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81folklore · 29 days

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i can do it with a broken heart - f1 grid

parings: gn!driver!reader x platonic!f1!grid x ex!jacob elordi

summary: after yn and their ex break up, they carry on as best they can and no one had any idea how bad they were struggling

type: social media au (smau)

notes: george is in this but he does not drive for mercedes, yn does. i also used a mixture of fem and masc pictures because i couldnt decide and thought you could just imagine whatever you wish!!

notes 2: probably the longest fic ive done so far but im pretty proud of it. the time stamps above each section are semi important so i would keep an eye on them!! also i know ive been gone for so long but i do not promise ill be back. alsoooo i know i only included a bit of the grid but i kept getting distracted and then couldn’t figure out how to include everyone!!

masterlist

march 2024

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charles oh my god i cant believe my cat is finally the pfp

i have been waiting for YEARS

max yes well you better enjoy it because it’ll change soon and you’ll be back to waiting again.

lando jesus max do you have to use punctuation???

alex be glad he doesnt use captials

oscar one thing at a time lando, we dont want to scare him

max ???

lando anyway

yn mate you ok?

yourname im fine? ur scaring me you never ask how i am

lando yeah but usually your not single

lewis oh no! you and jacob split?

yourname yeah, wasnt working anymore

charles ah im sorry, that must suck😣

yourname i mean it does but its been coming for a long time so its not surprising

fernando hello! yn what is wrong? you always use emotes!

yourname theyre emojis nando, and im fine just a bit lost

fernando do not worry, i will come and find you!

yourname no, i dont mean literally just..we were together for so long i dont really know what to do now you know?

lando i get it, you wanna play tarkov with me???

yourname cheers ill get on now

george let us know if you need anything!

may 2024

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p✌️ was just what we needed this weekend!

thank you to everyone who came out and supported myself and the team and huge thank you to the team for working so hard all weekend⭐️

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mercedesamgf1 mega job this weekend yn👊 *liked by author*

landonorris nice to share the podium with you mate

yourusername same time next race?

user33 loved seeing you back on the podium

user2 absolutely smashing it this season

user21 more podiums please🤲 *liked by author*

user3 fourth podium of the year first p✌️*liked by author*

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*pretend it says after march i changed dates around last min*

august 2024

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did some reading, painting and writing

baked some good food and spent time with some good people, also got a cat…not bad for summer break☀️

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user66 AHHHHHH

yourusername ahhhhhhh

user26 cats name plsplspls

yourusername norman🐱

lukehemmings nice music👍

yourusername woah arent you the guy who wrote mum?!

mercedesamgf1 ready to see you back on the podium

yourusername always!!!!

user74 have you had funnnn??

yourusername yesss!! ive been doing lots of things i enjoy, basically treating every day as my birthday😋

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*was supposed to write them instead of her sorry!! was doing two stories at once and kept getting mixed up😅*

october 2024

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p☝️ for the 3rd time this season, very very pleased

huuuuuge thank you to the team, every single one of you who worked tirelessly over the summer break and every moment since then, these have been for you⭐️

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user55 what a good season to be a yn fan *liked by author*

user6 these races have been incredible to watch, so proud

yourusername ⭐️⭐️

gracieabrams woop woop!!!!

yourusername 😝😝

user2 gracie??

user41 why have we not had any personal photo dumps yet😕😕

user88 right we miss seeing you yn!!

yourusername sorry guys😣ive been suuuper busy working on something i just honestly forgot

user41 NEW PROJECT?? WHEN?? (also pls dont feel bad we love u)

yourusername soon!! (and i love u guys too)

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november 2024

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i cannot believe i get to say this, but my new friend taylor just released a new album and i was able to write a song on the album

im honestly not sure how this came about but i had so much fun writing this and expressing all my thoughts and feelings in a way ive never done before

i poured my life and soul into this song and im so glad taylor is the one who is singing it and really bought it to life

send some love to my friend and go and stream THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT (most importantly i can do it with a broken heart😉)

comments have been limited

taylorswift thank you for trusting me with this song, so much love🤍

yourusername NO THANK YOU!!! i will be forever grateful⭐️⭐️

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charles i feel completely betrayed yn

fernando oh no😟! what did yn do?

charles THEY DIDNT TELL ME THEY WERE WRITING A SONG??

