book I read last year: Nicholas Eames’ Kings of the Wyld (2017). I wish I’d written this sooner, because I’ve already forgotten plenty about the story.

Kings of the Wyld tells the story of Saga, maybe the greatest band (of monster-killing mercenaries) of the world, as they come back together decades after disbanding for a last, personal mission. In this universe, mercenaries are like our rock bands; they have managers and followers and groupies, they go on tour, and there has been a shift from ragtag bands of misfits to carefully-put-together bands touring arenas with much publicity. Now, Saga were, as I said, the best of them all, but now most of them are old men with bad backs and too many scars trying to live as normal folks - for better or worse.

It’s a story about putting the band back together, but also about growing older, reckoning with what you once were, warts and all, and about parenthood and filiation. It’s full of visual humor, but the author also manages to wrench your heart out with sentences like:

“What was it about fathers [...] that compelled so many of them to test their children? To insist that a daughter, or a son, prove themselves worthy of a love their mother offered without condition?”.

I’d say a good part of the story is predictable, but in the same way that, say, wrestling is predictable: this is a fantasy story about a band of heroes, so there are conventions, dammit! I also somehow associate the book with sex, not because there were sex scenes (I’m not even sure there were any? The sequel as some, but of the fade-to-black variety), but because there were definitely sex jokes. It all gave me a feeling of “sex is cool but it’s also funny and ridiculous”, but that’s just, like, my opinion. It also has owlbears (who definitely don’t exist), virility potions, troll weed, plenty of shout-outs, and my favorite character, Arcandius Moog, a balding gay wizard in pajamas who tries to cure the world’s most dangerous illness but has the attention span of a puppy. I’m sure I’m forgetting so many things, so if anyone wants to talk about this book, please please do!

[a-small-batch-of-dragons]

It’s Not That Bad, Right?

Prompt: Feel free to write this prompt (or not)- Merlin is cursed and turned into a dragon/wyvern. Arthur commands him to stay in the forest until they figure out how to change him back, but when Merlin senses that Arthur is in danger during a tournament in the City arena, he flies in front of everyone to rescue him, proving how willing he is to protect Arthur even if it means putting his life at the mercy of a shocked Camelot and angry Uther. Also Merlin breaths fire and is BAMF as a dragon.

Thanks for the prompt, babe! 

Read on Ao3 Part 2!

Pairings: Merthur, can be platonic or romantic you decide

Warnings: none. Merlin’s a little shit but what did we expect

Word Count: 3511

 Okay, Merlin’s gonna take the blame this time. This one’s on him. Definitely. No two ways about it. He’s big enough to admit he screwed up. He is! This one’s definitely on him. Absolutely not a question about it.

 In his defense, what was he supposed to do when he saw a sorcerer with a magic circle around a dragon’s egg chanting ominously as a bunch of storm clouds formed overhead, not run into the middle and push it out?

 Yeah, as if.

“Merlin!”

 Well, it sure hurt like hell, that’s for damn sure. Merlin can feel his teeth chattering against themselves as energy courses through his body, into through his fingertips and out through the top of his head, sending bolts into the ground, through his legs, through his chest. Something reaches deep beneath him and pulls, stretching him like putty. His throat screams in a soundless roar until he registers that, oh wait, that deafening noise is coming from him. Huh.

 “M-Merlin?”

 Why does Arthur sound unsure? Merlin’s fine. Merlin’s so fine right now. Everything is so fine and good right now, what’s wrong? Merlin turns around to say that, yeah, it’s alright, prat, he’s fine, no need to sound so nervous, only his head seems really really heavy right now and since when has his neck been that long?

 “Sire, stay back! I don’t know what’s happened!”

 “Stay low to the ground.”

 “One of these buggers wasn’t enough, huh?”

 Oh, are there more sorcerers? Merlin turns his—why the hell is his head so heavy?—head to look, scanning the trees for more sorcerers.

 …that’s funny, why is he suddenly higher? And where are his arms? Or his legs? Or…

 …oh, bollocks.

 Merlin sighs, only to realize that hey, you guys remember that dragons can breathe fire, right?

 “Get back!” Oh, there’s Leon. Merlin wondered where he got off to. “I don’t know where you come from, beast, but you must leave immediately.”

 “Beast,” Merlin mutters, “how rude.”

 It’s worth it for the way Leon’s arm drops dead to his side. The knight’s mouth gapes up at him. “Merlin?”

 Merlin’s gotta get used to this freaking head. He looks around at himself, tests his four feet—claws? Paws? He doesn’t know—and flaps his wings experimentally. “Pretty sure. Just, er, a little different?”

 “A little different, he says,” Gwaine mutters from Arthur’s other side, “Merlin what the hell have you done now?”

 “I think,” Merlin says, testing out the words in his new mouth—so many teeth—“I’ve been turned into a dragon.”

 “Stellar observations there.”

 “How is this possible,” Lancelot murmurs, the only one of the knights who dares step closer, close enough to rest his hand on Merlin’s flank. Wow, he’s tiny. “Merlin, did—did you do this?”

 “Why would I do this?”

 “You are dramatic,” Lancelot says, winking up at him.

 “Hey!”

 “He’s not wrong.”

 “Thanks, Gwaine.”

 “Alright, alright.” Arthur sways on his feet, looking every bit about to faint, except he grits his teeth and puts his sword decidedly at his side. “Merlin’s a dragon. Sure.”

 “In the flesh!”

 “I think you mean in the scale,” Elyan adds helpfully.

 Arthur glares at him, only to glance around and see Lancelot happily petting Merlin’s scales, Leon looking him over like he does the new armor, and Gwaine sauntering over to a stump and sitting down. He cocks his head and looks at Merlin, before shrugging and pulling out a waterskin. Even Percival and Elyan look a little nonplussed.

 “Are all of you just—fine with this?”

 Gwaine shrugs. “Hardly the weirdest thing to ever happen to us, is it?”

  “Merlin is a dragon!”

 “And not too long ago Gaius was possessed by a goblin.”

 “Don’t forget the manticore,” Percival supplies.

 “Oh,” Lancelot calls, “and the immortal army!”

 “And,” Leon says, “let us also not forget, Sire, that Uther once was married to a troll.”

 “Wait, he was what?” Gwaine leaps up indignantly. “Why have you not told us this story?”

  “Enough!”

 Merlin doesn’t sigh, but he does exhale noisily through his nostrils. While Arthur prattles on about respecting the king or some such nonsense that he’s sure only Leon is really listening to—and then it’s only out of politeness and because he’s heard it a thousand times—Merlin fidgets.

 Scales itch, did you know that? It feels like he’s wearing scratchy clothes that don’t fit right on his skin. He huffs, trying to keep the smoke to a minimum, scrubbing his legs and arms along the ground to try and get some relief. When it doesn’t work, he flops his head down with a resounding thump, out of the way of any of the knights. Wow, his head is the size of Lancelot.

