#yesssssss I've missed this~

[bisexuel]

MARISHA TAKING THE DM'S SEAT. WE'RE GOING OFF THE MAP

[choke-me-joey]

Can I get #27 JQ?

Yes yes yesssssss thank you for this dom Joe is my faaaave 😫😫😫

27. I'm going to fucking ruin you.

Joseph Quinn x reader

Content warning: 18+ content minors DNI, rpf (don't like don't read), I have no idea how fashion shows work, unprotected rough piv sex, Joe has slight dom vibes in this???, daddy kink, squirting, creampie, the usual tbh

Hoe-vember masterlist

Amongst the crowds at the Dior show of Paris fashion week was not the place you'd ever have expected to have your fiancé lean in, seemingly with just a sweet, innocent kiss to your cheek, and growl into your ear "Just you wait until we're alone, I'm going to fucking ruin you."

Your cheeks immediately flush and you pray that nobody notices. You keep up your smile for the cameras. This was your first public appearance as a couple, ever, despite having been together for just over a year now, and he decides to do that?!

Fucker.

You squeeze his hand to let him know you heard him, and shoot him a small smirk. His manager directs you through the insane crowds, your heart fluttering as Joe was trying to help her get safely though the crowd as she was pregnant. God he was such a fucking sweetheart. How can someone be so sweet and so utterly filthy at the same time?! It just wasn't fair.

Once you were safely inside, Joe had a couple of interviews so you just kind of floated around awkwardly until they were over. Then there were countless press photographs, and to your suprise Joe was keen to have you by his side in every single one.

"Mr Quinn, over here! Mr Quinn, who is your lovely lady friend?" The reporters were shouting, and the flashes firing off repeatedly were starting to give you a little headache.

"This is my girlfriend, Y/N," Joe shot a grin at the cameras and immediately the shouting grew louder, the reporters yelling left, right and centre.

"Y/N! Y/N! Over here!"

"Who are you wearing, Y/N?"

"Congratulations on your relationship, Y/N!"

You stuttered over your replies, not used to being in the spotlight like this. Joe stepped aside, grinning, letting the photographers snap away at you.

"Miss Y/N, look here please, that's it!"

"Beautiful!"

"Y/N, you look stunning!"

"Isn't she breathtaking?" Joe grins as he joins you again for some more couples photos, sliding an arm around your waist and squeezing your side. You turn your head and kiss him, and the place practically explodes.

After a whirlwind of a day, you let out a sigh of relief when you and Joe are back in your peaceful, albeit ridiculously fancy, hotel room. You sit on the chaise lounge and reach down to undo your heels, which have pretty much made your feet go numb now.

"Don't you dare." Joe growls from across the room. "Leave the heels on."

"Joe, babe, my feet are killing me-"

"Leave. The. Shoes. On." He moves towards you, jacket, shoes and shirt abandoned leaving him in just the crisp black trousers and black socks. The dominance in his voice causes you to shiver and clench. "Come here." You do as you're told, standing up and walking over to him. He pulls you into a kiss, a real kiss this time not the sweet pecks you'd been exchanging all day. A kiss that lets you taste him, all mint and smoke. You can't help the groan that escapes you as you feel his cock already tenting, and you reach between you to squeeze, making him hiss. "Fuck, do you know how much I wanted to sack this whole thing off today and just come back here and do nothing but fuck you?"

"I gathered from your little comment earlier that you were a bit horny," you giggled, continuing to slowly palm him through his pants as he trailed kisses down your neck.

"A bit? Babe, you have me permanently horny but this dress..." He holds you at arms length to look over you. "Shit, I've wanted to be balls deep in you since you put it on this morning. You look fucking insane."

"You have such a way with words, Joseph." You shoot him a coy smile. He smirks back at you.

"Dunno about words, but can I have my way with you? I meant what I said earlier, I'm not gonna be nice, love. Wanna have you screaming."

"Please" you whimper, squeaking in surprise as he whips you around, practically whipping the zip of your dress down and pushing it off you. He curses at the sight of you in your heels and underwear. Once your dress is out of the way, he leads you over to the massive table in the middle of the lounge area, pecking a soft kiss to your shoulder blade before roughly pushing you down chest first onto the table. You hiss at the cold wood against your skin but stay there, your ass in the air and surely a damp spot on your panties.

"Fuck, look at you." Joe sighs from behind you, and you hear his belt undo and the trousers fall to the floor. He shoves his boxers down just below his bum and comes closer behind you. You feel him peel off your underwear and he chuckles at the string of slick that clings on to the delicate lace. He rids you of those, flinging them somewhere in the room. He brings his hand to your face. "Spit."

You do so, and you feel another wave of arousal flood through you as you look over your shoulder to witness Joe lubing up his cock with your spit. It was so dirty and you loved it.

Joe makes eye contact with you, raising an eyebrow in silent communication to you. You nod, and he grabs your head and pushes your face down into the table at the same time as he pushes his cock into you. You scream into the table, the stretch and fullness of him almost too much.

"Fuck, Joe!"

"That's not what you call me when my cock's in you, is it baby?" He grunts, pulling all the way out and slamming back into you again, the rough drag of his perfect cock through your walls and over your gspot had your eyes filling with tears, it was so good.

"Daddy." You gasp, clutching the table as Joe starts a rough and beautiful pace, satisfied with your answer. "Fuck, daddy, s'fucking good."