AND WITH TAYLOR SWIFT HOW COULD YOU☹️☹️

yourname sorry charles, surprise?!

charles ill forgive you because its a good song

yourname thank you my life just got infinitely better!

yuki very good song yn! has been on repeat☺️

yourname thanks yuki, glad you like it!!

lando I LOVE IT TOO

but seriously are you ok?!

yourname yeahhh im better now

was just a lot to navigate

lewis glad you found an outlet! but remember you can always talk to any of us

yourname i know and i appreciate it, i really do

alex yn was that twitter thread right?

yourname mate youre going to have to elaborate

alex user56tweetlink

yourname oh pretty much yeah

some things were changed with taylor but not much

fernando just listened to the song yn! very nice👍well done!

yourname thank uu

max good song yn!

now

lando can you please tell me what you meant on your twitch stream!

oscar max is kind of scary

max dont make me talk about that interview next oscar!

#f1 x reader #f1 instagram au #f1 smau #f1 social media au #social media au #formula 1 insta au #formula 1 social media au #formula one x reader #formula 1 x reader #formula 1 imagine #f1 drabble #f1 x male reader #f1 imagine #f1 fic #f1 fanfic

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leilakisakabiri · 1 year

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Easy (Gavi)

Summary: You and Gavi have an argument, but he’s not willing to let you go.

Warning(s): none

A/N: Please send in any requests if you have any. Short blurb for today while I try to figure out what to write about.

Word Count: [854]

Lyric series: four

You tell me that I overthink till I ruin a good thing. Anything else? You tell me that you'd rather fight than spend a single peaceful night, with somebody else.

It was a Tuesday night and you found yourself staring at Gavi from across the island table, stuck in another fight.

It seemed like for the last two weeks all the two of you did was fight.

There were a lot of things weighing on your relationship, one of them being the fact that you were moving back to the United States, your home country, in just a week, completing your year abroad.

The idea of doing long distance, as well as the time difference, weighed heavy on both your minds. Not only were you going to be busy with school when you went back home, but Gavi would also be playing the final games in La Liga which meant a lot of traveling around Europe.

Today was the first time the two of you had seen each other in a week, and he was leaving again in two days, but you had been busy all day saying goodbye to all your study abroad friends, so you couldn’t come over to his house till late at night.

That led you to now, as the two of you argued back and forth in his kitchen, hands flailing and voices raised.

“What the hell Y/n, this is the first time we can see each other all week and you spend the entire day with your friends?”

You sighed, “Gavi I already told you, today was the only day they could do it, and I really wanted to see them.”

“What about me?” Gavi asked.

You rolled your eyes, “Well, I’m here now aren’t I?”

Gavi took in your expression, annoyance plastered across his face, “Do you even want to be here?”

You felt yourself getting agitated as he looked at you, waiting for your response. You didn’t know why you couldn’t explain to him that you wouldn’t want to be anywhere else, it seemed like over the last few weeks there had been a divide between you and him, and you couldn’t do anything but watch you both slip away from each other.

Your silence was enough of an answer for Gavi.

“Are you serious Y/n? You’re going to be gone in a week, and you don’t even want to spend time together?”

You bit your lip, forcing yourself to speak, “Of course I do. But we’ll see each other over winter break.”

“Winter break?!? It’s August, that’s in 5 months. We’re not going to see each other for 5 months, and that’s okay for you?” He questioned, his face falling.

You instantly felt bad seeing his hurt expression, you hadn’t meant it in a bad way, just in a way of reminding both you and him that this was not the end, but the more you thought about it, the more it really felt like it was.

The feeling of losing someone who meant so much to you in such a short period of time was overwhelming you, and you did the only thing you could think of to ease the pain.

“What are we even doing? Is this even worth it?” You spoke, looking at Gavi with glassy eyes.

His expression mirrored your own, and you could practically see all the anger leave at your words, his body deflating, “Look, I know long distance will be hard, but it’s worth it to me. You’re worth it to me.”

You felt yourself exhale at his words, “How can you be sure this will even work out? All we do is fight.”

