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thegreatescape · 4 years

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SHARE THE LOVE CONVENTION

Here’s what happened at the Share The Love Con in Milan! :) [Sorry for my terrible English lol]

At the con I was in the front row with my friends. It was amazing but at the same time I felt a little bit observed lol Pietro was the first one who greeted me and then Nicholas recognized me ;;

After the panel, my friend and I decided to take a picture with Federico because he was too beautiful with that blue sweater and when we went to take the picture he gave us a tight hug that I will remember forever. I don't know why but I was more nervous than the previous times... maybe because he was even more beautiful than usual lol

Then we queued for the Fede + Rocco duo and I don’t know where I found the courage but I showed them a photo in which two people were kissing a girl on the cheek and this happened sdifhoisadpo

Damn Fede has really soft lips, I cry just thinking about it. I left the room shaking like a leaf lol Then we went to the autographs of Nicholas, Greta and Beatrice. Greta and Bea were a wonderful surprise. They are both so kind and sweet. When Greta saw my drawing she gave me a hug and said ‘thank you’ a hundred of times. She was sooo cute! ;;

Even Beatrice thanked me so much and complimented me and said “You drew me so hot!” And I was like "Well, you are" haha

Then I went to Nicholas and this happened:

Nicholas: Hi! I'm a big fan of yours!

And I smiled at him sooo embarrassed.

Nicholas: I don't know how to thank you! I’m very tired after a drawing, you draw 10 drawings every day! You're very good.

Then Greta arrived at his table and said: Did you see my beautiful drawing with the pink background?

And he was like: Mine is gray! :(

Me: I made the backgrounds based on the shirt you had in the photos and you always have a black shirt.

Nicholas: I have to do a photoshoot then haha

Nicholas then asked me to show some of my drawings to Bea and when I showed her my Instagram profile she remembered those I had done for her and Greta added: Oh my God you made me the drawing of me and Nini kissing? It's beautiful! ; _;

This is Nicholas’ autograph. He drew me Luchino eating pizza’s crusts LOL

Then we went to the autographs of Pietro, Fede and Rocco and I have to say that this was one of the most beautiful moments of the Convention. When Pietro saw me he greeted me with an "Hello darling, how are you?" And before I answered he said: "Did you bring me something?" And when I gave him the drawing he said: “Oh my God, it's awesome! This is a new one!”

Me: “Well, yes, I couldn't post it before, it had to be a surprise!”

Pietro: “Can I keep it? ;)”

Me: “Sure it's for you! Also, sorry if I tag you on so many drawings.”

Pietro: “It makes me so happy! You drew the futuristic black and white one, the one where I’m in Venice, the one with the flag you gave me last time and ... this, right? (he remembered all of them ; ___;) And then he added: “But you drew Federico more :( AHAHAH”

Then I went to Fede and he said: “I know that yesterday was your birthday so… HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!” And he sent me a kiss. I died. Then I gave him the drawing and he thanked me and he looked at me with a pleased smile saying: “What can I write here ..?” And he wrote me this beautiful autograph that I’ve to frame.

Then, without saying anything, he got up and hugged me and it was a beautiful moment because I didn't want to let him go. Maybe that was the best hug- not only because it lasted longer but because I could tell him how grateful I was for everything.

Then I went to Rocco and he greeted me with a big smile saying: “Hello Giulia, how are you ?!” And I was actually dying inside so I immediately gave him the drawing and he said something like: “Wtf is this a drawing? Oh my God it’s amazing thank you so much” and he showed it to Fede.

Then in the afternoon there were other panels but for those I will make a special mentions at the end of the post.

Then there was Fede and Rocco meet & greet. It was pretty weird because we were all so shy and we didn’t know what to say so they told us something that happened on set during Marti and Nico reunion on the terrace in 2x09.

Fede: “Ludovico told us ‘Kiss!', so we did it. It was so romantic, but when we stopped, I noticed that I had Rocco's snot on my cheek. So I said: WHAT THE FUCK IS IT? THIS IS DISGUSTING! and the atmosphere was ruined.

Rocco: “It's true HAHAHA”

Fede: “I had your snot on me all the time! You were always crying!

Rocco: "Yes, there was an important exchange of body fluids. AHHA”

Then we went to eat the pizza with the cast. The first one who sat at our table was Federico. I was the first one to get the pizza and he said: “Well you're the birthday girl that’s why they gave you the pizza first”. I just smiled like an idiot and he said: “Eat it or it gets cold!"

Me: "No, I'm waiting for you …"

He: “But if it gets cold, it sucks”. (it sucked anyway haha)

Then me and my friends started arguing with him bc Federico claimed that the pizza has to be cut in 8 pieces (and we were cutting it in 4). Thankfully Pietro arrived and supported us and told Fede: “Stop being so annoying” ahah.

After that, there was the most embarrassing interaction that I've ever had with him. We looked at each other and he smiled, so I smiled back but I was too nervous to say anything. Basically we kept smiling for like 15 seconds and it all ended with an embarrassing silence :))))

Then Rocco sat right next to me and he was so… excited? Haha

Rocco: “Did you eat today?”

Me: “No, we were anxious…”

Rocco: “Why? C’mon we know each other now! We’re friends!” (I almost cried, I swear).

Then I showed him a bracelet that my friends bought me for my bday (a heart with the word ‘Sbedemmic’ written on it) and he enlightened and said: “Nooo! Oh my god! Sbedemmic !? A-ma-zing!”

Then we asked him how to pronounce “Maxence” and Rocco called him at out table and Maxence rushed to us leaning towards us and we were blown away because he has really beautiful eyes and honestly I didn't even listen to what he said ahaha

Then Nicholas joined us and said "I want to sit right next to Giulia” (I wanted to hug him ;u;) and we talked about drawings and it was wonderful. Then at a certain point I don't remember what he wanted to ask Bea and he started to call her addressing a girl at the table next to ours and only after a while we pointed out that Bea was sitting on the other side of the room and he was like: “Who was I calling? The girl doesn't even have hair like Bea!” HAHAH

Before he left we hugged each other tight and we thanked each other for everything.

Maxence is literally an elf. He is nice, funny and he gave me a lot of positivity. We asked him to take a photo all together and he immediately put the glass of wine down because “If my mom sees the picture she gets angry” xD He said he never had the chance to interact so much with the fans at the events and that he thinks it’s amazing to create a bond with us.

Then I apologized bc I tag him on a lot of drawings and he asked me “Wait, what did you draw?”

Before I answered him he started to jump on the chair saying “The raccoon one!?”

Me: “Yes, even the-”

He: “The one with the shirt! Come on, let me see it!”

So I showed him the drawing and he exclaimed: “YEEEEES! THIS ONE! YEEEEES! THE SHIRT!!!”

He thanked me and I closed instagram, but I had forgotten to change my background and I had a photograph of me with Federico.

Maxence saw it and said: “Is that your boyfriend?"

And I said: “I WISH!”

I swear I didn't want to say it out loud, but it was spontaneous. He widened his eyes and literally burst into laughing while I turned RED. I apologized saying it wasn’t my intention to say it out loud but he said that he got that bc he read the panic in my eyes as soon as I realized it, but he appreciated my spontaneity and he said that it will be our little secret xD (then we talked outside and we took a couple of photos, he even chose the poses AHAHAH but then we got caught and the staff told him to go inside xD).

1 December

The second day in the morning we went to the autographs of Robin and Lukas and they both thanked me so much for the drawings (I will never forget their expressions ;;).

After giving Lukas the drawing he stood up and hugged me tight and he was the sweetest, with his beautiful and kind smile :’)

Then I took a photo with Nicholas

and a duo with Maxence and Rocco where I asked for a group hug and Maxence said: A POLIPATA ?! (an Italian word that idk how to translate. Obviously Rocco taught him that haha it’s like “hugging like an octopus” lol)

The last photos were those with Federico. When I showed him the photo I wanted to do he made an expression that I will never forget a mix between a smile and ;) and he said: “Uh, today we are in the mood for kisses”. And of course I turned BRIGHT RED :DDD

The last activity of the day was the autograph with Maxence. He thanked me for the drawing and said "You made me a beautiful drawing, so I will also make your own beautiful drawing" and he made a stylized character of me ahaha

At the cocktail party Maxence was the first one to sit with us! He didn’t know what to say so he asked us to do a toast and we all said in chorus 'cin-cin' and he said: "Do you know that ‘cin-cin’ means vagina in Chinese?” Ahah This was the highlight of our conversation.

Then Nicholas and Rocco came at our table and we talked all the time about medicines and reflux lmao We looked like the geriatric department bc they said that all the cocktails tasted like medicines lol

Then Pietro and Fede arrived, both sooo tired, but Fede greeted us with "Hello rays of sunshine!" And we were literally dying . Pietro said he was worried about not being able to return home because he would have arrived after midnight and he didn't have the keys. "I can't call someone and say "Hi, I'm the guy who lives upstairs" ahaha

Then we talked to Lukas and Robin and they were so cute ;; Lukas is a very interesting person, he has a pure soul and it was a pleasure to know him ;;

In the end, Bea and Greta arrived and we gossiped a lot, especially about boys haha

Best moments of PANELs:

-Nicholas said his favorite word is Australopithecus Robustus and Greta said "Fregno" (it’s a slang for ‘hot’) xD

-Fede said his Spirit animal is a Golden Retriever and that Martino’s is a fox

-Fede made fun of Rocco because he spoke with metaphors that didn’t make any sense so Fede was like: Enough Rocco, enough! Stop it! THAT'S ENOUGH!

-We made a video for Bea and everyone cried in the room

-THE KARAOKE

-Fede said that Rocco didn’t know how to ride a bicycle and they had to shoot that scene a lot of times

-Fede complimented Rocco and then he gave the microphone to him saying: “Come on, I’m waiting.” Because he wanted to get compliments too haha

-Rocco sat in the audience and asked Fede the story of Bambi and Fede called him “Er Lucertola (lizard)” in revenge and said that the name of Bambi was born because of a toxic (Rocco haha)

-Pietro who answered BOH to all the questions haha

-When a girl mentioned the 4th season (even if we couldn’t) and everyone said to keep hoping and thanked us for fighting so much during these months and then Rocco said: Yes, thank you very much for the support. Without you it wouldn't have been pos— Everyone: ROCCO !!!!! haha

-When another girl talked about Massimo Reale -Dr. Spera- (referring to the photos he posted from the 4th season’s set) and then Bea said: She just wanted to know the name of Dr. Spera and yes, it’s Massimo Reale xD

-Rocco screaming SBEDEM

Here’s some pics I took at the panels :)

Everything was AWESOME! I miss them all so much ;;

Please if you want to use one of these pics tag my instagram account: here

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komorebirei · 5 years

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The Water Was Never Afraid - Chapter 12: Current

(AO3)

Chat Noir landed on the roof of Montparnasse Tower, a step behind Ladybug.

“All’s quiet on the east side,” he reported.

“Same on the west side,” Ladybug returned.