 Lancelot, of course, because this man is the definition of unflappable unless it comes to Gwen, simply smiles and reaches out to gently stroke the ridge between Merlin’s eyes. Merlin rumbles gratefully and nudges Lancelot with the tip of his nose.

 “Right there, hmm?” Lancelot pats him a few more times.

 “He’s not a horse, Lancelot,” Leon says with a smile.

 “No, he’s a dragon.”

 “He is sitting right here,” Merlin grumbles, “thank you very much.”

 “So you can still talk.” Gwaine downs the waterskin and saunters over. “Can you fly?”

 Percival glances at his back. “He’s got wings, doesn’t he?”

 “Can we ride him?”

 “Gwaine!”

 “What? You lot were thinking it too!”

 “I’m going mad,” Merlin hears Arthur say faintly, “I’m going mad because my manservant is a dragon and none of my knights seem to care.”

 “Oh, we care,” Gwaine says, “this is the most interesting thing that’s happened in a while.”

 “Merlin appears to have his wits about him still,” Leon murmurs in an effort to soothe Arthur’s nerves which, honestly, Merlin’s a dragon, so that’s fair, “and I do not believe Merlin is likely to attack us.”

 “Merlin trips over his own two feet when he’s only got two and he’s the size of a string bean,” Arthur mutters, not taking his eyes off of him.

 “Oi!”

 “It’s true and you know it.”

 Merlin hides a smile, partly because he doesn’t want Arthur to see he’s happy, and partly because he has no idea what dragon smiles look like. Kilgharrah didn’t really smile. But the banter seems to have calmed Arthur down a little, at least enough to walk up to Merlin and look at him. Properly.

 Merlin lifts his head, just so they’re eye level, and waits.

 Arthur hesitantly reaches a hand out.

 Merlin holds his breath.

 Arthur’s hand clenches into a fist and he turns away.

 “We’ll have to find a way to fix this,” Arthur mutters, stalking back toward his horse. “Back to Camelot. We speak of this to no one except Gaius.”

 “You just want to leave him here?”

 “If we brought a dragon back to Camelot, my father would have all of our heads. And Merlin would be killed. Or chained up.” Arthur shakes his head firmly, already back on his horse. “We tell no one.”

 “So what do we do then,” Gwaine yells, “just abandon him out here?”

 “He’s a dragon,” Arthur says, “I’m sure he can fend for himself.”

 Something pinches inside Merlin’s chest as Arthur turns away. He growls, ignoring Lancelot’s concerned look as he straightens, his head turning to look down at his massive chest. It aches, like something in him is reaching for the end of a rubber band that just won’t snap back.

 “Merlin?”

 “I’m fine,” he manages, testing out his body again. He’s definitely not used to having six limbs, let alone wings. “I’ll figure it out.”

 “We will find a way to change you back, old friend,” Leon promises, “you will not be stuck like this forever.”

 “Might not be the worst thing in the world to be stuck as.”

 “All the same, we will try.”

 “Thanks, Leon.”

 Leon nods deeply, mounting his horse and setting off after Arthur. The other knights do the same, each bidding Merlin farewell. Lancelot is the last to leave.

 “Are you sure you wouldn’t like me to stay?”

 As tempting as it is, Merlin shakes his massive head. “You might get hurt. And Camelot might, er—“

 “Since when have I listened to Camelot over listening to you?”

 In response, Merlin nudges him—gently!—with his nose back over to his horse.

 “Alright, alright,” Lancelot laughs, “I’m going.”

 Still, Merlin can’t help the dull ache of loneliness from settling in his chest as Lancelot disappears into the trees. He looks around. This clearing is nice. It’s just large enough to fit him comfortably. He can lie down—which he does—and curl up with his tail tucked around his legs. He has a tail, does that mean he has seven limbs now? Does a tail count as a limb?

 Oh, the ground feels really nice on his sides. Can he—he can roll to his other side too. Oh yeah, that’s fun.

 Merlin spends several minutes just rolling around on the ground, letting his wings splay out a little and flap to the sides, stirring up little storms of dust and dirt. He ends up on his back, his wings splayed out, looking up at the dark sky. His eyes drift closed and he rumbles happily.

 He isn’t sure how much time passes but his wings are starting to get a little sore. He grunts and rolls.

 …only to rock right back.

 He tries again. No luck.

 Maybe if he flaps his wings, he can—nope. The other side maybe? Oh, nope. Nope, that’s not it either.

 He’s stuck.

 How undignified. Good thing there’s no one around to—

 “Young warlock?”

 “No,” Merlin groans, shutting his eyes and instinctively going to cover his face only to remember that he’s got dragon legs and that’s not going to work. “Go away.”

 “No, young warlock,” comes the voice that is definitely laughing at him, “I don’t think I will.”

 Merlin opens his eyes. Sure enough, there’s Kilgharrah, who looks way too happy. Merlin gives up and lets his limbs hang uselessly. “I’m stuck.”

 “I can see that.”

 “…how do I get unstuck?”

 “You roll, young warlock.”

 “I’ve tried that!”

 “Well, then you must not’ve tried hard enough.”

 Trying to roll over and failing miserably in front of the Great Dragon is possibly one of the most humiliating things you can do. Especially when you’re exerting yourself because you’ve never had a dragon body before and you’re making all sorts of embarrassing grunts and squeals. Merlin doesn’t recommend it.

 Eventually, Merlin stops, panting and looking back at Kilgharrah who looks all too pleased with himself. “Are you just going to stand there?”

 “Did you need something?”

 “Help me!”

 “All you had to do was ask, young warlock.”

 Merlin wisely bites back the many insults on his tongue and rolls again. This time, Kilgharrah sticks his nose under the flap of Merlin’s wing and pushes him over with a graceless thump. Merlin shakes himself.

 “Thanks.”

 “But of course. You know I live to serve you.”

 “Have you gotten more sarcastic or have we not spoken in a while?”

 “That is an answer you must seek for yourself.”

 “You’re still as vague, good, I was beginning to think you were some other dragon.”

 “There are no other dragons,” Kilgharrah says softly, suddenly growing serious, “at least…there were no other dragons.”

 He inclines his head, moving with a grace that shows unlike Merlin, Kilgharrah understands his body.

 “What happened, Merlin?”

 Merlin explains.

 “That was very brave, young warlock.”

 “You can say stupid.”

 “That was very stupid, Merlin.”

 “Yeah, well.” Merlin kicks a rock next to him. “What else is new?”

 “I must say,” Kilgharrah muses, looking him over, “you are not an unhealthy dragon.”

 “That is…a compliment? I think?”

 “Well, typically when it comes to anamorphic magic, it does not perform…nearly this successfully.” Kilgharrah nudges Merlin’s wing with the tip of his snout. “I suspect it is because you are magic that you have transformed so completely.”

 “And also why I’m still able to talk?”

 “Precisely.”

 “Great.” Merlin snuffles a little. Wow, he can smell a whole lot more. “So how do we fix it?”

 “Unfortunately, anamorphic magic is…temperamental.”

