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theflagscene · 7 months

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Shipper Tag Game!

I was tagged by @negrowhat 🥰 Thanks for the tag!

1 - What ship were you completely obsessed with when you were a teenager, but now you don’t care about anymore?

Hmm, I’m trying to think. I don’t have the best memory of my life as a teen, it was pretty hectic and I didn’t get my first personal computer with internet access until I was 18 years old. So I wasn’t really into the fandom spaces yet, I guess I’ll go with Buffy and Spike? I loved them as a couple so much and now I’m just like; meh, whatever.

2 - Which ship would you consider your first one?

Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask, I was just kid but I was very very invested in them finally kissing lol. Me and my older sister used to watch the English version that they aired in the West in the 90’s, so it wasn’t even a dubbed Anime it was legit changed for American audiences.

Note: I am not American, but you get my point.

3 - Your first fanfic belonged to which couple?

The first fic I ever wrote I think might have belonged to Willow and Tara 🤔 I’m trying to remember, I’m pretty sure it was Willow and Tara.

4 - Do you remember the first couple you saw fanart of?

Not really, I was never on the fanart side of fandom spaces because of my total and absolute lack of talent lol. So I’m not really sure what fanart I came across for the very first time, knowing my luck it was something cursed on Google that I accidentally stumbled upon and thus blocked from my memory.

5 - Did you ever get into ship discourse?

Not really, I once stopped interacting with an entire fandom when I started getting attacked because I happened to like a bisexual character with a character of the opposite sex better than with a character of the same sex. Basically I was being called homophobic and other terrible things because I was reblogging het gif sets and pics instead of lesbian gif sets and pics. The fandom for this series was extremely toxic and I actually stopped watching the series because of how much the fandom tainted it for me, all because I thought the het couple had better chemistry then the sapphic couple, that’s all. The character was canonically bisexual and had dated both of the other characters at one point or another on the show, I just thought she happened to work better with the male character. Sigh, people are weird.

6 - Did you used to have a NOTP or have any currently?

Yes, back in the day when I was very active in the Whovian fandom, I was very much against shipping Gwen and Jack from Torchwood. They were my NOTP, not gonna lie, they’re lowkey still my NOTP lol.

7 - Who were the couple in the last fanfic you read?

AlanJeff, I’m still very much stuck in my ‘Alan and Jeff live happily ever after’ phase of mourning Pit Babe’s ending lol.

8 - Currently do you have any OTPs?

Oh man *cracks knuckles* let me just hop onto my AO3 history, my current obsessions OTPs are;

SeanWhite, ToddBlack, AkkAyan, AlanJeff, PhayaTharn, KaranAchi, PheeJin, Tae Myungha x Cha Yeowoon, Sangwoo x Jaeyoung and Lan Wangji x Wei Wuxian.

Those are the ones that I can confidently say I consider OTPs atm.

9 - Is there any couple that to this day you are extremely mad about them not getting together?

I mean, does it even have to be said?

10 - Is there any ship that you used to dislike but now you think are kind of interesting?

Hmm, I don’t think so. Chances are if I disliked the ship before, I’d probably still dislike it now.

11 - Do you have a ship that in the past was considered ‘normal’ but now you would be cancelled over?

Ginger and Bridgette from Ginger Snaps, it’s an incest ship because they’re sisters but to be fair to teenage me, the writer and director both talked about how they purposely played up the fact that the pair were borderline incestual. Especially as Ginger became more and more feral (it’s a werewolf horror trilogy), she sexualized her relationship with her sister because that’s what her animal instincts were telling her to do. As she crawled over her talking about masturbation before whispering in her ear; it’s like we’re not even related anymore. I’m pretty sure teenage me has a glitch as my brain tried to figure out why that was so hot.

They continued to play up that whole ‘animals fuck their own family in the wild’ angle in both the sequel and the prequel, the story purposely was saying that there was no one for them but each other.

So yeah, I fell for it. I was a horny and sexually confused 15 year old who had a crush on the main actress of the trilogy lol, of course I shipped them.

12 - What’s your favourite crack ship?

Crack ship? I don’t really know, I mean what even is a crack ship anymore, ya know? In this day and age, most fandom spaces allow you to ship whoever the fuck you want, rule 34 was long ago blown past by shippers and now it feels like crack ships are a thing of the past.

13 - Who is the couple you’ve read the most fanfics of?

Probably Sterek, Destiel is a close second but I’m going to say Sterek with like 88% certainty that I’m correct lol.

14 - What do most of your ships usually have in common?

15 - What do you absolutely hate in a ship?

Miscommunication! I absolutely loathe it when a ship is on the rocks or breaks up because no one would just fucking talk to each other! It drives me insane, because like just speak to one another, why is that so impossible!? I’m in a poly relationship IRL, I have been for over 16 years. When you’re dating more than one person, the idea of not communicating is just baffling! Communication is key! Like, what? Is this just a monogamous thing!? Why can’t the characters just talk to one another, open and honest dialogue. Arg!… so yeah, miscommunication gets me a little heated lmao.