He came over to you slowly, gently grabbing your hand and intertwining your fingers with his, “Because I know what it’s like to love you and be loved by you, and I would rather fight than lose that and be happy with someone else.”

You felt your body fill with warmth at his words, and you knew the second he spoke that you could never break up with him because you felt the same exact way he did.

You pulled him into a hug, cursing yourself for always trying to run away when things got difficult.

You spoke into his chest, feeling his heartbeat against your ear, “I’m sorry. You’re right, you’re worth it, I’m just scared.”

He grabbed your chin, looking down at you with a soft smile, “I know, I am too. But I think we can do it. Besides, we’ll have winter break right?” He spoke, teasing you.

You swatted his chest playfully before snuggling into his embrace, “Haha. So funny.”

You could hear the grin in his voice as he spoke, “No but seriously, let’s just make the most of the time we have left.”

You nodded against him, “Deal.”

“Also sorry for getting mad about today, I just wanted to see you.”

You slightly pulled away from him, grinning, “Awh Pablito, you missed me that much? Just wait till I record this and share it, no one will believe you’ve gone soft.”

He mocked your grin before his lips fell into a thin line at your antics, “Don’t you even dare Y/n or we’ll have to make it spring break.”

Your eyebrows rose in surprise, “Touche.”

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notoriousbeb · 7 days

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Lighthouse Keeper Tweets

And now, the post literally no one asked for. The Lighthouse Keeper's tweets from March 29, 2023, through May 19, 2024, supplemented with my own Haylor notes.

Note 1: I’m not in the business of convincing people LK is HS. Read this though. Look at his feed and decide for yourself. :) I’m here to speculate and have a good time.

Note 2: I skipped a handful of minor tweets I felt were not related to the overall LK narrative or unremarkable. (Examples: LK tweeted "Ciao!" on July 22, the date of HS's last LOT show in Italy, and a little running gag on April 1; he also likes to post about cake on HS's birthday and Christmas wishes, etc.)

Part 1: March 2023 - October 2023

March 29, 2023 - "I'm in my lighthouse keeper era." "Did I do it? Am I cool and trendy now?" 12:15 p.m. CT

April 1, 2023 "I actually really dislike lighthouses... don't know why I chose this life..." 3:55 a.m. CT

Taylor is about to play Arlington, Texas, later that day. (I think Harry is there. Here's why.) Seems like perhaps someone thought it would be funny to take his phone and tweet from it...

April 1, 2023 "April fools of course!!!! I love Lighthouses and I love keeping them!!!" 5:06 a.m. CT

April 2, 2023 "It's been a hell of a year..." 3:00 a.m. CT

April 6, 2023 "You'll be good, my love." 12 p.m. ET (NYC)

LK mentions in his replies to this one that he's drank half a bottle of rosé. Splitting it with someone, perhaps?

April 12, 2023 "Homeward bound forever."

Tone of this tweet seems bittersweet to me. H spotted in LA this day on work pit stop in between final European leg of LOT. After this, Taylor starts to fall apart on stage.

April 22, 2023 “If you really knew me, would you really want me?” 2:39 pm PST

Despondent, right? As if they left things on not great terms?

April 26, 2023 “Time cast a spell on you, but you won’t forget me.”

Fleetwood Mac “Silver Spring” lyrics.

May 6, 2023 “I hate to feel the rain on my back as I watch you go from me.” 4:15 p.m. BST

Matty time has commenced. Harry is in London.

May 11, 2023 “You’ve got me counting down the days.”

Could be a reference to Wembley. Deux Moi reported Taylor chartered there and was spotted at the June 13 show.

May 19, 2023 “Welcome Home” 12 a.m. BST

Taylor plays Foxborough, just 18 miles away from Holiday House.

June 1, 2023 “Je t'aime, Je t'aime, Je t'aime!” 10:35 a.m. BST

“I love you, I love you, I love you” in French. On May 30, a photo of Harry walking outside Cartier is shared to gossip sites. Cartier is a French luxury brand. On May 31, Taylor begins wearing a very pricey 1980s vintage Cartier necklace.

