#you went LOL WHAT IF WE MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES WITH THE MOVIE AS WE DID WITH THE SHOW

[bigskydreaming]

I’m gonna be honest with you guys, right now....at the moment, my big interest in the Teen Wolf movie can be summed up as ‘sure do hope they reveal Melissa dumped Chris Argent’s sorry ass and never looked back.’

[mcflymemes]

PROMPTS FROM MY OLD FANFICTIONS LOL *  assorted lines from the dumb fics i used to write, adjust as necessary

i forgot you don't like us calling you that.

we have some other issues to deal with.

what's so funny?

i can handle it.

the only thing standing between you and the barrel of a gun is me, and it's going to stay like that. i'm not moving.

go on a date, for christ's sake! meet a guy! go hang out with friends! be social for once in your life!

i'm so freaking proud of you!

yes, i watched a grown man cry. i think we've established that.

what did you say your last name was?

this game is so not fair.

you saw the blood.

you believe she actually loves you?

it was never about love.

we need to talk.

ding ding ding! we have a winner!

you know, you shouldn't be drinking this early.

i did not come all this way to see you killed like he was.

that was never part of our agreement.

bullshit. don't lie to me.

it's all right. don't panic. just keep breathing.

let's try for a little self-control.

convincing enough for you?

chivalry is dead, [name].

the last thing i want to do is get on a plane.

i never really got to say goodbye to you.

you went to mcdonalds? and you didn't get me anything?

do you wanna just watch a movie?

why would anyone be upset with you?

[name], i want you to leave.

things will work out.

i heard about that. i'm sorry.

i'm not here to kill you.

maybe i should take that from you.

go. i'm asking you. you need a day off.

what planet are we on?

so that's it, then? you're not leaving?

there's nothing out there for me anymore.

i'm not done with this.

we can't just give up!

i don't want to interrupt them.

don't you think that maybe you're here for a reason?

did you have breakfast already? i'm starving.

it could be possible.

i miss them. i miss them so much.

it wasn't your fault.

are you scared of him?

we're out of toilet paper in the bathroom.

you're always right.

i didn't make him cry.

we have a situation here!

i just hope my ravioli's good.

you don't have anything to worry about, really.

yeah. let's get this done.

it's a nightmare, i tell you.

well... now's your chance to catch up.

it looks like... somehow... we're being held hostage.

there's someone behind this door.

you don't have to leave just yet.

whatever you did, it worked.

i didn't mean to shoot at you.

you've been here since nine in the morning!

where are we? and who are you?

don't you realize it's past midnight?

you should be sleeping.

i thought it was a good plan.

turn your car around now.

look, [name], be careful.

you're in my basement.

[name]! it's been too long!

i quite enjoyed it.

a little culture never hurt anyone.

i think that's a wonderful idea.

thank you for the invitation. i might have to take you up on that.

remind me why we don't eat here more often?

i can't ask you to do this.

i won't let you down, [name].

my plan is working.

you do what you feel is right.

you don't have to go all yoda on me. i get it.

what kind of hero does that?

now you know why i haven't left this house.

same time next week?

it's been a while for me, too.

let me help you. we'll take it slow.

you are making a terrible mistake.

for the last time, you are not my father.

[sgiandubh]

"He's actually paying those PR people? Whatever for? A drunk wombat would be better at the task." I LOL'd because my god have we been asking this very question of both Sam and Cait for years. They're PR is actually the worst. It's honestly hard to believe at times. Absolutely zero idea who either of them are trying to reach. The recalibrating after that VF disaster sent Cait into hiding, I'm not sure she's done another print interview since Belfast promo ended and if the Sam articles are going to continue on this way, he can quit too. Boring.

Dear Quit Anon,

I am flattered I managed to bring a smile or even a LOL, but I am not particularly glad about it. Unlike droves of people who think this PR shitshow is sad, I actually find it mystifying.

You are right. Goddess C went into occultation after that cursed VF interview. There are clear reasons, I think, for that. Also, please take into account the fact that, despite the illusions peddled by some fuckwits in this fandom, there are many things we simply do not know (nor should we, most probably).

As for S, I guess that ever since she went totally MIA (as I said, make-up and fash-un promo don't really compensate), he is overexposing himself. On purpose. Perhaps to protect her (I think so). Certainly to hide something. Since this is no way in hell about being gay (I will die on that hill and I know I am right), the only thing he could hide is well... I don't really need to draw it, do I?

Smoke and mirrors is always a risky strategy. S simply hasn't got what it takes to play that game long term, probably for the same reasons he was never a serious shortlist candidate for Bond. At this point in time, he'd mechanically go with whatever merde du jour is thrown by his imbecile PR on the table. Still, it's high time he'd seriously pull himself together. He can do better, as I wrote in a comment: he can do NYT and he did it very well, recently. And I was glad to see that. But Metro is just disappointing, clueless and tasteless. And it's padding up a press portfolio with amiable, meaningless bullshit that goes nowhere. Or at least nowhere near he wants to be or see himself in, let's say, five years from now.

OL is going to end. It has to. It's been both a blessing and a curse, I said that before. Then, it will be high time to end the fucking Truman Show. He (abstractly) knows that, he keeps hinting about it. “I’m ready for new challenges, but also nervous about what it’s like in the real world” - for some reason, I found this phrase very telling. But I doubt he internalized what probably still feels like a safely remote occurrence, right now.

What are his real projects? For the moment, zero. Directing? I'd love to see it, but he's got no real credentials for that. Bond? I mean, publicly gushing and insisting is not going to manifest it. He needs a real movie, a good one to break that glass ceiling. Is he going to get it? I hope so. But his personal brand awareness is still low. The PR clowns should stop talking to us, in here: we are already here and not going anywhere. All of us: antis, mommies, shippers, fencers, haters, trolls. They should talk to the people who have no clue who S is, and do it differently. He should step out of his comfort zone, ditch the leeches and refuse to discuss his personal life, for a while. There, I said it.

What are her real projects? For the moment, not much. Sure, we have The Cut, where I gather her part is minimalistic, to be kind. We also have The Amateur, of which very little is known at the moment. However, if I am correct, she is not one of the leads. Enough said. And beyond that? Crickets.

Make no mistake. The real litmus test is not now. The real litmus test is 2025. And then we'll see. And I'll still be here, taking weeping Anons because I don't know who said I don't know what I don't know where. Mark me.

[am-i-the-asshole-official]

AITA for talking irl to somebody who has me blocked online?

Backstory: I (18M) was friends with someone I’ll call Emery (18 NB, they/he). I met them in freshman year of high school and we were pretty good friends. We stopped talking because I moved schools, but still followed each other on Instagram and reconnected through that near the end of our senior year.

Since I still live in the same town, we ended up hanging out in real life a few times, going to the movies, sleeping over once or twice, just hanging out at the grocery store and shit, etc. I was really excited for this because I missed him a lot when I moved schools.

From what I could tell, he enjoyed our rekindled friendship just as much as I did. He even suggested that I got a job at his workplace and helped me through the process. (I didn’t get the job though unfortunately 🥲)

However, one day I realized that their Instagram account was… gone? This was the only place we contacted each other so I was worried and asked a mutual friend what happened. The mutual told me that his account got deleted (They’re a chronic comment arguer so it made sense lol) but that he had a new account! So I clicked the name the mutual sent me but… it said the account didn’t exist. I asked if they mistyped the username and they assured me they hadn’t. I ended up looking up the account on my brother’s phone and sure enough it was there. The fact that only I couldn’t see it confirmed what I worried about in the first place: They had blocked me.

I reread our DMs and looked at my recent posts on Instagram wondering if maybe I said something wrong, but couldn’t find anything in particular, so I have no idea what caused them to block me. However, I’m still going to respect it obviously and have tried my best not to worry about it and just accept the L and move on. I know how annoying it to make a mutual friend ask about that so I didn’t ask them to other than just saying “did they say anything about why they blocked me?”. Maybe I made a mistake or maybe they suddenly decided I have bad vibes; I’ll likely never know what it was so there’s not much reason for me to continue thinking about it.

Anyway, flash forward to now, there’s an event that started up recently that has meetings every week on Monday. I went to it last year and am planning to go every week this year as well. However, when I went on the opening day, there was Emery. I panicked, because wtf are you supposed to do when you interact with someone who has you blocked online!? I just said hi and tried to ignore them for the night, and they did more or less the same.

I don’t know what I’m supposed to do from here though. I don’t want to go to them and be like “sooo why did you block me btw?” and I also don’t want to ignore that and talk to them like it never happened, but I also know I can’t just ignore them when I see them every week… The meetings only have about 5-10 people in them. We have to speak sometime.

So WIBTA if I tried to talk normally to somebody who has me blocked online??

What are these acronyms?

[iamhereonlytobeanunstableshipper]

(First of all, English is not my first language so sorry if there are some mistakes long essays are hard to write djhdsfs)

HELLO GOOD MORNING CHERIK FANDOM SO the other day I made this post about a very hurtful and surprisingly overlooked parallel: Cherik not being able to shoot each other. Aaaand that second scene from DOFP where Erik is unable to shoot Charles has been keeping me awake at night for AGES and I really feel like we don't talk enough about it. So, here I am. Still being pissed off because of some fictional characters not kissing in some movies made years ago lol

So, here's an extended extract from that scene:

So. Erik's plan here is to kill Raven, bc you can't use Raven to create evil war machines if there's no Raven am I right lol. Charles, before Erik can shoot his sister, puts himself in between the gun and her (btw shoutout to Charles for being brave enough to put himself in front of a gun again after what happened in Cuba and the ptsd he 100% has bc of it I love you muac).