Tagging! I’m not sure who to tagged so I’m going to go and pick the last five mutuals in my notifs and hope you don’t mind me tagging you lol. @oh-goodness-loki @crapyouknowme @jdotsodomite @jeonghanurl @italianpersonwithashippersheart

#tag game #shipping tag #tw incest #this was fun!#thanks for including me

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lokiondisneyplus · 3 years

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Director Kate Herron calls from her childhood bedroom. She's staying at her parents' home in Southeast London for the summer, having spent the past year apart due to the pandemic and directing her latest series, Marvel's Loki. "It's so surreal seeing the show go out," she says over Zoom, "and being in the room that I was last in as a teenager."

Loki's first three episodes have seen the God of Mischief (Tom Hiddleston) team up with Agent Mobius (Owen Wilson) and the all-powerful Time Variance Authority to track down a fugitive Variant of himself: A female Loki that goes by Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino) who's set on blowing up the Sacred Timeline and, with it, the MCU as we know it.

"My dad, bless him, he was never into Marvel before, but now he's obsessed with it," she says. "When I got the job, he started watching his way through the films, and he's got all these different YouTubers that he now watches for theories, and he tries to get spoilers out of me. He's like, 'What does it mean?!' and I'm like, 'Dad, I can't tell you!' It's very sweet, but very funny."

Now, with three episodes left of the season, she's bracing for their first family viewing experience. "I might not be able to, though. I might be like, 'You have to watch it by yourselves and then we can talk!'" she laughs. "Wait to hear the Loki theme and be like, 'Oh, I can go downstairs now.'"

In the meantime, Herron fielded all of ET's midseason questions about making Loki's bisexuality canon in the MCU, flexing more of his magic than ever before and why Sylvie isn't really Lady Loki or the Enchantress.

We are halfway through the season. Outside your parents, how has the reaction felt so far?

It's been amazing. We had these big ideas in it -- like, about free will and good and evil -- and wanting to [know that] if we're going back in with Loki because he's so beloved, that it's going to be a good story for that character, but some fresh terrain. I think the response has been pretty joyous and it's just so fun seeing what people are liking, what people's theories are. I couldn't be more happy, to be honest.

Being someone who appears pretty online and active on social media, how deep are you going into reading what people say and diving into those theories and all that?

I definitely read a lot of them -- I don't comment on them -- but I used to love Lost and Game of Thrones, and I was on Reddit, commenting, like, "Ooh, maybe it means this or means this," and I think that's the fun thing with our show, right? Our fans are so smart and it's fun seeing what they're getting right and what's not right but is very interesting. The Easter eggs they dig up are always amazing to me. Some of them we put in there, and I'm like, "Well, let's see..." and I'm like, "Oh, they found it!" So, it's really fun tracking it online. It's very weird directing something where you know every frame will be [screen]grabbed by some fans because they're looking for stuff.

I loved your tweet about why it was important for you to confirm that Loki is bisexual in the show. Not really reveal -- because he's bisexual in the comics -- but make that canon. Talk to me about having those conversations with Marvel.

I think it was something very important to everyone. And I felt like, OK, how can we acknowledge this? We have aspects of the story that are there, so how do we build this into the story so it feels earned in the moment? I didn't want it to feel like we were just wedging something in, but we had this beautiful scene where these two characters are being really raw and really honest about who they are, and I was like, "Well, it is a part of who he is and who they are." For me, talking with Michael [Waldron] and Bisha [K. Ali], it just felt like it was the right moment for that line. This episode is really beautiful for me, because it's these two characters getting to know each other, so in that sense, it felt like the right place for that conversation to happen. And I thought it was done really beautifully by the writers.

Obviously, like I've said, it's very personal to me, and I said it was a small step in some ways -- because obviously, he's just talking about it -- but in the bigger scale of things, I'm like, oh no, it's massive actually. If I saw that when I was 10, it would be really big for me. It's been really nice getting comments from people online. Some people were like, "It helped me actually talk about how I feel to my family and helped me come out." And I thought, "Well, if it helped one person do that, then it's worth it."

This is the MCU's first lead character who is openly queer. Did you know that? Were you aware of how big a milestone this would be?

Yeah. Well, in some senses, yes, and in some senses you're never sure, right? Because [Marvel is] so secretive about all their other projects. [Laughs] For me, I was like, I'm telling Loki's story, it's a part of who they are and I just want to acknowledge it. It's canon in the comics and if we can make it canon in the films, that would be amazing. When I came on board, I was like, if there's a way to do this, it would mean a lot to me and, I'm sure, a lot of people. But it was very welcomed, and I think we're all very proud of how we did that.

This may be getting into spoiler territory that you aren't able to talk about, but acknowledging one's sexuality is one important part of representation, seeing it play out through relationships is another. Can we expect to see any further exploration of what it means for Loki to be bisexual in this show?

