#( convos; t. sophie. )

[oomslokop]

tacocal

it was a dank arvo at a taco local in kebayoran baru when i met d, t, and a for a catch-up after yonks

i rode my salted egg blue vespa lx that i christened tante sophie after the antiheroine of e. breton de nijs's faded portraits to the meet-up

it was when new vespa matics weren't as common as they are now

but i was living in deep ciledug, across the road from where the old pasar was, so it didn't really matter that i had a shiny new vespa i was still a hillbilly

i was all inspired on fire to spill the tea about my depression what i really felt about this city after seeing the jak the doco about persija jakarta the football club their rabid fans

like the jaks i felt like i had no control over the city in fact the whole concrete edifice was closing in on me crushing me no jalan tikus left to escape its crush-y anvil

d was sympathetic, t was bemused, a was restless, frustrated, too stupid to understand the fineries of whingery

i got so worked up i nearly cried couldn't hear anything around me anymore the world was just a loud ringing in my ears sometimes an explosive deep hum coming from inside of me

i decided to leave after finally catching up to the fact things had got AWKWARD no one really knew what to say or do i was devil's advocating every retort

when i was making my way to the parking lot putting on my black leather gloves with the pretty white stripes that i bought at the deus hq on parramatta rd

i heard a's friend c, who had been eavesdropping to our convos the whole time, said to her, "temenmu nggak bahagia ya."

#treatment

[b-bcrnes]

Can we pretend it’s my birthday all week long? I just want an excuse to stay in this bubble with you. And I also wanna be free to ask for massages whenever I want even if you’d make me regret it if I ever become a pain in the arse.

@gdisoph

#c: sophie t. #convo

[baeshijima]

❧ t a g s ☙

sophie's idle chatter — me just talking to myself ig :')

rebloggies — reblogs

recs !! — fic recommendations

icymi 🐥 — self-reblogs of work

omg a convo !? — asks

sophie strugges — self-explanatory ;-;

sophie talks : [insert title] — my fic/series discussions

[insert title] — fic/series work

sophie talks : concepts — random concept discussions

just genshin <3 — my genshin tag

tears of sophie ; not themis — my tot tag

sophie gushes over [character] — me just appreciating the fictional men that have my heart :'))

#tags !! #aaaaahh how much simpler and nicer this one looks :'))

[annqbthchse]

SGE Headcanons

✨ OTK SPOILERS ✨

You know that thorn scene from book 1 and how Agatha and Tedros got scratched up a bit, well some of those scars never healed and they still have some - Agatha has a couple gnarly ones on her leg - Tedros loves them

During their reign at Camelot Agatha and Tedros sometimes take a few days off when things get a bit fought and stay at the house in Avalon for a few days maybe a week for some cute quality time together. This way they still the chance to be all domestic and stuff without the pressure of an entire kingdom - They never sleep in the master bedroom tho - they’ll mainly sleep either by the fire or cuddle on the couch  (let’s just pretend that if they leave sophie in charge she wouldn’t cause total chaos and destruction when they’re away)

When anyone uses a really powerful spell or something their veins and eyes start to glow up with their finger glow colour

Hort has a pirate ring he got from his father that he keeps a secret from everyone but Sophie - he eventually gifts it to her

Yara is a music prodigy

Kei constantly wears those big oversized ugly sweaters, Rhian swears he hates it cos it’s not 𝑎𝑒𝑠𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐 but he secretly loves how cuddly they are

Tedros is actually really educated (I mean he is a prince and had Merlin as his tutor) but he’s just a dumbass by nature like he can immediately tell you the DETAILED history of any kingdom in the woods but if you ask him what the main ingredient in pasta is he’ll short circuit - it’s the himbo in him

When Agatha returns to Gavaldon in AWWP she had trouble sleeping for several months so Callis was very worried. So, when Callis saw Agatha and Tedros sleeping so soundly together once she was just like” hmmm maybe he’s not that bad” and it’s then that she realises that although she may not like him 100%, he’ll always be there to protect her little girl 🥺

After the events of OTK however it’s Tedros who has trouble sleeping (he did get BEHEADED fuck) and its Agathas turn to be the comfort cuddler

Somehow the red pendant that Agatha wore to the circus of talents was given to her by Tedros. She still has it and took it with her when she left in QFG  (I don't know how exactly this works but its cute sefbjsdg)

At Camelot Agatha cannot be fucked wearing royal dresses all the time so when nothing “official” is going on she just dresses super casual in like pants and t shirts with her hair in ponytails or what not (Tedros doesn’t care all that much because Agatha in pants is hot)

Sophie constantly tries to sit in Nicola’s lap because she’s so smol and while she loves her to death she has to literally pick her up and yeet her off if she’s ever gonna get anything done

Nicola is a great chef and her and Sophie have these cute little dinner dates where Nicola makes all the food and Sophie buys all the wine

One of the first things Tedros does after OTK is commission a statue of Chaddick to honour him - it’s of him shooting an arrow into the distance

When August and Evelyn were growing up she definitely pushed him down a well once and he probably used to make up things about her future just to purposely piss her off

Tedros doesn’t actually know how to play rugby he just grabs ball and run

Chaddick tried to explain it to him once but it turns out he doesn’t actually know either

Yaras the only one who does but finds the whole thing entertaining so she refuses to say anything

