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#IN THIS HOUSE WE LOVE AND RESPECT ELLA
wileys-russo · 4 months
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can we have a ficlet for hopeless with tooney
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"el did something just fall?" you frowned hearing a thump from ella's kitchen, going to stand as the mancunian was quick to push you back down.
"maybe! i'll go check, gotta make sure the potatos hasn't grown legs and walked out the pot." the girl joked, beaming at the small laugh it earned her. she went to hurry away but hesitated, turning back around and kissing you sweetly before she did.
bursting into her kitchen and spotting alessia clutching at her stomach on the floor trying her best to silently laugh, ella's eyes narrowed.
"would you shut up! she'll hear ya." ella hissed, smacking alessia harshly with a wooden spoon as the blonde sat up. "hey we're doin you a massive favour here tooney. bit of respect yeah?" mary snatched the utensil from her grasp as ella huffed.
"it has to go perfect! please." her tone softened on that last word, as did both her friends faces who nodded, mary extending a hand and helping alessia to her feet. "i don't see why you didn't just take her out for a nice meal tooney." alessia sighed, dusting the flour off of her shorts which had been what caused her to slip in the first place.
"cause we always go out and i want to do somethin special when i ask her!" ella explained, rubbing her face with a stressed groan. "el is everything okay? are you sure i can't help?" her eyes widened as you called out from the living room.
"i'm sure love i'll be in in just a minute!" she yelled back, gesturing her hands around for mary and alessia to continue cooking. "lying is hardly the way to start a relationship tooney." mary warned, dismissed by the younger girl who darted back out of the kitchen, firmly closing the doors behind her.
the two of you had been on a handful of dates by now and ella had never been more sure she wanted you officially as her girlfriend. but with a panicked mind and determined to impress you she wanted to do it in the most special way she could.
she knew though you weren't shy you didn't love large crowds, so with that in mind she didn't want to ask you anywhere you'd feel you had the pressure of an audience. so naturally her home seemed to fit best, finally having moved out of millie's place and into one of her own.
so she'd invited you round for a nice meal after training, disguising it as she'd just missed you and wanted to be able to spend more than five minutes alone with you, your team mates constantly teasing or interrupting the two of you.
there was just one problem and that was that ella couldn't cook to save her life, and she worried if she did cook that if you ate whatever she did she might jeopardize your life.
so practically getting on her knees to beg the two older girls, was how she'd roped mary and alessia into being her own secret chefs for the evening, having had many a delicious meal at either of their respective houses.
"everything okay?" you asked with a small frown of concern as ella joined you again, nodding quickly. "hand towel rack just fell down, cheap glue." she'd hastily lied, internally hitting herself for how lame it sounded.
"ya best not have looked at my cards kid!" ella warned playfully, taking her seat beside you and swiping her pile back up off the coffee table. "the only cheater here is you, i've seen how you use maya as a decoy when they play poker on the bus." you grinned, ella scoffing and waving you off.
"i have simply no idea what you're talkin bout baby."
you swooned at the pet name paired with her thick accent, surprising the girl with a quick kiss before you got comfortable again. "right. got any four's?" you questioned, peering at her over the top of your cards. "you did look at them!" ella accused, grumpily handing over a few cards.
"nah, i just have x-ray vision." you teased with a wink. "what colour's my underwear then?" ella gave you a toothy grin and a wink as you smacked her forehead with a playing card.
"do you have to check on dinner babe? i don't want you to get distracted by my good looks and winning charm." you teased after a few more rounds, ella unfortunately on a hot streak of winning, not able to bring herself to confess she was using her floor to roof mirror behind you to cheat.
"think we both know who the real winner is love." ella smirked, ruffling your hair before she grabbed your face and pressed a searing kiss to your lips, pecking them a few more times as you chased for them to return, watching as she gave you a cheeky wave and darted off to the kitchen.
ella sighed in relief as she spotted her best friends putting the finishing touches on the meal, already having dished most of it up. "oh god i could kiss ya both!" ella groaned gratefully, hugging both girls tightly who smiled, both adoring to see their two team mates finally smitten and happy with one another despite how much they teased the two of you for it.
"yeah yeah yeah. don't forget you owe us!" mary warned, handing ella a plate packed to the brim. "big time tooney, and we will be cashing in." alessia added on, handing her another plate stacked high with food as ella nodded furtively.
thanking them again as they both sat up on the counter with their own food, ella was very careful as she used her back to open the door to the kitchen. "dinner is served!" ella sung out, heart soaring at the way your eyes lit up.
"ah!" ella warned, holding up a hand and pulling out your chair for you. "what a gentlewoman you are." you smiled, bending your head back as she pressed a tender kiss to your lips. "this smells amazing." you sighed happily, ella having already set the table with candles and a gorgeous bunch of flowers to further set the mood.
"before we eat! i wanted to ask ya somethin." ella started as you nodded, encouraging her to continue. "okay." ella wiped her palms on her pants, slightly clammy with nerves.
"just gonna come out and say it. will ya be my girlfriend?" ella rambled out, the entire two page speech she'd written earlier that day and rehearsed over and over with alessia's help thrown out the window.
"of course i will el, nothing would make me prouder." you smiled softly, pushing your chair back a little and leaning in, ella meeting you in the middle as you shared a tender kiss.
"now. are you going to invite your little helpers to eat with us or are they banished to the kitchen?" you smirked, twirling your fork around in your fingers as ella's eyes almost bugged out of her head.
"what! ya knew the whole time? how?"
"el...i've eaten more of mary's roast dinners than i've had hot showers. i knew the moment i stepped inside and smelled her cooking! and less's mercedes is a bit hard to miss parked out the front." you laughed, ella thumping back into her chair with a groan.
"it was a very sweet idea but next time i can happily cook us dinner, girlfriend."
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Prompt: “Do you want to put the star on the top of the tree?”
Pairing: Mozus Trein and GN!Reader/Yuu/Prefect (Familial)
Genre: Fluff
TW: NA
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AN: I don't really have much to say about Trein lol. Hope you enjoy!
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"Oh, come here lil' guy," you hummed, gently scooping Lucius from his place on the bay window seat. The cat let out a disgruntled meow, signalling his dissatisfaction as he looked at you with judgemental eyes. You just smiled at him innocently, cradling him like the furry little baby he was.
"Just gotta... there!" Anna smiled, decorating the bay window with tinsel and fairy lights. Delighted by her own work, she took a moment to take it all in. Turning to you, she said, "Well, that's the last of it done."
"Anna! (Name)! Come help decorate the tree if you're done with the rest of the house!" Ella called out to the two of you, making you gently let down Lucius from his perch in your arms. The feline sauntered off, out the door of the library and into the hallway as the two of you followed.
When Professor Trein found out that you were going to stay alone at Night Raven College for the winter holidays, he extended an invitation to you to spend the holidays with him and his daughters. Mozus Trein had grown fond of you, to the point where he regaled his daughters with stories of your adventures in the academy through the letters they exchanged regularly; Anna and Ella had been worryingly happy to show you the letters, much to their father's embarrassment.
You had grown used to the cosy house that Professor Trein called his home in no time, mixing with his family like you were always meant to be a part of it. Anna and Ella were a delight to be around. The women had taken one look at you and declared you their sibling, spoiling you and Grim both throughout your stay.
Ella was the older, calmer pillar to the absolute bouncing-off-the-walls energy that Anna brought. Both women loved and respected their father immensely, refusing to let him do anything they deemed too strenuous while they were there (which was most things).
It was endearing to see the way both of them would intently watch their father whenever he moved through the house, eyes narrowing when they saw him trying to lift something, no matter how light. Ella's gentle taking of the object from his hands would be coupled with Anna's playful scolding, after which you'd be roped in to monitor the elderly man who'd be placed into a 'timeout' on the couch.
These 'timeouts' would lead to the two of you sitting peacefully on the couch, your respective feline companions dozing off or resting on your laps as Professor Trein regaled you with stories from his past, of trips to faraway places and beloved friends. You grew close with the Professor, soaking up his retelling of stories with such eagerness that for a moment Mozus Trein was reminded of days when he'd read stories to two young girls before tucking them into bed.
If he hadn't thought of you as family before, he did now.
Once you reached the living room, you paused to admire the Christmas tree that was being decorated by an enthusiastic Grim and a slightly exasperated but fond Professor Trein. Anna immediately bee-lined to the two with the aim of helping them, while nudging you to go and help Ella, who seemed to be dusting some pictures kept on the marble mantelpiece. You obliged with her wordless request, making your way to the older woman.
You spied her holding a photo with gentle hands as you came to a stop next to her. It was a photo of a younger Professor Trein and a woman. The woman held a baby in her arms, carefully lowering them so a young girl could look at the baby with curious eyes. You recognized the young girl as Ella, so the baby must have been Anna. And that would mean...
"This is my mother," Ella spoke, her voice softer than usual. "I think this is the last photo we have of all of us together. All other photos of Mother before she left us only have we three girls," she glanced at you, a soft smile on her lips. "Father isn't one for being in pictures himself you see, though he likes to take them," she explained, fingertips gently grazing the cleaned glass.
"... She was really pretty," you said, looking at the woman in the photograph. She really was. Her long and luxurious hair was the same shade as Ella's, and her eyes the same colour as Anna's. The way she looked at her two young daughters interacting with each other was kind and motherly. The younger version of Professor Trein in the picture seemed unaware that a picture was being taken, his attention fully focused on his three girls as he stood close to his late wife.
It was a beautiful picture of a perfect family.
"That she was," Ella hummed in agreement as she placed the picture back on the mantelpiece. "Father used to tell us that Mother was the daughter of a wealthy merchant. That, along with her beautiful face and agreeable nature, ensured that she had plenty of suitors back in the day," she smiled, then continued, "though he refuses to tell us how he managed to woo her. Anna believes that he serenaded her one night under the stars, and she fell for him. And that he's just too embarrassed to tell us that."
You laughed as a vision of a young Professor Trein, singing his love and admiration to his wife danced in front of your eyes, and Ella chuckled along. "Ridiculous, isn't it?"
"What is ridiculous?" Professor Trein asked from behind you, and your laughter increased. Ella looked at you in amusement, a hand on your shoulder to stabilise your laughing form as she gave her father an innocent smile, "Nothing father. Have you finished decorating the tree?"
Professor Trein looked behind him, where Grim and Anna were arguing about Grim wanting to eat the popcorn used to decorate the tree and sighed. He looked back at the two of you.
"Only the star remains. (Name), would you like to put the star on the tree?"
You look at Professor Trein with a slight surprise on your face. "Me?"
Professor Trein raises an eyebrow at you, the faintest hint of concern on his face, "Why, does the thought not please you? If so, then Anna or Ella could place the star; no need to fret."
You shook your head, "No! No, there's no problem. Uh... It's just that, back in my world... putting the star on the tree was kind of a big deal? It wasn't anything symbolic just... I remember fighting with my cousins to be the one to place it," you chuckled, trying to ignore the way your heart squeezed at the reminder that you didn't belong to this world. Your loved ones were not miles away, they were in an entirely different universe; who knew if you would ever see them again?
Professor Trein's eyes softened, and he placed a fatherly hand on your shoulder. "(Name). I would be happy if it were you placing the star on the tree," he said, giving you a smile you had only ever seen him give his daughters. A lump seemed to grow in your throat at the care and fondness in his gaze.
"Besides, if you require someone to fight with you for the position of honour, I'm sure Grim and Anna both would be more than willing opponents," he remarked, a side glance to the two who were still arguing about the popcorn.
You gave him a grateful smile, feeling the tell-tale burning in your eyes that signalled the coming of tears. Blinking them away, you said, "Thank you Professor Trein."
"You're welcome, kid."
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montheline · 2 years
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『My Synastry House Experiences』
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I had fun writing these lol. if you have any experiences with any I mention don’t be afraid to share below :) (not all houses are mentioned)
Speaking from the house person pov :)
📣 10th House Synastry
Imagine someone who has so much unexplainable respect and genuine admiration for you, and lowkey puts you on a pedestal because they view you in such a great light, that’s how 10th house synastry is. Every time I was around I always felt appreciated and adored by the person. It also had a very mature undertone to it, but not in super serious way, it was in more composed way. Being seen with them was nice, (btw I’m not even that type of person to think or care about how other people were looking at us but even when I was with them it always seemed like everyone was always looking lol, idk how to explain). Very encouraging too & always looking out for me. This kind of synastry can also make outsiders question if you’re dating the person or not lol, “Are you guys dating?”, “Aww y’all are soo cute, I ship” and blah blah, lol. On a more friendlier note, this synastry can definitely be the type where both of you can grow & become successful together, or separate but always cheering each other on. Also relationships with 10th house synastry really make the two look good together, power couple vibess. Radiate mom and dad energy too lol.
🥳5th house Synastry
The honeymoon phase that never ends :)
𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝖽𝖾𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝖿𝗎𝗅 𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝗌𝗂𝗆𝗉𝗅𝗒 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗃𝗈𝗏𝗂𝖺𝗅 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖿𝗋𝖾𝖾 𝖺𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖽-𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗊𝗎𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘐𝘵 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗂𝗍’𝗌 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗐𝗈 𝗈𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗅���� 𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌𝗇’𝗍 𝖾𝗑𝗂𝗌𝗍. 𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗌𝗈 𝖺 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖨 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗇𝗈 𝗆𝖺𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍, you 𝗐𝗈𝗇’𝗍 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗍𝗂𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗋 𝖻𝗈𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝖿 them, 𝘐𝗍’𝗌 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝘦𝘮 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝗒 “𝖻𝖺𝖽 𝖽𝖺𝗒” 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗆 𝗌𝗈 𝖻𝖺𝖽. 𝖨𝗍’𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝗉𝖾𝗈𝗉𝗅𝖾 𝖺𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗄 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝟪𝗍𝗁 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗌𝗒𝗇𝖺𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝖺𝖽𝖽𝗂𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾, 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗋𝖺𝗓𝗒 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴, 𝖨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝟧𝗍𝗁 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗌𝗒𝗇𝖺𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗒 (𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘺), 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 addictive 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀.
🤷🏾‍♀️12th House Synastry
.....hmmmm. it’s always been a very confusing/tricky yet....spiritual one. I think this synastry is the kind that when a person asks you about how you feel about a certain someone you say “oh well it’s kind of complicated”...”I’m not sure how I feel about them...”, “I have no idea”. Very UNCLEAR. very blurry. I always found myself feeling like I knew the person a lot more than they knew themselves even when I didn’t know much about them lol, if that makes sense. It’s an acquired taste. I think that describes it well lol. Honestly I feel like 12th house synastry can be more “transformational” than 8th house synastry. Miscommunication, confusion & deception can be the cons of this synastry but it has the potential to be a very enlightening one.
