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feelingofcontent · 10 months

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Video Breakdown: THE FINAL GOOGLE FEUD

For @childofphivorce who won this breakdown from the @phandomgives fanworks raffle as part of Dan’s birthday fundraiser! Thanks for donating and for choosing one of my favorite DAPG videos! 😄

Date video was published: 08/22/2018 (X)

Welcome to perhaps the most chaotic of all DAPG videos. 😜 It was filmed in early August during Interactive Introverts, in a hotel room in Vancouver before they started the Australia leg of the tour. It was also filmed the same day as DIL CLONES A SIM which was the video posted before this one. (Also chaotic, and the source of my most meaningless DNP theory).

They left Vancouver on August 16 (1, 2), so this video was posted once they were already in Australia, the same day as one of their shows in Brisbane. (Can we talk about what else they posted from Australia? That month was extremely…something 1, 2).

This was the fourth (and ‘final,’ obviously 😅) of their videos playing Google Feud. ‘Excitement mixed with terror’ indeed.

0:00 - it is immediately wild. the synchronized leaning. Phil’s huge staring eyes. could they be sitting any closer. the single bed in background…

0:10 - Phil giggle! they really put a lot of editing effects into this one

0:16 - Phil’s hair is so messy!

0:20 - Dan with the “live your truth”

0:23 - “you get up to a lot when you’re not tweeting” Phil, WHAT?! 😳

0:35 - 30+ seconds into the video and they haven’t started the game but Dan’s discussing politics…seems about right

0:44 - does that…happen a lot Phil? 😅

1:02 - they are so into this conversation with each other. also significantly more eye contact than most videos

1:09 - ah there we go, lmao. I love Phil’s wide natural smile

1:23 - Phil is really not blinking…the slow head turn as he looks back at Dan. also Phil’s always sitting up straight and Dan hunching a little so Dan’s always looking slightly up at him

1:32 - nice transition to promo there. love Dan making Phil name them and trying to catch him out for not knowing

1:46 - behind the scenes searching and conversations…a lot of that in this one

1:59 - Phil thinking of something camera-appropriate to say but just went in a weird!Phil direction because he can’t help it

2:22 - Phil having a speaking struggle

2:29 - but they will not tell us the final score or who wins…guessing this might have been forgotten after the upcoming pizza break ��

2:33 - Dan…what are you doing with your hand off camera there

2:38 - cutie! Phil is wearing one of his new merch shirts, we had just recently been released (1, 2). nice promo there boys; I’m sure everyone was able to understand that

2:47 - HOW are they always on the exact same page

2:52 - what a start to the actual game…Phil immediately and excitedly with “nipple” and Dan with “Prince Albert”...sure

2:59 - Phil is SO MAD 🤣 and Dan is immediately mocking

3:10 - “my mind goes to the dirty place” …well no shit, lol

3:15 - “ladydoor” Dan, NO

3:18 - Phil with the references. they are sitting so close they’re literally touching this entire video

3:38 - Dan does not believe this for one second and Phil is so confident about it.

3:44 - the implied ‘this guy’

3:52 - again, Dan with the touching/pushing partially off camera. surprised this video didn’t have WAY more jump cuts

4:01 - again, Phil with the extreme confidence that he’s correct. what a conversation

4:13 - love Phil somehow figuring out exactly what Dan’s talking about

4:22 - “you don’t even know what culture means” 😂 roast him Phil

4:24 - Phil is immediately excited at the words “game show”

4:26 - “my secret ideas folder”...Dan pointing at himself; Phil’s lip bite…I don’t think I want to know what else is in that folder actually 😳

4:38 - ah yes, the start of Dan guessing “dog” for many questions straight

4:39 - does Phil say “owls”?! what? I’ve never heard that before when watching this!

4:50 - surprised Phil is the one to answer with his phone anxiety

4:54 - I love the teasing and Phil’s lack of ability to keep a straight face

5:01 - jump cut and Phil’s still grinning about that “burn” 😅

5:03 - “I don’t have legs” I LOVE him

5:05 - this is some INTENSE rock-paper-scissors. god I love that they left this whole bit in

5:20 - mukbang mention! was this the initial idea or had Phil already been thinking about it for a while at this point?

5:23 - I am 100% on the side of that noise here is an ass-slap. I know people say it’s the chair, but I simply choose to believe otherwise 😊

5:25 - every video should have a pizza intermission, apparently

5:39 - they did not discuss it. love that they can’t remember and don’t care

5:43 - the prompts they got in this one really just add to the whole vibe 😂 I love Phil always looking at Dan right away to see his reaction

5:48 - love Dan basically asking if they’re just giving up at this point

5:58 - “men can be milked” …Dan is losing his will to live

6:12 - Phil being right about “man”...he should really trust the first thing that comes to his mind!

6:21 - this video is really an insight into Phil’s brain

6:28 - minds on two different things there…

6:42 - Phil would have been so mad if Dan had gotten it right by stealing his thought. that song is from 2005.

6:53 - bread-face-Dan smile

7:01 - Phil looks so sad! 🥺 love Dan turning it around into audience compliments

7:12 - “you keep saying dog” …no kidding!

7:13 - their reaction to this one kills me 🤣 it truly makes no sense. the “carrot” bit runs through my head at least a couple times a week

7:31 - Dan is so right about the hand thing!

7:45 - this one should have been in ‘why I was a weird kid’ at some point!

7:52 - “cop out when you get to the neck...same” what does that mean Dan

8:08 - the dog guessing finally paid off! Dan is so pleased with himself and Phil cannot believe it

8:18 - oh, maybe Phil still is keeping track of the scores! they just hadn’t gotten one right in ages

8:50 - now Phil is questioning everything he thinks of

9:00 - Phil with his angry hands-behind-his-head

9:12 - really want to know what conversation got cut out where Phil suggested “tampon”!

9:17 - shingles should not get an eyebrow waggle…why

9:23 - old Dan video reference there!

9:35 - now Dan’s turn to tell a likely untrue story about a potentially non-existent aunt, lol. “a barbeque of jesters” what is happening in Phil’s brain

9:43 - WHAT was that jump cut that comes back in with Dan laughing and shaking his head and another ‘this guy’ gesture

9:51 - Dan ‘valley girl’/Becky/Jessica voice! he has fully given up at this point

10:02 - and then I love the contrast with Phil giving one actual serious answer in the whole video and getting it right 😂 and Dan’s cackle!

10:20 - they really have stopped discussing the answers much at this point

10:26 - Phil’s long-standing hatred of cheese! why he thought that would be a common search though, I don’t know…more hands on head!

10:36 - that’s what makes the video amazing actually

10:47 - Dan is so insistent on knowing who it is! like that bit in one of the Stereo shows where he HAD to know who Phil was talking about

10:56 - the dabbing was such a thing! surprised they didn’t accidentally smack each other doing that

11:06 - “why do they call it spoons” oh Phil 🤣 I don’t remember where, but I saw someone say that this isn’t as ridiculous as Dan’s making it seem! Phil was probably referring to the UK chain Wetherspoons, which is usually just referred to as “Spoons”

11:14 - Phil leaning fully into Dan’s space. and then having to get him back for the teasing!

11:26 - love Dan being so upset about Phil skipping past this even though they’ve hardly been discussing the answer at all anyway

11:29 - Phil trying to keep Dan from getting loud seems like a losing battle…though he seems a bit more distracted than upset

12:09 - there was 100% about to be a nose boop here, why did they cut it? 🥺

12:15 - the parallels of their guesses with “tall”-”tol” and “endangered”-“rare”!

12:31 - more valley girl! love the implication from Phil that this is something Dan has been doing all day/”today”

12:39 - another bit that runs through my head far too often

12:46 - Phil upping the stakes! the dramatic sound effect is great

13:10 - and now he is immediately regretting throwing that gauntlet down

13:18 - Dan is enjoying Phil’s struggle. and making throw-away guesses so Phil can’t try again 😅 (or just trying to end the video as quickly as possible at this point)

13:26 - Phil doing a bit of the voice too here…mimicking Dan!

13:40 - oh Phil…love when he’s so amused by his own thoughts

13:52 - I really can’t believe the game did that when it didn’t even accept “nipple” rather than “nipples” earlier

13:59 - I guess we know who wins after that, even without them saying

14:13 - Phil had to pick up Lion to use as a stress ball!

14:27 - “blood”...what is Phil’s brain. Dan cackle! I love it

14:45 - Dan just trying to be done and do the endscreen as Phil is speechless in the background 😂

14:52 - of COURSE he pulls out all-or-nothing! how could he not

15:07 - but for once Dan telling him no!

15:21 - “I’ll lick…” lick WHAT Phil?! and then he looks around the room for something!

15:24 - love the sad music

15:32 - Dan finding a way to defend Phil/blame someone else

15:39 - Phil is not listening just…looking 👀

15:45 - love the endscreen bubbles - “danisnotacarrot” and “noallornothingphil” heehee

15:52 - Dan has far too much energy for the end of this video

WHAT were they thinking when they edited and posted this?! I mean...it is a lot. They must have looked at the footage and then decided to just really lean into it with the edit as well. And I love it. During the Cambridge WAD preshow, Dan was asked if they were high during filming. 😂 A very common theory, but at least during the 2018ish era Dan always seemed pretty ‘meh’ about weed, so I tend to believe that they were just really really tired and horny. 🤐 Or I could see maybe a bit drunk.

We were living on DAPG content (and tour insta stories and Rize 😅 live shows I suppose)—the last main channel video was What Dan and Phil Text Each Other from mid-July, and there wouldn’t be another until the mukbang video in October after the tour ended. The next DAPG video was Dumber Ways To Die, filmed in Sydney, Australia after the (in)famous ‘or perhaps in Sydney’ live show. This was truly prime glass closet era and I think the DAPG videos they filmed during II are some of their best.