For the past six months that they had been doing these weekly patrols, they hadn’t come across anything; the mere sight of them probably deterred most petty street crimes, and there hadn’t been any akuma activity.

Chat Noir had decided not to tell Ladybug about Hawkmoth. If he did, she would want to take action to put him behind bars, or at least take the miraculous from him. If he went to jail, he would be disgraced in front of the public. The Gabriel brand would suffer. Everything would change.

And, honestly, Adrien understood why his father had done everything he had. He didn’t agree with it, but he knew his father wasn’t evil. He was desperate, depressed, a little unstable, and had a skewed sense of perspective at times, but once he got out of this rut, he would be okay. They didn’t need the law stepping in and making the situation worse. This was something they could fix on their own.

It didn’t feel good to keep secrets from her, but his family was at stake.

“Well, milady.” Chat Noir stepped up to her. “I suppose we’ll call it a night.” He held out his fist.

Ladybug touched the fist with her own. Even though they weren’t fighting akumas anymore, they still bumped fists before parting ways, like a cherished tradition. “Before you go, Chat Noir…”

He met her eyes, and realized the way she was looking at him was different from usual.

“Are you okay?”

A shot of trepidation ran through Chat Noir. Had he let too much emotion show? He smiled instinctively. “Of course, Bugaboo. Why?”

She tilted her head, as if trying to see him better from another angle. “Really? I thought you never lied to me, Chat Noir.” Her voice was quiet and serious.

He didn’t have the heart to deny it a second time after that. “I’m sorry, I just didn’t want to worry you unnecessarily. Things are a little tense in my civilian life, but I have a friend who’s been very supportive, so … I’ll be okay.”

“A friend from your civilian life?”

From the way he hesitated, the guilty look in his eyes, and the shrug and half-nod instead of a confident ‘Yes,’ Ladybug realized heartbreakingly that the friend was probably herself. Marinette.

Though it saddened her that Chat Noir didn’t have anyone he could talk to as a civilian, and she wondered why not, she was at least glad that he trusted her enough to open up to her, and that he wasn’t completely alone.

So, she didn’t press him for any more information. Though she cared, his civilian life wasn’t something Ladybug should be asking about. Grasping his hand in a show of affection and support, she smiled. “I’m glad you have a friend to lean on. I hope things get better, Chat Noir. Let me know if there’s anything I can do to help.”

Chat Noir squeezed her hand, grateful for the extra dose of warmth that she was giving him. A pang of longing stabbed his heart as she retracted it. He still loved her, but it had grown into a calm, tender love that resided in him like a subtle warmth. When she did something like this, though, that warmth started to sting, like holding a hand over a candle for too long.

“I’ll see you next week at the usual spot, LB,” Chat Noir said, flashing her a grin. With a parting salute, he flipped over the side of the building and bounded away.

—

Adrien’s phone rang at 9:00 a.m. on the dot Monday morning, just as he was preparing to go into a budget meeting.

“Yes, Father?”

“Good morning, Adrien. Are you in the office?”

“Yes.”

“Whatever you have planned for the morning, please make sure you’re covered or reschedule. You’re needed in the second floor studio for fittings.”

Adrien balked. “Fittings?”

“You heard me—the photoshoot is on Wednesday. I trust it won’t be a problem for you to do some modeling.”

“No,” Adrien sighed, choosing his battles. With a goodbye to his father, he hung up and called out to Celeste, who was passing by on her way to the meeting. “Can you take notes for me and bring up the points that I mentioned to you? You wrote them down, right?”

Celeste nodded, tucking a silky ginger lock behind her ear. “Yes, sir. On both counts.”

“I’m counting on you, Celeste,” he said with a grin, which disappeared as soon as he exited his office and turned the opposite way toward the elevators. He wasn’t excited to start modeling again.

The second floor studio was a bustle of activity. Camille was the head designer of this studio, but she had several interns under her, and a small team of seamstresses to help with production. There were four large tables in the center of the room, and the edges were lined with counters and drawers. Mannequins were set up around the room, and articles of clothing and notions were strewn everywhere in organized chaos, at varying stages of completion. Adrien scanned the room for Camille.

“Adrien! Over here,” a voice beckoned him, and his eyes caught the rapid movement of a hand waving him over.

He locked eyes with Marinette, and his widened in surprise. Memories of the other night rose unbidden to his mind—of the floral scent of her shampoo, her gentle fingers kneading the back of his head, her slender, bare legs draped over his arm as he carried her to bed.

He took a deep breath, forcing the thoughts out of his mind. Those thoughts were definitely inappropriate on so many levels. He made his way across the floor to where she was, at a table on the edge of the studio across from a row of curtained changing booths. Her immediate surroundings looked neater than the rest of the studio; he figured she had tidied up for the fitting.

“Marinette,” he greeted her jovially. “I didn’t expect it to be you.”

“It seems your father liked the idea of you actually modeling for my feature,” she said with a shrug, picking up a tape measure from the table.

As Marinette moved around, gathering some additional supplies, he couldn’t help but appreciate her sense of style. She was wearing a loose, white chiffon boat-neck blouse with a colorful bird pattern, tucked neatly into light brown trousers that hugged her hips, bound with a thin black belt. A joke about birds and cats sprang to his mind, but he pushed it deep down in favor of a more professional topic.

“Is this for Style Queen?”

“Yup. I still can’t believe Audrey is doing this. I was so sure she’d written me off after I rejected her offer to take me to New York.”

Adrien smiled at the memory. “Chloé probably never told you, but she was really grateful toward you for that. Her mom was always a sore spot with her since we were kids. I’m pretty sure she owes it to you that she even has a relationship with her mom now.”

“They seemed to be getting along well at the party,” Marinette commented, putting several folded garments in his hands and leading him toward one of the changing booths with a hand on his back. It was just a normal gesture—designers were used to pushing around models as if they were literal mannequins, and Adrien was used to going with the flow—but Adrien couldn’t help but be reminded yet again of the other night, of the way Marinette had led him inside her flat and wrapped him in her embrace as he sobbed.

Thinking about it made his heart beat faster. It was weird after all. It was weird to know he had experienced that with her, and he was right in front of her now, knowing it, but she had no idea. He felt like he was tricking her, somehow.

Once he was hidden from view inside the changing booth, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath to regain a semblance of inner peace, before making any moves to change into the garments.

He was used to hiding things. This was nothing new. He had interacted with people he knew as Chat Noir on a daily basis and had to play dumb as Adrien—he had been doing it for years.

He came out to see Marinette leaning against the table, waiting for him. Her face brightened when he caught her eye, and she looked him up and down. Even though it was normal for a fitting, he felt strangely self-conscious to have her checking out his body. No, he corrected mentally, the clothes.

“Everything looks pretty good, actually,” Marinette remarked, circling around him and pinching the fabric here and there, inserting a few pins. “I don’t have to do much.”

“That’s good news,” Adrien said, fighting to keep the warmth that was threatening to spread to his face. He started to feel hot, and could feel the hairs of his neck standing on end when Marinette checked the collar and her fingers brushed his skin.

Just as Adrien was starting to worry about sweating on Marinette’s works-in-progress, she put another stack of clothes into his hands and shooed him into the changing booth.

“So,” Adrien struck up conversation during the second fitting, in an attempt to make things less awkward. “Who’s modeling the women’s wear? Did you get roped into that, too?”

Marinette laughed, a sound so delightful that Adrien couldn’t help but seek out her face to see the expression that accompanied it. “No,” she answered, “we’re hiring someone to do it. She’s coming in this afternoon for her fitting.”

“Ah,” Adrien said, a little disappointed. “I bet you would have done great, anyway. It would have been cool to see you in your own designs.”

“You’re seeing it now,” Marinette teased, making a playful ‘model pose.’

“Right, I should have guessed! You look fabulous,” Adrien exclaimed sheepishly, finding it suddenly difficult to meet her eyes, let alone give her outfit another close look.

“Thanks for that vote of confidence, anyway.” Marinette resumed pinning the current outfit and jotting down notes in a small pad, before handing him the next set of clothes.

He eyed the table to gauge how many outfits were left. His heart was racing, his hands were sweaty, and he felt like he couldn’t breathe right. Since when did he feel this way around Marinette?

He suffered through the rest of the fitting in relative silence, afraid he would accidentally give his flustered state away if he tried to engage her in more conversation.

Maybe it had been a mistake to visit Marinette again as Chat Noir. He hadn’t expected that it would make working with her so awkward. Then again, he didn’t usually work with her in such close quarters as today.

When the fitting was complete, Adrien took his leave. On his way back to his office, he dipped into the bathroom across the hall, stopping in front of the mirror. As expected, his cheeks were flushed. He groaned in frustration, annoyed that his complexion gave away too much, too easily. Turning on the faucet, he wet his hands and dragged them across his face, trying to cool down.

“My, my, my. This is interesting.”

Adrien glared at Plagg in the mirror. The kwami was floating in the air over his right shoulder, tiny fangs glinting as he smirked. “What’s interesting?”

“I’ve never seen you react like that to Bakery Girl before.”

“It was just weird!” Adrien retorted defensively. “It hit me that what happened the other day as Chat Noir was kind of… intimate,” he confessed. “Maybe I shouldn’t have visited her.”

Plagg lost a little of his smug attitude, landing on Adrien’s shoulder. “I’m gonna be honest, kid, I think you needed it that day.”

“Maybe…” Adrien sucked in a long breath and held it before letting it out slowly. He grabbed some paper towels from the dispenser and dabbed at his face. “Maybe I did. But what am I supposed to do now? I feel like I’m deceiving her.”

“Why would you feel like that?”

“She doesn’t know she kissed Adrien Agreste on the cheek and let him pick her up in her skimpy pajamas and bring her to her bed…” Heat flooded his face, just thinking about it.

Plagg regained his smirk. “She was comforting her friend. She would have done the same for Adrien, don’t you think?”

“I don’t know, Plagg… we were never that close…”

“What I find interesting,” Plagg came around in front of Adrien’s face and looked him in the eyes, practically dancing with mischief, “is that you’re so focused on those details.”

Adrien’s blush deepened, feeling despicable to be skewing an innocent gesture from one friend to another.

“I’d almost think you had feelings for Bakery Girl.”

Adrien gasped. “Plagg! I’m in a relationship, for goodness’ sake! Stop trying to plant ideas!”

Plagg cackled. “Too late. The seeds are already there.”

“What is that supposed to mean?!”

Plagg did a loop-de-loop in the air. “Maybe Bee Girl was on to something.”

“Okay, enough,” Adrien said, getting angry. “I’m dating someone, it’s absolutely wrong to be implying these things.” Tossing the wad of paper towels in the garbage, he stormed out of the bathroom to look for Celeste.

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kchatjjigae · 5 years

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Another big day in Kdramaland! We’re counting down the last hours of Leila’s stay in Korea with a march through the city. We get all classy and cultural with tours of a few palaces, one we meant to and one on accident, get our Coffee Prince on while we chase away some hanger, then activate our idol hunting skills as we cross the river back into Gangnam on a hunt for JYP. The offices, not the man. All this before we hit the critical point of our day: Korean Pizza.