💗9th House Synastry
Really nice. I have this synastry with two of my friends, and we just love talking about bettering ourselves and our futures. A lot of growing conversations. If you have 9th house synastry with someone you can notice a lot of growth with that person. I’m not playing when your really gonna learn a lot & grow a lot with the person lol. It’s also a very optimistic synastry, sort of like 5th house but not as intense and heart racing, it’s more of a easy flowing cheeriness if that makes sense.
🫂💝4th House Synastry
Very comforting, I know that word is used a lot but that’s because it’s true. Like running into the persons arms and wanting to hug them forever🤗,type of comfort. it’s like if your ever in a bad mood or feel alone, they’re the ones that you can really count on with anything. They feel like a safe haven because their energy just feels very familiar and real. Because of that, this can make it feel very trusting, you feel like you can just be yourself and express your secrets to them without judgement. It’s private, intimate & cozy. They really feel like family and close.
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adriennebarnes · 1 year
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The Other Woman
Pairing: Xavier Thorpe x Hispanic!Reader
Summary: Xavier has been acting suspicious and Y/N thinks the worst
Warning: this is an AU fanfic where Nevermore Academy is more like Sky High, so not a boarding school but still a school for outcasts, Xavier and Y/N have been dating since they were 14 so for 2 years, Jericho normies are NOT assholes, and it takes place during the holidays, it starts December 16th. I’m also going to try to make this gender neutral for a change, comment if you want more gender neutral Hispanic reader. Y/N has a bond with Xavier like Rose’s bond with Lissa, sometimes Y/N sees what Xavier sees and feels what he feels, Y/N can’t control it.
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December 16th, last day of fall semester
The Nevermore Academy school bus dropped Y/N and Xavier off at their bus stop.
“It’s finally winter break! I’m so excited for Christmas, are you going to Nochebuena with my family and then spend Christmas Day with your family like last year or do you have different plans?” Y/N asked. As a Hispanic, they celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve and open presents at midnight. Xavier was aware of how his lover celebrated Christmas since he usually spends Christmas Eve with Y/N’s family.
“I actually can’t spend Christmas Eve with you this year, I’m sorry, baby.” Xavier said, kissing Y/N’s forehead.
“Um, it’s alright, flaquito, will you be free tomorrow? I really wanted to go to the winger carnival.” Y/N asked him, hugging him.
“I think I’m going to be busy all week with Christmas preparations and everything, I’m sorry. But we can hang after Christmas, okay? I love you.” Xavier said, kissing Y/N.
“Okay, I love you too.” Y/N said and they both walked to their respective houses. Y/N was taking off their jacket when they suddenly felt a pull and is now seeing Ajax on a computer screen. Xavier must be video chatting with Ajax.
“Did you get to see her?” Ajax asked Xavier. Her? Which her is Ajax talking about?
“I didn’t get to see her yet, the bus just dropped Y/N and I off. I’ll probably see her later today. She’s very cute.” Xavier told Ajax. Who’s cute? Who the fuck are they talking about?
“I’ve seen the pictures you sent me, I love the sweater you bought her.” Ajax said and that’s when Y/N was pulled out of Xavier’s head.
Xavier bought a sweater for some girl? Maybe Y/N was getting it wrong, “Maybe it was his cousin or niece…he’s not Hispanic, he doesn’t have extended family like that, oh my gosh, is he cheating on me?” Y/N thought to themselves. Y/N started pacing around their room, this can’t be happening. You know what, it might be a misunderstanding, don’t jump to conclusions, it’s probably nothing.
December 17th
“Amor, out on your shoes, we’re going out!” Y/N heard their mom yell.
“Okay, ya voy!” Y/N yelled back, they put on their winter shoes and coat to get ready.
“I have to buy some things to make flan and polvorones, you’re coming with me, you can buy whatever snack you want.” Y/N’s mom said,
“Cool.” Y/N replied, they got into the family car and when they were driving, Y/N saw Xavier hug some girl and that girl let Xavier inside her house. Y/N was internally screaming already. They breathed in and out and decided to call Xavier.
“Hello?” Xavier answered.
“Hey, Xavi, my mom is going to bake cookies today, you want to come over and help us?” Y/N asked innocently.
“I cant, darling, I’m at Ajax’s house.” Xavier said. LIAR!! Y/N screamed in their head.
“That’s okay, I’ll call you later, I love you.” Y/N said,
“I love you too, bye.” Xavier replied and hung up.
“Mi vida, qué pasa? Te noto estresado (honey, what’s going on? You look stressed.)” Y/N’s mom asked.
“Creo que Xavier me está poniendo el cuerno, lo vi hablando con Ajax, diciendo que ella se veía muy linda, y luego lo vi hace unos minutos con una chica abrazándose. No sé qué pensar, mami. (I think Xavier is cheating on me, I saw him talking to Ajax, saying she’s really cute, and then I saw him hugging some girl. I don’t know what to think).” Y/N ranted.
“Xavier is a good guy, I’m sure there’s a reasonable explanation. Now let’s get out of the car and do some grocery shopping we can even get ice cream.” Y/N’s mom said. Y/N smiled, their mom knowing exactly what to say. They bought everything they wanted and needed and then got back into the car. On the drive back, Y/N didn’t think about Xavier until they were pulled in his head again.
“See you Christmas Eve.” Xavier told the girl.
“Yeah of course, I’m surprised your SO didn’t make a big deal about you not spending Christmas Eve with them.” The normie girl commented.
“I made something up, Y/N doesn’t need to know, at least not now.” Xavier said and Y/N once again is pushed out of his head. Y/N was getting even more worried, stupid one-way bond.
December 18th
Y/N was video chatting with Enid and Wednesday
“Y/N i Don’t think Xavier is cheating on you, the boy loves you.” Enid said.
“He would be stupid to cheat on you after I threatened him with shaving his head.” Wednesday commented.
“Yeah well I’ve been in Xavier’s head twice and both times gave me very sketchy and suspicious images. Him telling Ajax that some girl was cute and then telling said girl that I don’t need to know now. Like how can you explain that?” Y/N said exasperated.
“That’s it, Wednesday and I are coming over and we’re having a sleepover, we need to take your mind off this Xavier thing. I also don’t understand how you can see inside Xavier’s head, aren’t you a seer? How can you be in his head?” Enid asked Y/N.
“How the hell am I supposed to know? There really isn’t a class about seers.” Y/N said. “Mami, vienen unas amigas para una pijamada!” Y/N told their mother. An hour later, Enid and Wednesday were knocking on the door with their duffel bags packed. Y/N opened the door.
“Thank you for opening the door, it’s so cold Wednesday actually wore her snood.” Enid said walking into Y/N’s house.
“I actually got color in cheeks.” Wednesday said walking in after Enid.
“Oh damn, it really is cold then.” Y/n said, closing the door. “My mom made some hot chocolate if you want some.”
“Yes!” Enid said dropping the duffel bag and ran into the kitchen.
“I’ll have some as well, it’s abuelita chocolate right?” Wednesday asked.
“Of course it’s abuelita chocolate.” Y/N answered and Wednesday also walked into the kitchen. Enid and Wednesday then came into the living room with mugs if hot chocolate and sat on the couch. “So what movie do y’all want to watch?” Y/N asked and then she was pulled into Xavier’s head.
“ Ajax, I don’t know what to tell Y/N. I told her yesterday I was with you when I saw Jackie and I think they knew I lied.” Xavier said. So that’s what her name is! Jackie, interesting.
“Y/N is a seer…I think they’re already suspicious of you, Enid texted me.” Oh my gosh, Enid, why do you tell Ajax everything?
“Oh damn, do you think they know everything? I don’t think I can hide it from them any longer.” Xavier said and Y/N’s out of his head.
“Were you in his head again?” Wednesday asked.
“Yes, Enid why did you tell Ajax?” Y/N asked.
“So Xavier Can know what he is doing is wrong! Like I don’t think you can handle 6 more days of this. He’s going to ruin your Nochebuena!” Enid exclaimed.
“He’s not ruining anything. I’m gonna take that fucking suppressant so I won’t get those bonding visions, they’re ruining everything. Now let’s watch a movie.”
December 24th, Nochebuena
It’s been days since Xavier started acting suspicious and the bonding visions didn’t stop, Y/N was with their parents and their extended family mingling but when it was 10pm, they got another bonding vision.
“That’s it, mami, papi, voy a salir a hacer algo, ahorita vengo.” Y/N said as they put on their jacket and left. They walked to Xavier’s house and started knocking.
“Woah Y/N, what are you doing here? I thought you were with your family.” Xavier said.
“I was. But you have been acting suspicious all week and I’m really cold, and you better have an explanation for acting suspicious because what I’m think right now is not pretty.” Y/N ranted and Xavier grabbed their hand so they could enter his house.
“Okay, what do you think is happening?” Xavier asked.
“You’re cheating on with that normie girl Jackie and you’re too chicken shit to break up with me before Christmas so you wanted to wait after which is stupid! Here’s your fucking gift by the way.” Y/N said, shoving Xavier’s gift to his chest.
“I am not cheating on you, Y/N, why would you think I’m cheating on you?” Xavier asked.
“THE BOND! The fucking seer bond, I can see what you see, hear what you hear, and feel what you feel at random times, and I saw you talking to Jackie saying that I don’t need to know. I don’t need to know what? Tell me what you’re hiding from me because I’m this close to losing my mind.” Y/N shouted.
“I am not cheating on you, I love you, I love you so very much.” Xavier said, caressing Y/N’s face and kissed them deeply. “I’ll forgive you for thinking that because I’ve been acting sketchy. I’ll show you why in just a second though. Close your eyes.”
“Okay, if you scare me, i will kill you.” Y/N said as they close their eyes.
“I was going to wait until tomorrow morning but since you’re already here, I would like you to meet Cinnamon.” Xavier said and Y/N opened their eyes and saw a cute Havanese puppy.
“Aww, she’s adorable. Hold on, why did you give me a puppy for Christmas?” Y/N asked,
“We were watching a movie and the lead had this breed of dog, you were saying how it was so cute and how you wanted one so I started looking up where to buy one when I found out that Jackie’s dog had puppies so I asked if she could save me one and she did. So this puppy was specifically reserved for you.” Xavier said, handing cinnamon over to Y/N so they can carry her and Cinnamon started licking their nose.
“She’s absolutely adorable, I love her little doggie sweater, you are the sweetest boyfriend ever.” Y/N said, kissing him. “I’m sorry for thinking you were cheating on me but I couldn’t help it, like you always spend Nochebuena with me.”
“I know, I’m sorry, but I had to make the visit is with Cinnamon, making sure she got her vaccines, she’s used to me, Havanese are good for first time dog owners so it’s perfect for you. Let’s just hope your parents are okay with the puppy.” Xavier said.
“I’m sure they will be fine with Cinnamon, she’s small, she can’t cause much harm. Thank you so much, Xavier.” Y/N said and they hugged, Xavier walked Y/N to their house and he spent the rest of Nochebuena with their family and they were playing with Cinnamon in Y/N’s room.
“You know, we’re kinda like her parents.” Xavier said.
“That’s a cute way to think of it. Isn’t that right, cinnamon? Come on, bebé, kiss your daddy.” Y/N said and they held cinnamon to Xavier’s face and she started licking him and Xavier scrunched his face.
“Thanks, Cinnamon.” Xavier said and Y/N laughed. “Oh You’re laughing? Then let’s kiss.” Xavier said leaning to Y/N but they pushed him away.
“Not until you wash your face,” Y/N said. Y/N continued playing with cinnamon. “Thanks for spending Nochebuena with me”
“Anything for you, baby.” Xavier said.
The End
Hope you liked it, Merry Christmas, happy holidays to everyone!
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outsideratheart · 1 year
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Alessia Russo
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Dialogo 1 and 6
A/N: Day seven of the Christmas advent calendar.
Scene 1 - decorating the tree. Dialogue 1 “stop trying to get me to walk under mistletoe”, 6 “Do you want to it the star on the top of the tree?”
As you drove to Alessia’s family home in Maidstone your left hand rested comfortably on her thigh whilst your right hand gripped the steering wheel. You tried and failed to hide your smile when Alessia would take your hand and press a kiss to the back of it every so often. 
Pulling up to her parents house you are surprised to see the outside already decorated. Lights hung from the gutters, a wreath covered their front door and there was even a small Christmas tree in the front garden with tinsel wrapped around it. Clearly they had made a start without you.
“Mum, Dad” Alessia shouted as you entered the house.
“In the kitchen” her Mum answered.
Walking to the back of the house you are met with the majority of the Russo clan.
You watch as both her Mum and Dad pull her into a tight hug. You would have thought it had been weeks since they had seen each other when in reality they were at the game against Chelsea a week prior.
“Y/N it’s nice to see you again” her dad welcomes you.
“Mr and Mrs Russo, thank you for inviting me today” you are respectful. Alessia told you how much her family means to her so you wanted to keep your good impression intact.
“Y/N you have been dating our daughter for almost a year, you came on our family holiday and now you are joining our family tradition. You don’t have to been so formal” her mum now pulls you into a hug.
The Russo’s were huggers. It was one of the things you loved about Alessia. She loved to hold you and be hold whether that it is in the house you share with Ella and Millie, on the coach to away games or after the games when she needs warming up.
“I see you roped Y/N into helping this year. Let me guess, she is on your team?” Giorgio asks as he and Luca join you in the kitchen.
“Of course she is, she is my girlfriend” Alessia says as she proudly wraps her arm around your shoulder.
“So Luca has Lauren, you have Y/N and I am on my own” he complains.
“That’s how it works bro. Maybe by the time we do this next year you will have gotten bored of the bachelor life and have settled down” Luca teases his younger brother.
“You expect me to find someone to bring home at Christmas in a year?” Giorgio says rather unconvinced.
“Less did it, look at them now, they’re sickening” Luca now points at the two of you just as Alessia finishes teasing you or more appropriately embarrassing you by peppering kisses on your shoulder, neck then cheek.
“We all know Alessia was head over heel in love with Y/N long before she got the balls to tell her” the younger brother says earning a slap around the head from his father.
You can only look at Alessia in shock, this was brand new information. Oh how you wanted to wind her up and the look in your eyes must have shown her this.
“Don’t say it” she hold her index finger against your lips so you kiss it, sending her a wink as you do so.
“You said something about teams?” you ask her brother.
Her mum goes on to tell you that each child is in charge of decorating certain things / rooms. Whoever gets theirs done the quickest get to choose the Christmas movie. 