Kei is very into astronomy, Rhian not so much but he still listens very attentively to everything Kei says because he just looks so darn cute when he rambles and is like “hmmm yes pls go on bb ♡ᴗ♡”

They also used to sneak out to go stargazing and watch the sunrise

On Tedros’s first birthday after OTK Agatha really wants to make it special considering the past year so she gets him a baby golden lab

This Labrador becomes his best friend - sometimes when being king gets overwhelming and Agathas not there it’s his best golden friend that calms him down and makes him feel better

Millicent’s a vegan

Sophie and Tedros still have their little late night rooftop convos

Ravan secretly loves rocking chairs and will literally just sit in one the entire day just rocking back and forth - he just finds them soothing

Dots a really a bad gift giver but no one has the heart to tell her or the courage to face Hester and Anadil

In QFG before Chaddick went off on his quest and while Tedros was ignoring Agatha they hung out a bit and had some great times. He also showed her some basic fighting tactics and how to use a butterfly knife after watching her attempt to hold her own against a punching bag. He immediately wondered how in the fuck she was still alive

When they were at graves hill tedros thought Agatha's baby portraits were adorable and constantly teased her about it - Agatha does the same

Rhian has a sweet tooth- Kei would always sneak extra sweets for him

#i just want domestic tagatha and nicphie nfjdjsjjsja #is that too much #sge #the school for good and evil #school for good and evil #avani says shit #headcanons

[anonil88]

TLW Gen Q Episode 6

Spoilers below

So going into this I saw one meme that spoiled one thing but other than that one thing I am not ready for the drama

Oh this is like that one time when Bette had to throw that shitty lady under the bus and that bitch brought up her and Tina's miscarriage.

I would drop out the race to be honest like what can you salvage at this point

What did I say keeping it from Alice was not the right thing to do

I am sure she is having fun with her lil boo

Uncle Shane for the win

Bette fucking her life up yet again because she can't keep her fingers to her damn self, like a kid in a candy store.

Awwww Tina.

You can totally break up with someone be friendly and still be a sense of support for them. To all you baby gays that does not mean talk to your toxic ass ex.

Tess has to go to a meeting asap she def started the steam train but Finn kept that engine fired all the way up.

Oh so they know, mom's always know and Angie has 2.

Tina Kenard despite all the shit that you have done I still fucking love you.

Oh yea that does affect their relationship when she is a PR manager.

Finn also avoids the actual conversation and yes just a lil touch of stupid.

I want all of Dani's outfits for real, please put them on my body and in my closet and God give me the height for it.

This puts a stain on everyones fucking career and their hopes that is why BETTE SHOULD HAVE ENDED THINGS WHEN THEY FUCKING TOLD HER TOO.

I do not feel sorry for Bette right now and 🖕 Felicity.

Dani, just let her drop out of this race please

Chiara is so damn foine like god 😍.

This throuple dynamic is super sweet the PDA was so fucking natural. Ugh god give me more.

Co-parenting from separate states is probably super fucking hard.

I still love tibette and their tit for tat convos. Petty but not wrong at all, Bette really was the breadwinner and took over every fucking thing in that last season.

Yea Tina you should have been there, that is wrong as hell.

Tess and Finley should not have had sex.

Who swims with glasses???

Another reason Fin should not have had sex with Tess because she is still in her emotions about starting to fall for Rebecca.

Oh she is going to confess her feelings and I oop.

Chiara reminds me of my "wife" aka my bestfriend in terms of outfit and stance.

Can my friends kids call me uncle? Please. I really want that for my future...

Angie's eye liner matches her hair that is great.

Shane said go say it with ya chest.

I love Shane and Chiara no cap, awe Chiara giving Shane them I am so in love with you eyes.

Awwww the "I think I love you" 😭😭😭 awww first kisses.

Exactly Shane you are going to make a great Dad for real.

🤣 this throuple is too cute and Gigi is me angry driving, but I love Alice being the rationale middle ground here. This is too freaking cute.

Alice said you are an awful driver lmao.

👀....nvm I can't be mad I have been angry and said some shit like this about an ex.

Tess is working that bar still I see. Also Tess is a snack.

Yea Finley you are being super weird.

Having sex with friends can be safe and not at all awkward.

Ugh she's still off the wagon completely and yea Finley and her do not need to be buddies.

Sophie is super cute.

This is fucking adorable JUST AS FRIENDS btw ⬇️

The bops.

Oh thank god.

☕ Do NOT make someone else your identity. You are an individual who deserves your own life outside of your partner.

Tell your friends you love them.

Lmfao they really are bickering like an old married throuple. That is too cute. OMG the cards 😭.

So let's communicate these feelings and express them healthily. Alice is a great ass listener to be honest when she needs to be. Alice is in it for the long hall sis, your kids call her malice, your ex wife literally ruined your first hook up, and she has not left yet. Sis is in it for the long haul not the uhaul.

I would have dropped out tbh but I do get why she is not. KIT DESERVED BETTER, also they do ask at some ERs but not all. If you are the family of an addict or you are in recovery do tell the nurses of their/your past drug abuse history because they will prescribe you or them opiate pain killers.

😭😭😭😭 ⬇️

Awwww they are all cuddled up with the munchkins awwwww. Yes thankyou a healthy polyamorous relationship 😭.

