#CJ fucking hates him so much its so funny

[fooltomery]

star trek generations is good and is the finale tng deserved (especially over all good things jesus christ). they should have just left the series there. this is proven with first contact because that movie is fucking boring and the writers do not care about the consequences of the actions in generations.

#i lost interest within the first 25 minutes <3 #i dont care about the borg tbh like its a cool concept for a species but ive never really cared abt sci-fi war #first contact has PROBLEMS regardless #like data can just turn off his emotion chip. you showed him struggling with it so much in the first movie #and made it a tool for his character development and yet you give it an off switch #doesnt that defeat the entire point of the chip itself #AND they made a big deal about the chip being fused into his circuitry in the first film -___- #why can he turn it off now that makes no sense. #it was funny to see troi drunk tho #ok but generations is fucking INSANE like dont even get me started #seeing picard actively grieve on screen #SEEING DATA HAVING THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE. 😐 #like yeah its not a perfect movie. geordi gets shafted like hell and also tortured on screen like what the fuck else is new :/ #anyways i am so drunk i love star trek i hate star trek I HATE RICK BERMAN. #cj chatters

[blazevillains]

sajdd sleepypuffpastry terrible-leviathan inniter (cj)

this is loaded.

ok sajdd well as a joke HATE THEM!!!!!!!!! well in reality they were my first shitstain mutual and well it was always a lot of fun to joke around with them on the dash ^_^ originally followed when we were a SMALLL blog from the erm. the tapeworm rp erm anyways but ya theyre great ^_^ a+ mutual

doing terri next bc well theyre my fav shitstain well and you see i say that about all of them unless its saj or ly its just what i do. i dont interact with terri much but they always take my side in the joke arguments so i like them ^_^

Sleepy omg!!! ^_^ another a+ mutual one of THE ctommy mutuals. seriously. her analysises (<- ? how to pluralize) are always so fucking. like my bones are shattering over here you understand

AND CJ ^_^ another of our first mutuals sooo funny seriously and also SO INTIMIDATING!!!! erm.... and liek so smart too his metas..... his metas....... GUYS!!!!!! nobody does it like him....

[foxy-alien]

I love your Elias design so much, he just looks like a politician. Boring Bastard Bureaucrat. I want to punch him.

Thank you!!! I honestly forgot i drew him lolllll. He is such a well written character if you assume he looks like a boring bureaucrat so im glad i hit that!!!

#And im glad you want to punch him #hes the worst #CJ fucking hates him so much its so funny #you ever want to rant with someone about elias? #message overalldyke theyre literally so funny

[rickriordanfandam]

opinions on riordanverse ; my edition

a lot of people have been doing this so i decided why not right. probably gna lose some followers or smth but anyways. pls respect my opinions! if u disagree, thats fine, but please be polite. unless any of my opinions strikes u as morally wrong then pls point it out to me respectfully. thanks!

- i actually liked drew. im so sorry to everyone who hates her but full offence, why. think about it this way ok, first of all drew became hc because silena died. silena was the traitor, the one who betrayed chb, yet after she died campers celebrated her as a hero? and then drew suddenly has to replace her and live up to idk that legacy she left behind,, when all of a sudden this girl named piper swoops in and takes her place. idk abt u but i wld be salty abt that too. not only that, but as an asian, the chances of drew having faced racism/bullying as a child is pretty high (she studies at brooklyn academy). which means that when she finds out shes a demigod, and arrives at chb where most of the campers are white (this is an assumption btw), she’d obviously be scared of being bullied for her skin color right?? so the first thing she wld do before the campers get to bully her is to bully them before they can do so. (sentence structure here is wack i apologize) ofc this might not even have happened, drew could have had a perfect childhood && was a b1tch for no reason, BUT EVEN THEN HER ROLE AS A BULLY WAS PRETTY VITAL BECAUSE THAT FURTHER SHOWED THE CONTRAST BETWEEN HER AND PIPER,, HIGHLIGHTING PIPER AS A HERO//GOOD CHARACTER,, AND THEREFORE MAKING READERS LIKE PIPER MORE. anyway stop hating on drew please. ALSO WHY IS THIS SO LONGA SDFJHG

- jason isnt bland, the fandom just kinda erased his backstory (thanks to @pjohoo-memes for the phrasing lol)

- reynabeth wouldnt have lasted/would have broken up several times. idk i just see them as two extremely powerful characters who have firm opinions and will definitely clash at some point. in a platonic relationship,, i can see them as really good friends but as lovers? idk i just think theyll break up

- PIPABETH

- i dont really like jercy,, i see them as better friends than lovers. also idt jason and percy were that close..?

- the dam and not my type jokes are srsly cringey and were never funny. ik that seems hypocritical since my username literally makes use of the dam joke but honestly i dont actually like the joke. its not funny to me and has never been funny

- the seven were not best friends. they definitely argued,, and honestly probably werent as close as the fandom makes them seem. like ure dumped with 6 other people, out of which u only know a few. my introverted ass would have jumped off the argo 2 quicker than leo valdez could bomb camp jupiter up. also leo was a dick to frank. so what if frank is bigger sized?? thats not a valid reason to tease him

- the fandom needs to stop hating on octavian while worshipping luke. if u hate luke and u say u hate octavian too, then okay. but if u tell me ure a luke stan but u despise octavian?? imma disagree w u. luke was worse than octavian im sorry. first of all, octavian being a dick was kinda justified. hes been after the praetor position for so long, and everyone keeps saying to “wait for jason” when suddenly this dude, whos a son of NEPTUNE (neptune wasnt liked much by romans), and the camp decides to make him praetor?? dude i would be pissed off big time. and then afterwards, he finds out that greek demigods are real and the dude they made praetor is greek. AND THEN GREEK DEMIGODS COME TO CJ AND ONE OF THEM BOMB IT UP?? octavian has been told all his life that greeks are scum and this dude called leo valdez attacks cj. sure it was an accident, but did octavian know that? no. so it was honestly justified that he was such a salty prick im just saying. also some of yall be hating on octavian for cutting a teddy bear open and thats the funniest shit ive ever heard i swear 

- luke didnt go to elysium

- travis and connor stoll r way too underrated. the two have been head counselors of the hermes cabin since luke was revealed as a traitor, can u imagine the stress? luke, the person they probably looked up to as a brother, betrayed them. and they didnt even have time to process this when they were  thrown the roles of being hcs. that would have been so stressful and i would probably have broken down if i were them. the stoll brothers taking turns to wake up at ungodly hours because a new camper is crying and homesick and terrified, the stoll brothers having to comfort and take care of new campers, having to deal with the amount of people in that cramped space because not enough campers are being claimed fast enough. having to resolve issues between campers in the hermes cabin all the time. the stolls arent just comedic relief, and we need to stop treating them as such

- tratie shldve been canon idc idc

- demigods of the demeter cabin arent talked about enough and i love the fact that meg was demeters kid. like she isnt the child of one of the big three yet shes so powerful.

- we need to hype clarisse up more her character arc was phucking amazing 

- rachel is overhated. sis found out greek gods exist and regularly come down to earth to fuck around and went “ok cool”. queen shit behavior methinks

- the floor 19 crew of mcga is srsly underrated. like do u even remember halfborn gunderson, mallory keen, tj, etc??? bc i feel like we only remember samirah, magnus, alex, and sometimes blitz and hearthstone

- sadie (tkc) was kinda annoying at first. i like her more now tho but i rmb not liking her for a phat while

- tkc and mcga need more love

- carter kane and jason grace arent boring. theyre just really sweet boys who are too good for this world and yes yes yes 

- hazel and frank (especially frank) need to be hyped up more. i hardly ever see anything about them. also yall seem to forget that frank was literally made praetor and that even hecate admired hazel and was willing to fight beside her because of how powerful she was

- frazels age gap is kinda sketch but i still think theyre really cute

- nico definitely had trauma from going to tartarus on his own

- GROVER IS PERCYS BEST FRIEND

- annabeth isnt smarter than leo but neither is leo smarter than annabeth. ive seen a lot of discussions about who is smarter and heres my hot take on it: neither. theyre equally smart, just in different ways. leos a genius mathematically speaking. he has no issues solving math problems meant for people much, much older than him. annabeth on the otherhand, is great at strategies etc. she can make an army of 1000 more powerful than the enemy, even if theyre outnumbered. so in my opinion, both are equally as smart//u cant compare their intelligence, because their talents lie in two different areas.