Let's make things clear here: There was nothing stopping Erik from killing Charles in this scene. He could've done it. Erik's mission at that very moment was to kill Raven, and Charles was getting between his mission and him. And we all know how things end when something gets in Erik's way when he's completing his mission. Erik does not care about collateral damage. For fucks sake, in this very same scene, he was willing to kill Raven off just bc it was easier and faster. He doesn't give a fuck about who has to die in favor of the greater good.

And I mean, technically, Erik should be more willing to kill Charles than Raven. Raven was his right hand for a while before he went to prison and she was his canonical lover. Charles, at this point in time, was his enemy. Both of them are very powerful mutants, with the difference that Raven is usually by Erik's side, and Charles is one of the only people in the world able to stop Erik thanks to his mutation. If Erik was willing to kill Raven, he should be willing to kill Charles too, if not as much, then more.

So... Why not? Why not shoot him, and once Charles was down, kill Raven too? Why is he able to attempt to kill Raven (his former ally and EX LOVER) and not Charles?

🤨 🏳️‍🌈 ❓ 

ALSO, now that we're here: Let's talk a bit about Dark Phoenix, too.

So, let's face it, DP is a bad movie. Overall, it's boring and that's pretty sad counting the masterpieces FC and DOFP are. But, hey, I can live with a boring movie. It's fine. What I CANNOT live with are things that are out of character. Especially when my fave characters are out of character. Ok maybe I'm being a bit too over dramatic here but I'M NOT

So: Let's talk about how Erik wants to rip the world apart over Raven's death in Dark Phoenix bc he's just so destroyed bc the love of his life died or whatever. Dude. I'm sorry but I don't buy it.

Correct me if I'm wrong here bc there's been a while since I don't rewatch Apocalypse or Dark Phoenix (again, meh movies), but from what I understand Erik didn't spend more time with Raven, apart from that bit in Apocalypse? Because after DOFP, Erik distanced himself from anything related to mutant wars to create a family, and then after Apocalypse Erik created Genosha and Raven stayed at the mansion, isn't it?

Assuming that this is correct, they're trying to tell me that between the scene where Erik was willing to kill Raven over the greater good in DOFP and the scene where he was willing to rip the world apart bc of her dying in DP, Raven and Erik only saw each other once. Riiiiight.

And, look. I'm not saying that Erik wouldn't feel sad about Raven dying. Of course he would. He's not made of steel (bc most steel is not magnetic. Get it? Magnetism, Erik... Imma shut up lol). Obviously he would feel bad. And I'm not saying that love can't last that long if they haven't seen each other in a long time, bc c'mon. I'm a cherik shipper. Of course I believe it can.

What I'm saying is that I can't believe that Erik is so devastated that gets blinded enough by his broken heart to hunt down a teenager that's being haunted by something she can't control. I can't believe it bc 20 years ago, it was him who was trying to kill Raven (and almost succeeding), a time that was way closer to their partnership and relationship than when DP takes place. If anything, he should be more affected in DOFP. Instead, he goes from almost killing her himself to wanting to rip everything apart bc of her death.

It. Doesn't. Make. Sense. So, Dark Phoenix's Raven x Erik plotline can suck my dick lol. If it doesn't make sense with the character's previous actions, it's not canon. That's how this works lol I don't make the rules

Summing up: Erik willing to kill Raven but not being able to shoot Charles in DOFP is EXTREMELY fruity and romantic, and Dark Phoenix's romantic plot between Raven and Erik makes 0 sense and is forced as shit

End of rant, thanks for hearing my ramblings on these gay old men and I hope y'all enjoyed it!!

(Also, of course, happy new year!!!)

[bitter-sweet-coffee]

ok this time there ARE barbie spoilers but it’s just the things i didn’t like so feel free to ignore this if you had fun and don’t want me ruining anything! like seriously, i do not want to make anyone upset here because of how positive the fandom vibes are. i just wanna y’know, air out some dirty laundry i have with what i just witnessed

as a disclaimer i’ve only seen it once and it ended like 40 minutes ago LMAO forgive me for any name mistakes i suck with those

- ken never got closure and i get what they were going for, just having a bunch of guys repeat “ken is me” over and over isn’t cutting it. felt this way with the “hi barbie” intro. like yes, i get what it aims to accomplish, but god does it get grating

- SOME of the fourth wall breaks were good. most were not. weird barbie and all the discontinued barbies were funny, and the drinking water gag was great. but the narrator stuff was WAY too prevalent and i get that it’s camp, but it was a tad too much at times. i’m torn on the margot line because it wasn’t necessarily bad, i just think it ruined the moment a little

- SO MANY UNFINISHED PLOTLINES OH MY GOD. you’re telling me the travel montage was all it took for gloria and sasha to bond and fix their issues? we saw their conflict through barbie’s memory link, it was never elaborated on. not once. suddenly by the end they’re getting along. the same could be about weird barbie? she always embraced the weirdness so the apology and “un-outcasting” felt off because a) it seemed like she was secluded by her own will and b) the barbies were never necessarily mean to her, they just acknowledged she’s different? which she knew and was okay with and self aware of? idk i guess an apology is fair, but the way it was delivered implied a deeper conflict we never saw

- mattel boardroom. enough said. i get will ferrell probably has a contracted screentime for funny gimmicks but it was so grating and a waste of time

- in a similar vein, all the travel montages combined probably take up as much time as the real-world scenes. for a movie that advertised barbie in the real world at a seeming first glance, that basically never happened LOL maybe that’s on me for having expectations though

- listen, LISTEN. i know there’s a lot of conflict right now with the “boo forced feminism” propaganda spreading around and i swear on god that isn’t me. HOWEVER. i do think that the way they went about resetting free will and that super long montage from gloria was not handled as well as it should have been. do i agree with everything said in the speech she gave? abso fuckin lutely. but remember, SHOW not TELL. they created this brainwashing plot device only to immediately dismantle it with one #girlboss speech which imo, undermines the very point the monologue was trying to make. i just wish they did more actual empowerment and not cheap exposition via a shenanigans montage and a third party speaker reciting a well constructed feminist rant which was just… INSERTED into a feel-good scene. i was hoping for something more organic but that’s just me. like, the barbie feeling self conscious was on the nose, but it did its thing. it’s camp i expected that. by this point in the film however, i expected more

- last thing for now: the plot was just a mess i’m sorry. the beginning was slow and expositional sure i get it, maybe it dragged a little too long when you consider everything else they tried to shove into the runtime, but for a typical film that would be a decent portion of establishing a plot. the real world segment? god, so many open doors, most of them were ignored. 99% of the real world was gimmicks and throwaway lines. the bench scene was the shining gem in that pacing dumpster. mattel plot we already know i don’t like, minus the ruth part. i have a lot of thoughts on ken patriarchy that i don’t have time or effort to unpack right now, but it was funny. and then it went on way too long and became annoying but not in the good way, in the “i get this is camp but it feels stupid” way. gosling killed that musical number but for a film about barbie, that was a hella long ken segment. like, this was a ken movie with barbie having existential dread in the background. then a bunch of magical fixits happen and suddenly all conflicts are resolved through magical means and cheap jokes and imaginary character development!!! oh but they gave barbie a pussy we unironically stan that for her (i’m serious lol like i think the joke was such a lame way to end the film but it’s funny enough to say that this whole film all barbie wanted was gender affirming surgery. i’ll allow it for sheer comedic purposes)

TLDR: i have many many complaints but i don’t think the movie is bad. it’s just fun, not particularly good all around. IT HAS GOOD MOMENTS!!! I AM NOT DENYING THERE IS SOME QUALITY HERE! i just think its hit or miss and while not every film has to be a feminist manifesto, i think all the hype and expectations definitely oversold the actual film i just witnessed because it was not particularly good. but it’s fun! and it’s okay to just enjoy that, this is my initial impression but maybe i’ll grow to like it more. just wanted to put this out here in case someone else feels the same way and doesn’t want to take the fall for finding it mid

[inhibitionfreewriting]

r u a noah kahn enjoyer? not sure if ur taking requests rn but northern attitude for ludwig

oh not this song make me feel a lot of emotions 😳 okay.

listen. i've never heard this song until you suggested it. first of all, thank you for the suggestion. second of all, my heart vomited this up but i like it.

there will be AT LEAST a part 2 because when i got to where i got to i was like okay time to put it down and look at this again tomorrow. this is my version of putting down a piece of art to look at mistakes tomorrow, except i'll be writing more tomorrow.

-- PART 1 --

You and Ludwig hadn't seen each other in a few years, a fall out due to graduation and time. It's funny, they say you'll lose the friends you made in high school but the ones in college are friends for life, yet here you were with one of your friends from high school asking you how you knew Ludwig.

"We went to college together. We were study buddies, how do you know Ludwig?"

"He's a streamer - how do you," she stopped and put the picture frame down. "How do you not know that? You're online, like, all the time?" You shrugged. You were on your computer all the time but you worked on graphic design, you weren't necessarily on the internet. Half the time you just listened to music.

The curiosity gets to you though, would he remember you? You certainly remembered him - plenty of nights in one of your rooms, working on homework together, a night or two drinking shitty wine and watching a movie. A love found but lost.

you: hey ludwig not sure if you still have my number but we were friends in college, heard you are a big streamer now, good use of an english degree lol

An olive branch, a life line, even. You put your phone down, either he'd delete it because you seem like some random fan or he had your number blocked. Within minutes though, you had a reply.

Ludwig: how could i forget you i wouldn’t have passed biology without you. glad SOMEONE appreciates my english degree; usually i’m roasted for it 💀

You laughed. You made fun of him for it from the moment you met him, it made sense that everyone else did too. Conversation flowed easily. You couldn't remember the last time you laughed so hard, and honestly, he couldn't either. It was easy for you two to fall back into a rhythm, like it had only been a weekend apart.

Ludwig: would you ever want to get lunch or something?

He would never admit to how long it took to get the courage to ask, just as you would never admit how little thought you put into your 'yes of course!' reply.