June 20, 2023 “Our lonesome shadows toss and turn. Throw our doubts in the fire. We’ll watch them burn.” 12:06 a.m. BST

Does he want to to make it work. From his set selection it seemed like it. But then...

June 29, 2023 - Taylor records “Down Bad” and Harry and Taylor Russell go on their first papped outing to a museum. So, it all fell apart, clearly. Why?

July 11, 2023 “Fast car, alligator shoes” 3:45 p.m. BST

These are lyrics from I.N.V.U. Other lyrics include, “He rolls in with his roll neck and his Rolex/he’s mister MTV/he claims he’s cashing checks/and breaking necks/at least that’s what he wants you to think/…/he’s at the wheel while I’m trapped in the boot.”

This is the day of Travis’ first Eras show. This was posted before he even showed up. …Did H know beforehand that this relationship was all planned in advance? At least, the beginning? (Perhaps as way to cleanse the public's palate from Matty?)

July 18, 2023 “The sky and the stars” 12 a.m. BST

Taylor Russell’s birthday. Just to be a dick? Or unrelated because...

July 19, 2023 - Daylight MV no. 2 drops

July 20, 2023 “There’s been a load of compromising on the road to my horizon but I’m gonna be where the lights are shinin’ on me.” 10:10 p.m. BST

These are lyrics from “Rhinestone Cowboy.” Sounds like H’s fucking had it, to me. Other lyrics include, “Nice guys get washed away like snow in the rain.”

August 24, 2023 “Hide in the middle of the universe, where the hills are steep and complications low.” 10:10 p.m. BST

H went to TR’s play opening on 1989 TV’s announcement night. Tay continues to wear the Cartier necklace. H also goes to TR’s play again 8/28.

August 30, 2023 “Through the gaps of my curtains looking at the moon it’s like you’re here with me. It’s like you see it too.” 9:30 p.m. BST

"Pick You Up" leaks 8/31. Taylor posts Griff’s “Vertigo” on Instagram 9/5. "Try Honey" leaks 9/12.

Sept. 16, 2023 “What are we drinking tonight?” 9:10 p.m. BST

Comments in the replies that he’s drinking and probably needs water. Post 9/14 Travis talking about Taylor on his podcast.

Sept. 21, 2023 “And my whiskey sings the obituaries.” 12 a.m. BST

Sept. 30, 2023 “Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see. It's getting hard to be someone, but it all works out. It doesn't matter much to me.” 9:30 p.m. BST

Lyrics from “Strawberry Fields Forever” by The Beatles.

Post TS’s first NFL game appearance.

Oct. 8, 2023 “So much for an early night” in Morse code 12:30 a.m. BST

Probably out with Tom and Tyler post recording. I hope.

Oct. 12, 2023 “Will you hold me dear and keep me warm? And I’ll shield us both from sorrow and the storm” 4:35 p.m. BST

Maybe he decides he and TR can keep each other company? That’s depressing.

Oct. 17, 2023 “You said ‘love is touching souls’ surely you touched mine ‘cause part of you pours out of me in these lines from time to time.” 4:20 p.m. BST

Lyrics from Joni Mitchell’s “A Case of You.”

Oct. 19, 2023 “And the rattle of the red line cuts through like a knife. So, what do you say we try to live this life?” 11:30 p.m. BST

Sad sad saaaad.

Oct. 23, 2023 “Moon, tell me if I could send up my heart to you?” 8:30 p.m. BST

Suffering. Pain.

Ahead to Part Two

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dreamescapeswriting · 2 years

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BTS Reaction || Your Daughter Is Very Beautiful [Request]

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SEOKJIN:

"Dad," Your daughter whined as she stared over at Jin and rolled her eyes a little as he continued to lecture her about being too young to date. Even though your little girl was now 14 to Jin she was still that tiny bundle the two of you had bought home from the hospital.

"No boyfriends, or girlfriends...or partners!" He announced as he began to go over everything your daughter wasn't allowed to do within her dating life. You weren't particularly fond of her wanting to date people but she was getting to a certain age now where she would eventually want to have a boyfriend. If she hadn't dated someone already that was.

"Mum, please...make him stop," Your daughter begged as she turned to look at you with giant pleading eyes making your heart swell up. She was just like her uncle Jungkook with those eyes and you hated that he'd taught her the trick.