“No wonder you’re so competitive” you whisper in her ear.
“Alessia and Y/N you are in charge of decorating the tree” her mums tells the two of you.
“Yes!!!” Alessia raises her arms in excitement.
“What?” you ask.
“I never get to do the tree, it’s a two person job. For years it was mum and dad, then last year it was Luca and Lauren. I knew I brought you for a reason” 
“So you’re using me for tree privileges?”
“I use you for a lot more than that” she says so only you can hear here.
You bite your lip to stop you from replying, knowing that your response wasn’t suited for your current environment and company.
She pulls you out of the kitchen and towards the empty corner of the living. There lies a two boxes, one labelled ‘TREE’ and the other labelled  “DECORATIONS’.
She asks you to put together the tree whilst she puts the decorations in piles so she knows which ones go on the bottom, middle and top of the tree.
You finish your first task quickly and when you take a peek into the box you see several pieces of mistletoe.
“Time to have a little fun” you mumble to yourself.
“What was that?” Alessia asks you.
“Nothing. I’m going to get some water before we start, do you want any?” you ask as you hide the mistletoe in the pocket of the hoodie you are wearing.
When you get back Alessia had the piles sorted and puts you to work. You help her decorate the tree but she stops when she gets to certain decorations. 
“These three are from mine, Luca and Giorgio’s first christmas. I put mine on then them two puts theirs on” 
A couple of minutes later she stops again.
“We got this one when we went to Lapland” she tells you.
“Lapland?” You ask having never heard of the place.
“It’s like Santa’s village. Maybe we can go next year, you would love it. You get to meet the big man himself, have snow ball fights with Santa’s elves, ride sleds in the snow and go on husky rides” 
You watch with what you can only guess are the definition of heart eyes as your girlfriend tells you story after story about the family trip.
Wanting the stories to continue you start asking questions about each one you put on the tree. There was one of Fred the red that her grandma got her the first Christmas she was a United player. There was one in the shape of a love heart that had a photo of her parents from their first Christmas together.
“Next one” you hold your hand out ready for the next decoration.
“Only one more left” Alessia says as she joins you at the tree.
It was true, there was only one decoration left to go on the tree and it was arguably the most important one. The star.
“Do you want to put the star on the top of the tree?” Alessia asks you as she hands you the star.
Whilst you are honoured you know how much this part means to her.
“No. You can do it” you hand it back to her.
“Lift me up?” She asks.
You hold behind the top of her thighs just below her bum and lift her up so she can reach the top of the tree.
“I’ll never let you down” you say as you watch her put the star on the tree.
“Pure cheese Y/N Y/L/N” she shakes her head as she lands on the ground.
Your hands remain clasped behind her back. You hold her close and her arms instinctively go around your neck.
“Only for you Alessia Russo”
She leans in to kiss you but then her mum calls of the two of you.
“We’ve been summoned” you dodge her kiss.
She grabs your hand and leads you to the kitchen where she guesses her parents are.
As you walk through the first door way you pull her back then look up, her gaze follows yours.
There above the threshold hangs mistletoe.
“How did that get there?” You play dumb but Alessia sees right through it.
“I have no idea but you dodged my kiss, now it is my turn to dodge yours”
She pulls you away from the Mistletoe.
“That’s not fair Less, there are rules” you complain rather childishly.
At the next door you do the same.
“Another mistletoe, what are the chances?” You joke.
“Another mistletoe where you don’t get your kiss” Alessia toys with you again.
You let out a huff of frustration as you get closer to the kitchen.
One last mistletoe remains and it is above the door that leads out to the garden. You really did cover your bases and what’s the saying, third times the charm.
When you look into the garden you see that more of Alessia’s family have joined her parents and brothers. You see an opportunity to get her back for denying you.
“Alessia stop trying to get me to walk under mistletoe”
You stop at the back door. Alessia stands directly under your last mistletoe whilst you stand in the kitchen.
Your girlfriend turns to you, her cheeks were red and you know that you have succeeded.
“Did you put this up whilst I was putting the Christmas tree up? If you wanted a kiss all you had to do was ask?” You continue to tease her.
“What—I didn’t”
“No need to get embarrassed. Look I’ll stand right under it, just for you” you take a few steps forward so you are almost nose to nose.
“Kiss. Kiss. Kiss” Giorgio chants from the garden haven seen that his sister was embarrassed.
“You’re lucky I love you” Alessia whispers as she inches closer to you.
“If you would have kissed me in the living room or in the hallway then this wouldn’t be necessary”
Less shakes her head at your games but she kisses you nonetheless. You want to deepen the kiss then again you always did but when you feel Alessia bit your bottom lip you knew it was a warning so you pull away.
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violsva · 27 days
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February Reading
I liked doing the reading post in January and thinking about books is better than thinking about family things! so here's another one.
Recent: Not all that recent now, but I finished Imre at the beginning of the month and I did actually enjoy it very much. It's very Edwardian, both in style and attitude, but along with the Weird Ideas about ethnicity there's also a sincere attempt to refute misogyny in gay male culture. And idk, the romance is just sweet.
Also read Wired Love by Ella Cheever Thayer, which I first heard of somewhere on tumblr most of a decade ago, and loved that too! And this one actually has surprisingly little in the way of Period Typical Attitudes. People respect each other's boundaries (or, at least, the good ones do) and there's a very nice portrait of life in urban boarding houses in the late 19th century.
Read Paladin's Faith by T. Kingfisher, which I loved all the way through, but I finished it at a point when I had kind of a lot of pain and PMS, which means I have ended up with no ability to comment on it. I liked the ground wights. Oh, also halfway through I decided Wren should ditch her party and marry me. Possibly I have a Type.
Reread an early Cat Sebastian, which, well, it's nice to see how much she's improved.
Still reading and listening to a lot of RWRB fic. I don't think there's anything I want to specifically call out as good, but it's nice and non-demanding. At least as long as I stick to AUs or shove it into the wish-fulfillment area of my brain rather than the class-conscious part. Oh, and I relistened to the first chapter of Life of Crime the other evening, that was great.
Current: In the middle of the climax of Gwen and Art Are Not in Love - thank god for skip-the-line copies, I have been reading this very slowly over the last six weeks. Recommended if it sounds at all like your kind of thing. Hopefully I will finish it on my commute tomorrow.
Have started The AI Who Loved Me by Alyssa Cole, because sometimes reading about living in a dystopia is, what's the word, sympathetic.
Last year I read The Astonishing Adventure of Jane Smith by Patricia Wentworth and wondered why she doesn't have the same reputation as, at least, Ngaio Marsh or Josephine Tey. Now I'm reading The Coldstone and finding it somewhat less impressive. Possibly because of SAD and possibly because it doesn't have any characters I straight up like as much as I liked Jane Smith. But the bit I read today had some very fun sneaking around at night pretending to be a ghost. Also a bicycle. I should read more books with bicycles.
Also I got Poetic Designs by Stephen Adams (one of my university professors) from my brother (we should have two copies between us, but mine has disappeared in a box somewhere) and am rereading that for nice practical unemotional nonfiction and nostalgia.
Future: I am going to pick up a gay sci-fi regency romance that I found in the local library and hope it is as awesome as it could be. And either Sixpenny Octavo by Annick Trent or One Night in Hartswood by Emma Denny, depending on whether I feel more like even more regency or even more medieval by then. And I have If You'll Have Me by @eunnieboo on hold at the library.
At some point I'm going to go through my reading file and run the stats to see if I'm actually reading more queer fiction this year than usual. Probably not, honestly.
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Are we out of the woods yet? / OUAT AU
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Pairing: Red!Rick x Huntress!Luna
Summary: What if the beast was just a kind man wearing a red coat but he just didn’t know it yet?
Extra characters: Rochelle as Cinderella, Bruce Banner as The Father and etc
Note: Song reference to Taylor Swift in the title section
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The mist of winter snow and the deep rains of night created a storm of cold weather within the woods. But it created a lovely new glimpses into the world, making it a winter wonderland with icicles forest above the cabin door. Despite the season not being the best, it made Red feel like he could do anything.
Which was the problem. He couldn’t.
His father wasn’t a huge fan of the winter season due to the weather and the craving time for wolves alerting the woods. And with his son being rather young, he wanted him to be protective as he feared who would have the courage to take him on if they learned the truth…
Red however was reckless and never listened to his father’s wishes of going out in the late afternoon. His father did make an exception to let him roam around free as long as he kept his deep red cloak with swirling marks on his hood. Red obviously listened to that request from his father, despite not caring for the low deep cut of a color.
In came a knock on his door as a young voice said, “Come on man, open up or I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow this house down.”
Red opened the door rolling his eyes and scoffed, “You’re not funny, you know that?”
“Ah well, it made you open the door didn’t it?”
“Got me there. My father doesn’t like me hanging out with you yet, he takes to your charm quiet nicely.”
“I am handsome. Come on we gotta grab some fabric from the market and then we can plan our road trip we always wanted to take. You can finally meet a nice lady.”
Red rolled his eyes and ignored his last comments about exploring the land and finding a bride one day. He thought it wasn’t in his cards to do so. All Pete wanted to do was get him out of the house every once in a while instead of staying trapped. He had good intentions.
At the farmers market, the friends wondered around the place in search of fabrics and food to their respective families. Pete was off buying brown fabic for his new brown coat as Red was buying apples when he noticed a young fair maiden who seemed to drop an stack of pears from her basket.
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“Uh miss, i think you dropped this?” He said holding up the pear as the young redhead turned around and smiled, causing him to return the smile.
She sighed at her clumsy tone taking the pear from his grasp and replied, “Ah, thank you..I did not even noticed it fell out of there.”
“No problem, be careful next time…”
“Ella. Just Ella…and uh, y-you are?”
“Red..or Rick depends on who asked.”
“I like them both..”
“Thanks. Well be careful, Miss Ella. Those pears are very expensive this time of year.”
“Ah yes i know, thank you again.”
The redhead waved at him, thanking the man so she went off to continue her path home. Pete walked over seeing Red smile asking who is the girl as the blonde waved him off saying he was just some nice young lady.
The two friends left the market, discussing the possibility of wolves being out that night thinking it was a bunch of silly tales and the wolves were just causing harm because they were scared. But a small part of Red wanted to be the hero and hunt that wolf himself, get a closer look at the creature up close. They went their separate ways afterwards, with Red going home to his father with beard and fruits.
His father was always kind hearted yet secretive about certain subjects such as hunting, wolves and royalty. He didn’t trust them, only himself and his family. He respected it.
Everytime he asked if he could go hunt the wolves with the other guys his age, his father said ‘no, you stay inside. you know red repeal wolves, kiddo, and keep that hood on.’ He was bark back and argue with his on the topic but relentlessly listened knowing he only meant well.
So in result he would stay put and enjoy his day at home, collect eggs from their shed and build items using wood in the afternoon if he wasn’t heading out. It was nice actually living a simple life but he always wondered if there was more to this.
Which led him to the moment he met her…
Red was doing his daily routine of collecting eggs from the chickens. Flipping on his hood, putting on his light brown gloves and boots for the snowy weather. He hasn’t seen Pete in days, it worried him and led him to wonder why he hasn’t seen him, especially since the high court sighting were running deep—
He paused opening up the door to the decently side chicken coop, sensing something was wrong. His ears perked up at the ruffling sounds and light whimpers, his senses were turned on looking inside. He stepped around grabbing a broomstick from behind the door ready to pounce at the intruder with a glare. The ruffling and sudden sniffing became louder with every step. Behind the stack of hey, he saw it.
More like her. He pointed the end of the broomstick in the front of them about to ask a couple of questions until he stopped short. His eyeline met her, following her gaze as she stood upright coming behind the the stack blabbing and stuttering softly, but Red tuned into rousing on her looks.
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He never seen such beauty until this early night. Her deep chocolate brown eyes that held a whimper of fear behind them, her long hair glowing a raven black color and her honeycomb skin tone. He was completely mesmerize by her bewildering good looks that held a soften to them, like she can do no wrong. In his eyes at least. He glanced down to noticed a crossbow on the ground beside her and two pure white eggs in her hands.
She blinked noticing that he wasn’t exactly listening to her per say, that’s when she got a good look at the young man. His wild yet tamed blonde curls, his striking blue eyes that casted a shadow over whoever crossed paths with him, and his light creamy skin was like a breath of fresh air. Along with his deep voice, god she would’ve melted like a candle right now just hearing it.
He repeated his breathy question, “A-are you stealing our eggs?”
“I uh, i um..I’m sorry I-I could go. I didn’t m-mean to d-do that..t-take th-them back..” She response looking away for a moment holding the items towards him.
“Hey, hey, hey, it’s alright. You didn’t nothing wrong, I guess.”
“I didn’t..? But you look like your kinda mad..I’m sorry..”
“It’s alright, no harm them. Just wasn’t expecting someone in here. Why are you in my shed? And who are you?”
“…I’m uh, I’m uh..Frosty!”
She held a small smile, saying that bit but he could see right across her lie. He smirked, “That’s not your name. What’s your name?”
“..w-wh-why are you g-gonna do something if I tell you?” She asked glancing around the room for weapons but found none to her relief.
“What? No!..sorry, didn’t mean to shout. I won’t harm you, just wanna know why are you here?”
“..oh..oh okay. I’m Luna..like the moon? I am very sorry I am came here..it’s that, I have no where else to go. My home is a little far from here..”
“So you came into my shed for shelter?”
“Y-yeah..I’m sorry about that. I just need a place to stay the night.”
Red was about to say ‘You can stay here forever!’ but instead he just nodded with a bright smile guiding her out the door to his small home. Luna explained how she was on a small mission to hunt down and possibly kill a prince’s heart but she couldn’t do it and let him go. Her boss called her stupid and poof her away into the woods side of the kingdom near the area of her home.
He thought she was brave and rather noble for that. She was blushing at his comment calling him sweet for that, causing him to start blushing softly at her.
It was love at first sight one might have said, especially since the moment his father, Bruce, was introduced to the young girl he found her to be rather lovely. He never took too kindly to strangers but for some reason he couldn’t help it and smiles at her. Especially the way her and his son looked at one another.
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He heard she was a huntress but her attitude was too gentle to act than the ones he remembered meeting back in the day. Bruce cooked them some bread and eggs to eat that early night as he went to his den.
Red and Luna spent the rest of the night talking in the living room after dinner, laughing and smiling at one another’s jokes. Yes, the raven haired girl was shy and sweet but she was easy to talk to which made Red fall into such a ease with the girl. It was completely comfortable even.
Red leaned forward then said, “Uh, this is silly..but um, your the first girl I’m able to have a full blown conversation with..”