--

Just a few days later and you were walking into a little café with him standing up to greet you and banging his knee into the table, yelping.

"Oh my god you didn't have to stand, I'm not the president," you laughed, crossing the distance and embracing him in a long awaited hug. He returned it, shrugging off your comment and for the first moment of many today, it felt like nothing had changed at all. Ludwig's arms tight around you, he still smelled like the same mix of deodorant and cologne. Something akin to a forest, teakwood... maybe birch. Something generic but home to you.

"It's good to see you," his voice was quiet in your hair, almost lost. There was a pounding in his chest that made his hands sweat and when you pulled away he anxiously rubbed his palms against his jeans. You both sat, your bag sliding between your feet at the table and conversation flowed like a waterfall.

How has life been? How are your folks? Do you still talk to anyone from school? How do you like streaming? What's been the best part of the experience? Are you in love with anyone? What do you do now, for work? Do you like it? Do you still go to the movie theater? Do you still think of me when you watch Crimson Peak?

"Do you still have that stuffed chipmunk I won you?" He leaned back in his seat and knocked his feet into yours. Suddenly, the embarrassment bubbled up onto your face, cheeks getting hot-hot-hot and he noticed. "If you don't it's okay."

"No I- I do. I uh," you felt like you were going to pass out, Ludwig leaned forward and rested his head in his hands, a shit-eating grin sliding onto his face. "I still sleep with it? It just. Lives on my bed." He wanted to tease you about it, keeping such a stupid memento for the past, what 5-6 years? But any comment was caught in his throat. "Well, say something already! I know you want to!"

"I-I'm just happy you still have it... would have thought you'd toss it out or somethin'," he found it hard to look you in the eyes, choosing to look at the cup on the table.

"How could I ever throw Mr. Stripes out? He was basically our mascot to get through tests. He's my good luck charm." You knocked your foot into his a few times, light taps and he looked back up at you with an almost nervous smile.

Hours had passed, drinks and snacks had come and gone. Your volume had only gotten louder and the laughter more rambunctious. One of the employees came over and Ludwig wiped the tears from his eyes.

"I'm so sorry, we're about to close for the rest of the day. Do either of you maybe want anything to go?" You shook your head, finally calming down from laughter.

"Thank you, I'm okay. Lud?"

"I'm good too," he shook his head, standing up. "Sorry if we deterred any customers, didn't mean to be so loud." The worker shook her head with a pleasant smile.

"It was nice to see you and your girlfriend on such a nice date."

"Oh we're not-" "We're not dating."

"Oh! I'm so sorry. Anyway - we close in a few minutes. We hope to see you two again." She left before you could reassure her it was fine and not an issue but Ludwig was holding his hand out like you need the help to stand up. You take his hand regardless after grabbing your bag.

"You uh, wanna come back to my place?"

"Sure."

[motheta]

after much thought i think i give the Yu Yu Hakusho live action either a 5.5/10 or a 6/10...maybe a score higher depending on my mood.

I went into it thinking it was just going to be the spirit detective plus the Yukina rescue arc, but when I saw the trailer I noticed they were fighting Toguro so i was like...are we going straight to the dark tournament arc?

turns out that wasn't the case, and the live action adaptation was actually a mix of spirit detective, Yukina arc, AND a few important fights from dark tournament all blended together, and the producers did their own thing to tie it all in and basically made their own story with it, so basically there was added filler and many alterations. and while there WAS disappointing aspects to this (ex: what they did with genkai's character) I actually found myself quite impressed with how they pulled this off and tied everything together.

starting off with scenes I liked:

- kuwabara's introduction and his fight with yusuke. this scene was so funny and was adapted very well. the music in it was perfect and that drop kick yusuke gave him at the end made me laugh my ass off. totally how I would picture it playing out in live action

- the Smile Bomb needle drop that they threw in there coming from the truck driver's radio, loved that little easter egg

- kuwabara trying to stop yusuke from saving kurama because he doesn't want to lose yusuke again. and the exchange they had after with yusuke being like "earlier I was eating ramen, will you get another one for me?" and kuwabara laughs and says "alright fine" and runs up to him to throw his arm around him while some touching music was playing in the background, i thought that was so sweet and represented their dynamic well

- yusuke fighting the yokai in episode 2!!! some of the best fight choreography I've seen in a while. everything was incredibly dynamic and satisfying to watch. the cgi was also pretty good in this scene

- that one addition of keiko getting mad at yusuke and telling him he should go die in the scene right before he gets hit by the truck. and then her immediately feeling guilty for his death after the fact because she feels like it was her fault and those were her last words to him. I dont know why I really liked this part. it displayed a sort of survivors guilt that a lot of people feel while mourning the death of someone

- keiko in general in this adaptation was an absolute badass and I loved how they portrayed her! I would go as far as saying this adaptation of her is better than the manga and the anime...lol

- loved botan and koenma. I know a lot of people are saying they wish they kept him as a baby, which would be hilarious but how would they even go about doing that? not like they can get an infant on set to start reading lines.

now for things I didn't like...

- showing genkai's death so early on was such a mistake, I get that it was necessary for incorporating toguro vs yusuke but there was absolutely no emotional factor if she was just on for, what, 10 minutes?

- they shouldn't have tried to adapt dark tournament fights AT ALL if they were just going to put them in the same arc as the yukina rescue arc, it didn't really make sense. they basically got rid of the entire dark tournament arc as a whole

- the cgi was amazing in some scenes...and then questionable in other scenes...

- wasn't really impressed with hiei's character portrayal in this and im not sure why, the actor was great, but i didn't like his live action design and we didn't see much of his character

- no shizuru </3

- it was only 5 episodes and it could've been adapted as a movie especially if they intend on keeping it a stand alone show with one season

thats basically all of my thoughts towards it, If you're a fan of yu yu hakusho and you're hesitant to watch it, I still recommend it!! I found it to be very entertaining and I feel like it had more impressive moments over cringe/disappointing moments. Just go into it knowing its a slightly loose adaptation :)

[thot-of-khonshu]

Mermaids Part 3

Pairing: Frankie Morales x f! Reader

Rating: Explicit 19+

Content: Explicit Smut, fingering, unprotected p in v (wrap it up, folks), fluff, brief discussion of drug use

Summary: After a bad night at work, you and Frankie get closer than you’ve ever been…

A/N: Thank you all SO. MUCH. on your kind words and your patience as I got this new chapter out. I’m so excited for you guys to read and thank you as always to @heythere-mel for being my beta reader.

Part 1 | Part 2

Aww Frankie, I love when you send me flight pics!! You know what that cloud reminds me of?

Condensation?

Very funny, dork. It looks exactly like that puddle Benny busted ass in when we left the bar the other night.

LOL. Don’t mention that around him, he’s still uncomfortable that happened in front of you. Thinks it ruined his chances.

Trust me when I say I’m 100% not interested in Benny.

More interested in guys that slip on banana peels instead?

Oh hush, are you still coming over for dinner tonight?

That’s how it’s been for the past few weeks. You text Frankie all day, every day, see him for dinner, after work or school, to play with Lili or to go out to the bar with your friends. You’d gotten closer since what Taylor has named “Poolgate”, but the two of you have never spoken of it.

Instead, the touches between you two become more prolonged, your fingers rubbing the broadness of his back as you occasionally feel his lips brush near your neck. It’s an intimacy that drives you crazy, but you also don’t want to make Frankie uncomfortable. The closeness you two were starting to have was something you’d never experienced before.

You also didn’t want to break the dynamic of the group that was developing between you, Frankie, Will, Benny, Santi and Taylor. In the few weeks that they had started dating, you saw your friend that’s normally a cool, cavalier heartbreaker had turned into someone constantly texting and talking about Santiago. He was definitely hot and charming, but whenever you asked her what he was doing to make her act like this, she would just hang her head low and giggle like a schoolgirl.

“I don’t know how to describe it. There’s something about him, every time I’m with him I feel like I’m in a movie from the forties . You’ll see when Frankie finally asks you out.”

“Taylor, stop.” You whined. “Frankie and I–”

“Are just friends. I’ve heard it, Santi’s heard it, I’m pretty sure the neighbor across the street has heard it.” Taylor retorted.

“He’s working on himself. He’s got this great job, and NA, and Lili and I have graduation in a few months so I should really focus on that…”

“You’re fully capable of having fun and working on yourself at the same time.” Taylor squeezed your shoulders. “Ever since I’ve known you, you’ve felt like you need to fit your life into a little box but you never know what could happen.”

You stubbornly rolled your eyes as she walked away, but you had an inkling she wasn’t wrong. Your feelings for Frankie had risen to the surface after the pool incident and as much as you loved the dynamic you had now, would it really change if you took that chance?

—-------------------------

“My kid lost a tooth at school the other day. The teacher gave it to her in a little baggy and I let her put it in her pocket because she begged to carry it herself.

We went out to the playground and I let her swing for a little bit before we went home. So when we get home I ask her to give me her tooth so we can leave it out for the tooth fairy. She’s looking through her pockets and her backpack and then she looks at me and says ‘Daddy, I lost it!” So while I’m scrambling to try to figure out what the hell to do now, she just shrugs her shoulders and says “oh well, everyone makes mistakes and if the tooth fairy can’t see that I don’t want her money, I’ll get my own.”

I say that long winded story to say that I wish I had as much forgiveness and grace for myself as my four year old does. Hell, I’ve gone on missions with hundreds of men and the army and she’s still the strongest person I’ve ever known.

She never gets embarrassed. I’m embarrassed every day but I constantly try to hide it. I was so embarrassed on the day that I first met her, when she was born. I had a gram in my back pocket. I’m fighting every day to be everything that person wasn’t. Maybe with the fear my daughter doesn’t have I’ll get there.

I have a friend that told me something recently. “You’re not a hypocrite for trying to be better.” Any time I feel like I’m only my past failures I think of that. And I hope her words give you strength too.”