"Yeah, babe? Shit, you feel so fucking good, so tight and wet for me, been thinking about this all fucking day, the way you looked in that dress was driving me mental." Joe grunts, his thighs slapping against the backs of yours. He sneaks a hand down to circle your clit, making your pussy involuntarily clench around him. "Oh fuck, babe-" he groans, a warning tone to his voice. "-gonna make me cum if you do that."

"Fuck, Daddy, please!" You sob, the coil within you winding tighter and tighter the harder Joe fucked you. "Harder, wanna cum, wanna cum so bad, please, please, please-"

Joe smirked as you babbled underneath him, revelling in the feel of your pussy sucking him in and clamping around him. He lightly slaps your clit, knocking the wind out of you as you cum, suddenly and violently with your legs almost giving way beneath you. The sound that leaves your mouth is heavenly, Joe commits it to his brain forever, before flipping you over, placing your back on the table and your legs over his shoulders as he continues to fuck you, chasing his own release.

Your eyes roll back; the feeling of him so deep and so deliciously rough paired with his fingers rubbing over your clit quickly was enough to send you over the edge once more, a small stream of liquid gushing from you, coating his lower stomach and pelvis. Joe swears loudly, cumming on the spot, his own orgasm taking him by surprise. You whimper at the feeling of him releasing spurts of cum into you; it was your favourite feeling in the entire world.

"Shit...shit...fuck, you-" Joe struggles to catch his breath and form a sentence. "You squirted. You fucking squirted."

"I'm sorry," you groan, cheeks flushing as you bury your face in your hands. "I didn't think I could, I've never done it before-"

"Really?!" Joe grins down at you, unable to hide how proud he was of himself for making you do it for the first time. "Oh, baby, we're going to have so much fun..."

[softie-rain]

i just finished rewatching tbosas [again :3] but even though i've already gotten three drafts abt it, i can stop thinking about calling sej when he was in his peacekeeper era like tigris did w corie :(

him telling you about how much he misses you and wants so badly to come home to your arms :((

OMG YESSSSSSS

When he manages to organize the call it's all he can think about, and he's happy when he sees your face again.

I feel like he'd try to check if you're alright, so he'll notice if you cried, or your eye bags due to your lack of sleep. You probably didn't sleep much since he left.

And he tries to comfort you in any way possible, which means only with his words since he's not there </3

You tell him that you're alright, but that you miss him terribly. And so he promises he'll be back for you soon, somehow, he'll come up with something.

The call probably end almost abruptly as it did for coryo and tigris, so imagine him telling you he loves you right as connection ends and you not being able to say it back

brb I'll go cry now

[girlboypersonthingy]

Hii!! I've noticed you haven't posted in a while and I wondered if you we're feeling okay.

If you can, could you write a pidge x fem reader on a birthday? Like what reader would for pidge's birthday or what pidge would so for reader's birthday. Either or both would be great since there aren't a lot of pidge fics around 😭😭😭

Thanks so much if you end up writing this!!

YESSSSSSS PIDGE IS SO BABY I LOVE HERRRR 🥹 obvi im gonna do both scenarios! Also, thanks for your concern, anon. 2023 started great and then the second half of the year just felt way too chaotic and overwhelming. I lost my motivation to write for a minute there. Still trying to get back into the swing of it. Anywaysssss ENJOY~

Pidge’s Birthday

Honestly, this babe would be so grateful to just have everyone on the team, you included, wish her a happy birthday at some point throughout the day.

Pretty much any gesture made after that would really make her special day even more special

And then you get/make her gifts and maybe even get everyone to very annoyingly sing her happy birthday and you and Hunk work really hard to make her a cake and-

And maybe you even give her a birthday kiss on the cheek or on her nose and she thinks she might just pass away rn

She feels very appreciated and seen.

This might just be me projecting and self-inserting here but I think Pidge would have a love hate feeling towards her birthday bc it lowkey hurts her feelings when ppl she’s close to don’t remember her bday bc I just know she always remembers everyone else’s and always wishes them a happy bday.

Like c’mon! Just shoot her a text at least!

Matt definitely gives her birthday punches every. single. year. Sorry just had to add that in here.

You can join in if you want but Pidge may feel a bit betrayed

If you decide to fight Matt and protect your girl instead, she’ll be cracking up laughing as she watched you two idiots goof off.

Probably tears up a tiny bit when everyone gathers in the same room to sing her happy birthday bc she feels so important but if you ask her if she’s crying she’ll for sure deny it.

Definitely wants to spend some alone time with you at the end of the day. Cuddles, playing video games in the darkness of her messy room, soft giggles and light blushes as you two share gentle lingering touches.

Thanks you profusely for caring enough to treat her so well on her bday

Reader’s Birthday

So if she knows when your birthday is ahead of time, she’ll totally take her time putting together some awesome birthday plans for your special day.

If she ends up finding out that your birthday is only a few days away, best believe she is running around like a wild beast, basically begging every other team member to help her put something decent together in just a couple days.

She looks so calm and chill on the outside, but inside she’s screaming and panicking and freaking out.

Tries her best, regardless of time restraints, to make your day completely stress free, fun and exciting.

Probably ends up doing some pretty simple things for you like helping Hunk make a cake, putting up some cheesy decorations, waking you up with breakfast and coffee in bed, getting everyone together to sing to you

BUT she makes sure that even these typical birthday gestures are just perfect for you.

Takes her time with the cake, even nitpicking Hunk as he tries to decorate the cake with icing.