So, so, so many pictures ahead.

Unlike the leaving of Alix, we knew right from the start of planning the trip that Leila wasn’t going to be with us the entire time the three of us planned on staying. Leila knows precisely at what length journeys stop being fun for her and plans accordingly. It was part of the reason we chose to hit Busan first over Seoul as it would be easier for her to get back to her plane. I’m not certain I’m the person who can leave when I know that other people are still there, having fun without me, but I do admire her for her strength to say “Naw, Bishes, I’m done.” Especially now knowing that she was doing these last few days on a sprained toe.

As I mentioned in the last post, this day was going to be a Leila and I date, where we toured the palaces, possibly the Hannok Village, and any other old thing we wanted to see that SaraG and Alix had already seen before. It’s not that they don’t appreciate them, but as they’d seen them before, they thought they’d fill their time with new experiences instead. We were all, you do you boos, we’re gonna get our saeguk on.

Now with the change in our numbers, SaraG has decided to join us!

With a quick consult to the Naver Maps, we head back towards the palaces, thankfully, at the palaces subway stop. Throughout the station, as we headed above ground, I saw adverts for their palaces museum, which said it had some of the clothing and regalia in residence. Unfortunately, I didn’t make it there, and it’s probably one of my biggest niggling regrets. I’m sure if I’d just said, hey, I really want to go here, the ladies would have been fine with it, but at the time it didn’t seem important enough to make a fuss. That’s okay, it will give me something to go to next time!

You know, when I go visit the whole giant palace WE ACCIDENTALLY MISSED.

So we popped above ground and SaraG decided she wanted to hit up the coffee shop next to the palaces where she’d catch up on life now that she has a phone back and wait for us to do our thing.

As we approached Gyeongbokgung Palace, the main royal palace during the Joseon Dynasty, built 1395, the sun was bright and warmer than when we’d been there previously. So the hanboks were aplenty. Here I should probably mention, surrounding these historical areas are hanbok rental shops, where you go in and get dressed in period clothing, rented by the hour. If you do, not only do you have a fantastic experience, but your entry to the inner palace is free. As we wandered the grounds, this totally makes sense! Watching the people walk around in hanboks really adds to the atmosphere, helps you picture what it would have been like during the Joseon dynasty. Just with less slavery and more selfies.

There was a hot minute where Leila and I had talked about doing this, but as things had changed in the dynamic and, frankly, I wasn’t up for another ahjumma belly pat-down, we decided to pass. Maybe next time.

On our way in, we spotted a photoshoot going down to what we imagined is an up and coming girl group. You could tell between shots they were freezing in their outfits, their puffy coats tossed to the side, but they took it like troopers. I wonder how those shots turned out.

The outer courtyard was just as beautiful as before, but this time it was even more exciting as we got to go in! Well, after we purchased our very cheap tickets. I did have a moment of GAH when at the self-automated booth, my credit card was declined. There is nothing quite like that moment of panic when that happens.

Side note. When you’re in Korea, or, I guess, anyplace overseas, use your credit card, not your bank card. I actually went into my bank to talk about this with them about how best to pay for things. I ordered some won beforehand but had planned on just using my bank card while I was there. My bank said that there are actually more fees attached if you do it that way, however, there are no extra fees if you use your credit card. So that’s what I did. I just got cash a couple of times using my bank card, but primarily used the card, just transferring my savings right over to it once I got home.

We ended up having to go through the person manned line where, after hesitatingly giving my card over with crossed fingers, I had no problems getting our tickets.

As it was early, the place wasn’t hugely packed, so we wandered around the buildings on our own, deciding to forgo a guided tour. BIG MISTAKE! Oh sure, we got along fine, had no troubles, but when we saw the cute little school-aged tour guides working on their English skills to other tourists? We were beyond jealous! (We also missed Steve.)

How epic is this?

You’d think by now the experience would be old. The same architecture, the same colors, the same carvings that we’d seen in Busan. But, there’s just something being around all that history, something that has survived, in one form or another, for all these years that’s just fascinating to me. You picture all the things that went on. How was this even created? Built? How did they choose these colors? The toppers at the corners of buildings I couldn’t’ stop looking at.

I also couldn’t stop talking in the formal saeguk accent, which I’m sure was annoying, but I couldn’t stop.

Check out this throne.

Now picture your favorite Kdrama saeguk hero perched upon it. Do you have a favorite? Share, please!

Not sure what this is, but it has flowers and faces on the knees. Who does that? It had to be something important. Unless it was just some arts and craft gift to some king of old and he stuck it there because his niece painted it and he’s a good uncle who simply made up some vital reasoning for it to be there. Who’s going to argue? He’s a king!

See how much fun I am to travel with? That’s the sort of brilliance I come up with.

We wandered the endless maze of rooms, of separate buildings, trying to make sure we got through everything we wanted to see. Seriously though? I could probably spend hours there just going through every nook and cranny. Taking each tour, finding out precisely what that thing with the face knees was.

Seriously, look at this ceiling!

Watching the young girls work industriously on their selfies, again I was reminded that a good selfie is hard work. You want to be all judgy, but they were having so much fun trying different, unique poses, giggling with their friends, all dressed up prettily in hanboks, and it just looked like fun. Plus, they are going to have some great photos later!

And the girls weren’t the only ones in on the game.

As I was saying in the previous post, the fact that this exists in the middle of ultra technologically advanced Seoul is pretty amazing. Seeing all of this history while on the edges you see high rises and electronic billboards, is the perfect blend of the past and the future. Which, in a nutshell, is the ideal description of South Korea itself.

Some areas were busier than others, a few school trips, but everyone was friendly and pretty respectful.

There was another lake in the middle of the grounds.

We were working our way towards a large pagoda in the background as we didn’t really have a map to go along. It’s like when I lived in New York City — just keep the Empire State Building in sight, and you’ll always know where you are. We tried to get to the pagoda but couldn’t seem to find our way, eventually giving up and turning back instead checking out the lake as it was on our way back and people were getting hungry.

As hanger is a very real thing, we decided to be along our way, to meet up with SaraG, but not before a quick stop off at the bathroom (yes, I have now peed in every single royal palace. Its a thing.) and the gift shop, before heading back to the front.

But not before one more selfie and one more…weird experience.

We stood in front of my camera… side note: Fun Stephanie Fact of the post? I have very long arms. While it’s a bitch to make sure shirts fit, on the upside? I’m brilliant with group selfies. It’s where I really carry my weight on trips, also why you see my smiling mug front and center on every group shot. I’m not an attention whore, just monkey-like.

So we’re standing there with my camera, and this guy comes up to us and asks if we’d like him to take our picture. Delighted, we said yes and handed him my phone. Posing, we smile in front of the first building where he begins to take photo after photo, crouching into the ground, bending himself in half, moving the camera around, like we’re shooting some sort of album cover. We’re just standing there, smiling, feeling more and more hilariously awkward as he slowly inches forward to us. Should we be moving? Should we be practicing our posing? Are we now disappointing Tyra Banks with our lack of Smizing? Is this guy going to steal my phone?

Finally, he hands me back my phone and with a smile and a bow, simply walks away as we shout thank yous out to him.

What a weird-fun experience.

From there, we met up with SaraG, and we decided to wander the neighborhood looking for food and the Changdeokgung Palace, which is known for being the one with the Secret Garden. However, finding food wasn’t as easy as we anticipated and we walked and walked, circling the edges of Gyeongbokgung. We were turning into a more residentially neighborhood and were despairing we’d never find food. Then we found a cute little coffee shop on the corner of an intersection, said good enough and tramped in. There was, in fact, bistro-style food, so we sat there, basking in the sunlight, recharging those batteries, taking a moment just to hang and chat. It was lovely.

Side note. Sitting at a ShareTea drinking bubble tea writing this. It’s post-move, I’m exhausted from a solid week of non-stop, my house is in disarray, so while this post will be late, it’s for a good reason and taking the time to write it is actually giving me a much-needed rest. What makes me think of this is my previous statement: It was lovely, which comes straight from what I hear from the song playing over the shops loudspeakers.

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But now back to it because it really is driving me crazy my house is such a mess.

Where were we? Ah, a random neighborhood in Seoul. Batteries charged enough to move, we got to our feet and continued onto where we thought the second palace was. Spoiler alert? It was not where we thought it was. We may have done a little shopping in some boutiques as we passed, nothing serious, just some meandering. Looking up, we realized we were right outside the Hannok village, which was straight uphill, up a butt-ton of stairs. Leila noped it and while I was initially disappointed, it was pointed out we had actually been there a few days ago when Alix marched us through on the Kpop shop lookout. We consulted Naver maps again and realized we’d actually walked out of the palace in completely the wrong direction. Feet being what they were, we couldn’t face walking all the way back and then onto the palace. Luckily we were right by a bus stop which appeared to be able to take us right to where we wanted to go and was even more luckily enough to be placed right next to a Churro shop.

Churro in hand, or, more realistically, churro in mouth, we boarded the bus on our way to the next palace.

We passed Gyeongbokgung, which, great news, meant we were at least headed in the correct direction, we passed Gwanghwamun Plaza with its giant statues of Sejong and Admiral Yi Sun-sin . I looked longingly out the window at them. I hadn’t realized we were so close! Visions of Faith popped into my mind, and I itched to explore. Naver announced our stop was upon us, and we piled out of the bus, realizing, uhoh, we should have probably recognized that there were more palaces in the area than just the main two and I probably should have been more specific when I looked at it in the map.

Whatevs. It was a palace, and we were there! So we paid the fee and piled in. It was fun to explore with the three of us. Deoksugung palace was actually a later palace, used for ceremonies and visits of state when the actual people lived in a more modern building. It was interesting to see the two together. New meets old. We continued our long-held tradition of going to the bathroom on royal grounds before we heard it, the drums in the distance. Turns out we were at the wrong palace at the right time, the ceremonial changing of the guards. We watched the procession march by us, the bright colors of their regalia, the bouncing feathers of their hats.

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We headed back towards the front gates, following them along, where they waited for the actual ceremony to begin. It was fun to see these people, not at attention, just hanging out, bored. A reminder they are real people, not fixtures of the past.

Once we had our fill of palaces for the day, it was time to begin the real task, heading over the river to try and hunt ourselves down some idols, it was time to go visit the JYP offices. After a wrong start, or a wrong stop, hopping off a stop too soon, we were ready for it, prepared to see the legendary building where the likes of 2PM, Got7, Stray Kids came from. Though not yet. Turns out, he’s cleverly not anywhere near the subway stop, so we hoofed it there, stopping for more, much-needed caffeine. On the way there we passed the location of the Seoul Olympic Games which we saw the empty buildings from our position on the street. Sure, we didn’t actually go to them, but we saw the buildings, so I get to count that on the list of places I’ve been on this trip.

Don’t agree? Go ahead, fight me.

Finally, we were there!