- while i do agree rick riordan isnt a god and that hes bound to make mistakes,, AND that hes given us a lot of representation,, if the representation offends the people its sposed to represent, then theres a problem. im talking about piper as a poc and wearing feathers in her hair. im not a poc, so i cant speak for them on whether or not its wrong, because i dont know either. HOWEVER, i have seen multiple posts BY pocs talking about how they didnt really like rick’s representation of piper, and thats an issue. pocs have been and are still oppressed and discriminated against by many. as a white cis man, we cant really blame him for not knowing (tho he could have done a research,, asked some pocs,, idk), but by representing pocs in that manner, hes influencing impressionable kids/teens into thinking “oh pocs wear feathers in their hair all the time” etc, which isnt true. the pjo/hoo series is extremely successful, and kids who read the books will probably start forming inaccurate opinions on pocs. the amount of fan art that depicts piper with feathers in her hair dont help either. “but rick said so in the books, so its canon” yeah well rick isnt a god and he can get some things wrong at times. im not saying we should cancel him, im saying we should start educating ourselves and not spread false info like pocs wearing feathers in their hair all the time. also that snake song shit where she sang Summertime was just- yeah. bc heres the thing you can be racist, and still include minorities, but portray them in a racist way. And even then, ignorance isn't a thing to admire. Getting those facts wrong still has a major impact. It continues to perpetuate racist stereotypes.

“ With the feather thing, I looked it up myself; it takes less than five minutes to figure out that Cherokees don't braid feathers into their hair. I didn't grow up in the country where my parents are from. I have many other first/second generation American friends who have also been through that, with a bit of a disconnect from their culture. But something that most of us have in common is that when we didn't know something, and when our parents weren't that big of a help, we looked it up. We sought out resources online and through other people from our culture to be able to connect more with where we came from. Some of that took a Google search. So I find it hard to believe that Piper, a girl who Rick's trying to portray as someone who is attempting to connect with her culture and is totally against racist stereotypes, wouldn't know that eagle feathers aren't supposed to be braided into your hair casually. She may be disconnected from her culture, but she's also shown to want to connect back to it. Piper wouldn't be casually braiding feathers into her hair while also telling off people for being racist. It makes no sense.” - reddit thread (down below) 

for those of yall who wanna know more please please read this, it has a lot of things i wanna add in here : https://www.reddit.com/r/camphalfblood/comments/gy3gl2/piper_mcleans_portrayal_is_innacurate/ 

as well as https://finding-my-culture.tumblr.com/post/189422373260/maxie-ratties-and-cattie-finding-my-culture 

i will be posting screenshots of these in future posts so if ure viewing this on ig and u dont have tumblr,, dont worry 

- the fact that most of the strong female characters in the series refuse to be “girly”, and ngl i dont really like that. just because ure girly doesnt mean u cant be strong. 

- piper would have been a great way for him to start making the strong characters act girlier, but instead he went with the “I’m not like other girls” trope which is quite obnoxious to hear constantly, and I don’t think it’s necessarily great for younger girls to read that idea growing up.  the closest we've ever had to a strong female character who was also into "girly" things was Silena. when I was younger I admired Piper's "I'm not like other girls" thing, but then I got older and realized that the whole mentality of "not like other girls" is super obnoxious, and a little bit toxic

i have a heck load more that i cant rmb rn but yeah feel free to add more 

#riodanverse opinions #frank zhang #hazel levesque #leo valdez #piper mclean #jason grace #percy jackson #annabeth chase #grover underwood #tkc #the kane chronicles #mcga #magnus chase #magnus chase and the gods of asgard #pjo #pjato #hoo #Heroes of Olympus #the seven #octavian #luke castellan #meg mcaffrey #apollo #trials of apoll #travis stoll #connor stoll

[fangrunin]

PLEASE give your thoughts on Jason and reyna’s backstory!! PLEASE scream!!!

they will be super vague probably cuz i actually suck at hcs but i’m going feral legitimately......also they read platonic just fyi lmao

1. it’s a bit of a cliche but i do think reyna hated jason based off of what she had to go through in her past and jason cannot for the life him understand why this random girl who just came to camp hates him and barely speaks to him. everyone talks to him even if he’s a loser in fifth cohort lmao

2. it took these two going on some menial mission to have that, you know,....heart to heart about their lives and reyna reluctantly decides they are solid. reyna realizing that jason had his fair share of familial issues like herself put them in a mutual “we are okay” zone. 

3. when jason thinks he can restore “honor” upon the fifth cohort, reyna thinks it’s laughable but he comes to her for advice on how to achieve great honor and distinguish for his cohort bc he really believes she has an incredible sense of honor and she won’t say it to his face but that really touched her

4. jason thinks she is one of the most considerate and loyal people he knows especially knowing she’s so protective of herself due to what happened after circe’s island. 

5. in turn, reyna thinks jason is one of the most loyal people she knows. she thinks he takes upon himself to be the includer because he never felt like he was a part of the “in” crowd (i.e. fifth cohort) 

6. both read each other pretty well so when they were tasked to do several missions leading up to the timeline of the last olympian; t was unbelievable how in sync they were. partly because of training and partly because they have a good understanding of each other’s strengths and weaknesses at this point

7. the charleston quest (TBH idk when in the timeline this was ksjgklsjg) cemented they were best friends. they were just each other’s person and that was that lmao

8.  everyone knew they were just that duo that did everything together. hung out together, worked together, trained together, basically everything that camp jupiter did...they did

9.  when jason toppled Kronos’ throne, reyna was just constantly smiling (she really loves to win tbf) that jason was genuinely in shock he was like i had no idea you even smiled and she was pissed

10. u know pets brought up that they definitely ran praetorship together...and that’s so true. they definitely were annoying about it too like nonstop promotion and everyone voted for those two just so they could fuck off

11. they spent a lot of their free time from praetorship making fun of octavian lmao please

12. when jason went missing, reyna thought it was a prank or he was doing something funny on purpose because he would NEVER just leave her. he promised they’d be best friends forever and be by her side

13. her “crush” on him was never really a crush btw...i firmly believe they acted like siblings. they were best friends and jason was one of the few people to truly stick around with her (especially bc hylla was with the amazon) and i think him missing made her so so angry at him

14. i actually believe that both were pretty serious pre hoo and while we know reyna is pretty guarded post hoo, i think jason did have the same characteristics due this upbringing and CJ is just so different. this means when they are trying to comfort each other...its so awkward but very well meaning you know.

reyna: *a little teary* i really miss my sister

jason: oh uh....that’s rough buddy

reyna: 

15. more on hc 12: jason got more and more goofy as time went on so he would pull a bunch of pranks on reyna while they were praetors and she honestly thought they were funny but octavian was watching them 24/7 so she always had to pretend to reprimand him, slkgjklsgjlks so when he went missing, she believed it was an elaborate prank and wholeheartedly trusted jason to come back within that night or so

16. as you know, he did not come back lol

the way these two had really shitty family histories and became best friends despite of their reservations....and then becoming praetors together thinking they are gonna rule CJ (much to octavian’s dismay) yeah....im feral bro

also the trajectory of their friendship is very dif from percabeth just cuz they didnt really have a truce right when they met? it was very gradual. they had many hard points their friendship and it definitely wasn’t easy to be friends with each other gavshs

#HELP I CANT TYPE I DONT DO THIS ANYMORE #asks #tbh if u ask me for more clarifications id be happy to give bc i suck at hcs mmao #lmao

[elliebartlets]

5.17 The Supremes

Episode:

• alright, everyone seems to looove this episode. and I’m not sure if it’s cause it’s a really good episode, or cause its a good episode that seems 100x better because the majority of season 5 isn’t well liked. I remember liking the episode, but I don’t remember it being amazing.

• well the cold open was good.

I just don’t get what changed Josh’s mind about Evelyn Baker Lang. Before the meeting, he said she was “too lefty” but then after she called them out in the meeting for only there as “window dressing” Josh was like “Damn maybe we should get her.” Like?

• they sent condolence flowers to Justice Ashland who is very much alive lmaooo

• oh they’re already mentioning the Gaza trip

• “What’s up?”

“We hate Asians.”

“Okay.”