 “Okay, so I can still speak normally, which means it’s not a dragon thing to speak in vague stupid cryptic sentences. Speak normally.”

 “Your tongue is still as sharp as ever.”

 “Well, now that I’m not a tiny human anymore—“

 “Most humans are tiny.”

 “Kilgharrah.”

 Kilgharrah sighs. Ooh, he’s gotta show Merlin how to do that so he can still sigh. He misses that. “It will take time. From what you described, the spell was not completed, which means it will only last as long as the magic holds.”

 “And how long is that?”

 “Perhaps until the next full moon.” That’s only a week and a bit away. That’s not so bad.

 “So what do I do until then?”

 “You never did learn how to hunt with Arthur, did you?”

 If you told Merlin he would be spending a week with Kilgharrah learning how to be a dragon and actually enjoying himself while doing it, he would have laughed, slammed the door in your face, and muttered some spell to make you trip as you walked away.

 And yet, here we are.

 Merlin does always insist that they stay close to the clearing. If someone comes back, he doesn’t want them to worry. Kilgharrah just shakes his head and tosses him another deer. Merlin can sigh now! That’s nice. His body doesn’t feel so itchy all the time either. His head doesn’t feel like a ridiculous weight anymore. His wings feel right. It’s not bad, this whole being-a-dragon business.

 There’s still something wrong though.

 That pain he had in his chest when the knights first left hasn’t gone away. It feels like he’s missing something. Sometimes when he lies down he rests his head on the ground too, tries to press his chest to the earth as much as possible. See if there’s something he can slot back into place. Nothing ever works.

 Kilgharrah, for once, isn’t being cryptic when he says he genuinely doesn’t know what’s wrong. But he does rest his head on Merlin’s back. That feels nice and warm.

 He doesn’t trust himself enough to try and breathe fire.

 Two days before the spell is supposed to wear off, the pain spikes. In an instant, Merlin crumbles to the ground and whines. It hurts, it hurts, it hurts.

 “Merlin,” Kilgharrah rumbles, at his side in an instant, “Merlin, what is wrong?”

 “M-my chest, I can’t, I—it hurts—“

 “Where is it coming from, young warlock?”

 “I just told you—!”

 “No,” Kilgharrah says sharply, “where?”

 Merlin opens his mouth to snap back when he feels a line in his chest yank taut.

 Oh.

  Oh.

 With two flaps of his wings, Merlin is airborne. The line pulls him over the trees, out of the forest, toward the castle in the distance. Camelot.

  Arthur.

 Of bloody course it’s Arthur. What else could it be? As he flies, Merlin racks his brain trying to think of what’s happening, what could be hurting Arthur, what’s going on—

 Right. There’s a bloody tournament going on.

 What is it about tournaments that make every single magic-user with a grudge against Uther come out of the woodwork?

 …well…

 There’s the arena. People are fleeing in droves. Merlin tucks his wings and dives, thankful to the lessons Kilgharrah gave him. He spots Arthur, he spots Uther—

 He spots a wave of soldiers in black armor surrounding Arthur on all sides. Their blades gleam in the light. Magic crackles around them. Arthur is bleeding.

  Not on his watch.

 Merlin opens his mouth.

 A dozen soldiers melt away like dew as he bathes them in fire, the black armor vanishing. Another dozen vanish as torrents of flame spill from his throat, mouth open in a righteous scream. Arthur whirls around to look. His cry of surprise is lost in the roar of the dragon’s wings. Uther’s face is pale. Another jet of fire incinerates the knights as Merlin lands with a thud in front of Arthur.

 A knight charges him. Merlin whips his tail around and swipes four of them off their feet. Another one launches a spear at him and lodges itself in his wing. Merlin cries out and lunges forward. The armor tastes salty. The other knight is torched before he has a chance to throw the spear.

 At his side, Arthur seems to snap out of his stupor, brandishing his sword and fighting off one of the last remaining knights. Merlin gets his snout underneath another and throws him into the distance. He swings his head around like a hammer and slams two more into the arena wall.

 The last one—well, he just screams at the last one.

 It seems to do the trick; the armor falls apart in a series of heavy clanks.

 Merlin stops, panting heavily. There’s still a spear lodged in his side and it burns. Arthur is safe. That’s all that matters. Arthur is safe.

 “…Merlin?”

 Merlin turns his head, his head hanging low. Arthur stands there, covered in blood, but alive, and holds out his hand.

 Merlin lays his head on the ground and closes his eyes.

 Arthur reaches out.

 A soft glove lands on Merlin’s cheek. Rubs his scales softy. Merlin purrs.

 “Hello, Merlin,” Arthur murmurs, too quiet for anyone else to hear, “welcome back.”

 “Kill it!”

 Ah, yes, right. Uther.

 “No!”

 Arthur’s cry forces Merlin’s eyes open, spotting Gwaine, Lancelot, Leon, Percival, Elyan, all writing spears and javelins away from other knights. A sharp pain comes from his side and he turns to see Arthur trying to pull the spear out. He has to brace his foot against Merlin’s side to get out. Arthur tosses it away and holds his hand over the wound. Thankfully it seems like it just lodged in between two scales, Merlin’s not bleeding too much.

 “Father,” Arthur pants, “Father we can’t kill it.”

 “It’s a dragon, Arthur!”

 “And it just saved our lives!”

 “It’s nothing but a beast,” Uther snarls, seemingly regaining some of his composure as he spews his hateful speech from his comfortable box, “mindless and hungry. It will kill us all!”

 “Does it look like it’s about to kill us?”

  No, no it most certainly does not, thank you very much.

 Arthur glances between the two of them, before leaning in close to Merlin.

 “Fly back to the clearing, we’ll meet you there.”

 Merlin turns his head. Arthur stares at him insistently.

 “Go!”

 He takes off, hearing Arthur’s long, fake cries about how they will chase after him, slay him, for the good of Camelot. He smiles and lands in the clearing. Kilgharrah is gone. Well, that’s kind of to be expected, isn’t it? He thinks a message of gratitude, hoping it will reach him, wherever he is. He doesn’t get a verbal reply, but a warm spark of magic spreads over his damaged scales and he smiles.

 Sure enough, the knights crash through the brush a few moments later, Arthur scrambling off his horse and up to Merlin.

 “You,” he says, grinning breathlessly, “are an idiot.”

 “Idiot dragon,” Merlin corrects, “who just saved your arse.”

 “That was so cool,” Gwaine crows, “you—“

 “Yes, yes,” Percival mutters, “you’ve been saying that since we left.”

 “They’re a bit excited, Merlin,” Lancelot chuckles, “forgive them.”

 “…it is pretty cool,” Merlin admits.

 “Are you hurt?” Arthur glances over at his side. “You were hit.”

 “I think it’s healed up pretty well.”

 “We, er, weren’t able to find a way to fix you.”

 “I think it’ll wear off by the next full moon.”

 “How would you know?”