It’s an office. Dude. Get yourself a gift shop. Something. Other fans were milling about. We’d buy stuff. Mr. and Mrs. McFeeley are huge Stray Kids fans, I would have gotten something for them, and the ladies would have encouraged me, despite my DON’T LET ME BUY ANYTHING MORE. But I’d simply be able to get around that by saying, “I said I wasn’t allowed to buy anything else for RYAN. This would be for Sean. Totally different person”. But, since they didn’t have a gift shop, the point was moot. Across the street was a coffee shop, and you could see, the way people were positioned, a lot of them were just waiting for someone to come in or out so they could take a photo, be it for dispatch or just a fan site. Not wanting to be one of those people, we simply circled the block, and when we passed a snazzily dressed and perfectly coifed man, we crafted stories about who he was and what he did for the company.

Good times.

Realizing we weren’t going to get to have the idol meet-cute we’d desperately dreamed of, we decided it was time to move on, back across the river.

Oh! I think it was here, but if not, it’s the perfect time to talk about it. Remember the whole thing that was happening while we were there, with Seungri and his band of ugh? All about secret cams and chats and douchebaggery? Well, it’s no lie to say that this is rampant across the country. Did you hear about the member of staff who put a camera in one of the girl’s rooms on a variety show? Or there was a sting that happened at a hotel where people were recording women? It happens all of the time. While we were on the subway, we were separated, which happened when we wanted to snag an actual seat. This particular time, it was Leila and me on one side and SaraG on the other. Next to her was a man on his phone, who we joked looked just like a police detective from a drama. See? I just had to say that, and you know EXACTLY what he looked like. Turns out?

Not so police-y.

We got off the train, laughingly told SaraG our ideas, and she was like, “Ummmmm…yeah, he was watching pervy hidden video footage.” Apparently, there are Instagrams out there dedicated to this shit, and this guy is just, sitting on the subway, casual as can be, watching it. Ew.

Shaking it off, we decided first on our list was to cross something off Miss Leila’s list, stopping off at the mall by our subway station and picking her up a foundation she’d seen online, but had yet to see it anywhere in Seoul except for this mall. And I was on a mission too! Find the Flying Tiger, a Copenhagen store, take a picture and show it to my friend Thea who is a big fan of their New York store. It was a huge shocker to see that they were in Korea!

We wandered around the food court, looking for something to eat, but it was pricy and not what we were looking for (we’ve been spoiled eating beautiful and delicious food for under 10000 won.). Despite how tired we were, we decided we wanted to skip the food court, instead planned to hit Hongdae in order to find something better. Added plus? This would get Leila her last night in Hongdae with some buskers. Where did we end up? Korean Pizza! After seeing some Eat Your Kimchi posts on the weirdness that could be Korean Pizza back in the day, I’ve always wanted to try it. There was a Mr. Pizza in LA that every time I went to KCon I’d say, this was the time I was going to go there, but as one of our group was a vegan, it always managed to be pushed to the side. (We felt bad enough dragging her to Korean BBQ.) In Haeundae, our apartment was right above a Pizza School where we would pass by and look at the poster proclaiming all of their weirdo pizza flavors and planned on hitting up that one, but we just never had the chance. Tonight was the night!

I wish I’d taken pictures of the menu to tell you exactly what we had eaten, but I can tell you, one of them had mashed sweet potatoes, and the other one had galbi. Both were actually pretty yummy. We’d chosen this particular restaurant in the din of all the others as 1) was something we could all get behind with all of the other choices, and 2) was an upper floor establishment, overlooking all of the buskers. Dinner and a show!

As we ate, Leila and I investigated one last thing stop on our phones, the Han river. We knew it was close, had crossed it several times via subway, but had yet to go and find it in person. Had yet to find out which pairing of us were going to officially breakup on its shores as Korean dramas tell us is the norm. It was a must on all of our lists, and we couldn’t believe we hadn’t been there yet. It was a little difficult for us to pinpoint the best place to go to as you couldn’t really put Han River into the map, sure we’d find a shore but what else would we find when we got there? We found a park that seemed promising, but, honestly, at that time of day, after all, we’ve done, and now knowing about Leila’s poor toe, we decided to pass.

But don’t worry Han River fans. There are still two of us who have days left and hours to fill….

With this, we close out another chapter of our trip. Another day passed. Another person packing up to go home. Which leaves SaraG and I. All by ourselves for three days. Will we make it? Will our friendship survive? Or is it going to be the relationship that crashes by the shores of the Han? Stay tuned to find out!

KOREAN ADVENTURE DAY ONE: AIR PLANES, TIME TRAVELS, AND MULTIPLE SARAG(S)

Korean Adventure Day Two: Sadly, No Zombies

KOREAN ADVENTURE DAY THREE: THE SOLO JOB

KOREAN ADVENTURE DAY FOUR: BY THE POWER OF STEVE!

KOREAN ADVENTURE DAY FIVE: STAIRS, AND MEERKATS, AND POLICE…OH MY!

KOREAN ADVENTURE DAY SIX: EMERGENCYS, BELLY RUBS, AND TIPSI TEXTS

KOREAN ADVENTURE DAY SEVEN: THAT WEIRD SHAPED ARTY BUILDING IN GANGNAM

KOREAN ADVENTURES DAY EIGHT: KPOP TAKES A VACATION

KOREAN ADVENTURES DAY NINE: WE LOVE A MAN WHO LOVES A MARKET

KOREAN ADVENTURE DAY TEN: STEPHANIE DOESN’T DO NAKED

Korean Adventure Day Eleven: Let’s Get Saeguky Another big day in Kdramaland! We're counting down the last hours of Leila's stay in Korea with a march through the city.

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ritebeforeyoureyes · 6 years

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Birth

This was requested by both an anon – who wanted more pregnant Z – and by @fannytje390 – who wanted Z in labour! I hope you guys like it x

Masterlist – Plot: Zendaya goes into labour when she least expects it.

Birth (One-Shot)

Zendaya was shooting in Bali whilst she was seven months pregnant. It was meant to be a quick photoshoot highlighting her shapely bump in a tropical back drop. At first, she had turned down the job but, after weeks of encouragement from Tom, she had reluctantly accepted. Tom, who was away shooting himself, felt bad about leaving Zendaya at home during the final stretch of her pregnancy and wanted to make sure she stayed busy. A little change of scenery had sounded like the perfect idea; she would be in and out of the Indonesian province within three days.

And the shoot had been – a good idea. The sun of Bali was foreign to that of California. Zendaya had been styled in printed dresses and gold costume jewellery that made her feel like an Egyptian princess. She had basked in the heat and lovingly posed with her bump, her looks still as captivating and stylish as always.

However, what nobody had prepared for was Zendaya going into labour eight weeks early (on her flight back to Los Angeles) Her water broke mid-air – at 30,000 feet to be precise – her breathes coming out as hisses from between her teeth. She felt the liquid drip down her leg and instantly, she knew what was happening; a look of solid desperation directed at Darnell. They were only seven hours into their twenty-odd hour flight and Zendaya felt her pain increase threefold; she couldn’t envision giving birth on a flight … she couldn’t envision giving birth without Tom.

“I can’t be a parent, I can’t even take care of myself …” Zendaya croaked as flight attendants prepared passengers for an emergency landing. A loud murmur echoed throughout the aircraft and Zendaya felt penetrating gazes drift towards her as she panted. “I can’t do this-“

“Zendeesha, you’ve got this.” Darnell held her hand, like he had done since she was a mere teen. He rubbed her back and he tried to be soothing but as Zendaya’s contractions increased, so did her self-doubt. “Shh, you’ll be an amazing mom. Just breathe.”

“I can’t … I’m not ready-“ Zendaya felt another contraction clench at her insides and she cursed profoundly, her hold on Darnell increasing. Despite being subconsciously aware and glad for Darnell and his support, Zendaya couldn’t help but feel less comforted by the fact that Tom wasn’t there with her. “Tom, I need Tom.”

“We’re landing in Canada, I’ll call him as soon as I can.” Darnell tried to sound reassuring, but he had no clue if Tom would be able to make it to Zendaya’s side on time. They were making an emergency landing in Canada, but Canada was a big country and truth be told, it could potentially take Tom hours before he made it to Zendaya. “Just focus on you and your little princess, okay?” Zendaya just nodded, her eyes drifting down towards her protruding bump – their little girl.

It took a matter of thirty or so minutes before Zendaya was on the ground and being ushered through an airport she couldn’t pinpoint. She had departed the aircraft with a round of applause and well wishes from strangers that had warmed her heart. Their blessings and their kind words had made the pain in her lower half decrease magically. Her self-doubt about being a mother was suddenly replaced by happiness: excitement, pride. She had no idea where in Canada she was and at this point, she couldn’t care less.

Darnell spoke to a handful of people as soon as they were off the airplane. He dealt with all the technicalities as best as he could in such a stressful situation. He arranged paramedics, checked her into a hospital and most importantly, he made sure to call Tom.

The call rang a few times, Darnell’s knee bopping impatiently as they loaded Zendaya onto a stretcher and into the back of an ambulance. He climbed in after her and prepared himself to hang up on the monotonous ringing before he heard that distinguishable British accent.

“Sup’ Darnell.”

“She’s having your baby.” Darnell didn’t bother with the pleasantries, his mind preoccupied with evidently more important matters.

“Now?” Tom spluttered, his eyes bulging and his mouth suddenly going impossibly dry. He was scheduled to return to L.A. in just a few days and he’d thought there was no way he’d miss the birth of his first child. He’d never imagined Zendaya going into labour so early.

“We’re in Montreal, we’re on the way to Hospital Lachine.” Darnell explained how they had had their emergency landing in the Montreal-Pierre Elliot Trudeau International Airport which, by fate, wasn’t too far from where Tom was filming his movie re-shoots.

“I’m on my way.” Before Tom had the chance to hang-up, Darnell heard him yell at someone close by about the news. There was a chorus of cheers and panicked chuckles before Tom began to voice his thoughts out loud. He was frantically yelling, his voice laboured as if he were the one having contractions “Keys, give me keys … I need … keys. Harry! Let’s go. I’m going to be a dad-“

With those final words, the call went dead, and Darnell devoted all his attention to Zendaya.

“She’s heading towards her transition phase of labour.” Paramedics began to explain how she was six centimetres dilated. “7cm onwards and it’s time to prep you for child birth.”

Zendaya listened intently as they threw facts and instructions at her, her mind trying to process the spontaneity of the whole experience.

“Hey, Z, it’s okay.” As they got her settled into the maternity ward, Darnell noticed as the tears filled her eyes. “You’re doing so good, right now. I’ll speak to a nurse and see if we can get you an epidural, alright?”

“No, no, I can’t get one anymore. I’m too far along. I’m just really tired.” Zendaya wheezed a little but she shook her head as if to explain that the pain wasn’t the reason behind her crying. “And I really want him to be here … Tom!” And just as coincidental as it was that Zendaya had landed in Montreal, Tom had chosen that precise moment to come bursting through the door in cinematic fashion. He was in fuzzy slippers and a big puffer jacket, his hair dishevelled and dirt marks across his face. He looked like a stereotypical actor that had walked off the set of an action movie and Zendaya felt her panic ease.