#dan and phil #dnp #dapg #KD thoughts #video breakdown #phandomgives #THE FINAL GOOGLE FEUD #long post

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lovesosweeet · 4 months

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better left unsaid // cth

chapter forty

in which orion has leukemia, and calum doesn’t know.

calum hood x fem!oc

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june 21, 2016 amsterdam, the netherlands calum

I don’t feel bad when my alarms wake up everyone else on the bus. My first one is to wake me up, and the second is to remind me that I really have to get up. Both rounds of the ringing, beeping, and vibrating meet me with a bus full of grumbling band mates, their girlfriends, and Matt.

“Calum, turn that shit off!” Michael groans.

“Sorry, sorry!” I whisper, throwing myself out of bed so I have to wake up fully.

“I’m happy that you have a girl, really, man, but these early ass wake up calls are not it,” Ashton whines.

“Well, get don’t used to it. Only a few more weeks in Europe and then I can’t see her for awhile.”

I grab my duffel bag from my bunk and head out of the bus, into the venue for a shower. I have about thirty minutes before I need to go get Orion and her friends from the airport. It’s just enough time to take a shower and then convince Matt to have someone drive me in a van to the airport.

While I’m showering, I hear the door to the bathroom open and loud, heavy footsteps echo on the tiled floor.

“That’s you in there, I gather, Hood?” Matt’s voice calls out.

“Yeah, it’s me!”

“Do I have to get you a van again this morning?” Surprisingly, he doesn’t sound annoyed. He really likes Orion, for some reason. Actually, I know why he likes her. It’s just rare that he actually like someone.

I stick my head out of the shower and find him standing right outside the flimsy curtain. I give him my most charming smile. “Please?”

He nods. “Done. Y’know, just shoot me a text when she books her flights or whatever. Then I don’t have to wake up at the ass crack of dawn with you.”

“Thanks, Matt! You’re the best!”

After my shower, I dress in a piece of our own band’s merch — a black t-shirt with Youngblood on the front in red and a rose on the back — and the same pair of black jeans I wear almost every day, a pair of black Converse on my feet, hoping to match Orion if she wears hers. I toss my stuff back on the bus and then get into the black van that’s waiting for me.

“Airport?” The driver asks. I confirm, and then he starts driving.

From: stargirl hey, we landed! we’ll be waiting outside for you To: stargirl sweet :) on the way now. can’t wait to see you!

“Is it the girl again?” The driver asks again, and I can’t seem to wipe the smile from my face.

“It’s the girl again.”

We pull up to the airport and I see her, along with her roommates. Orion is dressed in a white t-shirt dress, a green baseball cap with LA on it, and her black Converse. We do match. She’s grinning as we park right in front of them, and somehow her smile grows even more when I open the door.

“Hi, beautiful,” I say, hopping out of the van so I can hug her. I don’t hold on too long because Orion has been feeling so self-conscious about the fans and their feelings toward her, so I step back and hug each of the other three girls.

They all say a chorus of “hi, Cal” and I’m excited to have them all here. Ilse is from Amsterdam, so she’s going to be our tour guide today, but tomorrow she’s visiting her family. They’re all surprised that she’s home again so soon, since she hasn’t even been gone for three weeks, but she said she’s excited to get to bring more clothes to Madrid with her.

We pile into the van to head back to the venue, where we’ll drop off all the girls’ stuff before we head out to play tourist for the day. When we get there, I’m not surprised to see Ashton is awake, standing outside by the bus with a cup of what I assume is coffee in his hand. He waves to us as we hop out of the van.

“Are those the Lavapies Ladies I see!?” He says, giggling.

Orion rolls her eyes, smiling to me quickly as I take her bag from her, before she runs to Ashton. “Hello, Ashton! Yes, these are the Lavapies Ladies. You remember Paula, I’m sure, since she came to Rome. Then this is Ilse,” she says, pointing to the petite blonde, “and that’s Marta,” and she points to the brunette girl.

Ashton rolls his eyes back at her. “Yes, I remember all three of them, Orion.” They hug quickly, and Orion’s height is dwarfed by Ashton. It makes me wonder how silly the two of us must look next to each other, since I’m an inch or two taller than Ash.

“Just making sure!” Orion yells, raising her hands in surrender.

“Okay, we’ve got a full day ahead of us, we should probably get going if you want to get to see everything. And I know for a fact Orion will be pissed if we don’t get to eat breakfast at the place I have picked out,” Ilse says, giving Orion a smirk and a side eye.

“We’re fucking leaving right now then, where do we put our stuff, Cal?” Orion means business when it comes to breakfast, and it makes all of us laugh.

“Actually, we should probably just leave it in the van,” I say, glancing at Ash for confirmation.

Ashton nods. “Yeah, that works, I’ll shoot Matt a text just in case.”

“Are you coming with us, Ash?” Paula asks, looking between me and Ashton.

Ashton looks surprised and seemingly asks me if it’s okay with a raise of his eyebrow. I nod. “Sure, I’ll go with you guys. Ilse, I’ll need you to show me your favorite dispensary.”

With that, the crew is off, Ilse and Ashton at the front of the pack, discussing shrooms and weed and who knows what else. Paula and Marta fall into some conversation in Spanish that I won’t even pretend to try to decipher any part of, and Orion takes her place next to me, grabbing my hand in hers and giving it a squeeze.

“You let me know the minute you feel uncomfortable, okay? If you feel like you’re being watched or whatever. I don’t want a repeat of Rome.”

Orion being slutshamed in the crowd at our concert made me more upset than she let me be. She kept insisting everything was fine and that she didn’t care, but the pain in her eyes was evident, and it made me feel horrible. I hate knowing that the fans don’t fully accept her yet, but I do know, without a doubt, that they’ll love her once they’re used to her. It’s hard to be in my shoes, not because I don’t want to say anything, but because I don’t want to overwhelm Orion with my feelings, nor do I want to jump the gun by making any public statements so soon after we’ve met. We literally met 18 days ago.

I feel like I’ve known her my whole life. Fuck, I feel like I’d be in love with her if she’d give me another award winning smile and kiss me again. I’m totally, completely all in for her. I’ve never felt so sure of anything.

Orion insists, once again, that she’s fine, and we just follow the others in comfortable silence. She takes in the sights of Amsterdam while we walk. I feel like she’s going to love it. It’s so… quaint, in a way. That’s how she described London, even though admittedly, in my opinion, London is far from quaint.

I suppose that’s just who she is, though. She sees the sparkling qualities in everything, even when the gross, dark, dirty parts are right there. It’s so refreshing to have found someone who has such a positive, infectiously happy energy, and she’s not even overwhelming or obnoxious about it. She’s so genuine. Everything she says, she means, and you can see it on her face, aside from how she discloses her feelings, I guess.

There’s no way she really doesn’t mind being called a slut. I’m all for the deconstruction of that term and I’m sure she is, too, but I can’t imagine that anyone who’d use that term toward a stranger is also on board with that.

We get to Ilse’s first destination, a breakfast place called The Avocado Show, and Orion looks at the sign above the door with stars in her eyes. They tell us there’s about an hour wait, and Ilse promises it’s worth it. She says she’s down to hold our spot if we all want to wander around until our table is ready.

Ash volunteers to keep Ilse company, and then Paula, Marta, Orion, and I are walking around, just the four of us. We don’t get far before we see a flower stall, and the girls are all immediately distracted by the massive flowers that fill the buckets. As if I’m not there, they’re gushing over each of the different flowers, picking them up to sniff and show each other.

I think they forget that I’m here, momentarily, until I grab a few of the flowers they’d smelled and said were ‘oh-my-god-so-pretty’ and hand a small wad of euros to the vendor to wrap into three small bundles for them. When I go to hand each of them their personal mini-bouquets, they stare at me, gobsmacked.

“Cal!” Orion hisses, taking her flowers from me. “What did I tell you?”

I roll my eyes and pull Orion away from the stall by her elbow, Marta and Paula smiling at me knowingly while they follow us. “It is a special occasion!”

Orion pouts and holds her flowers up to her nose, taking a sniff of the fragrant flowers. “I wouldn’t call it that.”

“Di gracias,” Paula hisses to Orion, who rolls her eyes in response.

“Thank you, Cal. But seriously, you’ve gotta stop buying me flowers,” O says, huffing quietly.

“Thanks, Cal!” Marta and Paula say in sync, looping their arms through each others and walking off toward the canal we’d just crossed.

I go to follow Orion’s roommates but am stopped by her grabbing my hand while she stands firmly in place. I turn around and face her. She looks distraught, for some reason. I just bought her flowers. Is that not what girls want?

“Calum,” she starts. “I don’t want to seem ungrateful, but please, can flowers just be an occasional thing?”

When I look into her eyes, I can’t help but wonder if she’s holding back tears. Did I make her cry? I just bought her flowers. It’s concerning, because I thought flowers were supposed to be something that wins girls over, not something that pushes them away.

My confusion must be evident, because she continues.

“I’ll explain later, I promise, but I just… please, flowers aren’t an everyday thing. Please?”

Because she seems genuinely upset about this, I drop it. I don’t want her to feel whatever negative emotion she’s feeling right now. I wanted her to smile when I handed her the small bunch of peonies and tulips, not be on the verge of tears.

I nod, reaching out to try to hug her, but she steps back, increasing the distance between us. I don’t know what switch I flipped in this girl, but I feel awful. “Yeah, of course, O. I just… thought it was something nice I could do for you guys. I’m sorry if it’s upset you, that wasn’t what i wanted.”

