#My and my friend started a Matt Cult

[aupermittymeowmeow]

It was bothering me in my sleep deadass to finish this so have my DsaF Oc based off of my cool bozo friend<33

Their fatherless<3333

#Dsaf #Dsaf Oc #Day Shift At Freddys #Greeeeeen #FeMaleE #Weed Crystal #Henry took their gender #pronouns #and father #smh bro #My and my friend started a Matt Cult #A FFUCKING MATT CULT #Are leader died #then we did a skit of Steve and Steven in their divorce arc #</3 #I fucking love doing skits with em we are so goofy

[berrieluv]

Matt Murdock and younger!reader. cw. bimbo reader because why not? we're fulfilling my dream of being a white man's stupid hoe. this is pure fluff, honestly, just a bit of angst in a cut but quickly resolved. also mentions of sex. this is boring but I'm sorry I really need love and affection.

Matt looked at you and blinked a few times, it was a wonder for him how you had no filter when it came to things.

"But you can't be blind" You told him, a few dates later into your relationship. He was amused on how you didn't catch the man you were dating was blind. Yes, he knew he managed life pretty well with all his senses "I saw you fighting against those men at the bar who were saying nasty things to me... And you won!"

You say, as if it was unbelievable, which he knew it kinda was. It wasn't everyday that a blind man fights five men and wins.

"Plus, you being blind is so sad" You pout, and he frowns at your words "You can't see how pretty you are..." You close your mouth a little and then your eyes open wide; "You can't see how pretty I am!"

You panicked and Matt chuckled, sensing your concern in the atmosphere.

"Oh" He starts, soft voice and taking your hand in his "I know how pretty you are" You smile "I can tell"

"How? You can't see me" You pouted "And I don't mean 'your personality is nice' type of pretty, Matt" You look at him and get closer, he can feel your breathing in his face "I really am pretty. Like, you should see me..."

"I believe you"

"But like..." You make a smirk "Like are you really blind? Or you... Is like partially blind? Like would you get your vision back? Or you just have to live like that?"

"I've been blind most of my life. Since I was a kid, actually"

"So... you never got to see Reese Whiterspoon in Legally Blonde?"

"Not one of my biggest concerns but no, I didn't"

"But it's a film of cult!" You said "If I describe it to you, would you watch it?"

"Only for you"

You chuckle, knowing Matt is in a chokehold because of you. It haven't been long since the both of you started dating, but it was, however, a surprise for almost everyone that you even started dating.

When his best friend made a joke about Matt being blind, you legit thought he meant the kind of blind people always call men... you never thought of it in a literal way.

"You're so wrapped around my little finger, it's embarrassing" You smile "And you can't even see how pretty I am" You gasp "I'll be walking you like a dog if you could see my beauty"

Matt drops a loud laugh, because from all the people in the world, he seemed to have find the only one who could make his blindness about themselves. And it didn't bother him, he was happy that you were able to treat him as a normal person. And if he thinks about it long enough, he was treated like a 'complete' man, for long enough, before you found out he couldn't see.

Suddenly, you 'wow' "That's why you're always wearing those ugly glasses!"

"Matthew Murcock"

You yell while entering his office and Foggy looks at Matt at the sudden change of his name.

"I have no idea where she got that from" He says, smiling.

That was the day after the first time you ever had sex, when opened the door you look at Foggy, then at Matt and pout, completely forgetting he couldn't see you.

"Foggy, get out"

Matt says and you smile, walking to him as fast as Foggy leaves the office. You kneel in front of him and rest your head in his thigh; fuck you were needing him.

"Baby, you know we can't do that stuff around here. It's my office, baby" He smiles.

"You wouldn't say the same if you knew how pretty I look"

"Oh, I just know you look fucking pretty" He says, taking your body and sitting you on his lap "You wore a skirt and everything" You nod "I guess I can put my fingers inside if you like"

You nod desperately and open your legs, Matt only laughs at your neediness and starts to work.

"Mattheeeeeew"

You cry as you reach him in his bedroom, he was calm and breathing slowly, his chest going up and down and unconsciously flexing his muscles. He opened his eyes as soon as he heard you entered his flat.

"Yes, dear?" He asks, peacefully, ignoring the tone of your voice that adverts you're looking forward to create drama.

"Why didn't you call me?" He lets out a groan when you sit on top of his naked torso and put your hands on his chest "I let a sticky-note asking for you to call me as soon as you were back" You pouted.

"Darling..." He starts, calmly "How am I suppose to see that?"

"What do you mean 'how'... with your eyes, Matth–" You pout "I see..." He chuckles and you shake your head "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it"

"It's fine, pretty girl"

"But I'm always so reckless" You cry, letting your head fall into his pectorals "I'm reminding you all the time that you can't see"

"It's not like I can forget it, my love"

"Yeah, you're right"

You chuckle in his chest and he feels his shorts getting a little tighter. He doesn't want to point it out, how could he when you're sharing such an intimate and cute moment. And he was sure you wouldn't notice, hell, if she didn't notice I was blind, how would she notice an erection; was what he thought the first time you gave him a boner. And what he seems to remember every time now that you give him one by accident.

The first time ever you and Matthew have a fight it's complicated. You believe he was on edge before you and him got together that day, he arrived to your department a bit more serious. This time there wasn't a kiss, or a hug, or a single word.

You were yourself at the gala he asked you a few weeks ago to go with him, but it seemed like it wasn't someone he wanted you to be. He pressed tighter your arm every time you joked, but you took that as an action he was making to decease his worries, never could you think it was because of you, since your personality was never a problem.

"What is your fucking problem?" He asked, storming into his flat, his steps were heavy and loud and you just looked at him, shyly, the first time ever you felt shy around Matt. "You couldn't just act like a mature person, couldn't you? You have to let out your childish annoying personality in one of the most important nights of my career"

"I'm sorry"

You say, with a small voice, almost afraid to ask.

"Yeah" He says, finding himself the glass and the wine he always leave in the same place, to pour himself one. "You're always fucking sorry but I never see you change anything about yourself" He hears the glass breaking into the floor and he frowns, looking directly at where he sensed you. "Did you fucking moved the glass?"

You were scared to say yes, not at Matt, you couldn't be scared of him, but now, you weren't feeling him as your Matt.

"You always do this, why do I even bother having a house if you're gonna do whatever the fuck you want with MY stuff" He walks to the room and you follow him, silent, fidgeting your fingers "I would have chose any other woman if I knew you were going to act like a fucking child!"

You feel your eyes watering and you look at him, finally saying, with a small broken voice; "Why are you talking to me like this?"

Before Matt could answer with another mean comment, he smell your tears falling on your cheeks and he felt bad. Because it wasn't your fault he has been on edge all day. Because he knew you were younger than him and it never seemed to be a problem until one of the lawyers pointed out how young and pretty you were to date someone like him.

How could you ever please her if you're blind.

"Baby... love... I'm so sorry" He says, pressing his fists against his eyes and then opening his arms "I'm so sorry, you don't, you don't deserve this. I'm– I've been better than this, you deserve better than this, my darling love, I'm an asshole"

"You are" You slowly say, letting him wrap his arms around your body "But I like you anyways"

"And I'm so lucky for that"

You nod, knowing he was in fact lucky you pulled out with this shit and you didn't leave the room immediately.

"You were being mean"

"I know, I know" He says, holding you closer to him and letting your body and his fall into the mattress. "I was just so mean to my pretty girl"

And since that, Matt made sure everything that could involve you in a fight was gone. Of course, you had the typical arguments a couple has, but you never kept them for too long. You were way too distracted and it wasn't like he wanted to keep the fight going. Not when you looked so pretty.

The first time he ever saw you mad, was so ridiculously cute, you always got mad about the bloody same thing, and Matthew couldn't take you seriously anymore.

"Why are you so f-stubborn?" You stop yourself at the curse word, and Matt smiled, knowing you're not one to curse. You were organizing both of your clothes in the closet "I always tell you the clothes go ordered by color, Matt" You cry and throw one of his shirt at him.

"Princess..." He starts, that's the pet name he choose to call you when he was about to correct something you said "How am I supposed to know that green and red are not the same?"

You're ready to yell at him again until it hits you, he can't really know. "It's imposible to get mad at you"

You pout, and he opens his arms while laughing. "C'mon, my pretty dumb girl"

#matt murdock x reader #matt murdock angst #matt murdock smut #matt murdock one shot #matt murdock x you #matt murdock x y/n #daredevil x reader #daredevil x female reader #daredevil x you

[neonbrutalism]

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Ship Comics!MattFoggy (Part 1)

Hello My MattFoggy Friends.

Are you sad about Daredevil: Born Again more than likely not including Foggy? Do you agree that he is so crucial to Daredevil and also he and Matt are married?

Then let me introduce you to ... the Daredevil comic! Because if you thought Matt and Foggy were married in the show, wait until you read the comic.

One thing I hear a lot is that there's almost 60 years of Daredevil comics, way too much complicated history and detail and you can't be expected to read all that. And to that I say... correct. And you're not expected to. I myself have not read all of volume 1 nor parts of volume 2, 5 or almost any of 6/7.

You just gotta pick what seems interesting. I like the Waid Run! I started there and have picked and chosen other runs. Nobody actually expects you know the complete history of the characters. It doesn't matter! Did Matt dad die before or after he met Foggy? Did they go to Columbia or Harvard? How old are they? How long did Matt and Elektra date?

The answer: who cares? Not even the comic writers can keep that straight. Just go with what you want to happen! Nobody is going to call you out. If you want dead characters alive, go for it! If you want to import characters from the MCU into your fic, please feel free! It's a 60 year soap opera. Do want you want. If you really want to know, just read a wiki summary.

If anyone gets weird or salty in your comments … that person is making some very weird choices. Do not engage. Good God, it's a fanfic. Do whatever you want. Just reply "lol, yikes" and move on. I am 35 years old and I am giving you grown-up with a job in an office adult permission to do that!

The major differences between the comic and the show are:

Matt is a redhead. Matt having red hair is pretty much the only difference that remains constant. Everything else is different and changeable writer-to-writer. Except early in Volume 5, when he was drawn to look like Charlie Cox and the miniseries between 5 and 6 where in some issues, everyone was copied from the Netflix show and it was weird.

Anyway:

Foggy's hair is usually short but he has 1990s anime girl bangs like Sailor Moon. If you like long-hair Foggy, sure, he can grow it out! He's sometimes blonde.

In earlier runs, Matt is sometimes shown to have been blinded as a teenager, 14 to 16. In more recent runs, he was a child like he was in the show.

Jack Murdock died when Matt was either in college or in law school, either before or after he met Foggy. It changes depending on the writer. He's also been written as dying only a few years after Matt was blinded.

Matt doesn't just have enhanced senses... He has an entirely new, unique sense, radar sense, that functions separately from his other senses. I don't know how. So, if he loses his hearing, he can still understand the world around him.

Stick trained Matt and once, pushed him off a building but didn't abandon Matt until he was in college. Comics Matt doesn't quite have the abandonment issues Netflix Matt has. He has a whole lot of other ones.

Matt wasn't crushed by Midland Circle. But he DID basically die in the storyline Born Again and have to be nursed back to health by Maggie.

Matt's not actually very religious in the comic. He was raised Catholic and he gets more religious when he's especially distressed (and due to inspiration from the show) but for the most part, he is not a very devout Catholic. However, in volume 6 and volume 7, he is (but it's kind of a weird ninja cult way idk i'm trying not to editorialize in this)

Foggy's class. In the show, he is from a lower-middle class family that loves him and Matt. In the comics, Foggy's family is very wealthy and they are pretty disappointed in Foggy. His birth mother, Rosalind Sharpe, is a huge asshole and hates her son and Matt both, but has tried to use them in the past for her own gain.