“I don’t think that’s true..” She replied placing a hand over his own, not pulling away.
“Oh no, believe me, it is! All the other times I can be very shy and awkward, wanting to get in then out of there..”
“I see what you mean. Most people hear my title and think I might hurt them, then they take one good look at me and laugh thinking they can use me..”
“Yeah you don’t seem like the strongest face I’ve seen..not rough or murderous, but kind and sweet..”
“You must say that to all the others girls..”
“What other girls?”
She blushed and grinned waving him softly at his comment. Her heart started to beat at his eyes staring at her own, it was like he can hear it. Her soft pumping of her heart, as she leaned in closer with her short time in her job she could tell where this was headed or so she thinks. Maybe he just wants to become friends?
“This is crazy and probably the most reckless thing I’m about to say to you but…do you think we what have here could happen? I just met you but I want to be around you and stuff..but my father won’t let me leave.” He added with a sigh.
“Why not? You are perfectly capable of doing that yourself I think.” She responded.
“With wolf sightings, he doesn’t want me to head out…and my friend, he has been gone for a few days..”
“Well maybe he is the wolf? He is hiding or something.”
Red was silent for a long period of time as a grin appeared on his face, she was onto something. He only ever seen Pete during the day and never at night, if he could prove he is a wolf and a good person, he could be a hero. Catch the wolf, prove someone’s innocence and show his father he can take care of himself just fine.
“You’re a genius!” He shouted, out of impulse pressed a kiss onto her lips and suddenly pulled back, “I-I’m so sorry. I didn’t know what came over me..”
She blushed again, touching her lips with a slight pout, “N-n-no! Th-that was okay. You uh, kiss kinda nice? I liked it…”
“Yeah?”
“Yeah…why am I genius?”
“You gave me an idea! How do you catch a wolf?”
“Well, if your friend is a wolf..to prove th-that he is one and not have run off or hurt anyone, you can uh, tie him to a tree..o-only if it wants to, of course!”
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The next couple of nights, it was planned and staged. Rick would go out with Pete, tie him up to the tree and leave Luna in place pretending to be in underneath the covers. Especially since she would wear her red cloak to disguise herself as a asleep figure.
Red had successfully convinced Pete to go along with the plan, reminding him how he always wanted him out of the house. And showing this act of bravery could be it! Pete, ever the optometrist friend, went along with the plan having his friends tie him up with a rope. The two started a fire to keep warm and brought food just in case for the night.
All that happened was to wait it out. Wait for Pete to turn all teen wolf.
Meanwhile at the house, Luna was asleep in Red’s bed or at least pretending to be. There was a small note on the table beside her to fake the idea that Luna left the night to grab extra firewood while Rick was asleep. Bruce walked in sensing something was off but couldn’t place his finger on it, picking up the short note not knowing to believe it or not as he let out a sigh. Bruce decided to shake his son awake, turning him off to find Luna in this place as she sat up.
“What the hell happened?” He asked, trying to keep calm as his grip crumbled the note.
“H-he is in not danger! I promise, it’s alright.” She tries to explain, in a light voice.
“Where is he?”
“Well um, he is with Peter. And I know you don’t like him but..i trust Rick on this one..we figured out that he is one of the wolves this winter.”
“You did what?! You two kids are insane for that. It’s dangerous out there.”
“But Mister Banner, he is a grown young man. They b-both are are..they can take care of themselves.”
“You think Peter is the wolf?”
“Y-yes. A we-werewolf..he’s also human. B-but he won’t hurt him, he got him tied up..that’s a good thing!”
“No it’s not. Oh, that poor kid..”
“A-what? What happened?”
“Follow me.”
As they spoke rushing out of the house, Pete was tied up screaming and shouting trying to break the chains starting at the wolf in front of him. If wasn’t his reflection as a wolf but his friend. In front of him stood Red, Rick Banner, as a deep dark blackened wolf with beating blue eyes snarling at him as he stumbled in front of him the pounced tackling Peter to the very snowy ground they stood on.
Luna and Bruce walked up the hills carrying weapons, along with torches to keep themselves into the seeing well of the woods. Luna was holding her crossbow looking around for clues of anything possible as Bruce lead the way to the center of the woods to find his son explains what he know.
Luna was flabbergasted and asked, “W-wait? You knew?”
“Of course I did. We thought the trait would not pass onto him, since my grandfather was one and so I wasn’t as strong for the gene.” He explained.
“What do you mean?”
“I do have the gene, I can turn into one myself when I was younger but my cells with age weren’t as strong as they once were. I still have my senses but the rest faded away.”
“And Red?”
“We thought he wouldn’t get it. But when he was 14, it started coming and going. I paid a Wizard, for that cloak keeps him for turning, but he doesn’t like to always wear it.”
“Why didn’t tell him..?”
“I didn’t want him to have that burden of thinking he was a beast. That he couldn’t be loved..”
“Or find any love? I felt his heartbeat..he can love..I think I might love him…”
“Then he got very lucky to find you...god, I’m fool to keep this from him, I messed up.. but I didn’t mean to.”
“I know you didn’t mean to. You were trying to protect him..”
Once they arrived, Luna noticed a small path of bloody footsteps on the ground as she held up her crossbow in slight waves of fear. Bruce gasped at the body on the ground, pressing a hand to the pulse trying to see if the body, being Peter’s, was still alive by any chance. But he wasn’t. The bloody footsteps came in circles as the black wolf came back snarling with striking blue eyes that looked at Bruce in anger and sadness then back at Luna whimper then run.
Bruce was running after him, as the idea of bring his son down crossed his mind but he didn’t want to hurt him. He told Luna to find him as he followed behind her. Luna nodded holding her crossbow and chased after Rick, up and down the snowy deep dark nights of the wood.
Using her skills, she tracked him into a small cave, lowing her crossbow at the wolf curled up into himself, snarling and whimpering. She could hear Bruce telling her to stand back as he tossed the cloak over his son, but all she did was kneel in front of him holding out a hand for him to reach.
Rick’s snarls calmed down looking away as he sadly whimpered, nodding reaching for a paw towards Luna sensing her to be gentle. The cloak was thrown onto his body, as he shuffled from wolf to human dressed in his normal clothes panting. He seemed like he blacked out, looking up at the two with watery eyes, as Luna took his hand and he tightened his grasped.
“W-what? What happened?” He asked out, looking around to noticed them in a dark carve.
“We have to go..” Bruce repiled, helping his son up as he patted his head, “..I’m so sorry.”
“Sorry for what? Where’s Pete?”
“He’s gone..he dead.”
It took Rick a moment to realized what he meant, gasping at the realization that hit him like a ton of bricks. His eyes water in shock and disbelief that he did such as thing, mutter that he was the wolf. Thinking he was a beast that can’t be loved. He looked at Luna with watery eyes, sniffling as it started to come back to him that the howling belonged to him. Luna held him up by the bicep, shaking her head leaning her face forward giving him an unspoken promise that it wasn’t his fault, that he didn’t know and it was an accident.
“It wasn’t your fault, you hear me?” She repeated, in such as kind yet sweet tone it was very much believable to him.
He nodded, biting his lip and sighed, “I’m so sorry…it was my plan to set this whole thing up..”
“You didn’t know, Rick..it’s okay, I’m here…I’m not going anywhere, I’m right here.”
“Your too kind to me..”
“Because you showed me kindness first..”
The trio run off escaping the woods and back into the warmth of the cabin, turning on the fireplace shutting off the newly installed fabricated curtains. Rick held his cloak close to his chest talking with his father who explained to him the truth. There were shouting, yelling and a few short notice barks at one another.
Luna looked out the window every once in a while, trying to keep the peace between father and son waiting for it all to die down. After a while, it did. Bruce apologized greatly for what he has done and Rick thanked him for the apology, for his honesty, but not fully forgetting him just yet.
Which was understandable.
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Late that very night, Rick was asleep in the bed next to Luna trying to relax after that nightmare of a moment. A part of him still felt like a beast, wondering if he will be seen the same way after this. He felt Luna left the side of the bed, keeping his eyes closed waiting for her to return.
Luna was wrapped up in a warm brown blanket when she heard a tapping from the windows, peaking her curious opening the shudders to find a man in dark clothes leaning against the windows grinning lightly. A wishful attitude in his position, holding an item in his hand that lightly glowed.
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She closed her eyes searching for a moment of courage and gulped, “W-who ar-are you? Wh-what do you w-want?”
“Hello to you too, dearie.” He said turning around to face her properly and nod, “You’re more beautiful than the stories. I’m Cole, I’m here to give you a gift for your troubles.”
“Wh-what is it? Do I have to give you something in return?”
“No of—oh no, wait there is something darling. This gift is a test, I want to see if your admiration for one another is true.”
“A-admiration? Wh-what is that supposed to mean?”
He pulled out the item that was that blood red shining rose that glowed a gentle pink. It was stunning, being enchanted by the strength of love, devotion and kindness. With a lovely dose fitting chance of admiration is what held the heart of that rose. It was a challenge, a test to see if your love was true. If it wasn’t just a game of the mind.
“Woah..” She muttered reaching out to touch it.
Cole pulled it away for her reach and chuckle, “Hold on darling, you will get your gift. I just want to know if you think your worth it.”
“…I um, I like to think I am..am I?”
“That’s for you to see for yourself. The flower will keep glowing it’s beautiful streaks but only if you want it to.”
She took the rose about to say another word but she somehow understood what he meant. It was magic with a price. As she blinked at the shudders, he was gone. She closed the window and curled back into bed holding the rose to show to Rick. He asked what it is as she explained, hearing what the item respectfully stated made him give the first true smile of the late night.
The pair curled into one another arms chatting quietly the whole night though in pure silence as the moonlight shining above them.
Who could ever love the beast? She did.
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Added more to the series! What do we think?
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For the record, my belief about these two being together preceded this YouTube comment. Why did I believe it? Well, just watch A Man and His Music with Ella and Jobim from 1967. Ella and Frank have an undeniable chemistry. They're uncharacteristically playful together (by that, I mean that Frank is "known" to be this hard guy and Ella is typically described as being incredibly shy and nervous. But there were no nerves on the program nor was Frank being a hard ass or a blow hard. I'll write an entire post about that show, so back to this comment)...
I love this comment 😅. And I've spent two months trying to verify the claims made in it. Let's go through each:
1. Did Ella ever perform in a hotel on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach circa 1983? I have not found evidence of this although she has certainly performed on Ocean Drive in other, documented years. It would take archived Miami newspapers to really get the answer to this one, and I ain't near Florida.
2. "With a combo" - She performed from the 1970s on with a combo, so this checks out.
3. Favorite male singer is Frank Sinatra? Haven't done an extensive search on this, but her comments about Frank through the years would suggest so. She went to his concerts as much as she could.
4. Secret affair for over 20 years? The CRUX of the question! Here's my take, if this is true, what were the years? I'd say from 1955 to the mid to late 70s. By 1955 they were both divorced or separated (Ella divorced in 1953 and Frank and Ava separated in 1954 and finalized their divorce in 1957). So if we start with 1955, then they could've been together until the late 70s which is before she allegedly told this guy about her and Sinatra's past tense affair. Really, I think it was from 1955 to whenever Frank married Barbara. And to anyone who thinks Ella or Frank believed in fidelity, well, read any book about them. Even my girl Ella was with a few married men over the years, so that isn't something that would've stopped them from being together.
Furthermore, Ella had a thing for secrets. Her early life was a secret. She had other, secret affairs, specifically one with a pediatrician that lasted a long time. And then her secret marriage to Ray Brown and that Norwegian guy Thor Larsen, which no one can really say was real or not but everyone can say it was a secret. Plus, both Frank and Ella were extremely private to the end of their respective lives. So, I mean, they weren't contending with TMZ back then.
5. "Italian Restaurant Patsy's" - A real place that Frank visited frequently. I will edit this if I find evidence of Ella ever going there. Also, Ella is known for loving Italian food which was mentioned in the book Up Close: Ella Fitzgerald and in the interview she did with Brian Linehan in 1974. In the interview she says, when speaking about her cookbook collection, "I got a book from Venice, and I get that book and read about that pasta. And oh boy, it sounds so good. It reads so good." She continues, "I go to [my road manager's] house. His wife makes the best lasagna. Oh boy, can she make that."
(UPDATE) The owner of Patsy's has commented on how Frank would visit the restaurant and who he would bring with him. When asked if Frank would come alone, the owner said, "No, he was always with a big group. He'd have his friends. He brought the whole Rat Pack here [...] And he would bring a lot of his friends, either acting friends or music friends." Ella, in this, would certainly be considered a "music friend." Also, in the same video, the owner talks about how Frank used a private entrance to the restaurant to avoid fans and press. He also ate in a private room. I could totally see him and Ella using that private entrance and having a meal with no one knowing they were there, perhaps on a date, except for the owners. Video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP6qHzIztUM&ab_channel=WalkInFaithCraigSyracusa
6. "Catch a cab down to the Met and catch an opera" - This is very plausible as the Met is only a 7 minute drive from Patsy's. And of course, we know Frank and Ella love music.
(UPDATE) According to Phoebe Jacobs, Ella preferred to take cabs whenever she was in NYC, actually going so far as to fuss about not using cabs when other transportation was sent. I haven't found any evidence that Frank would use cabs, but I would guess that Ella would override him if they were out together, just based on how serious she was about taking cabs.
For the record, I will be revisiting this post to add additional evidence as I come across it.
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Disney modern AU: Sleeping Beauty
So, I really fell in love with the ideas @ghostbrother30 had for this AU, and decided to write it out!
Note: While I'm referring to the original animated Disney movie, I dropped it at a cliffhanger, so we will see if the story takes the route of the Maleficent movies :)
Enjoy!
In France, in the city Marseille, a business man named Stefan had it all. A well payed and respectful business career, a nice big house, and a good friend who's always there for him named Hubert.
Hubert was a fellow business man who lived in the city, happily married to his wife. But tragedy would later strike when his wife passed away in childbirth. Hubert was distraught, now having to raise his son all by himself...
Eventually, Stefan fell in love with Leah, a waitress who worked at a restaurant near the company building Stefan worked at and frequently visited to eat dinner.
The couple started dating, married 3 years later, and were expecting a child shortly after the wedding. The two couldn’t be happier.
On January 29, their daughter was born, who they named Aurora.
