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Sweet Nothings (3)

Carlos Sainz x Pageant Queen!Reader

Summary: All that they ever wanted was sweet nothings but everything changed like midnight rain.

Sweet Nothings 1 2 3 4

A/N: this the second to the last chapter. The last chapter would be in story format and a lil bit of smau. Let me know what you folks think about this one.

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ChiliUpdates Media day duties for Carlos in Vegas today!

User5 Goodluck on Vegas,get that WDC carlos

User6 VAMOS CARLOSSSSS

User7 look at him being so smiley

User16 im so happy to see Carlos smiling so much, he deserves happiness.

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//We are ready to extend our lead for the championship. I have a very good feeling that with my skills, car, and some luck then we might be able to surpass Max before we race in Abu Dhabi. I'm really excited to drive this weekend.//

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User6 Never imagined we will be fighting for the WDC this year

User7 Im gonna go and pray for a Ferrari 1-2

User8 Carlos is really a driven man, respect!

User10 Carlos are you getting excited to drive this weekend because someone is also here in vegas 👀

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QueenYNUpdates Her gown for the prelims and the swimsuit competition

User7 DUDE THE GOWN!!!

User8 THE SLO MO TURN, MISS MAAM???

User65 ate and left no crumbs, all the other contestants can go home

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YNjpeg this is what we called the Ibong Adarna dress. It is inspired by a Filipino mythological bird that has the ability to enchant anyone who hears it sing. Furthermore, the Ibong Adarna is also a phoenix that regenerates and rises from the ashes. The dress is a symbol of resilience, rising and rebirth 🧡

Thank you for the team for making this amazing craftmanship.

User8 The lore behind her dress??? NO ONE CAN TOP HER ATTENTION TO DETAILS

User9 everyone should do it like her

User10 she is SERVINGGG,MY MISS UNIVERSE 2024

McLaren our 🧡👑

User5 admin so real for this one User6 anyone wanna bet with me that this is Lando's doing? User20 the fact that she is still the papaya queen for mclaren is like how carlos is still an unofficial family of mclaren

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CarlosY/NUpdates Carlos Sainz' face when someone showed him a photo of Y/N in her prelim gown.

User5 wtf,why did they have to show him that???

User1 right??? stop bringing her up. User3 Hi im the one that showed him that. I was watching miss universe while waiting for carlos to sign a cap. Carlos saw my screen and asked me if I could show him when Y/N is on the screen. He was in the middle of the interview when Y/N came up so I kind of screamed to show him. Im sorry if I made any trouble. User9 me reading this made me cry

User6 look at the man and tell me that he is not in love with her

User7 he never stopped loving her, thats my theory.

User8 Im gonna play Gracie Abrams all over again

User10 Carlos you might trick everyone but those eyes dont lie.

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ChiliUpdates Carlos Sainz wins the Las Vegas Grand Prix. He is now 4 points ahead of Max Verstappen and is currently P1 in the WDC.

User1 WOW CARLOS!! WE USED TO PRAY FOR TIMES LIKE THIS

User2 THE NEXT FERRARI CHAMPION IS CARLOS. IM CALLING IT.

User3 Look at the pure glee on his face when he won. He deserves this so much

User4 Thats our smooothhh operatorrrrrr

User10 MISS MAAM YNjpeg what are you doing lurking here???

User11 isnt the miss universe starting in a few minutes??? User17 Y/N never beating the they are not yet over each other allegations

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CarlosY/NUpdates someone just saw Carlos outside the place for the Miss Universe!!!! They also reported Lando, Lewis, and Charles at the venue as well

User1 he is going to see Y/N! ITS HAPPENING!!!

User2 I love a supportive ex

User3 Y/N bringing out the whole grid to support her, its just so wholesome to think about

User7 They really went from racing suits to formal wear in an hour, Y/N's power over the grid User8 they really love her User9 especially Carlos. The man didn't celebrate and went to her right away User10 why did they ever break up?? they are so good with each other

User11 ugly crying

User12 I want a supportive ex boyfriend and a supportive friend group.

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QueenY/NUpdates Take a look at the girl on fire! This is Y/N's evening gown, she is simply gorgeous in red!

User7 ugly crying, she is so beautiful

User55 WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT THE DRESS BEING IN RED???

User9 its literally screaming carlos sainz User10 Y/N and Carlos's color is definitely red

User8 SHE DESERVES THE CROWN, GIVE IT TO HER ALREADY!!

User12 and the explanation how she paid homage to her mother's hometown??? SHE IS OUR QUEEN

User13 i love how her dresses has a certain piece of history

User14 i dont usually watch pageants and I got curious because an ex wag is here but MYGOD SHE IS STUNNING!!

User22 send everyone home, Y/N is taking the crown

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YNjpeg replied: im so so grateful for your love and support LandoNorris replied: so proud of you!!! You deserve the best YNjpeg replied: stop making me cry LandoNorris replied: Carlos cried a lot when they started crowning you. LandoNorris replied: he has to share his universe to the universe lol

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CarlosSainz55 When I tell you that you are beautiful, I am not simply talking about your looks. I talk about your eyes that shows compassion, your heart that is so generous, and your voice that speaks for those who cannot speak for themselves.

I am extremely proud of you YNjpeg. Everything was worth it.

YNjpeg I'm always grateful for your support.

CarlosSainz55 always here for you.

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#f1 imagine #f1 x reader #carlos sainz x reader #carlos sainz imagines #carlos sainz x you

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moonlitdesertdreams · 3 months

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By the Sea (part 1/?)

A/N: Why am I on a True Blood kick in February of 2024? I have no idea, but please enjoy if you also are. Tags: Eric Northman, vampires, Eric Northman True Blood, True Blood Imagines, Eric Northman x OC, Eric Northman x mythical creature!reader, Eric Northman x Reader WARNINGS: Canon-typical swearing, overwhelming amounts of sweet, confused Eric Summary: Eric's been cursed to forget all his memories, but you stick out... and have to deal with the aftermath.

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You had no interest in meeting with the new King of Louisiana.

Bill Compton’s new position as King had given you nothing but pause, and part of you recognized his calling upon Eric as a power play.

So you lounged in the back office at Fangtasia, drifting in and out of consciousness. You could hear the faint arguing between Sookie and Pam in the other office, no doubt about relinquishing ownership of Sookie’s house. The same issue, you assumed, that Bill had requested Eric to discuss. You chuckled at the remembrance that it was your idea to buy the decrepit old farmhouse when Sookie went missing, both to keep an eye on the new King and have a safe haven for Eric away from Fangtasia.

Despite never being fully human, sleeping was one of your favorite indulgences. And tonight you were content to let Eric handle Mr. Compton’s silly requests while Pam argued with Sookie in the other room and you remained at ease. The couch in Eric’s office was worn and comfortable, and you settled yourself underneath one of his jackets, propped against the armrest. When Sookie’s annoying voice drifted away, you were left with the dull roar of protestors outside Fangtasia.

Dreams of blue seas and daylight walks with Eric plagued your mind. The warmth of the sun on your skin, and the golden dance of his hair in a Mediterranean breeze flitted by, and you relished in the fuzzy feeling it brought.

But the invigorating daylight suddenly vanished, replaced with a drab gray office and the annoying scream of a cell phone. You quickly realize it was not in fact your cell phone, but the Fangtasia office phone ringing obnoxiously on Eric’s desk. The sound of Pam and her… company through the wall gave you the idea she wasn’t getting to the phone anytime soon, so you yawned and climbed to your feet, having half a mind to let it ring till it quieted.

However, the newest anti-Vampire movement was raging, and everything at Fangtasia now was about saving face and playing nice. You picked up the receiver and tucked it in the crook of your shoulder, putting on your best vampire purr.

“Thank you so very much for calling Fangtasia. How may I be of service?”

“Y/N?”

You grimace, recognizing Sookie’s sing-song twang. “What do you want?”

“Listen, this is no time for your normal attitude-”

A snarl breaks through your lips. “Watch your mouth, brat. I’ll be on that doorstep before you draw in your next breath.”

“Y/N!” Sookie breathes heavily. “It’s Eric. I found him walking down the road on my way back.”

You stiffen. Sookie’s house was less than a mile from Compton’s, and the thought of what happened to Sophie-Ann at his mansion invaded your mind.

“What’d Compton do to him?”

“This wasn’t Bill.” Sookie’s tone was defensive in spite of everything he’d put her through. “I’m not sure who did this. Y/N… he doesn’t remember me. Or, much of anything. He keeps saying your name.”

Your slow-beating heart ticked up a notch. “You’re home?”

“Yeah. I’ll see you soon.”

You call on every power you have, letting your eyes fall closed. Teleportation was more of just extremely fast flying, mostly manageable but just exhausting. Sookie’s front porch materializes in your mind, and shortly after you feel a warm Louisiana breeze on your face. The sound of screaming cicadas followed, ringing your ears to the point of a migraine.

Before you can get a hand on the doorknob, the wooden panel flew open. Six feet and five inches of blonde viking greeted you, big hands palming at your shoulders and arms as he drew you close in an instinctual embrace. Sookie’s scent caught your attention as well, but your face was buried in Eric’s bare chest, too busy reveling in his closeness to care. He hummed against your hair nonsensically, nose nuzzled into the roots.

“Älskling” Darling.

He murmured the Swedish word into your hair, pushing a soft rumble through his chest. You finally found it in you to return the embrace, rubbing what you imagined to be reassuring circles on his torso. His behavior was startling, as public affection was not his favorite. He wasn’t afraid of it, per say, but he was more brutish. Eric was possessive and pushy, grabbing onto you and nuzzling against your body to mark you with his scent before visiting vampires or their nests. Coddling and dotting outside of that was usually reserved for the bedroom and private rooms away from prying eyes.

“Eric?” You take a step back, and your heartstrings tug painfully on one another.

His blue eyes are wide, full of confusion and apprehension The air of calm and power he usually carries is missing, replaced with the naivety of a scared child. You reach a hand up to cup his cheek.

“What happened, my love?” You whisper, ushering him to sit on the porch swing.

As you walk away from the entryway, Sookie’s eyes meet yours. She nods briefly, and steps away before closing the door with a soft ‘click’. Eric reaches for you once he’s settled on the cushions. You allow him to have a hold of your hand, but maintain a bit of space and sit cross-legged facing him.

“I’ve missed you.” He murmurs, even though you saw him less than five hours ago.

The gush and fluttering of human emotions was something you haven’t felt in years. “I know. What’s the last thing you remember?”

“The sea.” Eric takes your hand with both of his. “Where we met. You were so beautiful.”

His words were full of emotion and love, and you hated that your face blanched. When you met, when he could smell and taste the shore of the North Sea as it danced under sunlight, was the last few days of his humanity.

“Do you remember what happened to you tonight?” You implore him to continue, trying not to choke at the sight of his ruffled hair.

Eric’s face fell, far away from the contented glaze he had when speaking about the sea. “I know I am a vampire. You are mine. But I… I don’t-”

“Shhh, Shhh.” You hush him gently. “That’s okay.”