Her expression softens. “Sorry, Cal, I don’t want you to feel bad about it. It’s fine. I’m fine. I swear! We’re good. Let’s go catch up with Pau and Marta.”

She reaches out and takes my hand, dragging me after her roommates who are now taking turns posting for pictures with the view of the canal in the back. When we get close enough, Orion drops my hand and runs up to Paula, jumping into her photo — literally. She koala jumps at Paula, who somehow manages to catch Orion without tipping over. Marta seems to catch it all in the photos she’s taking while the three of them scream with laughter.

Their antics make me smile, quickly changing up my mood from whatever just happened with Orion about the flowers. I approach the giggling girls, holding my hand out for the phone that Marta is using to take the pictures.

“Go, jump in, I’ll take some of the three of you,” I say, motioning toward Paula and Orion, who’s still wrapped around Paula’s upper body, holding both of their bouquets behind Paula’s back.

I follow the directions Orion had given me back in London on how to take a proper photo of her. I squat down, getting a slightly lower angle, tap on the ground to adjust the lighting, and then start clicking the shutter button repeatedly, capturing both candids and posed photos. After the three of them have rotated through a few poses, Paula puts Orion down on the ground and Orion hands her her bouquet.

“Okay, Cal, hop over here. You guys need some pictures, too,” Paula says, holding her hand out for the phone in my hand. When I hand it to Paula, I recognize the phone case covered in teddy bears as Orion’s. Now I know who to ask for the photos we’re about to take.

I take my place next to Orion, instinctively wrapping an arm around her waist. I’ve taken thousands of photos with fans, and this is always the first step to posing with them. When I glance down at her to see if she has any specific requests about this picture, I see she’s sticking out her lips in a kissy face and holding up a peace sign.

I laugh, quickly doing the same, which makes Paula and Marta laugh.

“Just take a normal one!” Marta calls, making me blush slightly.

I smile and dig my fingers into Orion’s side, where I know she’s slightly ticklish. The sound of her laughter fills my ears next, and it’s the sweetest sound I think I’ve ever heard.

“Ew, I’m gonna throw up,” Paula yells with a smile that makes it very clear she’s joking. “You guys are so cute.”

We take a few more pictures and ask a stranger to take some of all four of us before we continue to wander throughout the streets. We pop into a tourist shop where Orion gets a small stuffed animal with a tiny t-shirt on that has “Amsterdam” printed on it, explaining that it’s for her younger brother. The girls all take a few more pictures in front of a mural we find before Ilse sends a WhatsApp message saying we need to be back at the restaurant in 10 minutes or else we lose our table.

At breakfast, it’s a mess of conversations that constantly evolve, including different people at the table. Each of us is constantly pulled from group to group, shouting across the table, taking bites of food from other plates and inevitably posting for yet another photo that Orion takes. She goes around the table, making everyone pose with the menu for the restaurant because she says it’s adorable.

The waitress ends up being a fan, but she’s very calm the whole time we eat, so Ashton and I take a bunch of pictures with her after we get the check, sign anything she wants, and Ashton says we should follow her on Twitter, so we do. I take note of how happy Orion looks while we interact with her. It’s almost like she’s proud, which makes my heart feel warmer. She’s only known me for a few weeks and seeing her feel like that about me or the band already is the sweetest.

Ilse takes us to a few museums that she declares are the most important in the city — but she also says that she holds uncommon and unpopular opinions so if we have negative feelings, we should let her know via her nonexistent Google listing. We stop at the Amsterdam Tulip Museum, the Museum of Prositution, and she offers that we walk for quite a while to visit the Banksy or Van Gogh museums, but we decide to stick to the part of the city we’re already in instead. She takes us to the Heineken Experience, and she also mentions that the Anne Frank House is always a worthwhile stop, but we would’ve needed reservations months in advance.

We hit up the dispensaries Ashton had asked about earlier, and everyone except Orion buys at least a small edible. Orion declines, saying she doesn’t have any interest in anything, even after Ashton insists he buy for everyone. I just got a cookie that I’ll probably save for a night when I just want to relax between shows. Ash and Ilse stocked up on quite a few things, and Paula and Marta both got a small bag of gummies to try. The spectrum of interest in the store was quite comical at the register as everyone handed over their selections.

By the time we get back to the venue, both Ilse and Ashton have microdosed mushrooms, and Marta and Paula say they’re going to go to the hotel to take naps before the show. They all slept on the floor of the Madrid airport last night before they got on their flight, so they are understandably exhausted. Orion sticks with me while Ilse and Ashton take a few laps around the area behind the venue.

I take O to the green room, which is thankfully empty, and we curl up on the couch in the middle of the room. I see the cooler that Michael always requests be full of beer and run over to get two bottles, handing Orion one after I open them with a keychain I always carry. She doesn’t take a sip like she normally would, and she’s staring at my face intently.

“I don’t want you to feel like I’m being weird,” she starts. “I want to go ahead and talk about the flower thing.”

I’m taken aback, but I nod. I’m not used to someone being so set on talking about something that they understand is uncomfortable. Orion is unlike anyone I’ve ever met, so I guess it makes sense. She’s honest and open, and this is a new example of how that manifests for her.

“I try not to let it be a thing, but there were a lot of things wrong with my last relationship. And I’m not trying to put any kind of label or weight onto what this is, but I do need you to know that flowers aren’t something I like to be just thrown around.

“I know it’s kind of stupid, because, I mean, it’s just flowers. I’ve just had them used as an insincere ‘I’m sorry’ or some kind of weird evidence that someone isn’t an awful partner. I love flowers. I really, really do, so I like… want to receive them, but I don’t want them to be something mundane or insincere. They’re not as special if they’re given all the time, so I like it when they have meaning.”

Even if I disagree with her logic, I nod. I think that she deserves to receive flowers every single day if it would make her smile, but I get that she wants them to be something special.

“Orion, I’m here right now with you because I like you and I respect you.” I look her directly in her light brown eyes so she knows I mean the words I’m saying. “If that’s how you feel, I’m happy and willing to reserve giving you flowers for special occasions. I’m sorry if me getting you flowers today didn’t come off the right way, because I was really just trying to do something nice.”

She smiles. It’s her standard, award-winning, bright and beaming grin that could put me in a haze for days. “No, I know. Thank you. I loved the flowers today. I just wanted you to know, I guess, going forward, how I feel. Again, not to put any kind of weird pressure onto whatever this is.”

I nod and lean forward to kiss her, grabbing her cheeks to hold her steady.

“You are most welcome.”

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meat-wentz · 1 year

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Hi there I was wondering if you knew of any way to identify authentic vintage FOB merch from fakes/reprints, I only ask because it seems like you have a collection of vintage FOB shirts, sorry if this question is directed to the wrong blog ❤️❤️

yes i do have some pointers!!!

investigate sellers. if a deal looks too good to be true it probably is, make sure the seller looks legit and has legit reviews if any reviews. if a collector is getting rid of their collection, there’s a really good chance all of their stuff is legit and they will note any boots or reprints, so i always check a seller’s page to see if they have a series of similar listings (could be say a bunch of fob and clandestine stuff, or even just an experienced merch reseller who has tons of band listings) and if they are i know i’m probably in the clear. a lot of times the opposite is also true! someone might just have a holy grail piece they’ve kept in their mom’s garage for 20 years and decide to finally part ways with it, most often this will be the only listing of that band + other listings of high school clothes or other clothes they’re selling, etc. i’ve found more of the latter than the former, for really good prices! you can also ask questions about the piece, like if there’s a back print, if i can get a pic of the tag, if i can see details (zippers, closeups on design, ink wear).

there are lots of indexes of tags and their approximate date information available out there, gildan for example can be less identifiable because a lot of merch and bootleggers still use gildan as their go to, but gildan’s had a long history of different tags, and if you’re able to find a good resource on what, say a tag from 2004 looks like, you’d be able to see if it matched the tag you’re looking at or if that shirt was printed last week. there are some more easily identifiable tags from the time period like bay island tags are always typically a dead giveaway you’re dealing with authentic merch. tags CAN be faked but it’s not typical for items like merch. another good sign for printed tags is if there’s wear on the tag itself former, real soft, sometimes blank or fading, etc, you just wanna see this thing has been used and abused. lots of people cut out their tags but if you can see any wear on cut tags (lots of soft, loose, threading, obvious it’s been through years of washing), that’s a sign you take if there’s no tag.

item wear. much like the last point, i usually look at items that have been very loved. darker colors will fade, so if im dealing with black shirts i often look for a fade as well. ink will crack over the years, so i always keep an eye out for any cracking or wear and i always like to see if the ink looks a little TOO intact and flexible. ink is not ALWAYS the most reliable way to clock a fake, but it’s a tool you can use.

have a good sense of what merch from the era looked like, if you can follow merch archives or go in the waybackmachine and look at the merch store or follow collector accounts, there’s a good chance you will probably be able to find the design you’re looking at. fob has very distinct logos for each time period so if i see an infinity on high logo on a futct keyhole im like alright that’s not real. they have stylistic moments that adhere to their albums really well. tttyg era merch has a lot of bitey commentary and usually darker colors, more big and bold designs. futct has a whole lot of gold and red and deer and on the other side of the spectrum bright colors and a kind of 70’s-ish almost high school sports-leaning font and theme.

the plus side is i haven’t run into a whole lot of fob fakes! a dead giveaway is if the photo looks funky like it was snagged from off the internet or you’ve seen a pic of that shirt floating around, (you can always reverse image search and see if that photo was snagged from somewhere else!), i like when i can tell a photo was actually taken in someone’s house or space, walls, hangers, carpets, on someone’s bed, it’s just a good way to see someone is a real person. another dead giveaway is if you see multiple sizes and a low price of $24.99 for a shirt you know is super rare, that’s a fake and that is some weird internet swindler who most likely won’t even give you a decent print of what they’re advertising they have. i also appreciate sellers who list measurements, talk about the fit, just give more information than a “BLACK SHIRT 100% COTTON.” fob do have some weirdos on eBay who’ve been selling these bogus reprints, but for the most part i haven’t seen them anywhere else.

so many bootleggers are cool and they will not try to trick you into thinking you’re getting an original print. bootleggers will give you the information about what kind of shirts they will be printing on, what kind of ink they will be using, how long their print runs will be, etc, they will make it explicitly clear that this is a bootleg design, AND they will most likely give you one that’s killer in quality. i own a BUNCH of boots of certain designs im sure will never see the light of day again, at the end of the day i will prioritize my desire for a certain design over authenticity (and also support legit, cool bootleggers who are making sure these designs don’t get lost to time). there are certain pieces i won’t budge on my requirement that they be authentic. at the end of the day it’s your collection and you get to make the rules!