• Rena not correctig Bartlet when he called her the wrong name is so relatable

• I love Toby leaning over CJs desk to try and look at her computer screen

and then when he gets lotion on his hands and sniffs it 😂

• “Well if you were less appealing...”

“Same to you, sir.”

• “I love her. I love her mind. I love her shoes.”

• I also don’t know why Bartlet changed his mind on Lang. In the first meeting with the staff, once he found out she struck down parental consent on abortion, he was like “that’s not gonna happen.” Then later when they all meet again, he’s curious why Josh isn’t considering Lang anymore, but he wasn’t interested in her in the first place. Idk.

• “I like that guy from Florida with the good hairdo, but I wanna retain my right to choose. I’m voting to what’s-his-name, married to Abbey Bartlet.”

• Ah he just wants her on the short list

• oh those are Black Eyed Susan cookies?? I always just called those...peanut butter cookies?

• I just love how Donnas always the one with her crazy stories giving Josh the ideas

• oh my god yeah they get the fucking Chief Justice to resign alsksk

• “I’m taking it to the President.”

“No you’re not. Do not go in there!”

I’m dying I love them

• I love how Josh was talking about cats to Donna and then Debbie goes and sprays him like a cat. And Toby’s reaction 😂

• ah the ol reminder that Toby’s an absentee father 🙃

• man that whole scene with CJ and Josh in her office was so good. CJ laughing, Josh hiding from Toby, CJ laughing at Josh hiding from Toby...

and then Toby comes in

“Is she stoned?”

• they have to convince Ryan’s uncle?? Eww

• I like when Toby goes in to tell Bartlet about Christopher Mulready, they chose to shoot the scene of Debbie outside at her desk when Bartlet explodes.

• “Oh my god, you’re putting my mother’s cats on the Supreme Court.”

• it’s funny cause the actor playing Christopher Mulready plays Allison Janney’s boyfriend on Mom

• Josh is trashed alsksks

• “Josh Lyman is gesticulating wildly.”

• CJ IS DRUNKINGLY SINGING

• well they all sobered up quickly

• Evelyn Baker Lang signing the 14th amendment for Toby’s daughter I’m :’))))

• Charlie talking to Mulready about affirmative action

• ah god this whole thing’s so unrealistic but I LOVE IT I’m crying in the club right now

• ok I take back my first paragraph. This is an amazing episode.

Podcast:

• guest star: Debora Cahn (writer of the episode)

• The inspiration (or base?) for the plot was based on the relationship between Supreme Court Justices RBG and Scalia. While both were idealogically at the opposite ends of the spectrum, RBG being a staunch liberal and Scalia being a staunch conservative, they maintained a close friendship, “going to the opera together, and enjoying each other’s company so much and enjoying arguing with each other so much, as we’ve learned recently, drinking together a lot.”

• They considered getting Susan Surandon for the role, but she wasn’t available.

• CJ was supposed to be IM-ing Ben, but they couldn’t get permission to use the AOL bleep sound. (I’m gonna expose myself now and say I don’t know what they’re talking about, and I don’t know if it’s cause I’m too young or because I just never IM’d people.)

• Glenn Close struggled with her lines, (apparently a lot of great actors who come on this show do because they’re intimidated, struggling to catch up, etc) so it took a longer time to get through the takes. They also spent time lighting her differently. This caused them to go 3 1/2 hours over schedule.

On that day they shot three scenes, two of which were Glenn Close’s scenes with Josh and Toby in the Roosevelt Room. The other one was with Allison Janney in CJs office, when she finds out Evelyn Lang had an abortion and she tells Josh and Toby they can’t nominate Lang, to get her out of the building, etc. Allison had the stomach flu and a 103° fever that day, and spent the extra 3 hours throwing up in her trailer. When it was time for her to do her scene, she came out of her trailer and did it in one take.

...I do not understand how. I had a mild fever the other day and getting out of bed was hard enough. I had the stomach flu once and thought I was dying.

• Aw Allison Janney’s mother would bake cookies and send them to the set, so that’s where the cookie plot came from. I wonder if those were Allison Janney’s moms cookies in the episode lol

• yes I’m glad Josh caught the other cat callback to Josh (Lyman) being sprayed in the face with the water bottle

• It was discussed if mentioning/bringing in Mendoza added value to the story. Debora doesn’t completely remember but thinks there were some attempts to bring it in but it just didn’t seem all that germane.

• Richard Schiff and William Fitchner (Christopher Mulready) were excited to be in a room with each other.

“ That they were both really respectful of each other, and at a certain point Jessica (the director) walked over to Bill and whispered in his ear, “You’re a lot smarter than this guy. And that’s something that we almost never see on the series. You’re smarter than him, and you know it. And this conversation takes about 4% of your brain, and it takes about 80% of his.”

#the west wing #the supremes #tww #the west wing weekly #tww weekly #rewatching tww

[descendantofthesparrow]

Remember your past life - Prince! Harry Hook x Chosen Knight! Reader - part 8

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Ben called for a gathering in the front yard of the dorm castle. Uma, Harry, Gil, and (y/n) arrived to see Mal, Jay, Carlos, Evie, and Dude had already arrived.

“so wha’s all this” you turned to see Harriet and CJ walking up, CJ looking curious while Harriet looked bored.

“well,” Ben clapped his hands together, smiling at all of you. “every year the seniors take a trip to a selected kingdom for two weeks to explore it, and this year-”

“hold up” Uma interrupted “CJ ain't a senior” Ben shrugged “she would have stowed away in the car anyway, might as well avoid that” CJ grinned at that, puffing her chest.

continuing Ben said; “so we leave tomorrow at the crack of dawn” Mal's jaw dropped, she hated waking up early.

“Why so early” she whined, pouting at ben, ‘honestly, same’ you thought, dreading getting up that early. even though you did so regularly now.

“where are we even going?” Uma yelled out, Ben smiled.

“Saorsa”

you felt Harry stiffen next to you, Uma asking if he was okay. you...you had heard that name before.

and protect our land of Saorsa, from the dark one

a faint voice echoed in the back of your head, a man, the one you had been hearing for weeks now. ...king...king....the voice faded away, leaving you with another bout of deja vu. sighing you shrugged it off, focusing back on Ben, who was detailing the trip. but it was hard to pay attention, the only thing going through your mind was how familiar that kingdoms name was.

=

That name haunted you, making your insomnia rear its ugly head. Looking back at your clock, which read 3:04 am. Sighing you got up, careful not to wake up Jane.

Maybe a walk will help clear your head.

Walking around the gardens you spotted a figure sitting on a bench staring down at the pond. Walking closer, their head snapped up, whipping around to you. it was Harry, his ocean blue eyes staring right into yours.

"Couldn't sleep?" he asked, voice raspy with tiredness.

You nodded and carefully took a seat next to him. “meh too” he looked back at the pond, staring at his reflection in the water. “odd question but….did the name of that kingdom...Saorsa...seem” he hesitated, slightly curling in on himself, you leaned forward, staring at the side of his face. “familiar ta yeh?”

You nodded, looking up at the clear sky.

"So it ain't jus’ me?” Harry muttered, smiling slightly at the water.

You lifted an eyebrow at him. 'What about the name felt familiar to him?' you lifted your hands up, Harry glancing over as you did so.

why was it familiar to you? you signed, Harry shrugged.

“Ah dinnae ken,” Harry said, slipping into a thick Scottish tongue “it jus’ seemed so...I don’ know” Harry let his head fall between his shoulders.

“I really don’ know”

You understood what he was trying to say, oddly enough, that itch of familiarity at the back of your head, he must have had it too.

You felt compelled to tell Harry what had been happening to you. so you did.