Light applause scattered through the room and Frankie made his way back to his chair. If he could’ve seen himself from two years ago, he would’ve been shocked he’d said more than two words and an agreeable grunt at Narcotics Anonymous. But the truth is, this additional step has really helped. He’s been able bond with some of the members of the community and hear their stories.

More than ever recently, he kept thinking of your words. You were so accepting towards him and gave him so much grace. He doesn’t know what he did to deserve it or you.

As he walked out of the door after the meeting was over, his thoughts lingering on your bright laugh and beautiful smile he heard a familiar voice.

“Hey man.” It was the asshole that decided to harass you at the Fall Festival. He was leaned up against the wall with a cigarette between his teeth, acting as if he and Frankie were old friends.

“Don’t worry man, I’m not gonna kick your ass. Wanna smoke?” He asked.

Frankie shook his head as he dug in his pockets for his keys.

“That was a great little speech you put out there today. My kid’s caught on to the tooth fairy already so I’m fucked.”

Frankie grunted in acknowledgement, not wanting to have a conversation.

“Last time I saw you, you kicked me out of that festival. So that chick in the tank—is she your girl or something?” He asked.

“She’s my friend.” Finally Frankie found his keys, he needed to get the fuck out of there.

“Could’ve fooled me.”

“Excuse me?” Frankie turned around, he knew he shouldn’t encourage this guy’s bullshit but he couldn’t resist.

“I ain’t ever had a friend look at me the way she looked at you when you walked up. Take it in stride, buddy. Girls like that don’t usually go for scumbags like us.” He laughed between drags.

“Take it easy, man.” Frankie walked towards his truck.

“I’m just saying, I could never keep a woman that good. She always finds something better or less troubled. Be careful, you know how women are.”

Frankie didn’t even bother to acknowledge his last statement. He got into his truck and sat at the wheel for a moment, sighing in exhaustion. He couldn’t believe he was actually taking this man’s words for thought.

It was no secret how incredible you were. Hard working, resilient, beautiful. Hell, even Benny saw it and as much as it drove him crazy to watch him flirt with you, he couldn’t blame him. He just wished he had the balls to do it himself. He was so close to kissing you the night the two of you went swimming and then Santi showed up.

Santi, of course, brushed the entire thing off. “Stop being such a chicken shit, Fish.” He’d say. “I’ve seen the way she looks at you, just make your move already.”

But how could he make his move when he knew you deserved better? He’d heard about all of your future plans and he didn’t want to drag you down with him and his problems. Sure, you adored Lili but did you want to be a potential stepmom?

Fuck. Frankie groaned to himself. He wished he could just forget these feelings but he knew he’d be lying to himself. And if he was honest with himself, he also didn’t feel sorry for the way he felt at all.

He drove home to an empty house since Liliana was with her mom for the weekend. The Millers were prepping for their barbeque the next day and Santi and Taylor were on a date. He missed you but he knew you were working that night and you obviously couldn’t have your phone in the tank. Usually, you’d text afterwards with some funny anecdote about the day and he couldn’t wait.

He looked through his streaming service on TV to see what to watch while he ordered a pizza for himself. Splash came on screen. The 80’s movie about Tom Hanks falling in love with Daryl Hannah’s mermaid Madison.

Christ, even when he tries not to think about you, there you are. Frankie orders his pizza and settles down into the couch to watch the movie while he waits until he gets a call. Initially annoyed, he checks the caller ID.

It’s you.

“Hey,” Frankie answers. “Aren’t you at work?”

“I left early. I had to leave early. Are you home?” You ask him, sounding somewhat frazzled.

“Yeah, I just ordered a pizza and was about to put a movie on.”

“Okay, I’m coming over. I’ve just had the worst day, Frankie.” He hears your voice wavering on the phone and a fire in his stomach makes him want to know who made you feel like this.

“It’s okay, sweetheart. I’m here. Come over.” Frankie said to you softly.

—---------------------

You showed up to Frankie’s house with your hair still damp and wet patches on your clothes from them not properly drying. Your makeup was still on, although slightly smudged due to crying. The first thing he did was engulf you in a hug. His broad arms and smell were exactly what you needed.

“Pizza is on its way. I called them back so I could add your favorite toppings.” Frankie said into your shoulder.

He led you over to the couch so you could tell him what happened.

“So, I go in today and at the beginning of the shift everything is totally fine. The kids are sweet, there’s nobody too rowdy. But then a family of ten showed up to the tank.Two parents. Eight children.” You started.

“Yikes,” Frankie engages.

“So of course in that group of ten, you have several of the kids tapping the glass to make me do something like I’m a circus animal and then one kid manages to get onto that little grotto area near the tank to toss popcorn into the water. So while my handlers are trying to tell the parents to manage their kids one of the other kids almost falls into the tank and then guess what? He VOMITS in the tank Frankie. I ran out of there before he’d even stopped and security had finally gotten ahold of them.”

“I told him I was leaving, and he said ‘okay, we’ll see if you still have a job after this’. And I’m just so tired of feeling like I’m at my wit’s end at that job. I took it because I’m great at it and I needed something to tide me off during grad school but there’s only so much I can take, y’know? It makes me feel like what the hell am I even doing? And I feel so stupid for even being upset that I might lose this shitty job.”

“It’s okay, it’s okay.” Frankie pulls you into his shoulder, letting you cry on him. “You did the right thing. Especially if your boss wasn’t going to handle the situation.”

“Thank you.” You sniffled. “I just want this all to mean something, y’know? I don’t want to work at this job forever and feel like all my goals are in vain.”

“They aren’t, baby.” Frankie rubbed the nape of your neck, his hands feeling calloused and strong. “This is all temporary. You’re brilliant, you’re an incredibly hard worker and that park doesn’t deserve you at 20%, let alone 100.”

“What if they fire me?” You said, still muffled into his scent and his arms.

“Then to hell with them. We find you a new job. If push comes to shove you could be Lili’s babysitter. She’d pay me to hang out with you all day.”

You giggled and looked up at him as he tenderly stroked your cheek. His dark brown eyes completely hypnotizing you. Nothing ever felt awkward with Frankie, and now as the both of you share this long gaze it just feels natural.

“It’ll be okay. I’m here, we can get through it together no matter what happens.” Frankie whispers to you.

Over the past few weeks you’ve kept trying to convince yourself this is just a crush that can go away at the drop of a hat. Some men and women are just attracted to each other and it’s natural. But you felt in your heart you couldn’t drop your feelings towards him if you tried your hardest.

And maybe this was finally the time to tell him that.

“Frankie, I—“

The doorbell rang in the middle of your question.

“Once sec, the pizza’s here.” He let you go and everything suddenly felt colder without him around you. But maybe it just wasn’t the time. Maybe it was just the hightened emotions.

Frankie set the pizza up, bringing over your plates and putting on Splash. You immediately knew what it was, letting out a giggle that made Frankie’s heart wrench.

“I haven’t seen this movie since I was a kid.”

“It’s a classic. Lili loves it, of course.” Frankie takes a bite out of his pizza.

“Lili loves all mermaids.” You giggle.

“Not all of them, just you.” Frankie winks and you feel like you could sink into the couch from melting.

You settle in with your pizza, watching the film and discussing the performances.

“God, Daryl Hannah is so stunning.” You say, chewing your pizza.

“She had to have been one of my favorite celebrity crushes when I was a kid.” Frankie nodded.

“So you’re just totally drawn to mermaids, then?” You grinned.

“Well, you and Madison are different. First of all you wear way more clothes than she does. And you’ve got the whole eye makeup thing going on.” Frankie gestures to your face. “I don’t know how you do it, if anything pokes my eye, I start freaking out.”

“Hmm, I think you could pull off the look.” You joked, angling your fingers to frame his face.

“I’d like to see you try.” Frankie raised his eyebrow and you were up for the challenge.

“Alright, then. Let’s do it.” You said, starting to move.

“So the first thing you’re going to do is your eyes. It’s all about the alluring eyes. You want to bring people over.” You kneel over to the other side of the couch, over Frankie, and almost fall. You grab your eye makeup as he sets his fingers on your waist to help keep you stable. You settle on top of Frankie, straddling his legs with your mascara in hand.

“You have great eyelashes, all boys do.” You lean towards him as he doesn’t leave your gaze, your eyes look towards his plush lips. His hands haven’t left your waist.

You lean down towards his face and are close to brushing a small layer of mascara across his eye.

“You don’t need half of this stuff.” Frankie whispered.

“What do you mean?” You loved his dimple.

“It isn’t the makeup or the fancy fin that draws people towards you…it’s you. It’s always been you.”

You heard the mascara clatter on the floor as your lips crashed into his. You’d imagined if you ever got to kiss Frankie that it would be a gentle, soft kiss like in the movies but this kiss was powered by pure adrenaline and want. You felt Frankie’s tongue at your lips as it entered your mouth, his grip tightening on your waist.

You moved his hat so you could run your fingers through his curls. He groaned into your mouth and after a few moments the two of you finally went up for air, your forehead touching his.

“Bedroom?” Frankie asked, you nodded fervently as he scooped you up from the couch by your backside, your lips planting deep kisses on his neck as he made his way to his room. You felt your back hit the wall as Frankie still had you wrapped tightly around his legs. You peeled your shirt off, exposing your bra as you grabbed onto him, more needy than ever for him to be as close to you as possible.

He kisses at your neck, down to your breasts as he uses one hand to unhook your bra. He tosses the bra across the room and groans as he takes his free hand to grab one and put one of your nipples in his mouth.

You want to feel him, all of him but you can’t in that position. “Frankie, I need you. Take me to bed.”

He quickly answers your call, bringing you over to his bed and tossing you on your back. You admire as he strips his clothes off, exposing his broad chest and his stomach with a slight pouch. His curls are wild and he’s flushed.

