#why rain on their parade bro

[interview-withthevampire]

as someone whose always been a fan of oc fan fiction, like MGIME and MGIT, I am praying for more OC-based vampire chronicles fan fiction to spawn after the success of the tv show... you have no idea... pls its my favourite fic genre for when i want something enjoyable to read

[itsmiyamore]

People bullying Maisie for how she did at the eras tour makes me genuinely want to cry because I'm feeling like I'm 14 again and my best friend just told me her lyrics aren't great and I think the world of his opinion so it ruins the song for me and I don't listen to it for another 2 years after I blocked him

Also bc that was literally Maisie's dream, a huge milestone in her career and yeah she was breathless and kind of out of tune she was probably really fucking nervous up there and also that stage is a lot bigger than she's used to and I hate everyone who's bullying her for it!!! Like stfu you try getting up there and doing that

[i-sneezed]

Some Elriel evidence that doesn't get much attention.

First of all, if you're just having fun with your ships, you do you, man. I'm not here to rain on your parade.

However, there are so many people out there that are CONVINCED of Elucien/Gwynriel that I can't take it anymore and I have to throw in my two cents, so here we go. I'm gonna break it down by ship.

Elucien

There's no way, bro. And we can set aside the fact that if that ship were to sail it would be the same sort of love story as Nessian (reluctant mates).

The most obvious thing to discuss here is that Elain is clearly not interested. And neither, to some extent, is Lucien.

Let's look back to ACOWAR when Lucien talks to Elain in the library. He thinks about Jesminda. "[She] had loved him without question, without hesitation. She had chosen him. Elain had been...thrown at him."

Like Azriel, Lucien wants to be chosen. He's had it before and he sees the value in it. Unfortunately, he's a fae male and he has a hard time ignoring his instincts where his mate is concerned, so he keeps trying. Even though he can hardly stand to be in the same room as her. Whereas Vassa...

Elain, on the other hand, has absolutely no interest in a mating bond. After Graysen breaks her heart in ACOWAR, Feyre says, "Some sliver of hope had been shattered today. That Graysen would still love her, marry her--and that love would trump even a mating bond."

Obviously, that quote is in direct reference to her ex-fiance, but we see Elain reconfirm that desire in ACOFAS when she tells Feyre explicitly that she doesn't want a mate. I don't think it's personal to Lucien, I think she rejects the idea of being told who she should be with. Of being robbed of choice.

We learn from Nesta in ACOSF that their mother always said Elain would marry for "love and beauty". I think for Elain, a mating bond is not the same as love. Also, small aside, but who is constantly regarded as the most beautiful of the bat boys?

We haven't seen them have a conversation about their mating bond yet because why would we? That will happen in Elain's book (which is most likely next).

Gwynriel

I feel like this one is more dangerous to get into so I'll tread lightly.

Firstly, the majority of evidence for this ship comes from a bonus chapter that the majority of the fandom doesn't even know exists. Anyone who listens to the audiobooks doesn't know about it unless they poke around ACOTAR stuff online.

It doesn't make sense for an author to essentially change the entire trajectory of a story in a bonus chapter that most people don't know about.

Also, I think a big problem with the BC is that people read it after they finish the book, so it can feel like the most recent thing to happen in the story, but it's not. It happens about 2/3 of the way through ACOSF and a lot happens after that.

But before we get into that, let's talk about the shadows. People lose their damn minds that Az's shadows dance for Gwyn and vanish for Elain. The truth of it is that we don't know what dancing shadows actually mean, though. It's the first time we've seen it happen. However, we have seen his shadows vanish for someone other than Elain.

In ACOMAF, when Feyre meets the IC for the first time, they vanish for Mor. "Mor patted Azriel on the shoulder as she dodged his outstretched wing...The lurking shadows vanished entirely as Azriel's head dipped a bit."

So we know that the shadows vanish in the presence of someone Azriel has romantic feelings for, but we don't know what makes them dance.

Then, at the end of the BC (after he said he didn't even consider Gwyn to be a friend) he feels a spark of joy in his chest. Good. My shadow man deserves happiness.

But we know that it doesn't last because at the very next training right after Solstice, Neta comments that Az is "More aloof than usual" which clearly shows us that he is far more hung up on what happened with Elain than whatever may or may not be going on with Gwyn.

For her part, Gwyn becomes more comfortable around Azriel after Solstice. We love to see it because the poor girl has been so traumatized and, like Az, she deserves to be happy.

However, at no point does Nesta or Cassian suspect there to be any romantic connection between them. Not like how Nesta did with Az and Elain. ("His secret to tell. Never hers.").

And then at the climax of the book, Gwyn is thrown into the Blood Rite. At no point is Az even half as frantic as Cassian (which a mate would be) and he is way more preoccupied with whatever's going on with Eris.

At the end, when Nesta is getting ready for her mating ceremony, Gwyn tells her that she's not ready to leave the House of Wind again. Poor thing has been re-traumatized because of what happens in the BR and can't stand to leave the House. And y'all think she's ready for any kind of romantic relationship??