Aww they sleeping cuddled up and Dani doesn't even bat an eye. I think it's because she trust her fiance completely but I feel like they are setting up for one of them to cheat or the engagement to be broken off. I hate that.

Lmfao she took a breath.

This is a really good speech.

Can y'all please have a fucking conversation, this is what being in a relationship with someone who is super verbally stunted is like. I have been on both sides of that to be honest.

Oop Tina said 🤔

Preview thoughts: Yes more Mama T and B, ooo a date. So should I tell the story about how I walked in on my ex partner having sex with their ex partner in our room and had 0 heads up and I freaked out. Haha don't do that people. Ughhh Dani Dani Dani. Two more episodes 😩

Kit Porter Deserved Better

#tlw lb #tlw q spoilers #tlwgq #tlw gen q #the l word spoilers #the l word generation q #the l word #the l word lb

[astargatelover]

Watching The da Vinci Code for the first time - A documentation

-  About to watch The da Vinci Code for the first time. It’s about 3AM. Back of the DVD says the movie’s almost 2h30 long. Will approximately be going to bed at about 6AM. I gotta be crazy.

- Back of the DVD also says (translated from German): In the middle of the night the (…) is (…) Langdon (TOM HANKS) in the (…) director was murdered. His (?) (…) that of the Vitruvian Man (…) is the first horrible clue (…) and symbols. At the risk of his life (something something) Langdon – and from then on it’s a normal description, it’s just that that part is obscured by the library stamp. So I can confidently say I totally know what’s going on in this movie! *serious nod*

- Third highlight of the back of the DVD: Ian McKellen, grumpy-looking monk dude and a guy looking like Palpatine. And the Louvre.

- Also in the movie: Some German I don’t know (but yay!) and Paul Bettany. He’s cool; I really liked him in A Knight’s Tale.

- Let’s get this show on the road!

- …gotta update my media player. One sec!

- There we go. …where’s the always-on-top button? Ah, found it! Light’s off in my room; cinema time.

- Music’s already nice in the menu.

- Audio: English. (More nice music.) Subtitles: (Hey, they have Turkish on offer!) Off.

- (They even have subtitles for the trailers. But no extras. Am miffed. What kind of bare-bones DVD is this?!)

- 20 minutes after the first “about” up there: Play movie.

- Fancy title cards.

- Dude running. He’s gonna die; I know that much.

- Paul!

- *sigh*

- Oooooh, it’s Robert. That’s a lot of applause.

- (Btw, in case you didn’t know: I have watched Angels & Demons because I love Ernesto Olivetti a crazy amount.)

- I like Robert. Awesome presentation.

- Also like Tom Hanks. He’s great.

- Accents, y’all.

- Latin? Latin. Italian? No, definitely Latin.

- Ouch. Self-flagellation. Ooooooouch. Some religious people are crazy.

- Dude, you can barely stand. I’m a sadist and I don’t want you doing that to you.

- We’re only 10 minutes in, my goodness.

- Claustrophobia! I relate to that.

- Just let the dude take the stairs.

- Wow.

- Priests.

- Have I mentioned I’m not a big fan of catholics? Nothing personal.

- Also: Autistic Langdon, symbology special interest.

- French.

- Sophie! Heard of her.

- Strange happenings.

- Oooooooooh.

- French lady. I don’t speak French.

- *window jump scare*

- We don’t trust the police guy.

- Conspiracies!

- Fuck.

- “Once he starts, he doesn’t stop.” He’s like Javert.

- Climb out the window?

- More French.

- Oooooooh! They’re so tricking them, aren’t they? They’re not dumb.

- Bye bye!

- I’m sorry for Sophie.

- (I saw that part where her grandfather got shot years ago.)

- Here we go with the anagrams.

- Eidetic memory (pretty much) - firms up my autism headcanon.

- Can you even get that close to the Mona Lisa irl?

- Tom Hanks has a really nice nose. xD

- Langdon’s so good with anagrams.

- It’s like a scavenger hunt.

- Ooh, Musketeer symbol.

- Chase music!

- Flashback with crazy meetings.

- A smart! I get to bop someone now.

- Ooh, Les Mis.

- Backwards! That’s impressive.

- She’s so gonna make it.

- She made it!

- Bye bye, mirror.

- Paul’s looking angry.

- Someone got stabbed. I sense guilt.

- More dead people.

- Holy water.

- A nun.

- A rose line.

- Is he gonna kill her? She seems nervous.

- MORE FRENCH.

- Red light zone.

- (It’s raining outside. Kinda sets the mood.)

- You stay away from that dude, nun.

- Saving a junkie?

- (Sophie’s a really nice name, btw.)

- He rambles when he gets the chance so much. Really reminds me of special interests. (And in case anyone takes issue with that, I should know. I’m autistic. I have them.)

- My parents just watched Knightfall. Now I know some about the templars’ fall.

- Sophie didn’t know they were supposed to protect the Holy Grail? Really? Huh.

- Moooooore French.

- Please don’t die, nun.

- That’s some scar under his eye.

- Those look like some anger issues.

- It’s the grumpy-looking monk dude.

- Seriously, I understand more Latin than French.

-  “Blood is being spilled” as he’s spilling wine, that’s great.

- Freeeeeeeeeench.

- “I don’t think he liked me very much. He once made a joke at my expense.” I relate to this guy so hard on the autism level.

- It’s the German dude.

- That’s some system they’ve got at that bank.