Basically threatens anyone Keith who doesn’t want to join the happy birthday singing bc she’ll be damned if anyone is missing as they all swoon over you and watch you blush at their song.

Definitely makes you some cool tech gift like a little bot that follows you around and protects you or a cool little gadget you can listen to music on

Asks you at least 4,592 times throughout the day if you’re having fun, enjoying your day, feeling okay. She’s so sweet and considerate

She for sure wants to give you a bday kiss but baby girl is so so nervous, she can’t bring it up to you.

Doesn’t even have to be a kiss on the lips although she wouldn’t mind she just wants to give you at least one small show of affection before the end of the day.

Yeah, she holds your hand and gently rubs your back a few times throughout the day but that’s stuff she normally does so today, on your birthday, she wants to take it just a tad bit further

And you bet your ass she’s gonna ask you first bc consent is sexy okay?

“(Y/N)?” Her voice is shaky as she sits on her bed beside you.

“Yes?” And now the intense eye contact and heavy silence makes you both start panting.

“Can I kiss you?” Her pretty eyes are moving rapidly as she searches your face for any hint of protest and her own face is twisted up with anticipation.

You don’t even have to reply, just lean in and kiss the girl already!

It’s probably the simplest but ABSOLUTE BEST birthday you’ve ever had 💚

[bcbdrums]

For the fic writer ask?

🥭🍐🍇

From this ask game.

🥭 Rank from most enjoyable/fun to write to least: Fluff, Smut, Angst, Crack.

Angst, fluff, smut, crack. Crack is hard because I don't know how to do humor. And the humor I do occasionally write doesn't fit the crack-vibe. Smut... Becomes kind of one-note after awhile, for me. Fluff is a delight. They DESERVE to be happy and I will write all those warm fuzzy feels that may not be entirely in character but gosh darn it, the blorbos deserve them!!! And angst... Ah, angst, my wheelhouse. They're already suffering in canon. I will make it worse, I will drag it out for thousands of words... And I'm good at it. Definitely the easiest, and the most fun.

🍐 Is there anything in canon that you absolutely hate and love to fix in fics? A wrong choice made, a bad characterization, a misunderstanding never cleared up, a conversation never shown onscreen, etc…

I wouldn't say hate. If I hate something I tend to dissociate from it. Like, I won't watch Star Trek Generations at all. Never seen it. Trekkies know why, probably. If I didn't see it happen, it never happened! (I still don't hate it - can't hate something I haven't seen.) Or Soul Eater NOT, again don't hate, but hate certain choices so I just...dissociate and disavow. Especially when it heavily contradicts established canon, it's easy to disavow. But if I'm just mildly annoyed by something, or frustrated, I'll write like...missing scenes. Things that answer the unanswered questions or clear up confusion. Or when a thing ends too soon, I may write a missing scene thing that fleshes out more of the details and emotions. But as a canon purist I never change things. Now, if we wanna be specific about a specific canon... Honestly, nothing is leaping out? Just that missing scene/fleshing out details, thing.............. WAIT. I've got one. In the Soul Eater manga. Maka should have hugged Spirit. Like. I get that the author needed to wrap things up fast, and comedy is a good way to do it. But.... That...... What the author did there. That was wrong. Which makes me think of the Soul Eater anime. A specific thing I would have changed is, all of Crona's lines in the final scene in the Death Room should have been spoken by Spirit (and changed to make more sense). Honestly, that part makes me cringe. It ruins the final episode for me. I won't keep going about it because it'll make me upset, but yeah.

🍇 Is there a particular scene/episode/book/etc that you want to just write a million fics about, over and over? Which one?

Well............... I've technically written over 200 fanfics about Drakken/Shego in Kim Possible. Just....those two. Aaaaaaahhhhh yesssssss making a villain romance work. That hits the spot. Like. How many love confession fics can I write? A lot, apparently. In Soul Eater, basically any moment Stein and Spirit are together onscreen I want to write about. 😅 Same in the manga. I'm not obsessed, I swear-- Other fandoms... I do have those moments but they aren't leapint out at me right now. If I think of them I'll edit this post to include them. Was trying to think of Star Trek and Sherlock Holmes (book and TV) canons. Hmm...

Thanks for the ask!!

[rapturemctro]

🌟 and 🦑 for your fav f/o rn!!!!

Imma answer this for Andre cause I've got him on the brain so much right now!~

🌟 - have you ever stargazed with them before? if they're interested in it, where would you two like to go to see them?

Oh absolutely! Andre seems like the type who likes to get high and star gaze and theorize about the "What Ifs" and what other intelligent societies exist out there, and considering that Atlas is a cosmic entity they would love to star gaze with Andre, though for them it's more because they miss the cosmos and sometimes long to go back. I imagine Atlas shares as many stories about their travels throughout the cosmos with Andre while star gazing and attempting to answer any questions or indulge in his wacky theories.

🦑 - would you two ever go on an aquarium date together? who's idea was it, and which fish is their/your favorite to look at?

Yesssssss, I've always wanted to go to an aquarium date! Atlas would be so excited about the idea of going to an aquarium and seeing all the fish, and I'm sure Andre would just be happy to tag along to see Atlas ogle at all of the sea creatures. Andre would suggest taking Atlas out on the date, thinking they would really enjoy it. Atlas would be so excited to get to see sharks and whale sharks, and would be SO blown away if they actually got to see one in an aquarium.