Nah, let Gwyn heal without the influence of a male.

Elriel

So I'm got gonna talk about the rescue, him figuring out she's a seer, giving her Truth Teller, or any of the usual stuff because that's been said and said and I have nothing to add to it.

Instead, I want to talk about what I believe their trope will be and share my evidence with the class. Cool? Cool.

Okay, so, I think we all know that if Elriel is endgame then their trope will be forbidden lovers.

Personally, I am of the opinion that the purpose of Az's bonus chapter was to confirm that for us, not suddenly change the entire trajectory of the story.

But forbidden lovers makes so much sense for Elriel because of what we've seen in the books, not just the BC.

Looking at ACOMAF again, Mor tells Feyre, "'Azriel's got no shortage of lovers, though, don't worry. He's just better at keeping them secret than we are.'"

Then, in ACOSF, when Feyre's talking about how Elain figured out she was pregnant first, she says to Azriel, "'I think she's got you beat for secret-keeping'".

So it's already in-canon that Azriel can keep his lovers secret very well and that Elain is just good at secrets in general.

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE

A moment I never see anyone talk about is something that Cassian observes at a family dinner. "Elain had already departed with Feyre, claiming she had to be up with the dawn to tend to an elderly faerie's garden. Cassian didn't know why he suspected this wasn't true. There had been some tightness in Elain's face when she said it. Normally when she made such excuses, Lucien was around, but the male remained in the human lands with Jurian and Vassa."

Elain already has secrets the IC aren't privy to. So what's one more?

[fannibalcascade]

have you seen the panel , didn’t it feel very weird , I mean the vibe was off

Yeah, we caught it yesterday. Surprisingly, it was pretty early, so only I and @melancholymournia were wide awake. We didn't see a new season announcement coming at all. We think that chapter is closed. The atmosphere between Hugh and Mads felt right, they are buddies and they met after a long time but we were really curious about the questions being asked and how they'd answer them.

We held onto our skepticism, given it was a reunion after a decade, knowing any hint about the relationship would stir up the fandom and potentially bring backlash our way for our ongoing doubts. But here's the kicker: not a peep about Hannigram, and the whole vibe felt like a blast from 2013- especially how they still can’t mention the relationship, it’s like they are still in the bro-code era and maybe they are .

Despite Mads' captain-of-the-ship reputation, even his answers were ambiguous and not very convincing about the future of Hannigram, And a little question for the shippers: ever find it odd your beloved pairing consistently skirts around the series' core theme, despite claiming it's integral? If so, why the silence? Not to rain on your parade, but given your Hannigram fantasies, it seems the cast's vision isn't quite in sync. Now, we're dead certain the relationship wasn't going anywhere ,a 'Murder Husbands' season was just wishful thinking.

[sonicstalker123]

I imagine some genshin characters saying…

Childe/Tartaglia:

“Lmao what a mood”

(If he had a partner without a vision) “Visionless behavior” (to troll)

“Lol no vision??” (To troll)

“Haha, relatable”/“can’t relate”

“That’s my beloved comrade”

(If somebody saw his partner get hurt/saw that his partner was hurt) “Oh boy is it on sight.”

“This person here is a massive bitch”

*surprised pikachu face*

“This snow is beautiful and sparkly, it’s a shame that my Fatui duties are making me change its color to crimson.”

Itto

“It’s all good here, compadre”

“You good?”

“It’s all good ‘round here.”

“Dude did you see what I did with those Lavender Melons, it was kickass, I kicked them for the lols and they went flying like 60 feet”

“That’s my partner, they’re so badass”

“Yeah no Kuki had to get me out of this tricky situation last week involving Heizou”

“Dude, I’m so proud of you for doing that thing you were afraid of doing!”

“Eat shit, Raiden Shogun!”

“Bro did that really just happen??”

“Lol/lmao, how did you trip over that rock?”

*surprised pikachu face*

“Duuude, look at this crab!”

“Nightmares are just horror movies that your mind makes up as you sleep.”

“Dammit, here comes the fun police.” (Referring to Kuki, Heizou or Sara)

Scaramouche

“Don’t do that again you idiot” (he says “idiot” in his own weird loving way)

“Yes, dear, you’re my idiot and nobody else’s.”

“Oh my partner? What about them. You got something to say about them??”

“What a nuisance.”

“Yes, this is the first time that somebody has acknowledged who I am, these feelings are new to me.” (“These feelings” can be seen in a friend way or romantic)

“Yes, the Fatui can eat sand for all I care.”

“Darling.”

“Watching this snow fall in Dragonspine is rather peaceful.”

“Rain is just water, it can’t hurt anything 😒”

Adeptus Xiao

“Yes, dear, you called?”

“Darling, our pet cat is okay, she’s right here.”

“Our cat is so cute.”

“Your friendship/romantic relationship with me is something I’ll cherish forever.”

“Why are you friends with me? I’m a Conqueror of Demons, I may hurt you.”