They're both huge nerds. Foggy's supposedly "cool" in the show but he is not, I assure you, in the comics. Comics!Foggy almost certainly cannot recognize a Taylor Swift song. Comics!Matt likes experimental jazz. I want to give them both swirlies.

What if you want to write comics-verse with Butcher Shop Foggy and Religious Matt? Then do it! It's fine! It's a big multiverse!

I just want my MattFoggy friends to have content.

Now on the downside, as this comic's been going on for a while, Matt (and other characters) are kind of assholes to Foggy about his weight. I ignore that bit. As with all comics, you have to ignore some shitty stuff sometimes because it all varies writer-to-writer.

Anyway, you came here for some MattFoggy Married Evidence, right?

Okay, here we go, presented with the help of my friend @froggynelson and all my chums on Discord and the Avacados in Love server...

In no particular order, a small selection of Matt and Foggy being in love.

One time, Matt got possessed by a demon and Foggy free-climbed a castle to rescue him. He is the only person able to get through to Matt to help save him. Shadowlands is otherwise, unfortunately, bad.

Something else from Volume 1 is that Matt was supposed to be the better lawyer of the two of them. Of course, since then, everyone's agreed Foggy is the better lawyer. But really, they're better together than either of them are apart. (This is the bit that made me think "oh they're GAY gay")

In volume 3 and 4, Foggy had cancer. Matt gave up his (already compromised) secret identity and moved to California in order to help him.

It was extremely sad!!

They had to fake Foggy's death!

He got better :)

Now Tumblr's post editor is chugging at this point, so please join me in part 2 - The Quest for More MattFoggy.

#daredevil #mattfoggy #matt murdock #foggy nelson #marvel comics

[psychedelic-ink]

*the banner (& mastelist overall) is heavily influenced by my dearest @inklore 's kinktober masterlist and I urge everyone to go and check her deliciously smutty list out 💜

— 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐓𝐎𝐁𝐄𝐑 ‘𝟐𝟐

hi lovelies! my favorite time of the year has finally arrived-- under the cut you'll find all the things I've written for this years kinktober, the list will be updated as we go, enjoy 💜

(🖤) indicates dark content/check trigger warnings

i made a taglist for kinktober which you can join but if that's not your thing you can simply follow my library blog and turn on notifs!

before reading anything please thoroughly read the warnings since some of them include heavier kinky scenarios

i won't be listing the ones i plan on writing as to not limit myself to a list and so I can change characters/kinks as i please and without worry. the fics listed below have already been written and scheduled to post

main masterlist

1 | me & mine: pero tovar x reader x ezra | double penetration

after coming to a new city, you find yourself in your hotel room with two unbelievably attractive men.

2 | marked man: pero tovar x reader | dry humping, squirting

despite the fact that you shouldn't, you can't help but continue to visit the prisoner that you still didn't know the name of. An unexpected visitor shows up.

3| daddy issues: matt murdock x reader | blood kink, boxer au

you're tired of seeing him getting purposefully beat up every night. matt tries to reason with you.

4| poison & wine: duke leto x reader x din djarin | spit roasting

the razor crest is low on fuel and din knows the perfect pit spot.

5| dear friend,: ezra x reader | phone sex, dirty talking

you've been friends with ezra for a while now. after talking on the phone and making plans to meet up tomorrow, ezra thinks he hung up. you can't help but listen in as he gives a woman you don't know the time of her life. 

6| save tonight: frankie morales x reader x santiago garcia | cuckolding, degradation

frankie comes with you with a proposal that you're eager to accept.

7| river: din djarin x reader | dacryphilia

din likes it when you cry for him.

8| choke on flowers: dieter bravo x reader | cult, blackmail 🖤

dieter is a mess, but you enjoy being with him nonetheless. but things start to change when a friend of his comes for a visit.

9| careless: frankie morales x reader x jack daniels | lactation kink, titjob

you get hit with a drug that makes you lactate, frankie and jack are more than eager to help you out.

10| stupid for you: steven grant x reader | orgasm denial, brat taming, mirror sex

steven wants you to admit he's the best you ever had, as always you don't make it easy for him

11| one touch: javier peña x reader | somnophilia

you've been set on trying to convince javier to take what he wants, for him to let go and he finally does.

12| like that: modern!pero tovar x reader | knife play

there's a storm raging outside and you go down to the basement to look at a Pero's knife collection while he's gone.

13| loverboy: tom!peter parker x reader | choking, breathplay

you get trapped in your sweater, peter has a unique way of helping you out.

14| 3 AM: dbf!santiago garcia x reader | dry humping, quiet sex

santi comes to your room for a visit at 3 AM.

15| hit the road: jack daniels x reader | consensual noncon

It's late when you leave the office, you feel a pair of familiar eyes watching you.

16| heat waves: dieter bravo x reader | temperature play, food play

dieter wants to try something new.

17| is forever for you?: jake lockley x reader | corruption kink, sex toys

jake is always eager to teach.

18| no brakes: din djarin x reader | hate fucking

you have a bounty on your head, din takes the job.

19| tag, you're it: frankie morales x reader | pray/predator kink, gun kink

once a month you and frankie play a game.

20| after hours: javier peña x steve murphy x reader x horacio carillo

after another day of being unsuccessful in catching escobar, you offer the boys another way of relief.

21| pumpkin seeds: poe dameron x reader | sex pollen, outdoors

you and poe fin yourself on a pumpkin infested planet, however the flowers that surround them seem to be poisonous.

22| arise sun: william tell x reader | pussy slapping

William Tell is a dangerous man. You should’ve known better than to piss him off. 

23| one more hour: marcus pike x reader | monsterfucking

you and marcus are asked to investigate an old manor that might have stolen paintings. however, due to problems with your schedule, Marcus heads there before you, getting himself cursed while investigating. You find him, or at least something that you think is him, at the manor two days later.

24| home economics: javi g x reader | voyeurism

Javi sees you naked for the first time which should be a good thing, but you have idea that he can see you through the window.

#kinktober '22 #kinktober 2022 #kinktober 2022 masterlist #smutober #frankie morales x reader x santiago garcia #din djarin x reader #matt murdock x reader #pero tovar x reader #ezra x reader #pedro pascal character fanfiction

[ninja-muse]

As you might know if you saw my review the other day, my December felt very slumpy even though I read a lot of good books. I suspect this is because of book hangovers and working a busy Christmas retail season. (I also didn't write much because I kept coming home too wiped to think.)

But it was a good month! I managed to get to a couple new releases that I really wanted to, and I knocked a lot of books off my physical TBR because none of my ARCs looking interesting. I did have a DNF again, though, of a book that I was really hoping would be great. Isn't that always the way?

I also had two rereads! One because sometimes when you're at a loss to read, you pick up Pratchett, and one because I'd promised myself I'd get to it this year and dash it, I was going to! Weirdos of the Universe, Unite! was one of the most seminal books of my childhood, and it wasn't until I reread it that I realized just how much it was. I saw a lot of my personal attitude to life in Maddy, it was probably my first true urban fantasy even though there's a whole act on a spaceship, Baba Yaga is there as a very cranky but practical sort of witch…

As for my book haul, I just want to say that it was Christmas and I didn't actually buy anything? My parents came through with some really oddball picks, as I'd expected, my sister gifted me one of her favourite reads of the year, and friends helped feed my T. Kingfisher addiction. (More on that in my yearly wrap-up.)

But the book I'm most excited to have gotten is Hogfather, and not because of the pretty cover though that's a bonus. It is, in fact, the most astounding misprint I've ever seen and I couldn't pass up a chance at a free copy. I mean, how many times do you find a beloved book in which the entire thing is bound backwards?! Thank goodness the publisher didn't want it back, is all I'm saying.

And that's probably about it! I have no idea what book I'm going to start 2024 with, because I sort of read 200+ pages of Persepolis Rising last night so I could knock it off my list and now I'm recovering from the binge.

And now without further ado, in order of enjoyment…

A Power Unbound - Freya Marske

Jack, Alan, and their friends must find a hidden artifact and foil a plot. This would go better if Jack and Alan got along.

8/10

🏳️‍🌈 main characters (gay, bi man), 🏳️‍🌈 secondary characters (gay, bi woman, lesbian, genderfluid) 🏳️‍🌈 author

All the Hidden Paths - Foz Meadows

Velasin and Caethari are still feeling out their relationship when they’re summoned to the capital and almost immediately find themselves targeted again..

7.5/10

🏳️‍🌈 main characters (mlm), 🏳️‍🌈 secondary characters (mlm), mute secondary character, cast of colour, 🏳️‍🌈 author warning: anxiety, aftermath of trauma, dubious consent

Last Chance to See - Douglas Adams with Mark Carwadine

A bumbling science fiction author travels the world in search of endangered animals.

7/10

Illuminations - T. Kingfisher

Rosa wants to help her artist-magician family, but instead she accidentally releases a creature bent on destroying them!

8/10

Lovecraft Country - Matt Ruff

Two Chicago families in the 1950s become caught up in a world of cults, ghosts, monsters, and magical danger. Fortunately, they’ve had lots of practice at mistrusting white folks.

7.5/10

primarily Black cast

warning: depicts Jim Crow-era racism, including slurs; also abusive family dynamics

Persepolis Rising - James S.A. Corey

Thirty years on, the system has achieved a new normal. So of course one of the colony planets decides it’s time to shake things up.

7.5/10

very racially diverse cast

Remarkably Bright Creatures - Shelby Van Pelt

A cleaner at an aquarium mourns her losses. A young California man seeks his absentee father. The resident octopus tries to bring them together.

7.5/10

Jamaican secondary character, Korean-American secondary character

Ragnarok - A.S. Byatt

A child in wartime discovers Norse mythology, and the ways myths and the world reflect each other.

7.5/10

warning: animal cruelty and injury

While Idaho Slept - J. Reuben Appelman

Four students are murdered in a single night, and what came before and after.

7/10

warning: violent murders

Monstress, Volume 3 - Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (illustrator)

Maika finds temporary refuge from the people chasing her, but the local leaders want a favour in return.

7/10

one-armed protagonist, cast of colour, 🏳️‍🌈 secondary characters (sapphic), Taiwanese-American author and Japanese-American illustrator

Reread

Weirdos of the Universe, Unite! - Pamela F. Service

Mandy and Owen get assigned a mythology paper, but then the characters they pick start coming to life and insisting they have a great purpose.

Black secondary character, Indigenous secondary character, Chinese secondary character

warning: somewhat lazy depictions of Indigenous and Chinese people

The Unadulterated Cat - Terry Pratchett with Gray Jolliffe (illustrator)

A humourous celebration of all things cat.

DNF

The Undetectables - Courtney Smyth

Someone’s committing Occult murders and a crack team of Occult investigators has been called in. Or, they’re totally going to be the crack team someday, at least.

main character with fibromyalgia, 🏳️‍🌈 secondary characters (lesbian), fat secondary character, Chinese-British secondary character, 🏳️‍🌈 author

Currently reading:

Music from the Earliest Notations to the Sixteenth Century - Richard Taruskin A history of early written European music, in its social and political contexts.

The Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle Victorian detective stories

major disabled character

warning: racism, colonialism

Stats

Monthly total: 11+1 Yearly total: 128/140 Queer books: 2 Authors of colour: 1 Books by women: 6 Authors outside the binary: 0 Canadian authors: 0 Off the TBR shelves: 7 Rereads: 2 Books hauled: 8 ARCs acquired: 2 ARCs unhauled: 2 DNFs: 1

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#books #book reviews #reading wrap-ups #stacks of books #read in 2023 #book recommendations #rec lists #my photos

[lifesarchive]

THE SHARDS by BRET EASTON ELLIS (REVIEW)

quickly: a group of rich white friends are too high to notice that the new kid may be a serial killer (an imaginative young writer / a vain but popular group of friends / a new kid with a dark past / valium for breakfast, weed for lunch, ‘ludes for dinner, cocaine for dessert / boys, boys, boys / endless supplies of sex, drugs, and rock and roll / hippie cults hiding in the hills / blood sacrifices and bodily ‘arrangements’ / ‘there’s someone in the house’ / where are the adults??!)