 Merlin gives Arthur a look that’s definitely just a rip off of Kilgharrah’s. “I know many things, young king.”

 “You stop that right now.”

 “So,” Elyan muses, “two days?”

 Merlin nods.

 “Camping trip, boys!”

 Gwaine’s holler makes the rest of them laugh and they quickly go about setting up camp. Merlin bows his head to carefully light the fire as the knights make themselves comfortable. It’s not so bad, actually, out here in the clearing with them. Arthur leaning up against his chest, Lancelot by his side. Leon tosses him a large chunk of meat as Percival watches. Elyan double-checks his side and pronounces him all clear.

 Yeah. Being a dragon isn’t so bad.

 “I get a ride before you turn back, right?”

 “Gwaine!”

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So, I guess here comes the Camille ☕️ (if you wanna call it that)

Sorry in advance this gonna be a fucking long one.

If you have any questions just ask.

I honestly don’t know if I should be impressed or concerned that my brain still remembers so much details about this shitshow. But I guess their plan did work in the end.

So you asked about Camille. I honestly don’t even know where to start with that one. I don’t know for how long you’ve been a fan of Harry and how intensively you stan him, but this one send my bullshit detector right off in the same way that Holivia does.

Can’t really explain it but I just smell if something isn’t right. It’s not only that way with Harry but in general. I just KNOW if something doesn’t add up.

The reason hamille wasn’t overdone and ppl believe it was bc it was marketed to be real. It wasn’t for promo in the sense Holivia is or to be shoved in ppls faces. The point was to have a relationship to fall back on when his album came out to be the “long term relationship” described in the songs. To have a certain narrative if you want to call it that.

They only were papped 2 (+the time at the Classic East concert.) They went to really popular places where you only go to when you want to get papped.

Other than that they only posted „sneaky fanpics“ which was on purpose to make them look „private“ but they were anything but that.

I actually had saved so much stuff as proof till recently when I deleted it all bc it honestly has been 3 years and I didn’t think I needed it anymore to help me explain lol. And please don’t make the mistake of looking up Hamille timelines, bc they’re all created by shipper afterwards so 95% of the shit is wrong, in the wrong order or they added the wrong pics to certain events. (If you want to look for pics, specific dates and stuff look them up individually and NOT through shipper pages or similar shit.)

Alright, back to explaining why it was so obvious. Disclaimer: I‘m just gonna point out the most obvious things but there is way more.

Harry started following Camille back in June 2016. They have several mutual friends (Waseem, Alexa Chung, Matt Hitt etc) so I assume they‘ve met before. She didn’t follow back though till shortly before the „relationship“ started. So after Harry followed her in 2016 she started to tag him in posts of her and her friends ass and did that video moaning his name while grabbing her boobs (classy 🤢). Shortly afterwards Harry unfollowed for a while and started follow her again before the mess began.

Fast forward to 2017. After doing „Dunkirk“ and about to bring his debut album out they started the first attempt at what I call a failed narrative with Tess. Not gonna go over that again bc one anon pointed out right how fake it was. They got rid of her rather quickly after she posted several times from his house which wasn’t the „private way“ they intended it to go.

So they were looking for someone to replace her. Cue Camille entering the scene.

Perfect person for the narrative as she’s half french (goes well with Dunkirk promo), is a VS model, have mutual friends and she has several ex bf who have written songs/albums about her. She’s the picture perfect muse for his second album.

Please let’s first talk about chemistry and body language bc I can’t even say how awkward they always were around each other. First the two pap pics from the sushi place and in front of the gym/ yoga place: both times both had closed off body language either crossed arms, Harry walking 3 steps ahead, faces didn’t look pleased at all and rather irritated or as of they just had a fight/ were in the middle of a fight (especially the pic from in front of the yoga place). No touching or anything involved in any pap pics. If you didn’t knew they were supposedly „dating“ you wouldn’t see it.

Let’s get to their behavior at the „sightings“: they weren’t seen much together outside of touring. But when they were seen we got pics in like 95% of the cases and people meeting them always said they didn’t seem like a couple (apart from shippers who made up shit about them all the time).

Even in every „sneaky pic“ there was as much chemistry as in Holivia -> none!

We got a few pics or even videos were you could see them backstage or besides the stage (e.g. 2017 Toronto show: while Muna is on stage Harry and Camille stand awkwardly 3 feet apart from each other, both closed off body language, not interacting with each other. You’d think as they were still in their honeymoon phase at that time and in private, seemingly not knowing that anyone could see them that they acted more coupley or at least would not stand there like 🧍🏻 🧍🏻. (Have you seen him interact with Xander while watching 1D’s opening act? Total opposite to Hamilel and they were „just friends“. Also in other pics Harry would rather cling to her bag / coat etc that he was holding so he didn’t had to touch her or anything. I think the only time we saw them „touch“ was that Classic east concert („relationship debut“) when he awkwardly held her shoulders and she was swaying weirdly. She even tried to touch him or get him to sway with her but he shot that down immediately 🤣. I could go on for longer but you get what I mean...

The next weird thing is, that she was down in literally the pit or sitting with „regular fans“ 97% of the time. Without Harry’s bodyguard around. Sometimes Jeff was with her but mostly she stood there alone. Everyone knew that she wasn’t really popular and liked around fans, so why would you put your gf in the pit with all the crazys or why would you as a gf want to be in the crowd at most shows when you could watch from the side of the stage or backstage? Also the fact that we always knew when she was at a show because she was always „spotted“ even the few times she was indeed staying at the side of the stage, she didn’t stay hidden. Sometimes we even joked about how she wanted to be part of the band or something by how close she stood there in the open. But whenever Anne for example was on tour or close friends of his or whatever they always had someone walking with them for protection and Anne never was like „in the pit“ like Camille. She never followed any of Harry‘s close private friends or family. Only people who she could gain something from. Like Lambert, Jeff, Teasedale, the Crawford’s etc. And she was never at any of the London or Manchester shows where basically all of his friends and family were. Even though she would have had definitely time bc she posted herself and friends doing nothing or trolling in LA all the time in that time. When she was at that show in Paris in 2018, she brought her friend who lives in Paris and her cousin I think. We got backstage pics of them all and Harry and Camille staying as far away from each other in that pic as possible. She was seen leaving as well after that show with her friends out through the main entrance. This was also the show Anne was at and an awkward hugging video of them both came out. Tbh it’s not clear where Camille and co were sitting bc they moved around the arena the whole night. At one point you can see Anne and Camille standing next to each other and all of a sudden Camille was „hugging“ Anne but Anne was so surprised that she was just standing there like 🧍🏼‍♀️ and waited till it was over (that „hug“ looked more like as if Camille tried to tackle Anne 😂). Also serious question and not to make it sound weird, but it deadass looked in that video as if Camille just waited for a sign to go for that hug and that it was being recorded. Because the way the camera was pointing at them all of a sudden and they were just lucky enough to catch that on camera? Yeah sure...