“All I’ve wanted in my days is somebody who I can be close to, regardless if it’s friendship or a partner.”

“Allow me to accompany you… please?”

“I will be gone for a while because of my adepti duties, I’ll miss you. Please wait for me. Say my name if you need me for anything.”

Gaming

“Hi, sugar pea! Wanna go get some dim sum together? 😁”

“Dude, that dude over there needs to chill out and like drink some tea for real”

“I can’t believe it’s supposed to rain this bad, this wasn’t supposed to happen!”

“I’m about to go training for my Wushou Performance next week, wanna go?”

“Wanna go to the pride parade next week?? It’ll be my first pride parade I’m going to and it’d be fun to go with somebody!” (I hc him as bi)

“Wow, it’s really hot out today! Make sure you have water so you aren’t dehydrated! I care about you, ya know?”

“Wait, huh? What do you mean they can’t come with me?! They’re my partner and I want them to be with me, regardless if it’s training or not!!”

“Morning, sugar pea! Did you sleep well? Have good dreams?? 😁”

[hecateisalesbian]

Toh dynamics I need to see more of-

Amity and Hunter being siblings

Luz and Hunter being siblings

Luz and Vee being siblings

Vee and Hunter being siblings and relating to eachother w/ the trauma that they were both made by Belos

Basically the Noceda Siblings

Amity and Matt because I actually think they are very good friends

Lilith and Steve being besties/QPPs

Lilith and Amity working through there stuff

Alador trying to fix things with his kids

King and Collector thinking abt how they will outlive everyone

Hooty

Willow and Amity?! Why don’t I see more of this?!?!

Gustholomule

Raine and Lilith learning to be with eachother after both changing after leaving the Emperors Coven

everyone in therapy

everyone going to pride parade

Boscha trying to apologize for everything she’s done. They don’t accept but acknowledge the fact that she’s changing and I think she potentially becomes somewhat friends with Amity’s and Luz and Willow and whatever

Eda being a princiPAL (hehe)

Hunter and Lilith learning to not hate eachother and call eachother “Golden Brat” And “Gothic Prick”

The entire hexsquad + others being By hunters side while he carves Waffles by Flapjacks grave (he sobbing, Luz is sobbing, everyone is sobbing)

Hunter and Luz’s meaningful tattoos (Hunter Flapjack, Luz the Flowersnake)

Gus and Hunter being best bros

Eda and Camila and Darius just being like “thank you for taking care of my child”

Veesha

[flourjaemin]

rating nct 127 fact check highlight medley

I ALREADY NOW THE BRIDGES ARE GONNA BE SOME HEAVEN CREATED DRUG INFUSED MASTERPIECES SO IM JUST PREPARING FOR THE ALBUM AND THE LYRICS BOUT TO BE UNREAL!

fact check - SOTY it’s giving me like a treasure song and i like it. YUTA~ BRO GETTING TOE CURLING LINES TAEEEEEE BRO I CANT WAIT FOR THE CHOREOGRAPHY 😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫 10/10

space - JUNGWOO PLS and the backing tracking sounds so freaking cool amazing. wait it’s giving me a just dance song? and then YUTA~ saxophone guys… deeper? 😳 wdym there babe I LIKE IT ITS NOT NCT BUT LIKE I LIKE IT 9.99/10

parade - this was in the first teaser we saw and it’s actually a dope sound. raining money anthem fr. 9/10

angel eyes - some old 70 jingle in the back.. this is literally a coming of age song idc if you say otherwise. it’s beautifuls child. nct 2021 beautiful had a child and it was angel eyes. the ROCK-NESS TO IT AND JUNGWOO OK THAT. okay im fitting my napkin in my shirt, holding the fork and knife and ready to munch on his the minute it is released. I WANNA BE EMO 11/10

yacht - cute little stupid little trumpet part ❤️BABY KEEP MY COOL? YUTA YOU GOT ME RUNNING UP THE WALL BECAUSE OF HOW NERVOUS UR MAKING ME.. imma bang your @$$ till noon that is insanely disgusting… i hope im just having hearing loss. MOON~~~~~ sparkles….. you already know where im at ADDING THIS ‼️ awww like a cute summer song im sobbing on my bathroom floor. MARKVIWJEJFJWJ MARK AND HAECHAJ SINGING AT THE SAME TIME PLS J NEED THIS IN MY LIFE CUTE CUTE CUTE CUTE I NEED IT…. the lyrics im catching up on are so CUTEEEEE 😭😭😭😭😭😭 YAS SPARKLE CITY JKDJDJEJEJEJEJEJDJDJDJDJFJJFUCJRJEJIGIEJWKXIHEJWUFHEJEFJCUIWJER 1909389/10

je ne sais quoi - you don’t know why what nct 127? yes i speak french. im holding my back as we speak. i’m afraid this is going to be the throwing back song. GOT THE SAUCE OR SUS? gasps i love it. OML OML OML OML JAEHYUN WTF. it’s sauce, taeyong said it oml 😫 10/10