#ask #anon #it might also help to have a list of your ISO’s and do research on them #that way when you run across a listing you can say oh that’s authentic!

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katatty · 10 months

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I was tagged by @charmandersims! I might have been tagged earlier by other people too but can’t remember for the life of me. Thank you, tho!

What’s your favourite sims death? I’ve always thought death by flies is fun, although I don’t think I’ve ever had it happen in normal gameplay!

Alpha CC or Maxis Match? Maxis match, I guess. Although I guess I do use “alpha” hairs, alpha doesn’t really mean anything with TS2...

Do you cheat when your sims gain weight? Nope, I don’t think my Sims really do gain weight all that often, it’s hard to over-feed them in vanilla gameplay! Unless they’re doing a lot of gardening and eating the sparkly foods. I usually welcome weight gain since it’s rare to have “fat” sims :D

Do you use move objects? Yes, decorating without it is a pain in the ass lol!

Favorite mod? At the moment I’d have to say Story Progression for how much it changes the game! But my real favourite is probably the Sim Blender. So simple but useful :D

First expansion/game/stuff pack you got? I think I got Nightlife and University together with the base game when I first played? I like University the most :D

Do you pronounce “live mode” like aLIVE or LIVing? aLIVE. I think of live mode as being like TV, like “we’re live!” That said I don’t think I even say “live mode” all that often, I always refer to it as having the game paused/unpaused

Who’s your favorite sim that you’ve made? Ever???????? Gosh, maybe Duncan Huckleberry or Emmie Aisling? Neither of them are even that interesting facially, I just find them both really fun to write. In terms of face, maybe Lin Mori from Nekojima?

Have you made a simself? Yes, a few years ago! I remember doing quite a ute photoshoot with her, though I haven’t ever played with one in years

What sim traits do you give yourself? Excitable, cat-lover, slob, lucky, loves the outdoors

Which is your favorite EA hair color? I dunno, brown I guess?

Favorite EA hair? I like the one Nina and Bella use, especially all the dyed variants you can get in the mirror! I also really like the one that’s like half up and quite messy (that Lin Mori & Grace Linguine wear), apparently it’s called updo?

Favorite life stage? Young adults! I just love getting all that extra time with them. College is sooooo fun to me

Are you a builder or are you in it for the gameplay? Haha, I would say I am a builder but ultimately I am in it for the gameplay! Every build I make is with actually playing it in mind, and even if my building stuff “does better” on here I'm more invested in my gameplay and devote a lot more time to it :D

Are you a CC creator? I guess! Builds are kind of a type of CC, and I share those fairly regularly

Do you have any simblr friends/a sim squad? I don’t know, haha. I have a few simblr friends! But not really a “squad”. I find the idea a bit offputting lol

What’s your favorite game? (1, 2, 3, or 4) 2, of course!

Do you have any sims merch? Nah

Do you have a YouTube for sims? No, but I have considered it. Maybe when I get a new computer so I can actually do screen recording without my PC crapping out lol

How has your “sim style” changed throughout your years of playing? I don’t know if it’s really changed that much, haha, I’m a creature of habbit! My gameplay style is quite different between each save/hood, but my visual style hasn’t really changed since 2015, haha!

What’s your Origin ID? I don’t have Origin, lol!

Who’s your favorite CC creator? Ooooof, whenever I get asked this I opt not to pick one, haha!

How long have you had a simblr? Since 2014, apparently! So nearly 10 years, yikes!

How do you edit your pictures? I usually don’t edit them at all, but when I do I use an old photoshop action by @sterina-sims

What expansion/game/stuff pack do you want next? hahahahahaha

What expansion/game/stuff pack is your favorite so far? I dunno, I think all of them add some value! But I do really love seasons, it adds so much beauty to the game and I love the gardening mecchanics! :D

I feel like I’m pretty late to the party on this one and I’ve seen everyone do it already... feel free to consider yourself tagged if you want to!

#ask meme

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vavandeveresfan · 1 year

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Why did no one TELL me that “Turning Red” is fucking brilliant?!

Yes, yes, I’m late to this film. I don’t have streaming so I couldn’t watch it on Disney+, and I no longer go to theaters because too often I pay $10 and hate the movie. I wait for things to come out on DVD, if they ever do. So I only just borrowed this from my library.

Holy fuck, do I love this movie.

I love middle-grade fiction (10-13 year olds). I’ve been really, really disappointed with MG novels the last few years. The writing has been shit. Authors know how to write “killer” first chapters, because that’s what writing teachers tell them they have to do, but they’re not good at middles and godawful at endings. It’s as if they’re following a Kid Lit 101 template for “How To Write A Middle-Grade Novel.” So I can read through a literal stack of MGS and each one has the exact same plot, with the same use of coincidence to give the MC a Happy Ending With a Lesson.

First, Turning Red surprised me by its time period and location: Toronto, 2002. Which was nice, because therefore the middle-school characters weren’t walking around with smartphones and earbuds.

Second, which should be first: The screenwriters depicted 13-year-old girls like real goddamn 13-year-old girls. Not teenagers in smaller bodies. The writers understood fannishness and depicted it accurately. And, most important, they didn’t mock it.

Nearly all goddamn entertainment media (with the exception of Miraculous Ladybug) shows kids creating fanart and fan content with a slight condescending sneer. “Oh, it’s really so cringe, but the kids like it.” TR depicts just how important fandom is to Mei and her friends, that it’s not a crutch or “coping mechanism.” It’s a stabilizing, life-affirming, integral part of growing up, of learning about yourself and your relationship with a difficult, unstable period of your life (that even, helLO, adults enjoy).

And the writing is just so fucking good. The way the characters react to Mei’s transformation, to a giant fucking panda running around Toronto, is handled so well, so consistently. Do they call the police or the FBI or some secret government Cryptozoology Unit? No. The people are shocked and surprised, but they accept it. That they do means the audience does, so there isn’t a belabored “Well, let’s explain this bizarre phenomenon so you’ll accept our world-building” exposition bullshit.

The plot moves forward with logical progression. The girls want to go to the concert. This means they need to raise money. They turn Mei’s transformation into a benefit. Because the kids act like kids would. They fucking LOVE Mei as a giant panda. These are kids who are into manga, anime, fanfics, fanart, and plushies. Real kids would see a giant, talking panda and run TO it, not from it. Of course they’d pay to take selfies with it, and buy merch. TR doesn’t laugh at the kids who wear panda ears and tails. It understands and celebrates them.

Of course the movie is too short to round out all the characters. But given its limited time each of Mei’s friends has a distinct personality. The screenwriters don’t explain why four such different girls have bonded so deeply. Watching their joy and camaraderie is more than enough for the audience to understand. They fill niches in each other, making them whole.

I love how Abby yells in Korean and they don’t have subtitles.

I also love that the girls’ crushes aren’t stereotypically handsome. The 17 year old cashier at the convenience store, the kid at his locker who Mei gapes at, they’re just regular-looking boys to the audience, but they’re special to the girls, and that’s refreshing.

I’m Hapa, but I didn’t grow up around other Asians. I’m not familiar with the pressure Mei gets from her mother, which some accused of being stereotypical of the “Tiger Mom.” But other Asian girls have said it’s fucking accurate. And god knows the pressure isn’t limited to Asian families. It’s a truism that the more specific your story the more universal it is. Most kids can identify with adults pushing them to goals they may or may not want. That we the audience experience a culture with which we may not be familiar is icing on the cake.

I LOVE that for once we see a religion that isn’t Christianity, and it’s treated with respect and sincerity, not as something exotic or weird.

The metaphor of Mei’s transformation isn’t heavy-handed, partly because of its humor. I absolutely adore how they treat a girl’s first menstruation with the alarm which many parents feel, but also as completely normal.

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I love that they don’t get into detail about exactly how Ming hurt her own mother. But we can guess it by Wu’s eyebrow scar, and how she touches it when she mentions how dangerous being a panda can be.

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The concert’s opening is a fantastic build-up. Mei has fled the ritual that would deny her her “red panda” and instead goes to the concert, a ritual in itself, the pacing, the sound, the reveal. This is Mei and her friends’ initiation into, as they say, being “women.” Even Tyler undergoes the ritual of admitting to others his own blossoming adolescence, and finds common ground with the girls. In 2002 it was still risky for a boy to openly show his crush for another boy.