- You call that a rose?

- I’m with Langdon here. Safe passage?

- Aww, poor guy. I’ve got claustrophobia, too, and I haven’t even got a traumatizing event behind me. (I read that somewhere.)

- I like the driver.

- A lot. Nice one with the watch.

- Langdon, you look sick. Please don’t die, y’all.

- JESUS CHRIST.

- Poor Sophie. </3 Woah.

- How tf did that truck get there?

- That bullet. Smaaart move. *thumbs up*

- Ouch.

- Bye bye again.

- Do I like the police captain? I don’t know.

- The tea convo. xD

- Is Langdon like this in the books? I hope he is.

- How old is Sophie? *googles Audrey Tatou* (Ooh, Amélie!) *checks when movie was made* ‘bout 30.

- Yaaaaaas, Ian.

- Also please don’t die.

- (Both my faves in Angels & Demons die. I’m vorbelastet and can’t find a good English word for that.)

- Jesus was cool.

- Those helmets. Feathers!

- “Not even his nephew twice removed.” xDDD

- Is that paisley? *googles* It is. Nice!

- Just in case you’re wondering, I am typing this as I watch the movie. I’m not saying I’m not missing anything, but I like multitasking.

- *googles The last Supper* Wow, no cup.

- Genital symbols.

- Wombs open towards the ground, though. People with them aren’t constantly doing handstands.

- Have I mentioned one of my favorite movies is Dogma, which postulates that Jesus had siblings? I’m liking this conversation.

- “Companion meant spouse.” My gay ass likes this.

- If that is Mary Magdalene, though, which apostle is missing? Been wondering this for years.

- Scions. I like this.

- I’m all for sex positivity.

- Your time’s kinda running out, guys.

- Almost halfway through, now.

- Do you seriously believe they’re murderers?

- Why do you wear your police thingies like a blind man’s band?

- Was overall expecting a bit more running in this movie, I guess.

- Poor Sophie. This is a lot to take in.

- Beating someone up with crutches! Yas!

- Like, ouch.

- Do you happen to have a secret passage under your house? Would come in real handy.

- Oh, Zürich! Man, accents. Barely understood that.

- Frehehench.

- In my personal experience claustrophobic people aren’t generally fans of planes. That might just be me, though.

- Still don’t know Paul’s character’s name.

- We are leaving the country.

- That haircut. On the dude with the grumpy-looking monk.

- Does Jesus having a family beside his parents somehow make him less holy? *shrug*

- FRENCH.

- Police brutality?

- “Please”? Seriously? I understood that much and you’re a dick.

- This is, like, some Order of the White Lotus stuff.

- You need a mirror? You can’t read it otherwise? Huh. Well, I guess it’s just easier.

- I really like Lee.

- How many more ways can I angrily write French? (I don’t have anything against the language per se. I just don’t understand what they’re saying and that irks me. There aren’t even subtitles for that. I feel like there are supposed to be subtitles.)

- (It is nice, however, that they’re sticking to the languages they’d actually be speaking. I wonder if it’s all German in German.)

- Yo, police. Be more subtle. You could have laid a trap.

- “You can start with him.” Hm! xD

- “I could run them over.” !! Man, this is great.

- This is like a fucking magic trick.

- You know what, I wanna watch that again.

- The DVD did not like that, so now I get to look at the “pick scene” menu. At least there’s more nice music.

- Just out of curiosity… *checks* There are 24 chapters and I’m at the 16th.

- I can understand more French when I concentrate on it, but I’ve been too annoyed about it so far.

- Never had French at school, btw. But have a bit of a talent for languages. When it comes to those I can sometimes cobble meaning together from context and existing knowledge.

- “The French cannot be trusted”, sounds so ominous.

- As a fan of Angels & Demons, I am very interested in what the Vatican has to say about all this.

- Told ya we don’t like planes.

- Naww, Sophie. Arm pat, yas.

- How do you accidentally fall into a well feet first? Hmm…

- Saved by pigeons, wow.

- Paul’s eyes are super blue.

- Is he gonna get killed?

- What an old-ass phone.

- I’m worried about that newspaper.

- How they’re keeping the identity of the teacher secret is A+, shooting-wise.

- “Your identity shall go with me to the grave.” Did he know he was gonna die?

- Nice one!

- Is the second movie this long? *checks* Not quite.

- Seriously. Unnaturally blue eyes.

- Shoot-out.

- I can kinda see where Lee’s coming from. Don’t agree with the method, but…

- Did a shoulder-shot really kill him?

- See? Nope.

- I think I do kinda like the police captain.

- Have I mentioned my attraction to side characters?

- Oh, that tiny wound on her neck. I like the attention to detail.

- And those stained glass windows! Pretty.

- His mind! Wow.

- I wanna see this scene without music and special effects, though, to see what Sophie and Lee see. Must be pretty weird. xD

- Dramatic musiiiiic.

- Police captain coming through! Yas.

- Robert’s like “What is happening?”

- Man, those poor policemen with the screaming dude in the back of the car.

- Can’t resist a challenge, can you?

- It’s hecking dark behind that doorway.

- Can they get away with getting rid of all the villains half an hour before the movie’s over?

- Now she’s all Ghost Whisperer-like.

- I like the way it sounds when she calls him Robert.

- (Doing some more googling. Ah, it’s Leigh. I see.)

- Who are these guys? Something bad’s happening.