Eric shakes his head, gripping your wrist as if you could take his memories via osmosis. He mutters in Swedish, and you prompt him to speak up. The words he utters tell you of flashes he’d seen, but couldn’t provide any context.

“Det var hon, men det var inte hon.” It was her, then it wasn’t her.

The description is of a face morphing from older to younger, but nothing more.

What the hell had Bill Compton done to him?

Sure, Eric recalled a woman’s face, but there was nothing to say Bill didn’t set him up. You were suddenly pissed at yourself for not accompanying him to the new King’s hold. You hadn’t so much as asked why he was going. Pam was her normal stoic self upon hearing about him being beckoned, but you bet she had asked why.

“Eric?” His eyes are fixed on you, unwavering and diligent.

“Yes, my queen?”

You almost blush at the pet name. “Can you go sit inside with Sookie? I just have to call someone.”

A lopsided grin stretches his face. “Anything for you.”

Eric leans in and meshes his lips with yours, and it’s the sweetest kiss he’s ever laid on you. There’s no possessive undertone, no domineering fangs brushing against your lips. It’s an innocent show of affection, driven by absolute base instinct and a loss of personality.

“I love you.” He murmurs, breath fanning over your lips.

“I know.”

That amnesiatic smile twists his lips again, and he shuffles back into the farmhouse. You dwell for a moment on the odd behavior before withdrawing your cell phone and immediately dialing Fangtasia.

“Good evening, Fangtasia, Northern Louisiana’s most fang-tastic club. What do you want?”

On any other day, you would have laughed at Pam’s greeting. And you tried so hard to be nice.

“Pam it’s me.”

“Are you really callin’ me from the other office? I thought we talked about-”

“Something happened to Eric.” You stop her, “I don’t know what’s wrong.”

The line goes silent, and you half expect her to come rushing onto the porch as you had.

“Elaborate.”

“Sookie called me… She found him wandering down the road on the way home from Fangtasia. He doesn’t remember anything.” You force yourself to keep your voice steady.

“What do you mean, anything?”

You sigh. Nervous Pam is not good for anyone. “The last thing he recalls is the last days he was human…. When we met. He knows what he is but not who.”

Pam’s voice quakes, and you can’t tell if it’s anger or fear. “Bill set him up.”

You raise a brow. “I had an inkling. What did he go there for?”

“Some new coven of fuckin’ witches in Shreveport. Rumored to have been practicin’ necromancy.”

Your blood runs cold. “And Bill sent him in alone?”

“Probably knew it was a trap, too. Wouldn’t be the first time he’s tried to get rid of Eric.” Her hatred of Bill is palpable, even through the shoddy phone connection. “If the AVL finds out, they might sign off on assassinating Eric.”

“Alright.” You scrub a hand down your face. “Thanks Pam. I’m gonna take care of him”

“Y/N… be careful. I don’t trust Sookie.”

Said southern belle is trying to covertly look at you through the window and you turn away.

“You know I will.” A pause. “And Pam?”

“You get all mushy with me and it’s just gonna piss me off.”

You laugh for the first time that night. “Just do me a favor and don’t worry.”

The line disconnects, and you know she’s worrying. From inside the house, Eric smiles at you, dopey face swaying ever so slightly in the window frame. You look at the sky, wishing you didn’t know there was no such thing as God.

“Fuck my life.”

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EVERYTHING — Lee Heeseung

Genre: fluff, est. relation. Angst.? wc: 556 warnings: kissing, hugging, pet names pairing: bf!hee x Gn!reader

Synopsis: your feeling down but heeseung can fix that. You are his favorite person in the world after all how could he not..?

Sing along at Lispenard St. (Series Masterlist)

Rainy day. Very relaxing to you, you’d say. You always loved it when it rained. Not when it thunders though that’s for sure. You lie down on your bed staring up onto the ceiling, getting lost in your thoughts. But those thoughts are soon cut off when you hear the front door open. You quickly rush out of bed and run out of your bedroom. You make it out and spot Heeseung putting his stuff up, after coming back from work. Quietly, you walked up to him from behind and wrapped your arms around his waist.

“Baby!” He says softly. Getting out of your grasp. To turn around and pull you into a hug. “I miss you..” he said.

“I miss you too..” you said. Heeseung noticed your slight frown on your face. “Hey what’s wrong..?” He asked. You look up at heeseung nodding your head.. “yeah I’m fine why..?” You were confused a bit.

“You face says otherwise my love” Fuck..busted. “Baby it’s nothing promised.” You hope you could get Heeseung to believe you.

“No..baby just tell me..” Heeseung was begging at this point. Wanting to get the truth out. But you won’t let your guard down. Not even if it’s heeseung. You always were never really good at expressing yourself. Especially with words.

“Fine I’m just not feeling my very best..” What do you mean by that? Heeseung was now confused. “What are you saying baby?” He asked. You looked up at and spoke. “It’s just sometimes I think I’m not perfect enough for you…” silence filled the room shortly afterwards. “Like there’s many other women who want to be with you but you chose me.. I’m not as pretty as them..” You put your head down. Heeseung didn’t say anything for a short while. You were starting to get nervous. ‘Please say something..’ shit..now you're over thinking. You were so lost in your thoughts, your thoughts were cut off by heeseung pulling you into a hug. You wanted to cry, but you didn’t. Heeseung still didn’t say anything, since you still weren’t looking at him. He grabbed your jaw with his hand, making you look up at him.

He gets closer kissing your lips, His soft sweet lips. You slightly gasp, but return the kiss back..but it doesn’t last very long, before heeseung pulls away and hugs you even tighter. “Baby, you’re wrong..even if other women want me. It’s not how much I want you.” He finally spoke up. “You’re the most amazing person I’ve ever met, sweetheart. And not one person can change that thought..not even you..my love” he sighed before continuing, “I don’t know what made you think that, it makes me sad when you think negatively about yourself because in my eyes you’re perfect. You’re my everything” Well, here are the tears now. Heeseung started patting your back, trying to calm you down.. You don’t say anything, only focusing on calming down.

“Thank you..” you say quietly..heeseung smiles, before grabbing your hand and taking you towards your bedroom. He opens the door and drags you to the bed. He gets on first and pulls you into his arms, cuddling you.

“We can stay like this for the rest of the night, cuddle,” he said.

“Yeah..I’d like that..” and so you did.

Author’s note: worse one I wrote this was a draft for my other Heeseung post but I just decided for this one since Im was lazy to start a new one. IM TRYING TO MATCH THE SONG WELL WITH THE DRABBLES SEND HELP NOWZ (I’m kidding m) Jungwon next everyone I’m not going in order trust 💪🏼

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ilookbehindthewall · 6 days

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Taylor Swift's new album is about herself

I only hear, "It's about Matty!" "It's about Travis" "She sings about Joe!" No, no... I think she's singing mostly about herself. Who says "he" directly refers to a lover?

I'm pretty sure many songs are about her internal and public identity. I believe none of us can imagine what life must be like as Taylor Swift. The most successful singer currently with probably the largest fan community. She's probably often told she has to pretend.

"They said, 'Babe, you gotta fake it 'til you make it' and I did" (Song: I Can Do It With a Broken Heart)

I think Taylor's true self has something to hide... something most people won't understand/accept.

Why do I think it's about Taylor herself? There are many clues in her lyrics that I'll list shortly. But first, let me show you something else.

Taylor Swift wrote the following on Tumblr: "When I was writing the Fortnight music video, I wanted to show you the worlds I saw in my head that served as the backdrop for making this music. Pretty much everything in it is a metaphor or a reference to one corner of the album or another. For me, this video turned out to be the perfect visual representation of this record and the stories I tell in it."

So, the Fortnight video reflects the stories she tells in TTPD. So, let's take a very close look at the music video 👀

Right at the beginning, you can see Taylor taking a Forget Him pill. The number on the bottle starts on her birthday (December 13, 1989) and ends on the release date of her new album (April 19, 2024). How can people still think it's about specific lovers? She literally tells us it's not about a man here. Did she know Joe/Matty/Travis since birth? No, I don't think so. I think it's about her forgetting "him," her true self.

Because she's Taylor Swift, she has to be perfect as everyone wants her to be without flaws, right?

April 19, 2024, represents the date the album comes out, as she's now telling us the complete story about "him." About her inner true self, because she's not taking the pill anymore. Her last sentence from the whole album in The Manuscript is "But the story isn’t mine anymore."

In fortnight, she sings about how she and he were together for 14 days. So, for 14 days, she was herself, her true self. However, something happened as it's not the case anymore.

In "Down Bad," it becomes even clearer. "For a moment I knew cosmic love. Now I'm down bad crying at the gym"

She briefly found herself but is back to square one, wearing a mask. Another line would be a hint that she's singing about herself.

"They'll say I'm nuts if I talk about the existence of you"

Why would people think she's crazy if she talks about the existence of a lover?

"I loved your hostile takeovers"

That's very literal. She loves it when she's her true self and shows that to the public.

"I'll build you a fort on some planet. Where they can all understand it"

I think Taylor's true self has something to hide... something most people won't understand/accept.

"This cage was once just fine. Am I allowed to cry?I dream of cracking locks. Throwing my life to the wolves. Or the ocean rocks. Crashing into him tonight" (Song: Guilty as Sin?)

She's trapped in a cage; she wants to break free and show her true self to everyone. But showing her true self would have consequences. She describes it very well here. Her true self has something to hide that apparently many people don't acknowledge?

"What if I roll the stone away? They're gonna crucify me anyway. What if the way you hold me. Is actually what's holy?If long-suffering propriety. Is what they want from me. They don't know how you've haunted me. So stunningly.I choose you and me... Religiously"

She hints at religion in several songs.It could be that her true self has something to hide in a religious context.

There are more clues that could be interpreted this way.But I believe that would exceed the scope.

Thanks for reading :)

~Hanna

#taylornation #taylor swift #the tortured poets department #gaylor #taylors version #interpretacion #analysis #down bad #guilty as sin?#fortnight #post malone

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Australian GP 2024!

Mads' Race Recap!

Oh my jesus lord christ alive this was a goddamn good day. OK, I'll try to remain calm, but that is VERY difficult under the circumstances of my 3 best boys getting the podiums. But, I shall do this in order of constructors. Also, thanks to @lipringlrh for edging me through the entire bloody race cause she knew what happened, I swore I was going to be sick.

Red Bull - Nice qualis from Max, and I can't say I wasn't happy with Checo's three place penalty, just because I definitely think it helped the main race. Everything was all honky dory, then Carlos overtook and I was just like 'OK Carlitos, sure'. Then Max was slowing down... Then Lando and Charles passed, and the everyone else. The brakes were smoking, I was screaming out of pure joy. Now, don't take this the wrong way, I love Max. BUT, this provided my boys some very good opportunities. I reckon if Checo hadn't gotten the penalty, he could've tried to pip in front, but I won't dwell on what didn't happen.