Not to forget, she didn’t seem to have a lanyard like for example Anne had, so everyone would knew that she could move around the arena and crew as she wanted which is fucking weird not to have as a girlfriend especially if you’re apparently on tour for many dates. This also mean she couldn’t join them when she wanted but had to contact Jeff or Harry before so they could give her a lanyards for that specific date or a sticker with AAA. Sometimes she wore a lanyard but that was literally the VIP lanyard that you got when you bought a VIP ticket like any other fan. Didn’t mean she could move freely around the venue. Even weirder is that she put that AAA sticker on the back of her phone after she left tour 2018 and placed it obviously in lots of her insta stories and posts on insta (one where you can see that sticker is still up). Fan behavior not that of a real girlfriend!

Camilles mum followed Hamille shipper accounts at one point and liked a post of them. After that shippers were unbearable. Which mum follows a shipper account on insta? 😬

What I also find weird is that she was barely working and when she did she posted only like 2 about it. I mean it’s part of her job to post stuff like that?! But she went radio silent more often then not to let fans guess if she was with him or if she would turn up somewhere.

Her friends who are all are well in their 30s or older made often „jokes“ about Harry or implied stuff about him or 1D and posted this on their stories and she was laughing with them most of the time... what a girlfriend huh...

Another thing is, she was never at his house in London. Because she was never at any of the UK dates besides that one gig he did for X -factor. They were not much in London at the same time. And when she was alone in London or with her friend, they literally stayed at an AirBnB or a hotel. So I ask you, why would she as his gf of a few months not stay at his place while she’s in the UK? Or that one time when she was in the UK making it look like she was waiting for him coming back from tour in Asia and he stayed extra long there (a week or two) even after tour in Asia finished and she was in London. But he went rather out partying in London. I don’t blame him.

When she was at his show in Milan (2017) she met a „fan“ and they took a selfie in the restroom (classy 🥴🤐) during the concert. Idk but this is one thing which is really questionable bc people were speculating she was at this show but we hadn’t gotten pics yet. So that she then took a pic with a „fan“ coincidentally seems really fishy to me. Also that said „regular fan“ had allegedly floor tickets as you could see in the videos and pics she posted in the beginning of the concert. But after the pic with Camille she all of sudden appeared on the balcony as well, close to where Camille and more VIP guests were. So how did she end up there if she didn’t have connections or was told to take a pic with her so then being on the balcony was her „reward“? To add this woman was close to Camilles age so this scenario makes just less and less sense the longer you think about it.

In May she was still on tour with her then bf in Tokio. In July just two weeks before they were seen together for the first time that awkward Grimmy interview happened. Where he specifically asked about her. And Harry said he „ didn’t know her“. Fucking weird to bring up such a private topic on radio and then be seen not even 2 weeks later. (Not gonna argue on that one, it’s the same like the wedding weekend pap walk just more subtle).

Then there were so many pics of him backstage at that concert, pics with fans, official pics, „sneaky fan sightings“ in the audience... He looked rather uncomfortable holding her shoulders while she was dancing. We know Harry goes often to concerts but when did we ever get so many pics from one? Mostly it’s a blurry pic of him or one backstage pic with the artist, not like the ones we got and certainly not that many. Plus we got an relationship article the day after.

Funny is also how he was on vacation in Muskoka with the Gerbers and Anne at the end of July 2017 shortly before the first spotting of Hamille and Camille no where to be seen.

Now I‘m gonna point out inconsistencies and such might be in chronological order, might be not.

I think the next time we saw them was a „sneaky fan pic“ (just the two of them) without a source from Beverly Hills hotel at lunch. Her friend Lauren posted a instastory being at that hotel right then and there and deleted the story like 5 minutes afterwards. She wasn’t in the pic of the „fan“ so my bet is she was the one taking the pic.

Coming to the stunt props. The „ring“ he was suddenly wearing on his pinky was from Camille. She only wore it once for a photoshoot in 2013 and then all of a sudden she wore it in every story she posted for the next 2 weeks right BEFORE he was wearing it and literally made such a show out of showing that ring that it was so cringey to watch at.

Not to forget his Pink Floyd shirt that was featured in his Rolling Stones mag interview that she not only wore but posted a few instastorys with showing it up close so every Harry fan could identify it from the distinctive holes in it.

Funny was the times she wore „his necklace“ and again posted several stories wearing it and even went to an event with it that Kendall wore before. After people pointed the connection to Kendall out, she never wore it again 😂😂 Harry being papped leaving a gym while wearing Camilles ex shirt was peak comedy.

Camille making a post saying „goodbye“ to her friend Lauren before Christmas in a really distinctive fur coat. Then New Years dinner pics with Jeff, Camille and co came out. Harry looking bored as always around her. Then the weirdest thing: he took fan pics while holding Camilles distinctive fur coat in his hands in every fucking pic. And it wasn’t that cold to wear a fur coat! Why couldn’t she hold it herself while he took the pics or Jeff or put it on the chair beside him? That wasn’t really slick of them.

Then Camille having a girls trip to Corsica and literally posting so fucking often being girls only in cars an what not. Harry was in London out with Mitch and was also seen on other occasions so I assume he went to Corsica for maybe 2 days max to get pics in. (Her cousin/ goddaughter of her mum posted a pic with Harry in Corsica in 2018 from that time). Mind you they could have just „dating“ for maybe 5 week’s max at that time bc they were never at the same place at the same time before maybe late June, and that’s when Robin died and he was home so I doubt that’s when they met. I assume 1.st proper meeting was in early July or after the Grimmy interview.

Harry filmed the Manchester special for his album in Manchester literally right before he went to HC with Camille. Yet Grimmy, one of his best friends at least at that time, never followed her or hung out together.

The next thing is her being in Holmes Chapel. She hinted at it on insta, like she did EVERY time she would be around Harry. Also appearing in every pic of him in the background when she was around. Even posted a story of random people with Harry’s voice in the background. That’s also a point why it was so obviously fake.

She posted in a train and captioned it with something like „England ❤️“ and then a cow (similar to Olivia with the hedgehog and caption) and then appeared in every pic we got of him that weekend.

She turned up to several of his shows, yet NEVER to his hometown shows (neither London or Manchester) where all his family and friends were at. She also only followed people beneficial to her career like Lambert, Jeff and co but never anyone of his real friends or family even though Gemma followed her after Christmas 2017 (which was taken as the „proof“ that they spend Christmas in HC🤦🏻‍♀️ and we got this photoshopped pic of Hamille which turned out was an old pic of originally Harry and Gemma. Glenne also never followed her and Camille was also never seen with Glenne it was only ever Jeff around and people noticed that (probably why we got now the joyride etc including Glenne).