- Flashbacks and MORE FRENCH.

- Wonder if Robert and Sophie use the formal you in German. It wouldn’t fit.

- Sophie’s world is kinda falling apart.

- (She’s like Bethany in Dogma. Don’t know if anyone here even knows Dogma, but I love it.)

- Family reunion! Who put those onions here?

- See? Robert and I agree. Why should a family make Jesus less holy?

- I really like this friendship. I hope they’ll meet again.

- Checking if she can walk on water. xD

- Hey, it’s the Eiffel tower! And it’s playing light house.

- Blood.

- What? What is it?

- Wow.

- This music is real nice.

- 7 minutes of credits.

- Again, though: The music is nice.

#the da vinci code #robert langdon #dan brown #tom hanks #sophie neveu #long post is long

[fuxking-axel-blog]

Axel finished up the text he was was writing before proceeding down the halls to the all too familiar office. He looked around to see who was near by, hoping no one that he knew. He knocked lightly on the door, still unsure where things stood after that fight? If you could even call it that.  @sophie-m-oore

#t;sophie #t;convo #t;starter

[thecourtneychronicles]

“If you watch RuPaul’s Drag Race, or have seen the 21st season of Celebrity Big Brother UK, or have dipped into The Bi Life, or the Australian version of Dancing with the Stars – fuck it, if you have ever directed your eyes towards a screen – you should be well-acquainted with Courtney Act, the drag queen, pop singer and reality TV personality.

If you’ve never heard of Courtney Act, then she’s best described as a mixture of Barbie, Britney and a Beverly Hills housewife who sneaks a few Valium before throwing an elaborate dinner party. She’s also incredibly switched-on. When she was on CBB – as her non-drag self Shane Jenek – she spent a lot of time and energy educating the older, more clueless housemates on things like sexual fluidity and transgender issues. During convos that would have caused most people to scream “who IS she?” in the diary room, Shane spoke calmly but firmly. She eventually won the show.

Now, as you may know, we have this column called ‘Smash Hits and Superstars’, which is basically when we ring up famous people and ask their opinion on a bunch of new tracks. In the past, we’ve forced Tom Jones to listen to SOPHIE, had Zara Larsson talking about Little T, and got Idris Elba bang into Sleaford Mods. So as a fan of both RuPaul’s Drag Race and Courtney Act herself, I thought I’d ring her up and ask her opinion on “Old Town Road” obviously, one of Madonna’s latest single and many more.

Because she’s Courtney Act – AKA frighteningly well put together, seemingly always in control, never a fake eyelash out of place – the first thing she told me after picking up the phone was that she’d “read the brief and done the homework”. The phone line was a little crackly, but I’m pretty sure I could hear the rustle of paper in the background (notes?) and occasionally she’d pause our interview to watch a certain music video again, just to be sure of her observations. Here’s what she had to say.

VICE: How you doing Courtney? Courtney Act: Very good. I’m in California right now, and last night my DJ friend gave me marijuana edibles. So I was laying in bed afterwards and it was the perfect place to experience this wide berth of popular music.

Edibles fuck me up. The thing is, in California it’s legal and you can buy it in shops with like 5mg – otherwise people have so many horrible stories. It needs to be measured out in little doses.

You’re right. I don’t trust my immediate circle to do that. But I’m glad you listened to these tracks under those circumstances. Shall we start with “Old Town Road”? That track is everywhere at the moment, even I’m getting sick of it. I wrote notes but I’m trying to remember which one… oh yes. Well, it’s a far cry from “Achy Breaky Heart” which is probably a good thing because the world’s moved on from that, even though we love a classic.

We do love a classic. There’s a really cool bass line, and it totally all works together. I was laying in bed rocking out to this interesting collab. The only thing was, there was a fade out. Call me old fashioned, but I love songs that end. As a songwriter, I feel like you put a fade out when you can’t work out how to end a song.

I hear you. Maybe I agree? It doesn’t feel so satisfying. What about the Madonna track, are you a fan? I am a Madonna fan. I didn’t know this new song was coming. I heard that she was performing at the Billboard Awards, and I heard she’s spent $5 million of her own money on the performance. I feel like she is… serious about this. I watched the music video and listened to the song, and my first observation was that Madonna says “one, two, cha cha cha”. Now, a cha cha starts on a “two”. It goes “two, three, cha cha cha”. Now that I’m a boring dance aficionado, I can let you in on that.

Shit, someone needs to let her know before the Billboard performance. Or is it too late? I know! “MADGE! YOU LOOK LIKE YOU’VE NEVER CHA CHA-ED BEFORE!” I have an important question though… in the music video, does she suck [Maluma’s] toe?

Wait, what… when? She was like, going down on his toes… ‘I was like, what is she sucking on?!’ [Pauses to check the video] Oh my god, there it is! Okay, it happens at 3 minutes and 5 seconds. She’s definitely sucking something. It looks like… a penis? I remember watching it and thinking, this isn’t normal. For PornHub maybe, but for YouTube? She’s got an eye patch on, and a glass of champagne… she’s multitasking. Why is nobody talking about this?

Did you like the FKA twigs one? With the pole dancing? It’s so beautiful. And her voice and the sounds that her breath makes is so detailed. I wouldn’t be surprised if it popped up inOA, that Netflix show.