Everything was perfect for the small family. Except, well, they forgot about one thing. Or rather, one person…
Maleficent, Stefan’s ex-girlfriend, was a nurse and got assigned to care for the newborn baby in the hospital. Many years ago, she and Stefan were in a relationship that seemed to be serious, until he broke up with her because he had his eyes on some other woman, that waitress from the restaurant…
So, finding out that the newborn she cared for was her ex’s and his new wife’s daughter, Maleficent poisoned the baby that would give her health issues growing up, as a means to hurt Stefan.
As a result, baby Aurora did indeed become sick, her health going up and down unexpectedly on certain days, sometimes to a critical condition.
Stefan and Leah both threw themselves into their work, trying to find a way to cure their sick daughter. But while doing so, they couldn’t find any time to bond with Aurora, so Stefan asked three family friends of his, Flora, Fauna and Merryweather, to care for her, as the three were living together. Luckily, the triplet sisters happily agreed.
Flora, the oldest triplet, worked as a tailor, making and putting dresses on display in clothing stores. She would teach Aurora to be confident and love herself.
Fauna, the middle triplet, was a baker at one of Marseille’s local bakeries, often making all kinds of cakes. After taking in Aurora, Fauna would cut some of her work work hours to care for the baby. She would teach Aurora to sing, cook, and look on the bright side of things.
Merryweather (also nicknamed "Merry", the youngest triplet, worked as a cleaner in a hospital, sweeping the halls and rooms at certain hours. She’d teach Aurora how to clean and doing chores around the house.
But something Stefan and Leah didn't know, was that Maleficent was the triplets' neighbor, living right next door to them.
When she wasn't at work at the hospital, Maleficent lived alone, her only company being her pet raven named Diablo.
When the triplets took in Aurora, Maleficent was quite shocked. What the-?! now she had to live right next to that brat?!
But as the girl grew up, Maleficent slowly came to love Aurora as a daughter, and came to regret her decision of poisoning the child. Because of her regret, Maleficent tried to find a cure to make up for her mistake, and to heal the girl.
Aurora grew up, and she was really happy with her life. She had three amazing aunts, a loving mother-figure who lived next door, a best friend she had met in elementary school named Cinderella (also nicknamed "Ella"), and good grades in high school.
Three months before her 16th birthday, Aurora met Phillip in her biology class, and the two quickly fell in love and got together.
Phillip was living with his father, Hubert, in the city Marseille. His mother passed away the day he was born, which he sometimes felt guilty of, but his dad would always reassure him that it wasn't his fault. It was sometimes hard without a mother in his life, but Phillip managed. At least he still had his father and his pet dog Samson.
But tragedy struck when Aurora's health declined severely, on her 16th birthday no less, and had to be rushed to the hospital...
Flora, Fauna and Merry were absolutely devastated. Phillip and Cinderella were worried, wanting Aurora to be okay. And Maleficent felt extremely guilty, wishing she hadn't poisoned the girl as a newborn...
In the end, the girl had to be put in a coma, and the only chance for her to survive is through an organ donation...
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REVIEWING THE CHARTS: 21/10/2023 (Fred again../Jozzy, Troye Sivan, Drake/SZA)
Content warning: Brief mentions of mental health, violence, emotional abuse and death
For a second week, Kenya Grace leads the pack with “Strangers” - welcome back to REVIEWING THE CHARTS!
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Rundown
As always, we start the episode off with our notable dropouts, which are songs exiting the UK Top 75 - which is what I cover - after five weeks in the region or a peak in the top 40. Firstly, we see a couple top 40 debuts exiting as soon as they entered, like “Normal People Things” by Lovejoy, “Toxic” by Nines featuring the Bad Boy Chiller Crew, “You & Me” by JENNIE and “American Town” by Ed Sheeran, as well as “bad idea right?” by Olivia Rodrigo prematurely dropping off thanks to the three-song rule. Then we have some of the more long-term hits dropping off like “The Weekend” by Stormzy and RAYE, “0800 HEAVEN” by Nathan Dawe and Joel Corry featuring Ella Henderson, “Popular” by The Weeknd, Playboi Carti and Madonna - that lasted way longer than I expected - and despite the recent gains, “Snooze” by SZA.
There is just… a lot of everything this week, but particularly gains. We do have some re-entries too, with “Style” by Taylor Swift back at #73 before her re-recording is even out, followed by “Someone You Loved” by Lewis Capaldi at #71 - what did I tell you? - and bizarrely enough, “Pompeii” by Bastille all the way up at #37 thanks to an orchestral version with Hans Zimmer. Alright then. As for our notable gains… let’s just run through it: “Another Love” by Tom Odell at #59, “Party All the Time” by Hannah Laing and HVRR at #58, “Anti-Hero” by Taylor Swift at #39, “On My Love” by Zara Larsson and David Guetta at #38, “Would You (go to bed with me?)” by Campbell and Alcemist at #35, “Got Me Started” and “Rush” both by Troye Sivan at #36 and #27 respectively - more on him later, “Back on 74” by Jungle at #25, “Stick Season” by Noah Kahan at #18 “Cruel Summer” by Taylor Swift at #14 thanks to the new versions, “DNA (Loving You)” by Billy Gillies featuring Hannah Boleyn at #12 and Mitski gets her first top 10 with the fantastic song “My Love Mine All Mine” at #8 - more on that later in the year.
As for our top five, we have “Baddadan” by Chase & Status and Bou featuring their posse at #5, “Water” by Tyla at #4, “greedy” by Tate McRae at #3, “Prada” by casso, RAYE and D-Block Europe at #2 and of course, “Strangers” at the very top. Now for our list of new songs, and it’s a lot - not a ton of it makes all too much sense either. As you can clearly tell with…
NEW ARRIVALS
#60 - “Just How You Like It” - K.A.D and Kak Hatt
Produced by K.A.D
I listened to a regional BBC Music Introducing show a couple weeks ago and heard a variety of stuff. One of the songs that stuck with me was a pretty mediocre but charming hip-house tune by some guy and it went “give me some time, I’ll have a Rover, lookin’ like a four-leaf clover, tell that girl, come closer”. It’s honestly probably terrible but it was at least honest fun, ending up comical not because he tried to be, but because it was a bit of a genuine fun, not trying too hard to offend anyone or even pretend he was a talented rapper. It was just stupid, and that was okay. This song, with the guy’s Bitmoji in the cover art, seems to think very highly of itself despite the fact it sounds worse than a clearly amateur recording from a guy who I’m sure has way less than the millions of streams this has. It’s pretty easy for me to tell when a song is devoid of personality or anything that personally interests me, but it’s rare that we can get a song devoid of talent - or at least any interest in getting any better. Hope this falls off quick.
#56 - “Black Hole” - boygenius
Produced by Collin Pastore, Jake Finch, Ethan Gruska, Calvin Lauber, Marshall Vore and boygenius
And for a change of pace, we have indie-rock threesome boygenius, consisting of critical darlings Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus, with this coming as a bit of a surprise but they did carry some streams from the rest, a little accompanying EP for their debut album from earlier this year. I have yet to listen to any of the collaborative stuff from boygenius, even if I do like a fair bit of Baker’s and Dacus’ solo work. The song starts minimally with Baker despairingly mentioning the few stars she can see in the dark, as the lowered cacophony of strings, glitches, and plummering percussion start to rumble into prominence, battling with a lo-fi piano recording that just sits there, is let hang in a really awkward, but again, despairing way. Eventually, there is a full ruffling of drums but it’s distorted and busy, way too much so to feel organic or natural, so the seemingly endless verse of contrasting phrases from Dacus and Bridgers float across it, way further in the mix, like a cry for help in disaster - “my thoughts, all noise […] sometimes, I need to hear your voice”. It’s a great line to end on to, as the song dissipates out into the next on the tracklisting through a clattering software break instead of anything that sounds like it actually functions or resolves the song’s conflict. It’s a bit of a short, depressing tune, but it gets its point across pretty damn well. Wouldn’t mind more boygenius charting in the future, or just good alternative rock in general… just saying…
#52 - “WORTH IT” - Offset featuring Don Toliver
Produced by CHASETHEMONEY, Heavy Mellow, Cory Rose, OTTI, BEAM and Dave-O
The amount of producers on these big-name rap projects is getting out of hand. Does Offset really need six guys on the boards? To be fair, this was originally a song just by BEAM and CHASETHEMONEY that got deleted and repurposed into this track, which itself samples a Busta Rhymes classic “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See”, which peaked at #16 in 1997, as well as the reggae-pop hit “You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No)” by Dawn Penn, which hit #3 in 1994. Yet somehow with all those samples, nothing of interests pops out. I guess this has a vague reggae rhythm to it thanks to the shaking percussion, and I mostly like Don Toliver on this kind of sound - he fits really well! Offset is here, on his #62 album that somehow charted two songs in the top 60 thanks to big-name features, and he just is entirely alien to this kind of song. There’s nothing that screams “chill reggae-pop” about Offset and it doesn’t seem like the mastering engineers cared much to rectify that. I don’t mind some of the melodic flows he ends up with, but they’re not anything I’d give a second listen. Maybe Offset’s next track will impress me?
#49 - “SAY MY GRACE” - Offset featuring Travis Scott
Produced by Vinylz, FNZ, Maneesh and Tom Levesque
Ever read a song’s title, artists and producers and know EXACTLY how it’s going to sound? This elevated, staccato luxurious trap beat was not a surprise to me at all, and I could even vaguely predict Set’s flow on this, which is sadly a bit more awkward than it should be when he’s asking God some genuine questions about why the people around him are dying, why there is systematic racism in the American justice system and… how his pinky ring cost him a Phantom. Travis Scott comes in saying he flooded the crib with cars and anything genuinely challenging or exciting about the song leaves with his verse, as the atmosphere mutes itself to a compressed synth for the entirety of his substanceless garbage that is sadly now not atypical of Travis. It had potential, but ended up honestly pretty bad.
#45 - “the grudge” - Olivia Rodrigo
Produced by Dan Nigro and Ryan Linvill
I was secretly hoping that no extra songs from GUTS would end up charting because I have very few good things to say about them but also very few good reasons for why I don’t like them. I can appreciate them as songs but they don’t resonate with me and particularly not this one, in her typical wordy fashion with those distant pianos and breathy delivery about a manipulative relationship where she just doesn’t have the strength left in her to forgive, which she really doesn’t need to. It is completely in her right to hold that grudge, and the framing of the song doesn’t entirely absolve her on that front, which is interesting, pretty disagreeable to me at least to me but I just wish the song gave me more actual melodic resonance outside of what acts practically as speaking over solid enough piano backing. It’s just lacking in some of the essentials for me, sorry.
#43 - “THIS YEAR (Blessings)” - Victor Thompson featuring Ehis ‘D’ Greatest
Produced by Samduke and Henrietta Thompson
This is a Christian Afrobeats song, I’m pretty sure, and not an awful one at that. Thompson is a Nigerian gosepl singer, and whilst the production is expectedly cheap and messy given a budget I assume just isn’t there, given that Christian music isn’t the mainstream market in Nigeria either, the delivery from these guys is so devoted it is pretty impressive, especially with Ehis’ shaky falsetto. That hook is insanely catchy also, and the slightly minimal, flexible Afrobeats groove is a solid foundation for two very slippery vocalists. I like the little screech that comes in every few measures, the choir vocals are beautiful as you’d expect - I love pretty much any use of choir in music - but why is this charting? Afrobeats is big, but these guys aren’t, and devoted Christian songs don’t often chart. There is a “French version” with Vacra and a sped-up version so I can assume some global TikTok virality… oh. Gunna is on the remix. There was a hidden Gunna song in here all this time. He’s not even bad here, though a bit strained, you can tell his passion is there even if the lyrics are generic. It’s an odd fit but not the worst, I suppose.
#31 - “DArkSide” - Bring Me the Horizon
Produced by Zakk Cervini, Oli Sykes and Daisuke Ehara
And straying as far away from possible as Christian Afrobeats songs featuring Gunna, we have the newest Bring Me the Horizon song, and man… this one’s about the “dark side” winning, going for a semi-introspective semi-populist touch that ends up just being gross in how it explores mental health. It goes for an anthemic pop-metal throwback to their mid-2010s days but without the specific narrative of POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR or the same level of sheer angst that I’m not sure they have in them anymore. It feels like an attempt by record label executives seeing the success of Bring Me the Horizon to make a song that could still be a hit whilst sounding like Bring Me the Horizon, with a touch of iffily-approached mental health lyrics that basically amount to “you wouldn’t be able to handle me when I’m crazy!”, furthered by the quirky vocal layering, obnoxious 2012 electronics and mostly substanceless, surprisingly rote songwriting. This is just nothing - there are no risks, there’s no interesting turns of phrase. It’s not even three minutes. It’s just depressing to see a once innovative band caught in this cycle of repeating themselves.
#28 - “Can’t Play Myself (A Tribute to Amy)” - Skepta featuring Amy Winehouse
Produced by Skepta
So in 2007, Amy Winehouse released “Tears Dry on Their Own” as a single, and in all honesty, I don’t like it. It is heavily reliant on its interpolation of “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”, a classic duet that it clearly tries to flip in how she and Salaam Remi built a pretty ambivalent song over one of the most recognisably upbeat, motivational anthems, about not feeling too bad about a relationship breaking up because it wasn’t made to last. Yet fittingly, it never really made me feel anything. It peaked at #37 on release then upon Winehouse’s death re-peaked at #27. Now as a tribute to the lost singer, UK rapper Skepta has remixed the track but not in a style you’d expect. It’s just a straight future house song and disappointingly not very interesting at all. Sure, it has a bit more fuzz and static than the usual house cut, but it doesn’t feel exactly on purpose, just moreso that Skepta can’t fully pull off atmospheric house, considering the factorial percussion and very flat-feeling pads and synths that coat Winehouse’s organic vocals. I may not be a fan of the original song but at least I’m able to admit her vocals will never really fit that perfectly on something that isn’t in that soulful vibe. It does pain me because I do want to enjoy this, it seems like a genuine tribute and re-imagining of a song he loved from her, but I don’t really like the execution here, it feels like it could have been done by anybody, which for Skepta, is kind of sad. Sorry.