[fizzyxcustard]

Writing insecure Thorin. Yesssssss. It brings me so much joy. I've missed writing for our dearest Dwarf King, and hope to write more for him. My latest fic will be Thorin comparing himself to Bard and Thranduil due to the fact he's madly in love and thinks that she prefers one of them over Thorin. I've almost finished it, but want to sleep on it for a bit, and then come back tomorrow to add the finishing touches to, and then hopefully post.

[dreaming-in-daylight]

memories- hannah bang streetlight by changbin hug me by i.n fire in the rain burn the house down carried home take me home hold on-just search up httyd after this tourner dans le vide-indilla sped up vers. blossom-enhypen

+ some more memories by han hold on by seungmin

can you see that im slowly putting you in kpop

hehe you already did my princess and hopefully this will be a nice present for when you wake up <3

memories, hannah bang - voice is very very soothing and relaxing, got chills, hear an accent

streetlight, changbin - this is a mooood, woah the metaphors, is this like toxic masculinity?, i dont think im supposed to be relating--, totally saving that

hug me, i.n - WEIRUFBUDFIBRFRIDBU THATS SO DUCKING CUTEEEEE. whys that so adorable and wholesome and just UGH. would you hug me? yes sir!

fire in the rain - giving riptide vance joy vibes, awwwwww this is so cuteeee, im saving this too. im gonna listen to this until i am sick of it. aylin your taste is beyond amazing

burn the house down - AJR!!! I LOVE THIS SO MUCH THE TUNE IS SO CATCHYY AHHH THE TWINNSS OML I LOVE THEMM. way up way up we gooo, been up and down that road mmmm i love this sm ty so much aylin im saving this rn

carried home -  this is so calming i swear. was this in httyd ? i feel like it was. so freaking relaxing. 

take me home - WHOO! just started and i already like this! TAKE ME HOOOOME! HOOOME, MY LOVE! HOOOOME! TAKE ME HOME. YESSSSSSS I LOVE THIS AHHHHH AMAZING AYLIN YOUR TASTE IS GOLD!!! I LOVE EVERY LYRIC AHH

hold on, httyd - ooh a sad one now, i already know this so im gonna react to hiccastrid. nooo astrid's panicked voice.  STOP THIS IS SO GOOD ITS GIVING ME SHIVERS. THE LYRICS MATCHES THE SCENES AND THE TRANSITIONS. this so depressing what. DID THEY REALLY SHOW HICCUPS DEAD DAD ARE YOU KIDDING ME DO THEY WANT ME TO CRY BECAUSE THEY ARE SUCCEEDING. THEY ARE LITERALLY PERCABETH WHATRE YOU TALKING ABOUT AHHH THE CUTE CHEEK KISSES AND HUGS OML 

tourners dans le vide (sped up) - (i coincidently found one with the thumbnail as mikasa) oooooh spooky like a dark carousel i dunno how to explain it. i am only judging by the voice. OHHHH I HEARD THIS IN EDITS YEAHHH. SO COOOOOOOLLLL. I LOVE THISS THE VIBE AHHHH AYLIN YOURE TASTE 🫶🫶🫶

blossom, enhypen - tHE HARMONIES IN THE BEGINNING I CANT- THEIR VOICES ARE SO GOOOOOOOD THE WAY THEY JUST SWITCHED THE LYRICS BETWEEN EACH OTHER IS SO CUTEE. THE LYRICS ARE SOO WHOLESOME AWWWWW. I FEEL LIKE IVE BEEN MISSING THIS MY WHOLE LIFE AHHHHHHH. kimi e no ai ga ai ga yurayura yurayura! I LOVE THIS THANK YOU AYLIN. IM FALLING FOR YOU TOO, JAKE

miserable, han - his voice is cute. the vibe is very nice. okay this does NOT sound like a healthy relationship 😅. oooooh his rapping is so good. i really like this. i would listen to this in happy rainy days. 

hold on, seungmin - 3 seconds in and i've fallen in love with the tune alone, awww "you came to me like a gift, you brought joy to meaningless days" byjcrewjybrc, wait. is he talking about a pet or a furry. im so confused. is he dating a furry???, STOPP "when the remaining ashes are blown away, i will call your name once again" brb im sobbing and screaming curled up in my bed, STOPP THIS SO SAD BUT SO HOPEFUL AT THE SAME TIME AND THE TUNE AHHHH, new favorite

[linabirb]

So you think it would be funny if Taro was thinking of mundane stuff instead of Suzume who is missing... You're right. 😭😭😭 Suzume, at least find a boyfriend who appreciates you. Come on.

Do you really want to see what's going on in Ryuto's head? Do you really? Daisuke thinks the same way, but if he did get his wish, he'd probably cry. Anyway, are you prepared for his vd? 👀

STOPPP I WAS JOKING I DIDN'T THINK HE REALLY IS LIKE THATHFJDJKSDKDKD suzume PLEASE find a guy who will treat you right sadly i can't say anything about my boys. shun and kei will just traumatize her even more HAHASJSJSJ

yes. yes i do want to see what's going on in that guy's head. i don't know if i should take him seriously or i should see him as a silly bbg type of guy. no but really what's the deal with ryuto? like, "on love" kinda made him sound like this soft uwu shy little guy /lh but the more i read about him, i'm like ". just how powerful does this guy have to be to wrap daisuke around his finger like that" who does he think he is, a grown up version of arata /j

YESSSSSSS i've actually been waiting for his vd to drop but i forgot about the interrogation ahahajsks. i love learning small bits about your ocs though <3