Here Mei, her friends, Tyler, and all the other kids at the concert join in an open-air Communion. Notice there are no adults in sight. In fact, the liturgy is interrupted when an adult, Ming in panda form, bursts in. But the transformation -- Mei and her friends into “womanhood” -- continues and is an integral part of the Red moon ritual. This is some amazing metaphorical shit, and it’s done so smoothly, so unconsciously, so damn well, on a gut level.

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The screenwriters set up that any singing will work for the ceremony -- Mr. Gao, the shaman, says he loves Tony Bennett -- as long as it’s from the heart. So having 4 Town and their concert audience singing help the ritual absolutely works.

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The only thing I don’t like about TR is the closing speech by Mei. It’s preachy and unnecessary. But, that’s American animation, and fiction, for kids. They’re expected to Teach A Lesson. I just wish the writers and director had left it off.

Last but not least, Mei’s father. What can I say? A quiet figure, who any other movie would have turned into a weak nagged-to-death husband. Instead, he’s talented in his own right -- a great cook; we see it when he’s introduced, so we immediately know he’s an artist with food; it reminded me of Ratatouille. He speaks for Mei, and though his wife dominates their scenes together, it’s his kind, caring, common sense personality that helps Mei along. Her transformation, from girl to woman, isn’t his area of expertise. He knows it. But he’s there as her support.

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If I had to pick just one Disney-Pixar film to show middle-grade kids, Turning Red would be it. I want to show it to every middle-grade writer I know and tell them to fucking learn from it.

#Turning Red #Disney #Pixar #I fucking love this movie #middle-grade novels #MG books

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wishingicouldfly · 2 years

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They Made It - my perspective

Since I posted my thread for why I think H&L have never broken up, I’ve been chatting with a few people in my DMs on Twitter and Tumblr. These convos have been respectful, and I appreciate that (you all know who you are and I thank you).

It’s mostly people who disagree with my theory—so I’ve been thinking a lot about it. I’m always happy to hear opinions that differ from mine. I find it fascinating that people can interpret songs and come away with such diverse narratives.

To quote a certain curly-man, I’d never try to tell someone they’re wrong. Because none of us knows the truth. There’s no solid proof of anything. We all look at Larry with our own lens. I will always say my view might be wrong.

I don’t want you to convince me they aren’t together. I came here because I watched a video and believe I saw two boys fall in love over and over. That those two boys got tattoos all over their bodies to prove their love to each other.

That they sing of a long term, difficult love story that made it. That they fought through bullshit & succeeded in making a life together. That their love songs are @ each other. That they send subtle messages to fans they are together.

I believe in blue bandanas, peace rings, infinity symbols on ring fingers, Always You, Adore You, Princess Park, Louis Blue, big-ass H’s on t-shirts, checkerboards, supportive families and friends.

I believe in matching merch, world tours that orbit each other, Rainbow Bears, coordinates, scavenger hunts, clothes that match, and similar themes in songs and life philosophy.

So yes, I could be totally wrong about H&L. Maybe I’m delusional even. But you know what? Believing in a love story that looks and feels so real doesn’t feel delusional. It feels hopeful.

To see the way they both still lean into it with blue and green lights at venues and during shows, Louis’ outro songs, H’s pre-show songs, the clothes they wear. The lyric changes in concert. Still the One. We Made It.

I won’t believe they are a dead-beat dad, or a womanizer, or a homewrecker, or a slag. I won’t believe they cheated on each other with women. I think I’ll stick with believing #LarryIsReal for now. #loveislove #happypride

You don't have to believe the same things. - Rosann, @FlyWishing

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unfilteredaj · 2 years

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The Monster High reboot:

I’ve seen a lot of people talking about the MH reboot and specifically hating on it:

But I actually LOVE it so far.

It’s different from the OG, but it’s still the same freaky concept as before. We’re seeing the Ghouls as they were before meeting and being influenced by each other. We’re going to see them grow as people and as characters and It’s gonna be fun to see.

ALSO Frankie being NonBinary? YES PLEASE. And I actually LOVE that they’re modernizing everything. It’s the same concept of ‘Embrace your freaky flaws’ but updated to include things TODAY’S youth would be struggling with and putting it into a positive light.

ALSO THE MUSIC FUCKING SLAPS AND THEY ACTUALLY GOT GOOD SINGERS THIS TIME.

And the fashion debate: Think about wearing the OG outfits out in public TODAY. Now think about wearing Clawdeen or Drac’s outfit from the reboot, its halloween, full on spooky season. They have to have outfits they can actually make merch of and sell.

So, in short, The Monster High reboot looks good, Y’all just don’t wanna see us have a good time and like a reboot for once.

#monster high #monster high 2022

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airlock · 2 years

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I’ve been seeing takes and takes and points of view about rainbow capitalism this week for, well, obvious reasons; I think it’s time I tried to ponder up a sufficiently in-depth and nuanced take on the topic that gets more specific about the forces at play and how I prioritize each of them than a quick and easy “here’s a series of thoughts that can coexist”

(should be obvious but regardless: trigger warning for lgbtphobia)

let’s take this for the one hand, first -- yes, I acknowledge that there can be something very comforting about the seeing the whole phenomenon take place. sure, you still don’t think corporations are your friends, but maybe it says something about the world we live in that pandering to the community seems to have become more profitable than pandering to bigots, isn’t it? plus, if you see someone on the street who’s wearing rainbow merch, they’re probably not going to commit a hate crime at you, and it’s always an improvement to scratch off one stranger less that you have to be afraid of.

on the other hand, though, much as we need to bask in the small victories and not doomthink all the time, there’s a problem that I take precisely with this comfort, and it’s that it’s the intended goal of rainbow capitalism in the end, actually. because the thing is, I really don’t believe for a moment that this whole thing is merely about extracting money from pro-gay purses. it’s true that the things corporations do nearly all ultimately end up back at capital, but sometimes, the road leading there is a little more full of curves than it may seem at first.

when I ask myself, are corporations engaging in rainbow capitalism simply to get gay people to buy their stuff, I really do not think that that answers it alone. as an oppressed minority, we still are on average more broke than the people who oppress us. plus, if they felt like these shallow displays of solidarity were profitable on their own, you couldn’t pay them to stop doing it after June ends -- and yet, that’s what they always do. plus, ultimately, if solidarity itself were profitable these days, you’d think that all these companions would not still be donating money uncounted to anti-gay political platforms, when not directly to anti-gay causes; right now, what they’re considering to be most effective in terms of their bottom line isn’t to stand with us, but to play both sides.

in that regard, pride flags in June and only June are a surprisingly efficient model. regressives forget quickly -- you make a big pro-gay statement, and they might throw a fit and film themselves destroying products they’ve already paid for, but they’ll be buying again within a couple of months as long as you let the controversial thing blow over. this is true to an extent for progressives as well -- we all ever know the struggle of convincing some people to stop eating at the mediocre homophobic chicken place -- but all taken together, we tend to be more hard-line about these things, because unlike the regressives, we have a real reason to care about people taking political stances that oppose ours.

so when it comes down to it, I worry, I really do, when people describe rainbow capitalism as something that gives them a sense of safety. because ultimately, the purpose of it is to distract from danger. a company that engages in rainbow capitalism wants you to be looking away when they remain in bed with regressive interests in order to protect their own political power. a company that engages in rainbow capitalism is one that wants you to miss the angry, screeching homophobe for the silent, sinister mechanisms of oppression that do the real work in keeping us all down.

so, y’know? you can let yourself feel that spark of happinness to see your city awash in gay for a month, you can be happy to see strangers signal mostly-harmlessness at you effectively... but I can’t recommend letting yourself forget that, ultimately, you’re being lied to.

#my stupid text posts #this got longer than I was planning! oh well.

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3, 10, 11, aaaaand 14 for the ask game. For ship perhaps.... murdertooth. Da boys. If not you can do my favorite bestie worsties (Rikki and Nikki)

Obligatory OTP Asks

i can do both because they both mean everything to me :’) be ready because you chose two pairs that i have like. so much shit to say about.

Do they wear the other’s clothes? (sweatshirt, bandana, necklace, etc.)

toki/will: yes but not in a cutesy way😭 they steal each other’s stuff all the time (not just clothes) and whenever they catch the other with it they just having annoying arguments about it. they DO have matching planet piss t-shirts though, for what it’s worth.

rikki/nikki: all the time! i’ve drawn this multiple times because it’s very dear to me. rikki puts on her clothes whenever he runs out of stuff to wear on laundry days, and because he thinks it’s funny. nikki thinks it’s funny for about .05 seconds but then she’s mad he’s stretching out her top. also sometimes he looks better in it than she does and she does NOT like that! nikki will wear his old shirts as pajamas. she also has merch shirts of his that she’ll wear if he asks nicely😌

Describe their first date.

toki/will: toki and will are the guys that didn’t even realize they were a couple until much later. they’d been on plenty of outings that would absolutely be first dates for anyone else, had plenty of late night heart-to-hearts, etc then realized way later like. oh i guess we’re a couple?? i think their first “official” date they just got a bunch of beer and drove out somewhere where they could throw the bottles when they were empty

rikki/nikki: i drew it!!!!! the first thing rikki asked her out to do was to hear him perform but their first real date was dinner then clubbing then walking on the beach then going back to his place.

Do either try to hide their emotions if upset? Can the other still tell?

toki/will: i think THEY think they’re good at hiding their emotions but. no. they’re both sensitive, just in different ways. they’re both complainers for sure. toki expresses things a lot more openly and loudly, while will tends to pout and brood. they can definitely tell when something’s up with the other but getting the other to fess up can be a whole other thing, especially for will🙄

rikki/nikki: rikki can put on the act for others but he can’t hide it from nikki. he just can’t. he feels things in extremes and they’ve known each other for too fucking long, not to mention that i don’t think he likes to hide things from her. nikki, on the other hand, doesn’t wear her emotions on her sleeve like rikki does, and can hide things from him better. that said, i think being with rikki actually helped her learn how to express her true feelings better. in general they’re pretty open about things so there’s not really any secrets between them.