#21 - “Rich Baby Daddy” - Drake featuring Sexyy Red and SZA
Produced by Gordo, Klahr, LIOHN, BNYX, TheLoudPack and UV Killin Em
This may be my favourite Drake song. To be fair, there is some healthy competition - and it is completely expected for me to like this kind of song, at least when you boil it down to its essentials - but the amount of Drake songs I genuinely love probably doubled with the release of For All the Dogs. “Rich Baby Daddy” appears to be the fan favourite as well, or at least the one going most viral on TikTok, and I couldn’t be happier. This is a straight-up Atlanta bass record based around a heavenly pad and angelic vocal sample from Jessica Domingo that elevates the song immediately into a state of transcendence, to the point where the pitter patter of the typical Miami bass percussion is more a sprinkled decoration than main rhythm despite the fact that it is still absolutely hypnotising. Of course, Sexyy Red of all people is here and her tonally void club-ready chant about shaking that ass for Drake is perfect for this kind of bop. Drake contrasts her staccato constant with a feeble warble that flexes, sure, but drenching himself with the same paranoia present throughout the album, with the lyrics about a girl dragging love out of him seeming reminiscent of those questions asked by the vocal sample: “I could be enough, is it all?”. SZA kills it as always, going for a fast-paced, sometimes incoherent sliding delivery, and I love how the vocal sample re-appears as prominent in the mix during her verse, it’s a great mix of vocal layers that compliment each other, especially when SZA is desperate to turn this one-night stand into something further. Ms. Red has a pretty short verse but her leaving the track to run bare, just repeating “I’m lucky” as an ad-lib before the hook comes back in definitely doesn’t sound like an error, it sounds like the emptiness of the song - which it has down even to its minimal instrumentation - creeping in, of course before it becomes increasingly obvious with that abrupt beat switch to a downtempo track of Drake crooning. Now, I’ve heard this song with this part excluded, I read a lot about how it ruined the song or at least the momentum, and I completely agree, but Drake’s best weapon in his arsenal is to make the audience hear conversations they never wanted to even know of. So of course after his incredibly accessible dance banger about masking the fragility of a relationship with the fun you’re having, he gets in his feelings about how much he did for this girl yet how distant and inexperienced she still is. Is it gross? Yes, of course it is, especially over those eerie looming synths. But Drake also latches onto some killer melodies and awful lines that make me recoil into my skin a little bit. Because he’s Drake, that’s what he does, and he’s doing it best here. That strained “You know I’m the one” is a great thing to leave in the air, because it sounds far from sincere. This is an excellent song, I’m glad it’s probably going to be a hit, and if this is the last song I talk about from that Drake album, just know I still think it’s his best and I know my opinion is garbage. WIth that said, how out of all of the songs on there the Yeat one still in the top 10? I would never have predicted that.
#17 - “One of Your Girls” - Troye Sivan
Produced by OZGO
As you can probably expect, so, say it with me now: No, I did not listen to the Troye Sivan album. Who do you think I am? Someone who likes pop music? You would be correct in that assumption and I was tempted to check it out when “Rush” was the only single but “Got Me Started” tempered me very much so. And wow, isn’t this a terrible inclusion to the list of singles? First of all, he sounds like Harry Styles over this murmuring synthpop instrumental, and secondly, he implies support for copyright law, which is nothing we here at the deadcactuswalking establishment can support. I would respect the rejection of the song’s sound to add five unnecessarily blaring synths before the acoustics come in the pre-chorus, if they didn’t sound like a scary logo compilation from 2011, and then a different synth tone comes in the outro - it is clearly a purposeful attempt to sound ugly, and for such a comforting and warm song lyrically, it puts me off from even wanting to come back to it, apart from it being generally dull. A few weird moments does not make an experimental song… or even an interesting one.
#16 - “ten” - Fred again.. and Jozzy
Produced by Fred again.. and Tony Friend
Interestingly, I can’t find the origin of this song’s samples, maybe it’s an unreleased set of tracks from sessions with Jozzy and Jim Legxacy, or just from sample packs, or stuff genuinely too obscure no one has found yet, but it definitely doesn’t sound like it was made for the song. In fact, “ten” has that same blue, jumbled sound as “adore u” but the lack of frame of reference regarding the lyrics may actually help because as a result I can fully submerge in this as what it is, which is practically an instrumental. The song immediately captures the club-ready set with that “back it up and dump it” refrain yet seems to pull you away or at least follow you on the road with its cold, limping synths, punctuated by a lo-fi chipping of drums, wherein Jozzy’s vocals act as another instrument at Fred’s disposal, manipulated not to make sense but to fit with the song and reach the exact melodic impact he wants, which is a great decision considering this song is about missing home. Lyrics that felt solid and developed, especially on the heavily-filtered, subtle and minimal atmospheric house beat would be almost a distraction. They simply want you to carry on with this one, as any homesick person with responsibilities may want to do also: just stick with it despite feeling completely out of it, and as someone who has recently moved home and is feeling particularly fatigued, it hits pretty hard. I do usually snark at the whole slow-down outro thing, but it works pretty well here considering it’s that moment of feeling absolutely lethargic and unsure of yourself before it picks up once again, actually speeding back up to pace for the true outro, with even more twinkling synth patterns and a whirlpool of distortion that eventually completely devours the song… yet it still goes on, like life always does. I don’t know if the song was made to be about stretching yourself unnecessarily just in order to get through life, but it sure feels like it and it hits home as a result. This is fantastic, and I hope it has a run like “adore u” did.
Conclusion
I mean, obviously, whoever the hell featuring who gives a damn gets Worst of the Week for “How You Like It”, but it’s sad to say that “DArkSide” by Bring Me the Horizon wasn’t far behind with the Dishonourable Mention. As for the best, it was kind of difficult but it is very difficult to reach Drake’s best so he gets Best of the Week for “Rich Baby Daddy” featuring Sexyy Red and SZA, with a tied Honourable Mention between boygenius’ “Black Hole” and “ten” by Fred again.. and Jozzy, both pretty incredible songs. As for what to expect upon the horizon, I don’t know and this episode was too long for me to care. Thank you for reading, see you next week!
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heyitssashag · 11 months
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As I’ve stated many times in the past, a big part of my “therapy” is through writing. 90% of what I write doesn’t actually make it on to this blog because it feels too personal. This is one of those times but I also think I’m covering several important subjects that should probably be talked about more.
*As I’m about to write about my teen, I do want to mention that they read this and gave me permission to post.
I’m frustrated and sad with the Mental Health “System”. I know I’m not the only one. I know it’s everywhere. I know it’s likely not going to get any better (any time soon). Still, it doesn’t make it any less disheartening.
I just want to help and protect my child (like most parents). I also want them to be able to express themselves in any way they want because I love them and so proud of them.
After I broke my neck in 2021, I was in bed recovering, so the kid and I spent a lot of time together. We talked and we talked. That was when they opened up to me about their gender identity issues. They’ve been suffering quietly for a long time. They didn’t feel safe to discuss it. It didn’t help seeing negativity around gender diversity in the media. My heart completely broke in that moment. I never want my child to feel unsafe to be themselves.
One thing I’ve discovered is that there are very limited supports around gender identity for youth (that don’t have massive waitlists or cost a fortune). I’ve been researching and learning as much as possible so I can support my child in the best possible way.
“Ella” is gender neutral. They feel androgynous and don’t actually connect with any of the genders. They don’t mind being referred to as he/him she/her or they/them but none of them feel quite “right”. They don’t want to take hormones (but are not against them). However, they do want top surgery and a hysterectomy. Ella wears a binder but finds them all very uncomfortable and is on the search for the perfect fit. Ella just wants to feel as neutral as possible. Of course I support them and will help in whatever they need to feel authentically themselves.
Interesting Fact: Apparently, people who do not identify with the sex they were assigned at birth are three to six times as likely to be autistic as cisgender people are. (Sources are listed at the bottom of the page at this link.)
Today, we went to speak to a mental health worker (specializing in youth) for an intake. In the past, due to Ella’s autism diagnoses, they wouldn’t take them on. Due to my health, I just can’t be Mom and “therapist”, anymore so I demanded politely insisted that they please talk to us. Autism is different than mental illness and it’s infuriating that they just keep referring us back to the CYSN (child & youth with special needs) worker when they have very limited resources for mental health-specific therapies. They can help with ABA therapy, a youth worker or finding a BI but Ella doesn’t need that (anymore). At the moment, they see a clinical counsellor but only twice a month for an hour and she specializes dealing with mostly autism-specific related issues. Not mental illness and gender dysphoria.
My kid has been struggling a lot. They’ve had to deal with more than any child should be allowed to handle over the past 5-6 years. Between my chaotic health/cancer which subsequently followed the stress of sudden financial issues/bankruptcy, moving house almost yearly and the school system failing them multiple times, it’s no wonder they’re dealing with depression and anxiety. Autism and ADHD diagnoses is already a lot in itself.
Regardless, I’m so unbelievably proud of my kid. They are sweet, compassionate, respectful, helpful, funny and caring. Ultimately, I think for most parents, we just want our kids to grow up to be kind, responsible people. While my kid still needs a lot of support, they are wonderful and I’m willing to do anything to make sure they have the very best chance in life.
Unfortunately, right now, I’m feeling helpless and I’m failing them. After speaking with the mental health worker today, he said Ella will need to wait at least a month+ to see anyone. He also told us we have to go back to our family doctor to discuss medications for them. Ironically, we just saw the GP 2 weeks ago and he said we need to speak to Child & Youth Mental Health for medications. Ugh. If I roll my eyes any harder, they’d be falling out of my head.
This is the norm, though. I’m not surprised in the slightest. However, Ella felt like they were not taken seriously. They thought there was something wrong with them and they didn’t communicate their feelings well enough. So I had to explain that the delay has nothing to do with them - this is, in fact, how everyone is treated. This is our broken system in action (or “inaction” would be more appropriate.)
I’m sad that my child is suffering. I’m sad that the “system” is failing many of our youth. I’m sad that I don’t have all the answers on how to fix this because it feels like it’s way past just “fixing”. There isn’t a bandaid big enough. This needs to be completely torn down and rebuilt.
This has been an extra long, emotional post and so I’m going to leave it, for now.
Sigh.
Anyway, here’s a picture of me and my sister in the summer of 1993 where I was the same age as my kid is now. Man, I thought I was so cool in those green pants and platform Keds. lol.
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Jazz and I are going to have to start making a tag for when we talk about group things. Once again, we were left alone. Once again, things happened. To be fair, { @viperparamour / @zaldrizotiabri } was involved this time.
New verse premise under the cut. And, if I do say so myself, it checks all the boxes of the things we love. Well, Jazz and I love... Meaning angst... and other things 🤗
So, this entire conversation started when Jazz, Ella, and I were discussing Ki.nvara and the absolute wasted potential for her character. We all felt like she could’ve been such a huge asset to Dany [ in terms of the show ]. This led to a discussion about how we were robbed of the power trio of Kinvara, Qu.aithe, and Me.lisandre which then led to a discussion of Ki.nvara’s quote “We serve the same Queen. If you are her true friend, you have nothing to fear from me.” and what might have happened if she had been present during Va.rys’ betrayal and all the other things that occurred throughout the final season.
Essentially, we started discussing a possible verse where Dany goes to We.steros, fights the Battle for the Da.wn, and then goes on to lead an attack on Ki.ing’s La.nding against Ce.rsei to take back the Ir.on Thr.one. This is where our discussion started to shift to the alternate verse.
Jazz brought up what might happen if the Crow gained control of Dany and Dr.ogon during her final attack on the capital, leading to the Crow making her attack the city with no remorse. We tossed some ideas around [ with each other and a few other people ] and here’s what we’ve plotted / discussed so far.
Caroline plants the seed in Ty.rion’s mind that Dany is mad just like her father in an attempt to gain the man’s support to place her on the throne.
Ty.rion tells Va.rys who then begins sowing the seeds of distrust among the other houses who’ve risen in support of Dany. When that doesn’t wield the results he is after fast enough, he begins slipping poison into Dany’s food while beginning to groom Caroline to ascend the throne.
Although Va.rys doesn’t get the immediate results that he wishes for, he does begin to notice distrust among members of House Sta.rk [ especially Br.an *who is really the Crow* and Ha.rrion Ka.rstark ].
Dany's ha.ndmaids [ Ir.ri, Jhi.qui, Do.reah, and Mis.sandei ] catch Va.rys’ little birds attempting to slip poison into her food and alert her to their discovery. Va.rys disappears before Dany can see him answer for his crimes against her. With Oby, El.laria, and As.ha occupied in their respective regions and a great portion of her armies returning to Es.sos [ something that the Crow influenced her to do after the battle], Dany begins to fear that others among her allies may be out to end her life as well. These feelings are amplified tenfold by the Crow, who begins slipping nightmares into her subconscious when she attempts to sleep.
When Dany launches her attack on the capital, the Crow takes control of her and Dr.ogon [ feeding off their extended proximity to him in the North and her fear ]. He has her attack the city with no remorse and essentially burn it to the ground, the Red Ke.ep included.
With Dany still under the Crow’s influence [ unbeknownst to anyone ], Ty.rion turns completed against her and convinces Ha.rrion Ka.rstak to kill Dany with the promise of Northern independence and to crown one of his cousins as King or Queen, sweeping his previous agreement with Caroline completely from the table.
Ha.rrion carries out Ty.rion’s wish, though barely escapes with his life when Dr.ogon comes down upon him and Dany after she has been struck. The Crow releases Dany long enough to be aware of what is happening before she dies. The Crow loses control of Dr.ogon, who takes Dany away across the Narrow Sea to Vola.ntis.
Br.an is crowned as King with Sa.nsa crowned as his heir. There is no Northern independence granted. Hal’s named Lord of Win.terfell with Ha.rrion being named Lord of Ka.rhold.
Caroline revolts against the newly crowned King, declares the Stor.mlands independent, and gives herself the title of Storm Queen.
Across the sea, Dr.ogon delivers her mother to Ki.nvara and Qu.aithe in Vol.antis. The Priestess and the Shad.owbinder manage to revive Dany.
That’s just leading up to where the verse could possibly begin. Other points that we discussed / plotted are:
Dany’s We.sterosi allies when Dr.ogon takes her back across the Narrow Sea include only House Ma.rtell / Do.rne, House Re.dwyne, House Gr.eyjoy, House Ar.ryn, and House Ve.laryon.
When Dany launches her campaign to take back the throne, Hea remains behind in Mee.reen to act as her Hand and to rule in her stead. Rh.aegal stays with her throughout Dany’s campaign.
Laira has reclaimed her own throne and now rules not only Jayd, but Va,lyria as well. Vi.serion stays with her throughout Dany’s campaign.
Ki.nvara and Qu.aithe alert both Hea and Laira to what has happened and draw them both to Vol.antis. It’s there that they begin to learn about the Crow and what is happening across the sea.
Through all of this, a number of individuals begin to have dreams centering around individuals they have never met and lives they have never led [ e.g. Laira begins dreaming about a Northern Wolf Lord from the Su.nset Ki.ngdoms and Hal begins dreaming about a Val.yrian Dragon Queen from across the sea ].