[princesstillyenna]

Hartsy trade 👀

NONNIE I AM AT THE EDGE OF MY SEAT (I mean, I'm not, because I'm in the bath, but still)

Also, please picture the following text exchange after Carter walks out of his end of season interview in which it's brought up that he doesn't want to say Carter: I'm sorry. Danny: Hey, kid, it's not personal, I know that. Carter: It's not the same here without Claude. Danny: You're telling me? 🤣 Danny: For real Hartsy, I'm not mad. I'll try and get you somewhere good. Carter:... Colorado? Danny: I don't think I have that kind of trade magic ability just yet kiddo, but I can get you somewhere that will appreciate you Danny: Because I know they haven't been here Carter: Thank you Danny: And obviously, we're still friends, I hope that goes without saying Carter: Of course we are! Danny: You and Cale should come stay over the summer Carter: YESSSSSSS Need to see my lil buddies! Palms is so BIG Danny: Gav keeps asking if you can come play goalie, so he will be VERY happy Carter: I promise, Caley and I will come out east to see you three and the kids Danny: I'd best get you a trade sorted asap then ;) Danny: (And if you're really missing Clo that much, I can put in a call to Ottowa, see what they're looking to acquire this summer) Carter: LMAO THAT WOULD BE AMAZING Carter: For real, anywhere with any of the chat boys would be cool Carter: But I get, like, it's business, so I won't hold it against you, even if you send me to AZ. Danny: Hey! I've got some good memories of AZ, don't slam it too hard 🤣🤣🤣

[kittenshift-17]

KITTEN!!!!!! Yesssssss! 🥰🤩🥳

I hope you had a wonderful and much deserved rest and break! I genuinely hope that everything is well with you! I’ve certainly missed you! I can’t wait to read what you come up with! 😍📖✍🏻

Welcome back! 🥳🤩

Awww, hello, love.

You are so sweet and kind, thank you so much. I've missed you guys.

Xx-Kitten

[now-that-i-saw-you]

First thoughts on Speak Now (Taylor's Version)

Mine

That first "uh uh uh" 🥺 this song sounds so good; like the 2010 one but so much better.

Sparke Fly

I love that she used a video from tour for the lyric video. 2011 Taylor with her 2023 vocals, quite literally. One of my favourite thing about the rerecordings is how the instrumentals sound a lot clearer. The way she sings "I know it's no good" oh god.

Back To December

I really love the lyric videos. "Then I think about summer all times I watched you laughing from the passanger side" so exceptionally good ugh HER VOCALS.

Speak Now

Underrated bop tbh. The "don't you"!!!

Dear John

Wanted to kms from that first guitar strings. I love that the lyric video is a letter. Idk if I'm imagining but her voice sounds more...haunted (no pun intended) in this version. Of course the high note sounds even better.

Mean

Country bop!!! Another wonderful thing about the rerecording is how better Taylor's gotten at enunciating. She made it to the big old city 🥺.

The Story of Us

A pop punk bop!!! The fact the lyric video's a book wkfkwkf I'm obsessed with the little illustrations!! Again, like the 2010 version but better. NEXT CHAPTER

Never Grow Up

I wasn't emotionally prepared for the way she sings "oh darling" in this. Will I ever be able to listen to this without crying?

Enchanted

A lyrical masterpiece with improved vocals!! This song literally defined my teen years and now I got to listen to it for the first time again. She truly sings "I'm wonderstruck dancing around all along" like a lovestruck teenager. I'm obsessed with the post-bridge breakdown. It sounds like it's literally her thoughts echoing. Using photos from the Speak Now Tour and then changing it up to Eras Tour pictures was soooo mean.

Better Than Revenge

32 years old Taylor telling me to go stand in the corner YESSSSSSS. I love her voice on the opening message. AKFKWKKF HER VOICE IN THE BACKGROUND VOCALS. I don't care about the lyric change! Y'all should move on because there's nothing to do about it. Idk why focus on that one lyric when the best one in the song is the entire second verse like, a lyric genius.

Innocent

Oh god her voice. Can we now admit it's one of her best songs? I hope she rerecorded the song knowing it's okay to still be growing up. That goddamn high note.

Haunted

The fact she sounds actually haunted in this version. VOCALS!!! That squeak on the last "I thought I had you figured out" ...lives were changed.

Last Kiss

Can't believe she somehow made this song even sadder and we just let her. You know when Taylor puts a watch in her lyric video it's gonna be the best song you've ever heard. The "mmmm" before the bridge. SO I'LL WATCH YOUR LIFE IN PICTURES LIKE I USED TO WATCH YOU SLEEP

Long Live

I love that she uses videos from the Speak Now Tour!! Another song that always makes me cry with updated vocals. Her arm lyric reads "She's out there on her own and she's alright." I'M GOING TO SOB

Ours

This used to be my favourite song when I was a kid 🥲. Listening to it again healed something in me tbh. 13 years later and they really couldn't take what's ours.

Superman

This song's my little baby y'all stay away from it. Something in his deep brown eyes has me saying HE'S NOT ALL BAD LIKE HIS REPUTATION. The bridge was always so good and so underrated.

Vault tracks!!

Electric Touch (feat. Fall Out Boy)

I was so hyped for this one. The most important collab she's ever made. I LOVE the production. First date song!! This is like Fearless' older sister. I missed her crush songs kdkfke. Obsessed with her telling the time.