love is a beauty - nervous. sorry i just had to swim back to my phone as i was floating away. WTF KIM DOYOUNG YOU CANT BE SINGING LIKE AN ANGEL AND NOT EXPECT ME TO RETURN TO HEAVEN LIKE WHAT. bro im pausing. taking breaks. i’m withering every minute i don’t have this is my music library. SH IT UP. just going to delete every song i own and just have this song ❤️. i need this song rn. JWJFUUEUEBDHEURHDH SHUT SHUT SHUT SHUT SH IT UP JUGNWOO OML OML OML TAE MY TAE awwwwwwwww. can you leave me alone jeong jaehyun, stop having an addictive voice. JUNGEOOOOOOOOOOO “no no~” yep im gonna tattoo that onto my body. I LOVE IT. i love this NCT 127 I LOVE YOU. love is a beauty and i can’t take this anymore. THIS IS MY sOMG MY SONG NO NO NO NO NO THE END I CANT THE GUITAR OML IM GONNA SCREAM 😱😫😫😫😫😭😭😭❤️❤️‼️11/10

misty: forgot about writing. i literally just cried. am i even allowed to listen to these song? these are all made for higher life forms.. i don’t feel deserving of these beautiful songs…. It’s just so beautiful. i just want to live in peace and sit at the beach and watch as the world revolves around me as i am in so much peace. JAJSJDIEJEIRIRJDJFJDJDJJDDJJEJE JOHNNY JUMP ACARES HUH HUBHU HUH AFTER THE STORM WHAT DO YOU SAY AFTER HOHNNY OML THIS IS TOOO MUCH W HSJEJSJDNDNS the piano i cry at the sight of a piano how the hell are you going to play a piano in a beautiful song. pls. 10/10

real life: this reminds me of another song i can’t really pin point……… idk but i really like it but i want to heard more of it 😭 JOHNNY OK THR CHORUS OK OK OK 9/10

overall im gonna have to have a talk with nct and ask them how they continue to release banger after banger. i expect great things for this comeback and can’t wait to see what happens. thank you. (NWJFJUEJE)

[tkblythofficial]

yo, i suddenly remembered the radio interview they had when they asked R how she felt snooging someone else and she was caught off guard and didn't know what to say at first lol then T says it's all chill in set because he's friends with J and now in light of these new photos I get why he said "J is a saint" T is so guilty (im joking im joking) but his statment makes me think T sort of realized him and R probably came off super flirty on/off set and he just wanted to remind the ppl how good sport J was for being so understanding of his gf's job even if he felt uncomfortable with the whole ordeal. Tbh of all her current-past romantic interests R's had, T is definitely the closest to her because he matched her sweet but unhinged theater kid energy just right.

Either way, I rlly don't want to rain on anyone's parade but even if R broke up with J and persued something with T, he wouldn't break the bro code for her, cause from their interactions on their solo interviews I noted that T genuinely likes J as sees him as a real friend.

Yup! I remember that interview. R and T were quick to say that J was a saint and had no issues with them.

T does consider J a friend, but he still flirts with R so if he felt really guilty about it, he would stop lol

[kmp78]

"... NANA AND THINNIE. 😂😂😂"

Always these uncooperative drooling fangirls raining on his parade! Outing his secrets left and right 🤣

I love how wimpy Chickenlegred has to buff up for work and therefore had to kiss his holidays 🛥👙🏖 goodbye 👋 ! And Embolino finally grew a 🌰 and was like: " Nah bro, I pass on spending Christmas in the fucking desert! Watching you try to press weights 🏋‍♀️ and probably having to skip Christmas dinner because the only things you're gulping down are protein shakes in the hopes of gaining some muscles!" So who has to come to the rescue???? The GoodTimeGirl 💕🫶! More heartwarming than the Nativity story. I have tears in my eyes 🥹!

This is why Jesus died so we could have joy. 🙏

[happy-hokkyokugitsune]

I asked it a bit weird, sorry, naw see I was seeing your hqhc and following your fic and thought you might be into it. P is not me but hard tellin with anon amirite 😉

ty for not raining on my parade, how about semiten?

Hey beautiful~

SemiTen! (I will say that semiten isn't that rare imo)

Love the pairing, be it romantic, sexual, bros, saltmates, whatever, I love it.

(I mean Shiratorizawa guys are one of my weaknesses of course.)

- They are both quite beautiful, (imo) like an ethereal type of beauty. Almost fragile looking in some ways despite how strong they both are (if that makes sense.) I think they would be a gorgeous couple and honestly could you imagine how adorable their kid would look? And how happy they would be? Semi and Tendou would make awesome dads, nobody can change my mind.

- They paint each others nails and giggle like schoolgirls while gossiping about people Shirabu. They do get annoyed by the other sometimes and rag on each other as well, but that's just how they are. Tendou needs someone to tell him he's gone too far sometimes and Semi needs someone to pull him out of his head when he's feeling down (artist problems ya' know) and Tendou is the only one to notice because Semi is good at hiding it.