For just a moment, I was a young, hot, high, and wealthy white seventeen-year-old in ’70s-’80s Los Angeles… My parents are never home, every day is an orgasm, and I have all the drugs and euphoria I want. In my endless pharmaceutical high, a serial killer is playing mind games with my friends and me, and I’m barely sober enough to notice it is happening.

That is THE SHARDS. I am confident that if I were to give this hardcover copy a good shake, either a quaalude, a Valium, or a mist of fine white powder may loosen itself from the bindings. These are the substances that seem to hold the story and its characters together. There’s also a hearty scoop of graphic, disturbing, deranged, stomach-churning violence… a stark contrast to the ultra-sweet lives of these young rich kids. The reality of these brutal slayings is what makes the kids’ dissociation all the more real.

★ ★ ★ ★

more thoughts: SPOILERS!

Some personal context… this isn’t the book I originally planned on reading after “HUMAN SACRIFICES” by María Ampeuro, but it was actually the perfect follow-up. The world of the characters in María’s stories was soaked in the harsh realities of capitalism, white supremacy, and patriarchy. What better pairing than a story on the other end of the spectrum… rich white kids with Daddy’s money made from exploiting others!

This is my first Bret Easton Ellis book. All I knew about the guy before reading this was that he wrote AMERICAN PSYCHO. I’ve seen the movie, but I’ve never read the book. I actually owned the book for years, and it was destroyed in a flooded storage facility. Nevertheless, I ended up meeting Bret Easton Ellis’s work anyways. Not because I sought out his penmanship, but because, as tends to happen, I just had a good feeling about the book based on the cover, description, and number of reviews.

This book made me feel poor and ugly, and I think that was the point!

This is a story about a story. The book opens with a prelude in present-day LA as our narrator, Bret Easton Ellis, is driving around and sees an old classmate, which ignites panic within him. 

From there we are sent back to the summer before Bret’s senior year begins. He is a closeted bisexual man in love with his best friend Sarah, who is dating his good friend Thom (whom he is also in love with). He doesn’t seem to be in love with his girlfriend Debbie at all. An idyllic summer spent third wheeling with Susan and Thom ends once school starts and a new guy is introduced at the morning assembly… Robert Mallory. 

Immediately, Robert gets under Bret’s skin. Bret remembers seeing Robert months before he moved to L.A., at a movie theater, but Robert’s consistent denial of this drives Bret crazy. Taking time off from the different guys at school he is secretly intimate with, he decides to follow Robert after school one day. Robert catches him in the act of tailing him and any chance they had at a friendship is ruined. From here on out, it’s a game of cat and mouse between the two. (Or maybe mouse and mouse?)

The first major OMG moment is the death of Matt (a consistently stoned hottie), one of Bret’s ‘intimate friends’. 

As Bret watches Robert ease his way into the various friend groups on campus, he begins to see a side of Robert that is only noticeable from a distance… he notices the silent calculations that Robert is constantly making as if Robert is devising some secret masterplan. It’s then that Robert begins taunting Bret, dropping hints that he knows about the relationship between Bret and Matt. It’s also then that Matt starts receiving mysterious phone calls and notices that someone has stolen his pet fish and rearranged his room. In a state of psychological anguish, he accuses Bret of being behind it, due to some ‘gay’ obsession with Matt. Soon after, Matt turns up dead. Missing for several days, then found dead and mutilated in his own backyard. 

Bret meets with Matt’s father and learns the horrid details of Matt’s death. This makes the outlines of what Bret may be dealing with become more real now. No one cares about Matt’s death enough to notice the pattern that is forming. News articles begin to appear, daily, about missing girls, missing pets, mysterious home break-ins with furniture being rearranged, and late-night attacks. The police eventually put together a profile for a killer they are calling The Trawler. There are hints that he may be connected to a roving group of Manson-esque murder hippies that are terrorizing LA.

Bret makes the decision to divide himself between a true, hidden Bret, and a false, public Bret. Public Bret will play the role of a model student and boyfriend, while private Bret investigates Robert Mallory, whom he believes to be The Trawler. Valium, Quaaludes, and marijuana form the wall between the real and fake Brets. (Imagine someone breaking into your home, and you pop a pill and hide in a closet, falling asleep, and just hoping they pass you by.) Cue an endless string of parties, conversations, car rides, class assignments, and missed calls from Debbie (and The Trawler) that Bret floats through.

Fast forward past more missing women, Bret following Robert Mallory through the streets of LA, Bret being followed by a mysterious van through the streets of LA, Bret being taunted by The Trawler, Bret meeting with Robert’s aunt and finding out about Robert’s dark past, Bret breaking into Robert’s second home, Bret sleeping with Debbie’s dad, and Bret’s numerous attempts at telling someone what may be happening with Robert and being called crazy, etc. 

Eventually, we reach the foggy climax. After Debbie goes missing, Bret is convinced that Susan is the Trawler’s next victim. Robert’s next victim. He decides to take matters into his own hands. That night, Susan and Thom are attacked at Susan’s home by a masked assailant. Susan bites the assailant and he runs out (but not before disfiguring Susan’s breast, and Thom’s leg). Robert comes to the rescue, getting them help, and then heads back to his apartment. Bret arrives at Robert’s apartment soon after and a fight ensues that leads to Robert jumping to his death. Bret is alive and tells a version of the story that exonerates himself, and there is no one to dispute it. 

It is only in the denouement that it is revealed that Bret was the attacker that night of Susan and Thom’s attempted killing… and this is where I started to come down off the story’s canna/lude/coke/valium high… We find out that Bret is Susan and Thom’s attacker after Susan recognizes the bite mark she left on her attacker’s arm, casually peeking out from Bret’s long sleeve Polo. He breaks her hand and threatens her, to keep her quiet. (It’s only years later that Bret finds out Susan immediately told Thom about what she saw on Bret’s arm).

Coupled with this jarring reveal, we are also told (through a letter written to the press) that The Trawler is neither Bret nor Robert. The Trawler is independent of both young men but is indeed a part of the cult roaming the hills of LA. They claim that Robert Mallory was ‘their God’, and the mutilated bodies were ’sacrifices’ given to ‘the God’. Then I just sat with the book closed and wondered what I had just read.

I went back and forth on whether I felt this deserved 4 or 5 stars (like my opinion matters LOL). What gives me doubt is the execution of the ending. As bulky of a book as THE SHARDS is, the writing was actually pretty easy to follow. It flowed frictionlessly from one page to the next. I didn’t even mind all the extraneous storylines because they flowed, and added flesh to the characters. However, the last few chapters ended in such an odd package of revelations and reveals that it almost seemed as if a different writer had tried to finish the story with Bret’s voice.

Now, I must also say, that after reading the book I did a lite Google search on Bret Easton Ellis, just to see what he’s up to today. Unsurprisingly, he seems to be exactly the man I’d expect him to be after growing up as a well-to-do SoCal private school kid (i.e., his book White, 2019). He has not escaped the haze of privilege and wealth, that tends to blind those with his upbringing, from the complex harsh multi-ethnic multi-cultural struggles of the world. I wasn’t disappointed though. Just confirmed. Only a privileged asshole could write so excellently about vanity, insecurity, and recreational pharmaceuticals. 

#the shards #bret easton ellis #4 stars #FICTION #review #books & libraries #currently reading #book review #booklr #booklover #booksbooksbooks #bookworm #literature #reviews #teen thriller #psychological thriller #mystery #suspense #2023

[flightyquinn]

5 Things Any GM Can Learn From "The Legend of Vox Machina"

Okay, I hesitated to make this post, because I didn't want to come off as one of those Critical Role fans that tells people to be more like Matt Mercer. So, first thing's first. Forget about Matt Mercer. Forget about Critical Role. I'm just talking about the show. A show which I resisted watching for the longest time due to its association with the Critical Role fanbase, and which now lives in my head rent free.

Regardless of how things are run at the table, the way that "The Legend of Vox Machina" adapts the gameplay into a show can teach some valuable lessons about what makes for a good story. You don't have to be Matt Mercer to adapt these ideas into your own game.

Work in the characters' backstories; This is probably the biggest one. Almost every story beat in TLoVM is in some way relevant to a member of the group. They don't just fight an evil cult, they fight the evil cult that killed a party member's family. They don't just find a city being attacked by monsters, it's where one of the party members is supposed to go for an important trial, and the last place her mother was seen alive. The group of monster hunters they try to enlist the aid of isn't just any band of mercenaries, it's one that someone in the party has history with, former friends and bad blood both. The players have more of a stake in the world, because their connections to it are everywhere. They're a part of what's happening already.

Give players cool shit; This can mean literal things, like the gunslinger getting a few extra bullets in his gun and a dark aesthetic when going after targets of vengeance. Or it can mean cool moments to use their abilities, like the central feature of a location being a magical tree that the druid can commune with to give the party a critical advantage. It can even be as simple as tossing out a few "softballs" during encounters by letting things target the PC who has the best chance of taking it, rather than the one it would be most effective against. Whatever it is, try to find things that make each player feel cool.

Treat RAW as a suggestion; This kind of goes hand in hand with the previous, but takes it a little farther. There's a lot of moments in the show that, strictly speaking, probably aren't in the rules. Like the druid making a path under a racing carriage by summoning vines under it, a dragon unleashing mass destruction with a single breath attack, or even something so simple as a magic hand spell being able to conjure feet and specific gestures. Letting things happen (or at least letting things be rolled for) helps to make the story more interesting, though. Sure, don't let players jump to the moon, or roll to win, but keep in mind that it's okay to play a little fast and loose, especially when it's something that reasonably could be done, there just isn't a rule for it, or when the story is more interesting with it happening than with it not.

Fail forward; At the beginning of the show, the party starts a bar fight and gets kicked out, but then finds a notice for a well-paying quest. Later, they cause a diplomatic incident and should be arrested, but a sympathetic NPC gets them put under house arrest instead, where a subsequent attack on their home convinces the captain of the guards watching them to let them go. Even when three members of the party are completely stopped by a thing of evil locked door, that door is eventually opened by a lone soldier come to empty a chamberpot whom they can easily (if not cleanly) deal with. What all these scenarios have in common is that they're all moments when the players messing up could have completely halted the game, but instead the game was allowed to keep moving, albeit with consequences. The point of the game is to have fun, and it's not fun if things stall and grind to a halt. So if something would lead to a dead end in the plot, give the players a way forward. It doesn't need to be easy, but it needs to be there.

Make callbacks to minor things; The party can't afford the dragon-slaying lance, and later when they could get it for free and bypass a major plot, they see it destroyed. The bard has miscommunication with a random noble, and later that same noble is a part of other events. The adventurers the party got in a bar fight with were the ones who were supposed to take the job they ended up landing. Much like referencing the players backstories, referencing the story itself helps the story to feel more grounded and real. The events are no longer happening in isolation, but to people the players recognize, and with things that they remember exist. It invites them to pay attention, because they know that their attention may become relevant down the line.