"dreams-." You spoke softly, startling Harry. He looked up, surprise in his ocean orbs. he hadn't expected you to talk at that moment, but he urged you to go on.

you breathed deeply, hoping your voice would last long enough to get everything out. “i-i keep having...dreams...that seem like..m-mem-memories” you stuttered, willing yourself to continue, your throat was already becoming sore. “as if, I had lived them, and am only just now remembering them,” you muttered, looking at Harry, who was staring at you with wide eyes. “is...have you felt anything similar?” your voice died, out, but Harry heard every single word. he stared at you, silent.

you felt heat rush up your face, brushing a hair behind your ear. nevermind you signed, moving to stand and go back inside and sleep your embarrassment away its stupid

 “no!” Harry yelped, latching onto your arm as you went to walk away. you whipped back around, Ocean blue once more meeting with (e/c), Harry blushed, releasing your arm “i-i know wha’ yeh mean, I’ve been...experiencing that too” he bit his lip, glancing up at you through his lashes. “it-it happened when yeh were fighting with Lonnie, you-you were in this...armor, and you were really, really good at fighting, ending the battle within a minute”

you nodded slowly, letting Harry babble away about this...memory like dream “then...then my dad?” Harry made it sound like a question as if he wasn’t sure “came up and, and said” Harry paused, his eyes shining “that I could stand to be a little more like you, that you had accomplished so much more than me, that you were impressive, that I needed to be better” he spat out bitterly.

you sat down beside him once more, scooting closer and letting your side press into his. you slowly reached out, gripping his grey hoodie. Harry took a shaky breath, smiling slightly at you “thank yeh (y/n)”

You smiled, You're welcome you signed, letting Harry’s hand slide up and slowly intertwine with yours.

The two of you just sat in silence, looking at your reflections in the pond "Wha bout ya?" Harry asked softly after a long silence, turning to look at you, tilting his head. you took a deep breath, you had a couple of memories like dreams but...you felt most comfortable sharing this. releasing Harry's hand, you started to tell harry about what had happened a couple weeks ago.

okay so remember when you were going on about that frog? Harry nodded “aye, the hot-footed one?” you nodded, well, as you were talking all of a sudden I thought please don’t make me eat another frog Harry blinked, “wha’?”

I know you hurriedly signed, let me get to the good part, anyway, so you were looking at flowers and taking pictures of them, I think you were doing research or something, and then you found the frog...and tried to make me eat it Harry burst out laughing, leaning forward.

“oh my god really?! what the fuck!?” you tapped Harry’s shoulders, a grin blooming on your face wait, it gets better Harry, still giggling, wiped his eyes and gestured for you to continue.

then you offered to buy me gourmet meat...and I agreed to eat the damn frog Harry burst out laughing once more, leaning back as he did so.You let out a yelp of surprise as Harry lost his balance and fell back into the grass. looking down, you saw Harry still giggling, his face red.

“oh-oh my god, that’s fucking funny” you slid off the bench, landing on your knees next to Harry “so” Harry snickered, finally catching his breath, looking up into your eyes. “it seems we’re havin’ dreams about each other huh? think it means somthin’?”

you shrugged, looking down at your hands in your lap. “Hey (y/n)?” Harry whispered, you looked at him, he was looking at the stars in the night sky “do yeh think...because that kingdom's name was familiar ta both of us...do yeh think that the answers to what’s been happening to us will be there?”

You stayed silent, unsure to the answer “I don’t know” you finally whispered, voice still horse from under use “I really don’t know harry”

he nodded, slowly sitting up, turning to look at you “it’s fine, well… I’m gonna go ta bed, night”

“night” you watched as Harry walked away, soon blending with the shadows around the dorm building. sitting in silence, looking at the stars, you thought to yourself, about Harry, about the dreams, about the kingdom. and about how each day...Harry was becoming something more than a friend. you sighed, brushing away those thoughts. you stood and made your way back to your room, after all, the class was leaving for the kingdom at dawn.

=

morning came way to fucking quickly, you were packing the little travel bag you had, moving quickly as the bus was leaving in 15 minutes.

Jane started to push you out of the room, you huffed, spinning around her and going at your own pace. stepping out into the hall, you bumped into a tall figure, Harry steadied you, giving you a sleepy smile.

“tired lass?” he asked, giving you his arm and leading you outside to the bus, you nodded, leaning your head on his shoulder “usually I don't wake up till 5” you muttered, your throat already getting used to talking slightly, you glanced at your watch which said 4:30 am

Harry snorted “well that’s half an hour isn’t it?” you shrugged, yawning as Harry led you out to the front yard, where a large limo bus was waiting. Ben had yet to arrive, along with everybody else, so you and Harry stood there for a little while, inching closer to the other for warmth on the chilly fall morning. moments later, Mal arrived being dragged by Evie. Jay, Carlos and Dude following soon after. Ben emerged a minute later, Fairy godmother trotting after him, speaking Frantically.

Ben smiled at you and Harry, nodding and mouthing ‘the bus will be heated’ you sagged into Harry in relief. Harriet and CJ came rushing out of the school, the usual grumpy look on the eldest Hook’s face. and finally. Jane, Audrey, Chad, and King Phillip, arrived, allowing Ben to official start the trip.

“Alright,” Ben said loudly, clapping his hands together to gather everyone's attention “now were gonna be on the bus for about an hour, once we get to the airport, we will be boarding the private jet, which we will be flying for 5 hours. okay?” you nodded, feeling Harry shift his shoulders as he shrugged, longer flight meant more sleep.

“Alright, everyone on board!” ben turned, hopping up the limo bus’ steps, mal going in right after him. soon enough, you all were packed in the bus, you and harry huddled in the back, two seconds away from falling asleep.

Fairy godmother stepped into the bus, talking with ben for a moment before doing a roll call. you sluggishly rose your hand as she called for you, flopping it back down onto Harry's torso. he let out a slight cough, side-eyeing you, you shrugged, burying deeper into his side.

Once everyone was accounted for, FG nodded at ben and the driver, leaving the bus and waving you all goodbye. Jane darling watched from the window, smiling.

a land of memories, waiting to be explored

---end of part 8---

@dpaccione​

thx @marichat4lyf​ for beta reading

#Descendents #descendants #disney descendants #harry hook #harry hook descendants #harry hook x reader #harry hook imagine #remember your past life #breath of the wild #botw crossover

[wildandsexyjacks]

Mocktails & (Not So) Useless Company Parties

Seungyoun + #11 from this holiday prompt list

Word Count: 1.5k

Warnings: alcohol consumption

You love your job, you tell yourself over and over again, looking at your own reflection in the mirror of the ladies room. You do what you’ve always wanted to do, what you’re good at, what makes you happy. It pays extremely well too, so really no complaints there either. The real problem is your boss. The old cranky son of a bitch has no life of his own and for some reason, he believes you don’t need one too, which is why he’s making you stay in town for Christmas when in fact you should be back at home eating your mom’s cookies and drinking hot cocoa with tons of marshmallows.

This stupid event is not even that big of a deal, to be honest. It’s just a boring business award ceremony, filled with fancy-dressed people from the entertainment industry drinking mocktails (mocktails!!) and bragging about their achievements this year and YOU are what your boss has to brag about right now. You know your cooking show’s been pretty popular lately, with a lot of celebrities wanting to join in as guests and its rating points only going up every week, so it was obvious he’d want to show you off... But it’s Christmas. Your favorite holiday and you’re spending it in an expensive designer dress with uncomfortable heels, looking pretty and greeting people who don’t give one real fuck about your show or the story behind it, only its numbers.

While you stare in the mirror and hate everything, the giggly pair of girls who got in the bathroom right before you come out of their stalls, so you smile and wait for them to wash their hands and leave. As soon as they close the door, you take a silver flask from where you previously stashed it under the sink and pour it in your drink. After taking a sip, you put the flask back in it’s hiding spot and fix your hair one last time before exiting.

The moment Mr. Yang - executive producer of your show and close friends with the company CEO - said you’d be his date for the year-end events it became obvious you couldn’t be sober for this. However, the CEO’s wish to hold the party at his wife’s art gallery and the fact that she abominated alcohol had you mastering a plan to do it under everyone’s nose.

It was all going very well up until your third visit to the bathroom for refills. Someone storms inside without warning and catches you red-handed.

“Oh, sorry, this isn’t the-.” the guy frowns “Are you okay?”

It’s when you realize you’re probably a bit tipsier than originally intended. You look from him to the mirror again, taking in your reflection one more time: shoes discarded on the floor, flushed cheeks.... you’re obviously looking at least somewhat drunk. With your glass set on the sink and the open flask in your hands, there’s no point in trying to pretend this isn’t exactly what it looks like, so you just mumble a yeah and resume spiking your drink.

His brows furrow even more.

“Don’t you think this is a bit too...? Um, okay.” The man moves forward, grabs your arm and takes the flask from you, then smells it and instantly makes a face “Woah... Would you like some eggnog with your rum?”