Ok so what do we have next? The charity gig where his mum celebrated her 50th bday with everyone wearing a yellow flower crown. Everyone besides Camille. She wasn’t invited and just was brought to them while Harry was already singing a song, Gemma looking annoyed in the video her friend posted. Before Harry’s set was over someone came and took Camille with them again while Anne, Gemma and co stayed in the crowd. So why was she even going to them and didn’t stay backstage if she clearly wasn’t invited to celebrate with Anne and co and left before Harry even finished his set. We got also pics of a bday dinner with Anne, Harry, Gemma and all the friends from the concert but without Camille. This was also the gig where he was groped on stage.

After that charity gig in late October Harry went to tour in Europe. He stopped wearing the ring and seemed happier than before somehow. I went to the Cologne show and let me tell you, it was fucking nuts! His energy and the way he was smirking all the time not to forget Kiwi twice.

You’d think Camille would have been quiet now on sm that Harry wasn’t around, but it was exactly the opposite! It was like as if she had to remind everyone that that „relationship“ was still „on“ after he ditched that ring bc she was literally unbearable on insta. We got her and friends singing SOTT on karaoke (while she was wearing the Kendall necklace like mentioned previously), then she did a whole photoshoot (sorry but that’s just what it was) with her friends Djuna + Nik whit a very distinctive blue totebag Harry was carrying around just a week or two before while meeting fans in LA and she did the same thing like she did with the ring and posed with that bag in every angle. As if all that wasn’t enough in the space of 3 days she then celebrated Halloween with her friends and 2 or 3 of them wore costumes that reminded of 1D and Harry. All this happened between his cologne show and Halloween. Trolling at its best.

Then Camille decided to turn up to tour in Europe but she didn’t choose days when he actually had time off (even though she evidently didn’t do anything in LA besides trolling the last few days) so she decided to pop up when Harry had shows back to back and needed to travel to them as they were all over Europe. He had two more Berlin 7.11. and an event in London on the 6th) before she turned up on 8.11. in Amsterdam where she met Ella his cousin who followed Camille then (but Camille never followed back), 9.11. Italy x-factor, 10.11. Milan , 11.11. London X-Factor). He clearly didn’t have any time then which gets even more ridiculous if you know that she was back in LA by Monday the 13th the latest bc a photographer „exposed“ her being on set early that day. So why did she even bother turning up to tour that time when she could have done earlier and be at his homeshows?

Another thing is, when Harry went to NYC at the end of January 2018 to perform with Fleetwood Mac he didn’t take her instead he took Jeff and Xander was there as well. But no Camille. Right before was one of the rare times they got papped. Harry as always looking irritated around her. And them looking as if the soccer mom collected her son from practice😂

On his b-day her friend Lauren posted Camille chilling at their home reading and hanging out with her. Harry was officially MIA but a good friend of mine actually saw him while walking her dog the next day in Hampstead rather covered up with another guy (assuming his trainer or PA) trying not to be seen. She is not a huge fan of Harry and only knows him bc I‘ m a fan but she texted me right away saying something was weird about how he was trying to not be seen.

And on cue allegedly someone (real estate Agent from London) said he was on her flight to London over a week later (even though I knew he was already there for a while).

So the last time they were actually seen together was the day they were papped (I think that was even the day of the Grammys).

Then the thing about her quitting smoking bc she was „ dating“ Harry 🤣🤣. The way she even lied about that. She posted a video and made a few instastorys throughout that year to say how long she didn’t smoke at that time „bla, bla, bla“ and Harries ate that shit up. She was caught so many times lying in regards to that. Her friends and co were the ones to always expose her accidentally. She appeared in so many stories in her friends stories were she smoked a cigarette and not „just“ a juul like she always liked to pretend (not that a juul would be any better lol). Harry probably didn’t like it when he had to be around her for longer periods of time and she would smoke around him or smell of smoke so she had to pretend she cared for his sake and quit publicly. To say is also that she publicly started smoking again after she came back from tour end of March/beginning of April 2018.

Now speaking of the big tour in 2018. Camille seemed to had joined tour again at some point. She was at the Paris show like mentioned earlier but then only joined tour 2 dates or something later in. Someone „exposed“ her of staying with friends in each city she went on tour with at that time instead of staying with him. I think he also got fed up with her bc Harry & band + some of the crew went to museums in each city. But of course Camille had to post something every time they were at a museum and so it didn’t take long till fans caught on and turned up en masse in these museums so he couldn’t go there anymore. I would have been pissed too if I were him. And girls who’s dad is the director of one of the museums did meet Harry at the museum and he invited them to the show and backstage. These girls said Harry and Camille didn’t look or behave like a couple at the museum, he was mostly around the band and she on her own. And backstage the same thing. She was kinda just there and nothing more. Not long after that she left tour and only turned up at the Ireland show and then later the NYC and LA one.

Speaking of the Ireland show, that must have been the most awkward thing ever. I saw a few videos from people who did constantly film the side of the stage and she is staying alone there with the sound guys while Mabel was performing and Harry was standing backstage with Jeff and the band, watching Mabel and preparing for their prank they did on Mabel.

Twice Harry is walking past Camille and didn’t even acknowledge her. She was once again just standing there. You could almost feel bad for her, but only almost. Then he went to prank Mabel on stage with the rest of the band and was so affectionate with Mabel something you never saw him be with Camille.

After that show the trolling did turn down a bit for a while but like 2 days before the concert she posted a Mick Jagger pic and everyone knew she would turn up in NYC. And she proved us right bc she posted about being on a plane the minute she stepped foot in said plane 🤦🏻‍♀️. At the show itself she was in the crowd/pit with with Xander, Waseem, Matt Hitt & Jeff but Jeff had to fetch her again a lanyard at first for that day bc she still hadn’t one although allegedly „dating“ him for nearly a year at that time. You’d think she had one for the whole tour but nope. And after the concert Harry was once again out with friends while she stayed with another friend in NYC. Between the NYC and LA show she was seen being cosy with Alexander Skarsgard and then her now bf Theo Niarchos. To the LA show she turned up with Djuna, Nik and another friend. All of them sat up pretty high in the nosebleeds while Kendall and co where in the family and friends lounge right above pit. And Camille and co left a little earlier before the show finished and left through the front entrance. Suspicious is also that the „break up“ was announced like exactly on the year mark of the start their „relationship“. Sorry that I wrote so much. And I probably still missed a lot but I hope it’s gotten clear what I mean.

I'm still reading this through but wanted to post for those asking about it!!

Thank you!

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[creamofthecrap]

The Story of Cream: Masterpost

Looks like I have a mission! Pt. 1: Origins - Ginger Baker 1:1: Wee Ginger 1:2: Two fiery redheads Pt. 2: Origins - Jack Bruce Pt. 3: Origins - Eric Clapton Pt. 1-3: Summary Pt. 4: When Jack met Ginger Pt. 5: Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated 5.2: Alexis Korner’s “Jazz” Incorporated 5.3: Rolling Stones shenanigans 5.4: Trolling the Stones 5.5: Mr. nick-your-band pulls a stroke 5.6: Eric goes electric Pt. 4-5.5: Summary: Brotherly love Pt. 6: The Yardbirds 6.2: The myth of Slowhand Pt. 7: The Graham Bond Organisation 7.1: The Importance of the Graham Bond Organisation 7.2: Jack goes electric (literally) 7.3: Ready, Steady, Gaye!