Other things that we have [ and still are ] considering:
Br.an attempting to seal an alliance with the Ty.rells through marrying either Donna or Marg. Him also attempting to regain control of the Stor.mlands by having Har.rion marry [ or assassinate ] Caroline.
With the Do.thraki / Uns.ullied having mostly returned to Mee.reen / Es.sos when Dany is attacked, Oby/Ell.aria in Do.rne aiding with matters, and As.ha returned to the Ir.on Islands, they don’t learn about Dany’s attack until after they return to the capital and find Br.an on the throne.
Oby and As.ha being out for absolute blood after what happened to Dany and not believing [ along with El.laria ] that Dany would willing do what everyone is accusing her of. Do.rne and the Ir.on Islands rebelling against the Crown and claiming independence.
Dany being pregnant when she is attacked.
Sa.nsa believing that something is incredibly wrong with everything / not believing that Dany would willingly do what everyone said she did. She did too much and saved too many during the battle. Marg [ influenced by the Crow ] thinking Sa.nsa’s under control of dark magic. Sa.nsa running away [ with Helen ] across the sea to Mee.reen when she begins noticing Br.an acting more and more bizarre.
When Sa.nsa flees, Br.an sends his own personal “banne.rmen” to retrieve them. These banne.rmen are Fac.eless Men meant to not only kill Sa.nsa and Helen, but also make it appear that the Dragons were the ones responsible. When the plot fails, it prompts Laira and Hea to develop a counter attack in retaliation for Br.an’s/the Crow’s attack.
Dinah and Ollie being Dany, Hea, and Laira’s strongest allies because they were guests of the Queen in Mee.reen and refuse to believe that she committed such a crime.
The Vale and the Ar.bor rebel against the Crown and establish themselves as independent kingdoms.
With the Ar.bor in rebellion, Ollie takes the Re.dwyne fleet with him while Dinah takes the Ar.ryn fleet from Gul.ltown with her. They, alongside As.ha’s fleet, Do.rne’s, the Ve.laryon fleet, the Jaydian / Val.yrian fleet, and the fleet that Dany had acquired before ever crossing the Narrow Sea to We.steros, gives her a fleet that could decimate any fleet that Br.an chose to send against her.
Br.an sending more individuals to “deal” with the last dragons [ princesses, Queens, and beasts alike ] because he says no one within his kingdom will be safe until they’re all gone.
There are more things still to come and more things that we’ll likely add as time goes on. For now, this is the general set up for the verse. But, so many boxes checked. Angst. Enemies to Lovers. Soulmates. Drama.
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lizardnerd757 · 2 years
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OC Love Interests
Alright, so last Medieval AU post I mention having four different romantic interests for Basil. 
I figured to go ahead and go through each of them, what their own stories are (because why not?), the dynamic any of them could have with Basil, and how the heck I ended up with FOUR of them.
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Our ladies, everyone.
Going from left to right, we’ll start off with Pearl Lupine.
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I already mentioned in a previous post that her mother gave her poisons during her childhood to get her to build a tolerance to some toxins, but there’s a lot more to that. Pearl Lupine’s father is a spy with his own information ring in London and her mother’s a former assassin. Pearl herself ends up being a detective. Needless to say, her father certainly isn’t happy with it and while her mother’s come around to the idea, it’s still with some hesitation. Her cases are usually those that deal with the ‘someone’s dead or is thought to be dead’ category of crime, usually helped with her familiarity with poisons and background information thanks to her parents’ trying to train her for their own respective careers, and she herself has quite the self-relearning to do when it comes to her childhood versus a ‘normal’ one that others have experienced.
I’ve often gone back and forth on the idea of giving Pearl a sibling or a first cousin, but decided not to. Mostly due to the fact that her personal story really only works if she’s an only child. Especially in her interactions with Basil. 
I have no doubt of there being some sense of rivalry between the two, and the more the two could know from each other, their similarities could make or break them. The two might not approach a case the exact same way (in fact I imagine given the majority of the cases seen in the GMD comics/Sherlock cases versus the cases Pearl usually takes, they’d likely rarely even come across the same crime) but they are both intelligent and have similar amount of energy. On the other hand, Pearl’s own story does give her some trust issues and envy at Basil, and Basil’s ego and smugness would likely enhance the latter feeling in Pearl. That said, the two could be decent colleagues, and given Basil claiming Dawson as his partner in crime-solving and letting people grow on him, it could be possible of Pearl getting used to trust people around her. 
Next we have Ella Dolan: 
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Ella’s the daughter of Inspector Dolan of Scotland Yard, taking great joy in being a dancer at the Royal Opera House. There’s a lot of inspiration from Mademoiselle Relda in this character, though granted a dancer instead of a singer. She’s certainly playful in comparison to Basil’s seriousness, but is very protective of her co-workers and friends. I have plans for using her as a sort of ‘Meg Giry’ to the ‘Christine’ in my idea for a GMD Phantom of the Opera fic. Her joy in dancing is a great motivator for her when it comes around to that story and she’s fiercely passionate when the idea of the opera house being threaten comes into play. 
Aside from being playful to Basil’s serious, I do think they’d have very few common interests, such as music or word play. I don’t think that’d be too much of an issue for the two of them. No, what would be an issue brought up between Basil and Ella would be the slight difference. Ironically enough, when thinking through on Ella’s character, she kind of became an opposite to Pearl in a way, especially in backstory. Where Pearl comes from mice that are pretty much criminals and strives to solve crimes, Ella comes from a family of law-abiders and law-enforcers and yet she herself does a few rather not-so legal ways to protect those around her. Which may or may not come into conflict with Basil. 
Though that might not end up being the only thing. You see, I originally drew Ella up as a possible love interest for someone else. That being our next lady in question: 
Annette Dawson
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So, yeah I made Dawson a daughter OC. And originally, she was not meant to be a possible love interest for Basil. But I’ll get to that in a bit. 
The only child between Doctor David Dawson and his ex-wife Yvette, Annette began the career of a governess rather young in order to both teach children and avoid marriage. I already have the fanfiction where the she and Basil meet written up on AO3, and maybe I’ll also post the chapters here as well, but she takes her career as a governess seriously when it comes to educating as well as protecting her pupils. There’s a decent amount of inspiration from Violet Hunter in the Sherlock Holmes case "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches." (By the way, drinking game for anyone, take a shot anytime there’s a ‘Violet’ in a Holmes case. You won’t get drunk, but it’ll certainly give a buzz.)
Annette was not originally meant to be a possible romantic interest for Basil. So why am I putting here are one of the four options? Because not only did I find it easy to write interactions between her and Basil, there kind of accidentally ended up having some chemistry in some part I try to write for future stories. They also just have more common interests than compared to Ella, and really is a easy to make from platonic to romantic trap kind of pairing. However, aside form the fact that Annette hadn’t been meant to be a romantic interest at first, there’s also the awkwardness of Basil and her just being oblivious of their feelings without the help of someone else. Most of the fandom (myself included, admittedly) sort of have the idea that Basil is pretty much married to his work. Annette’s not so far off either with that idea, but also that given Dr. Dawson’s and her mother’s divorce, she has a distaste to the idea of marriage and most of the suitors I have made for her very much don’t deserve her and she’s not even interested- the point is, both Basil and Annette are characters that are the type to be married to their jobs. And that’s also where Ella comes in as starting off as an idea for a romantic interest for Annette. So between Annette, Ella, and Basil we have at least a very interesting love triangle that could result in a poly relationship. 
And last but not least, Ethel Blair: 
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Ethel is... an interesting character, in that she’s sort of meant to be a background character even in her own story. It’s a bit complicated to explain fully, but the core of the idea behind Ethel is that the characters in the background of any setting can be interesting even as that role. Heck, in some stories, it’s a background character that actually gets the story started. 
In Ethel’s case, she’s one of two daughters to baronet Sir Andrew Blair and his wife and is vastly different from her older twin sister Anna. Where Anna is bold, brash, loud, and as blunt as a piano falling from the fifth story, Ethel is quiet, much more subtle and patient with events. Despite their differences, the two get along spectacularly, are each other’s best friends, and consultants when it comes to investments. The two sister are excellent when it comes to investing and business, which is great for their family because their father sucks at it and takes to being the front to the girls’ success. Anna with her outgoing and bold nature proves to be a good distraction while Ethel gather information they could use for future endeavors. Ethel’s more quiet nature has her labeled as a bit of a wallflower, given her unease in participating in social events, but she rather use that to make it easy to get what she, and what Anna, maybe want for themselves and their family. Then Anna gets interests in Sebastian Ratigan, the older brother of Professor Ratigan, which just starts a whole other thing and drama.
So yeah, Ethel is very different compared to the more up Infront ladies I have here. She’s also the closest I have that can be truly a ‘damsel in distress’ kind of role. The whole dynamic between her and Basil does fall under the ‘protective guy/shy girl’ idea, as well as the fact that Ethel usually being the observant, off to the side listening in on everyone else’s conversations, can lead to her being rather underestimated in what she knows or is capable of understanding about those around her due to one) she’s the younger twin, and two) she doesn’t always spits out what she knows or feels. I could see Basil coming across someone like that and get caught up trying to figure that person out. Obviously a Basil and Ethel pairing would have some key communication issues, as well as a need to talk about boundaries, given a good chunk of this dynamic is also ‘detective and mystery’ in of itself. 
So, why didn’t I just settled on one? 
Probably because I’m a multi-shipper at heart, when you get down to it. And as I stated above with Annette, some of it came from just writing interactions and there being chemistry, if slightly by accident. I’m always down for a ship or pairing where it comes down to personality interaction and the dynamics that can come from that. It’s likely why I never really got on board with the Basil x Ratigan shippers despite some of the fanart and such from that part of the fandom being awesome (I highly recommend The Good Thing That Hurts on Youtube by FoxyNightmare. It has a neat twist to the normal dynamic usually give to the Basil x Ratigan ship). 
And when it comes to Basil, and him being based off of Sherlock Holmes, it feels fitting that if he ever showed interest in anyone, it’d do with mind and personality. 
Which is how I get this mess of four possible romantic interests. 
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ishabull · 3 months
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Isabel! Huge congrats on your follower milestone! You deserve all those and more and I love having you around. For your questions, PLEASE PLEASE tell me about your sim!PPCU in explicit detail. That’s hilarious. Who’s in love? Who’s died? Who is a master chef?
Wishing you all the best for the holiday season! - Ella (@nothoughtsjustmeds) ❤️
Ella! Hi, friend! Thank you so much! You’re so sweet 🥰
I really hate to inform you that I'm not a CRAZY Sims player (for the most part). I'm one of those people that has Auto Age off and has a strict plan for what I want my Sims to be. I evict the townies from their houses and bulldoze them to make something new. And no deaths (although I did once have a Sim die from a laundry fire. I quit without saving that day to get them back 😬)
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19. Tell me about your Pedro characters in the Sims.
I admittedly only have Din and Marcus P. as Sims right now. At one point, there was a plan to build a house for all of them and then make all of them, and I still think that'd be fun to do. I really wanna take a crack at making Marcus M.'s house, and the new Horse Ranch expansion pack would be GREAT for a Whiskey house.
Marcus is the household I play with the most.
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My Marcus Pike Sim Rundown:
He completed the Soulmate aspiration and currently has the Big Happy Family aspiration, both of which give him the traits of Alluring, Companion, and Domestic.
His other traits include Self-Assured, Art Lover, and Romantic.
His favorite colors are black, gray, and red, and he likes cooking, fitness, gardening, handiness, painting, and video gaming as activities.
He's reached level 10 of the Diamond Agent branch of the Secret Agent career.
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I'm quite proud of his outfits. They're all in some way based on what he wears in the show. And, of course, he's got a wedding ring.
Marcus has a LOVELY little family. His household is based on my series The Way We Were Drawn, so his wife looks a lot like me. She's VERY pretty. They also have two sweet little kids, a toddler girl and an infant boy. Because this man wants a family and you CAN'T convince me otherwise.
Their house is super cute, too. If you wanna download it, my handle on the Sims Gallery is also Ishabull. I'll just show you the front here from the listing (and yes I just uploaded it to the Gallery):
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This household has done it all. Marcus's wife won the LOTTERY and now they have 1,099,583 simoleons. Marcus is our Master Chef��he's reached level 10 of the Cooking skill and is at level 8 of the Gourmet Cooking skill. I have him make a grand breakfast every time there's a holiday. They've maxed out on upgrading all of the appliances in the house (except for adding Fuel Cell because that's lame). They have a small garden with strawberries and carrots (because having a pregnant Sim eat those will influence the odds that the gender is a girl or a boy, respectively). There's a room on the second floor where they make art (but truthfully I see it more as a sex room—I made it after watching How to Build a Sex Room on Netflix). I've contemplated having him switch to the Painter career—I think he'd be really good in the Patron of the Arts branch.
Basically, he's happy, he's in love, and he has everything he ever wanted.
And then there's Din.
Din hasn't had nearly as much play time as Marcus (but let's be fair, I don't think any of my households have had as much play time as the Pikes).
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My Din Djarin Sim Rundown:
He has the Galactic Privateer aspiration, which gives him the trait of Prepared Voyager.
His other traits include Self-Assured, Loner, and Active.
His favorite colors are black and gray, and he likes fitness, handiness, programming, robotics, and rocket science as activities.
He's at level 6 of the Astronaut career. He hasn't reached the point where he can pick a branch yet, and Space Ranger and Interstellar Smuggler could both fit. I think Space Ranger is the way to go, though.
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As much as I could put the Boba Fett armor on him, it just isn't his. And I'm not really a mod person (I barely have enough storage on my laptop for the packs I do have) so I don't have those mods that give you his real armor. Hence, helmetless armorless Din.
Din has his own cyare, another love interest based on me. She looks a little bit more like what I've seen fanart of "Reader" look like than strictly me. There's no Grogu, because quite frankly, I don't wanna make a green human kid, especially when they have a statue of The Child that I could easily substitute instead.
I downloaded someone else's Razor Crest build off of the Gallery and made it my own (although it's a little outdated—it could definitely use some curved walls). It was one of the first things I really built on in the Sims, and so it doesn't use nearly as many packs as I have now.
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I have been wanting to build Din's little cabin from the end of Season 3 in the Sims, but we don't know what the inside looks like and it's killing me! That might just be something that has to wait until we get more details.
He's not yet visited Batuu, but that is something I would like to do in the future. I've done that with another Sim, and it was an absolute BLAST. From what I remember, you can put your Sim on the New Republic, First Order, or Bounty Hunter track. Obviously, Din would be a bounty hunter.