- These two take up the entire third year second floor bathroom when getting ready. I'm talking every spare inch covered in products, clothes, and towels. The only person allowed to interrupt their beauty routine is the other one.

Yamagata is real salty about it, I mean he needs to do his hair too guys.

- Semi is the only person allowed to do Tendou's hair. Goshiki is a first year so he isn't sure why this is the case, just that when he asked everyone got real quiet and Ushijima straight up turned and quick walked away.

Goshiki never asked again.

- Tendou is Semi's biggest fan. He'll talk to anyone and everyone about Semi's music. He'll hound you until you listen to it, he even pushed Semi to find an artist for promoting his band via posters and shirts. The redhead shows up to every gig as well and him screaming his love from the audience really charges the whole atmosphere with good vibes. No doubt in Semi's mind that Tendou is rooting for him.

Even if he teases him to no end.

- Tendou could easily guess where Semi is at all times. Semi is pretty predictable about his interests and schedule. Tendou knows he likes to play video games after practice and that he'll be doing karaoke on Friday's, he knows what market and restaurant he prefers, he even knows that Semi has a date when he smells a certain cologne on him. (He may even get jealous about that last one.)

He doesn't tell Semi these things, the guy likes to think he's incredibly spontaneous and he doesn't want to burst his bubble. But mostly Tendou finds it amusing to appear behind him when he isn't expecting it.

- They like to scare each other. It started off as Tendou's thing (is anyone surprised?) but one day Semi had enough and before Tendou could sneak up on him he turned and scared the guy first. It's been a longstanding competition between them ever since.

- Despite them hounding eachother and Tendou's constant teasing he would never call Tendou a monster ever. I can see him mean mugging anyone he catches doing so. He doesn't tell Tendou that he gets girls to start rumors about the people being mean to him, and he's so subtle about it that even Tendou is oblivious to his hand in said rumors.

- Both of these guys are super chill together even if they aren't interacting directly. I can just see them now, Tendou's reading his manga (possibly while sitting upside down on the couch) while Semi messes around on his guitar. They should be studying but that's not any fun and neither of them are interested in following the typical college/career route so they don't crackdown on that sort of thing unless Ushijima or Reon is there.

- Semi actually enjoys Tendou's energy, he can't read him, the guy is the poster child for being unpredictable of course, but he loves passionate people who like to bring joy and laughter wherever they go.

This got long, sorry anon if you're p I am not sorry, you know what you were getting into, ya' doof.

[byersfanclub]

“mike has to be told how to interact with el meanwhile everything comes very naturally with will… what about that is so hard to understand.”

? Not to rain on anyone's parade, but couldn’t that just be because guys (especially young guys) are nervous and awkward around girls they like while they obviously interact naturally with their bros? What 14 year old boy do you know who is comfortable around the girl he likes? Why wouldn’t Mike be natural around the best friend he has known all his life? For most guys, girls are complicated and mysterious and confusing, while other guys are simple and easy to understand. And Mike is also a literal nerd. Why would he know how to interact with the girl he's into?? Genuine question, no troll...

mmm i guess it could be if this was an IRL situation but it’s not, it’s a tv show so pretty much everything is written in a deliberate way. lucas and dustin do perfectly fine interacting with their girlfriends meanwhile mike has to be guided through baby steps by lucas all of s3 and has will rubbing his back and shit all of s4

also if you can’t figure out how to act with the girl your into after you’ve technically been boyfriend and girlfriend for A WHILE then it might be because you don’t actually like her in the first place. i’d be genuinely concerned if i was with someone for months and they still didn’t know how interact with me lololol

[dis-trict9]

Don't read this if you're happy cuz I don't wanna rain on your guys' parades :(

Bro, I wish my stepmom knew that I don't eat as much as I used to like why are you yelling at me for eating 2 pieces of chicken, claiming I'm gonna be 'too skinny' when you literally yelled at me that I was too fat like a week ago. I didn't even loose weight fool!! I GAINED WEIGHT.

[frostythefrostedfox]

I admit I was having flashbacks to that awful 4 lap parade we had a year or two ago when I saw that SC, and it still is out, it has been 5 full formation laps, and I wont feel any better until it goes in.

I know why they are doing this, safety reasons, but isn’t this “TOO SAFE”? Bro they made everyone waste a set of full wets, that race could’ve been interesting, standing start with blues, when was the last time we had that?

5 laps behind the SC, so they only gonna race 10, rolling start as I just saw, just so everyone runs inside to get inters... This is just lame

Really, 5 laps out of the race so they could do the minimum distance and do 25% points if it started to rain again, that is just pathetic, literally like that other Spa race, this is just too safe bro, if you wanted to make it safe just say “We wait until 16:00 local and everyone starts with whatever the fuck they want”, but nooooo, let just give the advantage to Verstappen.