#tabletop gaming #tabletop roleplaying #ttrpgs #game mastery #dungeon master #running the game #the legend of vox machina

[scrollypoly]

from one ben simp to another, infodump away. happy birthday!! 🎂🥳

Blows the dust off of my fingertips . . . Hi >:3

I have no idea how much I rambled on my ben on this blog im ngl, so some of this might be repetitive BUT I can talk about whatever I want 😤 and im gonna talk about my boy 😤😤

So . . . My Ben Lawman was around 12 when he died. He joined the Luna cult with his best friends Matt and Rosa Hubris and was like the baby of their friend group. He was the younger of the three, and in an abusive household where him and his mother were at risk from his dad. He also wasn't able to do any kind of transition while he was alive, though he was starting to realize he was trans. Matt was like the older knight in shining armor and was the kid that beat up people who messed with Ben and sister. And Rosa was super supportive and always the shoulder he could lean on, he was super close with both of them. There were no dire or traumatic consequences that stemmed from their closeness in life 🙂😇

Anyways, Ben was the first to ascend and when he ascended into BEN, it was. Not what he was expecting at all. But they both made the most of it (I wrote a thing about their meeting, I'll link it somewhere). Matt was actually the second to ascend when he was about 16-17, and since BEN kinda had an idea of what was going on (it had no idea what happened with Ben or what was going on, even though that was what it was eventually created for) it was very happy and excited to see Matt. Matt grew to not like BEN cuz he saw BEN as his own replacement for Ben, being his protector and support. This resentment towards it is what led Matt to trying to kill BEN and overthrow it later on (arg events).

Rosa was actually the very last to ascend. She never wanted to be in the cult, so when it took Ben and her brother, she ran tf outta there. Other cultists eventually tracked her down when she was 19 and actually kidnapped her and ended up killing her to make her ascend. It was not good, she has the worst trauma out of all of them because of it :( She ascended 6 years after Ben and 3 years after her brother Matt.

There are more moon children in BEN, Spencer, Kevin, Chris, and theres also Sarah and Alex, though they don't have the same freedoms as the moon children. These are the three I have the most fleshed out though, at least origin wise. They all kept growing up together, the moon children have the option of whether they wanna keep aging as normal or kind of "freeze" their age. Most of them took it, except for Chris, who was the youngest to ascend (11) and very much wanted to stay a kid. Hes the baby of the group :3 sunflower child

(I'll stop here so its not another long ass dump post of nonsense lol)

#my posts #creepypasta #ben drowned #ben drowned headcanons #my writing #scb stuff #creepypasta headcanons

[tuttle-did-it]

Rewatched Timeless since the finale took place the week of Christmas, 2023.

This show frustrates me SO, SO much. So much.

They have Rufus, who is amazing. Especially when paired with Jiya. Seriously, Malcolm Barrett is a massive part of why this show went more than 6 episodes, and he has wonderful chemistry with Claudia Doumit.

They have Goran Visnjic who manages to play the villain with so much heart that you pay far more attention when he's on screen.

Goran and Malcolm are the two elements of why this show-- when it worked-- worked. The two of them had SO much charisma, so much put into their characters that no matter what was going on on the screen, you wanted to know what happened to them. You needed to know if they were okay.

They have Susanna Thompson, who aside from being a very compelling actor on her own, was stellar as the Queen Borg on Voyager.

They have Annie Wershching, who manages to play a villain without being absurd or over the top. (She also played the Queen Borg for Picard, but I really, really hate Picard. But I quite like Annie. RIP Annie.)

They had a main woman character who had agency, and a storyline of her own.

They have a creepy clandestine cult trying to destroy the world, that's always fun.

They had Sakina Jaffrey and Paterson Joseph, both of whom are enjoyable to watch.

They had Colman Domingo as a guest star playing Bass Reeves-- just before he exploded and became known to the world. As expected, he was brilliant every moment.

Sean Maguire guest starred in an episode, he was great as well. Karen David played a young Denise Christopher with excellence.

They didn't let Matt Frewer do an accent, so he was fine.

They have a time machine where they can go anywhere in time. How can you go wrong with this premise?

They have writers from Mad Men and The Walking Dead.

They have stories where they can focus on women, People of Colour and queer people who have all been forgotten in history. This is the key point on why the show should have worked-- the hidden histories.

This all could have worked. This should have worked. This fucking show SHOULD HAVE WORKED.

If they hadn't had a forced love story between the main woman character and the horrible, stupid, possessive toxic masculinity wrapped up in insecurity soldier boy.

Everything else about this stupid show worked. But they spent so much time focussing on a love story between the two most boring, most under-developed, worst characters on the show that they ruined it.

I don't know if it was Matt Lanter's acting, if it was the writing, the directing, I don't know.

What I do know is that every time Rufus, Jiya, Flynn, Denise, Connor and Emma were on the screen, I cared what happened. When Lucy was on the screen by herself, I cared less, but it was fine. When Lucy and Wyatt were on the screen, I zoned out. I came on Tumblr, I checked my emails, I replied to texts from friends. I could not care even a second every time they were on screen. When just Soldier Boy was on, I started to doze.

This show is SO frustrating. SO much of it worked. But not the bits they were so focussed on showing.

This show makes me mad sometimes. I'm mad at the lost opportunities, I'm mad for the moments that worked well and were never unpacked. I'm mad for all the episodes we could have had highlighting women, People of Colour and queer people forgotten through history. I'm mad that to get to all the great moments with Flynn, Rufus, Jiya, Denise, Connor and Emma, I have to sit through SO much crap with Lucy and Soldier Boy.

This show is like two different shows-- an interesting one with lots of great characters in interesting situations, and a horrible soap opera with the dumbest, most selfish, most bland white people ever that I wish would just die.

And then two minutes later, Rufus or Flynn is on scene and I care again.

This show makes me mad.

#timeless tv show #timeless #goran visnjic #abigail spencer #malcolm barrett #paterson joseph #sakina jaffrey #claudia doumit #annie wersching #susanna thompson #matt frewer #matt lanter #colman domingo #this show makes me mad #I hate it #timeless rant #sean maguire #i hate wyatt #I love half this show and I hate the other half so I don't even know if I like this show #cancelled tv shows #tv shows #tv show rewatch #this show makes me mad. #The whole Captain America soldier boy thing does not work for me in general #But it really doesn’t work for me with Wyatt. I hate him. #this show so frustrating

[picked-off-by-barzal]

The New York Islanders as their corresponding jersey numbers to songs on my Spotify wrapped top 100 songs of 2023:

• 3 (Adam Pelech)- Not Strong Enough by boygenius

• 4 (Sam Bolduc)- El Tango De Roxanne by Original Broadway Cast of Moulin Rouge! The Musical

• 6 (Ryan Pullock)- my tears ricochet by Taylor Swift

• 7 (Grant Hutton)- All I Wanted by Paramore

• 8 (Noah Dobson)- ceilings by Lizzy McAlpine

• 10 (Simon Holstrom)- The Archer by Taylor Swift

• 13 (Mat Barzal)- Stick Season by Noah Kahan

• 14 (Bo Horvat)- Maroon by Taylor Swift

• 15 (Cal Clutterbuck)- TEARS! by 5 Seconds of Summer

• 16 (Julien Gauthier)- Evergreen (You Didn’t Deserve Me At All) by Omar Apollo

• 17 (Matt Martin)- Gilded Lily by Cults

• 18 (Pierre Engvall)- Cruel Summer by Taylor Swift

• 20 (Hudson Fasching)- Graceland Too by Phoebe Bridgers

• 21 (Kyle Palmieri)- The View Between Villages by Noah Kahan

• 24 (Scott Mayfield)- Waiting Room by Phoebe Bridgers

• 25 (Sebastian Aho)- We’ll Never Have Sex by Leith Ross

• 26 (Oliver Wahlstrom)- this is me trying by Taylor Swift

• 27 (Anders Lee)- Bleach by 5 Seconds of Summer

• 28 (Alex Romanov)- ARE WE STILL FRIENDS? by Tyler, The Creator

• 29 (Brock Nelson)- Motion Sickness by Phoebe Bridgers

• 30 (Ilya Sorokin)- Out of the Woods by Taylor Swift

• 40 (Semyon Varlamov)- Dial Drunk by Noah Kahan

• 44 (Jean-Gabriel Pageau)- Tears Over Beers by Modern Baseball

• 53 (Casey Cizikas)- Starting Line by Luke Hemmings

Bonus because I’m so so sad!

• 12 (Josh Bailey)- Miss Missing You by Fall Out Boy

• 21 (Kyle Okposo)- The View Between Villages by Noah Kahan

• 72 (Anthony Beauvillier)- Strange by Celeste

• 91 (John Tavares)- Everything I Didn’t Say by 5 Seconds of Summer

#new york islanders #nhl #spotify wrapped #isles

[zumpietoo]

Part Deux...

No, dude, you WISH PP was "a part of that family".....kinda obvious....especially given how PP's own family (who she ignores) is legit rustbelt trash....

Mark was on a much bigger show than CB is on and clearly revels, daily, in how he got Cari together. He's also been friends with/known Cole since they were tweens.....PLUS....he isn't an actual Sprouse so WTF does it even have to do with PP "being part of that family"?

Oh and, lastly? Not only is PP, herself, ofc, a colossal attention whore, but her mom (speaking of thirsty) remains the woman who doled out info to her faithful tweens, including "speshul" pictures....

Dude....have you looked at your kween (and her man and her family) EVERRRRR????

This was a very lowkey, casual but classy event....

Once again, have you looked at your kween? Also....Cole and Dylan are both close to Ari's and Babs's large families....plus it's called integrating and creating a life together....

So deep, so klasseee.....and (sing along with me) have you looked at your kween recently? BTW....Ari looked lovely.

How are ANY of "these weddings" remotely "dirty looking"? This was casual and lowkeyish, but they're older, both previously divorced, etc....however, I thought it looked absolutely splendid! And let's not even get started on the weddings this part summer or Babs in couture, etc....

"Dirty looking" would be whatever the fuck Mommeee went to awhile back and shared pics of her arm flab for the world, prior to the bride posting....and while Fancee Nicola's wedding itself certainly wasn't, PP's conduct there most assuredly WAS....

Again, Cabana Boi isn't remotely hot or funny and I really question the "trust fund" (tho I do get you like to pretend, Silly/janASS)...and I don't think scabbing for less than scale on a cult/student/one and done project, while scrambling to make her next mortgage payment is "on top professionally", either....

Ummm....have you looked at your kween??? Also, with Cole iz fatty, ummm....A) no and B) have you looked at your kween?

Oh hai, Liareyes----I remember when you searched that out over 6 years ago. Next time, try updating yourself.....I think Matt sold the house over a year ago and bought a place with Lindsey. He also (clearly) has plenty of his own $$$.....my guess is that was some sort of tax shelter or trust fund....(you know, like you guys pretend CB has!)

Oh wow....how far off the map is this?

Yes, PP never "fit in" because she didn't want to bother herself/was still under mommeee's pull at that point. However, noooo.....other than Chrissy (sad girl mutuals), I don't think any of the Sprouses liked her one bit. Including Babs....

It's long been really obvious Dylan couldn't stand her and it seems like she and Matt, past a few meetings, only got along for Cole's sake. I'd even point out they all liked BREETCH better than they liked PP....and, albeit for entirely selfish, gold digging reasons, Breetch DID make an effort (for awhile, at least).

And by "fans" do they mean "close family friends"? Dude, you're so pressed and it's so fucking funny!