When Emma Falls In Love

Oh a piano song?? This is such a classic Baby Taylor song. "I've got my money on things going badly" -> "when Emma falls in love she calls her mom, jokes about the ways this one could go wrong" "and all the bad boys would be good boys if they only had a chance to love her" -> "I can make the bad guys for the weekend"

I Can See You

I did not expect this. "I can see you up against the wall with me" excuse me??? This song's a reminder Taylor has always been That Girl.

Castles Crumbling (feat. Hayley Williams)

The lyric video's giving "I'd meet you where the spirit meets the bone" literally Nothing New's little sister oh my god what the fuck. This song is a lot quieter and sadder than I expected. Hayley's vocals ekdkekfke GOD. I love it when Taylor uses kingdom metaphors in her songs.

Foolish One

Her voice!!! "You are not the exception" -> "you are the only exception" she will not be the one he loves :// IT'S DELICATE. And "my cards are on the table, yours are in your hand" because she was being honest about her intentions while he was unclear and confusing.

Timeless

Taylor really loves writing songs about her grandparents. What a way to end this album. "Even in a different life you would've been mine"

[onelargecoffeepls]

An Appalachian novel 👀👀👀

Yesssssss

I've had this idea since high school, so I've had these two weirdo, Appalachian high schoolers who go on a massive road trip to find the main protagonist's missing mother who abandoned her and her dad when she was a baby.

In thinking it out, it kind of turned into a love letter to the Virginia/Kentucky/Tennessee/West Virginia area where I grew up, and I think it became almost Too Big so I abandoned it for right now. I do want to end up finishing it, but it's going to take a lot more planning than just slapping together an outline and writing it.

Ask me questions about my WIPs!

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Good afternoon TUMBLR - March 26th - 2024

''Mr. Plant has owed me a shoe since July 5, 1971."

January 1998 - October 1999 - NLNG - TSKJ Port Harcourt Project (Nigeria).

Part 9.

MALARIA

Malaria is one of the major helth problems in Nigeria. According to sthatistic more than a million people die from malaria every year in this large African country. The Anopheles mosquito carries the parasite that infests the marshy areas of River State and other states in Southern Nigeria.

Unfortunately, the vaccine is still yet to be discovered, as the parasite seems to change its characteristics depending on the areas in which it lives. Personally I suffered from two attacks of malaria, although SAIPEM declared only one: according to ENI procedures, in the second attack the affected person should be repatriated and entitled to compensation, something that SAIPEM wanted to avoid. Mr. Zaccala smiled slyly when I first got sick, stating:

- ‘’People come to Nigeria and after a few days they get malaria……. I've been here for 5 years and I've never had it...''

-10 days later he was in bed with malarial fever, feeling pain all over the body.

Then there was the case of the AGIP engineer: He was waiting for the result of the anti-malarial test in the corridor of our clinic. Suddenly those present saw him fall to the ground! Immediately he was taken care by our Croatian doctor and the nurse but invain: the particular type of cerebral malaria present in Port Harcourt had left him no escape!

IGUANA RED MARKED

Mr. Bucci was one of the most incredible and funniest characters of SAIPEM Nigeria. He had spent his entire professional life with the Company, and was close to retirement. He would have retired to Aruba, with his Dutch wife, a former KLM hostess, whom Bucci met during the construction of the Nassau refinery (Bahamas).

Franco used to organize pranks to liven up life on the site. In one of these cases, he had placed crosses with red anti-rust paint on the backs of all the large iguanas that lived in our Guest House garden. One morning, before leaving for a mission, he called the Security personnel and told them:

- Well, I'm leaving on a week-long mission - I've counted and tagged all the iguanas that live here in advance, and when I get back I'll hold you responsible if any are missing! I know you eat them, the poor critters, and this crime must stop: did I make myself clear?!

- Yesss Sir…Yesssssss…Oibo Master…yes……- the 4 guards replied in unison, with their gazes on the ground, terrified at the idea that some iguana could escape in the meantime, and that its absence was blamed on them.

Then Bucci got in the car next to his driver, winking at us, and left for Ikeja. Returning a week later, he pretended to go around the vast garden counting the iguanas. Then he summoned the security guards again, and he lined them up, pacing and smoking nervously in front of and behind them. Finally he blurted out:

- As expected, two iguanas are missing – you better tell me who ate them, so we can get it over with right away!

- No response from the 4 guards.

- Well – Franco continued – so what? Don't have the courage to admit your mistake? Then you will all pay!

- No Sir…No Sir…please… said one of them, his face pleading, almost in tears.

Obviously it all ended shortly thereafter with a huge collective laugh, the poor guardians who couldn't believe that it had been a joke organized by Bucci.

MARIA – COLOMBIAN ENGINEER

It was announced that to strengthen the Quality Department, an engineer, Maria Dolores Lopez, would arrive from Colombia. She, like other Colombians working with us, had already worked with SAIPEM on the TransAndino Gasduct project. So she was known for her professionalism. Be that as it may, instead of simply asking those who knew her, we began to make the most absurd suppositions:

-''You will see that she will be tall, black hair, black eyes...!

-No, it could be that she is blonde, with green eyes….''!

- Well……It depends on from where she’s from…’’  and so on.

One morning, even though it was Sunday, I went down stairs early to have breakfast. From the internal staircase that led from the first floor to the living room, I saw a little girl who, from a distance, looked like a child: while sitting on the sofa, she could not reach the floor with her feet.