“I’m here, I’m here.” Tom practically skid towards Zendaya, his hand reaching out for hers. He clutched it for dear life, his lips placing a lingering kiss against her skin like he had done when they were making their baby. “I didn’t miss anything, right?” The question was pretty much rhetorical though, it was clear that Zendaya was still as pregnant as ever.

“Tom, it’s time.” Zendaya’s excitement was evident but the lack of energy was present in her voice. Getting to the hospital and waiting on Tom was a whirlwind and adding active labour to the mix was taking a toll on her body. “I’m so tired-“ Zendaya’s eyes closed and Tom heard a beeping sound from one of the machine’s wired up to her. He knew it was nothing to worry about, but healso knew he needed to be as supportive as possible during this time period. He had read enough and gotten enough advice which instructed him to do his share of working during Zendaya’s labour.

“It’s okay, baby, you can do this.” Tom straightened out his posture and rubbed at her side lovingly – it as time to play his part. “Just a little while longer and we can hold our little girl.” Zendaya nodded, her eyes still droopy and sleep-possessed. “You’re so brave, you’re doing great.” Tom leaned in to kiss Zendaya’s lips. It was quick, but his emotions were clear. “I love you, so much, momma.”

“I love you too, daddy.” Zendaya joked but her voice slipped at the end, her eyes widening and her muscles clenching. This pain was unlike anything she’d ever felt before, the ache emanating from her head down to her toes.

“It’s time to start pushing, Mrs Holland, you two ready to be parents?”

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thing-you-do-with-that-thing · 6 years

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Enough

Characters: Jensen Ackles, Danneel Ackles, JJ Ackles, Mark Hall (omc), unnamed models and PAs.

Pairing: Jenneel AU (Fitness instructor!Jensen x Model!Danneel)

Square Filled: Fitness Instructor!Jensen

Warnings: Unhealthy body images, Douchebag photographer, language, slight violence.

Word Count: 1900ish

A/N: Wohoo here we go this is my first piece for @spnaubingo and what better way to start off than with my favorite pairing. It was a little scary though since I never written them in AU before. Fingers crossed I didn’t mess them up too badly.

Thanks to my annoying but lovable lil sis @mysupernaturalfics for betaing this one for me.

***My fics are not to be saved nor posted on any other sites without my express written permission.***

SPN AU BINGO MASTERLIST

Danneel stood in the doorway to her daughter’s room watching Jensen struggle to get their daughter dressed for bed. Jensen had a lot of energy and was always doing something. Still he struggled to keep up with their energetic almost two year old.

He was amazing with her though and Danneel loved watching them together and as she did she thought back to when she had first met Jensen.

She had just gotten the gig of her life back then. A spread along with three other girls doing a spread for Sports Illustrated. They didn’t just want the models to pose working out. They wanted them to actually be doing it. Exercising while looking pretty is not an easy task, which the agency knew. That’s where Jensen Ackles came into the picture.

Danneel had worked with fitness instructors before but she had never worked with anyone like him. It wasn’t about getting the girls to look a certain way or even about the work outs itself to him. It was about being healthy and having fun doing so. It was the best 4 weeks of her life and after the shoot was over Danneel got an extended contract with the magazine, but that wasn’t the best part.

“I got a 1 year contract,” Danneel was all but bouncing as she saw Jensen back on the set after having went to the side to talk with her agent.

“Congratulations. You did a great job,” Jensen answered her, but something seemed off. He didn’t seem happy for her. He was usually cocky and dorky. Normally he was all smiles around her and Danneel had thought that maybe he liked her, but the way he was behaving now made her rethink that.

“Are you working on other shots for the magazine?” she tried. Hopefully either way he would get the hint she would like to see him again, without having to ask.

“Sometimes. I don’t know when though,” Jensen didn’t meet her eyes and Danneel struggled to not burst into tears. She had really liked this guy, but apparently she had been nothing more than a job to him.

“Well it was nice knowing you then,” Danneel decided to cut her losses and she spun around on her heel. She couldn’t get away from the set fast enough. She didn’t want anyone to see her crying over some guy, especially not people she would have to work with for at least a year.

“Hey wait,” Danneel didn’t get more than a few steps before Jensen’s hand gently closed around her arm. He released her the second, she turned around and the same hand that had been on her arm seconds ago was now rubbing the back of his neck. He shifted slightly on his feet, still not meeting her eyes causing Danneel to frown, wondering what the hell was going on with him.

“I was… I thought that maybe…” Jensen stuttered, “would you like to go out sometime? On a date I mean. With me?”

Danneel stifled a giggle, but she couldn’t stop the huge grin from spreading across her face. “I would love too.”

“Yeah?” Jensen’s eyes met hers for the first time and the smile he sent her completely took her breath away. Somehow she knew this was the start of something lasting and beautiful.

Danneel smiled to herself as she remembered the first date and the ones after that. She remembered training for Tough Mudder with him, but competing with her friends against him and his. She remembered how smug she had been dancing around him when she had beat him at his own game and how he had just grabbed her and kissed her, causing her to forget everyone and everything around them.

She remembered him randomly proposing to her as they were stretching after a run and how tears had flown from her eyes as she kisses him, saying yes over and over again. She remembered throwing up everyday when they made it home from their honeymoon, thinking it was something she had or a bug she had caught on their vacation. It wasn’t until Jensen sheepishly had handed her a pregnancy test, the thought she might be expecting had occurred to her.

Of course he was right and Danneel immediately quit her job. She knew as soon as she started showing they would fire her anyway, but she didn’t care. She was happier than she had ever been, growing, glowing and completely and utterly in love.

It had always been Danneel’s plan to go back to work and Jensen had helped her get in shape. Just like always it hadn’t been a task or something she felt she needed to do. He made it fun and somehow he managed to involve their giggling, dancing and jumping daughter JJ in most of their activities.

Danneel had been excited to return to work, but something her way of thinking had shifted when she became a mom.Now all she saw were the horrible sides of the business. She witnessed how some of the other models counted carbs and worse than that talked about best ways to make themselves throw up after a meal. She head the rumors and whispers being spread amongst the staff of the photoshoot about the other models and Danneel couldn’t help but wonder what was being said about her when she wasn’t listening.

Worst of all was the photographer, Mark Hall and how he grabbed her and all the other models. He moved them and touched them anywhere to mold them into his image of the perfect picture. He talked to them as if they were nothing but eye candy and were beneath him somehow.

When Danneel was the only one there asked him to keep his hands to himself, he turned on her. He kept telling her how she looked fat from different angles. He told her to suck in her stomach or raise her chin, cause no one wanted to see her extra chins.

Usually Danneel had a thick skin against stuff like that but it all got too much and she had never been happier when Jensen unexpectedly walked onto set during one of the breaks.

“I missed you too honey,” Jensen laughed, wrapping his free arm around her before handing her the frappuccino he brought her and her face split in a big smile.

“I thought you might need that. First day back and all,” Jensen winked, sitting down next to her outside her trailer, enjoying the warmth of the sun. He was sitting a little lower than her and out of view from anyone who walked up from behind the trailers.

“Are you sure you wanna drink that? Not like you need the extra fat, darling,” Mark’s voice sounded as he appeared behind the trailers.

“But if you need help working it off, I’ll be in the shower,” he sent a smirk that made her skin crawl, but before she could say anything Jensen was on his feet, creating a wall between them with his body.

“What the fuck did you just say to my wife?” Jensen’s voice was low and ominous and Danneel hurried to his side, putting her hand on his arm, but he didn’t seem to notice.

“Sorry man. Didn’t realize she was taken,” Mark replied giving Jensen a grin, before his eyes traveled back to Danneel, looking her up and down.

“What the fuck does that matter?” Jensen growled, clearly surprising Mark. “Also she is not taken. She is not a thing and you got no fucking right to treat her or any other woman like that.”

“Jensen,” Danneel tugged his arm slightly, but Mark was not smart enough to back down.

“Oh come on man. It’s just us and her here. No one marries a model for their brains. I bet she is good lay huh?”

Danneel had never felt anger like she felt in that moment. It wasn’t about how he spoke of her. She had been called worse in her time in the industry. Frankly she had dealt with worse than Mark too and always managed to push it down somehow. What angered her so much was his blatant disrespect of her relationship with Jensen. How he presumed to know anything about the two of them and how he acted as if Jensen was like him.

Danneel weren’t even sure what happened but before she knew it, Mark was on the ground, pressing his hand against his bloodied nose and Danneel was holding her sore fist with her other hand.

“You bitch! You’re fired,” Mark roared at her, looking rather pathetic scrabbling on the ground to get back up.

“I quit!” Danneel hissed back at him, before grabbing her gobsmacked husband’s hand dragging him back towards the parking space

“Holy shit,” Jensen tugged her hand, making her stop when they had gotten well out of ear and eyeshot. “Baby are you okay?” Jensen checked her hand, while Danneel was still fuming, but the impressed look in his eyes when they met her, made her calm down and even laugh along with him.

“Remind me to never piss you off,” Jensen chuckled, pulling her against his chest and Danneel closed her eyes rested her head against his heart. This was where she was happy now. Not in front of a camera, pretending to be something she wasn’t anymore.

Danneel was pulled from her thoughts when her little girl started calling for her and she smiled, walking across the room. She crawled into bed with her husband and daughter, gently stroking the little girl's hair while Jensen read out loud to them both of them.

“I’m gonna call my agent tomorrow and see of I can get out of my contract,” Danneel spoke just above a whisper when JJ had fallen asleep. The little girl was lying completely on top of her dad, while Danneel was resting her head against his chest, her legs tangled with his.

“You sure? You shouldn’t let one dickbag ruin something you love for you,” Jensen answered her, kissing the top of her head, making her smile.

“I’m not. I don’t love it anymore. He is not the first person to treat me like that and he won’t be the last if I go back. That’s not the example I wanna set for her,” Danneel gently ran her finger’s through JJ’s hair.

“She should grow up, knowing she deserves to be treated by every man like her dad treats everyone around him,” Danneel looked up at Jensen, “how will she learn that if I accept men and women walking all over me everyday for a paycheck we don’t need right now?”

“Dee…” Jensen started but Danneel just hushed him, pressing her lips against his.

“I’ll find something I love again. For now I am happy,” Jensen’s eyes sparkled with her words and he leaned down to kiss her again.

“If you’re sure?” Jensen pushed making her shake her head at him with a smile, before she rested her head back down against his heart, resting her hand on her little girl’s back.

“I’m sure,” Danneel sighed, relaxing completely when she felt his hold on her tighten a little. Danneel had never been more certain of anything in her entire life. Jensen made her happy. She was healthy and strong, with him she knew she was staying that way. She wasn’t sure what the future had in store for her, but she knew as long as she was with the love of her life and their beautiful little girl, it would be something amazing.

Padackles Tag Team (I know it is an AU but still Danneel x Jensen to tagging you guys)

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Scenario: Uni AU First Meet

This is my first attempt on scenarios, because I had too much time at work. The ideas for each chocobro are borrowed from my Uni AU Love Colored Pens.