While he unbuttons his pants, you do the same, stripping and sliding them off of you while you’re on the bed, only leaving you in a cotton thong. When Frankie removes his pants he exposes his boxers with an already stiff bulge in between his legs. He tugs at it before he leans down into you, surrounding you on the bed.

“Fuck, you’re so beautiful.” He whispers as you shiver at his touch. His hands are everywhere on you, exploring territory that was once forbidden. He grabs the curve of your ass to grind himself into you and you groan into his mouth. You can feel the outline of his hard, thick cock as he grinds into you with a circular motion.

You feel him between your folds and you move your fingers down to relieve yourself of the ache. Frankie looks down to see you touching yourself and removes your fingers, chuckling to himself.

“Baby, that's my job.” He grins, you groan as his thick fingers meet your clit, pressing into it into a circular rhythm. His circular strokes become broader until his fingers are at the outline of you.

He enters you slowly, filling you with his two long, thick fingers as you start to whine and groan against him.His pace quickened

“Yeah, baby, you like this? You like me getting you ready for this cock?” Frankie whispered.

“Yes, Frankie, please.” You moaned through the sound of him shallowly entering and exiting you, your wetness filling the room.

“You don’t know how long I’ve wanted you, just like this.” He smashed his lips into yours, quickening his pace as you felt yourself building and building. You feel yourself tightening around his fingers.

“Fuck yes, baby, you’re so wet.” Frankie groaned.

You moaned into his mouth, his fingers meeting that spot that yours couldn’t quite reach as you climaxed, breathing back down to Earth in a state of pure bliss.

You grabbed at his cock, feeling the tip wet with pre-cum. You’d imagined how he’d be, but you never imagined him to be so huge. Long strokes down him could barely cover all his length and his fingers barely wrapped around his girth.

“I have an IUD and I’m clean.” You whispered.

“I’m clean, too. Are you ready, baby?”You felt him line up against you, feeling the pressure of his tip rubbing against your folds.

Frankie slowly entered you. You felt him fit into you, stretching you. Nobody had ever made you feel so full, and when he finally was at a point where he was all the way in, he kept still. Both of you breathing heavily as he planted soft kisses across your face and throat.

“I’m sorry, I’ll move in a second, you’re just so tight.” He laughed, you giggled into his shoulder, his hand finding your hair to stroke it and soothe you as he began to move. It was so much, all around you and in you.

“Oh fuck, Frankie.” Your breath hitched with every move he made. After starting out slow he found a rhythm for the two of you as you grabbed onto anything that you could. His strong shoulders, his broad back. You wrapped your legs around his, sinking him deeper into you as he moved faster.

You chanted words of encouragement to him. Fuck me harder. Right there. He kept hitting the same spongy spot his fingers were before and you feel yourself falling apart under him with each hard thrust.

When you come back down from your peak, you feel Frankie tremble above you as his thrusts become more staggered. He grabs your face to drive his lips against your as he fills you up, the two of you still and panting once he’s done.

The two of you laid there for a few moments, his head buried in your neck as you fingered through his brown curls. You smelled the lightly scented shampoo in his hair and marveled at how right this all felt. As if he could read your mind, Frankie got up to look at you, stroking your face, smirking and exposing his dimple.

He pulls out of you, rolling onto his side as he pulls you in with him. He nestles into your neck and soon, the two of you fall into a deep sleep.

—------------

You woke up the next morning, the sunlight on your face as you slowly remembered the events from the previous night out of your sleep induced confusion. You feel Frankie’s broad arms surround you and you turn to look at him.

He was so gorgeous. Wild curls with some clinging to his neck. His lips swollen, ready for you to press against them again. You admired the gray flecks that were peppered through his patchy beard, his strong nose.

You couldn’t believe it had actually happened, he was yours. You rolled back over with a brief sense of panic. Was he really yours? Was last night a spur-of-the-moment occurrence because your emotions were high? You knew you’d have to talk about it at some point, but for now you just wanted to embrace being in bed with him.

“Good morning.” Frankie planted kisses across your neck, quickly waking up after you. “How’d you sleep?”

“Amazing.” You answered truthfully. He peppered kisses down your neck and nibbled at your ear. You felt him press up against you.

“It’s not too forward of me to ask for a round two, is it?” He whispered gruffly in your ear. You pressed your ass into him, finding his lips to greet your tongue with his.

Frankie heard his cellphone buzz.

“They can leave a voicemail.” He flipped you on top of him as you kissed him through a fit of giggles.

It buzzed again and almost immediately you heard a sharp knock on his front door.

“Fish!! Rise and shine.” Santi’s voice boomed through the door.

“Hi Frankie!” Taylor chimed in.

Your eyes widened.

“Shit. I forgot I told Pope and Taylor I’d go with them to get food for Benny and Ironhead’s barbeque.”

He knocked again.

“You forgot?” You hissed, jumping off of him to quickly put on your clothes.

“I was a little distracted.” He took a moment to admire your naked figure.

“Knock knock, Francisco!” Santi yelled.

Frankie’s bedroom was a flurry of clothes as Santi knocked again.

“Hold your damn horses, Pope!!!” Frankie yelled.

“Too late, we’re coming in.” Frankie cursed the day he decided to give his best friend a spare key. He ran out of the bedroom, clothes on but slightly askew.

“Have you heard from the little mermaid this morning? We keep trying her cell.” Santi asked, his hand around Taylor’s waist.

“Yeah, Frankie. Have you heard from her she didn’t come home last–”

“Oh–my–”

Taylor and Santiago freeze as they catch you in your clothes, trying to stealthily sneak away from Frankie’s bedroom. The silence in the room could make you hear a pin drop. Frankie has his arms protectively around your shoulders and after a few beats, Santiago starts to stifle out a laugh.

“Nope!” Frankie growls. “Not. A. Word. We’re getting dressed.”

“So, where’d you stay, Lili’s room?” Santi grinned, Taylor playfully tapped him as she gave you an over excited wink and thumbs up.

“Later.” You had mouthed to her, scurrying back into the bathroom to get dressed.

After getting dressed, Taylor and Santiago surprisingly kept to their word and didn’t mention the incident at all when you had gone out for breakfast or ran errands.

During errands though, you noticed that Frankie had become more confident in touching you. Gone were the shy looks away, he held your hand walking into the grocery store and casually had his arm around yours at breakfast.

When it was time to go to the Millers’ for the day, you instinctively didn’t display PDA in front of the brothers. Not because they didn’t know the way both of you felt about each other, but the fact that everything had just happened and the whole friend group knowing was alot to take in. You and Frankie still had so much to discuss.

At one point, though, Taylor had stolen you away into a corner to discuss.

“Spill. Now.” Taylor was almost bouncing on her heels from excitement.

You told her the details between the night you had and how surprised you were

Taylor spun you around, nearly toppling over.

“See? I told you!! You guys are perfect for each other!!”

“Not so fast, Tay. It literally just happened last night. We haven’t really had a chance to talk about it.” You said.

“Were you guys going to before Santi and I showed up?” She asked.

“Not exactly…we were…occupied.” You blushed, your best friend giving an exaggerated gasp.

Taylor squealed again. “This is perfect. You’re practically glowing and I know he’s happy. You guys are going to be so happy together!!”

You were happy. But it had just happened and this wasn’t the way you wanted everyone to find out.

The rest of the day at the Millers’ barbecue was incredibly fun. Drinks, games and good company with your group of friends that you had just met but felt like you’d known a lifetime.

At the end of the day, everyone went their separate ways as Frankie offered to drive you back to your car at his place.

“Hi.” Frankie took your hand in his truck as he began to drive.

“Hi.” You bashfully smiled back at him. You were incredibly comfortable around Frankie but the idea of you and him and what you did that previous night was still a marvel to you. You just couldn’t believe he reciprocated those feelings.

“So. What do we do now, cariño?” Frankie asked you, his thumb circling your palm.

“Well since everyone knows, maybe we could just take some time to figure this out? Give each other some space and time?” You asked. Maybe it isn’t exactly what you want but maybe it’s the practical thing to do.

“Oh, yeah. Sure. What’s the rush, right?” Frankie asked, removing his hand from yours only to card it through his hair.

The two of you wordlessly drove back to Frankie’s house, your car still in his driveway. As he walked you to your car, he leaned you against it. He cupped his hands on your face and planted a soft kiss onto your lips.

“I can’t even begin to describe how amazing last night was.” Frankie’s hands were on your shoulders, big and surrounding you.

“I think I might know” You grinned up at him.

The soft kisses became bigger, his lips pressing harder onto yours.

“It doesn’t have to end now, does it?” You looked into his eyes and asked him. He stared at you intensely for one, long moment. His hands stroking your cheeks and your hair and then meeting your forehead. God, he could never get tired of kissing you.

Without hesitation, he took your hand and brought you back into the house.

[gladiolidiaries]

can give you an idea of their meetups these are the ones we know about plus one controversial one that I believe is worth mentioning to either prove or disprove definitively. please feel free to add any ones missing or correct any mistakes as I'm doing this from memory

2022

Feb: Valentine's day week

March: England, on separate streams they both said they decided to go at the last minute, they were spotted alone together in a video with a fan

April: LA

May: LA again with foolish after his nc/florida roadtrip

June: New York where they were spotted by a fan alone shopping (there's a clip of it somewhere on twitter), Tinacon, karl was also in LA prior to Tinacon but no idea how many times they met up during that time

July: Tinacon continued, LoL tournament in Las Vegas, on a foolish fall guys stream tina talked about going to nc for karl's bday but for some reason this didn't happen

August: Tina went to NC

Sept: Tina went to New York followed by Karl a few days later, people say he was busy working but one of the otv vlogs showed he was with their group, LA again for Name Your Price, Karl was in LA a while before leaving to England

Oct: after getting back from England late sept karl went straight back to LA and didn't leave until mid Oct, early oct he announced getting a place in la within days of tina announcing moving there at the end of sept.