How do their personalities compliment each other? How do they clash?

toki/will: toki and will enable each other in the best, funniest way. it’s a dynamic that’s rooted in like. being the odd man out. being the last person standing. always being left behind. and so it’s like. well. you might as well have each other’s back, because no one else does! they’re on the same, weird wavelength most of the time and i think all things considered they work well together. miscommunication happens, obviously, but they’re still each other’s go-to person whenever they wanna do something. they definitely butt heads at times because i think they both get frustrated easily. they dream big and when those aren’t met immediately, it’s easiest to blame the only other person in the room (when it’s probably BOTH their faults). all that to say, murdertooth is good and it falls into a lot of the “you’re the only bitch who can handle me” type dynamics i find fun. it’s also something i’m getting my hopes up for in regards to the movie like THEMATICALLY?? murdertooth makes so much sense. let toki revive will please brendon i don’t ask for much just give me that plea—

rikki/nikki: god i feel like i’ve talked about this. so much. it only makes sense they were meant to go to together because i created nikki SPECIFICALLY for rikki. they’re tuned in to each other’s needs, they’re extremely loyal, and they play into each other’s strengths. rikki, especially when he was younger and just starting out, needed someone more pragmatic and could keep him grounded but who wasn’t a stick in the mud. someone who loved to have the same wild fun as him, but who would still make sure he’d wake up for work the next morning. nikki, who’d been used to putting on masks her whole life, needed someone who could allow her to lower her defenses and love her for her real self, not for the image she puts out. that said, being together for like 15+ years definitely means they’ve clashed plenty of times and will continue to do so. it’s only natural. during his early days of sobriety (pre-rebranding though), he was unconsciously jealous of her still having a career, and assumed that she saw him as an embarrassment. not to mention it was nikki who would have to get him out of trouble, so that took a toll. they have their ups and downs like any relationship does, but i think they do have a genuinely unbreakable bond.

but on a lighter note, their artistic tastes could not be more different😭 she’s like your music taste makes no sense!! and he’s like your music taste is so basic!! then they have sex.

#asks #THANK YOU! :D

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My experience with the Taylor Swift fandom is different than other people’s. I grew up listening to Taylor because the only songs that my older sister had on her iPod were Taylor Swift ones and it was always playing. Her Red tour in 2013 was also the first concert my mom had ever taken me to. I have been lucky enough to also see her during 1989 in 2012 with my best friend and last year for The Eras Tour in Tampa. I have gotten tshirts from the concerts that I have gone to so yes I do wear merch, but I keep it more as memorabilia than I do as my day-to-day wardrobe. I also follow both Taylor Swift and Taylor Nation’s Instagram and TikTok accounts. As far as being part of online communities I don’t necessarily follow or interact with different ones, but I am definitely on the side of Taylor Swift TikTok. During the beginning of the Eras Tour I also used to stay up watching live videos just to find out what surprise songs she would sing each night. Some of those hurt me more than others because I wished that I had been able to be there for them. This has definitely influenced my identity but not as far as some people may go with traveling across the world to see her and devoting their every waking moment to talk about her. Unfortunately this does cause some negativity in the eyes of other people because it gives the stereotype that all Taylor Swift fans are crazy; even though that is far from the truth.Do you think fandom has a culturally constructed binary of "us" vs. "them" (Jensen)? If so, where do you fall within your fandom? If not, how do you think fandom and mainstream society "bleed" into one another?

I believe that the concept of "obsessive loner" or the "frenzied fan/hysterical crowd" can definitely apply to the Taylor Swift fandom. There are absolutely die hard fanswith “shrines” of her career or know even the tiniest details about her. Then there have been times in the past where she has had stalkers. For me, I am just a normal fan. I love her music, I have gone to her concerts (and I want to go again). But I draw the line about making my entire personality, social media platforms, and every conversation I have about her. I will repost some of her posts if it is about a new album or tour, but I don’t find myself getting into intense arguments and conversations about her and her personal life. I think the line is drawn for crazy and obsessive fans when it comes to the amount of time and money you devote to the fandom. But that can also be argued because there are sports fans that do the same thing and they’re not usually labeled as excessive.

I think the language of the Taylor Swift fandom blends into “real life” mainly based on song lyrics. Taylor Swift fans don’t necessarily speak a certain way, but I think that sometimes they may make jokes if they relate to lyrics. They also tend to speak very passionately about certain topics in the fandom which can cause arguments. I don’t usually find myself getting caught up in those conversations mainly because if I’m talking to someone that absolutely hates her, there really is no way of getting through to them because they can be so stubborn. Language also plays a role because fans tend to analyze her lyrics and find the deeper/true meaning or even hidden messages within them.

I have attached some pictures of me at concerts and wearing her merchandise as well as screenshots of the social media accounts that I follow.

#255fandom #theofficeofdocmalone

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Ok so I got more thoughts on the whole art school au:

Oh the Tokyo and the Kyoto schools are definitely rivals(which makes the whole shibuya art convention far more tense probably) . Which reminds me- Todo is also in textile/fashion and is either focused on making high quality gym clothes or on making pretty dresses (inspired by his one and only Takada)

I was really thinking on wether Gojo would be an artist in this au or not, since in all “no powers” au’s he’s in I just default him to a physics professor. But if he is then he absolutely just fucks around by incorporating physics into his art any way he can think of. Like very complex art installations or sculptures made to show off the weirdass stuff you can make by abusing the laws of physics. Geto on the other hand is into fine arts (mostly oil painting) but is obsessed with adding in philosophical or religious symbolism in his paintings. If Kenjaku was real in this universe then he’s probably the paint fumes Geto keeps huffing (that are most likely melting his brain as we speak)

Also just because this is an art school au doesn’t mean that Mahito doesn’t almost kill someone. Multiple times. I mean, it’s the viewers that should be more careful around the hanging sculptures, and yes he did make sure that the threads that attach them to the ceiling are secure! And him almost throwing a box cutter at someone was just a happy accident. (Side note I think his art would be focused heavily on body horror, the grotesque, or just generally being off-putting or gory. Something like Cao Hui’s “I Want To Play God”. Be warned for body horror tho when searching that up, but it is really cool)(another side note: Hanami would make beautiful ceramic flowers)

Since we mentioned throwing sharp objects at people and Nobara seems like the type to have chased boys with scissors in middle school, imagine how dangerous she would be now. Because not only does she have access to scissors to chase you with, she also has saws, lino cutters, hammers and many more very dangerous objects. Maybe don’t rile her up while she’s in the workshop. Or don’t rile her up at all.

Each year Maki welds herself a sword to see how much she’s improved

Megumi loves drawing and illustrating animals and most of his sketchbooks are so full that they’re all puffed up and can’t even close properly anymore. They look like they’ve been thru war. He also uses his art skills to shitpost a lot.

Since Yuuji is a movie nerd I think he’s love doing subtle merch based on the movies he likes

ahhhhhhh okay i was watching basketball so i couldn't give this my full attention but i was itching to reply all nighttttt

eeeek i love a rivalry. Also, I love Todo in textiles. I feel like he would make such simple but meticulously constructed clothes. Like the kind that you don't even know how good they are unless you actually know shit about clothes. Also, por que no los dos, he can make really pretty athletic wear for women. Tennis dresses and lounge wear and golf skirts, and body suits. Oooh and his dream could be to get a contract with Takada, or do a promotion with her. And he would tell her she's his muse and everything he's made had been inspired by her.... or that's his dream at least.

OH and he would judge guys by their taste in girls because it's literally their taste in fashion as well and he's passionate about the type of girl you design for....oh it all fits soooo well. I love him.

okay, so to ME i always see Gojo as more of a math guy, because his powers are actually more math based and conceptual than they are physics based. Like he's not actually fucking with the extant laws of the material universe so much as he is bringing math concepts into reality through magic-infused imagination. But i'm a math person, and fundamentally there's not enough of a difference if you're not a math and physics person and it is physics in a way like he's applying math concepts to physical space so it makes sense to make him a physics professor like everyone does because you use a lot of math in physics especially quantum physics dealing in higher dimensions which is basically what he's doing morphing spacetime and it's getting really in the weeds and particular to make the distinction between math and physics at that point but I am who I am...

So ANYWAY my point is, it would be really cool for him to do like, some kind of digital art, computer graphics type thing? and maybe he like designs a lot on a computer based on math concepts and things and then translates them into physical space in ways that completely fuck your mind. like somehow he recreates infinite fractals in physical space and you can't figure out why your mind is short circuiting to make this work but it does. Idk I think that would be really cool. And he would design mcescher like gallery spaces that you get turned around in and can't figure out how you got to where you are from where you were. like somehow you went downstairs and ended up a floor up. And no one can figure it out but he does it somehow.

Not kenjaku is the paint fumes geto is huffing TToTT im deaddd. okay so what if in school he did a whole series on moral responsibilities and the burden of responsibility on the leaders of society and then it started getting weird and he started spouting off a bunch of nonsensical stuff about the weak consuming and overtaking the strong and how he had to fight back and his art started to get very warped and a little horrific and then it turned out the paint thinner he used was getting recalled and there was a class action lawsuit cause it was causing hallucinations and lots of other health issues and once he switched he pretty much chilled out but it was a very formative experience for him. and also that was his masters thesis project or something lmao. wouldn't that be so silly haha goofy.