An unlucky encounter turned into something more interesting.

Noctis

It was a normal day in school. You had just entered the classroom a few minutes ahead of the start of the class. You made a beeline to the desk you always sat at, only to find out that someone else had claimed it first.

And that someone was using the desk as a place to nap.

After a well spent moment of waking him up, instead of finding another free spot for your belongings, you made his sapphire blue eyes flutter open. He let out the cutest yawn you had ever heard and he slowly fixed his eyes on you. He furrowed his brows as he took in the sight in front of him.

“Who are you? Where’s specs?” he mumbled half-awake.

You only knew him by the name, Noctis Lucis Caelum, but you hadn't really talked to him before that moment. And there you were, trying to get him move his stuff elsewhere from your desk.

Noctis processed the thought for a moment and gave up your seat, sluggishly.

You took your seat and studied hard during that lesson.

It would have been pretty obvious, that ever since you had shooed him away from your desk, he would have learned his lesson. No, it continued for weeks. Every time your lesson was about to begin and you dashed to the classroom to get ready for the class, you found him napping in your seat.

He always mumbled something about specs, while flashing you puzzled looks.

The frustration of someone else claiming your seat drove you desperate and finally you went so early to the classroom to reserve the seat for yourself. After a few minutes, Noctis strolled into the room and you beamed at him the with most triumphant smile you could muster.

He walked over to your desk and asked: “can I nap here?”

You declined, smile still playing on your lips.

He hesitated for a few seconds, “well would you still go out with me?”

Prompto

To pass a course, you enlisted to an event, where the photography majors sought volunteers to help with portrait photos. You really had to go through all that just because your professor was so good friends with the photography professor.

So you ended up posing for a blonde guy you had never even seen before. His joyfully sparkling blue eyes caught your attention, along with his sweetly reddened cheeks. Damn, had you just lucked out by getting the cutest photographer in the room.

“Hey, my name’s Prompto, what’s yours?” he had asked, while biting his lip — the red deepening on his freckled cheeks. You introduced yourself to him, still amazed by his features.

He guided you through the whole photoshoot, but somehow you couldn’t take your eyes off him. He was just so adorable with the camera in his hands.

Prompto cheerfully smiled and complimented a look you had given to the camera he held in his hands, making you feel suddenly all hot and bothered. You couldn’t even help yourself from flinching at his touch when he shifted your body just a little bit to the left.

After the photoshoot had ended, you felt sad. Certainly, you had not planned for it. You both had had so much fun while you had taken the pictures, he certainly had a great sense of humor and he was so cheerful and warm.

You were preparing to leave the classroom when you overheard him mumbling to himself, while he browsed the pictures with a cute sigh, “so pretty…”

“Excuse me?” was all you could say as you turned around to see his flustered expression.

“Uhhh, pretty— weather? I guess, hehe,” Prompto smiled nervously and pointed at the camera in his other hand.

There was a picture of you on the preview screen and you couldn’t help yourself from breaking into a grin.

“Are you busy tonight? Maybe we could take some more photos somewhere else?” you decided to ask.

His eyes widened and he nearly dropped the camera. “I-I-I…” he sputtered, “uh, sure!” he smiled nervously. His face had turned to tomato red along with his ears. “I know just the place!”

Gladio

An idea had been poking your mind ever since the semester had started. You had always wanted to learn some self-defense, should such a need arise, and now your schedule almost screamed to be filled with some activity outside the studies.

The university’s gym felt silent late in the evening, but you were determined to learn. You paid no mind to the still air in the school’s corridors as you made your way to the gym.

Of course, the university’s martial arts team was there. They taught some beginner level self-defense to those who were willing to learn, but they also practiced for the next upcoming tournament.

Luckily, the captain of the team was there teaching the small group you were now part of. He was definitely well fit for the role as he proudly explained what he was going to teach your group that evening.

He had muscular body, tattoos decorating his arms and long dark brown hair. “My name is Gladiolus, but just call me Gladio,” he had introduced himself.

It didn’t take long for you to start wondering if he was single.

Eventually, he asked for a volunteer, but as no one did so, you raised your hand. His amber eyes fixated at you instantly and you already felt a sting of regret. His muscular body would definitely inflict pain, if he wanted so, but you swallowed the doubts and waited for him to use you as a practice doll.

Well, it literally felt like it, when he first showed some small jabs. His fists never touched you as he stopped the movements just before the hit.

Then someone decided to ask about throws.

Oh, how much you wanted to test out the jabs the captain had just taught you.

“Well, I’m gonna show you all — just this once,” he complied while his hands grabbed you firmly. Gladio gave you one last smile before flipping you around in the air like a table. You found yourself sitting on the mattress astride, unable to comprehend what had happened. It had been over so fast that you hadn’t even had the chance to realize it. The only memory from it was the sudden ache all over your body.

He gave you slightly apologetic smile and offered you a hand to help you up.

Gladio ordered the others to start with some punches, but he turned to you to say with a sly smirk: “sorry about that, I wanted to see how durable you are, wanna grab some coffee after the practice?”

Ignis

The deadline pressed hard as you had to finish three more essays for your professor. You had been searching the whole library for a reference book. Of course there was no one to help you out as you had no idea how to describe the book you were looking for and the librarian had given you a pretty annoyed look after you had sputtered some nonsense to her.

But there it was, the book you had been looking for. It was waiting to be picked and so you reached out your hand for it, but instead of getting a hold of the book, someone else’s hand bumped to yours in the mid-air.

You glanced to your left to see Ignis Scientia. The top student of your class. He looked as much surprised as you did and he pulled his hand back, smiling charmingly.

You had never seen him up that close, nor had you even said him a hello before that moment and somehow you were now enchanted by his deep green eyes behind the spectacles. His light brown hair was stylish as ever and he smelled so… nice.

“You can have the book,” he sighed in defeat.

“N-no!” you protested. You both needed to finish the essays anyway and there was only one copy in the bookshelf. “How about we share the book?” you suggested.

He was taken aback by a such request, but his lips curled into a small smile, “alright.”

You both sat at the table in the reading area and soon the table was covered with papers, pens and books. The book you two had decided to share, lied between you two. Suddenly it wasn’t a solo project anymore. You helped him, if he happened to ask information from you, instead of trying to flip through the pages in hope of finding the reference of the correct kind.

And he did the same for you.

He even bought you a can of ebony from a vending machine behind the corner and after brainstorming and writing for a couple of hours, you both were done. The essay seemed to be better than all your previous work.

“Thank you, Y/N, it was a pleasure,” Ignis smiled and you sighed from relief.

“We should do this more often,” you blurted. You slammed your hands in front of your mouth, feeling slightly ashamed.

He stared at you with an unreadable expression, but it softened after a bit. “Sure, you’ll buy the ebony next time?”

#ffxv fanfiction #ffxv scenarios #ffxv imagines #noctis lucis caelum #gladiolus amicitia #prompto argentum #ignis scientia #ffxv reader insert

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This is your first photoshoot in a while. You guys seem really upbeat even though we started the shoot at a time when you might normally wake up.

Mino: We like photoshoots. We go into it with more excitement than compared to other schedules and it feels especially great when we come out well in the final product.

I thought it was impressive that, even though you’re all in a position of having your pictures being taken all the time, you still take pictures of one another.

Yoon: I think taking pictures have become natural somewhat because that’s just what our job entails. Our job, essentially, is to have our pictures taken. If anything, knowing this, we more actively pose for each other when it’s just us (taking the pictures). We want to get nice shots if we can, and I think by taking pictures and having our pictures taken, it’s like practice that doesn’t feel like practice.

It seems like Mino especially seems to be deep into photography. Which model do you use?

Mino: I use both digital and film cameras. I recently purchased the Leica X and the M7, but it’s still pretty difficult to figure out. I’m learning bit by bit and gradually acquiring a deeper interest for it.

The feature editor for Dazed really wanted me to ask whether Mino had some sort of sponsorship deal for his cameras.

Yoon: He 100% bought them with his own money (laughs).

Mino: That’s true. It cost a lot of money (laughs).

Which moment pre-debut was the most memorable?

Yoon: I think I have to say my school days were the most memorable. Of course, we (the members] have a lot of episodes we share post-debut, but I think about that time a lot.

Mino: When I went to school there was a restriction on hair length. I always had the same look up until middle school, but during break I grew my hair out decided to do a foil perm. When school started again I went to school like that. Of course, I got in trouble and I had to get my hair shaved. Even when I got my hair shaved though, I was able to desperately salvage the back part of my head.

Yoon: For me, I was more obsessed with earrings rather than hair. Since we couldn’t wear earrings in school I wore them during other times, but at one point just grew kind of tired and stopped wearing them. Once I came back from Superstar K with good results, my teachers told me, “You can just wear your earrings, I felt like I got some sort of approval from my teachers and I felt really proud.”

Jinwoo: I don’t have any particular memory of being scolded. But, I would follow the current trends of the time and shortened or lengthened my school uniform accordingly. Back then that was the most important (laughs).

When were you sure that you wanted to be a singer?

Mino: I’m still trying to get that assurance, but I did like rapping since my first year of middle school. I think the thought came to me naturally to post on Internet forms and rap.

Hoon: I was getting ready to go to college when I was 19 but with my grades the schools I could go to were limited. Deciding on a school and a major based on one’s grades seemed like compromising with reality. Rather than starting college I wanted to come up to Seoul and see what I could do.

You came back from Western Australia for “Youth Over Flowers” . Don’t you want to go on another trip?

All: We want to go again. We definitely want to go again. Where do you want to go?

Jinwoo: Switzerland?

Yoon: I think it’d be fun to go to Western Australia again. We didn’t get to do a winery tasting, and we could’ve seen the stars in the night sky but didn’t get a chance to because of the circumstances under which we went. I came back with some regrets over things we couldn’t do. I think it’d be nice to get to do some of those things.

Although it was a trip with just the four of you and no staff, it was still broadcasted as a program, and you all probably wondered how each of you would be reflected in the show. Did you worry about whether or not the show would be entertaining?

Mino: In the filming for ‘New Journey to the West‘ even veteran entertainers like Ho Dong and Soo Geun hyungs worried about this, because with variety shows, entertainment is key. However, the production team behind are skilled enough in their editing and direction to make something out of nothing. Since we had that faith in them we were able to have fun without any worries by thinking that we were really on this trip by ourselves. We sometimes even forgot that we were being filmed and made a few mistakes by talking like we would normally (laughs).

JinWoo, in another variety show,”Wizard of Nowhere” , you’re the youngest and yet in you’re the eldest.

Jinwoo: I’m not the kind of person who defines myself based on whether my role is the youngest or the eldest. Nor do I necessarily think that, as the eldest, I need to be the one leading the members or establishing the rules. I behave the same way regardless of whether I’m the youngest or the oldest.

Hoon: Is that so? Then bring me some water.

All: (laughs)

MinHo, the show you’re in “Kang’s Kitchen”, is getting great feedback from its viewers.