"Baby," You said softly as she stood beside your husband, gently putting your hand on his chest and tapping it softly.

"It's enough,"

"But she's not old enough to date, she's not ready." He told you as he turned to look at your daughter who was already smiling down at her phone like a mad man.

"She's not ready...Or your not ready?" You questioned, gently soothing your hand over his chest as he pouted out his bottom lip. All he wanted to do was protect his little angel from all of the bad that was in the world but it was getting harder to do with how fast she was growing up.

"She'll need our help, what if someone breaks her heart?-"

"She's our little girl if she needs us...She'll come to us," You told him as you cut him off, not wanting to listen to him do this. The last thing he should have been doing was thinking of the worst-case scenario even though as parents it was mostly all you did.

"I want to meet them," Jin said suddenly as you glanced over at your daughter who was staring at you both in disgust,

"If you're dating someone I want to meet them," Jin said again with a proud smile on his face. It wasn't an awful idea and you were completely on board with it all.

"Mum! Tell him not to be so outdated," Your daughter complained loudly making you smirk a little, she was just like you in a way. You'd never wanted your family to see who you were dating and because of that, you knew you needed to meet the person she was.

"Your father is right, if you're dating we deserve to meet the person you're going to be spending time with and seeing," This was of course met with a loud whine from your little girl as she threw her hands up in frustration with you both.

"And their parents," Jin added with a smile, both of you smirking at one another before it fell silent for a while. All that could be heard were the small tapping of someone's thumb on their screen and you watched as your daughter turned to look at you both and sighed.

"You already know them," She announced making you frown. You hadn't met many of the children she went to school with since you and Jin were too busy to go to a lot of the school functions. There weren't many kids her age that you knew and you wondered who else it could have been,

"We do?" Jin questioned, sounding just as confused as you were as you both turned to look at your little girl.

"yes...I-It's uncle Jungkook's son," Your mouth fell open for a couple of seconds before turning to look at Jin who was smirking widely.

"Really? That's amazing!" Jin called out, you weren't sure if Jin was excited that she was dating or that it was something he would be able to tease Jungkook with.

"Dad,"

"Jin," Both you and your daughter called out as he began to get his phone, ready to tease Jungkook with how close the two of them were going to be when their kids eventually got married.

YOONGI

The day had finally come, it was the day of your daughter's first ever school dance and it was safe to say that your 14-year-old daughter was over the moon about it all. She'd been picking out outfits with you for weeks and now you were doing her hair while Yoongi was downstairs with her "date". Or rather, the boy she'd been crushing on for months and who had finally asked her to go to the dance with him. It wasn't anything major, just a small disco at the school where all of the kids got to dress up. It was safe to say she was more than excited to get to dance with her crush tonight and you couldn't have been happier for her.

All you had to do was make sure Yoongi didn't scare the poor boy off as he had done with the last time your daughter bought a boy around to the house. It was a simple homework date and Yoongi had scared the boy so much that he stopped talking to your daughter and wouldn't look at her.

"Go and make sure dad isn't messing with his head," She pleaded before you made your way down to the living room to find it in complete silence. Either they'd not wanted to talk or the damage had already been done while you had been busy.

"She'll be down in a minute," You said as you walked over to Yoongi and smiled at the young but he avoided your gaze and your smile fell from your face. The small boy was bright red in the face and Yoongi was looking pretty happy with himself.

"You did it, didn't you?" You questioned staring at your husband, staring at him with an unimpressed look on your face. Your daughter was very much looking forward to this and you hoped it wasn't going to ruin anything,

"Did what?" Yoongi asked while playing dumb,

"Intimidated him?" You raised your eyebrow not wanting to play this game with him right now.

"No." As soon as his nose twitched you knew he was lying and you hit him gently with a pillow,

"You're an idiot, he's 14 Yoongi." You reminded him as the small boy continued to sit up straight and look scared as he stared at the wall. It looked as though Yoongi had really done a number on him and you hated the fact that you had left them alone. You knew you should have told Yoongi to go upstairs with you.

"Yoongi." You whined when he didn't take responsibility for what he had done.