Can you pole dance? I haven’t tried pole dancing, but I did meet an ex boyfriend while I was swinging around a pole in a club. I looked across and I saw this cute boy and was like *giggles*. That was back in 2006.

I’m surprised there was never a pole dancing challenge on Drag Race. Or not to my memory… Yeah I don’t think there has been, even though it seems like an obvious choice? Maybe it was too hard. Pole dancing is way harder than it looks.

Very true. I’m also interested to hear your thoughts on the Stormzy track “Vossi Bop” as a non-Londoner. I’m a big fan of Stormzy. I first heard Stormzy when he featured on the Little Mix track “Power”, which I was in the music video for. And then his BRITs performance… I cry every time I watch that performance, when he starts calling out Theresa May and speaking about Grenfell. It gives me goosebumps every time and makes me feel emotional. I love it when artists comment on society in such a strong and direct way. It’s so cool. I love grime. Or is it grimes? Single or plural?

Grime. Single. I’ll let you off because you’re Australian. I’m going to sound real, I’m not going to pretend I know what I’m talking about… but grime has such a unique flavour. Which is why – to side step for a second – I’m excited about Drag Race UK. Because when a new culture brings a new flavour to a style, something exciting happens. Some of the lyrics in Stormzy’s track I had to re-listen to. I’m guessing the Vossi Bop is that head noddy dance.

I guess you were in CBB UK, so it’s not like British culture is completely alien to you, right? Yeah, and I’ve been living in London since March last year. It’s been a culture immersion for me, which has been really fun. I love it. At the moment my plan is to continue living here.

We’ve only got five minutes left I think, so let’s chat about “Bad Guy” by Billie Eilish. What are your thoughts? Is this the one that was… let me check my notes. Oh yeah, this song. Some songs are like 'look at me, I’m a song!’ But this one is so intimate and minimal and cool that it commands your attention.

If you had to lip synch this for your legacy, could yo manage to do it? With something so lowkey? God, there would be a lot of pointing and using my mouth, like Coco Montrese did, where she pointed at her mouth and articulated every single word, letting the judges know she knew all the lyrics. At times, this track is a bit like music and ASMR combined. The song is so simple it doesn’t even care if you listen to it, it’s so cool.

Do you ever watch ASMR videos on YouTube? Only to find out what ASMR was. Oddly, something about it does make sense to me, because I like meditating. And the meditating I do focusses on the sensation of your breath, and the sensation of your body. And I guess people listen to it because the sound creates tingles on their body and it helps them relax, so when I put on an ASMR video, I was like 'Oh my god, the quietness of it all, is kind of like meditating? In a way?’

I personally love the ones where you’re pretending to have your hair cut. I love having my hair cut, I find the experience relaxing. The sound of scissors snipping around my head. So you put headphones on and can hear the scissors? I have to try that. I feel like I’d be really worried though, like “how much are you cutting off?!” I’ll put a wig on. How are you going to spend the rest of the day? Go for a hike, eat something vegan.

So LA. Thanks for chatting Courtney.

Courtney’s interview with Vice - May 7, 2019

#ca interview #07.05.19 #courtney act #rupaul's drag race #rpdr

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Hoshidan Festival: Charlotte and Sophie Parent-Child Convo

Apparently Charlotte!Sophie takes Avel’s bad behavior towards her as... popularity? Or maybe other horses really like her. Either way, Charlotte’s not quite expecting the things that she says.

Charlotte: Sophie, you… Are you popular?

Sophie: What? Why?

Charlotte: Even though you’re my daughter, I thought that you had no interest in love affairs. So I just wanted to clarify. So, how goes it?

Sophie: Everything’s fine, Mother! I’m really popular with Avel!

Charlotte: Being popular with a horse means nothing! And that’s not what I meant by popular. I’m talking about courting and playing the field and such.

Sophie: T-That’s a bit…

Charlotte: I see. If you ever do, make sure that your partners are all handsome, well-off men… But if you have no interest in it, then it can’t be helped. You’re more similar to Silas than me anyway.

Sophie: Sorry, Mother… Honestly speaking… I have no interest in becoming popular…

Charlotte: Ahh, it’s fine. I can tell that just from looking at you.

Sophie: Right now, I… Rather than being popular, I have something very important to me that I want to focus on.

Charlotte: Something very important??

Sophie: To become an amazing soldier like Mother and Daddy… More than anything that’s my most important goal right now.

Charlotte: Eh…

Sophie: … Are you disappointed?

Charlotte: How could I be?! Now I see. I know better than anyone else… That being true to yourself and feeling confident about it is what takes the most courage. In that regard, you’re absolutely splendid! As expected of my daughter! I’m proud of you.

Sophie: Mother…!

Charlotte: If there’s any way that I can help, just speak up. As both your mother and your senior soldier in the army, I’ll do anything that I can for you!

Sophie: Thank you, Mother!

#charlotte #sophie #feif #fe14 #fe:fates #fire emblem #fire emblem if #fire emblem fates #hoshidan festival of bonds #translations

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The Secret to a Good Anti-Aging Face Cream? Your Own Blood Cells.

Why I Flew to Munich to Meet Dr. Barbara Sturm

In January, I set aside time to meet with Dr. Barbara Sturm. Since I was moving to Switzerland, I thought I should get to know my beauty neighbors. It was actually my third trip to visit a woman pioneering the beauty space. My first trip was to interview Susanne Kaufmann at her detox clinic in Austria. The second was to meet with Sophie Guillon, of Valmont. And last week I hopped on a 45-minute flight headed from Zurich to Munich.