I'm trying to think how to answer your question. [Laughs] I would say in our story, this is how we acknowledge it. But I hope that that paves the way for deeper exploration.

We're halfway through the season. What were your biggest goals in these first three episodes?

I think the biggest one was obviously, the Loki we're with in this story is on a completely different path, so it was tracking his character in the sense that he basically sees this amazing arc that the other Loki had gone on across the MCU movies, he sees that he reconciles with his brother, but that wasn't him in that moment. He's watching a different version of himself. But seeing that moment and seeing that he has room for growth and change is really interesting with our Loki, because he's in a very different headspace. So, it was tracking, what's familiar about this character from the Loki that we've seen over the last 10 years go from villain to antihero? And what is going to be completely different and completely different sides to this character that we get to now dig our teeth into? That was something really important to me and to Tom and the writing team, and it was really fun unpacking that and what his identity means.

The other challenges, honestly, were just setting up the TVA, because it's outside of time and space and giving that a grounding and a reality and making that feel like a whole new exciting corner of the MCU. That was a big responsibility, and I was really excited by that. And then you have the bigger arc of the story, but you also knowing it's going out weekly on TV. So, how are we going to track this week by week. Where are we leaving the characters and what are we leaving for the audience? Something we always thought about was we knew there'd be discussion week to week, so it was like, "Where are we going to give them certain bits of information across the show?" We wanted to provoke conversation and discussion about even just things like free will, you know?

I will say about the TVA, I'm basically a human Miss Minutes stan account. I think she's the baddest bitch in the MCU. I watch every Miss Minutes fancam that pops up on my Twitter feed.

She's incredible! What I love about it is that she's in our first episode and she actually used to come out of the presentation that Loki watches -- she came out on the screen -- but it was too crazy. We were like, "OK, we can't do that in the first episode. We'll do it in the second episode!" But what I love about her is that we're seeing the TVA through Loki's eyes and it's, like, the status quo, right? And if our status quo is a Southern-talking, Roger Rabbit-style clock, the show is going to probably get quite weird. I think that's what I love about her. And obviously, Tara [Strong] is awesome. Yeah, Miss Minutes is a lot of fun.

You talked about exploring who Loki is and could be. He's always had an arsenal of powers, but in this series, you really get to explore and define what his power set is. What were those conversations like?

That was something else, coming in, I was so excited about. We have six hours of him, let's see some more magic. Because across the comics, he's super powerful, and for example, in the last episode, that's what was so exciting to me about that, the oner at the end of episode 3 was that I've seen a lot of oners but I haven't seen one with magic. So, I was like, let's put loads of magic in there! We get Loki using his telekinesis and his magic blasts and then also Sylvie, as well, and her powers.

For me, it was exciting getting to bring those in in a way that pushed the story forwards. Because I get it, when he first lands in the TVA, they can't use magic, so I know if I was watching, I'd be like, "What? No magic?!" But I think that's the fun thing is, we still have three episodes to go and also it was fun to put him on Lamentis and see him using his powers in different ways. It was definitely something important to me and the team, was to get to show a little bit more of him. But across the films, you can only do so much. Now we have six hours, so it felt like, of course we have to delve into that more.

I don't know if you saw this on Twitter, one of my favorite reactions to episode 3 was someone tweeted a screenshot of Sylvie screaming and her hands glowing and wrote, "she did the meme!!"

[Laughs] That's great!

We've now officially met Sylvie, and we're starting to piece together that this may be sort of a hybrid character of Lady Loki and Sylvie Lushton, the Enchantress. Are you able to confirm that you pulled from both to create your Sylvie? Or is that something that's to be further revealed?

I would say there's more to be delved into. One thing I would say is, like, she's different to the comics. Like, she's a unique character, but obviously, there's things that have been pulled from. I think for her character, she's on the run and she's called Sylvie and she's dyed her hair. The blonde that we associate with Sylvie is played in that sense, but it makes sense for her character within our story. But I would say deeper than that, yeah, there's more to be revealed about her character to comes.

The main thing I would say is: Lady Loki in the comics is a very different character to our character, obviously. I love that character and I think she's got a very different journey. But our Sylvie is a female Loki, in that sense -- because in episode 1 and 2, they know it's a Loki they're tracking -- but I think that's part of the discussion. It's almost like Loki -- as in Tom Loki -- he's like, "Wait, how much of my life have you got? Who are you?" And I think that's the real question is, who is she? So, we will discuss that as the show goes on. Why does she not like being called Loki? What's her past? Where did she come from?

Tom and Sophia have such great chemistry, but how challenging was it for you and Michael and Sophia and the writers to create a character that essentially has to match up with our Loki, who's had however many films to become the fan-favorite character that he is?