Ferrari - WE GOT A FUCKING FERRARI 1-2 BABYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!! HOLY FUCKING SHIT WHEN I TELL YOU I LOST MY GODDAMN MIND IT IS UNPARALLELED! Anyway, I'll be constructive, for a moment, at least. Charles and Carlos had some mental quali pace, so how they didn't get pole is a little crazy to me. Alas, none of that matters now. The second I saw Max go, I was like 'oh fuck we've got it'. Carlos DOTD and race winner, barely 2 weeks after having his appendix out and he doesn't have a seat?! Absolutely diabolical. It was sweet how he went back to singing Smooth Operator, I was waiting for it. When I heard the commentators saying that they may swap the positions so that Charles could lead the WDC, I was shitting it. Yes, I wanted Charles to win, but I didn't want it to be because of something stupid like team orders. Charles can win without needing it handing to him, and it would've been so damn disrespectful to Carlos. Every year that a team has finished 1-2 in Melbourne, they've gone on to win both championships... It's our year, I'm telling you.

So happy to see them back at the top, both of them did incredibly, Charles was pulling pace out of God knows where for that fastest lap. And the strategy was good???? Like, bringing Charles in when he said he needed to? Listening??? Nice stuff. Hearing the Spanish and Italian anthems was absolutely amazing. Also, I feel like this really highlights how special Ferrari is. The team were screaming that Italian anthem like there was nothing more important to them, and they were all hugging and having a whale of a time. It was just so fucking nice to see Charlandos up there, so fucking good. So so so so so happy, Forza Ferrari. Everyone is a Ferrari fan.

McLaren - OK, so, quali wise, Lando kinda came out of nowhere. I feel like Oscar was just... There? We were racing, it was the 'rarri 1-2 with Oscar in P3 at his home race, it was lovely stuff. Then they swapped the positions. Can someone please tell me why they swapped the positions? Pretty sure it was something to do with either less pace or more recent pitting or something, but I'm not 100% sure. As much as I love Lando, I wanted him to stay down in P3 just for that Ferrari 1-2. I needed it. The last few laps, I was looking at the delta between Charles and Lando, and I was relieved to see that it wasn't changing. Super happy for Lando, Oscar did loads better at his home race, nice one for all.

Mercedes - What the hell is going on here? Like, Lewis' qualis weren't good, George's were fine, nothing bad but nothing spectacular. Now the race was something else. I can't really blame Lewis for his problem, since it was a mechanical issue obviously as opposed to driver error. From what I saw of George, he didn't even do anything that bad. One minute he was fine, the next he was turned on his side. I may not want Merc to get points, but I don't want a crash to be the reason why. He's OK, so that's all that really matters. But, as for the car in general, there's something wrong with it. It's not just a one week thing where it's a bit off, this has been consistent. Yes, George had a nice P3 in qualis the other week, but the pace just wasn't there at all in the race. I just don't know what's going on with them at the minute, and the fact that they're so behind the Ferraris and McLarens is concerning.

Aston Martin - Pretty mediocre all together, I've seen varied opinions on Fernando's 20 second pen. Some said he was kinda to blame for George's crash, from what I saw, he was just avoiding George after the fact. I don't really know, so I won't comment until I watch another replay. But yeah, nothing too special, but they do need to up their game.

VCARB/RB/REDBULLSHITTYEDITION - Yuki Tsunoda. Well bloody done babe. Got extra points thanks to the Fernando penalty, even if I didn't really see him during the race like... at all. But, he must've done a pretty damn good job to end up all the way in eighth before the end of the race. Now, Daniel. What is this man doing? 12th is not bad, but when your teammate with less experience in the same car is doing that much better than you in your home race, you know something's up. I love Danny Ric, but Carlos is more likely to get that Red Bull seat than he is at this rate. Slightly disappointed, I won't lie.

Haas - Both drivers getting points? OK, OK. I actually think Kevin could've gotten higher in qualis if Checo hadn't impeded, but I'm glad Checo was put down on the grid. Overall though, nice drive from both, nice to see them get points.

Williams - Right, realistically, what harm would it have done to let Logan drive? It wasn't his fault, Alex has fucked it at that circuit so many times at the same place, and Alex didn't even get points. It wasn't fair, and he took it like an absolute champ. #justiceforlogiebear #cancelwilliams

Kick Sauber - These guys need to fix their pitstops I swear to God. How many times are they going to get that wheel nut stuck on? They did 1 good one for Valtteri, but they screwed up all the others. Zhou's pitlane start was unfortunate after it looked like his front wing just... fell off. Someone said the car reminds them of a wheelie bin, I completely agree and can't see it any differently.

Alpine - Pierre 's fault for getting the 5 second penalty, but other than that, they were shit as usual. Pierre was running pretty high for a little while, then just kind of... fell back. I can't help but laugh at them, I know it's mean, I just find it so bloody comical. I think FC Versailles is just a distraction, but he has just invested in a Tier 3 league, unheard of French football team... Nice one, I guess.

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Febuwhump 2024, Day 19: Twi, Time, Shade (Chain) - “Please Don’t”

Fandom: LOZ/Linked Universe

Consequences on not telling Time the full truth was lurking in the woods between Twilight and Time's eras. Pulling Time to the side to tell him of the Hero's Shade, there's an attack on camp, forcing the secret to come out in the worst way.

CW: blood, injury, language, self sacrifice

Apparently I have a pattern of hurting Twilight in some kind of way when Shade enters a story.

“Guys, wake up. Anyone know this place?” Legend asked as he and Wild sat around the cooking pot. They had just shifted while most of them were asleep.

Twilight looked around curiously. “It feels familiar, but too young to be my era. Time, is it yours?”

The Old Man took a deep breath in, scanned across the new forest, then let out his breath. “Feels too old to be mine. Could be in a between era.”

Twilight blanched at that. That could be the worst thing to happen since that meant Sh- Nope, he was over thinking it too quickly. “Did either of you scout out around here?”

Wild kept stirring, but pointed in a direction. “Yeah, there’s a road about half a mile from here. Seemed to be well used, but it was too early in the morning for people to be using it.”

“I’ll go see if anyone is there now.” Twi tried to stand to make his way to the road, but Wild swiftly pointed his ladle at him with a fierce look.

“After. Breakfast.” The steely look had Twilight consciously sitting back down like a good boy. He was not going to piss off his Cub when it came to everyone being fed. A few others snickered and giggled and all got the same look from Wild. He really could be terrifying.

Wild made a feast of a meal for them: Crepes, oatmeal, omelets, toast, honey and nut fruit and of course an assortment of drinks that everyone liked. Even with the great smelling food in hand and a hungry stomach, Twilight was having issues forcing the food down.

Thankfully his own mentor had mercy on him. “Come on, you're too antsy and it’s killing me to see.”

The unknown bad choice of words could have made Twilight run for the trees to bring everything back up, but then he wouldn’t have been allowed to leave camp. Instead he put on his normal clothes, sword on his back, then waited as Time finished putting on his armor.

The walk was silent outside of Twilight’s heart pounding in his ears and the birds singing in the trees. That was until Time broke the silence. “Alright Pup, what has you so worked up?”

“I don’t know what you mean.”

“I know you are lying and hiding something. You get the same crease in your forehead Malon does. Spill it.” Time grabbed the young man’s shoulder, bringing them both to a stop.

Twilight took several long breaths to calm himself and to figure out the words. “This is going to be hard to tell you, specifically you.”

“Harder than telling me that we are related, can shapeshift and that I somehow trained you in my future?” Time gave a half amused smile.

Oh if he only knew… “Yes.”

Time straightened up, full attention on his descendant. “I’m listening.”

“I didn’t tell you the full truth of how you ended up training me in the future.” Why did he have to do this now?! “You didn’t time travel to my era to train me.”

“How can that be if we are an unknown hundred of years apart?”

“Just… When we met, you weren’t exactly al-” A howl nearby stopped him short. His eyes blew wide.

Time grabbed the hilt of his sword. “Wolfos?”

“N-no” Twilight spun around. “I know that howl.”

Paws making contact with the forest floor could be heard getting closer, making Twi’s heart nearly leap from his chest. A flash of gold had Twilight racing for it.

“Pup, wait!” Time was no spring cucco, but he kept up with the younger.

Twilight zig-zagged through the trees, catching the briefest amount of gold and white. “Shade, wait up!” he hollered, but the wolf stayed out of sight. When he no longer could see where he went nor could hear him, Twilight stopped.

Time stopped with him, slightly panting. “Friend of yours?”

A yip had both men’s heads turning. Standing a few feet away was the wolf in all his golden glory. Twilight knelt down move eye level, “Are you going to just sit there or are you going to get over here and say hi?”

A few bounding steps later and the wolf had his front legs draped over Twilight’s shoulder. Shade rubbed his head against the other’s neck, giving slight whines as if saying he missed him. There were a few licks to Twilight’s hairline before the Hylian stood up, wolf still hanging on his shoulders, showing that he was taller than the younger.

“Pup, you are aware that he is a spirit, right?” Time asked, eyeing the giant wolf carefully.

“I know, but how do you know?”

Time opened his white eye, pointing to the marked side of his face. “He sees all.”

That gave a chill down Twilight’s spine. “Did he tell you who Shade is?”

“No, he only gave an all too delighted laugh.”

Shade’s ears perked up and did a slight swivel. A low baritone grumble came from his chest. He pushed off of Twilight’s shoulder and seemed to be tuning into whatever he was hearing. Twilight closed his eyes, filtering out the noises around him to get a longer range.

There was metal clashing, hollering and the screeching of monsters. “Ambush… Camp!” Twilight and Shade bolted in the direction of the others, Time right behind them.

When the two heroes broke into the clearing of camp they saw seven heroes all armed and surrounded by a mix of different era’s monsters. Giving a gruff-snarl, Shade led the attack as he literally dove into the horde. The action had Legend screaming like a kit and Twilight was not going to let that slip away later.

The camp turned into a bloodbath as more and more monsters swarmed in from all sides. It wasn’t an impossible fight, just one that they weren’t prepared for since most of them were still in their night clothes.

Twilight made sure to keep an ear out for everyone, especially Shade. Not everyone would right away think ‘Friend’ when seeing a red eyed wolf covered in blood. He knew first hand how badly that could go, seeing that he went through that exact thing after his adventure, forgetting that Ordon hadn’t been told yet of his ability to shift and they already had nightmares from when the children were taken and a wolf had been stalking around that time. That wolf had been him, but he was there to protect, not harm. They didn’t know and he paid the price. He would never blame them either.

Somehow in the fray Twilight became overrun with monsters and was brought down to his knees. His sword was ripped from him while at the same time a heavy foot flattened him onto his back. One of Wild’s silver Moblins was pressing its weight against his chest, club high in the air. The monster roared and Twilight matched it, but not out of fear. Twilight roared in defiance.

He didn’t know how it happened, but he knew why and when it happened. The fight unexpectedly turned, drawing the attention of the monsters to someone else. That someone else was Shade, but the wolf was now the skeleton Twilight had been trained by.