Since I haven't played with the Djarin house as much, there isn't that much to report with them. They have a little galley and the cockpit is basically just a computer room. I turned on debug to get those lovely Mandalorian decorations that they hide, and those go in the hull (along with workout equipment and a robotics station). There was one time that Neighborhood Brawl was happening and Din once got into fights with ALL his neighbors, which include Anna and Elsa from Frozen and Elphaba and Glinda from Wicked. I also got his mood to be Hysterical at one point—which if you don't know, can be fatal to Sims. I don't even remember how I did it, but I do remember desperately trying to calm him down.
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(Yes, I took a screenshot when it happened by taking a photo of the laptop screen on my phone. Don't judge me.)
And like I said at the beginning, I did have an idea to make a house for each of the Pedro boys and then make all of them. I have some packs that I've been eyeing for a while (but haven't gotten because of the laptop storage issue). I wanna bundle Growing Together, Parenthood, and Kid's Room to really perfect the Pike house. Obviously Horse Ranch for Whiskey, Vampires for Max P (which I do have), and so much more. I could probably go on for days (and spend absurd amounts of money) figuring out which packs could fit best with a house for each Pedro boy.
I'm finally getting to the point where there's not much else to do with the Pikes with the way I play, which is a real shame considering they're my go-to for Live Mode. I spend a lot of time building (hello. interior designer here) and then never fill those houses with Sims—either that or I make the Sims and play with them once. Maybe I'll start planning out a new Pedro Sim to make. I do wanna tackle Marcus Moreno, I think. Plus, then I get to make a Missy as well. I really need more kids in my world.
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eah-marie-124 · 2 years
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Grievance
Grievance By: Christina Ella Berdida & Jadilynne Natividad 
 Arian Tolentino
 Arthur Alcantara 
Alfredo Tolentino 
Isabel Tolentino 
Sebastian Tolentino
 Cedrick Alcantara
 Act 1 
Scene 1: EXT. Squatter Area - Daytime Description: 
In the old town of Verona, there lived a decent and contented family. They were the Tolentino’s. Everything was perfect from their hardworking father, caring mother, and two loving children.
 [Enter ALFREDO singing LOOK DOWN BEGGARS by LES MISERABLES, flash squatter normal scenarios like daily household chores]
 [OPEN CURTAINS] 
ALFREDO [Walks bossily and talks to 2 fellow workers] Come on Amigos! Let’s get early to work. ALL 
[Begins to sing Look Down Beggars by Les Miserables. While dancing and interpreting scenarios with EXTRA CHARACTERS.] 
[STARTING lyrics: Look down and see the beggars at your feet, ENDING lyrics: Upon your fellow man!]
 Scene 2: EXT. Squatter Area, INT. Tolentino’s House [Bahay Kubo] -Daytime
 Description: ISABEL calls for her children ARIAN and SEBASTIAN because their Father will already leave for work. But suddenly, Don Arthur visited their house. [Isabel calls for Sebastian and Arian inside the house. ALFREDO was about to leave for work when his best friend, ARTHUR visited him and ask for his service.] 
 ISABEL
 Sebastian! Come here, my dear! Your Father is about to leave the house. 
SEBASTIAN 
Mother! Mother, I got a new toy! I must let Father see it! [said excitedly and runs towards his father]
 ISABEL 
Where’s your sister? [she asked Sebastian but didn’t pay her attention] Hazel Malmis Ian Nheil Francisco John Michael Caruana Krizzle Fernandez Franco Sly Sotero John Andrei Sojor 
ARIAN 
Mother, I’m here [ she said with a lovely and calm voice. Arian was wearing a flower to her right ear. ARIAN was a lovely maiden in VERONA, almost all men in their town has an interest in her because of her extreme beauty] 
ISABEL 
Oh my sweet daughter, look at you! Young, daring as a flower [holds Arian’s face]. You must choose your husband wisely for your future. Do not waste your beauty, okay? [Arian just nodded sweetly but her Father interrupted] 
ALFREDO
 Honey, our dear Arian is still young for that. She will grow into a fine lady with a proper education that will be respected by everybody. [Alfredo smiled while daydreaming about his dream for her eldest daughter.] 
ISABEL 
Do you think that will be possible? Women in this society have no place in education or profession! Look at us, we will starve in the slums until death! [Isabel was furious because all she wanted for her daughter is to marry a rich man someday.] 
ARIAN
 Mom, Dad you are arguing again about my future! It is me who will decide about it. I will soon find the man I will love with all my heart [dance gracefully as if her lover was there] 
ISABEL
 Whatever dear, I will find you a good guy to marry with. [ALFREDO rolls his eyes because he wanted Arian to go to school even though it is impossible.] [DON ARTHUR JOINS THE SCENARIO] 
ARTHUR
 Oh, Amigo! It’s been a while [he exclaimed excitedly] 
ALFREDO 
[Bow downs] Welcome to our small house Amigo [shake Arthur’s hands] 
ARTHUR 
By the way, this is my son Cedrick. I came here to bring some good news! My mansion is currently looking for a horse herdsman. I bet that you will be glad to take this job. Besides, I will compensate you with a good price because you are a friend of mine. [Alfredo smiled brightly] 
ALFREDO 
I will! I will! I will never forget your kindness, Amigo. When can I start working? 
ARTHUR
You can already start today. [He noticed Arian seating behind Alfredo and automatically got his attention.] By the way, who is this beautiful maiden?
 ALFREDO 
Oh, I have two children. This is my eldest daughter, Arian. I guess my younger is playing in the backyard. 
ARTHUR 
[Cedrick and Arian smile together as they shake hands with each other] I have never seen anyone as beautiful as you my dear. It’s a pleasure of mine to meet you. [Arthur takes Arian’s hands and kissed them gently. Arian took her hands right away and avoids eye contact because she is not comfortable. But Arthur grins on his end.] I need to go Amigo. I still have a lot of things to do. Goodbye to you, Miss Arian! [He said then winked at the lady.] 
[CLOSE CURTAINS]
 NARRATOR 
Alfredo didn’t notice that thing for he is excited about the decent job. Alfredo and Arthur are childhood friends but grow up on a different path in life. He then leaves their house to begin his first day as a herdsman. Isabel went to the market and brought Sebastian with her. Arian was left alone in the house sleeping, not thinking that she may encounter harm any minute from now from the evil plans of Arthur. 
[OPEN CURTAINS] 
Act 2 Scene 1: INT. Abandoned House – Nighttime 
Description: But all of those were whiplashed by exploitative hands. Everything went chaotic when the Alcantara’s raped and murdered the eldest daughter of the Tolentino’s. [Arian is sleeping when she heard noises and thought of it as her mother that’s why she didn’t bother to get up in her bed. Meanwhile, two bodyguards came in and grabbed her. Arian refuses and shouts but one bodyguard punched her stomach and carries her in a fireman manner. ]
 [CLOSE CURTAIN] 
[ARIAN IS BLINDFOLDED]
 [OPEN CURTAINS] 
ARIAN 
Help! Anybody here? Mom! Dad! Help [crying in fear] 
ARTHUR
 No one will hear you, my dear. [Laughs hysterically]
 ARIAN
 [The voice was familiar to Arian. It was the voice that he heard earlier] Mr. Arthur, please I’m begging you, let go of me please [crying]. 
ARTHUR
 You’re a smart girl [smiles horrifically]. It makes me want you more [walks near Arian. Kneels and touches Arian’s face. Arian is scared of what will happen to her] 
ARIAN 
Please, Mr. Arthur, spare my life. I will do everything, just make me live. [crying and trembling in fear.] 
ARTHUR 
I will let you go. But let me do this first. [climbs on top of Arian and claimed her body. Arian is shouting while Arthur disrespects his womanhood.] [RAPE SCENE] [Tela covering Arian & Arthur while throwing clothes] 
ARIAN [Starts singing I DREAMED A DREAM of Les Miserables] 
[CLOSE CURTAINS] 
NARRATOR The next morning was terrible in Verona. After her body was molested, she was found dead. But the Tolentino’s will do all just to give Arian justice, even though it is impossible because they don’t have the money and power to do it.
 Act 3 Scene 1: INT. Trial Court – Late Afternoon
 Description: There was strong evidence that Arthur Alcantara did that illicit crime. But something is wrong. During the pinnacle of the trial, a witness was testifying that Arian Tolentino was not murdered by Arthur, it was someone else. It was Alfredo Tolentino, her father who killed her. Making Isabel Tolentino, his wife, blown by anger and pain. To avenge her daughter’s death, he killed Alfredo given the fact that she doesn’t love him but Arthur.
 [Arian is dead] 
[OPEN CURTAINS] 
ISABEL
 [Shouts] My dearest daughter! Please wake up! [cries] I will not force you any more to marry. Just please come back [cries loudly] 
ALFREDO 
Who did this [said angrily, shouting] I swear to God that I will make them pay for what they did!
 [Starts singing WHERE IS THE JUSTICE from Death Note Musical]
 [CLOSE CURTAINS] 
Act 4 Scene 1: INT. Dungeon – Nighttime
 Description: During the last breath of Alfredo, he then revealed that Arian was not his daughter. It was Arthur and Isabel’s child when they committed adultery. Arthur Alcantara took also the blame for murdering his child, Arian because of the guilt that he felt. 
[The guards led Alfredo to the dungeon along with Isabel and Arthur. Then suddenly, Alfredo abruptly broke the silence.] 
NARRATOR Followed by the revelation of the unexpected and disturbing truth, Alfredo is taken to the dungeon as damnation for his heinous and shameful act. As the characters are still completely taken aback by the truth that was revealed, another truth has come to light. Another heart-rending truth has emerged, which makes their situation much more insufferable.
 [OPEN CURTAINS]
 ISABEL
 [slaps Alfredo and pushes him] Someone saw you at the place before Arian is found dead. Tell me! What did you do? [cries/shouts] What did you do to our daughter? [cries] 
ALFREDO 
[laughs but chokes Isabel] Can you hear what you are saying, Isabel? Child? [laughs] Sebastian is my only child! Arian is not my child!
 ISABEL But she treated you like her own father! 
ALFREDO 
Don't you think everyone deserves to know the truth? Arian died because you cheated on me! [Alfredo spoke angrily. Isabel slapped her face] 
ISABEL
 What did you do ALFREDO? What are you doing on the day when Arian is being killed? [Isabel shouted back, enraged with anger] 
ALFREDO
 She isn't our daughter! She’s a result of the sin you've committed with that jerk! [pause] That lover of yours! [Alfredo said angrily]
 ALFREDO & ISABEL [Starts singing GUILTY by Paloma Faith] 
[When Isabel noticed a bolo in the corner, she saw this as an opportunity to exact her revenge for her daughter's death. She ran towards it and charged right at Alfredo and stabbed him with it] ISABEL This is what you deserve after fooling us and killing my daughter [stares angrily at the lifeless body of Alfredo] 
[CLOSE CURTAIN] 
Act 5 Scene 1: EXT. Peaceful Surroundings, INT. Bahay Kubo – Day Time 
Description: After long foraging for justice, justness prevailed. Shockingly, Arian was alive. She was saved by Cedrick, the adopted child of Arthur Alcantara who fell in love with Arian. They lived peacefully in a faraway village of Shanty having no trace of traumatic experience in Verona.
 [CEDRICK AND ARIAN dancing and run away from their nightmare along Verona] 
NARRATOR Everyone was in a state of shock. None of the guards expected this to happen, nor did Arthur. But Arthur is one of the most powerful and wealthy people in their place. They were successful in concealing Alfredo's death. Days have passed, then days have turned into weeks. Arthur and Isabel have agreed to sever all their ties. Although justice was served, Isabel's heart will always be filled with grief and longing as a result of her daughter's death. Isabel's love for Arian will never go away, even though Arian is now gone. Or that's what they mistakenly thought.
 [OPEN CURTAINS] 
[Cedrick held Arian's hand and placed it on his chest as they slowly danced along with the music on the radio]
 ARIAN
 I don't think I could ever thank you enough, Cedrick, for saving me and helping me in getting back on my feet. [she said while staring at Cedrick's eyes] 
CEDRICK 
Shhhhh. I already told you that you don't have to thank me. Arian, I love you. You love me as well. Everything has gotten better. That's the only thing that matters. [Cedrick brushed Arian's hair behind her ear and kissed her on the forehead. They both stared at each other and smiled] 
ARIAN
 I love you, Cedrick. [head rests on his shoulder] 
CEDRICK
 I love you more, Arian. [Also rests his head on her shoulder] 
[ Starts singing THE JUSTICE SONG by Selorm Tamakloe
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thewriteengle · 2 years
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Wow!! So touched by this post: @adventuresofellagrace with @make_repost ・・・ Storyboarding! Wow.! The first 2 days of filmmaking camp felt like a full week. Ella (and Mom, whose also going through the session have learned soooo much. Ella created a 📝 2.5-page script 👩🏻‍💻 using @finaldraftscreenwritingsoftware for the first time, which translated into: 🎥 13 scenes 🏠 in 5 locations (all within a house) 👧🏽👦🏻🧒 requiring 3 child actors 🎬 in 43 shots. We were burning the midnight oil to finish the storyboarding, and didn’t get to the floorplanning (combining all the shots into a sketch of each location so we know what to shoot out of sequence at the same time) or a shot list. And she had to shoot all her scenes with the actors on day 3. 🚫 Ella said she doesn’t want camp to end and despite always having respect for each person she’s working with on sets, this process has bubbled up an immense new appreciation for why there are such large crews and the amount of work it takes to make screen projects. 🤯 We are BLOWN away that Ella’s short 2.5-page script translated into 43 shots. She cut one or two here along the way, and added a few alts. Main takeaway so far is what the writer needs to put in the script and what she DOESN’T. Just enough to tell the story and allow the director and actors to envision it. 🎬 Then the director comes in and brings the story to visual life. Which is why Ella LOVES this part so much. We are giddy over here! Thank you: @jenniferjacono @jaconostudios @jaimieenglewrites @wiftflorida for the priceless education at this young age. You’re influencing the course of Ella’s life in the best possible way!! #wiftfl #wiftiesworking #filmflorida #floridafilm #femalefilmmaker #femalefilmmakers #futurefilmmaker #sagaftra #sagaftramember #childentertainer #womeninfilm #womeninfilmandtv #wift #childactor #childactress #younghollywood #industrykids #youngactorslife #hollywoodkids #childentertainer #triplethreat #schullerkids #hollywoodsouth #spacecoast #femaledirector #femaledirectors #filmcamp #filmmakerlife (at Satellite Beach, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce2GvU8uQY5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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