It starts in the writing. Because she's a unique creation, and that was exciting and I was intrigued where they were pulling from with the comics. I was like, OK, that's cool. Beyond that, I think it's casting it. Sophia is an incredible actor. I've worked with her before. She has this fire in her and she brings this amazing vulnerability to all her characters, but she's also, like, so funny. It's just, so many of these things she always brings, I was like, they're so Loki. So, I was like, "We've got to get her to read!" And we were just all blown away by her read of it.

She definitely can hold her own. That's the other thing, as well. I know her, and I was like, she will hold her own. I know she will. Because she's going against Tom's Loki and that's such the fun thing about them. Even just on the train, where it's the end of the world and Loki's solution is, "I'm going to have a party and I'm going to have a drink. I'm going to have a lovely time." And her solution is, "I'm not going to have a glass of champagne, thanks. I'm going to focus on the mission of getting off the moon." Those little differences is what's quite fun about them to me. How are they different, and how are they the same?

Was there something you got to do as a director in these first three episodes that you had never done before that you were especially excited or nervous or both to tackle?

I suppose so much of the show, right? Because I've done a lot of drama and a lot of comedy, but they were like, "Here you go! Here's the reins to this massive, genre-driven piece where you have to set up a new corner of the MCU and you're going to have this beloved character." There was a lot to carry. But I'd say in terms of something I was excited about, only because Kevin Feige was teasing me, when we filmed the big oner at the end of episode 3, I was really inspired in the writing, because it sounded like you were really with the characters. I love doing long takes anyway and I remember thinking, "Oh man, this sequence feels like the one that we should do as this oner," because I want the audience to feel like they're with Sylvie and Loki in this moment, and it's also a moment where you finally start to see an apocalypse and it feels more real, because you're seeing the horror and the terror that's going along with that.

For me, that was exciting, but the really cheesy bit that made me so excited is they had these foam rocks that fell on people, but it felt like real movie magic to me. I was so obsessed with the rocks. I was like, "Oh my god. This is like real, big Hollywood filmmaking." And I remember Kevin Feige was like, "You can take a rock home, if you want," and I was like, "Oh my god!" So I have this rock. It's in bubble wrap now, and I'm going to unpack it when I move into my place. But that's probably honestly the most excited I've ever been. [Laughs] I was just so excited by the rocks. Oh, and also, I remember when we were at Roxxcart and Tom gets thrown into those robo dogs, I was obsessed with the robo dogs. He was like, "I think this is the happiest I've ever seen you." So, those are my favorite moments on set. The foam rocks and the robo dogs.

Somebody's going to come into your flat in the future and there's going to be a shelf with just a rock and a robotic dog on it.

Mhmm! And I'll be like, "Yeah, guys, I did something." [Laughs] They'll be like, "What is this...?" But the foam rocks are genuinely amazing, because they look like real, heavy rocks, but they're so light. I was so fascinated with them. I was so excited. I made a lot of low budget stuff before this, so it was a big deal to me.

My favorite part of the first three episodes is the Kate Berlant cameo. How did that come to be?

Basically, I love comedy and my producer, Kevin Wright, does as well, and we were trying to think of people that could be fun. We've got Josh [Fadem] in episode 1, and that was a miracle. I just spoke to her about the part and was like, "This is a very small role, but if you're interested, you're very talented and you're so funny." And she was like, "You know what? That sounds really fun. Renaissance faire? Yeah, I'll come do it." So, it was very kind of her to come down and do that for us. She's so funny, man. She's so funny.

Do you let her riff at all?

We did. We have a lot of alts and a lot of very extended bits of her talking to the Minutemen. I think there's one where she talks about a bird show at the faire. She's so funny. I was very flattered and grateful that she did that for us.

I'm going to start the #ReleaseTheKateBerlantCut campaign. I want a whole episode of her alts. Or she can be the new Stan Lee and cameo in every MCU project. Before I let you go, if you had to choose one word to tease these upcoming three episodes, what is that word?

Hmm. I thought of one word, but then I'm like, it's spoiler-y, so I can't say that. [Laughs] Oh, one word. Exciting? I have to say "exciting," because I can't say the other one I wanted to say!

#Kate Herron #Loki #interview

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thewritingstar · 5 years

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I would ask you 1-100 but that's a huge request and doubt you'll do it, UNLESS🤔🙃

UNLESS....