You look him dead in the eye.

“This is the ladies’ room.”

“Well, I admit to my mistake.” He closes the flask, and puts it into the inner pocket of his blazer “But you don’t look too good right now so is there something I can help you with before I leave? It’s Y/N, right? You’re representing tvN so we’re both under CJ and it’d be bad form to leave you like this... I also happen to really like your show, even tried the pear risotto at home and no one died after eating.” You laugh, and he smiles, seemingly taking pride in that “Seriously, I’m a big fan.”

That’s funny because you’re looking at the Cho Seungyoun, a.k.a WOODZ, hip-hop and r&b star and variety show king. He looks ridiculously handsome in an all-black suit with his hair pushed back, which makes you vaguely embarrassed of your current state so you try to discreetly fix your appearance.

“You look beautiful, don’t worry, that’s not what I meant.” he leans against the marble sink and crosses his arms in front of his chest “What’s the matter? I mean why are you sneaking booze into a company event?”

You roll your eyes and mirror his posture, sighing.

“I don’t know what I’m doing here, my boss won’t even let me promote my show. I’m only allowed to greet people and smile while he does all the talking. This is so stupid, I should be on a plane to Toronto right now but I’m in this useless party wasting my time instead.”

Seungyoun rubs his chin, pondering his next move. After a while, he nods to himself and glances at you, arching an eyebrow.

“I can’t send you to Toronto but maybe I could help fix the other issue. How quickly can you sober up?” You shrug and bend down to put your shoes back on while he downs your drink, grimacing at the taste “Ugh, awful.” 

You laugh again while checking your make-up, then wash your hands and hold onto the arm he’s offering so you can both exit the bathroom.

And for the next couple of hours, Seungyoun does the absolute most, introducing you to everyone he knows and talking about your show with enthusiasm. He wasn’t lying when he said he was a fan, you notice. He talks in detail about the dishes and the guests from previous episodes and seems truly interested in what you have in store for the next season when you explain it to higher-ups from other CJ subsidiaries. 

It’s a blessing Seungyoun be so charismatic and funny because everyone is too busy falling in love with him to pay attention to the way you lean on him for balance and laugh just a little too much. By the time they start handing out the awards, you’re sober enough to go up on stage with Mr. Yang, who gives a quick speech thanking you and the staff - and you do the same. After that, you’re free for the rest of the night and Seungyoun makes good use of that, tapping your boss on the shoulder as soon as you get up from your seats when the ceremony ends.

“Excuse me, sir, can I borrow her for a moment?”

Busy talking to other executives, Mr. Yang waves his hand, barely looking at him, and you take that as a yes.

“Thanks for saving me.” you say as he offers his arm once again “I had a lot of fun tonight.”

“Don’t mention it. I know it’s hard to believe but I’m actually kind of shy so it was nice to have your company.” he pats your arm, glancing at you “Have you seen the paintings here? They’re pretty awesome.”

You shake your head no, so he takes you to the first open room he can find. The sign by the door says the exhibition is called FLOWERS ON A RIVER, a series of gongbi flower and bird paintings by a chinese artist named Chen Zhifo.

When you go inside, there’s no one else there, the guest using up all their time for networking instead of art appreciation. Seungyoun drags you to study a very long line of flower paintings hanging on the wall, reading their titles and descriptions out loud and making funny comments about the birds.

“You know,” he starts when you reach the last painting “I’ve never been invited to guest on your show even though we’re from the same company...”

He glances quickly at you, pouting and blinking several times, and it makes you laugh. Yes, you both come from sister companies but no one could call that a real connection. Not to mention you didn’t even know he could cook before earlier tonight, anyway.

“My boss picks the guests.” you shrug. “Sorry.”

“I see. Well then maybe I could cook you dinner at my place, say, later this week... and you could put in a good word for me with your boss or something...”

You look up at him, surprised. Maybe you’re still a little drunk, but you muster up the courage to take a step closer and ask him what’s on your mind.

“Are you trying to buy your way into my show or ask me on a date, Seungyoun?”

“Oh, I don’t care, whatever helps me see you again the fastest.” he leans down a little, bringing his face closer to yours while staring at your lips “Which one do you prefer?”

“I think right now I’m gonna go with the date and we can talk about work later.” you decide, wrapping your arms around his neck and standing on your tiptoes to meet him halfway for a kiss.

“Ho ho ho.” Seungyoun mumbles, smiling against your lips.

It’s Christmas and you’re in a stupid useless party, but now you don’t regret it anymore.

-

it’s still christmas where i live so..... happy holidays everyone 💜

also i’m a time management disaster so i missed seungwoo’s birthday because when do i finish anything on time right? but i WILL have the next ysay chapter finished before the weekend so wooseungdans stay tuned xx

#cho seungyoun #seungyoun imagine #seungyoun scenario #x1 scenarios #x1 fanfic #it's missing x1 hours #im sorry about the ryeonseung spam lately but i really do miss them :( #when will swing ent realize theyre only wasting time and losing money? free my boys you ugly cowards!

[evilback-wards]

Day 1( don't. Read it's crap)

Heart Shaped Box prompt for Chemical Warfare Babies

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Bing.

Surrounding Colline were suits. Large suits that had their cuffs tucked in. And the suits and Colline were in a carbon copy of the Oval Office: the assumed pinnacle of governmental grout.  Whispers were beginning to become full on conversations, mixing joy and hatred to copulate bureaucracy. The room was made with the construction of the original Oval Office in mind: wooden furnishings with uncomfortable couches, yellow curtains, flags from the galaxys’ visiting for todays discussion, old paintings from Earth, and, per the tradition of the planet, vibrate velvet blue fur to keep temperatures warm.

“You know, these humans didn’t know shit. They just existed. It’s kind of adorable,” says a suit, blue one—cuffs hidden by the darkness naturally exuded by their species. Blue dark suit darkness speaks to flapper imitator. The flapper imitator has the roaring 20’s down to the overabundance of happiness before a terrible downfall.

“So much can be learned from them! I’m excited for the fanfare that’s promised for today. Planet 00242192 always has the best shows,” flapper imitator said, fanning itself with some nearby wind. Ah—Colline was just about done dolling herself up for the show. Colline was a suit but also rare personnel that practiced the Earth culture seriously.

There was no light speed fast enough, quick enough, hurried enough to get the Earth stockholders into a room quicker than today. There was an e-mail that was pushed out that stressed the importance of everyone answering her communication. And the stockholders knew not to fudge their chance to speak to their cash cow—and came dressed for the occasion.

Besides flapper imitator, darkness creator, logic deeper, power steeper, gravel keeper, and naval peeker went more for tropes for their manifestations. Ones physical manifestations can leave a lot to be desired if chosen incorrectly on a planet. Colline was a tough customer—judging critically based on ones physical manifestations. It could be assumed that Colline would buy your stock just for matching the wrong century of sock with hair piece.

There was a long allotment for sound in English chatter, allowing the awkward language to leave from whatever orifice the creature utilized for speaking.  Colline stayed silent. Colline was listening for the truth, whatever that may be.

But, once Colline started tapping on the large light box, which triggered the lighting in the room to be lowered completely, people hushed themselves. It was now time for the show.

Dear Diary:

I had sex with a lot of people today. Maybe I shouldn’t have done that. But people forgive pretty easily, right? People will pass you on the street and forgive you for uglying the landscape? People will nod to you even when they are disgusting by the stench of your existence? Remember, if someone holds their nose against their clothing, you’re repulsive. You need to leave them right away. Humans have a tendency of keeping things too nice. Don’t be that way. If you hate someone let them know right away. So the proper fighting can happen. I’ve been dragged along the concrete too long with so many of my clients. They claim I’m ‘love at first sight’ when it’s really ‘cum at first sight’.

Not to knock my knack of doing things to sexually stimulate the creatures, but it gets tiring. Suck Suck. Fuck Fuck. It becomes natural. I am natural. So, I guess I talked myself out of feeling guilty for being an escort—yay! Now I can move on to write more interesting things.

My latest conquest is of someone at my same level. His name is CJ(god knows what that stands for) Byrant. He enjoys escorts as much as anyone. He runs through about fifty every seven days(a week!) and pays each of them handsomely to keep their mouths shut. I heard the last escort that tried to make a scandal happened became the next murder mystery scandal. Ah—I love me a good scandal! That person is dead because they spoke improperly. This person is tortured for being too honest. I love scandals! They are the hole to human virtue.