[inutaffy]

could you maybe tell me about the various byler gates ? when you have the time ?

yeah sure!

so there were a bunch of theories after vol1 drop (we didn't call them gates then) and after vol2 they all started to get fleshed out and with the joke of "watergate" made by dustin (and vecna opening all those gates) we just kinda adopted it for different theories for season 5 or analysis about byler or season 4

scriptgate: this is the non show related one. so 8flix is a site that like gives scripts to people/public (film students use it etc) and there was a gofundme to donate to 8flix and like you would get your email signed up on the list and then the stranger things script sent you. the first one was episode 8 (vol2) basically it was supposed to come early august. like august 3rd or something i do not remember exactly but nick (8flix guy) got a lot more people on his email list than ever, and he wanted to do it one by one rather than a big release so we waited like 3 days or so (THIS TIME PERIOD IS SO ICONIC HONESTLY HILARIOUS SO MANY MUTUALS MADE.) there was like people drinking sangrias, i made a pizza, people were making crafts in the tag, it was a big sleepover. very fun, each time it got delayed it was funnier and funnier 😭. anyways we finally got the scripts (but at what cost) and they were so fuckinf depressing there was not a dry eye in the house. will said "i hate who i am" and nancy said "jonathan who?" it was terrible. and a couple days later stranger writers basically implied they were fake. like they were fake scripts. AND THEN EVERYONE TURNED ON NICK. it was a big thing but basically he was saying they weren't fake, and there's 2 big theories: that either he had very early scripts or just a bad source. anyways netflix said he could keep posting them as long as it wasn't revealing anything that wasn't already known (spoilers for season 5 i guess) (worth noting that when nick got his acc hacked on twitter "he" said shit like he was gonna name his source and 2 actors had confirmed the scripts. he was hacked so ignore this. i believe him at least)

letter gate: theory that mike has written letters to will while he was gone but never sent them, also most people believe that he kept said letter in his pocket in the custom blue shirt he wore throughout season 4

pocket gate: finn mentioned this in the hair chair before the st costume designers said this but, they made him a custom shirt (the iconic one for season 4.) few things to know! the pocket opens sideways, it looks like there could be something in it (because it never creases), the costume designers used triangle imagery on robin because of its meaning to the queer community and the pocket is a blue square with a grey triangle, and the pocket was mostly pointing towards will the entire season, will was always on mikes left! very few times was it pointing towards anyone else

breathgate: so i THINK this gate is about mike and max paralelling/lumax+byler endgame secured. so when mike saw the painting in the scripts that the stranger writers twt released it said "his breath catches" and when max was asked by lucas if she wanted to go to a movie friday it said "her breath catches." this could also be about how byler... breathed in sync when they were out in the field in the ending scene. or it could be about that very deep breath mike took when he was looking at will when they were in the van!

bald mike wheeler: i don't wanna talk about it <- traumatized 😶 KIDDING anyways so people basically edited this pic of mike in the hell fire outfit as bald and started creating a "cult" out of it and making their mutuals and friends worship bald mike. byler tag chaos obvi. my mutual rori sent like 20 images in my inbox. i was frightened.

matt duffers basement: ok so someone was pretending to be matt duffer on tumblr and made an "official" account and idk how really but people started claiming he was locking him in his basement and people started making a joke out of it and the person running the account played along too lmao. it was a sleepover in there

twilightgate: basically people editing mike and will's faces on edward and bella . don't miss that era .

wormgate: OK THIS COULD EITHER BE ABOUT THE TIME PERIOD WERE PEOPLE PUT MIKE AND WILL'S FACES ON WORMS OR ITS ABOUT MIKE OR WILL ASKING THE OTHER "would you still love me if i was a worm" i think it's the former tho

mikhailgate+background guy gate+wills love interest gate: they're all connected im sorry. so mikhail is enzo/dmitri's son, and people started theorizing saying mikhail was going to make an apperance in hawkins i forgot the logistics of it, but basically he's boris from the goldfinch but like. stranger things. so he looks like mike but more russian LMAO. i forgot the- willhail! that was the ship name! basically so mike could be a jealous bitch they made up an entire character! there was fanfic and fanart, people were serious. background guy, were basically taking a bunch of extras and making characters around them. like that dude with "hell" on his shirt i think his name was brett, there was fanart of him ! and then the goth girl that looks similar to eden was el's gf apparently! those 2 are most prominent i forgot the others. and will's love interest was just all of this. people would even take people from other media. like i saw one that had miguel from cobra kai (apparently argyles cousin 💀)

birthdaygate/memory gate: so this one i don't keep up with because i don't like it. i know what it's about though! so will's birthday is mar 22nd and people in the pre vol2 era thought his bday was gonna get addressed in vol2 but it wasn't so now there's a big conspiracy that it's going to have a bigger play out in s5 (like him blowing up at everyone /mike etc) but some people think it's because vecna can... steal memories. this claim is backed up by the lyric "let me steal this moment from you now" from running up that hill. someone can explain this gate better than me

babygirl gate: someone made a tweet that made it to tumblr basically saying will was rubbing his back whispering babygirl in mikes ear so he could say i love you to el/his girlfriend. which sparked people to make will's quotes to mike say babygirl instead of mike(his name.)

decedants gate: is just like twilight gate. i forgor if mike is mal and will is ben. i think that's right. yeah. it was cool!! comparing byler to their relationship!! about how mal chose to be with ben because he makes her happy!

playlistgate: mike has a very queer coded playlist, promiently "smalltown boy" by bronski beat. it's a song about running away/leaving. this could also be about finn's playlist called "drive" which could be a playlist for mike (it's known that he makes playlists for his characters.) or this could be about (tender emotional music) and how the stranger things sound track proves byler endgame! or about how spotify /st took off a bunch of peoples playlists (some songs off mike and maybe will's too i think.) im not Exactly sure what this one is about.

flickergate: !!!!!!! MY FAV!!!!! season 5 theory mike and will go to the upside down and kiss in the wheelers garage! REMEMBER HOW MIKES GARAGE LIGHT FLICKERED AS WILL LEFT? byler kiss secured! that "it was a 7. the demogorgon, it got me." WAS THEIR FIRST REAL ONSCREEN CONVERSATION! also where everything went wrong, and immense forshadowing. any 7 is a byler number. also the upside down is stuck on nov 6 (day will went missing) so they would technically kiss on that day. a lot smarter person can explain this one.

salt lamp gate: basically a pic of mike licking a salt lamp and people in the byler tag talking about licking their salt lamps . i don't know what prompted this

gridgate: so duffers posted this story boarding grid (blank) back in like end of august/september. and then updated it but it was BLURRED. they blurred it. fucking tease. so people started to unblur it and read what it says but u couldn't make out anything really. and something we thought was a drawing was a pen holder. upsetting. what the hell. they were making fun of us. anyways we were insane for that.

things i'm not smart enough to cover or idk what they're about: 8:15 gate, ikea gate, google maps gate, mjgate, white rabbit gate

anyone feel free to add on!/tell me anything i missed!

#lord that was a lot sorry 😭 #byler #stranger things #mike wheeler #will byers #add on if u want to help me out oajdoajdoak

[edwardnortonwhore]

THE TRUTH HURTS || STRANGER THINGS X AHS ROANOKE

A/n: I thought this up randomly today and I'm sick after getting my 2nd covid vaccine so if this is terrible I'm sorry.

Notes: when they film return to roanoke, the cameras will be live streaming instead of having to be processed after the 3 days. Also, the location of the house is unknown so no one can send help.

Pairings: brother!Steve harringtonxm!reader, bf!eddiemunsonxm!reader, platonic!myroanokenightmarecastxm!reader, ect.

Warnings: blood, extreme injury detail, gore, death, murder, cannibalism, drug usage, swearing, sexual themes and possibly more.

Summary: y/n harrington was an actor on my roanoke nightmare. He played jake Miller, the 18 year old son of shelby and matt, who was mysteriously murdered by the butcher. When invited back to roanoke for a spinoff with the cast, he accepts but not before expressing his worry to his friends, who don't take him seriously until its too late.

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"Just beacuse I agreed to go back doesn't mean I'm not worried! Just beacuse nothing particularly bad happened while we were there doesn't mean bad things didn't happen when shelby and matt and Lee where there!" Y/n argued with his brother.

"Stop being such a wimp y/n! Jesus, you'll be fine. The whole roanoke cult ghosts thing is just bullshit. Stop worrying because you're scaring people." Steve replied.

"It's not like you're gonna die y/n/n! Worst off you're gonna get a broken finger from falling over." Max added.

"Whatever, I'm driving up there today, I'll be there tommorow night. See ya." He gave Steve a hug before walking over to the smaller kids who had become his family in the years he'd known them. He knelt down in front of them slightly. "Don't cry dusty, ill be back in a week."

The boy just hugged him tightly. He had a tendency to worry about everyone since the Russian base and starcourt mall. Y/n bid the rest of the kids a goodbye but not before eleven could whisper something in his ear and pads him something.

"Watch your back. He will return." She slyly slipped something cold into the back pocket of his jeans before hugging him and leaving him to go see Eddie. It confused y/n greatly but deep down, a part of him knew exactly what the young girl meant.

Eddie engulfed his slightly shorter boyfriend in a hug, burying his face into y/n's neck. "I'm gonna miss you so much." He whined. "Why do you have to leave again?"

Y/n looked into his eyes as he stood up straight again, putting his hands onto the shoulder pads of Eddie's leather jacket.

"I need the money from this gig but I also need to catch up with some old friends. I haven't seen Rory or Audrey since their wedding and I need to make sure shelby is doing okay, the divorce has been hard on her and I want her to be okay."

"Okay." He mumbled, kissing him for a moment, pulling away before speaking again. "I love you. Bye." He smiled.

"I love you too eds, bye."

And with that, he got into his car and waved everyone a goodbye before driving off down the road and back to roanoke.

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a day later and y/n had arrived at the house. He was first greeted by Sidney who hugged him and told him where the others where. He walked slowly into the house, only to be greeted with two excruciating hugs from Audrey and Rory.

"OH MY GOD! I HAVENT SEEN YOU IN BLOODY AGES!" She screamed at him, a huge smiled painted on her face.

"Good to see you Audrey, I've missed you so much! You too Rory!" He turned to face his ginger friend.

"Good to see you too man."

The three walked further into the house only to be greeted by monet who greeted the man with yet another hug. They engaged in conversation for a while, asking about how each other had been and so on until matt and Lee arrived. It was then when the real drama started. Shelby practically launched herself at the poor sod as his sister, Lee, screamed at the blonde to get off him.

Y/n instantly stood up and ran over, grabbing hold of shelbys arm gently and pulling her back slightly. She cried and screamed at him to let go of her but he knew that of she did, her and Lee would end up in a huge physical fight and he wanst allowed to let that happen.

"SHELBY! you gotta listen to me honey! This isn't going to work if you keep doing this. You need to calm down!" He said to her. She just stormed off, back upstairs. Crying and wailing, all sorts of profanities and curses that could be heard though out the house.

He walked back over to sit next to monet, leaning back into the sofa and laughing quietly to himself.

"Jesus fuck. I've been here for what, 20 minutes?" He breathed out, hoping that that would be worst of the next 3 days over. But boy was he wrong.

That night, Rory went missing, much to Audrey's dismay. But she insisted that he wasn't dead, or kidnapped, he had left to take up a role in a new Hollywood movie. That was all. But then Agnes attacked the house. She was outside, knife in hand, banging at the windows, shouting in a sad British accent with her roanoke season 1 costume on.

Everyone had been focused on her. But not y/n. He had been focused on the boy behind her. A teenager. Jake Miller. A ghost.

He had an axe in his head. A straight, bloody line through his skull. It was then that he knew what el had meant. He was back. During the filming of season 1, while playing jake, y/n had seen the boys ghost on set. It never did anything or said anything. But it was present every day for 6 months.

Then, when things begun to get worse, monet, Lee, y/n and Audrey decided to go through the tunnel in the basement to get help, leaving shelby, matt and Dominic alone in the house.

It was dark down there, it would of been darker if the cameras they were using didn't have flashlights. It was dark and dusty but they followed It. They had to get out. But then they were confronted by a ghost. The ghost of Edward mott. Audrey and y/n had mistaken it for Rory for a moment before it became deformed and let out a terrifying shriek. The four had ran for their lives, kicking up dust and screaming for help until they got put of the godforsaken place. It wasn't over yet however.

They had forgotten one thing.

The polks.

And, despite their attempts at fighting, they had been taken by them. Back to their old, run down farm filled with marujana and dirt and blood. When they got there, Lee had been separated from them and the cameras had been taken away to another room.