1. Name- Deanna or as everyone knows me, Star

2. Nationality- American

3. Age- 19

4. Birthday- April 5th

5. Zodiac sign (or your primal zodiac sign)- Aries

6. Gender- Female

7. Sexuality- Bi/Pan (im fine with either)

8. Your looks (add a picture or describe yourself)- Dark brown hair, greenish eyes and body of a 12 year old boy

9. What do you/did you study?- Animation

10. What’s your current job like?/What job would you like to have?- I work in an ice cream shop just as a job but i wanna be an animator or writer for shows

11. Your birth order- Youngest of 2

12. How many siblings do you have?- One

13. Do you have good relations with your family?- for the most part

14. How many friends do you have?- I would say I have about 8 close friends and then just a ton of other friends

15. Your relationship status- single but accepting applications

16. What do you look for in a SO?- usually a pulse and good hair

17. Do you have a crush?- kinda but also no

18. When did you have your first kiss?- haven't yet :(

19. Do you prefer serious and meaningful relationships or casual dating/one night stands?- prob meaningful

20. What are your deal breakers?- smoking and drugs and how they treat others

21. How was your day?- well i just woke up so i guess good.

22. Favourite food & drink- Raspberry iced tea/Vanilla Lattes and Chowmein or burgers

23. What position do you sleep in?- either on my side or stomach. Im usually curled up in a ball so prime cuddle position...just saying

24. What was your last dream about?- I think it was about cake..

25. Your fears- bugs and the overwhelming thought of me being a failure

26. Your dreams- being someone where others can be inspired by

27. Your goals- to live a life with no regrets (i know typical right?) but also have a successful career.

28. Any pets?- 2 doggos

29. What are your hobbies?- drawing, painting, writing, video games, reading

30. Any cool places in your area?- kinda but you gotta drive to them so not really

31. What was your last awkward situation?- me stuttering over my words at work

32. What is your last regret?- idk

33. Language/s you can speak- English and barely any French

34. Do you believe in astrological stuff? (Zodiac, tarot, etc.)- hell yeah

35. Have any quirks?- i can make a guinea pig noise and can stand on my head for a while.

36. Your pet peeves- having my neck being touched and mouth breathing

37. Ideal vacation- Any disney park

38. Any scars?- only mentally

39. What does your last text message say? “Shes being a big girl and taking 5 classes.”

40. Last 5 things from your search history- im to lazy to check but prob youtube or fics

41. What’s your [device] background?- Phone background is a painting from a museum and my computer is a bunch of Nintendo items

42. What do you daydream about?- being a voice actor or a pirate

43. Describe your dream home- one that looks like a castle

44. What’s your religion/Your thought about religion- I was raised Catholic but i really dont practice it anymore. I think it its a beautiful thing and alot of good comes from it, however i dont like it when it is used to harm others or defend evil people

45. Your personality type- So i took a test based on the 16 different ones and I am an Advocate type which apparetnly is very rare and less than one percent of the pop are it. https://www.16personalities.com/ heres the link if you wanna take it!

46. The most dangerous thing you’ve done- I used to suck on batteries as a child

47. Are you happy with your current life?- for the most part

48. Some things you’ve tried in your life- Snorkeling in Hawaii (which i almost died), Crystal Cave tour and donuts which i hate

49. What does your wardrobe consist of?- hoodies and graphic tees

50. Favourite colour to wear?- black

51. How would you describe your style?- comfortable and sometimes i look good

52. Are you happy with your current looks?- ye

53. If you could change/add something to your appearance - impossible or not - what would it be?- I want blue hair one day

54. Any tattoos or piercings?- have my ears and now my nose pierced but i do want tattoos in the future

55. Do you get complimented often?- usually for my hair and i find it happens often

56. Favourite aesthetic?- Gothic and pastel

57. A popular trend that you dislike- crop tops

58. Songs you’re currently obsessed with?- “Good Night Moon” by Go Radio

59. Song you normally wouldn’t admit you like.- My Little Pony and Sofia the First songs slap

60. Favourite genre?- pop punk or pop

61. Favourite artist/band/genre? -Panic!, Taylor Swift

62. Hated popular songs/artists?- I wouldn’t say hate but im not really a fan of Billie Ellish, maybe i need to sit down and really listen but its just not my jam. I think shes a cool person and i love watching her on tv and what she stands for. By i hate Drake and Chris Brown for sure.

63. Put your music on shuffle and list first 5- Head above Water, Happy when im sad, Love bug, Casual affair, I believe. So Avril Lavigne, Jonas Brothers and Panic!

64. Can you sing or play any instruments?- Im not the worst singer but im also not fantastic and i can’t play

65. Do you like karaoke?- sometimes

66. Own any albums?- like cds then yes

67. Do you listen to radio? What stations?- not anymore

68. Favourite movie/series?- Any disney or pixar

69. Favourite genre of movies/books/etc- YA like adventure books

70. Your fictional crush/es- oh here we go. Juvia and Gray (Fairytail), Catwoman, Danny Phantom, Captain Hook and Regina Mills and Henry (Ouat), Steve (stranger things), Riddler (gotham) and Molly Hooper (Sherlock) and prob more.