UPDATE: Interesting starting procedure, but still lame, ugh... Why cant we have nice things FIA, why

[castle-dominion]

5x20 the fast & the furriest ngl I thought this would be about furries. I feel like castle would secretly be a furry. Or maybe not but he would end the episode by buying a fursuit

Fast car. Drops a body!? WHAT IS GOING ON

rc: They were right here where this hole in the fridge is. Mmmm Mulligatawny soup MR: Well, maybe you’ve been sleep eating … again. RC: Again? I’ve never sleep ated - sleep ate - eaten. (MARTHA gives him a look) Have I?

Alexis is good enough of an actor, but I remember this episode & last...

WHAT IF IT IS KATE oh nvm SUPER RAT?

Where is ryan?

Perlmutter my beloved They've seen dead bodies before they've even seen someone cut in half... How long was she in trauma bay?

Onondaga, of course she was in new york then. Haudenesaune, right?

Yay finally a native american character who is native to NORTH america instead of latin america. Except ofc depending on the FNMI person you talk to, bigfoot was just a myth they made up to scare the white people. Still tho, as an fnmi person I'm happy to see this on television.

Native & no siblings?!?!?!? No cuzzins? (also ryan not good outfit today) Old folks confess to crimes all the time bro Curious george fan? Me too bro. KR, while they are walking away: George would never do that!

Castle don't tap on the glass u idiot *takes off the baby's head* MOONSHINE growls at CASTLE again and makes a ‘slitting your throat’ gesture. CASTLE gulps.

ruggedly handsome XD

the hospital thing really WAS sus. Why drop off your murder vic? Why not STAY if you're trying to save them?

take out a side mirror? srs? KB: A convicted killer with an attack dog? All right. Pick him up. eight years is a long time

He's right tbh

He was telling the truth! no no noooo no no castle nope no way shup & besides they are not in the right place come on bro no shush

SP: Professionally I can’t speculate what those are, Mr. Castle, but personally I can say that anyone who believes in Bigfoot is an ass.

Bigfoot lives in chicago bro

she's right: These are the footprints I’m interested in. They’re near where the body was. CSU said that they were made within the last 24 hours.

Ryan XD I feel like castle is half just being funny not actually believing but castle believes enough & pretends to believe the rest of the way that he gets ryan to make a fool of imself too often

clipping "rain on your parade" lol

KB: No, not a coincidence. Just a hoax. KR: If it’s such a hoax then tell me why I found this. (he pulls out a paper) I dug through her phone records. Turns out, the last phone call she ever made was to Darrell Meeks. RC: The Darrell Meeks? KB+JE: Who’s Darrell Meeks? RC+KR, sarcastically: “Who’s Darrell Meeks?” KR: Just a world-reknowned cryptozoologist. RC: That’s a scientist who searches for as yet undiscovered creatures. KB: (lightly) Such as unicorns and centaurs? JE: Banshees and leprechauns? ((both fae)) RC just gives KB a look. He holds KR back from smacking JE.

SP: Ugh. The B team. JE: Talk about the B team. KR: Yeah. SP: I’d hoped to see Castle’s look of dismay when I told him cause of death was nothing more exotic than blunt force trauma to the cranium. (off their blank look) It seems she was clobbered over the head with a club or a pipe. I love perlmutter. "HAMMERED into her skull!" it's your job to find out why she swallowed it, it was his job to find it in the first place.

Gigantopithacus

*takes away the yeti finger*

Every partnership needs to have a skeptic & a believer. Meeks & his wife, caskett, rysposito, shane madej & ryan bergara, myself & my brother when we inevitably go ghost hunting

KR: Kind of Crocodile Dundee meets Indiana Jones meets Ted Nugent. hook hand? Cool

What is that growling? Remember the tiger episode? These guys need headlamps KR: Dude, I’ve got a bad feeling about this thing, man. I – I don’t think that we should – Why a bow & arrow? At least let it be a compound bow. Or that

Love his accent lol

Sasquatch bigfoot & yeti are what like homo erectus & homo sapiens?

She was faking evidence, see castle!?

Also are there no female bigfoot fellows?

The traditional bigfoot photo Love esposito's hair btw. It's a little bit too long but it is better than the s3 buzz cut

RC: There was no camera at the crime scene. KB: Maybe our killer took it. RC: Which would explain why there’re so few photos of Bigfoot. KB: I meant our human killer. RC: Right. JE: shakes his head.

RC: And a year later her pendant is found in her murdered friend’s stomach?

Nice, they get to go to bed for the day

KB: Is there anything that you don’t believe in? RC: Sure there is. There’s … um … He thinks for a minute. Finally she smiles in victory. there is the ocean. The ocean is horrifying.