This is getting rambly, but since it’s MY DIARY, I can be rambly. Hm. New conquest: CJ Byrant likes his escorts like he likes his government: easy to leave in the late afternoon and hard to come in during the mornings. Get it? Yeah—a gay joke I think that was. But that’s just not any type of gay joke—it’s a funny one! I hope. Is my existence making you want to kill yourself yet? If so, I apologize, if not, what is wrong with you? I am extremely cringy and filled with too much hope. The best I have to aspire for is waking up with fresh egg whites on my tits. Maybe there’s a druggie cig hanging from my lower lip that CJ takes drags out of sometimes. I hope I’m good enough to be a night escort. Those are the best—the people make you breakfast usually and ask if that’s how humans would do it. The best thing about humans is that you just don’t know what they would do—they’re born with their own will and predetermined set of ignorance. It’s so cute!

Anyway, I am struggling right now. CJ Byrant is a tough cookie. I’ve been making sure my ass is in the perfect view of his eyesight. But he just clears his throat or insists that “he’ll get that”. What type of government official does he think he is? That’s really silly, you know, to have this façade of being such a respectful man only to turn out to be the kind of guy that needs to cum twice in your eyes and scrub your face into the concrete and call you his long lost rapist. Whoops. Secrets are being let out tonight. I apologize.

CJ Byrant thinks me being an Earth-informed person makes it okay. It makes him okay to treat me like a human male but—hold it—he doesn’t reap the benefits of having such an Earth-human-whore to push around. I could be his little blow doll. My mouth is already open way too often. That’s why I pay men to close it with their intimates. Or sometimes with an object or five if they’re feeling excitable that day.

I love being this whore life has made me to be. It’s easy, easy money, easy way of living. I just can’t think too hard or I’ll burst into tears. Ahh!—Thinking should hurt me! I wish each time I had a critical thought someone hit me upside the head with a brick. I shouldn’t be allowed to think—no, never—thinking is bad. These guys, when they look for escorts, look for the dumbest and best manifested. I need to retain my own view of my life as much as possible. I can’t let CJ treat me like the garden tool I am. Now I’m making puns—I must be reaching critical mass of funnies.

Ahh, it’s been nice writing this, but around now, I need to make a bad decision. Just like the cycle of abuse, a clock, a never-ending cycle of wander and blunders, I must do something completely terrible. Because that’s how Earth-human-whores act. And I love being an Earth-human-whore.

 The lights come back. The suits are struggling to retain a boisterous laughter. The suits flicker into manifestations of humans, a nice spread between the centuries. Colline smiles as she raises her digital grey camera.

“God, that was hoot! The girl is so brain-dead she can’t even keep secrets out of her diary! It’s like her vagina wrote the entire thing,” Flapper imitator says, with her lips out. Smoke drags itself past her lips and into the Oval Offices’ space. Other creatures struggle to retain their laughter and comments. Colline remains silent, snapping pictures of everyone at their moments of happiness, dressed down in their humanoid dresses. Their barcodes showing—oh sweet barcodes! These are important. I’ll explain why they’re important.

 Barcodes are assigned to every creature created on the planet known as 00242192. The English pronunciation of the numerical expression is often shortened as Capital Pra. Pra is a weird name, isn’t it, for this shit to be occurring on? With blue velvet carpet to be in a Oval Office to keep up temperature—because—humans are too stupid to find out how to work machines to heat them better.

Barcodes, okay, back to the point. Barcodes are assigned to anyone born on this planet as a discreet and personal number. Buuuut. Because anything created is sentient and has their own free will, and to keep privacy up, the placements of the barcode is random. Sometimes you’re lucky and its on your left ass check if you ever manifest an ass cheek. Issue one: Sometimes you’ll manifest and manifest and you can’t find the barcode of yours for the life of you. Issue two: If you don’t know what the fuck your barcode is, well, you’re screwed.  Your mark as a Triple O’ 9 and told to fuck off into the darkness. You’re labeled as uncooperative in this nook of the galaxy or universe or whatever you wanna see this place as.

Barcodes are an arrangements of lines from 5 cm to 5 inches that can be as short as 2 and as long as fifty on ones body. What—why are people born with these—the best answer I can give you is that that’s just how the machine works. And no one knows why. Maybe no one wants to know why. But anyway.

Barcodes are used to keep track of the population and employment of people born on Pra. And, to be more culturally sensitive, what percentage of people follow what culture. As a new born jelly mass, you don’t know anything. You don’t even know that your jelly form is offensive as you’re basically just a naked new born baby without culture! SO, let’s review:

1.Born as a jelly with a barcode

2. Get culture

3. ???

4. You live until you die under your cultures conditions

Sounds simple, but people like to make it complicated as shit. Like, who the hell even wants to stick to one culture? Who would want to? Even subcultures of your culture get boring. So many people just up and switch cultures when it gets close to their time. Some beings born with 3 barcodes still exist because they’re “lifers” for culture.

#nanowrimo #day 1 #its shit i know #but made word count

[wheredidtheyallcomefrom]

The Future of the Trainees (part 11)

Downpour

Hwang Minhyun (Rank 11 -> Rank 4)

Chances – I’ve sorta already discussed all the other Nu’est members and their chances of making it into the final group (they’re all making it into the Top 22) so I’m going to just repeat what I said and keep it short and sweet. Only two members can make it into the final group according to my theory. And because Jonghyun is a shoo-in and Minki is not getting screentime the battle is between Dongho and Minhyun. Dongho does get more screentime and interesting storylines but Minhyun has the image of a CEO to counter Dongho’s ‘sexy bandit’ image and is more of a pretty boy than Dongho. In the end it will all come down to who has made more one-pick fans during the show which in all honesty is probably Minhyun. I know some people see Minhyun as a shoo-in actually but I don’t because while he’s more likely to make it in than Dongho, I do think there’s a chance that only one member of Nu’est will end up getting in 0- Jonghyun.

Skills – Very well-rounded as Nu’est fans have pointed out. (I honestly think the biggest advantage Nu’est and other debuted idols have on this show is that there are other videos excepts for the episodes where you can see the trainee’s abilities and viewers are less likely to fall for evil editing because they have a chance of knowing their personalities from their other appearances). He can sing, can dance and apparently can rap.

Kim Jaehwan (Rank 16 -> Rank 7)

Chances – Ever since the first episode I‘ve been really excited to see an independent trainee succeed and get into the final line-up, to show that you don’t have to have a company behind you to be talented and have an impact. And finally, a hero has risen, I mean, Jaehwan’s popularity on the show is greatly helped by the editing which makes sure to portray Jaehwan as B.O.I’s future main vocal. It’s a deserving edit so I don’t really mind (my favorite vocalist is Seonglee but that’s a matter of taste and Jaehwan is obviously also a great vocalist). It’s such a great edit that when Jaehwan didn’t get the befit for the vocal position, Mnet made sure to edit the episode in s way that made Jaehwan the true winner. And it worked – a lot of people were confused why Jaehwan wasn’t first. Again, he completely deserves it but I’m upset that it’s does at the expense of actual winner Gunhee. In episode 6 Jaehwan finally got into the Top 11 and after this episode I’m pretty confident that he will remain there in episode 8. Hopefully, he’ll remain there until the end although I don’t consider him a shoo-in. Either way a company better sign him after the show.

Skills – We know about his singing. Let’s talk about his dancing. He was given the Juna edit at first – a great vocalist who is lacking in dance skills. But he ended up escaping that doomed path by actually remaining in B after the re-evaluation. Honestly, when I watched his re-evaluation cut I was very surprised. It was obvious that he practiced really hard to remember all the moved and get them right and throughout his dancing he looked like he was focusing so hard. And some moves reflected that – looked a little awkward as if his body was just trying to strike the right poses as opposed to dancing. But some moves looked really natural. His ‘Sorry Sorry’ practice cut was helped by the fact that his team had a worse dancer and all focus was on him. In the actual performance he looked fine but it’s not the hardest dance. However, during his solo parts when he didn’t need to dance he still made sure to make up some moves that looked pretty good. I can’t believe that after that people still think that he’s not cut out to be an idol. His dancing is lacking but he’s proven that with a lot of practice he can keep up. Honestly, the final group doesn’t need any more super strong dancers.