''How strange - I thought - an employee who brings his young daughter to Nigeria... bah' '.        After breakfast, Agricola arrived, who, very kind as usual, invited me to meet Maria ‘’the Colombian engineer who arrived yesterday evening, and will be part of our team’’.

I was stunned when I shook her tiny hand. All our predictions had been wrong, she was a sort of 10-12 year old girl in size, even pretty, but very far from the ''statuesque Colombian girl'' we wer expecting!

In any case, Maria demonstrated 'all her worth in terms of professionalism' - and then, like almost all short people, she had quite a big temper!

LIFE IN MILITARY GUEST HOUSE.

So Roberto Bartolucci and myself  were the two people most envied by the SAIPEM expatriates in Port Harcourt.

We had an entire Guest House at our disposal, behind the one used by the Nigerian soldiers in their constant comings and goings. The large rooms, with air conditioning, overlooked a lush garden.  But above all, they were ''safe'' in the sense that with all the fierce soldiers armed to the teeth, who would have had the courage to attempt a theft or an assault? Usually the Guest Houses where expatriates lived - and those of SAIPEM were no exception - were equipped with large bars on the doors and windows, even on the upper floors. These Guest Houses did not have them, but this left us indifferent, given the fire potential of our friends. In the past, a SAIPEM Guest House had suffered an attack by bandits in the early morning hours - the thieves had hooked the window bars with a cable attached to a hook of the off-road vehicle - they had torn down the bars and then once inside they had people severely beaten, stole everything that could be stolen, and devastated the rest.

At the military guest house we slept soundly, and the Scotsman's pub was just 200 meters away. One Saturday evening we went there, me, Roberto and his new local flame, Latifa, from an Hausa tribe. We were accompanied by a soldier, Babatunde. It had recently stopped raining, and there were puddles everywhere, even in front of the pub. Arriving at the entrance, a surprise was waiting for us: Roberto's ex-girlfriend, a girl who called herself ''Naomi'' (the British model was a myth for Nigerian girls ). At the sight of Roberto with another girl, Naomi went into a rage! She started shouting insults at her rival in the local language, and even if we didn't understand, Latifa certainly didn't like it. Roberto tried to calm things down, explaining to Latifa that Naomi was her EX and therefore what the girl was doing was completely out of place.

At a certain point things got worse, and the girls started fighting. They threw themselves to the ground, ended up in one of the puddles, and grabbing their hair, the inevitable happened: the wigs that every woman in Nigeria wears came off their heads (despite the abundant glue that was used to stick them to the head) and ended up in the water! But that didn't mean the girls stopped, as they were beating themselves up. A small crowd had gathered, and the first bets had already been made to who is going to win. At this point Roberto asked Babatunde to put an end to this unworthy spectacle. The soldier didn't have to be told twice: he immediately went into action with the butt of his automatic rifle, which he rotated like a truncheon. The argument between the two girls ended, but they immediately joined forces against the new 'enemy'. In short, in the end Roberto had to intervene again, to avoid the worst for the two girls.

The evening was definitely ruined, the girls were taken to the nearby Emergency Hospital, and we returned to the Guest House.

GOODBYE NIGERIA!

I promised myself that despite all the problems, despite the communities, the strikes, the illnesses, the heat, the inconveniences and everything else, I would not leave Nigeria before finishing the project. And so it was. The construction of the Support Base was finished, and I would be leaving Nigeria forever.

There were only three days left before my final departure, and I was called by radio from the Rumolumeni Base. The Head of the Personnel Office, Mr Bianchessi, requested my presence at the Base. I asked the reason for the call, but considering the fact that when we spoke on the radio, all the SAIPEM location in Nigeria could hear what was being said, they told me that they would tell me the reason once I would reach Base offices. I then understood that it was something important, otherwise they wouldn't have called me to the Base just 3 days before my departure for Italy.

I arrived in Rumolumeni around 5.00 in the afternoon, and was immediately ushered into the office of Mr. Bianchessi, who was waiting for me with a dismayed face.

Sit down – he told me with a serious expression. And then came the dire news: ''Your passport has disappeared''

I had a heart attack! I was left speechless! I asked for a glass of water and after recovering for a moment, I wanted to know the details. Bianchessi told me that my passport - which like that of all expatriates, for security reasons was kept in the office safe, had given instructions to check it in the morning of that day in view of my departure. But the passport was no longer in his place. At this point, the Filippino employee, who had left for holidays two days earlier, had been called by phone. - Romeo, however, confirmed that on the day of his departure from the Base my passport was regularly in the safe.

- What do we do now – I asked Bianchessi.

- Well... now I advise you to go to the police and report the disappearance of your passport, it is the best way to then go to the Italian Embassy and ask for a travel document that allows you to return to Italy - once you arrive, you will be able to request a new passport.

- I was stunned!! That is – I said – do you think I should pretend that I lost my passport? Get it out of your head...go to the police yourself! Do you want your passport to be given to you upon arrival in Nigeria, and now that YOU HAVE LOST IT (and I underlined 'lost') would you like me to take responsibility for what happened?

- I understand that you may be angry, especially considering that there are 3 days left before your departure, but believe me this is the quickest way to leave - if we reported the disappearance of your passport, the police could request your presence for further investigations!

- (Bianchessi tried to intimidate me about the possible delay in my return to Italy, to convince me to report the incident)

- But I wasn't intimidated - I don't care if I have to postpone my departure for a few days, you go to the police station and report the event as it really happened.

- And I got up to go out.