Those were the days 1966 * [First photoshoot📷][Pt.2] * By the Thames-shoot📷 * Party Nights!;[Blue Moon?🔊] June 11: [It’s official!📰] July *: Green Park-shoot📷 July 29: Twisted Wheel;[Live📷] July 31: Windsor j&b festival;[Ginger📷][Fashiön][Backstage📷] Aug 16:[The Marquee][Pt.2] Sept 1: Ready Steady Go;[Backstage📷] Sept 2:[Bluesville '66] Sept 4:[Ricky Tick Club] Oct *: Wrapping Paper-shoot📷 Oct 1:[Regent Street Polytechnic;];[quote] Oct 20:[St. Gile's Youth Club] Nov 4:[Fleet Studios-shoot][Pt.2] Nov 15: Klook's Kleek;[Meet Me In The Bottom🔊] Nov 19:[Blue Moon Club] Dec 16: En route📷 Dec 16: TV France;[Wrapping Paper🎬][Sweet Wine🎬][GIF's] Dec 17: La Locomotive Club; [Live📷] Dec 30:[The Roundhouse]

1967 Jan 11: Top Of the Pops; [Backstage📷] Jan 26: [Top Of the Pops] Feb *: Westener Boutique-shoot📷 Feb 5:[Saville Theatre] Feb *: Kimono-shoot📷 Feb 24: Beat Club;[Backstage GIF Feb 25: Star Club;[Offstage📷][Backstage📷][Live📷] March 7: TV Sweden;[N.S.U.🎬] March 16: Jimi & Eric📷 March 26:[Murray the K] April 3-5: Strange Brew-Sessions;[Pt.1][Pt.2][Pt.3] April 16: Empire Pool;[backstage📷][offstage📷][Live📷] April 21: Brighton Arts Festival;[GIF's] April 25:[Pavillion Ballroom] May 7:[The Swan] May 21: Jaguar Club; [Backstage📷][Ginger📷] May 29: TeenSet-shoot June *:[Red Lion Square-shoot][Pt.2][Pt.3][Pt.4] June 1: Paris Pop Festival;[We're Going Wrong🎬][I Feel Free🎬] June 1:[Paris-shoot📷][Pt.2📷] June 21: Top Of the Pops;[Backstage📷] July *:[Petticoat Lane-shoot📷][Pt.2📷] July 8:[Scottish tour];[quotes📷][photos📷][photos📷] July 14: BBC recordings; [offstage📷] July 16: Eric at the Legalize Cannabis Rally Aug 20: [Redcar Jazz Club] Aug 21: US tour; [Airport📷][More📷] Sept *:[Roz Kelly-shoot][Pt.2]⭐ Sept *: Central Park-shoot⭐ Sept 23: The Village Theatre;[Eric quote📷] Sept 26: Cafe au Go-Go;[Backstage📷] Oct 1: Cafe au Go-Go;[GIF's] Oct 7: Cafe au Go-Go;[GIF’s][Live📷] Oct 13:[Grande Ballroom][Pt.2] Oct 29: Saville Theatre;[Backstage📷][Pt.2📷] Nov 2:[Belfast] Nov 6: Silver Blades Ice Rink;[Backstage📷] Nov 6: Partying with Miss Teen Sweden📷 Nov 11:[Denmark publicity-shoot][Pt.2] Nov 13: Helsinki; [Ginger📷][Eric📷] Nov 14: [Stockholm]; [Clipping📰] Nov 15: [Gothenburg]; [Jack📷][Eric📷] Nov 26: BBC-TV; [We're Going Wrong🎬] Dec *: The Pheasantry-shoot📷 Dec *: Linda Eastman-shoot📷 Dec 20: [Debutante Ball- Chicago] Dec 22-23: [Grande Ballroom]

1968 Jan 5: Industrial Club; [Backstage📷] Jan 10: Revolution Club; [Ulysses🎬][Spoonful🎬][SoYL🎬] Jan 12: [Fenklup] Feb 5: [Copenhagen]; [GIF’s][w. BeeGees📷] Feb 25: [Swing Auditorium] March 9: [Winterland] March 11: [Sacramento Auditorium] March 11: [Sausalito-shoot][Pt.2][Pt.3][Pt.4] March 14: Romp!! TV-appearance: [GIF's] March 15-16: [The Shrine][Pt. 2] March 20: [Eric gets arrested📰] March 21: [Beloit College] March 22: [Clowes Memorial Hall]; [Live📷] March 27: [Staples Auditorium] March 31: Houston Music Hall; [Ginger📷] April 3: [Morris Civic Auditorium] April 5:[Back Bay Theatre] April 10:[Woolsey Hall] May 13:[Mandel Hall] May 17-18:[Anaheim Convention Center]; [Live📷] May 19:[Jack gets arrested📰] May 20: CBS TV; [SoYL🎬][GIF's] June 2:[Pacific Coliseum];[Poster] June 5:[Massey Hall] June 9: Grande Ballroom;[Live📷] June 15: Oakdale;[Tree climbing] Oct 11:[New Haven Arena];[Live📷][Eric Int.][Ginger Int.][Jack Int.] Oct 13: Chicago Coliseum;[Jack📷] Oct 19: The Forum;[Ginger📷] Oct 25:[Dallas Memorial Auditorium] Oct 27:[Chastain Park] Nov 1: [The Spectrum] Nov 3: [Baltimore Civic Center] Nov 26: Royal Albert Hall; [Soundcheck📷][Introduction🎬][I'm So Glad🎬][Sitting On Top of The World🎬][Ginger📷][Jack📷] [GIF's][ GIF's Jack]

1969 * [Goodbye-shoot📷][Pt. 2📷][Ginger quote📷][Jack quote📷][Eric quote📷]

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[marvus-xoloto]

fuchsia dammek and violet Xefros?

sorry but we don’t know enough about dammek for me to really feel inspired to make hcs for him

Violet Xefros:

Huge supporter of his local sports team. They’re very successful; Xefros likes to think his strategy guide is behind it but really he just bought out the best players from all of the local teams.

He also runs a fantasy arena stickball club; it’s not very popular, to say the least. His D&D group loves him, though.

Very concerned with his public approval score. Pores over pages of “How To Manipulate Trolls into being your friends and lord over the people” religiously.

He’s in a ska garage band. He plays the drums still; he’s really good.

Generally goes with the flow of his friend group; he gets little clenches in his gut when he knows he’s doing something Not Quite Right, but he doesn’t know what to do about it yet. There’s nothing in the strategy guides about finding and sticking to your morality, unfortunately.

[todayiwrotenothing]

Today's Gazette live stream started while my flatmate @cellardoor28 was in having lunch (sidenote: after working from home in the living room with a big TV and my cat for so long, fuck ever returning to the office) so we got to talking about arena gigs and our first concerts. Mine was Aerosmith in '97, hers was U2 in the mid nineties.