He stood tall as a fully armored in gold metal, sword drawn, single red eyed stalfos. To the rest of them, this would seem to be a Boss Stal that happened to be out in the open. He locked his gaze on his descendant and made his way over in large strides, ignoring fights around him.

As Warriors went to be the first to strike, Twilight hollered, “Wait!”

Shade caught the blade’s edge with his metal covered hand. He didn’t strike back, only shoved the captain away. Time was at his backside, sword already slashing at his side and it forced him towards Warriors who tried again to land a hit. With the power behind Time’s swings, Shade had to pull his weapon, but to defend himself.

It was irrational for Twilight to think something could happen to the Hero’s Shade as if he could be more dead, but he was not going to risk the chance of talking to his mentor again after everything. He didn’t think he could handle seeing metal and bones fall to the dirt. And what would happen if they did? What would happen to Twilight as a baby since Shade was the one to care for him in the woods before leaving him at Rusl and Uli’s door? Would Twilight still win against Ganondorf?

Would Twilight fail the legacy Time started? He would damn himself, but not the legacy created by a child who held the weight of the world on his shoulder yet still died with regret. He could never.

Twilight’s mind screamed for his original mentor. ‘No! Please, don’t! How can you not see who he is?!’

With everything happening so quickly, the Moblin holding Twilight down had looked away, foot relaxing some on his chest. The monster was still big, but Twilight just twisted his body enough to get a shot with his foot to the things jambags. It worked to his surprise. Sword in hand, the Moblin’s head fell to the ground.

Twilight looked up at Shade who was deflecting Warriors and Sky while Time readied another deadly blow. With his mind still irrationally thinking, Twilight ran to stop the fight, but it was about to be too late. He wasn’t going to make it.

Time had his Biggoron Sword thrusting forward and Twilight knew the other was too far into the motion to stop, so he did the one thing he could think. He just prayed that Time would forgive him if he survived.

“Shade!!” Twilight was one more step away.

The Stal turned around to his name being called, his eye locked onto Twi and the sword headed now for both of them. It was all in slow motion.

The Ordonian had no fear as he jumped that last step, flinging his arms over the golden armored skeleton into the resemblance of a hug. At the same moment Time’s blade was run through Twilight’s back, coming out his chest and imbedding into Shade’s chest plate. Twilight sucked in a stuttered and pained breath, sagging into the boney arms that wrapped around him as they both fell.

The sword jossiled as they landed, Twi on top, and he screamed at pain that slowly subsided as he went into shock. He looked between them, grabbed the blade and stood, removing the tip from the other. Twilight swayed on his feet as the battle continued around him, hands now bleeding from the sharp edge he was still holding onto and now pushing out of himself until he heard it clatter onto the ground behind him. Straightening up, he mouthed an apology to his former mentor before he couldn’t hold himself up anymore, going to his side.

Shade was up and holding Twilight in his arms before he hit the ground again. He looked around at his old companions seeing that there were many of them injured and Hyrule was going to be needed for those. He only had one choice and he wouldn’t fail or so help him he would fight every damn goddess and god there was! He laid the boy on the ground, trying to ignore the sounds of him sucking in breath and blood into his lungs. Shade placed his hands on the ground drawing in only as much magic as he needed. The grass around him shriveled and died as they gave their essence to him. Muscle and flesh formed under his armor though his clothes stayed tattered and torn.

Feeling his body reformed, he removed his broken helmet, throwing it to the side. He didn’t care how many enemies were left or who was now jaw dropped at the sight of who he was, what he had become. He didn’t care about the shock his younger self was still in. All he cared about was his Pup. Tearing the boy's tunics open more to access the wound, Shade saw how dire the situation really was and honestly Twilight should have already died from it.

With his death, Shade didn’t just become the Hero's Shade. The Lost Woods had granted him the power to protect the forest, to give and take life inside of it. That didn’t mean only for the things inside the forest originally, but the people who entered with ill intentions too. He was a deity in a different form than the one inside the mask he carried when alive. He placed a hand over the wound and one on the ground. He pulled magic from every living thing outside of the last few monsters and the boys. The tree’s bark rotted as the leaves turned brown. The grasses grew dry, critters that hid in the ground were consumed as well. It physically hurt him to do this, but he promised to restore it all.

Looking over his shoulder he shouted, “Leave some of the monsters alive! Restrain them!” To give life was to take life. Different shades of green magic swirled over his hand touching the ground, absorbing it, then releasing it into the boy’s chest. Twilight thrashed as the magic worked to stitch him back up.

“Twilight!!”

“Wild no!” Time went to grab Wild by his belt, barely making it to him when Shade’s hand swiped from the ground, upwards. Deep underground roots sprang up, blocking the Cub from getting too close.

“If you get too close, the magic will jump to you and I can’t afford that, not when he is barely alive.”

“What happened?” Hyrule asked.

“I- he-”

“No point in pointing fingers when what is done is done and even more so when it was no one's fault.” Shade snapped.

Twilight stopped moving, stopped breathing, heart nearly a flutter if that. His eyes were open, but no light shined in those blues.

“Come on Pup, take a breath, just one.” Shade closed his eyes and with a yell, pulled an extreme amount of magic from his surroundings. The trees snapped in half, forcing the boys to move closer so as to not be crushed. Shade gave away some of the magic he had used to bring himself back, revealing the wounds he had received during his final battle, including the fatal gash that went all the way across his midsection.

He could feel the wound closing the last bit all the way through and he pushed it slightly over to where his boy’s heart was lying still in his chest. Knowing that he was draining near his limit, he raised his left hand from the ground, raised it up in the air and swiftly slammed the magic overtop of where Twilight’s heart was.

“BREATHE!!”

Twilight’s eyes shot open, back arched off the ground, mouth drawing in gurgled air. Shade turned him to his side where the younger began to heave, globs of blood spewing onto the dirt before being turned back over.

“You irresponsible child! I kept you alive from the age of one up until I could teach you everything I knew, past fighting Ganon and this is the shit you do?! What were you thinking?!” He gave the boy a shake, wanting to knock some sense into him. All he got was a bloody smile. “Why are you smiling?”

“I missed you.”

#ao3 writer #febuwhump 2024 #febuwhump #linked universe #hero of twilight #hero of time #hero’s shade #golden wolf #lu boys #fierce deity #FD is an ass!!🤣

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In a World of Our Own {Alice Liddell x fem!reader}

Plot - You and your best friend, Alice, sneak away from your lesson and, after singing a peaceful song, you both realize your shared feelings.

Universe - Alice in Wonderland

Posted - Thursday 7th March, 2024

It was a warm sunday morning when you and your best friend, Alice, were forced to listen as her sister, Lorina, read a history book to you both.

"Edwin and Morcar, the earls of Mercia and Northumbria, declared for him." Lorina read aloud as you and Alice were sat atop a thick tree branch, creating flower crowns.

"And even Stigand..." She paused when Alice's leg dropped from the tree branch, swinging softly.

"Alice."

"Hm?" She looked down at her sister, who had interrupted her peace.

"Oh, I'm listening." Alice lifted her leg back up onto the branch and continued making her flower crown.

You covered your mouth to try and muffle your giggle. Alice looked at you with her soft blue eyes and smiled softly at you.

Oh, she was just so beautiful! She was just like an angel! Her eyes were a beautiful shade of blue and her smile was so-

Wait, what were you saying?

Lorina continued.

"And even Stigand, the archbishop of Canterbury, agreed to meet with William and offer him,"

Alice reached over to you and gently put the crown of white flowers on your head.

"The crown."

Your face immediately turned bright red at her soft touch. Unfortunately for you, Alice noticed and began giggling.

But so did Lorina.

"Alice! Y/N!" She said sternly. "Will you both kindly pay attention to your history lesson."

"I'm sorry." You said.

"But how can one possibly pay attention to a book with no pictures in it?"

"My dear children..." She closed the book for a moment to regain her composure. "There are a great many good books in this world without pictures."

"In this world perhaps."

"But in our world, the books would be nothing 𝑏𝑢𝑡 pictures." You both said in unison.

"Your world?" Lorina looked up, amused. "Oh! What nonsense. Now..."

"Nonsense? That's it Y/N!" She looked over at you, an excited grin on her angelic face.

"If we had a world of our own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrariwise, what it is, wouldn't be, and what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?"

You paused for a second to take in her monologue before replying,

"I don't think I do, Alice."

She got down from the tree branch you two were resting on and continued.

"In our world, you wouldn't say 'I don't think I do, Alice. You'd say 'Yes, dear.' "

Alice took your hand and took you to the beautiful meadow.

"In our world, cats and rabbits would reside in fancy little houses, and be dressed in shoes and hats and trousers."

She lay down in the meadow, you following her lead.

"In a world of our own..."

"All the flowers would have very extra special powers. They would sit and talk to me for hours when I'm lonely in a world of our own."

A blue bird flew by, catching Alice's attention.

"There'd be new birds, lots of nice and friendly how-de-do birds. Everyone would have a dozen bluebirds within that world of our own."

"I could listen to a babbling brook and hear a song that I could understand." She sang. You both were sat on the grass next to a clear blue river.

"I keep wishing it could be that way because our world would be a Wonderland." You both said in unison.

She looked up at you with her soft blue eyes. They glazed over with recognition and she smiled widely.

And then your lips met hers in a soft kiss.

#alice in wonderland #alice x reader #disney

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1-7 April 2024

Boop-pocalypse! 'twas a lot of fun, even if I did wind up blocking someone over it.

Requested a booking at an NYC tattoo artist I’ve had my eye on for a while! Fingers crossed they’ll accept my request during my visit dates (and that I won’t be a baby when I sit for it, it’ll be my biggest piece yet)

Still haven't really read anything. My brain just says No. <3 right now.

Even costar’s ai word salad bot thing is aware of how ferociously lonely and horny I’ve been lately. Sigh.

Trivia night again; we did poorly but still had fun. Cute bartender had a strong southern accent and she kept calling me “baby” and “darlin’” which had me grinning like an idiot.

How did my friend not tell me he is a literal doctor?? Why did it come up in a conversation where he confessed to having to google what’s in honey mustard?? (I’m never letting him live that down. It’s like the time I went to a bar and asked for a gin & tonic and the bartender said “oh I’ve never heard of that, what’s in it” and I like. Bluescreened. Sir I don't know how to explain this one without sounding really rude but. Say it again, slowly ????)

Office drama has my manager whom I really like getting moved to a different building; however, a new position is opening up that I think I might apply for. I’m mostly qualified and a bit scared but think I can (and probably should) do it. And the company is prioritizing hiring internally so I think I have a decent chance.

Saturday was gorgeous and I got to spend most of the day outside. Mum and I took a walk along a rail trail to our favorite coffee shop to get breakfast, then enjoyed a sunny, birdsong-filled stroll before we went and poked around a local antiques mall.