Yoon Jisung (Rank 3 -> Rank 13)

Chances – I feel really bad for Jisung, moreso than for anyone else on the show. Because he doesn’t even have anything to apologize for so there’s no way for him to rise in the eyes of the viewers. They votes for him because he was funny and then got mad at him because he ended up being higher than a lot of their picks. Where is the logic? Some people are mad that he got so much screentime because MMO is a subsidiary of CJ E&M. Okay, maybe that’s true, maybe CJ E&M is pulling some strings. But firstly, if that’s true, it’s the company’s fault. The trainees don’t get to decide this shit. And secondly, all of the viewers enjoyed seeing him on screen and enjoyed his commentary before he got 3rd ranking. So it’s all bullshit. It’s especially sad because you see that it had its effect on him. But he didn’t break. He’s accepted the hate and decided to shove his talent in everyone’s faces. And I appreciate that so much. It really was a blessing for Hyunbin that he was in the same group as Jisung who understands his struggles and his grievances. While all of the members obviously helped Hyunbin I think the fact that e and Jisung could relate to each other really helped Hyunbin. And overall, Jisung made a great leader, especially for someone who was suggested because Sungwoon didn’t want the position. This episode really did show Jisung in a new light allowing us to see the person behind the meme. Unfortunately, it might stop the hate but people are going to be really careful about voting for him so that he doesn’t ever step foot into the Top 11. I hope he does make it into the Top 22 though.

Skills – He’s a lot better of a vocalist than I gave him credit for. And I thought he was a good enough singer before. Now I just think that he’s pretty great. His dancing is his weak point though, I think, He was off-beat in the ‘Hard Carry’ performance a few times (maybe due to being nervous) and his ’10 out of 10’ performance was the epitome of cheese where dancing well wasn’t the focus.

Ha Sungwoon (rank 21 -> 27)

Chances – Mnet is treating the Hotshot really well this mission. While Sungwoon wasn’t the focus of his group but he got some attention during picking of the leader and the center, even though Mnet could’ve cut out both of the scenes. Sungwoon could’ve just suggested Jisung as a leader without his take on the group mission and Jaehwan was such an obvious choice for center that showing that scene only benefitted Sungwoon. So thank you, Mnet, that was very nice of you. I can only imagine how hard it was leading the ‘Boy in Luv’ team made up of very popular but young and inexperienced trainees (although his friendship with Daehwi gives me life) and I’m glad we got a glimpse of that. As for the center battle, viewers wouldn’t have accepted someone other than Jaehwan as the main vocal and I think that Sungwoon realized that when he suggested Jaehwan gets it. (Honestly, in the end the two of them had basically the same parts so I don’t even know why that was such a big deal.) In the end, Jaehwan ended up pretty low on the ranking list of vocalist but Sungwoon was almost at the end of it. And I knew people wouldn’t agree with Jaehwan’s rank so I assumed that they wouldn’t have enough energy to care about Sungwoon. But I was pleasantly surprised whwn he appeared in a lot of comments being called one of the biggest victims of the ranking. It’s nice to see that even in a group of popular trainees he was able to shine. I previously said that only one out of the Ador & Able boys can make it into the Top 22 but I might be wrong. Mnet is giving both of them attention and the viewers seem to notice? So maybe both of them get lucky.

Skills – He sounded great in his ranking performance but he disappointed me a bit in ‘Boy in Luv’ because he sounded breathless at times (not bad, I just expect more from him). It might be because he had to carry the team vocally (with the help of Daehwi) so I’m not too mad. But this time He was actually my favorite in his team. Jaehwan sounded great, I just felt that for me Sungwoon’s voice fit the song better. It’s a personal opinion that I’m sure not everyone shares but probably some people do. His dancing is also great, the Hotshot boys are really talented.

Kwon Hyunbin (Rank 23 -> Rank 33)

Chances – I’d give Mnet credit for salvaging Hyunbin’s image if they didn’t fuck it up in the first place. But it’s still better than completely ignoring him this time round although any possible rise in ranks would’ve been more likely had they shown it in the 6th episode. However, he was shown choosing ‘Downpour’ in the 6th episode while all the other trainees were freaking out. I actually really like this moment, because while it showed us that Hyunbin is behind is terms of skills which is why he would’ve been a hard teammate to have, he’s also well-liked to the point that people can joke about it. I do hope though that most viewers saw it as that as opposed to everyone just hating Hyunbin. Episode 7 was a lot more openly kind to Hyunbin showing how the mean comments broke his spirits and how he was willing to work hard to make a memorable last performance. Which it might be. He’s really close to the cut-off line and because most of his progress was shown in episode 7, I’m not sure that he hasn’t fallen fellow 35. If he does make it in this time, I don’t think he will make it next time.

Skills – I’ll get it out of the way – he’s a pretty weak dancer but he has enough skill to not stick out in a group which is all that should be expected of him at this point. His rapping doesn’t particularly impress me but it’s not terrible, I guess. But! But! His might become a good vocalist with more training. I mean his parts which weren’t very hard sounded alright, not amazing except for one note in his first part which sounded really good and maybe gave a glimpse into a future where Hyunbin’s actually a good vocalist after more training.

#produce 101 #broduce 101 #hwang minhyun #nuest #kim jaehwan #yoon jisung #ha sungwoon #hotshot #yoon jisung mmo kwon hyunbin

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first lines meme

I was tagged by @actuallylorelaigilmore ^_^

rules: list the first lines of your last 20 stories. see if there are any patterns. then tag your favorite authors. 

tagging these talented people: @missanthropicprinciple @victorianoir and any mutuals who write fanfic (I didn’t tag some of you b/c I know you’ve been tagged before but if you want to go ahead and have another go ^_~)

PUBLISHED FICS:

1. THREE DAVIDS

There are three Davids.

Two of them don’t exist anymore, not really.

-= The First=-

The first David is the one Toby and his sisters try their hardest to protect, the one that is impossibly bright and not yet able to fight his own battles.

He can be annoying sometimes, this little puppy, always nipping at Toby’s heels, always wanting Toby’s attention and approval. Toby’s long-suffering sighs fool absolutely no one; they all see how he patiently teaches this David all the things he’ll need to know in the years to come. 

2. THE GODS HAVE CONSPIRED - PROLOGUE

Washington, D.C.

January 2038

Inauguration Day

A long time ago a friend of mine (though there was nothing amicable about our relationship at the time) told me what sort of man it took to be President.

“The man in that job shouldn’t have to be presented with anything!” he bellowed at me. “It’s for someone who grabs it and holds on to it, for someone who thinks the gods have conspired to bring him to this place, that destiny demands of him this service!”

3. KEEPING HIM SAFE

“Why does it feel like this? I’ve seen shootings before.”

Brooklyn - Summer 1965

  Ten year-old Toby Ziegler had spent the afternoon playing baseball with his sister Judith and her friends. Now that Toby was ten and the rest of them were about to enter High School they didn’t often let him play with them, but today they had relented and they had played until the sun had gone down.

   The twenty boys (and Judith, the only girl) had gathered their things and had split up to head home, with five of the boys making their way back home with Judith and Toby because they all lived on the same street

  They weren’t far from their street when shots rang out.

4. THE WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT 

1966

Westport, CT

 Miriam Lyman heard the wooden floor behind her creak. She put her book aside and turned to look at the little boy she knew she would find, his walk and the sound it made was unmistakable. At five years old Joshua Lyman already swaggered; it was a walk befitting a child who was his family’s little prince, spoiled and adored by all.

  In his small hands there was a large leather bound book.

 "What have you got there, Joshua?“

  “It’s one of your scrapbooks, Nana,” he said, lifting the book higher in order to give his grandmother a better look.

5. WHILE NORMAN SLEPT

New York City

December 1995

  With a quick flick of the wrist, Joshua Lyman, Esq. tossed his subway token. And, with the impatience of a highly-strung racehorse, he waited to hear the click that always followed the sound of his token clattering against a metal surface, the click that told him that he could push the turnstile and dash full speed toward the subway train.

6. INKBLOTS

  Josh is having a difficult time staying connected to what is going on around him. He wants to be aware of his surroundings, to be able to call out for help. But all he can think about as sirens wail and red lights flash is how hard it is to breathe, how much his chest hurts, and how much the blood on the concrete looks like an inkblot.  