Dec: the controversial one that is NOT PROVEN, but it is believed by some that she flew to portland to spend time with karl and his family between dec 14-17th (that's the week they celebrated christmas), those who believe this theory point to several things such as tina saying she was going to be unavailable, then several hours later someone on twitter saying they spotted her at lax on the 14th, her being absent from all social media and even discord during that time, as well as karl streaming from her room on the 17th saying he just got off a plane an hour ago suggesting they flew back together and then went straight to her place. also they spent the 17-23/24th together. again the portland meetup is a theory, nobody actually knows where she was during that time.

2023

Feb: Valentines week NC, tina stayed at karls house

March: around 9/10 karl went to la and didn't leave for 2 weeks

April: early april karl went to la again stayed a few days, then flew back with tina to nc she again stayed at his house, then in late april tina flew to japan to see him

May: karl and tina stay almost the entire first week of may in japan

June: 6/7 karl flies to la to watch spiderman with her and leaves after only being there two days, we know this because they told the same story about the movie experience they had watching it, neither knew the other told the story and neither mentioned the other was there. then they met up sometime around the 18th of june again and hung out til the end of vidcon where he briefly left to go with mr beast before coming back on the 28th and staying through july 6/7

July: stayed until the last possible moment before leaving to pack for paris, tina then flies on the 18th to nc to spend time with him on his bday, again staying at his house

August: 7-12th from what I've seen others mention

those are the ones I'm aware of between 2022 and now... with maybe one or two missing in september of 2022 and possibly others missing as well. I'm sure someone else with more knowledge can fill you on on 2021

wow anon this is so good. they really do meet at least once a month but usually twice a month. that's quite telling cause karl is always travelling but he makes time for her.

would love to know more about 2021 if anyone knows the lore

[valkyrieandstrangeridingaragorn]

I had to look up that "The House Rules" song (I've never heard that before lol), it's such a cool bop 🔥🔥

It is absolutely disheartening when the character tags are so saturated with shipping that it's like those two characters can only come in ~romantic~ package deal. Just refreshing the newly updated fics on the "Doctor Strange (movies)" tag on Ao3 is enough to see what's the preference...

Yeah I've always preferred to go for platonic stuff 😂 for quite some time I managed to put up with shipping long enough to enjoy some fics on that side, but now I'm going through a period of complete romance repulsion. In times of desperation I've even sifted through "not Steve friendly" things, but never managed it for long :P

I want to shake your hand for managing to survive as a fan of Doctor Strange, Steve Rogers and Loki while being anti Tony Stark 🤝 That must be even more rough than just not enjoying shipping 💔

At this point I should probably sign myself. Hm. Perhaps an emoji. (goes through the food emojis) I effing love nigiri. Here, have some nigiri XD

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I'm glad you liked the song, it's a classic!

I don't use Ao3 but I can assume all his tags are with Clea. It's very tempting, not gonna lie, given that it's Charlize playing her and she's such a fantastic actress, can't really blame the fans there 😜 But from what I remember when I used to browse the site, it was kind of difficult to find something that wasn't Stephen with Christine or Stark or someone else. It's not easy to navigate when you're in the middle of a "romance repulsion" as you put it but all you see is ships everywhere. I think that's one of the reasons I stopped reading fanfic altogether.

And the worst part about this is that every time I've seen someone try to discuss the overabundance of ships, things get heated so freaking quickly. It shouldn't be so hard to try and understand each other, I'm sure shipping is great for those who do it but there's nothing wrong with someone saying they don't like romance or they would like something else or they prefer their characters to stay as friends and nothing more. It almost feels like for some people it's part of their identity and they see it as a personal attack whenever we express we prefer platonic stuff to romantic, which is a shame because at the end of the day we all want the same thing: for those characters to have a connection of some sort.

I commend you for browsing the 'not Steve friendly' part of fic though, I could never do that myself! I've tried... but I'm so biased when it comes to Steve and it would just make me mad 🤷‍♀️😂

It is rough to be a fan of those 3 and not like Stark, I can assure you. The IronStrange ship shocked me the first time I saw it and it still does, I just don't see how people can think Stephen would like Stark or worse, they claim they're the same? I don't get it, they're nothing alike. They say the same about Steve even though he spent most of the movies looking at him like he was a pest or something, but since he was never allowed to call him out in later movies (especially in IW/EG where he went from trying to stop him from murdering his best friend to calling him "Earth's best defender") it is assumed he realized his mistake and started to like him. Um... I don't think so!

Oh, and thank you for the nigiri! You're my nigiri anon now 😂👌

[j0kers-light]

Y’all know I don’t care for Halloween but this snippet fic idea hit me on the 26th and I just had to write it.

Hope you enjoy how my brain works lol 🖤✨

A loud thud from the hallway stole your attention. You were by all accounts waiting for Joker to come home, diligently working on your laptop in the living room.

It was All Hallow's Eve and you weren't in the mood for the scary festivities that everyone in Gotham was excited for. You were tired of the jump scares and harmless tricks being pulled. You rolled your eyes whenever someone 'tried' to scare you and grabbed fistfuls of candy as your reward for being 'brave.'

You just wanted the night and this dumb holiday to be over with.

You had your favorite drink poured up and a good playlist going in the penthouse as you waited for J but you still heard the literal bump in the night.

You barely looked up from your keyboard. "Nuh uh not tonight Satan."

Whatever it was, it wasn't your concern and you weren't going to investigate and get yourself killed in the process.

A few more minutes passed uneventfully until the lights flickered. You looked at the ceiling in disdain. It wasn't thundering out and you paid your electrical bill.

"No ma'am.. no sir.. we ain't doing nooooooone of dat." You got up and rustled inside a side drawer until you found your storm candles and a lighter. And with good timing, because once they were lit, the power went out.

Your ancestors were not having it.

This was not a cheap Halloween movie where they kill off people of color in the first five minutes. You had no patience for this foolishness.

If something was haunting your house it better help pay the rent or sit down and act like it had some sense. You were making great strides with your wip tonight and you refused to be murdered.

Then you heard the same thud, much louder, drawing closer. It was followed by the sound of you name groaned out in agony. Nope nope nopeity nope. You did not mess with the paranormal.

You slapped your laptop closed, gathered your drink in hand, and was walking towards your bedroom, all in the same millisecond. Time for bed. It could kill you in your sleep for all you cared.

The nonchalant attitude you had must've angered the spirit for the second you walked past the source of the strange sounds, it tried to grab you.

And that where it made a mistake.

You dropped your glass, swung your laptop and connected with something solid before going in with straight kicks and punches. If you stopped and listened you would've heard its pleas for you to stop but your flight or fight instincts had kicked in. And you were fighting. Period.

You were still dropping kicking the poor spirit until it grabbed your ankle and dragged you down to the floor.

You didn't know spirits had physical forms but none of that mattered. It had enough and cried uncle, "Y/N IT'S ME!"

You recognized the voice instantly and stopped fighting.

"Joker? What the...." you found your laptop (cracked beyond repair) and opened the lid to let the soft glow shine in the dark hallway.

Joker ripped off the white sheet covering his body and clutched his head. His hair was sticking to his forehead from all the grease and sweat. "Geeez doll you got quite the uh.. left hook. Owwww.."

You smacked Joker upside the head again just because you could.

"Why are you creeping up on me wearing a dusty bedsheet?! Have you finally lost it?" He quickly replied a 'uh yeah' before you shot him an unamused glare.

"Its Halloooweeeeen Bunny. I wanted to uhh scare ya. Well. That didn't worK." J pouted while rubbing his sore jaw. That would hurt come morning. He watched you stand up with a wary eye, "Where ya going?"

You stood over him hands on your hips and a stern gaze. It was high time you gave him a piece of your mind.

"You of all people know better not to try and scare a person from Blüdhaven! We fight first, ask questions later! What's my least favorite holiday, J?" you demanded.

He looked away with another pout. "Halloween." He grumbled.

"Exactly! I don't play with that paranormal mess! Now you done made me break my laptop across your head head trying to defend myself. And you're buying me another one since its your fault sneaking up on me! On God, I was ready to lay you out Joker. You play too much!"

He didn't know whether to be guilty or to burst out laughing. Your Blüdhaven accent was coming out the more angrier you got and he loved when your native dialect slipped through the cracks. It was kinda hot...

An angry bunny was entertaining to watch and even better in bed.

You stomped over J to head towards your private bedroom and in doing so, his plans of seducing you vanished. You were not in the mood. You might actually suffocate Joker with a pillow if you slept in the same bed right now.

Joker was left alone in the hallway as your bedroom door slammed shut. He could still hear you grumbling to yourself even behind closed doors. Joker waited a few minutes before bursting out laughing.

He made a mental note to make you angry in the future. It was a fun way to end the hallowed night.

[dirtyvulture]

😎 My nephew was born at 2:02 AM on April 12 ( so he is two days old) at 8 pounds, 2 ounces and 20. 5 inches. Both my sister and baby are doing great and are perfectly healthy!!!!!! It is important to state that my sister and her family live in a place that is 2 hours behind us so I woke up at 4 in the morning ish with the news that my Nephew was born ….. if I HAD to be woken up at 4 in the morning THAT is the reason I WANT to be woken up for . He has been brought home and their dogs have just FALLEN IN LOVE with him ( they have two dogs and a cat) .

Auto correct continues to be the BANE of my existence and continues to target ME SPECIFICALLY ( I KNOW my ass can’t spell but you don’t have to come at me ALL THE TIME😭) and makes dumb little mistakes in the posts . I know everyone knows what I mean but it still BOTHERS me ok !!!! Some thoughts turned into Soo thoughts. MCU was changed to MUC .