She is so pretty in her PJs

ALEXIS!? WHAT IS EVEN GOING ON Hey avatar reference, a new one just came out

Hold on she's a cardinal? Of fricking course she is. Every native worth their tobacco has a cardinal in their family. Including me lol. Ryan looks pretty af but not super pretty in terms of colour Too many people drop out of school from sexual harrassment Ooh music Esposito bisexual outfit

She does a whip? she is not a filmer

See? Sometimes people don't recognize ppl from sketches or w/e but COULD if a feature was changed

tory my beloved she has a name woah that is some crazy smart stuff KB: Well, the good news is we have our crime scene. The bad news is it’s in 2 square miles of remote wilderness with no access by road. (she turns to CASTLE) You up for a hike?

*mimics howling*

I love how castle is wearing camo AND orange RC: It’s not Wookie. I’m not doing Wookie. I can’t do Wookie. Alexis does a really cute Wookie.

RC:

Because at any moment life can surprise you. *They stop for a minute but then the ground gives way.*

He mentions his knee! Thank you! Just like that time I fell down the mountain!

Castle should have markiplier's unus annus branded tactical shovel

RC: Shouldn't you be wearing a short skirt for this? That’s the rule. Lol a granola bar

Ryan XD XD I could clip that if I wanted to wait kurt wilson is out here not outdoors?

Why is it just the two of them going on a hike?

CASTLE is trying to dig hand and foot holds into the side of a pit with a spork. RC: Ah, spork. They all laughed at you. He tries to use one of his foothold to climb, but his foot just slips out. He looks at the spork in disgust and throws it down onto the ground.

Oh no banging with a stick Oh no bigfoot

At least it doesn't land on castle

SHOOT IT SHOOT IT don't shoot.

Didn't you say you took a pic? you said you did lay eyes on this beast.

It was castle THE CLUB THAT'S THE CRIME SCENE

My man has been living in the woods for all this time...

Castle believes him & it is important to have someone on your team

That's big ngl

Beckett's coat is v nice

They got together after this happened?

This is why you turn off your phone

RC: Well I’m not so sure there isn’t. I’m thinking maybe he’s out there somewhere. And if he is, I’m hoping to see him one day. Preferably from a safe distance.

hsdfjksjhksdfjskdhfjshf bigfoot is real lmao

What speech? Oh that speech AC: I think he could make a real difference in the world. And okay, maybe it was stupid to give him all of my allowance, but I’m not the first person to do something stupid for something they believe in.

[cyarskj52]

The Religious Ecstasy of the Bravo Fandom

Photo: Bethy Squires

“Is this all for Vanderpump? What’s going on?”

Despite the Vanderpump Rules reunion being one of the biggest entertainment events of late, there are only a few options for communal viewing experiences at ground zero, a.k.a. Los Angeles. I end up at Junkyard Dog, a vegan sports bar in Silver Lake, because I want to get the communal fan viewing experience for Scandoval’s final installment. There’s an official viewing party at SUR just six and a half miles away, but it’s $75 per plate and some cast members will be there. Would football be as fun to watch if the opposing team were watching with you? (I also chose this one because it’s the building where Elliott Smith shot the album cover for Figure 8 — the layers of dark-sided Hollywood bullshit are too much to resist.)

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I expect a big turnout, but even I’m stunned by the size and devotion of the crowd. There is a borderline religious tone to the proceedings, what with the sacrament of white wine and the line of devotees patiently waiting to get in for their turn at communion. We’ve all come here for that most Young Life, youth-pastor-y of feelings: fellowship.

“Yeah, this is all for the reunion,” I tell the would-be patron of this bar. “The line is superlong, and isn’t moving, I’m sorry.”

“Do you work here? You look official,” she says, referring (I think) to the fact that I’m in all black. I only realized when I went out the door what Vanderpump villain I’d accidentally dressed as tonight, sans white nails.

“No, I’m a reporter. This is my Tom Sandoval cosplay.”

“Okay, wow, now I’m scared of you.”

There is no room for camp appreciation of Tom Sandoval’s fashion choices at Junkyard Dog tonight. This is a Team Ariana affair. I spy three “Send it to Darrell” hoodies, a shirt that says “Never Trust a Tom,” and one girl in a Vanderpump Dogs hat and Bravocon crop top. This is a die-hards only zone.

“Pretty much everyone I interact with on a daily basis is a Vanderpump fan,” Riley Hamilton tells me. His Vanderpump Rules–centric podcast, Turtle Time, is unofficially sponsoring the event. The pod’s producer was the first to suggest the watch party for the first reunion ep. It was a smaller affair, in the bar’s back patio. “Intimate,” is how one person described it to me. The next week, the bar reached capacity. Tonight, there is a line down the block, and the bar sells out of White Claw by 8:40, 20 minutes before the reunion starts.

“I was just doing this for Riley,” says Junkyard Dog’s Thomas Hobbs. “He said he’d bring in like 30 people.” Hobbs looks around at the mass of Bravo fans in his bar and exclaims a somewhat overwhelmed “Bro.” He says this set of watch parties is the first reality-TV programming the bar has put on. Given the turnout, it probably won’t be the bar’s last.