My friend invited me to her ultrasound and I got to see her twins moving around and hear their heartbeats, which was wild!Afterward her parents took us out to celebrate. We’re doing the gender(s) reveal party Sunday and I’m the designated keeper of the knowledge! I get to find out first thing and then get supplies for the party (Will report back). Nobody is allowed to bet on the genders because according to my friend, “if anyone in the family bets wrong they’ll remember, and if one of the kids turns out to be trans they’ll insist they were right all along and demand their betting prize with interest and adjustment for inflation, and we just don’t need that kind of drama.”

Update: I went over this morning and she logged me into her patient portal and I got to be the first to see that the twins are a healthy girl and boy! I threw them a little gender reveal party (which felt really funny to shop for because what’s the surprise? You get both??) and they’re so excited, it’s adorable. I’m so so happy for my friend and to get to be part of this phase of her life.

Reminded each day just how much I love love love spring. It’s so beautiful right now: cool and sunny, birds singing, flowers in bloom, windows open, not too hot. Feels like maybe everything will be okay.

This week:

last week

#i may edit this one a bit later it's a bit of a brain dump #catalog of little joys

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Brian K & The Parkway Set To Release “Straight Through” featuring Cat Popper March 1

Brian K. Pagels and Stephen Russ, the DC-area duo, Brian K & The Parkway, are releasing their second single, “Straight Through” featuring Cat Popper, known for her band Puss N Boots with Norah Jones and Sasha Dobson and for her work with Jack White, Ryan Adams, Willie Nelson, among others, who provides guest vocals on the track out March 1, 2024 – Pre-Save HERE. But how did a new band that’s just starting out secure Popper on their debut album? The answer is simple, just ask. Pagels has been a fan of Popper’s vocals since he first heard her sing on Ryan Adams & The Cardinals’ album Cold Roses. “I was immediately struck and moved by her voice,” says Pagels. So, when he heard she was working on releasing her own solo material, he decided to take a chance and reach out. “I filled out a form on her website and asked her if she would consider singing a duet with me,” says Pagels thinking the message would go into a black hole of webforms. “Instead, she responded within an hour with ‘damn dude, I love this tune!,’” says Pagels. After emailing back and forth and talking on the phone “everything came really naturally from there, including the vocal arrangement which I was honored to lay out for Brian and Cat,” says Russ. “They both brought their own touch to it, Cat delivered an incredible vocal take, and that’s the magic you hear on the song.” Adds Popper, “This song was so fun to sing on and was stuck in my head for weeks!” Brian K & The Parkway just released their debut single “Wind The Clock” January 12 – Listen HERE. On release day, Unrecorded named it a “best new track.” Mayhem Rockstar Magazine said it’s “…a light, infectious composition” while Alchemical Records says the song, “…really highlights this focus on songwriting and storytelling while embracing an energetic and uplifting musicality that is guitar driven, rooted in rock and roll…” “Wind The Clock” which opens with a lilting guitar riff and drum groove, is a commentary on tribalism and the extreme black and white thinking that has materialized in society today. The song offers a means to expel the frustration of it all while expressing a spirit of hope and solidarity with those actively fighting for a better world despite all the forces working against them. “I wanted it to be an anthem for ‘my people,’ those who value peacebuilding, justice, equality, democracy, and universal human rights,” says Pagels. The duo are set to release their debut album, Killing The Bear, March 29, 2024. Most of the work on Killing The Bear was done by Pagels and Russ, but it was mastered by Justin Perkins (North Mississippi Allstars, The Replacements, Lydia Loveless), co-engineered by Zac Thomas at The Jam Room in Columbia, SC, and co-produced and mixed by Collin Derrick. The nine-song collection, a nod to the ‘70s rock sound of artists like Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, and Warren Zevon, is guitar-based, roots-oriented rock, infused with a healthy dose of soul and R&B. Piano and organ play a critical role in establishing the sound along with some horns thrown in for good measure. The duo dubs their sound “coastal heartland rock,” reflecting the fact that their major influences are artists that hail from coastal areas such as New Jersey, Florida, and California, but are known for their own mix of classic heartland rock. Pagels and Russ formed Brian K & The Parkway in 2021. Pagels is from Springsteen’s hometown of Freehold, NJ, Russ is from the Carolinas, both share an innate connection to The Boss and are acutely inspired by him. Although the guys refer to the band name fondly as “very Jersey,” it denotes Pagels‘s name and the fact that The George Washington Memorial Parkway connects the route between their Northern Virginia homes; Pagels lives in Alexandria, Russ lives in Arlington. Killing The Bear’s overarching theme is about our ever-increasing inability as humans to deal with the source of our problems and instead, look to surface-level, near-term solutions, and then declare immediate victory. The songs serve as vignettes about the things we do to cope, for better or worse. Now, with their debut coming, Brian K & The Parkway can’t wait to get out on the road to play it for audiences up and down the east coast beginning this March. They will be kicking off their east coast tour with a special all ages album release party at Jammin Java in Vienna, VA on March 29. Tickets are on sale now HERE. Additional dates below, including a stop in Brooklyn, NY with Diane Gentile. More dates to be added soon. TOUR DATES: March 29 – Jammin Java, Vienna, VA – All ages album release show April 25 – Tin Roof, Charleston, SC April 26 – Curiosity Coffee, Columbia, SC April 28 – The Pinhook, Durham, NC April 30 – The Camel, Richmond, VA May 1 – Quarry House Tavern, Silver Springs, MD May 3 – The Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel, Asbury Park, NJ May 4 – Faces Brewing, Boston, MA May 5 – Sleepwalk, Brooklyn, NY (with Diane Gentile) Brian K & The Parkway Website Instagram Spotify Facebook Substack # # # Read the full article

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AARON BOYD: FROM COMING UNDONE TO EVERYTHING COMING TOGETHER

Interviewed/Transcribed by: Lyssa Culbertson

Musicians are a dime a dozen, especially in eastern Kentucky these days—and that’s not a bad thing. At all. The more music, the merrier, right? However, in a day and age when a lot of upcoming talent forgoes individuality in favor of what sounds like latest big thing in hopes to be the next big thing, it’s becoming more and more rare to find an artist who holds steadfast to his/her musical values amongst their artistic integrity rather than riding the waves of the trends. As we all know, Appalachia, and especially Kentucky, has bore some of music’s greats over the years with a definite uprise and takeover of charts in recent times. If you look past the bright lights and big names, though, and travel down into little hollers all around to hear the music echoing through the mountains, you’ll find diamonds in the rough tinkering away with their tunes (and a million other projects) like singer-songwriter Aaron Boyd. He’s not flashy or showy, and if you don’t pay attention out and about somewhere roundabout Irvine, KY, you might just miss the mellow, soft spoken musician and his wealth of talent and knowledge. I can promise you though, when he steps up to strum his guitar and sing, you’ll shut up and listen. For good reason! His 2023 sophomore release, Coming Undone, is a fine collection of original songs—and one phenomenal Keith Whitley cover—that truly showcases the man behind the music and his undeniable gift and musicianship. Last year may have had him “Coming Undone” with the release of his record, but we forsee 2024 being the year he finds everything coming together.

Photo by Lauren Rothenhouser, @illumistudio

Below is a transcribed interview HHMR recently did with Aaron Boyd to discuss his latest release and upcoming plans in 2024:

L: Hey Aaron—how are you doing up there in the frozen Bluegrass? How are ya feeling about the new year?

A: Doing well, I tend to love this time of year just for the simple fact I feel like I’m home more and can kind of reset and get my goals in line for when warm weather gets here!

L: So before we get into all the rad things happening in the upcoming months, let’s discuss a little about *who* Aaron Boyd is for our followers who may not know you. You’re one of the hardest working musicians we know, a jack of all trades sort of feller…how long have you been making music?

A: As far as “who” Aaron Boyd is, I think I’m on the never ending search for that one. I am a singer-songwriter out of eastern Kentucky, I tend to write my own life struggles in hopes of reaching the people who face the same struggles I do…which I think is quite a lot of us.

I’ve been involved in music for about 20 years; I started out as a drummer when I was young and over time just kept picking up new instruments and trying my best to learn something on them.

L: Wow! That’s quite a long time and surely you’ve seen all sides of the industry over the years. Before we dive into all the music biz stuff, though, tell us, who is the man behind the music? Who are you when you’re not on a stage?

A: Let’s see, first and foremost I’m a father to two youngins [aged] 7 and 10, most of my time off stage is spent sitting in school pickup lines or sitting at sporting events or just hanging out doing dad stuff *laughs*. I love it though and I’m doing my best to hold tight to the time I got with them! (He didn’t mention it here, but Aaron is also a very talented and adept agate jewelry maker—check out his Facebook for latest creations!)

L: Aw! From experience I know parenting is a lot like the music business, a lot of late nights and crazy days—but so worth it every second! When it comes to your life within music, have you always been a solo artist? Tell us a little about your history playing music.

A: Well I originally got my start as a drummer as I mentioned above; I grew up around music so I always had an interest and from an early age I had kinda a knack I guess you’d say for picking up instruments and being able to learn a little something. I started my solo career after my daughter was born 7 years ago. I had a lot that I needed to get out of my head if I was gonna be a good father. I knew the only way I could cope with all these things that I never really had to worry about prior was to put it down on paper..later I figured if it helped me, maybe someone else out there needed to hear it also, so I began recording music and performing live. (Previously, Aaron toured as a drummer with musicians like Justin Wells before going solo).

L: Sounds like music is centric to everything about you. How special! I’m curious…if you weren’t a musician as a career, what do you think you’d be doing?

A: Honestly, I don’t think I would have much of a life, if one at all…music has been a great healer for me. As a kid I suffered a lot of trauma and I didn’t know it at the time but I was severely manic and depressed. In my early teens, I started using drugs and before I knew it I was in way to deep. I spent all of my teenage years and young adulthood in and out of rehabs, jail and just lost…I honestly don’t know if I’d be the man I am today without music. I spent a lot of time away from it in my active addiction years, but when I got treatment for the last time I decided music could fill the intense boredom that comes with being sober and now here we are! I have about 14 years clean from opiates and prescription meds and coming up on 3 years sober from alcohol…I owe a good deal of that to music!

Photo by Lauren Rothenhouser, @illumistudio

L: What a beautiful story and testament to not only your tenacity and resolve but also the power of music! On that same note, I’ve noticed a trend as of late that Fans tend to want their favorite artists to stay on the bottle/hooked on other substances for quality of music rather than celebrating their journeys, but you’re very open about your sobriety, how do you feel it affects you as an artist?

A: Ya know, I feel like if someone doesn’t support someone in bettering themselves then that’s the type of people you wouldn’t want at your table. This industry is filled with folks struggling with mental health issues—artists and fans alike—it’s impossible to be the best version of yourself if you’re hiding behind a substance. So, I think the reality is your quality of music and creativity can’t be as good as if you had a clear head.