It was my first time in Munich and my first impressions of Germany’s capital city were charming. All of the buildings are painted different colors which lends to a very quaint look. Before my meeting, I only had time for a quick beetroot latte (think matcha latte but with beets instead) and a matcha bowl at Bite Delite – you must go. After my power lunch, a few selfies and a super fast shopping spree at Theresa, I hopped in a cab headed for Dr. Barbara Sturm.

Her main clinic is in Duesseldorf, Germany and in Munich she runs a small office right inside her home. I showed up promptly at 4 o’clock for my appointment, (not a minute too early or too late, in typical Swiss fashion), and her longtime Practice Manager Uli kindly let me in. I was also greeted by Pepper, her 2-year-old daughter. I was led inside her apartment into a tiny and very sterol medical office. I had barely sat down before out popped Dr. Sturm. Dressed in skinny jeans, chic black ballet flats in a thin white tee, she looked more like a friend than a doctor. Her hair is one of those short manageable looks that one could only dream of pulling off, and bright blond. I knew this was going to be good.

Dr. Sturm’s Story

“I’m not a beauty junkie. I grew up in the forest, climbing trees. I had never seen eyeliner until I was 24 probably. I didn’t have highlights. I was wearing jeans and t-shirt and guys’ shoes probably. I was 24 and a designer friend at my ex-husband’s company said, ‘We need to go shopping.’ I got a manicure and pedicure and my first blond highlights. I bought short leather skirts and heels. And all of the sudden, I mean I was 24 and all of the men were paying attention to me.”

Sturm began in pediatric medicine and then transitioned into sports medicine and orthopedics. In 2000, she helped develop a procedure called Orthokine with a team of researchers. Also known as the Kobe Procedure, named for the former Lakers basketball player Kobe Bryant (who needed it for his problematic knees), the surgery involves using the patient’s own blood cells to produce proteins that help reduce inflammation and stimulate the healing process.

She didn’t get into the world of beauty until years later when a friend invited her to Bavaria to learn about aesthetic injections and wrinkles. With her scientific background, she didn’t like the concept of constantly injecting someones face again and again. This led her to her own idea. “It didn’t make much sense. I wanted to do something on the cellular level so I transferred the knowledge of my study in orthopedics to the skin and that’s how I started. This worked really well. I did loads of reports and case studies.”

Around the same time, she was experiencing major issues within her own skin. She was seeing a facialist every 3 weeks for a cleaning. “My facialist who was working out of the little drugstore was giving me La Prairie and all these super expensive products to use and nothing was working.”

“And so I said to Uli, who was already working for me, we need to come up with our own cream. And I said that I want to do a gene cream or something. My Grandmother was a Pharmacist and she had told me what used to be in the creams. I took that knowledge to my own pharmacist and we created a base cream and added cells from my blood. And ever since then I never even need to go and see a facialist. All my skin issues stopped. It’s really the only thing I use morning and night and on my eyes. I am also very lazy, I just want to have something that works. Most people have all these allergies and skin conditions, redness, this is all from over using products that are overly aggressive. A lot of people are super sensitive so they just need something simple that works. Their skin can’t handle the multi-step skincare routine.”

“I’m very proud of what I developed. The cream worked for me, so I started giving this to all my patients. I was already working with all these Hollywood people, but they were already used to a whole regime of stuff. They’d ask what cleansers would work for this and that, but I couldn’t really recommend anything. Whatever I tried, I never really liked it. So I decided to make a couple of products in addition to the MC1 cream.”

Dr. Sturm’s Favorite Products

“I always wanted to have a hyaluronic serum in my products, because I was injecting this in the wrinkles already with my patients. And at the time, nobody had it. The company I worked with (and still do) have the highest technological standards, so we use the highest concentration of hyaluronic acid possible. It has the short chain and the long chain molecules. The short chain molecules really go deep and the long chain molecules they stay on the skin and they give instant hydration and glow.”

“So I just started with a few products… The cream, the hyaluronic acid serum, a cleanser and a scrub.This was my little routine that I recommended to all my patients.” Now we have added more products. We have this anti-aging primer with no silicones and these really cool sun drops, have you tried the sun drops? You have to.

She also told me about her eye cream and calming serum… “Try this eye cream, put it on your eyes now, even over your makeup. Cher says it’s the best stuff she has put on in her life. I also have a calming serum. I have patients who come to me and they have red faces and roscea and whatever is going on with their skin, they put on the calming serum on and I tell you 10 seconds later you can see the redness come and you can see this huge difference in their face. It’s crazy.”

MC1

And then out of nowhere, those magical words, “SO. Should we take your blood? For the blood cream?” Well she did and we kept talking. I met her older daughter too, Charlie who is 21 and we all chatted. By the end of the convo, I left like I was in Munich to visit an old friend.

It only took a few days before a tiny package arrived from Munich. It was my very own blood cell cream. In the meantime, I successfully stopped using all of my other products so that I could experiment with her line only. While I know that I will always be someone who uses all different kinds of products from a variety of lines, I wanted to test this out Dr. Sturm’s line to really see the effects.

Dr. Sturm’s Motto

Dr. Sturm’s motto is “less is more, but from the less, the very best.”