YES DISASTER CURSES AS PART OF THE AU!!! I love it. I never know how to incorporate them but this is soooo perfect and I love your idea for Mahito. that series you recommended as inspo for him is so sick and i think that makes so much sense as something he would make. I actually love what you were saying the other day about how Mahito is maybe questionable with how they're portrayed in canon with their presentation + their power set, but making that more into the actual ideas of self-embodiment of perfection. like, I get to create my own body because I am the soul and I form my body around myself. But it doesn't have to be any less violent or gory. like I can see his ideal project being like a fucked up body works, like preservation and essentially taxidermy? but breaking more boundaries to form artistic depictions of whatever ideal human form he wants. But he probably can't actually find a way to get away with that, so he has to settle.

I could see him setting up performance art where he get models and twists them into still doable but grotesque shapes, or simulates their bodies being morphed, or makes them intertwine to form one larger body in an unconventional shape. and i could see him also instructing them to wail in pain for the full exhibit run time. And I could see it being very disturbing to the patrons lol.

Also, "I want to play God" reminded me of some artwork i saw on here that i can't find anymore. it was like marble tile and walls and stuff that decomposed like flesh. it was super gory and super cool. I wish I knew the artist or anything to search...

How cool would it be for Hanami to combine ceramics and earthenware with literal living plants and have a literal live exhibit. The plants could grow through cracks and holes and stuff in the pots and bud and flower. or there could be ceramic flowers mixed in and you wouldn't always know which were ceramic or glass or artificial basically depending on the day you went because they're so true to life that if the plant is in the same stage of flowering you might not be able to pick them out.

Ooooh or better yet, what if she used live plants as part of the process in making her pieces and then fired them in the kiln burning the plants alive. as symbolism basically. it's almost an invisible performance art because part of the art is the process of destroying nature to get a product. And also what if she tried to gas her audience one time at an exhibit as a commentary on fossil fuels.

I think it'd be cool for Hanami and Jogo to work together on something, being both earth based. Also, what's Dagon up to? Something to do with cycles of life and death in the sea. What school are they all at?

Lmaoooo I can just picture Nobara flailing saws and power tools and hammers around when someone pisses her off just completely negating safety protocols. She has definitely considered (or threatened to) shove someone's face into a running band saw.

Do you think Maki would give daggers as gifts? I like to think she would. Even when it is totally not appreciated by the person she's gifting to. She would totally be one of those people who caries a hunting knife around for some reason and says it's totally normal. And she'd be great in a pinch, so who's correct?

I love Megumi being incredible at animal anatomy of basically any kind. And just knowing lots of shit about animals. He gets pissed off if you call a koala a bear and he can tell the difference between a crocodile and an alligator immediately. One time Yuuji asks him to draw a tiger or something for a design and he whips it up in 10 minutes flat. ooooh would megumi be a sick tattoo artist??

it would be so cool if Yuuji started off like making fan designs and selling them on redbubble or something OR BETTER doing cosplay. He could make some sick hoodies and streetwear stuff based on like star wars designs and other sci-fi and horror.

You got my imagination going. If any of this is like not vibing to you feel free to discard, i just had fun thinking about it.

Did we talk about what Yuuta is doing? or Nanami???? Omgomg also what if like, the students have to have a sort of academic advisor except they're more like a mentor situation??? so like Megumi's advisor would be gojo probably. but it could also be Geto if he's focusing more on the fine arts aspects...or Nanami if he's got more of a business & product focus. Idk it would be really cool to pair them up. Like depending on where the disaster curses are would they be with geto? Oh also, are the twins here?? so much to consider!

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#jjk art school au #this is long but it's because i was excited

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hii kyo it’s been soo long! i hope you’re totally healthy now 🤍🤍🤍

i’ve been working on my summer courses… i’ve gotten kind of behind so now i have soo much work to make up. it’s fine bc i can catch up. this weekend will just be a little long for me ^^;; it’s okay though bc i don’t have much to do. anyway i might get new clothes soon. i haven’t in a while, so that’ll be nice. + i’m not using heat on my hair anymore bc it’s a little fried rn +_+ i forgot how much nicer i look with my hair a little curly instead of straightened. i just get too lazy to care for it ig!

earlier i was feeding the kitten spaghetti… she’s always wants everything?? we constantly have to chase her away from our food. she loves egg yolks and raw chicken and cheese the most, but she also loves bread rolls and sauces and fish. she won’t eat kitty treats, though.. she’s so chubby rn because she’s about to grow again! she gets really fat before she has a growth spurt it’s so cute ^^

what have you been listening to lately? i looove sunmi’s two new songs. i think i lean toward that style of music a lot. have you seen the mv? it’s so fun and all the sets were so pretty ✨ i’ve been listening to feel my rhythm a lot too! then twice’s japanese music, and aimer.

a while ago now (rip) you asked about my favorite rv songs and members. members… idk honestly ;; i think seulgi is so attractive i’m like 😵‍💫💘 every time i see her. but then there’s something so lovely about every other member, too. i think it just depends on the moment tbh. my favorite song, though, is definitely in & out. then feel my rhythm and peek-a-boo. i really love all of their music so much.. i need to go through their whole discography carefully. once i’m finished doing it with twice 🤍

yes, the ducks at the pond are pretty friendly! well, i haven’t visited them since before covid…. there are some geese though and they’re pretty evil. i should visit again sometime. there’s like, a bunch of playgrounds and paths and lots of shade. it’s really nice tbh.

yeah, we have lots of shops here. target, a mall, lots of boba and coffee shops. we have a little anime merch shop, which i really like. and thankfully, they’re so normal. it’s a little family business, and they market to families, so they don’t have all the creep shit lol. i really love little anime figures.. i think they’re so cute. i don’t like to buy things much, but i actually do really love like nendos and mini figures.

aww your collection sounds so cute! i think i saw a few pictures a while ago? decorating is soo fun, right? i need to set my room back up again. i took everything down to make room for some people visiting months ago, then never set anything back up oops

are you looking forward to anything? i’ll be so happy to be done with summer school ^^ and stayc is releasing new music this month! actually, the way i found them was accidentally clicking on their livestream for their last release lol.

okay ily and hope you’re doing so well! take care and stay warm 🤍🤍🤍🤍

HIIIIIIIIIII baby sorry i took long i wanted to answer from my computer and i never even turn it on (╥ω╥)

do u have full classes during summer there? :o is the long break during winter? anyways i know you work soooo hard on your studies and that's so admirable i know u will make it far! im gonna take some more fashion classes soon hehe. ♡

yesss let your hair rest! i hate when its too cold and i dry it and it looks inflated like a cloud in a dryyyy unnatural way (」°ロ°)」 i cut it short recently! i usually prefer it long bc i like braiding it or wearing cute hairstyles but it was sooooo old and damaged omg so i just grabbed sccissors and chop chop. hehe (*˘︶˘*).｡.:*♡

your kitty sounds a bit insane i love her!!! i love cats so much so much so much i would die for each of them. is she a baby too!!!!

cute kibumi interval

sunmi's new songs are not the kind of music i enjoy the most but they are nice for chill music for me! i gravitate towards more dance and electronic music generally ☆⌒(><) btw i ve been listening to twice and there are many songs i liked :) tell u about it soon! nowadays i listen to all kinds of synth/electronic pop and dance/house whatever and also trance and techno and kpop and maybe some ballads and also the 2000s rock songs i listened to during my childhood/teen years :) ah and also jrock/visual kei hehe

and ofc my kibum! ヾ(☆▽☆) he's preparing a new album im soooo excited ♬♫♪◖(● o ●)◗♪♫♬ everyday i think im bout to die from how much i love him (ᗒᗣᗕ)՞

cute kibumi interval part 2

yesss tbh i dont think to start collecting photocards was a good idea bc im not rich but i started slowly and suddenly im consumed (ᗒᗣᗕ)՞ but to be fair its also fun and u can make friends too. and yesss decorating with stuff u like is super nice, u shuld set your room back up bc it really lifts the mood :) i get so happy when i wake up and see my kibum everywhere with colourful stickers and plushies. well as happy as morning permits ig

i want to visit the kind ducks and evil goose with u! we can make a picnic ! i'd love to visit all the cool places in your town :0 do u like anime or only figurines? i do like it but i havent watched anything in so long ╰(*´︶`*)╯♡ <- freedom dance

im looking forward to my friend visiting me soon and getting new pcs and kibums new album and studying more and learning this one song that i just cant get the lyrics right lol what about u !!!!!!!!!!!

ok thats it im visiting You soon! study hard but dont forget to rest too!!!!!!!!!! ♡ (˘▽˘>ԅ( ˘⌣˘) i love uuuuuuuuuu

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he was a boy

he was a clone

can i make it any more obvious?

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tmz Y/N L/N in Los Angeles today with her personal assistant and daughter Stevie.

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harryfan4 stevie always looks happy 😭

harryfan8 they are probably going to his show tonight!!

harryfan10 i thought he already had a show in la

harryfan3 he did but he has another one tonight!!!!!

harryfan6 the fact that y/n’s personal assistant is wearing harry’s merch 🙌

harryfan9 it’s stevie’s world and we’re just living in it

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y/nupdates Y/N at Harry’s LA show tonight!

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harryfan14 i love how they’re so supportive of each other 🥰

harryfan17 WHEN SHE WENT UP TO LIZZO AND BTS

harryfan13 she did?? omg

harryfan15 yes! y/n was dancing with them all night

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erodasfishtacos · 3 years

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Harry is predictable.

He falls into the same patterns during every tour since he was on the Up All Night with One Direction.