L: That totally checks out, and I can definitely see the merit behind the notion! Journeys like yours are inspirational and pack so much magic behind the music. Change is hard for anyone, whether it’s the artist going through it or fans on the other side watching the music they love undergo change—but I agree, supporting others in bettering themselves and being healthy is what community, and especially the music community, is all about or at least should be. We both know what it looks like on stage and behind it with the temptations that abound, so in this stage of your sobriety is it difficult to be around it while on the road? Do you have any tips for musicians (or anyone) in the early stages of being sober?

A: If anything seeing how drunk people act is a motivation for me *laughs* because I’ve acted a fool so many times that I never want to be that person again!

I think a good tip is to surround yourself with folks that support you and want you healthy. Find lots of hobbies to keep your mind busy and chug sparkling waters when you have that urge! That’s what I do anyway.

L: Those are great tips for sure and I admire your willpower to stay sober in an environment that doesn’t necessarily promote nor support it—and I think it’s amazing what the redirection of that energy can do to the music. Now, touching in that…we don’t believe in the gatekeeping binds of genres here, but do like to describe the music we listen to—how would you describe your style?

A: Being from the country in eastern Kentucky I’d say my music comes out as country, but I’m a fan of about every genre out there!

L: Hmm…that’s a good, concise way to sum up the “Aaron Boyd Experience” *laughs*! If we were labeling it we’d throw in “must hear music” as a genre! Your record Until the End in 2019 was quite the lyrically and sonically sound masterpiece and your recent release, Coming Undone, has shaped up to be just as impressive, with accolades from the US and abroad steadily rolling in. I know we enjoyed diving into it! What was your inspiration for this record?

A: The record kinda reflects my life story in some ways…I’ve spent a lifetime so far just in endless cycles of fixing things only to catch myself slipping and falling once again. The opening line of the title track (“Coming Undone”) [is] “seems like some days the sun just don’t wanna shine, birds don’t sing to me anymore from the telephone line,” [and] I think there’s so much power in that line because we’ve all felt depression and know that feeling of the sky being blue but you just can’t find the beauty….I wanna write songs that help me find that beauty. Sometimes that takes finding what makes us so sad and really taking a long look at it so we don’t forget, and then letting go of it.

Photo by Lauren Rothenhouser, @illumistudio

L: Ah—I love that! You can truly feel that message woven throughout your writing, and what a poignant message it is. Personally, in the realm of recorded music, we love to listen to records as a whole unit, meaning every song is strong and somehow intertwined with the next rather it’s blatantly overt or silently subtle, rather than just a couple single-worthy tracks with the rest as B-side fillers. Not that we don’t love singles and EP releases, but there’s something beautifully cathartic about putting a record on the Victrola and disappearing for a while into a lyrical land far away. When you sit down to write, do you believe in writing full records that all piece together as a collection with an underlying theme/story or prefer to put out singles that stand their own?

A: I definitely want to write all my records as a whole and I try to do that. Not so much with my first album but with my sophomore album I absolutely did, and with my next album I am doing the same! With vinyl being so prevalent now a days I think it’s something all artists should do.

L: Yes! The comeback of full length LPs on vinyl versus digital EPs and single releases is opening up new avenues for today’s storytellers everywhere you look, and we’re here for it! Happy to hear your future records will follow a similar process. On that note, tell us a bit about your recording process. Where at and with who?

A: So I recorded Coming Undone in Lexington KY with a great friend of mine, J. Tom Hnatow, at Small Blue. I first met Tom years ago when I was playing drums with Kentucky powerhouse Justin Wells. Since then we’ve became great friends and band mates. It has been an absolute pleasure working with him in the studio! We kind of took a different approach versus my first album which was [tracked] live with a band, this one I kind of took the songs and we built them up until we felt they had what they needed. No less no more kind of thing.

L: That’s rad! I’ve heard a lot of great things about J Tom over the years and it definitely shows in the product, and I think the differences in vibes of a live tracking versus a more patient, inquisitive approach as you mentioned is also reflected in the records. Both have their merits and intricacies for sure! Along that same note, I’m always interested in a songwriter’s writing process because they vary so much. Are you a write every morning kind of feller or just when inspiration strikes? Does the melody or the lyrics hit you first?

A: I am definitely not a write every morning kinda guy but I do constantly write melodies on guitar (daily) and I store those in my head or in recordings for when the time comes that a song idea strikes me. So always melodies first!

L: I feel like having a melody always running through your mind is easier to deal with than words—I’m a bibliophile and words stress me out too much to force them, but what do I know? I’m just a journalist who dabbles in songwriting here and there when the mood strikes—definitely not an expert *laughs*! I admire the perseverance of the folks who make it a habit to write, compose, or practice everyday for sure! So, switching gears from the behind the scenes, tell me…what was the highlight of your career in 2023? What are you looking forward to in 2024?

A: The highlight of 2023 was definitely achieving some huge goals I had with traveling, just getting the album out is always a big goal as well, so I’m just super proud of all that work! I try and keep my goals small. Lots of short term goals with music and few long term has been a great approach for me to stay motivated and moving forward.

L: Definitely a good, inspiring way to look at it! On the same wavelength as personal accomplishments, we hear you recently signed with management and a distribution deal for your music. Can you tell us bit about both those things?

A: Yeah, so I recently signed with Crybaby Management (Alexis Faye). I’ve know Alexis for years and she’s always been a great supporter of my art and many others!

I’ve also recently signed a distribution deal with coast to coast records in Europe and a booking deal with LDM Bookings in Europe as well!

L: It’s so important in this music world to have true support and folks looking out for ya, so I’m glad to hear you have that! And Europe?!! How cool! I know a lot of artists love to go overseas and play because the vibe is so different and attendees seem to be even more respectful of the music than in the States from what I hear. What was the experience of your first European tour like? Would you go across the pond again?

A: Oh my, it was surreal! I love to travel but never had I left the country so it was a bucket list thing for sure! I do have plans in 2024 to be back on tour this fall in Europe. We have LDM Bookings hard at work finalizing all that so I’m super excited to go back and this time I get to take my best friend and talented singer songwriter W.D. Miller.

L: That is amazing and sounds like such a memorable experience—and W.D. is a definite beast in his own right. Aside from gallivanting across Europe with one of your band mates and best pals, any upcoming tour plans? Anything big happening this year—we can keep a secret!

A: Yeah so I’m leaving out for a Florida tour in a week or so, after that I have plans in the Northeast, Midwest and Europe! I plan on staying busy and keeping the ball rolling!

L: Ahhh readers, you heard it here—Aaron Boyd plans to keep the roads hot in ‘24! Y’all watch out, I hear he got his driver’s license at the Holler Gentral! *laughs* Seriously though, I always wonder this about artists in their prime—do you have a long term, like say a 5 year plan, for your music career? If so, what does it look like? If not, how come—perhaps you prefer to live in the moment, taking it as it comes?

A: I definitely live in the moment, but if I had a long term plan it is to record as much as I possibly can before I leave this world. Maybe one day my kids and grandkids can listen to it in their flying car or something *laughs*!

L: I’m positive future generations will be listening to it for eons to come, getting pulled over in the skies for breaking the stratosphere blasting the sweet, sweet sounds of ancient Aaron Boyd to the moon…or something like that. I look forward to the legacy of your records living forever! Unfortunately, this interview cannot go on forever despite how much we’ve enjoyed it, so it’s time to wrap it up with our final few questions. Firstly—you’re a smart man—give us one piece of advice to take into 2024. It can be about anything. Serious or silly, hit us with it!

A: From the day you’re born till you ride in a hearse things are never so bad that they can’t get worse.

L: Oh, my favorite type of advice…rhyming! So poignant, deep and lyrical, if that’s not already in a song it ought to be! *Wink, wink* Now—leave us on an inspirational note with your biggest piece of advice for aspiring musicians.

A: If you’ve got something that you feel like you need to say, say it! I promise someone out there needs to hear it!

L: Love that—and I think more people, whether they are musicians, artists, or simply human, need to internalize that concept. Never be afraid to be you and to speak out and speak up! Speaking of being you, last but not least, we ask every artist we interview this question because it’s so telling about who they are to the depths of their core…what is your spirit animal and why?

A: My spirit animal is definitely a bat..I’ve always been kinda obsessed with bats, they fly around with no sight just trusting their senses and I feel that…or maybe I’m a vampire, guess we will never know! *laughs in Dracula*

L: So it’s safe to say your life’s motto is “Don’t worry, be batty?” Okay, okay, I can sense the bat-itude over my lame puns from across the room, we’ll end this before a bat-astrophe happens and we meet Vampire Aa-Ron! *evil laughs* Thank you for taking the time to talk with Hillbilly Hippie Music Review so our readers could get to know the man behind the music and we’ll be cheering you on from the wings (last pun I promise) in 2024!

Watch a live acoustic video of the title track of 2023’s Coming Undone, filmed by the incomparable Fat Cave Studios, below:

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1 February 2024: Mary Karlzen. (Y&T Music, 1992)

Singer-songwriter Mary Karlzen is a notorious artist in the record-collecting world of my brother and me. She appeared in our consciousness in 1995 with her major-label debut (and only major-label release) Yelling at Mary. My brother will tell you he learned of the album from a review in Musician magazine, and I'm sure that is correct, but I don't remember the review; I only remember buying the album, which I think I did because he told me it was good. Consulting my music logs for 1995, I see that it was my 48th most played album of that year. Yelling at Mary was a strange outlier for us; we never pursued any other of Karlzen's music, and she seemed to vanish into thin air thereafter. This by itself isn't peculiar, but what is peculiar is we have both managed to hold onto Yelling at Mary for nearly three decades after its release when it would seem a likely candidate for the many purges we have both done to our collection over the years. It's not that the album isn't good, it just had no staying power, and sometimes I think we held onto it totemically—as if some force, maybe just our own silliness, had decreed you cannot trade Yelling at Mary. (I have always, though, tried to avoid getting rid of anything that made my Top 50 year-end most played list.)

Of course if you're us, and you are able to stick around long enough, everything changes. So this of course means that in the year 2024 my brother and I both are suddenly embroiled in a Mary Karlzen kick. I don't even know how this happened, really. It seems that my brother desired out of absolute thin air to hear Yelling at Mary after umpteen thousand years; I think it might have been from him discovering that there's a 2003 reissue of the album featuring bonus tracks. Whatever the case, before I knew it he was playing the album and singing its praises and then he was going on eBay and snapping up all kinds of Karlzen items. When one of us does this, the other often follows suit, and before I could even find my copy of Yelling at Mary that I've got buried in storage I was on eBay buying Karlzen items myself. (And it seems others in the music world caught Karlzen fever over the years; following that 2003 reissue, on tiny south Florida label Y&T, corporate indie label Dualtone picked it up and reissued it again themselves in 2006.) I've not heard a note of Karlzen's music since 2000; my music logs confirm this, and I'm wagering I played Yelling at Mary that year in an effort to determine if I'd be placing it on my Top 125 Albums of the 1990s list (I did not). Still, as soon as my brother started talking about this album (and, apparently enthusiastically loving it again), I got "Time's Forgotten Crime" and "I'd Be Lying" in my head as though no years had elapsed. I look forward to jumping back into her music.