Of course I am giving you love for your fic , you deserve it and I am super excited for part two :)

It’s …… funny how this woman is doing and taking part of behaviors that do and act the EXACT same way as man ( being kinda of a jerk or kinda a asshole , for example CEO R! is doing things - sleeping with whatever moves and being that asshole or jerk - and acting EXACTLY LIKE Tony Stark ) but NO ONE bats an eye when a man does it. And R is CLEARLY an intellectual and talented woman but because she is a woman people can’t see her talent and strengths ….. they only see her flaws. I was talking with my friend and we were like ….. Yelena 100 percent helped Nat with her getup and makeup ( Yelena is a fashion icon after all ) . We also decided that Yelena wasn’t at the event, she was at home chilling in her pjs with Kate watching movies and binge watching tv. Nat planned and did everything out on her own and didn’t tell ANYONE ( ESPECIALLY her parents or little sister) about what she did that night.

SB 100 percent carried Nat( while she was still sleeping and they were able to keep her from waking up ) out of the chair with their in law following SB out of the hospital to let Sarah rest and sleep. Nat woke up in the car so the group of three just went out to breakfast for food and coffee. Yes Sergeant Romanoff was very impressed and feral for SB the whole time ….. poor golden retriever never saw it coming ( they were sleeping for a LONG TIME afterwards and Nat hooked them up with liquid IV ) . That brings me to my next point , I had a discussion with my friend and we were talking about . What if Nat can’t get pregnant ? What if she had an injury while she was on duty/ deployment ( that injury / the mission she was on was what got her the promotion and the rank she has now ) . She didn’t need to know nor cared about if she could kids then , but with SB ……

R has a lot of dexterity in her hands ( in more ways than one , one of which Nat is VERY HAPPY WITH 😏😏😏) and I did a quick history google search and found out ( from wiki so take this with a grain of salt) that nail ciphers were invented in 1881 . So she probably used a pocket knife ( think young victor in the Wolverine Origins opening except R isn’t making her nails into claws, she is just cutting them) for a really long period of time and if she didn’t have a pocket knife then she would use her claws. But yeah if Nat panic and stop R from cutting her nails with her claws , R just looks at her saying “ what ? I lost my clippers and don’t have my pocket knife…… I am not making my nails into claws . I am NOT a psychopath.”

Ps I hope I can see my nephew in the earliest time too . Whenever I talk about him for future reference , I will just be calling him “ Buddy” . Obviously not his real name but the name I will call him here . 

(I have to apologize for responding to your most recent message first when you sent this one before, my drafts are a mess lol)

Very excited and happy for you and your family, friend! 🥰🥰

Autocorrect has never been your friend here to be honest 😂

Thank you for the love, I am really excited to write a Part 2 for you all (didn't think I would, but I can't deny you all after that warm reception).

Yep! I honestly didn't even make that connection, I kind of just wanted to write R as a dirtbag lol instead of the typical dumb golden retriever himbo. And as I work on part too, we will definitely get to see a little bit of Yelena. :) Although yeah, she probably had no idea what kind of sins her sister was getting into that night.

SB loves to take care of Nat :) And they always have to take advantage of doing it when she's asleep or something because she won't stand for it if she's awake.

Honestly, that's a really interesting theory. I was actually thinking the same thing (since a lot of readers ask how come Nat hasn't gotten pregnant by now...what if she actually can't because of a previous injury or medical condition?). And you're right, Nat probably didn't care about having kids at all, but then she met SB and now she might have changed her mind...

Heehee. 😂 R has very sharp actual claws already, no need to shape her nails into them too.

[bichopalo]

omgggg i went to see the film with my brother... WELL!!

ok so the first film was called 'the green years' 1963 dir. paulo rocha. apparently it was the beginning of the new wave in portugal. i enjoyed it and i'm glad i saw it but i'm not sure it was like. the best film i've ever seen; i wasn't obsessed by it.

the other film was called 'where is this street? or with no before and after' 2022 and honestly it's nearly 2am so i can't be bothered to look up the directors. picture this, you're me, you've brought your brother along to a film at your favourite cinema, it's 88 minutes long. he asks you what it's about, you say 'i think they revisit the locations from the original film, and talk about them' well. you've made one mistake there.

the film revisited the locations of the original film, and then recreated the shot with the landscape but with no actors, or with minimal actors (there were definitely some people at times who'd been placed in shot purposefully, but they made up maybe 3 minutes of the film total). they did this for the whole film, so every shot in 'the green years' has a mirror in 'where is this street,' in the same order, but with no actors or dialogue.

so, if there was a shot that moved back and forth because two people were having a conversation, then the new film would make that same shot, moving back and forth, in the same location, but there's just a wall, no people. if a shot cut to another shot, that cut would be recreated. like. that's such an interesting concept? but for 88 minutes, it went on for a long time, and my brother hadn't seen the original film so he was totally lost (at least i could say to myself "oh, i know what happened here" and imagine the actors from the original film in present day lisbon).

still, i'm glad we went, because it gave us time to hang out and talk about the film, and it's given me something interesting to say i've done. and we're gonna go and see something else slightly less conceptual, so i get to hang out with him again soon (i'm moving to a different city soon, so that's rlly important for me) it was also realllly beautiful, like the colour of the film and the way it was shot was gorgeous, and it was clearly made with such passion bc can u imagine being so dedicated to make a film that long, just recreating another film shot for shot...

so thank you for coming with me on this journey! i've got a lot out of it, and i'm glad i had someone other than my parents and brother to talk to about it (most of my friends would be like. sooo uninterested lol) i hope you have a great week :^)

omg thats definetly..something.ive never heard of either of the films and it seems like a very very insteresting concept (normally im not a fan of shot for shot remakes but that seems like an interesting twist.still i wonder how many people were in the cinema to see a movie with no actors ! Did the rest of the attendees like it?) but lets say i wouldnt have picked them to see with my brother either 😭😭 still im glad you both had fun!!!!and it seems like a very memorable experience hahha

Thanks for telling me about it!i loved being a part of this little journey too <3333

[beananacake]

I was certain Ikaris would come back but after Eternals flopped… I don't know. Also, fans were hating him a lot on social media and Marvel people are checking the reactions.

And that's what's scary. I'm a long-time Marvel fan but lately--or at least for me, after Eternals--the MCU has become a bit of a fan service. Don't get me wrong, there are times when that's nice but to base off their decisions on critics' and audiences' reactions makes me think they're just doing this for quick $$$.

I have a lot of love for Eternals; in fact, it's my top 2 favorite Origin movie (my top 1 will always be Iron Man). It's not a generic superhero-action movie, which is why it has a "bad" rep amongst die-hard fans and critics. The movie is a breath of fresh air, personally. It's not just fighting crime and baddies, Eternals has growth and humanization (the irony!) of its characters. It showed them struggle with their choices. It's not just black and white but most of its characters were morally grey, which makes it more compelling other than the usual cookie-cutter action movie. We've been spoiled by the MCU with 22 action movies that, when faced with something that's wholly different and yet somehow the same, they were ready to call it a Box Office Bomb for not being the exactly the same as the others. There's no mistaking the MCU had perfected the superhero action movie formula but if they listen to the fans who just keep wanting the same thing over and over, they won't grow. And Eternals 2 might not see the light of day just because of that.

As for Ikaris, fans and non-fans were ready to paint him as the villain (Kudos to Richard for that, btw, because he really did the plot twist really good). He was only the anti-hero for trying to stall his family from learning about the Emergence but his intentions weren't entirely evil. He loved his family, he only wanted to save all of them, but he was torn between love and duty. Ikaris may be selfish but he had the purest of intentions for his family. People didn't see his struggle because they were so busy watching his actions, and then condemned him for not acting enough on it. A lot of the critics' reviews I had read were them saying that Ikaris/Richard was so wooden to be the bad guy, that he lacked the skills to be the villain, that his powers were a waste because he didn't get to use them to its full potential, that he's the most boring secondary villain to date. They failed to see that he is, in fact, not a villain but merely an anti-hero. All this unnecessary hate stems from the fact that they wanted more action, less humanization. I don't think that's fair.

And another thing that's not fair is hating on Richard for portraying him. They were only given the materials; they have little to no control over what happens next. Richard Madden is a phenomenal actor. He plays Ikaris very well as how the writers and the directors wanted him to be played. In that scene with Ajak, his body language was different from his eyes and you could see an entire world's struggle in them. I haven't seen a lot of actors who could portray two warring emotions at the same time in just one scene. Richard does it perfectly. It would be a great loss for the MCU if they let him go after one movie based on the people's reactions.

Wow, this went on lol I am very passionate about Eternals because it has become one of my absolute favorites in the whole of the MCU. I'm just hoping against hope, sweet nonny, that we get to see Ikaris/Richard come back for the second Eternals movie.

[megan-loves-surveys]

#31.

Who gives the best advice? Depends.

Is there any band out there that you like every song by them? Discounting groups/artists where they only had one album so less songs to dislike, I think the closest is probably Five - there's no songs by them I actually dislike or hate, I'll listen to them all.

What’s the best song a friend has ever introduced to you? One of my online friends was the one who introduced me to Najoua Belyzel, and she is AMAZING. Her first album is one of my favourite albums ever!

Have you ever smoked? Yeah, I used to smoke socially when I was in my early 20's. Stopped doing it after awhile.

Does your favorite uncle have any children? No.

Have you ever been in a lighthouse? Probably?

Name one of your psycho exes? I don't have any psycho ones lol, most of them were pretty normal xD

Why were they a psycho ex? -

Do you still talk to your first crush? No, I legit haven't seen him in like 25 years.

Where would you like to travel? Japan is top of my list. Also France, the UK, the USA (I've been there loads but I want to go back), Perth in Australia and prob more.

Are you shy about singing in front of people? I suck at singing so I wouldn't do that to begin with.