The two men were using the electronics to film the three remaining actors who were all chained to a wall and slumped on the dirty, rotting floor. Audrey was crying violently into his shoulder, screaming about Rory. On their way, they had found his torn uo corpse in a tree leaving the group in a state. Monet was pleading with the old woman who was leaning over her with a smug expression.

"Please. Please please let us go!" She wailed at the woman. "We won't tell anyone. I promise! We promise!"

Mama polk just sneered at her.

"Pathetic!" She shouted. "What?" She turned to y/n who stared at her coldly, no emotion present on his face. "YOU NOT GONNA BEG FOR YOUR LIFE?"

She threw a wooden spoon at him and it hit him square in the face, but his expression remained the same. The male polks just laughed at him, fliming it and jeering.

"I dont beg for my life you witch. I never have and I never fucking will." He said, Golding eye contact with her and spitting at her face.

She laughed and wiped the residue of her face grimly. "See, this is what I like. A man with a little self respect."

"So, you like me so much, you're gonna let Audrey and monet go, you will go retrieve Lee if she's even alive still and free her too. Keep me here, do whatever the fuck you want to me. I don't care. Just let them go." Again, no emotion struck the sentence.

"Fine."

Silence.

Shock.

Screaming as the two girls were untied by the polk boys and dragged out of the shack.

Black.

When he awoke, y/n found himself in a room, strapped to a chair. It was full of weed and cocaine. All sorts of stuff. He knew this was it, so, as mama polk walked over to him slowly, he asked one last request.

"Can I send use the cameras to send a message to my family? I know they're watching and I want to say goodbye before they ate forced to watch you murder me." He asked quietly.

She snatched the camera from jether and chucked it at him.

"You got 5 minutes." And they left.

Y/n struggled to hold it up as he was tied up and restrained but he managed. He looked deeply into the lense of the camera and begun to speak.

"Dear family and the other 6 million people who are watching this live right now. I am trapped in a shack somewhere with some crackheads right now and as you all know, I'm gonna die. I'm sorry that you are going to have to see this but you do. Before I die, I want to pass a message onto some people I hold very dearly to me." He paused and begun to cry quietly.

" dear Steve, you are the best brother I could ask for. I swear the amount of times you've saved me from stupid shit just for me to get murdered by an old lady is mental but it is what it is I guess. Do us a favour yeah? Don't let the kids see me get murdered. I'm nit gonna go nicely and I don't want you watching it either. I know your rebellious arse is going to anyways but please, be careful. I love you bro.

Audrey, monet, mat, shelby, if you're alive, don't let these motherfuckers get away with hurting you or us. For fucks sake, get over your differences, get revenge. For Rory, and flora amd everyone else who has fallen vuctim to this god forsaken shit holey. Even Sydney.

Kids, don't cry. Or do. I can't do anything about it but just know that I'll always be with you. Dusty, don't be depressed over me. I'm a shit influence on you so don't end up like me. Will, admit your feelings man, it's been like 6 years! Max, lucas, sort yourselves out. Get married and have kids, or don't, just be happy. Mike, you've got nancy, don't forget that. She's gonna be sad too. And el. You're like a sister to me and I don't want you to get depressed or scared or angry. Don't watch this tape more than anyone. It'll just get stuck in your head and I can't do that to you. I love you all.

And Eddie, I love you. I always will. I know you're scared and upset and angry but promise me you won't do something stupid. Don't do what I did. Don't watch this after I finish beacuse I don't want to hurt you further. I love you always.

I'm sorry it has to end this way." He stopped as a heavy book was thrown at him, cutting his eyebrow. But he continued quickly. "I love you all, don't forget that. Fulfill your goals. You can do literally anything. Goodbye from y/n/n, over and out." The camera was snatched away from his hands and he begun to cry. A mixture if sweat, blood and tears ran down his face and onto his torn shirt.

Mama polk hobble toward him, pulling a knife out of her pocket. It was rusted and old, probably infected with something. Before she used it, sh dipped it in a bucket labeled saltwater.

"Oh fuck." Y/n whispered to himself before he was taken over by a horrific pain in his shoulder.

He screamed out louder than ever as she tore away huge, red strips if flesh from the bone, leaving his tricep raw. The bone was sticking out and blood sprayed over the old hag.

But, instead of stopping, she continued. She skinned both if his arms until he couldn't scream anymore. She cut out his liver and stomach. She tore out his hair, pulling huge chunks of his scalp with it.

Y/n couldn't bare the pain, let alone the thought that his family was watching this right now.

And, as his head got heavier and heaver and his breaths slowed and rasped, he shouted one last word before the sweet release of death.

His eyes made contact with jethers camera and he managed to spit one last, blood soaked word.

"Eddie."

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Back in Hawkins, all hell broke loose. The kids were distraught and panicking on the kitchen along with Steve, Robin and Joyce who tried to calm them down. Meanwhile, Eddie, Nancy and hopper sat, paralysed, unable to move away from the TV screen as it played the sounds and sight of their friend and lovers death. Tears streamed down each one of their faces and Eddie screamed as y/n's corpse fell limp and was kicked by the female polk before being smashed to pieces by jether and another man he couldn't remember. He got up and kicked the TV, cracking it slightly, before running out into the woods.

The house was filled with silence. Everyone had heard it. Eddie's screams, y/n's screams. And then, the struggling voice of Audrey tindal as she came into the view of the camera, covered in cuts and blood and knelt down beside her best friends corpse.

She let out a shout and held his remains up to her body like a child, his guts and blood spilling onto her as she sobbed.

Hoppers phone rang and so did Steve's. It was the police. The next day, the whole group made the journey down to roanoke to speak with the police, fbi etc.

Audrey sat in a room alone, away from Lee who was being questioned on suspicion of murder, attempted murder and child endangerment. Steve walked over to talk to her quietly, they confirmed eachother and alot of hugging was exchanged before an officer came and asked to see Steve and eddie.

They were showed the body and they both broke down again, they had to be carried out of the room by hopper and Murray who had gone along incase something like this happened.

A week later, a funeral was held for y/n. Audrey attended, along with flora and her grandparents, Lee who had to be accompanied by an officer and other cast members or friends.

It had been arranged for speeches to be said, four in total.

Steve went first. He cried through it all but manged to keep going.

"My, my brother y/n, was an amazing person, brother, friend, boyfriend. He was smart, kind, brave, understanding, funny, there isn't enough words to be truthful. And he was taken too soon. His death was unfair but it was not in vain. He saved alot of people in his sacrifice although we all wish it didn't have to end this way. A-and, I hope wherever he is, he knows that we love him, and we will always remeber him."

He got down from the altar and went to check on eddie who was sat in the front row, crying his eyes out into Robins shoulder as she too cried.

Next was eleven.

"I-ive known y/n for a long time. I met him when I was 12. He was like my big brother. He was my big brother. And he helped me alot. He saved me and guided me and he was the best friend anyone could ask for ever. I love him alot and I want him to know that I love him. We all do and that he is in a better place now." She walked away to sit with Jim and Joyce, tears threatening to spill.

Then flora got up. Lee passed her a warning glance not to say anything but she ignored her.

"I knew y/n for a while. I met him during filming if the first season of the show. He was a great friend to me and he helped me through my dad's death, and I'm sad the he isn't here now. We all are. And, deep down, even though he knew the truth, he supported my mom, and me, and aunt shelby and uncle matt. He was an amazing person and I miss him. We love you y/n." She walked back to her grandparents, crying into their hugs as she sent a sympathetic smile to Audrey before she got up on the altar. There the last speech was read.

"I've known y/n for quite a long time. We met on a movie he did when he was 14. He was a bright boy, had a future ahead of him. He was an amazing actor and friend and boyfriend and he was honestly a wonderful person. I remember, there was one room in that whole house that had no cameras in, the bathroom. And, when running, I had placed our cameras on the bath. They couldn't hear us talk or see us. But he told me that I was going to be okay. And that he would do anything at all to make sure of that. And when he sacrificed himself for us, I've never wanted to die more. He didn't have too. He was capable of getting himself out of there and leaving but he didn't, he stayed and let his go. And when I found him I stayed with him. Until the cops got there. I felt the life leave my best friend. The man who held me, comforted me, helped me, made me laugh. He was perfect and that day came too soon for anyone to comprehend. I am truly sorry for him. And we live you y/n, thank you for being here."

And with that, security escorted the crying families out of the building to avoid the growing press that surrounded him.

It was a year later when a small boy knocked on the door of the cabin in the woods. He didn't speak, he just handed a note to Eddie and left.

He sat down to read it on the sofa quietly. He unfolded It and let his chocolate eyes scan the old paper.

Dear Eddie,

I am not alive, nor am I particularly safe. I am dead. I am a ghost. I am sorry that I bad to leave you but I did it for a reason and you have to understand that. I love you so much and I always will, come to these coordinated tommorow and you will find something there.

-y/n

And, when he got there, sure enough he found two figures.

It was y/n and monet, sat under a tree quietly. They turned to see him.

"She is coming. You must be quick. Take this and remember, I love you always." Y/n hugged hon tightly and kissed him before the pair if ghosts disappeared. Eddie was confused and angry. He was upset and in pain but the torches explained it soon enough and, as he sped down the road in a stolen van, he looked down at the locked y/n had given him 10 minutes before, he was finally at peace with himself.

#eddie munson #eddie munson x reader #eddie munson x male reader #ahs roanoke #roanoke #roanoke x reader #stranger things x reader #strangers things x ahs #male reader #ahs #american horror story

[bruce-adams]

Scene Report: Cobrafest 2023

Tolono, Illinois is a small village roughly 10 miles south of Champaign and/or Urbana. Matt Talbott, guitarist/singer for the band Hum, set up shop in town running Earth Analog Studios and a tar paper shack drinking establishment, the Loose Cobra.

The bar books bands, with Matt's preferences running to "Rush, Blue Oyster Cult, Waylon Jennings, and Kyuss." A couple of times a year, Matt sets up a stage in the parking lot next to the bar with an impressive sound rig and tiki lights and invites some of his favorite bands to play. And those bands are inevitably HEAVY. Fall 2022 was Okstoner Fest.

This past Saturday, July 8, was Cobrafest. Starting at 4:30 pm the lineup consisted of Nectar, Sweet Cobra, Mutt, Djunah, Terminus Victor, Centaur, Dibiase, and Cloakroom. I got things to do, so to my regret, I did not get down to see Sweet Cobra. I strongly recommend their recent album Threes, though.

Centaur is a trio Matt Talbott formed in 2002 when Hum was on hiatus. My old Cargo Chicago co-worker (and Chambana scene veteran from 16 Tons) Jim Kelly drums and Derek Niedringhaus plays the electric bass guitar. It's been a while since Centaur released any music and I've seen Matt play songs a lot like the Cobrafest set. The man-horse band shares a heaviness with Hum, and I detected a taste of drawn-out psych a la Spacemen 3 in the set. Lots of inner space is expressed via reference to outer space in the lyrics.

Djunah is the Chicago-based duo of guitarist/singer Donna Diane and drummer Jared Karns. They held the big stage well, between Diane's fluid heaviness and Karns' energetic working of the complete drum kit. Like Sweet Cobra, Djunah melds a lot of different hardcore and metal-derived genres into a flowing, sometimes jarring but coherent flow.

I saw Cloakroom at Loose Cobra some time ago and was very pleased when they released the Dissolution Wave EP. It was a significant expansion of the trio's sound into more textured and thematic sounds. I love it when a band pushes its parameters. Doyle Martin brought a box full o' effects to Tolono and it never sounded like he was stomping for stomping's sake. A friend commented that Cloakroom was a "throwback" that night, which I interpreted as some kind of Pink Floyd reference. Well, I hate that shit but I appreciate the trio's sonic explorations AND their commitment to impact. My hopes for their performance were high and they were met.