Her line is perfect for the modern day girl because each product is concentrated with high-performing, high-quality products that will keep your skin plump and youthful. She believes in letting the skin heal, free from peels, glycolic acid and lasers.The whole idea behind MC1 and the rest of the line was to replicate naturally, the effect of fillers and cosmetic procedures. So, the goal is anti-aging, longterm healthy skin and to put it bluntly, less fillers. This isn’t to say that her line is only for 30-somethings and up. In fact, it’s for everyone. It’s even safe to use when pregnant and I watched her as she used the face cream on her 2-year-old.

Her skin philosophy regarding anti-aging is using products that take care of the cells. She believes in the power of reducing inflammation to prevent cells from naturally occurring cell death. She warned against using to much retinol and suggested using it only in the winter just for 3 or 4 weeks, but very carefully and never too often.

My Takeaway

With or without the MC1 Cream, Sturm’s line is worth the investment. Each product is filled to the brim with really good, clean ingredients that are all free from fragrance, parabens and mineral oils. Within days of using her Hyaluronic Serum and her Face Cream, my skin is smoother and visibly more hydrated. I swapped her face cream for my very own MC1 and I hate to say (because of the massive price tag) that love it. Like the rest of her products, the cream is oderless. The color is bright white and the texture is rich and creamy. It reminds me a bit of the texture of the SkinCeuticals Triple Lipid that I love so much. It goes on smooth and it absorbs right away. And all her products are really good for pre-makeup application! Her Hyaluronic Serum is one of the lightest serums I’ve ever used. It glides on like silk. The Eye Cream is part cream, part serum and it too is incredible. Next to the MC1 cream, it’s my favorite products from the line. You can apply makeup immediately after and there is no flaking or balling up. I also need to mention how much I love her Anti-Aging Primer.Think makeup and skincare in one. It’s has the pearlized effect (made with pearl pigments) and Hyaluronic Acid, so that makeup looks way better. Also, her Sun Drops are super cool. The idea here is to mix 2 to 3 drops with your moisturizer, serums or foundation for a super potent anti-aging shield of protection.

Have you tried her line and what are you favs?

The Secret to a Good Anti-Aging Face Cream? Your Own Blood Cells. syndicated from http://ift.tt/2kHgYTQ

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Hoshidan Festival: Sophie and Kanna Parent-Child Convo

Honestly, this conversation actually cements Sophie as Felicia’s daughter to me. The clumsiness is just seeping through the bloodline and makes Kanna run directly into trees. 

Felicia and Silas’s supports are okay to me, so I guess could main-ship it... 

Favorite for Silas is still Camilla, but only the localized version.

Kanna: …………

Sophie: Oh, Kanna. You look upset.

Kanna: Cause now we can’t play at the festival… I was really looking forward to playing with Mama a lot at the festival today…

Sophie: It’ll be alright! Once the bandits have all been defeated, I’m sure the festival will start up again!

Kanna: You think so?

Sophie: Yeah! Everyone will be able to have fun today!

Kanna: Then I’ll make sure that it happens! Mama, let’s hurry and beat those bandits up!

Sophie: Alriiiiight~! Now, Kanna! Let’s go! RAAAAH! CHAAAAARGE!!

Kanna: M-Mama, look out! There’s a stand right there…

Sophie: EEEEEEEEEEEEKK!!

Kanna: A-Are you okay?! Mama?! Are you hurt anywhere?!

Sophie: D-Don’t worry about me, Kanna… Keep calm… This is no worse than usual…

Kanna: Oh… Then I’m glad you’re okay…

Sophie: But to think I’d show my shameful clumsiness in front of my own daughter… I’m so depressed… Argh… I want to go back to my tent and count the grains of sand on my floor…

Kanna: T-That’s getting too depressed!

Sophie: Oh yeah, Kanna, I’ve been wanting to ask you something.

Kanna: What is it, Mama?

Sophie: Did you by any chance… inherit my clumsy side?

Kanna: Ahaha. I wonder if I did?

Sophie: I mean, we’re mother and daughter! It wouldn’t be strange if you had clumsy moments! How about it? Are you sure there aren’t any? Like being hated by your horse and always getting shaken off, or in the middle of a battle you accidentally strip down your opponent to their underwear! Anything?!

Kanna: Hmmm… No, I don’t think so!

Sophie: Thank the gods… I can rest easy now that I’ve heard that. There would be no way for me to truly apologize to you if you ended up being a klutz too…

Kanna: It’s nothing like that! I… I’d be fine if I ended up being clumsy like you, Mama! Because I love everything about you! My strong, unstoppable Mama who doesn’t falter in the face of her own clumsiness!

Sophie: Kanna… That makes me so happy. Thank you, really… for being able to accept everything I am…

Kanna: Yup! Then I’ll go on ahead first so that you won’t trip! ALRIIIIIGHT! CHAAAAAARGE!!

Sophie: K-Kanna?! You’re heading right for that tree…

Kanna: OWWWWWWW!!!

Sophie: Are you okay?! Are you injured?!

Kanna: I-I’m fine! This is nothing!

Sophie: I knew it, my blood… Really does run deep in Kanna’s veins…

#female kanna #female kana #kanna #kana #sophie #feif #fe14 #fe:fates #fire emblem fates #fire emblem #fire emblem if #hoshidan festival of bonds #translations