Do you know anyone who always makes themselves out to be the victim? Yeah.

Have you ever been insulted or called names by a significant other? Not that I can remember.

What’s your favorite movie battle scene? Dunno.

Do you have any step-grandparents? I did, but she passed a few years ago.

How far away do you live from the house you grew up in? I live on the other side of the city to it, so about a 40 min drive or so.

Have you ever been to a same-sex wedding? I haven't.

What’s the population of your hometown? Auckland has 1.6 million people lol. But if you count only the suburb I grew up in, Google says the population of it is about 15,000. My current suburb has about 25,000.

What’s the most difficult experience you and a significant other have gone through together? People judging us cos of the age difference. One of his sons is only 4 years younger than me, and a lot of people gave us shit for it, it sucked. But people are much cooler about it now we've been together for awhile.

What’s something you have zero tolerance for? Animal cruelty. Also less serious but I also fucking hate it when people wish injury on wrestlers they don't like.

When’s the last time you said you were sorry? I bumped into somebody by mistake and said sorry about it. They thought they were at fault and apologized to me as well LOL xD

Would you like living on the coast? What coast?

Honestly, do you enjoy arguing? No.

Which theory do you wish but perhaps not believe was true about afterlife? It doesn't exist...

Are you scared of losing the person you like to someone else? Not really, cos I know he wouldn't cheat on me, one of his ex wives cheated on him (that's why they divorced) so he'd never do it to someone else cos he knows how much it hurts.

Do you have a hard time making decisions? Depends.

If there was a large spider in your room, would you stay in the room? Hell no, I'd be outta there until it was gone.

What’s your favorite kind of meat? (vegan/vegetarian options count!) Fish.

Have you ever been mistaken for staff at a store you were just visiting? No.

What’s the coolest or most memorable animal you’ve ever seen at a zoo? We went to the zoo in Washington DC, and they had a kiwi there. Kiwis are extraordinarily hard to see, even in NZ where they're native to, cos they're nocturnal. The handler for the kiwi asked everyone (it was a small group of about 10 people at a time allowed to see the kiwi) where they were from and when we said NZ she got excited lol. Then she invited us to stay after the demonstration was over (only us) and we got to see the kiwi properly up close and stroke it! It was so cool, they're really soft and super cute. The kiwi was all interested in the bracelets I was wearing and was nudging them with it's beak xD It was a really unique experience and not one many people can say they've done, cos the handler said that she doesn't invite many people to stay and meet the kiwi haha. Afterwards, we joked that we had to go to the USA to see the national bird of our own country xD

Do you share a bedroom with anybody? No, except for my boyfriend when he stays over, but most of the time we stay at his place.

What video game have you played the most hours of? If you don’t know, just make a rough guess. Pokemon in general as a series, but individual game most likely one of the Civ games, either II or IV.

Who will you see within the next week? Loads of people - my Mum, my Dad, my boyfriend, Ngawari, David maybe if we go to the night market, people at work, people in shops etc.

Do your parents live in their hometown(s)? Neither of them do - my Mum was born in Scotland, and my Dad was born in Rotorua. We all live in Auckland.

Have you ever modeled before? No.

If offered $1 million, would you do a reality show of your life? My life isn't interesting enough for that LOL.

Who owns the computer you are on? Me.

What’s your best friend’s favorite color? Pink.

What color was your senior prom dress? -

How many boyfriends/girlfriends did you have in 2014? None.

Northernmost state you’ve been to: Massachuetts or New York? I'm not sure.

Think you’ll live to be 100? Who knows. My Grandma lived to 96, so perhaps.

Which YouTuber do you feel like you could be friends with easily? Call Me Kevin, he seems so fun and nice.

Who do you know personally that has a nice singing voice? Dunno.

If you met your favorite musician, what would you ask him/her? I have met them, the only thing I asked was my fave member for a hug hahahah.

What’s something you used to believe in that you don’t anymore? Dunno.

What’s something you believe everyone should have? Food.

What’s the first thing you do once you get home from a trip? Just relax.

Do you listen to podcasts? Which ones? No.

What was the last heavy thing you lifted? I can't lift heavy things cos of my shoulder, so most things are heavy to me lol.

Do you have an anchor tattoo? No.

Are your hands unsteady? Not really?

Do you think you’re pretty? I'm average.

Who do you know that wears the most makeup? Dunno, not many of my friends wear it. Maybe someone at work.

Are you anyone’s first love? No.

Has anyone ever told you they were in love with you? Yes.

How much does your mother know about your sex life (or lack thereof)? Haha, she doesn't know much. I am extremely kinky and have loads of fetishes, she knows nothing about any of that xD

Do you eat or drink as soon as you wake up, or do you wait a while? I wait awhile, unless I wake up thirsty.

Tell me about some of your interests. Wrestling is my main hobby - I love watching it, going to shows, collecting merchandise, chatting about it etc. I also love Pokémon, video games, writing, shopping, geography, YouTube, traveling, surveys, going to the gym, cats and a bunch more things.

What’s your favourite kind of Oreo? Just the regular ones.

Do you play any games on your phone? If so, tell me about one. Pokémon Sleep, Pokémon Go and BitLife are the only ones I play. Sleep is more of an app than a game but collecting the Pokémon is fun.

Do you have more male or female coworkers? It's about equal actually!

What’s the longest stretch of time you’ve spent completely alone? A few days.

Do you use Instagram? If so, what’s your current profile pic? No.

What are your thoughts on kids being given iPads to keep them entertained? It's fine as long as it's not too often, like all the time.

[TW: SUICIDE] Have you ever thought about giving up on life completely? No.

Have you seen the entire Harry Potter series? I've seen the first... four movies? Then I gave up on them.

Do you still have both of your parents? Yes.

Do you play video games? Yes! One of my fave things.

Do you have the same color eyes as your mother? No, I have green eyes and she has brown.

Have you ever been put to sleep for surgery? Yes.

Have you ever had a pregnancy scare? Yes, but I wasn't pregnant. Thank god.

When was the last time you went bowling? Oh god, years ago. Damn I wanna go now xD

Do you personally know anyone who is transgender? Yes.

When was the last time you spent over $100 in one transaction? What did you buy? IPW tickets, with all the fucking fees, it was over $120.

Do you sleep with a stuffed animal? Would you judge a grown adult for doing so? Yes when I'm alone. And of course I wouldn't, cos I do it xD

Would you describe yourself as fashion-conscious, or do you just wear whatever feels comfortable? I just wear whatever I like.

What are the main two colours in the room you’re currently in? Did you pick these colours out yourself? It's grey. And no, it was like that when we moved in.

Do you have piercings anywhere except your ears? How many and where? I don't even have my ears lol.

What’s your opinion on leggings as pants? I do that, so it's cool. I just make sure to wear a shirt that's long enough to cover my crotch properly so there's no camel toe lol.

Who was the last person you were in love with for more than a year? My boyfriend.

Do you have a secret life? No.

Have you ever seen the last person you kissed without a shirt? Yes.

Do your parents know EVERYTHING about you? Hahah no.

Favorite thing to eat with peanut butter? I like it on it's own.

If you had to get a piercing right now, what would it be? Ears.

The last time you held a baby: No idea.

Does your mom eat meat? Yep.

What would be your reaction if one of your parents said they were having another kid? My parents are in their 70's LOL. My Mum is far past that, and I doubt my Dad wants any more kids, plus my stepmum is his age haha.

What fish scares you the most? Dunno.

How do you feel about snails? Cute as hell! I used to own pet snails as a kid haha.

If you were told by a professional that you were unable to become pregnant, how would that affect you? Is there something important to you about conceiving a biological child rather than adoption? And finally, if you even want to have children, would you choose adoption or surrogacy or would you go on childless? I'd be so happy. I don't want kids at all, and that means I could have sex unprotected without risk of it LOL.

Are you physically affectionate with your friends? Yes.

Do you kill spiders when you see them? I try to, but usually I just start crying and freak out until someone else takes care of it lol.

What’s your favorite makeup brand/brands? I don't wear makeup, so I have no clue.

What fictional creature would you like as a pet? A Pokémon, like Eevee or Luxray haha.

Have any local businesses closed that you’re sad about? Not lately.

How do you feel about TikTok? It's stupid, I don't have an account.

Any current trends you dislike? Crocs and those ugly shapeless long dresses that have hung around for 2 summers now. I'd never wear one lol, gimme a short sundress any day of the week.

If you had three daughters, what would you name them? I hope that doesn't happen lol. But if I had to pick, I'd go with Cheryl, Imara and Stella.

Would you ever adopt a child? No.

Do you like your name’s meaning? It means pearl, that's pretty nice. I also found out it's Greek and Irish, which is cool.

Do you and your mom look like sisters? Not really, though my Mum does look younger than her age, she doesn't look THAT young.

Are you the same height as your mom? Almost, she's an inch taller than me.

Do you know anyone named Travis? No.

[TW: DOMESTIC ABUSE] Did your parents abuse you? No.

What is something you’ve learned to never take for granted? The people in my life taking care of me.

Tell me about something significant that happened to you in the past week. I guess Maniacs show last night, it was their final show and they had a huge turnout, which was great. I sat between David & Scott and they were shouting nonstop all night, LOL.

What subjects do you like to read about? Geography, wrestling, Pokémon, true crime, missing people and girl groups.

What is the name of the last book you bought? Reach For The Stars, it's about 90s and 00s British pop groups.

If you could change one thing about your home, and money was no issue, what would it be? No clue. I live in a complex, all the houses are connected and are the same so if we changed anything it would be odd haha.

Are there any (obviously fictional) villains you can’t help but love? Hmm.

Can you name a villain who you could kind of side with? -

What color eyes does your significant other (or crush) have? (If applicable.) Blue.

Does anything around your home need repairing? Not right now, thankfully.