I was also impressed by the healthy turnout. I observe/complain that the Chambana music scene is dominated by what I call Ken Burns Adjacent kinds of music - bluegrass, alt-country, jammy, and other derivations that, however well played, don't do much for me. It was great to see folks turn out for unrepentant, loud rock music. Even if it's just to set up the camping chair, drink some beer, and hang.

#music writing #cloakroom #centaur #stoner metal #chambana

[soulofkhal]

Khal is Reading: Incredible Hulk (2023) #1

So I'm officially starting to document in here and in my journey in reading comics here and what better comic to start than with the only ongoing I currently read, The Incredible Hulk! This will be a monthly review!

Directly continuing from the previous run by Donny Cates and Ryan Ottley, Phillip Kennedy Johnson (PKJ) and Nic Klein teams up to bring horror into the Hulk lore. Not that the jade giant have shy away from horror genre before (re: Immortal Hulk and basically the entire Hulk origin took a lot of inspiration from Frankenstein's monster)

As this was my first ongoing, I was very cautious. Hulk is the (western) comic character that I've read the most of and I've grown fondness to the character. From discussions I've seen online, I assume that Hulk is one of the luckier characters in terms of the quality of his solo runs. Minus Aaron, the Ultimate universe and the recently finished Cates run, there hasn't been a lot of complaint regarding his run throughout the years and I'm hoping that this next one would not be joining this tiny list.

And while I can't promise that the quality would stay consistent throughout, this first issue for sure brings a lot of confidence.

The story begins with an exploration team exploring hidden tombs in Al-Qadissiyah, Iraq and unbeknowingly release an ancient entity (seemingly connected to the green door) and ended up being possessed by these entities. They form a cult that claims themselves to be the child of the Mother of Horror. Meanwhile, Bruce is now dealing with a very, angry Hulk after the recent events between him and the Hulk (from the Cates run). The cult believes that Hulk is necessary for the new Age of Monsters and proceed to plan to go after him.

We also got introduce to Charlene, a teenage girl trying to escape from her abusive dad who encounters the Hulk on her run. Now, one of the things that I miss the most about the Hulk was his relationship with his sidekicks/friends. Whether it's Rick Jones or Amadeus Cho/Brawn and I'm hoping that Charlene will stay as his travelling partner for most of this run.

As for what I think, I think this issue was amazing. Like "that's what I'm talking about" amazing. Like "Please give me the next issue asap" amazing. I was completely suprised at how much I love this first issue.

I was always worried whenever the first issue just didn't have enough "juice" on it for me to keep me interested or starts off in the middle of a story and keeps me confused and this issue have none of that. We get to see where Bruce is now at his life, the antagonist for this arc (at the very least), and his new friend and a surprising cameo 👀

Not to mention the art. The art is gorgeous and it depicts the horror and the grotesque nature of the story perfectly. All the credit goes to Nic Klein and Matt Wilson for the beautiful art.

All in all whether you were already a Hulk fan or you're a comic fan just looking for a promising action-horror comics, I think this comic fits perfectly for you.

If you have some money to spare and don't mind spending it on comics, do pre-order for the next issue if you are interested (or don't! It's up to you!)

Also great news, the first issue is currently sold-out and they're planning for a second print. Congrats to the Incredible Hulk team!

Final Rating: 9.5/10

#khal is reading #comic book review #incredible hulk #hulk #hulk comics #bruce banner

[elitehoe]

Houston AEW Dynamite + Rampage thoughts and reactions!!!

DYNAMITE

Samoa Joe vs Johnny Elite: JOHNNY ELITE AHHHHHHH as soon as we sat down he came out and we lost our shit like lost it fully I'm so happy about Johnny... I'm already planning matches out in my mind that I wanna see!! My brother and I knew Joe would win, but we still enjoyed Johnny's debut so damn much!! Hope Joe and Lethal have a match at DoN and end out this feud soon.

My nooj boi Rocky + best friends came out and I was probably the only one screaming in our section 🤦🏻‍♀️ ....

Matt and Matt's feral little brother feud is fucking coming *screaming at the top of my lungs* my brother isn't a Bucks stan like me so he was like ehh "hope they lose" 😂

CM PUNK 😭😭😭😭😭 I WAS SHAKING SO DAMN BAD WHEN CULT OF PERSONALITY CAME ON LIKE FULL ON SHAKING ALL MY PICS AND VIDS ARE SHIT CAUSE OF HOW BAD I WAS SHAKING

"ABORTION RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS" TSHIRT YESSSS MY PRO WOMEN + PRO CHOICE KING THANK YOU FOR THAT ❤️❤️ SENDING YOU LOVE

Konosuke Takeshita vs Hangman Adam Page: The second I was breathing the same air as CM Punk my brain went error 404. Then Konosuke came out and AHHHHHHH. HANGMAN IS EQUALLY AS PRETTY AS HE IS ON TV WOOOOOW HIS GEAR IN PERSON IS GORGEOUS!!! Babes I wanted to throttle myself into the ring and eat the pin so neither technically lost 😭. Konosuke did so damn good in that match and Hangman was darling as always!!!! My brother didn't know who Konosuke was, but he likes him now after that match! He was super impressed and I was so happy that he liked him!! We're both Hangy stans and were rooting for Hangy to win. So much more impressed with Konosuke after each match in AEW!! I also love that everyone else is loving him cause he deserves all of the love ok? Ok!!!

GTS FOR THE WIN 😳😳😳 HANGMAN BELOVED THAT WAS THE SEXIEST SHIT IVE EVER FUCKING SEEN 🥵 OH MY FUCKING GOD AND WHEN THEY CIRCLED AROUND EACH OTHER A BITCH ABOUT DIED

Also Houston fuck you and your CM Punk chants COWBOY SHIT ALL FUCKING DAY 😌😌😌

Swerve and Keith Lee vs Workhorsemen: The crowd reaction to Swerve and Keith 🤌🏻 IMMACULATE ENERGY IN THE ARENA. The match was great, the post match altercation *shaking in my seat* I was in the same room as Ricky Starks everyone shut up I'm having a moment!!! Christian my love if I wasn't with my brother I would've been acting a god damn fool over my favorite zaddy!! Fashion icon Hobbs 🥰 Jurassic Express entrance in person *chef's kiss* can't wait for the DoN match!! We knew Keith and Swerve were gonna fuck shit up!! Swerve's house and Bask In His Glory chants are 100/10 vibes!!!

Booing MJF in person was an astronomical vibe 100/10 will love to do again!!

Houston let his ass hear it tonight. Like damn he is sooooo good and I wanna cheer him, but I know he wouldn't really want me too cheer him so... Boo 👎🏻!

Wardlow 10 Lashes: I immediately went 😳😳😳 he came out shirtless let's start there bitch FROTHING AT THE MOUTH took every lash and FLEXXXING LAUGHING SMIRKING 🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵 Wardlow in person got to be the most beautiful man I've ever seen what the fuck babe you're sculpted by every god!!! They all legit took their time on the creation of Wardlow!! My brother is a Wardlow stan AHHHHHH I really won today!!! Also Wardlow tits in person 🥵

WHAT THE FUCK IS UP SHAWN SPEARS MEET MY ASS OUTSIDE YOU LITTLE BITCH WE NEED YO HAVE A LONG TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU DID TO WARDLOW 🤬🤬🤬

ROPPONGI VICE VS FTR DEEEEEAAAAD SOPH LOST FUNCTION EYES ROLLED TO THE BACK OF MY HEAD ALMOST MOANED THAT MATCH IS GONNA BANG SO FUCKING HARD 😩😩

Kyle O'Reilly vs Rey Fenix: 100/20 exceeded all my expectations. We were in absolute awe of this match start to finish!!! My brother wanted KOR to advance I wanted Fenix so we had a little sibling argument about this mid show and we chanted against each other.. Great vibes tbh.

KYLE O'REILLY VS ADAM COLE IN THE OWEN CUP FINAL TO COMPLETELY JUMPSTART THE FALL OF THE UNDISPUTED POLYCULE?!?!??! THE POSSIBILITIES OH MY FUCKING LORD I CANT WAIT FOR DON!!!!!!!

Also I would very much love to see reDRagon vs Lucha Brothers TK if you could fan service me that, that would be greatly appreciated k? K love you!! 💕

Regal and Jericho face to face confrontation: EVERYONE SHUT THE FUCK UP I GOT TO BREATHE THE SAME AIR AS HIS LORDSHIP WILLIAM REGAL LIFE IS COMPLETE I FEEL OKAY UNALIVING NOW *kidding of course 😶*

JON MOXLEY WAS IN THE SAME ROOM AS ME IM NEVER LETTING THAT GO 🥺🥺❤️❤️ also everyone who hates the wild thing theme fuck you that shit bangs!!!

When Eddie Santana and Ortiz popped up I legit forgot how to breathe my soul left my body and I know I was screaming but I wasn't coherent enough to actually hear myself screaming...

No Yoots cause he's in Japan for Best Of The Super Jr so 🥺 but 😆 I STILL GOT TO SEE MY BELOVED BLACKPOOL POLYCULE ❤️❤️

Fuck Chris Jericho that is all

WHAT chants for his lordship??!? WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK IS WRONG WITH YALL?!?! This pissed me off tbh...

WHEN HE CALLED DANIEL GARCIA FLOWER I ALMOST DROPPED TO THE FUCKING FLOOR

TK should fan service me and book Bryan vs Eddie before DoN let them fight it out pls!!

BLACKPOOL POLYCULE VS JAS AT DoN GOD DAMN BITCH THAT IS GONNA BE A FUCKING TREAT!! Lowkey wanted the Stadium Stampede tho Mox baby that would've been legendary ok but I'm happy I'm getting the match either way soooo.. Yea..

Britt Baker vs Maki Itoh: We thought it would be Athena cause it was Houston... But I wasn't disappointed just sad cause I wanted my girl in aew. I adore the Joshi tho so Maki was a welcomed surprise for me!! Overall Maki and Britt had a great match!! Really interested in seeing what they're gonna do with Maki I've seen she's supposed to be in the states for a while!!

TONI TIME TONI TIME TONI TIME TONI TIME can confirm Toni Storm is just as gorgeous in person as she is on tv!!!

Schiavone ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Serena Deeb was talking her shit!!! When she called out Dustin AHHHHHHHHHHHH and slapped him TELL ME RIGHT NOW SHE WOULDN'T BE A PHENOMENAL ADDITION TO BCC SHE HAS A SLAPPING KINK LIKE THE WHOLE POLYCULE!!!!

THUNDER ROSA MY FUCKING BELOVED AEW WOMEN'S CHAMPION MI REINA LA MERA MERA MI CAMPEONA!!!!

Serena meet my ass outside for hurting Rosa 😤

No seriously Serena Deeb vs Thunder Rosa is gonna be a phenomenal ass match and I wouldn't mind them extending the feud after DoN!!!!