71. Which fictional character is you?- prob a mixture of Momo and Deku from My Hero and Honey from Ouran

72. Are you a shipper? List your otps, if so. Am I a shipper? ha. aight Gruvia, Nalu, Gajevy, Jerza, Kiribaku, Kacchacko, Todomomo, tododeku, LadyNoir and the love square, Captain Swan, Outlaw Queen, The powerpuff girls and the rowdyruff boys (respected partners) and like five thousand others

73. Favourite greek god?- Hades and Persephone

74. A legend from where you live that you like- literally nothing from where i live

75. Do you like art? What’s your favourite work or artist?- love art and i cant just pick one

76. Can you share your other social media?- i mean you can follow me on twitter at StarsnShortcake but all thats there is my shitty tweets and interactions with my friends and Voice actors lol

77. Favourite youtubers?- Mikes Mic, Macdoesit, Twamiz, Larri, Dan Howell, Amazing Phil, Jenna Marbles, Shane Dawson, Steph Inc, Garret Watts, and like a ton more

78. Favourite platform?- Tumblr or twitter

79. How much time do you spend on the internet?- too much

80. What video games have you played? Which one’s your favourite?- I love anything Nintendo

81. Your favourite books (manga also counts)- Kingdom Keepers, Suicide Notes and the Selection Series to name a few

82. Do you play board/card games?- Yes

83. Have you ever been to a night marathon in cinema?- nope

84. Favourite holiday- thanksgiving for the food

85. Are you into dramas?- ye

86. Would you use death note, if you had one?- haha ye

87. What changes would you make in the world, no matter how impossible, if you had the power to?- no racism, sexism, homophobia and legal marriage everywhere. Also that no one goes hungry and everyone has a nice place to live.

88. Could you survive a zombie apocalypse?- probably

89. If you had to be turned into a paranormal being, what would it be?- a hot demon

90. What would you want to happen to you after your death?- I turn into a goddess

91. If you had to change your name, what would be your pick?- ooo Celeste is a cool name

92. Who would you switch your life with for a week?- hmmm Tara Strong

93. Pick an emoji to be your tattoo- either the stars or the black heart or the fireworks

94. Write 3 things about yourself - only one of them must be true- Ive never eaten a chicken nugget, I can do the splits and I have cat

95. Cold or hot?- hot

96. Be a hero or be a villain?- oooooo um im a sucker for villains

97. Sing everything you want to say or rhyme?- Rhyme

98. Shapeshifting or controlling time?- Shape shifting, i could be a plant

99. Be immortal or be immune to everything aside from natural death?- bold of you to assume i would wanna live forever

100. ….. or …..?- :0

HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS ANON CAUSE IT TOOK FOREVER.

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Probably high time we left the cosy comforts of Brandi’s trailer and followed Daz around a bit, no? I mean, we can’t really reject him from the suitor pile now he’s put two children in her.

Flashback to Darren’s first masterpiece, entitled ‘Nice Leaffffs in Motion (Plus Witchcraft)’, which sold for a princely sum of who-remembers-what many simoleon.

Proof that Darren paints things other than foliage and Cassandra Goth’s face. YEAH he paints Natasha Una’s face too! She was just sat browsing arts and crafts on his computer all day as per her glazed expression which he’s captured so well here, it wasn’t a ‘paint me like one of your French girls’ type deal.

True story tho, Tash would legit get nuddy and lie legs akimbo on a sofa for a mere bite of Babybel, no questions asked. In fact that’s likely her default state at home when she’s eating a sandwich.

DIRKY. I actually really love Dirk’s tinkering hobby, it suits him so well. And he’s my first sim ever to fully restore a junk car! I always gave up in the past, hence why every iteration of the Shifting Paradymes in my game had a half-finished piece-o-junk in the driveway despite having two mechanical obsessives in the house. They come out pretty snappy too!

Because the sim world stands still while you’re on other lots, in Darren’s universe he boinked Brandi and created two nooboos whilst in some kind of time void. So he’s woken up outside his house after art club armed with all this new information, and has invited over Mother of his Bebehs.

Dirk: *Looks out window* Quelle horreur.

Dirk: Right that does it, I’m not letting him have all the fun when he does nothing but paint and stare wistfully at Goth Mansion all day. LILITH get your sweet freckled butt over here.

Athletic alien hybrid townie is judging you, Brandi and Darren. Branden.

Hey here’s a question. WHY is Darren’s wedding ring doing that stupid-ass vertical flip thing? Is it because his dead wife is manipulating it to break his fingers from beyond the grave? Either way it’s irritating ME into an early grave, I’ll tell you that much for free.

Crap on a cracker. I legit thought that was Tybalt for a second, somehow having sentiently borrowed Mercutio’s outfit. Like are those kids already aware of the torch the Simblr community burns for them and have just started clothes-swapping in my game without me having had either of them interact yet?! But no, it was just some boring fitness townie.

Lil wastes no time in Operation Beat The Olds In The Romance Stakes.

Dirk: *pretty much throws Lil on desk*

Lilith: Tinker with me like you would this computer, Dirk!

Darren: Oh hey Dirk hey Lilith, stay in school kids, juice boxes in the fridge if you want them –

Dirk: GO AWAY DAD stop embarrassing me; if there are any juice boxes it’s because I BOUGHT THEM all you buy is PAINT and BEER

After a glasses boop Brandi realizes she’s never kissed a man in specs before, but it’s okay to mess up, because it’s just their second ever kiss. SECOND EVER KISS. And these crazy sims have two kids on the way. What a world.