Not to rain on his parade, but the furor surrounding Scandoval feels one in a million. Somehow a cheating scandal on a Housewives spinoff has captured a nation. Vanderpump stars Ariana Madix, Lala Kent, and Lisa Vanderpump went to the White House Correspondents’ dinner, for Peter’s sake. I spoke to a couple in line who have been watching the show since the first big cheating scandal in season two. “It’s hard to explain to other people,” the boyfriend says. “They’re like, ‘They cheat all the time. Why is this different?’ But it does feel different this time.” When pressed, he says what makes Scandoval special is the extent to which, in the words of James Kennedy, Sandoval’s a liar. “The guy is so conniving. Everyone else is so dumb, they get caught immediately. And now that he’s caught, all his transgressions are coming out.”

His girlfriend calls it a “perfect storm of events.”

I’m seated next to a mother-daughter duo who’ve come up from Long Beach for the spectacle. The mom is a patron of Turtle Time, and she DM’d Riley about when to come. “That’s how I got a seat at all,” she says. “To be honest, I wish I’d come sooner.”

These people are longstanding VPR fans, and Mom has even met Tom Sandoval. I ask her to confirm or deny that he smells bad, a rumor that’s been circulating on TikTok since Scandoval broke. She says he smelled normal. “I told him, ‘You’re my favorite … couple,’” she says. That’s the whole scandal in a nutshell, isn’t it? Sandoval thought people loved him, but really they loved Ariana and supported her choice to stay with him.

When the reunion begins, the bar cranks the sound system so loudly that the speaker closest to me keeps shorting out. Andy Cohen speaks in an echo, as each TV is timed just slightly off. But the entire bar is immediately locked in. The crowd yells in support of Scheana in her restraining order trailer. They boo Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss. Someone yells “Liar!” after the first thing Raquel says.

Certain moments have been replayed in trailers and TikToks so much that they take on Rocky Horror Picture Show levels of audience participation. When Ariana calls Raquel “subhuman,” people shout the line along with her. And when the Uber One “Good As Gold” ad comes on, the whole place is awake with song. It’s a tent revival during the Great Awakening. We are the ones who are Good As Gold.

Raquel’s seeming dissociation during the entire reunion does not go unnoticed. “She’s gotta be on beta-blockers,” the woman next to me speculates. There’s very little compassion for Raquel to be found in the bar or on the screen – even in Lisa Vanderpump, who defended the Toms in previous parts of the reunion. “Welcome, Lisa, where have you been?” the same woman says when Lisa calls out Raquel’s conversation with Ariana about her and Sandoval’s sex life.

“I mean, Lisa’s never going to miss an opportunity to criticize a woman,” I retort.

“Okay, good point.”

This is that fellowship I was looking for. We hash out what we’ve just seen during commercial breaks, pausing only to applaud Ariana’s Bic razor commercial. (One woman is the first to notice the ad, looking up at the screen as if she had a vision of a saint.) The whole bar is yelling, and clapping back at Sandoval. When Madix finally breaks down and cries, the audience looks at her with the overwhelmed and mournful faces of teen girls swooning at the Beatles. When the show cuts back to Ken Todd’s now infamous pot-stirring, the entire bar goes wild.

The people who had been waiting in line are now lined up on the sidewalk, watching the show like that scene in every old superhero movie when people huddle in front of TVs in a department-store window to learn what nonsense the Joker has gotten up to this time. A bartender finally takes pity on the outside crowd and serves drinks to those who are within the outdoor-dining zone on the sidewalk.

By the time we get to the “big twist” in the last five minutes, everyone is exhausted. Everyone except one woman, who is having a personal conversation with Raquel through the TV. She is sitting, but she is heated. “Just say it!” she hollers at Rachel, begging her to tell the truth for once. The last five minutes of the episode consist of Raquel’s final talking-head interview — maybe of season ten; maybe ever. She breaks away from Sandoval’s coaching and gives what she says is a fully honest timeline of the relationship.

“I knew it!” the woman yells, with the verve of someone moved by the spirit, as she stands up and pumps her fist. “I fucking knew it. Yes!”

The crowd disperses. Some people stay for Lala’s appearance on Watch What Happens Live, while others close out of their tabs. People hug good-bye, either to the people they came with or new friends they made along the way. I walk down Sunset Boulevard, still vibrating with the collective energy of the vegan bar turned live theater experience for a night. The big twist promised by producers was neither big nor particularly twisty, but it still felt great to bask in the vindication of my fellow Pumpheads. We all fucking knew it. But doesn’t it feel good to be fucking right?

[inutaffy]

controversial question time: what are your thoughts on st3ddie?

oh i like the ship! i don't like how people blow it being so popular so out of proportion. yeah it doesn't have the chemistry of a lot of other ships, but it's fun, and an interesting dynamic and i love the au's out of it! i don't know why people hate it so much.

there's rotten apples in every fandom yk? i don't know why we generalize steddie shippers as a bad entity bc they're like cringey or whatever ? people argue they're sexualizing them but they're adult men??? (eddie is not 17 be fr he failed 2 times hes at least 19) so i don't see what the point of that argument is