The excitement that comes with the first couple of shows begins to fade as he starts his world wide tour that doesn’t end for nearly eight months.

His constant adrenaline wears off and his exhaustion from not having toured in two years settles deep in his bones.

YN senses it from a mile away, has nearly eleven years experience dealing with her jet-lagged, exhausted, and stubborn husband.

It hits the day of the Philadelphia show, they got in late the night before, and YN always set her alarm for seven thirty in the morning to workout.

Ninety-five percent of the time, Harry got up with her and they either did a jog around the new city or they took advantage of the in-hotel gym.

Four percent of the time, he would whine and tug the comforter over his head, whimpering, “M’too tired, baby. Stay in bed w’me.”

And then the one percent, which was today.

The alarm emits a low, constant beep that rouses YN, in the time she takes to rub her eye and come back into reality - Harry hisses with a sharp edge, “Turn tha’ fuckin’ thing off.”

She bites her tongue at his tone, reaching to turn it off but she can already tell what day they’re going to have.

YN slips out from under the covers and automatically gets a comment from her husband, it another whiney demand, “Cover m’feet, y’too the blanket off them.”

“Yes, your majesty,” YN replies reproachfully, rearranging the blankets before quietly moving around the room to change.

“Stop makin’ so much noise.”

“Turn off tha’ light.”

“S’too early f’this, d’you not care that m’tired?”

She chooses to ignore the remarks, hoping that he can sleep off the attitude.

When YN is about to leave, he grumbles, “Y’need to kiss me goodbye.”

Harry purses his lips for a soft kiss, not moving a muscle, and after that - she leaves to head down to the gym.

YN is required a body guard, definitely when she isn’t with Harry or a group of people, and she decided not to follow those rules today.

She had her TPWK water bottle in hand, a cute workout set on ***, and her AirPods tucked in her ear with some Spice Girls playing.

It’s only about twenty minutes into her exercise, a light jog on the treadmill, that a young girl slips up beside the machine.

YN is kind, stopping the belt to smile for a selfie before the girl scampers off and she resumes her run - music blasting.

However, what YN didn’t know, is that fans had found out early in the morning which hotel they where at and a hoard was rushing towards the small gym.

It’s not even ten minutes later when a swarm of fans in rushing into the work area, lining up around her machine with their phones flashing and recording.

She tries to be nice, “Hey! Uh, I’m just trying to workout. I’m sorry, but no pictures please.”

Then there is loud protest and people shoving each other, begging and pleading for a selfie or for her to sign something - all because she was Harry’s wife.

There is literally no exit to escape to, so she relents and anxiously calls Frank - one of the body guards - to come retrieve her.

The whole way back up to her hotel room, Frank is lecturing her about safety and how she could have gotten hurt.

And when he scans the keycard for her hotel room, she feels her stomach drop because Harry is sat against the kitchen counter.

His brown locks are rumpled and going every which way, just in his briefs that are low on his narrow hips, and absolutely irate expression on his face.

“Are y’fuckin’ kiddin’ me?” Harry snaps, brow furrowed and jaw clenched - his arms were crossed tightly against his chest.

“Good morning to you, sunshine,” YN mutters, shutting the door and kicking off her tennis shoes to the side.

“Don’t,” Harry replies sourly, “Please explain t’me why I get woken up by Frank to be told y’getting mobbed in the gym? And y’didn’t to call him.”

YN bristles at his tone, giving him a pointed look as she steps further into the room, “It’s not a big deal. I just wasn’t thinking.”

“Y’right about that, y’weren’t thinkin’. It is a big deal, y’could have gotten hurt - shouldn’t have t’babysit m’own wife,” Harry huffs, stomping back over to the bed and sliding back under the covers.

“You better watch your tone-“

They’re interrupted with a knock to their door, Harry throws the covers over his head and leaves YN to open the door.

It’s Jeff, who barges in with a coffee in one hand, “Come on, H. Did you forget? You have soundcheck early today and then you have to meet with FullStop to review the details of that new merchandise contract.”

“No, move it,” The popstar groans, muffled from the heavy blankets over him, and his manager and wife give each other a knowing look.

“We can’t. Get up, we need to leave in fifteen,” Jeff replies casually, unbothered as he sips from his to-go mug.

It has Harry dramatically ripping off the covers and getting out of bed, as he charges off towards the bathroom, he shouts backwards, “Wish someone would have fuckin’ told me! Like m’manager or m’wife!”

“Oh my god, here we go,” YN groans quietly to Jeff, snatching up the few things she needs for the venue as well as Harry’s and shoving them in his duffle.

He comes out a few moments later, dressed in running shorts and a vintage Queen shirt - going to tug on his Nikes without a word to either.

But in true Harry fashion, even when he’s mad, he’s still a gentleman. He slips the duffle off his wife’s shoulder so she doesn’t have to carry it.

“Thank you,” She murmurs but he avoids eye contact, being the first to open the hotel room and trudge towards the awaiting car.

It’s a quiet ride, Harry looks out the window with a deep frown and puffy eyes - eyes heavy from the lack of sleep.

Usually, he’d be curled into YN - snuggling as close as possible and asking for her to pet his hair to soothe him.

Not today. But he does have his hand on her thigh.

There’s already fans at the arena and Harry doesn’t acknowledge them - keeps his head down and walks quickly into the private entrance past the barricades.

When a irritated fan screams, “Asshole! We waited all night here for you!”

YN watches as Harry goes to turn, to say something but she pushes him forward through the door to prevent him from doing something he’d regret when wasn’t in a foul mood.

They manage through the long hallways, filled with bustling tour crew, and everybody there to make the show happen.

Sound check isn’t as fun as it usually is, the band stays low-key when Harry does exactly what he needs to do and nothing more.

And after the merch meeting, Harry has reached his limit apparently.

He was so tired, so fucking moody that he couldn’t deal with anymore human interaction.

YN has to step in when she gets a text from Harry Lambert.

Come get your husband. Sarah’s Kitchen.

She sighs, excusing herself from hanging out with Jeff and Glenne - she can hear him from the hallway and now she’s finally get irritated.

“I asked for that specific brand. It’s literally one of the only things I’ve asked for on this tour.”

YN takes a deep breathe before stepping in, there are crew trying not to stare as Harry complains to Sarah about something unimportant.

“Harry,” She says flatly, “Come on.”

He snatches his water bottle and follows his wife out without another word, trailing behind until they end up in his dressing room.

“You need to stop. You’re being a literal nightmare today,” YN tells him, watching him as he digs in the duffle.

“Where is m’charger? Did y’not pack it?” He ignores her words.

“I must have forgot. Harry, I know you’re tired but you can’t be treating everyone like-“

Harry pushes back the bag, seething for no reason, “I’ll treat people however the fuck I want!”

“You’re acting like a spoiled popstar right now,” YN replies, attempting to stay level-headed and calm with him.

“S’my show! M’tour!”

“Yes and everyone is here to support you and you’re treating them like shit. Including me, I’m your wife - the one person in the world that’s here for you no matter what and you’re being downright mean.”

“Y’so fuckin’ sensitive,” Harry mutters angrily, digging around to try to find a charger in a different bag.

And…that stung a bit.

When he doesn’t get a response, he looks up and notices how her demeanor had changed - it brings him back to reality for a little bit.

“I’m not going to stay here and be talked to like that because you don’t feel good. I’ll leave you alone because you are being insufferable.”

“Bab-“

YN is already out the door, storming back to Sarah’s kitchen to apologize for her husband’s diva behavior and everyone shrugs her off - knowing it’s not her fault.

She is sat down with the band and a few others when her husband saunters in, he doesn’t look at anyone else as he walks up to his wife.

“Baby, can I talk to you?” He mumbles, his warm hand coming to cup her shoulder.

“Harry,” YN says back, they’ve been together for so long that those words are all she needs to say for him to formulate a response.

“Come nap w’me please, need you. I’ll apologize t’you,” Harry says, his palm encompassing and big on her.

“Harry,” She repeats.

The crew looks on in amusement as Harry huffs, he lifts his head and speaks loudly to the room at once, “I apologize for my behavior. I have no excuse for getting upset like I have been today. I hope you guys can forgive me.”

Everyone assures him that they forgive him, most of them have dealt with actual spoiled celebrities and Harry was just having a bad day (which still really wasn’t that bad.)

“Okay, come on, bunny,” YN agrees, satisfied and can’t help but smile a bit when she stands up and Harry automatically intertwines their fingers to hold her hand.

The sofa in his dressing room folds out to be a bed and they still had hours before the show.

Once they’ve locked the doo and settled down on the mattress - they’re both laying on their sides, facing each other.

“M’sorry, darlin’,” Harry whispers, “I haven’t been very nice t’you today. I was just upset about the gym thing and just being so tired.”

YN hums, combing throwing his fluffy curls with her fingers as his hands explore over her hips and belly like always.

“You always get like this every once in a while on tour, like a little spoiled popstar,” YN says softly, no sharpness in her tone, “You also need to be nice to your wife.”

“M’always nice t’my wife,” He mumbles childishly, leaning forward to nip at her chin, “I am sorry, know tha’ when I act like that it embarrasses you.”

“You’re better than acting like that,” YN reminds him, allowing him to tug her into his warm, now bare chest, “I’m never gonna let you turn into some fame monster. You’re gonna stay the kind, funny, compassionate person I met when I was young.”

And when YN doesn’t get a reply, she glances to see Harry’s eyes shut, mouth slightly parted as he breathes rhythmically and his entire face relaxes as he sleeps.

“Still my boy,” YN murmurs lovingly, nuzzling before letting sleep overtake her.

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