Mino: I’m so grateful. But when we were filming, it wasn’t a comedic variety show but rather a real variety program. We had to submit a business license and operate a restaurant that actually sold food and received money from its customers, so all of us found ourselves incapable of joking around. We all went into it seriously because it was our first time doing anything like this. I think this was the most physically demanding filming I’ve done so far.

SeungHoon, your Instagram has the most daily look shots out of all the other members and you tend to tag fashion brands as well. Today you wore Dior Homme.

Hoon: When I was younger, Dior Homme was the brand that hyungs who dressed well and liked fashion wore, so I think I had some sort of longing for it. I really wanted to wear it but it’s pricey, and it was something that only cool hyungs wore. I still think that Dior Homme is a brand that continues to design very sexy menswear. But now that I get to wear it as a part of my job, it feels a bit strange.

SeungYoon’s show is also drawing a lot of attention. Many may think this is your first time but you’ve shown your acting skills through the sitcom and starred in a web drama. But, your attitude towards your project is probably be different now than it was before. How is it different?

Yoon: I went into thinking that I had to be entertaining, that I wouldn’t inconvenience the other actors, and that I would use this as a learning experience, so the weight of responsibility then and now are different. When I did the sitcom, although it was my first time acting, I heard praises that my acting was “natural,” and that I did “quite well” but I can’t receive those kinds of compliments this time. My role this time is a villain. Rather than “Oh, he’s pretty good for an idol”, I want people to see the character I’m acting as and say, “Wow, he’s a really bad guy.”

Did you ever want to play a villain?

Yoon: I had the lead role in the web drama. It’s a position that requires a lot of responsibility. I had a few projects on my lap after that but I couldn’t even think about them. However, with this project, I did feel greedy. I felt that this was a character that could really help display my capabilities.

Looking back at 2017, what was the most memorable moment?

Jinwoo: One moment? SY: Just one? MN: If I had to pick just one, it would be after April 4th, 4 PM.

Yoon: When ‘Really Really’ hit #1 in the charts. That was the best moment of 2017.

But it wasn’t the first time your song hit #1, so why is this your best moment?

Yoon: It’s because we weren’t anticipating. It was our first comeback as just four members, and we had had that period of absence. We went into this comeback just wanting to give good music to our fans and to have fun doing our work but we had hit #1. We really didn’t expect it.

How do you plan on spending 2018?

Mino: We don’t have any plans as of now, but I think it would be nice if we can meet fans in Korea and abroad through our tour.

Hoon: I personally think it would be great if all of us really worked out so we can take pictures with our clothes off.

Yoon: I definitely agree on that. I really want to try and make a great body. But MinHo, I’m sure you don’t feel the same way (laughs)?

Mino: I have a song called ‘Body.’ I am satisfied with my body (laughs).

Original Interview: Dazed Korea Magazine | Translation: @softboimino

[INTERVIEW/PHOTOS] #WINNER for Dazed Magazine Korea (January 2018 Issue) This is your first photoshoot in a while. You guys seem really upbeat even though we started the shoot at a time when you might normally wake up.

#WINNER

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[TRANS] SHEL’TTER #41 - Wooyoung Interview

WOOYOUNG (From 2PM) x EMI SUZUKI SPECIAL COUPLE SHOOTING!

“SPRING LOVE STORY”

Special Q&A of Wooyoung!!!

Q. For the outfit and hairstyle in “Party Shots,” which part were you fussy about? A. In the MV, just like the Joker who appears in Batman, I made an image where it looks like I don’t know where I’m heading to. That’s why I didn’t want the outfits to have a very neat impression on it, so I made it a little bit messy!

Q. Please tell us the main point of the title song “Party Shots” and the highlight of its MV! A. Since I like doing things such as gathering with friends, having different conversations and talking about real feelings, I personally really like parties. Generally speaking, I gave the song a theme of “Let’s make some noise!!” and let it blow up with a fun atmosphere. That’s why I want everyone to enjoy while listening to it! For the MV, the camera blocking is quick. I think that’s the highlight? It's like… you wouldn’t be able to take your eyes off of it!

Q. Do you like fashion? A. Of course, I like fashion. But rather than “I like fashion,” I think of it as a very essential part in entertainment. It’s one way for self-expression.

Q. Do you have a fashion item that you like? A. Hmm.. If I have to choose one…. I like Hawaiian shirts!

Q. We have this impression of you that tries variety of hairstyles… A. I made my hairstyle neat and clean this time! But usually, it’s pain in the neck to go to hair salons. (laughs) That’s why I’m keeping this hairstyle for now. If ever I end up doing the hairstyle that I really want, I think there would be no fans left. (laughs)

Q. Do you have your own rule when it comes to fashion? A. I don’t go as far as making a fundamental basis. There are times when I would go out with my friends wearing clothes as if I’m going to the supermarket or convenience store. Other times, I would wear a little bit of showy clothes when I go to supermarkets. The feeling for that day is what matters! I also highly take the size of the clothes into consideration. I don’t like it when it’s uncomfortable to wear. I prefer styles that would always let my body move freely.

Q. First appearance in SHEL’TTER! Please introduce yourself to our readers. A. I’m a member of a Korean group called 2PM, and we debuted in Japan 6 years ago with the song “Take Off.” As a group, we release albums and do tours every year, but this time, I’m appearing as a solo artist! 28 years old this year. No girlfriend. I’m Wooyoung! (laughs)

Q. Do you experience “love at first sight”? A. I do experience love at first sight! Just because I get taken with someone at the first meeting, it doesn’t mean that I would ask for her contact info on that same day, or convey my feelings to her right away, or make moves on her, or even confess to her. I want to be prudent when it comes to love.

Q. Please tell us your ideal type of girl! A. I think I’m not in the position to choose though… (laughs) I used to have ideal types but now, I don’t have any. Love is a feeling, right? (laughs)

Q. What do you do on your day off? A. I listen to LPs in my house, read books, or sleep. Ah, I watch documentary-type movies and shows. But that doesn’t mean I’m a complete indoor person. I still hang out with my friends or go to LP bars and bookstores.

Q. Have you ever felt a difference between Japanese women and Korean women? A. I don’t feel any difference just because someone is a Japanese or Korean.

Q. Ideal fashion for girls? A. A simple coordination of “white t-shirt x jeans” to be exact! I like casual and simple styles of female fashion. I would want her to come in a simple style even during dates♡

Q. On a regular basis, are you a night owl or an early bird? A. I am most active when it’s 12 midnight and I sleep around 10 in the morning. (laughs) My morning and night are completely reversed so we can say that I’m perfectly nocturnal! Hmm.. but right now, I have my make up on which is why my skin looks smooth. (laughs)

Q. What phone apps or SNS do you usually use? A. I only have music player which is necessary in my everyday life, internet bank app, Japanese and English translator app in my phone. SNS….. I consider it convenient and I also think it’s one good way of promoting in this modern age. But I don’t use it that much because I don’t want my daily life to be displayed more than it needs to be or to become something I just show off.

Q. Among the fans, you are being called #LittleDevil #DoingThingsAtMyOwnPace #Cute #ActuallyTheFunniestMember, but how do you think of it personally? A. Everything is correct! Well said! (laughs) But if I have to add anything, that would be “I have a lot of charms”! Also, “I love talking to people.” I just really like expressing myself. Fans are truly amazing! They can see through everything~ That’s scary~ Ah! I’m kidding~ (laughs)

Q. What food do you definitely eat whenever you are in Japan? A. Ramen and sukiyaki! I go to Jangara ramen frequently! Also, I love sukiyaki♡ I always mix up shabu shabu and sukiyaki. (laughs) The raw egg that comes with it is also good! Really delicious♡ I’m getting hungry now. (laughs) Please introduce a good restaurant to me!

Q. Do you like any artist from Japan? Please tell us a song that you like. A. Hisaishi Joe-san who is a musical director of Ghibli and Sakamoto Ryuichi-san. I actually like the soundtracks used in dramas, movies, anime, and documentaries. That made a way for me to get to know and like them! By the way, I was able to go and watch the concert of Hisaishi Joe-san in Japan! I own a lot of DVDs of Ghibli films. The first Ghibli production I encountered was “Howl’s Moving Castle” and I think I’ve watched that the most.

Q. Please tell us a song that you usually listen when you travel. A. I frequently listen to an album called “UTAU” by Sakamoto Ryuichi-san and Onuki Taeko-san. This album is really great, so I recommend all of the songs. I want to meet Sakamoto Ryuichi-san! Where should I go to be able to meet him? (laughs)

Q. Since you produce the outfits for 2PM concerts, do you want to try having your own brand of clothing? A. I really only do it for our concerts and music production. I don’t have any thoughts on wanting to try creating my own clothing line. Who will even buy it? (laughs)

Message from Wooyoung!!!

A long interview of WOOYOUNG (From 2PM) who appeared for the first time and was chosen as the first male to be on the front cover of SHEL’TTER!

What are your thoughts for being the first male on the front cover? Thank you! It's an honor. But why me? Really... why is it me? (laughs) From now on and then, I would want to appear in SHEL'TTER♡

What is your impression of SHEL’TTER? All of the models in SHEL'TTER are truly pretty! It's great to see that each of them has their own personality. Just by looking at the magazine, it can serve as an advice to all female who admires fashion. I think it's a very useful magazine. (After knowing it's a magazine where you can order) While looking at the magazine, can you purchase easily the item you like!? That's so nice! I want a copy now! Ah, but then again.. I don't have a girlfriend (laughs)

Please tell us your thoughts about the photoshoot To tell you the truth, I've known Emi-san even before as I have seen her in Japanese magazines. When I found out that my partner is going to be Emi-san, I was glad and I looked forward to this photoshoot. Since she is someone who I've always seen in magazines, I also felt the sense of relief. When I met her in person, her face was very small and she was tall. She's really a beautiful person! I was able to have fun during the photoshoot as well!

Please let us hear your thoughts about the outfit coordination

Since the concept for this photoshoot was to be a couple with Emi-san, I made sure to give importance on creating a sweet atmosphere just like real lovers. Even our matching clothes suited the concept, right? The coordinated outfit of Emi-san was very cute!

2ND SOLO ACTIVITIES! NATIONWIDE TOUR STARTING ON 4/5(Wed) 「WOOYOUNG (From 2PM) Solo Tour 2017 “Party Shots”」WILL BEGIN!

Did you have fun during the photoshoot? Of course!! I had a lot of fun! Uhhmm.. I can't remember it well but I think I didn't have much opportunities to have a photoshoot with Japanese female models. So when the discussions for this project came, I was surprised! I would want to do another photoshoot! Please let me appear in SHEL'TTER every time! (laughs)

Please send a message to the fans who are anticipating your solo activities! I’m always grateful to all of the fans! Thank you! As of right now, I’m in the midst of preparing my new album and concert. In fact, I myself am very excited with the solo activities and I want to meet the fans’ expectations as well! I want to make a show where we can have fun together and enjoy the concert to our hearts’ content. I’m planning on making it exhilarating so please look forward to it!