Witnessing that smoochy display surgically parts Dirk from his mojo and merges Lilith and his father together in his thoughts to create a headache of heartfarty bewilderment.

Lilith: Dude, that’s nothing. Both my parents are schtupping The Help. Sometimes all three of them go at it.

Dirk: Not making me feel any better.

And we have our first makeout memory! So if my recall serves me correctly, it went woohoo, classic dance in underwear, giant greeting smooch, glasses boop, makeout. Yes, they really have done all this in an interesting order.

Fun fact? STILL NO CONVERSATION YET!

Do all the happy kiss noises count as conversation? I’m not sure they do.

Dirk: *staring intensifies*

Oh what? I never realized Lil and Dirk weren’t in love before this! Well bless their little hearts. Also I’m not sure if that was EAxis way of implying they’re wrong for each other as they often do for not-in-love couples buuuuuut these two were at least crushing, so bollocks to that I’m guessing? Who knows if they’ll stay together.

Apparently Jules O’Mackey is perfect for Dirk, but she’s also perfect for her ex Jacob Martin, who Sandra Roth is also perfect for. How did I ever play without the buyable crystal ball. I’d have never known who to pair!

Brandi, probably as horrified as I am AT THE STUPID EFFING VERTICAL WEDDING RING. Seriously, anyone know a fix for this absolutely irritating as shit glitch?

How about that first conversation then? Get ta know ya bettah huh? Brandi you sell yourself short, you’re just all round great – maybe semi-neglectful of your kids considering you want so many. OH HAI TARA KAT! I forgot you were here!

Tara: Yes, I’ve been upstairs dancing awkwardly to the stereo for three days while Natasha Una was on the computer. Now I need to pee.

Well great, just swing right past those two lovebirds and –

Oh.

Darren: 🎵 Ah! Sweet mystery of life At last I've found thee

Tara: This is adorable and everything, and I’d love to paint you both right now, but I gotta tinkle.

Brandi: Oh Darren Dreamer, you TOO choose to have significant life moments in the bathroom! We are made for one another!

Tara: Yeah but seriously –

Brandi: YOU sir are the bestest. I cannot wait for the birth of our genetically beautiful babies which will bring me that much closer to my LTW of six married children.

Brandi: MY TURN! 🎵 Baybeheheh, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey, ooh, the more I get o’ you the stranger it feels, yeaheh, (yay)...

Tara I’d go use the bushes if I were you.

Dirk: Oh Lil we are so perfect together aren’t we, you have no need to ever break up with me for anything.

Lilith: Why are you getting all insecure and weird again.

Dirk: You don’t need to go off and explore your sexuality when we go to college do you, I’m the perfect boyfriend! Experience my mastery of the backrub.

Lilith: Dirk that’s stupid, literally every sim is born with that exact same skill. See?

Dirk: Yeah but I’m best at it! Oh I love you! Let’s play red hands.

Lilith: *gasps for air* Yeah!

Dirk: WHY DO YOU SLAP SO HARD YOU MONSTER

Lilith: I grew up with Angela. If you didn’t slap hard first you got roundhouse kicked in the face.

There she is! Darren finally got Natasha Una the hell away from his computer by talking to her about her second favorite subject, paint. Lovely lovely paint. It’s not grilled cheese, but it’ll do for making her stand up for three seconds before she went straight back to her browsing.

That’s all I have for Daz and Dirk’s round (with bonus Bran, Tash and Kat). Might change things up a bit with a Caliente session next, who knows? WHO KNOWS?! I don’t even know.

#darren dreamer #dirk dreamer #Brandi Broke #tara kat #natasha una #emmelfishuberhood

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For the ask thingy, could you maybe answer them all, if you want to? o///w///o

I’m fucking crying with laughter. Okay, I’ll do it. Here we go.

1. Tara L. Blackmore (the L is a secret)

2. 12-month: Aries, 13-month: Pisces

3. Burning to death, losing people I love, never getting published before I die.

4. Terry, writing and reading, making people happy

5. “Lover To Lover” by Florence + The Machine

6. Because I asked the Tumblr Twitter if I should and they said yes. (I’m not fucking kidding.)

7. Relieved that @anglejoyce is safe from her surgery. A little refluxy. Kinda stoned. Hungry.

8. Married. Happily, too.

9. It’s my fucking name.

10. Contact, The Incredibles, Harold and Maude, Princess Mononoke

11. There is not enough space for this answer.

12. Rapists, paedophiles, racism

13. Halloween

14. Being sincere and being called a liar, injustice to innocents, my inability to help everyone the way they deserve

15. Dogs (canids) and cats.

16. My cat, Milo, who adopted me, first.

17. *sigh* I’ve never fully shaved my head. I just said that because I thought it sounded cool.