 His mind begins to wander through memories dulled by time, made hazier by the pain.

 Rorschach. It’s a funny name, like one of Joanie’s composers.

 Rorschach.

  -schach, like Bach.

7. AN INVITATION

Late May 1987

Westport, Connecticut

Rachel Abravanel felt her bed dip beneath her and she groaned.

“Buenos dias, Rahelica,” said the distinctly deep voice Rachel usually found comforting, but that today brought back memories of the rare days she hadn’t wanted to go to school and her father would have to coax her out of bed.

“Dad,” she whined without making a move to free herself from her cocoon of blankets.

Rachel’s father responded with a low chuckle.

8. IT’S QUIET UPTOWN

November 18, 1969

It was Noah Lyman’s first day back at work since his daughter’s death.

The firm had been extremely sympathetic, had told him to take as much time off as he needed. They’d promised to farm his cases out, everything would be taken care of.

His colleagues felt guilty despite Joanie’s death being no fault of theirs; Noah and Ada had been at a dinner party for the partners and their wives the night it happened after all. 

9. PROMISES

  Ryan Pierce speed-walked past desks, flipped through papers, and managed to avoid crashing into any of the support staff that zipped by.

  Ryan had news for the President-elect on the people they had been vetting for Senior Staff positions. The majority of them had worked for the campaign and had made it through a round of vetting for their campaign jobs so it hadn’t taken long to make sure there weren’t any skeletons deeper in the closets of people who were going to be working in the White House.

10. SHIVA IN THE WHITE HOUSE - Ryan

Washington D.C. - 2043

  Ryan Pierce rounded up the most trusted members of the Senior Staff and told them that their jobs were going to be a little harder for the next few days and that he expected them to rise to the occasion. There would be no setting of fires that would require the President to put out, they would make sure that the West Wing continued to run like a well-oiled machine. Ryan was willing to move heaven and earth to make sure nothing ended up on the President’s literal and figurative desk unless it absolutely needed to.

11. SHIVA IN THE WHITE HOUSE - Sam’s Revelation 

Maryland - 2043

Sam and Toby were sitting in a secluded corner of Andy’s backyard. He’d come directly to Andy’s from the airport with Ainsley. Sam’s two Secret Service agents were parked in front of the house and Ainsley was in the living room with CJ, Andy, and the rest of Toby’s family.

 Toby had known that there was something on his friend’s mind the moment he’d seen him so he dragged him outside and away from everyone else as fast as his old joints would allow, and had waited patiently for whatever it was that was eating away at Sam to come out.

 “I loved him,” Sam whispered, half to himself, as if the statement was more for Sam’s own benefit than Toby’s.

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WIPs:

I don’t really have any other published stuff (nothing I’m particularly keen to share) but I do have a my massive af WEST WING vignette collection The Gods Have Conspired currently in progress. The following are excerpts from the beginnings of vignettes I’m working on for that collection.

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12.

The Catskills   1966

Several heads turn when Felix appears by the pool. He’s wearing short teal swim trunks that show off his long lean legs, a towel that hangs from his neck obscures most of his chest but a small gleaming Star of David, which hangs from a gold chain is visible in its nest of sparse chest hair, catches peoples’ eyes and makes them wonder what the rest of his chest looks like and hope that he’ll toss the towel off soon. Felix cuts a handsome figure. He’s no strapping David hewn from marble but there is something of a classical handsomeness to him, the contrapposto pose he assumed as he took in his surroundings was certainly giving the girls at the pool ideas.

 13.

2060

  “So, what's it like being a Lyman?” the young bikini-clad woman asked Josh*.

  “Honestly? It's a pain in the ass.”

  “Oh,” his companion responded, not expecting that answer at all. “But like, everyone loves your family, you guys are like a huge deal.”

 “Yeah, but there are certain things Lymans are supposed to do. Like,  just about my entire family is in politics, you know? And that’s not what I want to do with my life. I mean fuck, my mom is an actress and even she’s really involved in political shit. My grandfather was president, my great-great-grandfather was president, so what, I wasn’t around for any of that so why the fuck should anyone expect me to be involved?”

[*This isn’t Josh Lyman DCoS to Bartlet and CoS to Santos, this is another Josh Lyman entirely ^_~]

14.

200?

“Joshua Lyman, you told me you hated cats!”

Josh cocked his head and raised an eyebrow.

“I do.”

“Well you didn’t always hate them,” she replied, waving the picture she had found in front of him. “What’s that you’ve got in your arms?”

Josh snatched the picture from Donna’s grasp.

“That’s Heifetz,” he said as he looked at his smiling five year old self cradling the grey cat like a baby, the cat looking almost indulgent and completely used to being handled by a rough-and-tumble little boy.

15.

2043

   “I never thought- that in my lifetime-”

  “Dad, don’t you dare jinx it or I will make you go outside turn around, spit, curse, and whatever else you are supposed to do, I don’t care how old you are. We’re not done yet, and you are already trying to jinx it.”

  “To have even gotten this far, _____.”

 “Well, leave it to the Jewish President to shake things up in Israel,” _____ said, after flashing his father a cocky grin that made him look like a teenager instead of a middle-aged man.

16.

“Bee. Bee, bee, bee, bee, bee,” Zach shouted.

  “No Zachary, it is To-by, can you say To-by?”

  “Bee!”

  “Just give up, Tobus. He’s gonna be calling you that even after you quit fighting it,” CJ said. “Isn’t that right little man?”

   “Jay!” Zach shouted, raising his arms up toward CJ, his way of asking to be picked up.

 “While you’re busy being a grump over the name ‘Bee’ I am going to embrace the name I’ve been given by my diminutive pal,” CJ said as she lifted Zach up on began bouncing him on her lap, much to his delight.

17.

 ______ ran his hands up his wife’s sides and rested his thumbs under her breasts.

  Annie suddenly went rigid on top of _______.

  “Oh my god, my grandparents had sex in this room.”

  “What?”

  “My grandparents, they had sex. In this room.”

  “Yeah, well I am sure they’ve changed the mattress and sheets since then, even if it is the same bed frame,” _______ said with his attempt at an innocent smile.

  “______ ______!” Annie shouted as she grabbed a pillow and hit her husband with it.

“Ow, Annie, you’re hitting the President of the United States!”

18.

Beginning of 4th year of Seaborn Administration

  Josh Lyman had run as fast as his body would allow from the security check-in desk to the office outside the Oval.

  “Ainsley?”

  “Hello, Josh. You alright there?”

  “Yeah, I just need to catch my breath.”

  Ainsley nodded.

  “He’s in the situation room right now,” Ainsley informed him.

  “D’you know what’s going on?”

  “I don’t know much, I just know what they’ve been reporting in the news.”

 “Which really isn’t much, is it?”

  “No.”

 There was very little the news was able to reveal at this point, the rioters were making it hard for any foreign correspondents to get close to the embassy.

19.

Germany 1945 Jakob tried to steady himself when he felt his legs begin to weaken and threatened to give way underneath him.

He felt his chest begin to tighten and he found himself forced to lean up against the wall. He had managed to get through so much in the last several weeks without letting his emotions get the better of him but he could no longer keep up the pretense that he wasn’t affected by what he saw. The city of his birth in ruins.

It was impossible for him not to be conflicted, his liberators had been left with no options, and so his beloved city had had to pay the price for the sins of its inhabitants; it had to become a shell of its former self, a daily reminder of his neighbors’ transgressions.

20.

2066

~“Wild child full of grace Savior of the human race”~

“They love you to the moon and back, you know,” Margaret says.

“Huh?”

“Your parents, Jonathan, Abbey Rose, the whole family. They love you.”

Josh doesn’t say anything, he decides to stare at the IV port taped to his hand.

She’s so nonchalant about it, just throws it out there while skipping a marble across a chinese checkers board.

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Ok… so patterns… I use way too many commas, I often state the year (because I’m a history nerd through and through and I love to skip around to different times in my massive epics). I lowkey feel like Sophia from Golden Girls… “picture it: Sicily 1922″ hahahaha. I don’t seem to open with dialogue in my finished drafts but my WIPs usually open with dialogue. I’m too tired and lazy to keep looking for patterns ;-P

#my fanfic nonsense #The West Wing #tghc #long post