Some of Karlzen's things can be hard to find, so when I saw a copy of her 1992 debut on eBay I nabbed it. That is what we see here; above are the front and back covers.

Next we see the back of the booklet, which replicates the art from the back cover.

Last, here is the disc itself. It's hard to see here, but under her name on the label art it reads "LIMITED EDITION."

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The talk of the town. Because of Jacob Elordi's bath water.

Here’s my first movie review of 2024. Despite the fact that I watched it in the last days of 2023.

Girl, let me tell you that it was something. It was a trip. I enjoyed it. Even the nasty scenes that you guys are talking about. It was horrid, yes. Nonetheless it was a scene. In fact I thought it was vital to the MC’s character build up. Let me get this out of the way, I don’t LOVE that scene. But would I be disappointed if it was removed? No. Would I be happy if it was removed? No, too. It is there. And sure. It’s there. Is it vital for the character? Sure. Was it disgusting? Yes. It is a scene. And that's it.

There are many things that I like about this film. It was fun in a sense. The cinematography is very good. I love how the camera pans and how it shows and it doesn’t show things. It was very intentional. I love the camera angles and framing. The opening title was so unique and beautiful. I also love the music used in this film. I love the symbolisms and easter eggs spread throughout this film. The combination of camera work and the symbolism is one of the most distinct combinations that you can see throughout this film. You can’t deny that this film was intended to be beautiful. Shouldn’t all films be intentionally beautiful? Also I love the costume. Literally the costumes at the costume party at one specific scene in the third act. It’s cute.

The actors are also something of a choice. I remember watching one of Trin’s reaction videos about this film where she said: 'if you ever thought of me being a perfect fit for the role of a twink psychopath… I would be offended.' And that’s the truth. But I can’t also picture anyone else playing Oliver. I can’t even imagine Timothy being Oliver, even though he was the first choice. The actor who plays Farleigh is also good. I would love to hear him sing the uncut version of that karaoke song. Rosamund Pike was undoubtedly a good actress. Venetia’s actress was also good. Although, I haven’t watched any of her past work. And of course, the white boy of the month, Jacob Elordi. I mean… whatever. Never get the hype around him but I heard he’s good in Precisilla. He had such an interesting filmography. And also a good actor. The cast that I was most surprised about was Aemond’s actor. Like holy shit. Not that he wasn’t good. HOTD memories are still very fresh to me so every time he popped up into the scene IJBOL.

Okay, so did I list the things I love about this film? Now let’s get into the things I don’t like about this film.

What I hated about this was the ending. It was very confusing for me. Not because I was stupid. Or the film doesn’t give us enough to be able to understand it. Actually, I felt like it gave almost all of it. It does the thinking for you. And yet, even with that sentiment, I was left unsatisfied with the way things ended. Don’t get me wrong, I love the ending scene where Oliver dances with his shonglong out and about. For sure. That camera work alone was the cherry on top. But there’s a difference between liking the scene and not liking the ending. And I know you’re probably like: ‘We know, Ara. We’re not stupid. You don’t have to micro-explain everything to us.’ And that’s exactly what the movie did to me. See what I did there?

I don’t like the ending at all. I think it tries to be something it wasn’t established at first or what they try to market it as. Since the movie explains itself especially in the first two acts. It is so obvious that he’s an obsessed person. And I hope they just frame it that way. Not eat the rich kind of movie because if they want it to be that way they should establish that from the start. He is not the ‘eat the rich’ type of MC. He’s just a twink and extreme version of Joe from you. Sure, he wanted to ascend from the slums but it wasn’t his main drive. It’s just a desire. He is obsessed with Felix. And I hope they bite that part until the end. For a movie that doesn’t let you think about anything, it sure does leave a good amount of Whys for its viewers. And with so much explaining shown, why do we still need to question things? If that’s the thing. Isn’t that a problem with the story telling?

Maybe I just have high expectations with movies. But come on, I love stupid movies. The movie is fun, if it is fun to me. I’m not afraid to go against the public opinion. But when films like Parasite existed. And you try to somewhat follow or emulate that film’s theme. Shouldn’t we put more effort into our work? I don’t know, just my thoughts.

If you made it to this part. Might as well follow me on my Letterboxd. I share most of my unsolicited opinions in a shorter paragraphs about film there. HERE!

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DT Unveils: The Evolution Behind 'Only a Matter of Time 2' Welcome to DT's world. Here, music keeps changing and growing like living things! He's the person behind "Only a Matter of Time 2," which is his second project. He believes that success will eventually arrive as it did before in "Time Part 1". DT's stage name came from his initials, but they were not picked by him. It stuck when folks began calling him that, and he accepted it. His ideas come easily. They are fired up by his love for music and respecting artists such as Larry June and Baby Face Ray, like a spark does naturally in the open air without help or support from anything else outside of itself (i.e., something not needed). His music, as he explains it, is simple and natural, it makes you move your head to the tune while listening. He enjoys playing basketball, gaming and exploring places apart from music. He's getting into basketball again after an injury. It is another thing he loves to do now. He is getting ready to put out new music, videos, joint works and another big idea beginning 2024. DT wants his fans to understand he's always there for them and is very grateful for their backing. "Only a Matter of Time 2" isn't just an album, it's DT believing in his inevitable success. For him, it's not simply a job; instead, he sees chance at tomorrow. Listen to Only a Matter of Time 2 below https://open.spotify.com/album/5TtrCTdV4jDy5rQNtigl2M Follow DT on Twitter Spotify Youtube Instagram Tiktok What is your stage name? DT Is there a story behind your stage name? It’s my initial’s I actually didn’t even give myself the nickname name but I liked it once people start calling me that, so I start going by that. Where do you find inspiration? it’s natural to me . Always been a passion of mine. I’m also inspired by other artist like Larry June, baby face ray. It’s a few more but those are my main two What was the role of music in the early years of your life? I enjoyed it it always helped my mood I prob had headphones on most of the time as teen. Are you from a musical or artistic family? Somewhat my mom likes to sing but she never got into recording . Couple only cousins do music too. Who inspired you to be a part of the music industry? It’s really just me . I like my music honestly . It motivates me to make more I get tired of hearing the same songs or waiting in my favorite artist to drop music so It push me to make more . [caption id="attachment_53478" align="alignnone" width="2000"] It’s really just me . I like my music honestly . It motivates me[/caption] How did you learn to sing/write/to play? Naturally it’s just something I can do I use to write raps in middle school I had a blue book I kept in my back pocket . What was the first concert that you ever went to and who did you see perform? I think it was young jeezy. How could you describe your music? It’s raw it’s organic but it makes you bob your head . I love my sound . Describe Describe your creative process. I honestly write random I could be out shopping and and lyrics just start coming to my head . I use to didn’t write them now but now I write everything Down I think that’s why music better . What is your main inspiration? just hearing my music . What musician do you admire most and why? Larry June . We kinda move the same in my eyes and people say our music kinds give the same vibes when I be on my smooth tip . Did your style evolve since the beginning of your career? Yes it definitely did I can probably rap on any beat now days . Who do you see as your main competitor?Me its always me vs me because I’m the only person who can slow me down . What are your interests outside of music? Basketball , video games relaxing & Traveling If it wasn't a music career, what would you be doing? Basketball is my other career . I’m getting back into that as we speak I was hurt so I took a break from it. What is the biggest problem you have encountered in the journey of music?

The people you deal with and trying to get where I need it be with my music. If you could change one thing in the music industry, what would it be? It’s A lot of people fake in the music industry. https://open.spotify.com/artist/3Hls0FRZPqf3x07edzHrNY?si=Re_w919gQ6CT-dtM2whcxw Why did you choose this as the title of this project? The meaning is literal it’s only a matter of time before I blow up. That’s how I see it . I feel it . What are your plans for the coming months? Drop some singles a couple videos , another tape for my brother vinnie LLV2 coming early 2024 . I have a few other tapes in the works sitting on 3 collab taps so they all coming soon . Do you have any artistic collaboration plans I have a few . What message would you like to give to your fans? Don’t be afraid to reach out to me , I appreciate every stream . Who ever a fan of me I love you , I love all my fans I appreciate the support .

#Music #DT #DTdropsOnlyAMatterOfTime #DTOnlyAMatterOfTime #DToutwithOnlyAMatterOfTime #DTreleasesOnlyAMatterOfTime #DTwithOnlyAMatterOfTime #OnlyAMatterOfTime #OnlyAMatterOfTimebyDT #OnlyAMatterOfTimeDT #OnlyAMatterOfTimefromDT

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chapter 33

𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔡 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱: 1.86K

𝔰𝔲𝔪𝔪𝔞𝔯𝔶: You watched them from the sidelines ever since you were a young teenage girl. Now you’re grown up, they’ve returned after 2 long years and everything has changed. What happens when you pull back the mask and find the darkness within? What happens when you see that they’re broken?

"Everyone welcome Lin Yen. She will be your trainee from this day forward."

It's happened.

You're finally a trainee.

Your dream is finally coming true.

So why do you feel uneasy?

Looking up at Jungkook who walks just a few paces ahead of you for the millionth time, you swallow hard.

How did this happen?

"Well I've already said it once, I have too much on my plate to make time for her."

When BangPD said he was taking you to a meeting discussing your training, you didn't expect to find the rest of BTS there. Nor did you expect Yoongi to be glaring at you the entire time.

Avoiding his clear distrust, you tighten your jaw. You thought yesterday he and you had come to a mutual understanding, and at least respected the other...

Glancing his way you try hard not to shiver at the bone-chilling stare he sends your way.

Clearly, it seems nothing has changed.

Jin, noticing the exchange, rolls his eyes and nudges your arm. You turn to where he sits beside you and he gives you an encouraging smile. "Ignore him, Yen. He still hasn't gotten used to you here."

Well, that much is obvious.

But you do appreciate the way Jin is trying to look after you so you return the smile with a small one of your own. Glancing back towards Suga you try not to sigh.

Actually, you don't think he necessarily has a problem with you as a person, there seems to be more that's going on with him. Things that don't include you, but are targeted towards you. Almost as though he were dishing his frustrations out on you.

"If we look at this objectively, Suga, Jhope, and I would probably have the least time out of the rest of you to train her." Namjoon pipes up, his fingers tapping impatiently on the table. No doubt he has things to be doing as well but is too polite to voice his frustration at being kept from his work.

You glance towards him quite sympathetically. When you got here this morning, he was still working at his studio, multiple coffee cups and empty plates of food and snacks scattered around. You wish you could help him in some way, but the best help you probably could do is give him some space.

"Couldn't she pick up producing skills as your assistant?" Jungkook questions and Namjoon almost sighs as he massages his temple.

"It's not that simple..."

"And it's not as important."

At BangPD's interjection, the rest of the room turns towards him.

"Yen is training as a vocalist. She won't need to learn rapping skills, nor focus too much on producing at the moment. The only things she needs to worry about are singing and learning simple dance techniques."