The band I've seen the most is probably Iron Maiden, but I've had long stretches of not going to gigs because I had no local friends into the same music as me. Fuck, I think since the clutch of The Used and MCR shows circa Artwork and Danger Days I've only been to one gig and that was Ghost. By myself! Which is awkward! But I had a terrible book with me for company, and I now know I can totally deal with that awkwardness so IT'S TIME TO BUY TICKETS FOR LATE 2021 AND 2022 HOPE SHIT DON'T GET COVID-CANCELLED. Got Beast in Black booked already, and budget pending the rest of the list is Bridear, Aldious, Bruce Dickinson, Sonata Arctica, Borknagar, Gloryhammer, Amaranth, Mumiy Troll, Helloween, Tribulation, the Birthday Massacre...

What was the first band you saw live? Who have you seen the most times? Who you gonna see when it's OK to be in a sweaty shouting crowd for two hours again?

[albapuella]

Breaking Point

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Fandom: Hiveswap Characters: Xefros Tags: Minor Spoilers for Act 1, Angst, Second Person POV Summary: “It is foolish of you to keep hoping. You know what the future holds for you.” or Xefros comes to grips with certain realities about his future. Notes: I posted this originally in January, and seeing as Hiveswap Act 2 is coming for us soon, I thought it might be worth bringing this one out again in a new post. Enjoy!

You are Xefros Tritoh, and the realization that you will never make it to the big leagues isn't something which comes to you all at once. Rather, it has been a series of smaller understandings which have finally combined together into a hot, frothing boil. The tryouts for the Thrashthrust Junior League are coming up, and you know that your Arena Stickball game is getting rusty. Between band practice with Tetrarch Dammek, revolutionary lectures with Tetrarch Dammek, and butling practice (mostly for Tetrarch Dammek), you don't have much time for anything else.

Time isn't the only problem, of course, or even the main one. Your powers of telekinesis are pitiful, too—the only thing saving you out on the field currently is your, admittedly, impressive physical strength, but you can't depend on that forever. The best Pushers don't rely on pure brute strength like you do. How can you ever hope to reach the level of your hero, Xultan Matzos, without the mental powers to match?

You can't, and it is foolish of you to keep hoping.

Besides, you know what the future holds for you.

The butler's uniform you'd ordered sweeps ago has finally arrived. You pull it out of the box, a sick feeling of finality settling in your acid tubes as you stare down at the glossy black material. These are the nicest clothes you own now. They are certainly the most expensive you own—they'd cost even more than the Arena Stickball gear you'd purchased.

You notice suddenly that you are holding the uniform too tightly, the fabric straining beneath your claws, and you loosen your grip to check the garment for damage. Luckily for you, you've only left wrinkles and not rips. You hate the sense of relief you'd felt, and you throw the uniform back into the box with a curse that would have made Dammek proud.

Hands clenching into tight fists, your ganderbulbs cast about your respite block, landing on your waregrid study scroll, and a low growl leaves your chug tube. You step towards it before stopping, shaking your head. No. No. The study scroll isn't the most expensive thing you've had to purchase to study for your assigned career, but it's expensive enough to be painful to replace. You've had this same conversation with yourself in the past, when you've had idle fantasies of taking your cuebat to the lot of your butling materials, but you've never felt this close to actually going through with it before.

You need to calm down before you do anything you'll wish you could take back, and you know just where to go.

Except, in your current mood, the Arena Stickball theme of your rumpus room is just another slap in the face: another reminder of what you can never have. There just isn't enough time, and you aren't good enough anyway. Even if you suddenly had all the time on Alternia, you'd still never be good enough. Here you are, standing in the middle of your rumpus room, about to bawl like a wiggler because you've finally been forced to face facts.

You want to call your moirail. More than anything. You need him here to keep you from falling apart. But you already know what the Tetrarch thinks of Arena Stickball—it's just a dumb game, a waste of time. And coming over to your hive to comfort you about not ever being good enough to reach the heights of your athletic fantasies out in the field would be an even greater waste of time. He has much more important work to be doing—for the band, for the rebellion, for whatever else—, and the worst part is you know it's true: he does have more important things to do than coddle you about Arena Stickball.

Even if you call him and he does come, what good will it do? There isn't anything to be done: there just isn't time to devote to Arena Stickball to remain competitive, and your telekinetic powers aren't good enough for it anyway. You're destined to be a gutterblood nobody butler no one is ever going to remember. Worthless.

You hear a faint rattling from your Bobblenug figure collection, and you turn your head towards them, realizing you'd lost control of your telekinesis. For another burgundy blood, losing control of their telekinesis could be dangerous, but for you? You have barely the impact of a gentle breeze. The figures rattle again, their heads nodding in agreement. Your lip curls over your fangs, and you're not smiling. Your claws are buried into your palms—if not for the thick callouses there, you're certain you would be bleeding by now. Your physical strength is, as mentioned previously, impressive. About the only impressive thing about you.

The Bobblenugs nod again, passing their rattling judgment on you. And they would know, being the best players who'd ever stepped onto the velvet, just how lacking you are. Just how much of an idiot you are to ever have believed you could have joined their ranks.

You don't even remember grabbing the cuebat, but it's in your hands, and you're bringing it down on the collection of nodding heads. You only swing three times, but your cuebat packs a wallop when wielded by you (even if it's not chalked up first), and the damage is done. Little bits of plastic trolls litter the floor along with large parts of a broken shelving unit.

You wedge the cuebat back into its stand, a little too roughly, but you're in a daze now. Your anger is spent, leaving nothing but emptiness behind. The splaysack is inviting, and you sink onto it, the proximal comfort of the soper enveloping you. Time passes and you don't notice. You don't think. You just stare ahead of you. When you finally come back to yourself, hours have passed.

The casualties are many. You recognize them all as you clean up the mess. Each player you look up to, each treasure you added to your collection over the sweeps. You're not looking through the mess for anything salvageable as you pick up the remains—you don't want confirmation. What you see already is enough to upset you.

However, when all is said and done, one is missing. You know you haven't picked it up yet: while you weren't looking for it, you were looking for it and hadn't seen it. You're about to give up when you notice light play off of something under the Table Arena Stickball. Bending down, you reach for the object, your blood pusher working hard in your chest.

Xultan Matzos grins up at you, proud and determined. You laugh, feeling tears in your ganderbulbs. Of course, it'd take more than a few swings with a cuebat to take him out. You feel almost foolish, how glad you are that he's in one piece. Gingerly, you set him on the TV stand along with the other survivor, Dromed Baktar. You'll have to rebuild the shelf so they can return to their proper places, but you're still feeling worn out. Tomorrow, you'll take care of this.

As for the rest... You feel Xultan Matzos behind your shoulder, believing in you. FIN Notes: CUEBAT + BOBBLENUGS "Yeah, you've, uh, gone down that road before. You used to have a lot more of these."