18. My complete inability to help people; or worse, I think I am helping but am only making it worse.

19. Falling in the mud while trying to catch a bus and, while covered in said mud, screaming “FUCK YOU, DIRT!”

20. Chewing on my cuticles, obsessing over my hair, being unable to sleep unless Terry is, too.

21. To have my original fiction published, to be a good wife, to be able to function as a normal person instead of one always in pain.

22. My mom’s chicken casserole, sushi, noodles of many kinds and many sauces, sandwiches.

23. I went to the shrink, cried a lot, got stoned because I was tired of thinking, wrote and drew a lot, masturbated twice, wrote more, cried again, was comforted by Terry, wrote more, then slept.

24. Writing, I guess? I think so? I’m not terrible. And I do take great pride in it, even if I do suck.

25. No one.

26. Cuddled up on the could with Terry at my side, Milo in my lap, sushi in my belly, and either watching a movie or playing games, until we get horny and make love for the rest of the night until we pass out. I’m cheap.

27. See my page’s avatar.

28. This is a loaded question, but other than personal blogs, I like @yesterdaysprint and @babyanimalgifs

29. O.

30. I smoke both tobacco and pot, but I’m trying to quit the tobacco; the pot is medicinal. I do not drink very often, if at all, because it hurts my throat and gut and makes me depressed.

31. Night.

32. Introvert, but I do like people.

33. Messy. Sorry, Terry.

34. Both, fuck you.

35. No. I wish. But I give nicknames to others. Oh wait! @anglejoyce calls me Aneki, does that count? And @hadsadeath calls me Mom (??????).

36. Parrafin wax, bullshit.

37. I have two older sisters, a younger sister and brother, and a younger step-brother. (Yes, that’s 5.)

38. LOL yes. To spend time in a certain chapel with a certain husband (boyfriend at the time, lol).

39. Nope. I probably should have, but we were too poor.

40. 5'7"

41. Here.

42. A McDonald’s breakfast burrito.

43. My phone.

44. See my favourite movies.

45. PEAS.

46. A writer, or a witch.

47. Little Women; A Tale for the Time Being; Ghost Brush; The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a Fuck; Bad Feminist (I’m not including series because that would take up way more room.)

48. Fall.

49. April 5th, 1984

50. Lina Inverse, Alphys, Nakajima Youko, Alexia (Tarabotti) Maccon

51. I honestly cannot decide.

52. Taste.

53. Future.

54. Invisibility, and to stop crimes (I’m fucking serious).

55. My phone, my cat, and my husband.

56. Fucking fire and ebolish the Senate, fire everyone and fill Parliament with newbies, make so much more things legal and illegal, and ensure that all sex-predators are either neutered or executed.

57. I don’t know.

58. MY HUSBAND, WHY DO I HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHY?!

59. Indonesian, so that I could express myself better with Terry’s family, and truly convey what Terry means to me.

60. “Weird.”

61. Fencing or tai chi.

62. Woods, but as long as I get WiFi. Because too many people make me anxious and scared.

63. Terry, my mother, and morphine.

64. What’s the true source of my pain?

65. Myriad places, wherever my closest online friends are, so I could finally hug them.

66. Uh, I’m already here.

67. Being a useless piece of shit; Terry not loving me anymore.

68. Hugs.

69. “I’m not afraid of giving up, but I’m not strong either; I just can’t stand by and do nothing anymore!”

70. “💚💚💚💚💚”

71. The Shape of Water

72. Uhhhh…. *awkward silence*

73. Loaded fucking question.

74. Black.

75. My mom and I are really awesome and great friends; my dad and I aren’t close and only talk about food, politics, or video games.

76. Honesty, integrity, a killer smile, soft hair.

77. Being pinned on random furniture while having the breath kissed out of me; hands in my hair; being on top; hearing my name softly spoken in intense intimate moments.

78. Being ignored; getting leg cramps; my excessive sweating; feeling completely ugly.

79. None.

80. Long hair.

81. Florence + The Machine (IT SAYS BANDS, NOT SINGERS.)

82. Positive feedback on my fanfics, making people laugh/happy, Terry coming home every day.

83. Lynn.

84. Terry.

85. Confession: I want to be a Big Name Fan in the Undertale fandom. I’m well aware that I suck too much for this to happen, but fuck, do I want it.

86. Pain.

87. Bookstores.

88. Righty.

89. Fear of burning alive, being in crowds, just fucking, dogdamned bees.

90. Always early. Always.

91. Yepper!

92. Not really. I do love having my skin caressed, though.

93. DOGS

94. Beach.

95. Not really, but I’m always hoping for one to change my mind.

96. Yes.

97. I used to play soccer, but then we got poor and couldn’t afford it anymore. Haven’t sported since.

98. Fucking BlackBerry.

99. Undertale.

OH MY CAT THIS TOOK FOREVER. HERE. ENJOY.

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Succeed Through Online Marketing

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