- No wait - he said - then things being the case, you will have to leave for Lagos tomorrow, go to the Embassy with the copy of the complaint, and obtain the travel document lasting 5 days.

- Ok, no problem, get me a ticket to Lagos – goodbye!

And so I left the office, with Bianchessi shaking his head.

The next afternoon I left for Lagos on an Agip charter flight. At  Lagos airport I found the usual driver waiting for me. He took me immediately in town, to the SAIPEM Guest House, and after dinner I went to bed. The next day, around ten o'clock, the driver picked me up and we went to the Italian Embassy in Lagos. As usual the Embassy villa was in the best neighborhood of the city, surrounded by a large tropical garden. The procedures for obtaining the travel document were unusually fast, and after less than an hour we left the Embassy. The driver told me that Mr. Delis – Head of Personnel SAIPEM Nigeria, Algerian of origin but married to an Italian woman - wanted to see me -  Once we arrived at the SAIPEM Branch Office I was immediately introduced to Mr. Delis' office. I had never seen him, even though he was often spoken of as a person feared and respected by everyone. Big and thick, he shook my hand in his enormous one. He was 'kind and polite', we drank tea, ate some biscuits and just so as not to deny his reputation as ''Chief of Staff that everyone must fear'' he told me:

- Someone told me you lost your passport''? Accompanying it with a smile or mocking and looking at me sideways.

- I looked back from behind the cup of tea and replied: ''They lied to you Mr. Delis, it happens often...much more often than you think''.

- He gave a hearty laugh, wished me 'good luck' and concluded with '’We’ll definitely see each other again, somewhere else in the world'. The afternoon of the next day I was at the Lagos International Airport. In normal conditions - i.e. with a regular passport and VISA - passing the immigration police in Nigeria means putting few dollar bills inside the passport so that everything goes smoothly. At that time I just had a ''travel document valid for 5 days'' issued by the Italian Embassy - so it cost me twice as much to go through Immigration control- Not to mention the repeated explanations of why I didn't have my passport with me.                                                                                                                                 In the end I overcame all the obstacles, and once on the steps of the plane that would take me to Paris, I turned and made the sign of the cross in the air as if '’You will never see me again here, not even in photo’'.

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i’ll send you a signed copy of the book with extended chapters as a thank you!

short term goals, i wanna save up enough money to spend new years in sydney, somewhere i’ve been wanting to visit since i was a kid. i also wanna learn a language, probably mandarin bc i also wanna go to singapore one day and i hear its useful lmao

medium term goals i wanna at least be on my way to finishing the book, maybe even having it published. personal life wise i definitely wanna be dating again bc it’s been way too long and i miss it. i also wanna be working towards/have been given a promotion at work just bc i know im gonna deserve it haha. and if the book sells well then i wanna be leaving my job simply bc being a writer is my passion 100%

long term goals i just wanna live in a nice city, maybe brisbane, los angeles, toronto, somewhere scenic but quiet with my wife and our dogs where i can write till my hearts content.

some questions to ponder:

who, dead or alive, is coming to a dinner party you’re hosting? max guests, 9, as there are 10 seats at the table and you need one haha

if you could time travel, what 3 destinations are you hitting? you can go forwards or backwards in time

you’re a billionaire but not with money. what is the thing you have billions of?

warm regards, your pal, kai :)

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Yesssssss I love extended chapters :D

Those are some great goals, I wish I had as clear of an idea of what I want in life but maybe someday, this is pretty inspirational!

> aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa I've always been terrible at the dinner party question but here we go, in no particular order:

1. My (sadly deceased) uncle, he was a really cool guy and I want to pick his brain about some life stuff (don't feel bad, it was a really long time ago)

2. Gretchen McCullough, my celebrity linguist fav haha

3. James Acaster, for the funny stories

4. Jacqueline Wilson, childhood favourite author

5. R F Kuang, current favourite author

6. John McWhorter, another one of my fav linguists

7. RTGame, favourite youtuber

8. The creator of Pusheen

9. Dodie, favourite musician

> Ooooooh travel question but in time, if you ignore the repercussions/restrictions I would inevitably face for being afab, queer and disabled I'd go to the renaissance in Italy, Japan in whatever decade Nintendo first showed up and Brisbane for the 2032 Olympic games :)

> hmmmm what about a billion winning lottery tickets? sldhsksjsldhs jk I'd have a billion origami models in my collection, move over legend of 1000 cranes here I come

Thank you once again for the questions, are you/did you do anything fun this weekend? :)

[loupettes]

i was going through your dr who tag (reguarily)(dont judge me I miss your dr who stuff) and i saw this tag for the first time - #remember when she was supposed to be the new companion ten fell in love with - and i didn't know this? He was supposed to love the new companion? i think you'd write a mean doctor falls in love with someone else and has to decide between them and rose just saying 😼

oh I think you're talking about this gifset? Yesssssss I don't remember where it was (RTD book maybe?) but apparently ten was supposed to fall in love with the new companion of series 4 before q. Donna stepped in. Which, lets be real, would have been extremely boring 😂

Ooooooo what a fun fic idea! I never particuarily enjoy the trope that man has to chose who is his true love because it's very eh that women line around the corner in the hopes that they might get picked (???) by this one man (in this case time lord, makes it worse somehow) but I've been in need of something new for fic for a long time now!

sorry I really need to get back to posting more dw I feel like its one of those philosophical questions like does loup even loup if she doesn't post dw????