Also also also TK give me the mixed tag!! Rosa and Dustin vs Serena and partner of her choice GIVE IT TO ME NOOOOOOW ANTONY

Jeff Hardy vs Adam Cole: We had Adam winning due to Bucks interference... JEFFERY NERO HARDY I just about fainted seeing Jeff!! Hearing the Hardy Boyz song doing the lil dancey dance with Jeff *INCOHERENT SCREAMING* that was ASTRONOMICAL 1000/10 RECOMMEND. Adam attacking Jeff like the evil rat he is. Severe disappointment from both my brother and I when we didn't get Adam Cole's entrance... But Adam did fan service the crowd by doing baybay mid beating the shit out of Jeff xd so thank you rat babe ilysm ❤️❤️ !! Main event was too short for my liking 😩

BUCKS VS HARDYZ IS FUCKING COMING IM FROTHING AT THE FUCKING MOUTH IM SCREAMING DYING PASSING OUT SHITTING MYSELF TAKING A PUFF FROM MY INHALER

NICK JACKSON AND I BREATHED THE SAME AIR 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I GOT TO SEE MY BUCKY BOI'S OH MY GOD Y'ALL DONT UNDERSTAND HOW I FELT I WAS SHAKING LITERALLY SHAKING AND HYPERVENTILATING CAUSE I WAS SEEING MATT AND NICK MY FAVORITE BITCHY BABYGIRLS 💖💖

And yes besties Matt Jackson's hair is just as pretty in person as it is on tv 💖 I love my milf Matty J 💖

My brother does not like the Bucks so we had entirely different reactions 😂 he got happy once Darby and Sting came out tho so good for him I guess... I was too busy foaming at the mouth over Matt and Nick to really notice his reaction.

Also Nick Jackson's hair is also prettier in person than it is on tv like seriously I need the number to the person who dyes his hair!! !!

I GOT TO SEE MATTS PHAT ASS IN THOSE WHITE SHORTS 🥵🥵🥵 I SUPPORT NICK JACKSON WEARING PINK THOSE ARE MY RIGHTS 🥵🥵🥵

RAMPAGE

WHEN THE LIGHTS TURNED OFF FOR THE HOB ENTRANCE I PASSED AWAY SAW THE OTHER SIDE AND RESURRECTED HOLY SHIT

House of Black entrance in person is such a fucking experience I want you all to experience that!!!

House of Black vs Fuego Del Sol, 10 and Evil Uno: OH MY FUCKING LORD BRODY KING SEES FUEGO AND GOES 'I need to obligate this twink' HOLY SHIT BRODY DEMOLISHES FUEGO EVERY SINGLE TIME. Uno and Brody was HOSS AS FUCK holy shit MALAKAI BEING FUCKING MALAKAI AND ON MY GOD I WANTED TO PASS OUT. Also happy birthday spooky dutch daddy I love you 🖤 !!! Respectfully Mr Buddy Matthews sir all I was looking at was your TIDDIES those are the nicest TIDDIES I've ever fucking seen WOOOOW. Also Buddy did the CERO MIEDO AND I LOST ALL SANITY. MALAKAI I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT US TO OBJECTIFY YOU BUT HOLY MOTHER OF FUCKING CHRIST WAS I SALIVATING!!! Malakai looks fucking delicious in person. Hard to focus on the match when HOB was walking around looking beautiful as fuck. No but really we both wanted HOB to pick up the win and god damn we're we so in awe of this match!! It was amazing!! This was 1000% my holy shit match I was completely mesmerized!!!

WAKE THE FUCK UP WE'RE GETTING DEATH TRIANGLE VS HOUSE OF BLACK AT DOUBLE OR NOTHING BABES OH MY GOOOOOOD LORD

THE TOMBSTONE WITH THE HOUSE OF BLACK AND DOUBLE OR NOTHING CHIP GLORIOUS

Penta is 😍😍 Rey Fenix is 💖💖 PAC is 🥵🥵🥵 and Alex was there... No I'm kidding I love Alex ❤️

Shawn Spears vs Big Damo: Gonna be honest besties did not know who the fuck this was at first but then it finally clicked and I was like OOOOH OK. Didn't really care for this match... I wanted to see Shawn get his ass beat for what he did to Wardlow! I really liked Shawn's post match promo about Wardlow being Superman and him being the Giant Killer. That steel cage match next week is gonna be so fucking sick can't wait to see it!!!

DESTINATION UNKNOWN RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY SOHO 😱😱😱😱 My brother LOOOOOVES Ruby and was wearing her shirt so he was so incredibly happy to see her and y'all know Ruby is my girl!!

Kris Statlander vs Red Velvet: We were both pulling for Kris!! GALACTIC ICON KRIS STATLANDER MY BELOVED I HOPE YOU HAVE FUN BEATING RED VELVET'S ASS OK LOVE YOU 💕💕 such a good ass match... However the crowd pissed me off cause they were chanting dumb shit during the match and it was so incredibly annoying!! Really killed my vibe 🙄🙄🙄 so happy Kris advanced tho!!

RUBY RUBY RUBY SOHO COMING TO KRIS STATS RESCUE AND ANNA JAY COMING TO RUBY'S RESCUE AHHHHHH I LOVE WOMEN 🥰🥰🥰

TK I'mma need you to run Anna Jay vs Jade Cargill back please and thank you kind sir GIVE IT TO ME!!!

Men of the Year promo: Wow this was the first time they didn't make me physically fucking nauseous... But can we please fucking end this feud and let Scorp have a good reign as TNT champ?!?? Also Scorp and Kaz please give us an SCU reunion at the California show!!!

HOOKHAUSEN WORKOUT VIDEO WAS ABSOLUTELY FUCKING GOLDEN I WAS GIGGLING LIKE A CHILD THAT VIDEO WAS EVERYTHING TO ME!!!! Also Tony Nese disrespectfully sir my eyes were on your tiddies and your tiddies are 🤤🤤 HOOKHAUSEN RIGHTS ARE MY RIGHTS

ITS TIME FOR THE MAIN EVENT AHHHHHHHHHH

Blackpool Polycule want another son together ❤️❤️ Dante baby come join the fam!! Matt basically said Dante needs a loving and peaceful life not one full of violence. Bryan says he loves peace and violence and that their first son is thriving in the violent but loving atmosphere of the polycule sooooo.... Matt is invalid as fuck and he will steal Dante!!! 😡 Added that last part myself that didn't really happen but like it could... So!!

WILLIAM REGAL ON COMMENTARY AHHHHHHH

Bryan Danielson and Jon Moxley vs Matt Sydal and Dante Martin: This was my brothers match of the night and that's totally valid cause it was fucking phenomenal. DANTE IN BLACKPOOL POLYCULE WHEN??!? I was on the edge of my sit all fucking match!! Ok ok ok so where we were sitting I had the best view on Mox back and y'all all know I'm a slut for that man's back 🥵🥵 also heel Bryan is beloved and I would let him do sadistic things... These were my internal thoughts as I was trying not to be a fucking menace in front of my bro, but like I should've cause he was practically begging for Hookhausen all night ... Anyways back to the match!! Air Dante is my fave Dante 😱😱😱 MOX UNALIVED MATT HOLY FUCK!!! BRYAN AND MOX WANT THIS CHILD SO BAD THEY'RE BEATING THE SHIT OUT MATT FOR HIM. We knew BCC would win but damn did we think Dante had the win at some points. You could 100% see that Dante got Bryan's Respect and Bryan was basically drafting the adoption papers in his head!!

Hopefully we see a knew BCC member soon or maybe not idk but I would love to see Dante in BCC since we couldn't get Daniel Garcia cause Jericho wanted him 🙄 .

Post match brawl OH MY GOD REGAL WAS FUCKING SHIT UP YOU GO KING!!! I WAS TOTALLY REACTING NORMAL TO THAT DEFINITELY NOT SCREAMING MY LUNGS OUT NOOO NEVER!! Eddie beloved he was fucking everyone up, my brother said and I quote "Eddie fights like he has actual real life beef with you" and that's so vaild cause he truly fights like his life depends on it. So much happened in this segment holy fuck it was exquisite!! 🤌🏻🤌🏻

Ok so Bryan's leg got stuck between the ramp and the ring during the brawl. Which TK needs to now abandon the whole ring and ramp connection cause they were trying to get him unstuck for like 10 minutes. Bryan looked like he was in a lot of pain and at first we thought it was part of the story, but Mox was pretty heated about it so... Once they finally got him unstuck, by pushing the ring away, Bryan got up and put his hands out to us to signal he was okay, which was relieving!!! He did limp away though and they continued the story as best as they could.... I don't know how much of this will be on tv since it was after the main event, so I wanted to fully recap it for y'all. I hope Bryan is okay and I'm sending him healing vibes ❤️❤️ !!

STUFF THAT HAPPENED BETWEEN SHOW BREAKS... KINDA IN ORDER... KINDA NOT...

Justin does not get enough credit for keeping the crowd into the show during the commercial breaks and show changes!!

This is my official I appreciate Justin Roberts statement cause I appreciate Justin Roberts!!! ❤️

Houston adored one of the I believe security or backstage people, his name was Bob ❤️ we love Bob and claimed him as ours! During breaks Justin had lots of fun with the crowd and Bob, Bob and his son Bob Jr also had a match... A best of 3 rock paper scissors match BOB WON AND IT WAS AWESOME!!

BOB CHANTS HOUSTON LOVES BOB ❤️

TK HAS BEEN SO ADORABLY AWKWARD AND I NEED HIM TO STOP BECAUSE I REFUSE TO FEEL THINGS FOR HIM I REFUSE I FUCKING REFUSE

The Lord and savior Antony Khan himself came out and was really cute and sweet nice and thanked us for being there. He also said he doesn't come out after every show but he had to cause we were being an awesome crowd 😂 TK babe we've seen the post show videos it's okay to admit you come out to thank the crowd!!! He said he loved the Houston energy and can't wait to be back again to deliver our great wrestling city more amazing wrestling!! Also went down a list of iconic wrestling matches that happened in Houston, that man is an actual wrestling sponge. I don't know how he remembers all of that shit but he does!!

King if you love us so much give us a PPV we proved tonight we would adore it, it was a packed crowd start to finish and the energy was electric TK... Love... Babe.... Antony... Give Houston a PPV soon... K that is all love you ❤️

THE ACCLAIMED AND THE ASS BOYS CAME OUT JUST BEFORE RAMPAGE STARTED

I've lived to see a Max Caster rap life is truly soooo fucking great byeeee I have a vid of his rap but my ugly ass voice is in the background 🙄

Austin and Colton mistaked us for Austin then Dallas and then Mr Ass himself Billy got it right also no Bowens which was 💔 but I've seen that his boyfriend confirmed that he had knee surgery so sending healing vibes and prayers to him!!! ❤️❤️

I adore the acclaimed and the Ass Boys ok ok ok

My brother was disappointed we didn't get to see Hookhausen and I was too... So when the Ass Boys came after Rampage to call out Danhausen for starting the Ass Boys stuff. WE FUCKING ACTED A WHOLE ASS FOOL FOR THIS STRAIGHT UP JUMPING UP AND DOWN SCREAMING FOR HOOKHAUSEN

They were ganging up on Danhausen CM PUNK CAME OUT AHHHHHHH THEN HOOOOOOOOK CAME OUT AHHHHHHHHHH they did their thing with the Ass Boys. Punk did GTS on Austin and Hook put Colton in Redrum which as they should cause no one hurts Danhausen and gets away with it!!! OH MY GOD CM PUNK EMPTIED OUT HIS WALLET FOR DANHAUSEN TO HAVE LOTS OF MONIES AND HOOK WANTED DANHAUSEN TO SHARE AND HE DID GIVE HOOK SOME OF HIS MONIES !!!!!!!! We lost our shit for that by the way like completely fucking lost our shit

FINAL THOUGHTS

And that was all babes overall 10000/10 experience holy fuck what a show start to finish god damn my ass was THRIVING the energy was IMMACULATE!! I truly can't wait for the next Houston show!! Also for this being my first ever wrestling show it was truly the greatest time ever and my brother had the best time. We talked all day about wrestling and like wow wow wow do we fucking ramble for hours! Also I do not have a voice after tonight. Wrestling social media is a toxic ass place, but actually being in the arena with wrestling fans is a special experience I promise you that babes!!! If aew is in your city 100% recommend you go!! Okkk I love y'all byeeee 💕💕 !!!

#typed this at 2am so if I missed some stuff sorry #overall it was the best experience #don't really know what to tag this #soph talks #soph's aew experience #aew #aew lb