You nod, opening your mouth to try and agree, but Yoongi cuts you off.

"Perfect. Then you won't need me."

As he pushes back his chair, standing to leave, you feel that you should be the one angry. Honestly, did you ask for his help? You've done nothing towards him for him to be treating you this way. Plus it's not okay for someone to just dish their frustration out on you. Even if you are the easiest target.

Don't be involved at all, see if I care.

However, before Yoongi can exit, Namjoon's stern voice holds him back.

"Enough Yoongi. I know you do not agree with this decision, but it has been made. This concerns all of us." Suga turns to him, opening his mouth as though to tell him off, but Namjoon raises his eyebrow.

"Unless you are no longer a part of BTS?"

At the rising tension in the room, you almost shrink into your chair. You almost think Yoongi will destroy RM with the voracious glare he wears on his face, but after a moment of silence, he walks back to his chair and sits down.

An uncomfortable silence ensues, and you can't help but feel as though you were an unwanted third party. How that is possible at a meeting discussing you, is as confusing to you and it is to anyone else.

"I wouldn't mind being her mentor."

Flinching in surprise, you turn to the person who spoke up beside you.

Jungkook.

"Jungkook, are you sure?" Hoseok asks him, and Jungkook turns to him with a smile and sparkling eyes. He seems to be filled to the brim with excitement, as though he could run laps around the building five times without breaking a sweat.

"Of course, I'm not the main vocalist for nothing. Plus, I'm center, so I'm fairly experienced in dancing and other positions." When he glances your way, you blink in surprise, blushing at the fact that he caught you staring.

"Actually, I was kind of hoping I could be her mentor." Confused and slightly touched at his behavior, you try hard to suppress the heat rising to your cheeks. He smiles before looking away from you and towards the rest of the table.

"After all, I'm the one who fought for her to become a trainee, it's only fitting. Isn't it?"

In the end, it was decided that Jhope and Jimin would be your dance mentors, Taehyung, Jin, and Jungkook would help with vocals, and when they could, Suga and Namjoon would teach you as much as they could about production. All of them would advise you on publicity and BangPD will help you closely when it came to details about your training and possible debut.

But Jungkook would be your main mentor.

Glancing his way, you wonder where he's taking you. After the meeting, he requested you follow him, and you thought he just needed to talk to you for a moment. You didn't think he would take you halfway around the building without so much of an explanation. You furrow your brow, pondering the multiple different things that have happened already, and it's only 9 am.

You could go for some caffeine right about now.

"...Yen?"

"Hm?" Dazedly, you nod your head his way, your mind not completely there with him at the moment. Jungkook smiles, almost affectionately.

"You didn't hear anything I just said, did you?"

Balking, you feel it as your cheeks flush in embarrassment and you chuckle nervously, avoiding his gaze.

"Uhm, no. I didn't. I'm sorry." You mutter and at your expression, he can't help as his grin grows wider. He finds within him a sudden urge to squeeze your face, and then immediately chastises the idea.

Boundaries, Jungkook.

"Jungkook?" you ask, breaking into his thoughts and he tries to ignore the way his heart bursts when you say his name.

"Yes?"

"What did you mean back there?"

"About what?"

Hesitating, you wonder if you should complete your question. But, seeing his curious wide eyes, you know you can't take it back now.

"When you said you fought for me to be a trainee."

"Oh, that." Clearing his throat, Jungkook avoids your eyes and he stumbles for the words to your question.

Taehyung told him not to say anything, but that doesn't mean that Jungkook can't tell Yen he was there.

"I'm the one who gave your recording to BangPD."

At the explanation, you look towards him with wide eyes, your heart pounding hard in your chest.

"So does that mean..." he smiles, probably guessing your next words and you find yourself dumbfounded.

He's the reason you're even a trainee.

He was there that day, he heard you sing.

Blushing you slap your hands on your cheeks, trying to hide the red that blossoms at the revelation. He chuckles at the attempt, which only worsens the embarrassment.

"How...?" you wonder, half under your breath.

"I was walking by the studio and heard your voice." When it's clear you still don't understand, he leans down, so that he's eye level with you only needing to whisper for you to hear him. "You had left the door open."

"Oh."

At your meek and small voice, he can't help but laugh as he pulls away to open a studio door and enter. Still trying to piece together the situation, you follow him, but stop when you recognize your surroundings.

"Is this..."

Turning to you from where he stands next to the chair amid the room, he smiles.

"So you figured it out." Stunned, you watch him as he takes in the room as though it were the birthplace of something amazing, something beautiful and sacred.

In a way it is.

It's the place he discovered you.

"This is where I first heard your voice."

You're afraid to move, afraid to speak.

When will there come a time where you believe all of this is real? More than a dream? When you look at Jungkook, his smile, that strange look in his eyes...You feel as though it's okay after all to trust that it's real after all.

That he's real.

"This is the birthplace of your dream."

You can't help but snort, and he looks towards you. You know he's trying to be sentimental, but...

"A little dramatic don't you think?"

He smirks at your comment, before turning back to the room.

"Is it? I find it fitting. Almost as though we've come full circle." As he raises those doe eyes back to you, you can feel your heart skip a beat. "I mean, who would've thought the same girl who spilled coffee all over me would change my life with her voice?"

Though it's a sweet sentence, you can feel the shameful embarrassment rising in the back of your throat as you shove his shoulder. He laughs at your reaction, holding up his hands in surrender.

"I was hoping you wouldn't remember." You nearly pout, turning your face away from him and crossing your arms in indignation in a childish way to punish him for teasing you. He chuckles at the attempt, but soon finds his laughter dying out as he stares at you.

Taking you in as though you were the most precious thing on Earth.

Maybe you are in his eyes.

His eyes soften and his lips part almost indistinctively as he reaches out to take your chin in his own hands. Slowly, he angles it towards him so that your face is mere inches apart from his, close enough that if he wanted to, he could place his lips on yours without even trying that hard.

Eyes wide, you stare into his as he smiles that same strange smile.

Maybe it's not that you don't know what it is, maybe it's that you don't want to try and figure it out. What lies in his eyes is something you'd rather keep hidden.

Right now, that's the only way for you to be okay.

Nevertheless, you don't want to push him away.

His eyes lidding as he brushes a stray piece of hair behind your ear, he whispers in your ear once more. The delicate lure to it, the deadly husk, and almost indistinct heat almost makes you shiver, and you can feel yourself tense as though preparing for something that will never come.

"How could I forget?"

note: oh, so many jungkookie moments sajdlkfsjfk, dw though we will get more of the other members soon! i know i do a lot of the maknae line, but the hyung line is coming soon (more specifically we'll see some more jhope and jin, since we don't really see them now ;-;)

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okay i have a cute idea for abm! so florence is just cleaning up the house or something after the girls get dropped off to school by daniel and she has daniel's music on and she's dancing...or singing👀👀. one of the girls forgot something so daniel walks in on florence haha okay byeee.

↳ A/N I've been kinda letting these asks pile up and my box is so clogged but I cannot bare to let them go to waste. I will be trying my darndest to write some of these super old ones...but only if yall promise to leave me comments...I think that's a fair trade off 😛💟

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Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Florence didn’t sing. Not that she couldn’t or that she was bad, she just chose not to. Other than the odd little hum here and there, she mostly left the singing to her pitch perfect musically talented husband. Even after years of being friends and now being married, Florence wouldn’t dare to sing around him in fear of getting laughed at for her inability to impressively carry a note. That may have come from her rocky childhood with parents who critiqued and slandered everything she did.

She only sang when she was really truly alone.

It was the odd day that Daniel was taking the girls into school – he didn’t do so often so it was always a special treat. With a four year old on one hand and a five year old on the other, Daniel was struggling to hold his work bag and two little pink backpacks on his arms as he ushered them out the door.

“Say goodbye to Mommy!” Daniel told the two girls who shouted their goodbyes to Florence who saw them off from the foyer.

He sealed his departure with a quick kiss before being tugged down the apartment building hallway by the five year old. Florence closed the door behind them and checked on baby Lucy who was entertaining herself in her playpen in the living room.

The three-month-old was an easy audience who had no grounds to complain about anything so Florence permitted herself to a song or two as she tidied up the living room. Her phone was plugged into the Bluetooth speaker and played whatever was in the playlist that Daniel had put together haphazardly one night – a few radio hits, a few iconic rock songs, a bit of everything – and let the lyrics tumble from her lips easily.

Lucy was unbothered as she wiggled around and played with her toys in her playpen, letting her mother rearrange and dust and vacuum around her. There was nothing more soothing than her mother’s voice and although Florence never really sang, she was able to carry a note to the heart of her youngest daughter.

It relaxed her too as Florence felt her chest ease with whatever stresses may have been settling there and she turned up the volume once she found her rhythm. Husband gone to work and opinionated kindergarteners out of ear shot, she was free to so as she wished. The apartment seemed to clean itself as she worked efficiently to the music and let each note carry her around the space.

The last thing she expected was to see her husband standing in the doorway from the hallway however and her stress-releasing singing was cut short but her sudden scream in fear. Daniel’s smile only grew as he stared at her clutching her heart from the fright he gave her, leaning his head against the wall.

“Jesus, Daniel James, you scared me. What the hell are you doing here?” Florence panted, smacking him with the dusting cloth she held in her hand.

“Clementine forgot her pack of markers that she insistedshe needed so I came back to grab them.” Daniel answered coolly as she paused the music from her phone and sent the apartment back in near silence. He pushed off the wall and slid over to her to pull her close and wrapped his arms around her waist. He smiled into her neck, “You sounded happy.”

“How long were you there for?” Florence blushed terribly, holding her hands against his shoulders as he hugged her as if anticipating his laughter.

“Long enough to hear how pretty your voice is.”

“Oh, please.” Florence scoffed.

“I’m serious!” Daniel leaned back from her to look her in the eye, “You sounded so good, sweetheart. Why don’t you sing more often?”

“Because it’s embarrassing and you’re just flattering me.” Florence wiggled bashfully out of his arms but he just pulled her back in with her back pressed to his chest.

“How’s it embarrassing?” Daniel asked.

“Because you’re…you and I’m…not as good.” she chuckled nervously.

“Don’t put off singing if it makes you happy just because your perfect husband is a musical genius.”

“Shut up.” Florence couldn’t hide her smile even as she tried to be annoyed with him and he kissed her neck and held her close around her waist.

“Mhm.” Daniel mumbled against her skin. “Sing for me more, Flora.”

“You have markers to deliver…and work to get to.”

“I don’t care. Sing for me.”

“Daniel James.”

“Florence Margret, I want to hear you sing. I want to hear you happy.”

She could only smile to herself in the familiar embrace of his strong arms around her and she leaned back into him, “I am happy.”

Daniel kissed her cheek, “You and I have a date with the piano tonight. You better not stand me up.”

“You’re embarrassing me.” Florence flushed. “Why’d you have to come back?”

“To tell my wife that she’s as stunning as her voice and I love her.” Daniel whispered. “Obviously.”

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