Complete REPORT of a rare backstory during the photoshoot! Wooyoung greeted with “Please treat me well” and entered the studio in a stately manner. After greeting his partner Suzuki Emi and the staff, the photoshoot began right away! When the cameraman requested “Hold hands and act like a couple!” on just the first cut, Wooyoung got surprised a little bit. While worrying about Emi’s nails that were freshly painted for the photoshoot, he held her hands gently feeling shy which you can check at page 13! Furthermore, Wooyoung personally suggested “Let’s do a funny dance!” on page 15. As a matter of fact, Emi used an iPhone and consecutively took photos of Wooyoung who seems to be having fun while dancing. The group of female that was in the set raved with words of “So kind♡ So wonderful♡” when Wooyoung put the hat on Emi and showed concern by fixing softly her messy hair. The posing where both of them hid their face with the hats was actually Wooyoung’s ad-lib! A peeping out pose is kind of rare, isn’t it? The photoshoot continued in a harmonious atmosphere while they were holding hands, taking selfies together and exchanging jokes occasionally. We were overwhelmed by the aura of the two during the last shoot which was for the front cover. Doing back hugs, putting arm around the shoulder… the eyes of the whole staff were glued to them who looked like a real couple♡ Just as we thought he would do playful dance and show us a cool picture perfect face even during his solo photoshoot, Wooyoung showed a pampered expression gazing at the camera and several more facial expressions. With fresh denim, chino pants adult style, casual street coordination, Wooyoung is exploding a lot of charms that we couldn’t take our eyes from him more and more! On his nationwide tour starting from April, he’ll definitely show variety of expressions and entertain the fans for sure!

JPN-ENG: Yumi

Scans by 2PMAlways

MAY BE TAKEN OUT WITH PROPER CREDITS!!!

#2PM #Wooyoung #SHEL'TTER #SHEL'TTER Interview #translation #interview #Wooyoung SHEL'TTER

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manecandyland-blog · 7 years

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TaeKai - A scientific Research paper

(this is literally the 20th time i’ve written this out my computer keeps crashing - also to any haters out there - this whole “science” thing started as a joke, but I feel now, presented with all the information, that writing this in the format originally posed does more justice to the situation than just dumping 20 youtube links on a post. Also after a while this becomes NO JAM for anyone who isn’t invested in Taekai as a friendship/couple so if you aint, don’t be about it)

My first note - I have been a Kpop fan since 2012, but only got back into the swing of things in 2016 - when i first got into Kpop, i was pretty much exclusively into YG groups, bar 2 (GG and F*x* (stars used in order to keep out of the tag b/c yesh). So my informed knowledge of this matter when I first posed a scientific inquiry was limited. However, thanks to the community, I have gained a lot of knowledge. However, I have also realised that this will very quickly become a topic which many will have issue with, so in order to protect my community, i’ll leave all my sources anonymous -if you want to tell everyone which reciepts you found, or would like to add to this knowledge inquest, please do so, and I encourage this greatly. However - please keep all contrinutions factual and neutral, and please also maintain scientific standard, by sourcing if the source is not apparent or common knowledge. We deal in truth here, this is not a shipping expedition, nor a fanfic-boosting activity. This is not for aesthetic or fangirl reasons - this is true inquiry. There are some sources i couldn’t find so sorry in advance if i couldn’t include yours.

So in order to present my findings accurately, I must get out of the way some potentially data-obfuscating information that could colour proceedings;

1. After much discussion with the Taekai and Kpop community at large, we have concluded that a large majority of the evidence in terms of physical closeness can be attributed to a culture of Skinship, and this culture being heightened within idol activities. The idol degree of kinship would/could not extend to closeness outside of idol activities, but the overarching culture of skinship would. Further to this point, it’s also evident that skinship shown by idols to one another is actually not as fully accepted as international fans tend to think it is, as I have been told that within the culture, there is a far more traditionalist mindset than foreigners assume. For the former point - this is not likely to affect any public evidence of closeness i’ve found before 2014-ish (this year is important), but is likely to colour any activities during and post-ace era, as they would now be publically *outed* as bros (wierd choice of words but know what i mean). For the latter, this should highlight, at least in regard to “candid” proofs, that the level of skinship presented may not be as “normal” as foreign fans are likely to believe. 2. A very diligent and long-term Kpop fan also notified me that it’s likely during and after the Ace era, that there was a move to “bro”-ify Taekai, whether genuine or in order to obfuscate rumours. Therefore, at this time, evidence is now coloured by a factor of how management/etc would like fans/others to see them, in regards to responding to any “misunderstandings”. However, after much discussion with my colleagues, it has become evident that even if this were a move to cover some form of truth (which is the point that i will argue in this paper), then this was a genius move, as any skinship would now fall under this banner, even if it was evidence of a relationship. This, however, makes analysis on our end very difficult.

I should also mention there are very few outcomes that could become of this study, and it’s likely to be a mixture, but none of them can be 100% proven, as, surprise! I’m neither Taemin, nor Kai, and I don’t know for sure.

-Either we find this is all an act and they aren’t friends (which would be our control outcome) -or we find they’re just super close friends -or they’re full on boyfriending it up

I’m trying to clear my mind of any bias before we start, but I have a good idea going in of where we’re gonna end up.

SO. Here we go.

The earliest receipt I have that’s reliable as a source, is from the 2013 MMA’s, where SHINee won the daesang. (Note: SHINee, Taemin’s group, won, and yet Kai, member of EXO, is the one crying)

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I mean….i’ll let the footage speak for itself, but it is good to note that this was before any true push towards bro-ifying them as far as i’m aware, and they’re signature patting each other on the butt is also present here. In my scientific opinion, this can be construed two ways - Kai tends to cry, so he would cry on behalf of his *friend*, whereas Taemin tends not to cry, so easily fixed that one. With the utmost neutrality, this would be the mark of a very close friendship, where Kai is acknowledging the hard work his friend put in to doing well. The hug is pretty close by anyone’s standards, but this can still be attributed to a very close brotherly friendship. (The butt pats tho? I need to get used to that)

Early 2014 bought us this Gem - it’s interesting to know the story, but also more important to note when public perception of them was beginning to be written. (still, taemin’s being a little shit, calling him out and everything I love it);

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This next reciept is interesting. It’s Ace era, and very specifically the pretty boy-ification. But here’s the sitch - around 1:04 Taemin’s looking pretty self-conscious, being that he’s pretty much shirtless, but check out 1:19;

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Cheesy, yes, but don’t pay attention to what Kai’s saying, but what he’s doing - he feels very comfortable touching Taemin while he feels self-conscious, and is rather exposed. One could read any kind of conclusion from that but i’m just saying - that’s a very close bond y’got there.

And lets address the elephant in the room everyone - the W Korea Shoot. Now, we all know what ended up happening *cough cough*, but that aside - just take a look at these pictures;

This photoshoot was obviously heavily instructed, but those who know about photoshoots know you can’t really control the subjects and how the interact with each other. a lot of the other pictures felt sterile, the ones with the third member of the shoot *cough cough* feeling the most sterile - but the super charged, highly ~aesthetic ~ ones seem to always include taekai, and specifically taekai in some way interacting.

Now - get ready, here’s where shit gets freaky, scientifically speaking;

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Taemin just keeps fiddling with Kai’s top, in the end leaving it more open than it was before…..bros? also, 1:42 - WHO. DOES. THIS. - he’s not even awkward, he’s not even sorry, he just teases the hell out of the EXO-L’s because he can. and who’s Bro lets them rub their chest and just smiles? Also peep the hand holding/stroking, i’ll get to that in a second.

.....and finally……

it’s very important to note that these photos came out around the time the bro-ification started, but no-one just strolls down next to han river, embracing, being total bros, all alone. right? of course one could reason they’re just “very good friends” but this is where that argument breaks down - firstly Han river is a known romantic spot, and it’s pretty public, so the idea that they could roam anywhere else also comes into play. Also, there was no reason for them to be so close to each other - they had no idea the cameras were there. I’d also like to direct my peers to this;

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Taemin stumbles over saying that they’re best friends, and immediately gets awkward when explaining their relationship. However, he seems a bit peeved that people think they may be in a relationship, quick to say he should be more careful even though everyone is ok with it, and almost tired at the radio host saying he’s “too pretty”. It’s a quip i think he’s heard one too many times, and him and kai walking alone really isn’t helping that perception of him, so his reaction here is more in reaction to the perception of his masculinity than maybe their perhaps being in a relationship. Taemin’s description of their skinship though, puts to rest any questions of subjectivity or obfuscation when it comes to cultural barriers - even though the radio host makes it clear their relationship may be closer than comfort culturally, taekai don’t see it as anything out of the ordinary. That’s again, not confirmation of a relationship, but more a righting of a perception of them he’s probably tired of trying to explain. He knows it’s out of the ordinary, but when he explains it, it seems we get an idea of how Taemin percieves their relationship, which is helpful from an objective standpoint.

there are other reciepts I’ve received, but have not been able to verify, and many other videos im sure, that state the same points, but i wasn’t able to include as tumblr won’t let me? i mean that sounds fake but ok tumblr whatever.

My conclusion is slightly different from the one i thought i’d make - there are four options that seem evident after discussion; 1. They are dating, they’ve done been dating, they will continue to date (this seems less likely, as 8 years of a relationship, through all of the ups and downs, seems a stretch); 2. They were friends, they began dating, they got caught, they bro-ified, and now they can touch each other to their hearts content because everyone thinks they’re idol bros; 3. They’re EXTREMELY CLOSE bros, and maybe kind of more, but it’s noncommittal maybe? Or just informal; 4. They’re just very affectionate bros.

Everything up until the hand holding had me thinking it was either 4 or 1. But then, they hold hands in public, but they try and hide it? and then they fix each other’s clothes when they assume they’re hidden from view? they take strolls late at night through romantic locations?

The kicker is when Taemin rubbed Kai’s chest - that’s him knowing we know he can do that, and we can’t, and you’d only think like that if you knew you could actually physically touch your *friend’s* bare chest (which he was super self-conscious of by the way) and not have him react adversly, which is an incredibly close relationship even for skinship. That’s literal skin-ship.

In my personal professional opinion, I think it’s option 3 - after much talk, research, collaboration and decision making with the community, it only makes sense - Option 3 covers that they feel OK touching each other, even in public, but maybe don’t have a full on relationship. This would also explain the final video, where Taemin explains why they’re so close physically. I think also it explains why they get a bit secretive about the hand holding - if there’s more there, it’s because they know that even though much of their skinship can be explained away by bromance, that maybe they’ve developed a special brand of closeness that looks a bit too out there for the average viewer.

In all honesty, we won’t know, but i’m not ruling out that they’re kind of boyfriends, in the menial sense. Objectively, form what they’ve told us and done, they essentially fulfilled the “partner” role in each others lives, basically spending all their free time together doing stuff they both have an interest in.

My conclusion: Definitely Bestbros™ with a side of *maybe we get it on sometimes*

I am open to any and all discussion below on this topic. Thanks to all involved.

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