"What? You were taking so long and I wanted to remind him that she's my little girl and I will do everything within my power to protect her."

"That poor boy is probably going to be too scared to even talk to her, why do you always do this?" You whined at him. Ever since your daughter had been bringing boys to the house Yoongi would do everything he could to make sure they knew he was the one in charge and that if they ever hurt his little girl they'd have him to deal with. Just as you were about to tell the boy it was fine he suddenly stood up, his eyes locked onto the stairs as your little girl slowly came down.

"You look...beautiful," He whispered walking over to her and kissing her cheek softly and you smirked. It was nice to see that even after Yoongi was being an idiot he was still willing to spend time with your little girl.

"Have fun," You told them as they made their way over to the young boy's mum's car and went to the dance, your smiling dropping as you turned to face Yoongi.

"No harm no foul, he still spoke to her." He smiled but you shook your head at him,

"You're on dish duty tonight for it, and no sex." You warned him with a smirk, heading into the kitchen and smiling proudly to yourself.

HOSEOK

When Hoseok first found all of the gifts he thought it was absolutely adorable that someone was taking an interest in his daughter but as time went on it seemed to get more and more. Your daughter would come home from school with tons of gifts and stories about the people in her class. Today was different though, your daughter had come home beaming with a smile and a small tie around her neck - something she hadn't gone to school with.

"Wooyoung called my hair pretty today," Your daughter announced at the table while Hoseok looked at you for reassurance. Ever since the attention began to grow he'd been getting more uneasy with it. It was no longer adorable for him to see but worrying. What if his daughter decided to date one of the boys that were interested in her? Or worse, what if one of them hurt her. He didn't want to see his little girl get hurt at the expense of some dumb boy and Hoseok knew how dumb boys could be since he was one.

"He did, what did you say?" You questioned with a smile, reaching your hand out to hold Hoseok's on the table and giving it a small squeeze of encouragement.

"I told him that I liked his tie and he gave it to me," She giggled, at 11 years old she had no idea what to do when a boy liked her or when she liked a boy. It was all new to her and at such a young age you didn't expect her to understand,

"He did? Do you want me to wash it and give it back to him?" You questioned knowing his mother would probably be worried if she couldn't find it.

"Yes," Hoseok answered quickly,

"No." Your daughter whined, clutching the tie and keeping it pressed against her so neither of you was able to take it from her. It was obvious enough that she liked the young boy that had given it to her.

"Hobi...It's just a tie," You whispered to him but he shook his head at you, almost forgetting that his daughter was within earshot as he began to ramble.

"And then it's a hug, then a kiss on the cheek and before you know it they're staying over at one another's house and sharing hoodies!" He yelled out dramatically and you smiled at your daughter, shaking your head as you promised her everything was fine and her dad was being a drama king.

"Go and wash up sweetie, get ready for bed and I'll be up in a minute." She nodded and got up from the table leaving you and Hoseok alone with one another,

"She's too young," He told you as you took in a deep breath and turned to face him completely. Sooner or later your daughter was going to start dating someone and you would rather it be with someone she was friends with...Though you did wish she wouldn't date it was inevitable.

"Hobi...All she did was take his tie, it's a small crush. Puppy love, she'll be over it within a week," You reminded him but he was adamant that you were wrong and he was right. That she was going to stay with this boy and they'd eventually grow older together until they were in their teens,

"She's going to stay with him, they're going to get older together and eventually become serious." His eyes widened at the thought of it all. She was still far too young for any of this, her only thoughts should be about school. Not boys.

"And? What would be so wrong with that? She would be happy with someone she loves," You suggested, running your hand gently over his face and smiling weakly,

"She's our little girl...She's not supposed to date, she's not allowed."

"My dad said the same thing and look at us, we're very happy." He looked at you and whined a little knowing that you were right but it didn't make him feel any better.

"Go and wash up," You told him as you began to clear the table up, watching as your husband pouted and walked away from the dinner table.

NAMJOON

It wasn't very often that Namjoon would have time off but when he did he liked to spend it with both you and your daughter in the house. All of the boys were focussing on spending time with family as of late and right now you and your daughter were downstairs making breakfast while Namjoon cleaned up inside of your daughter's room. Since coming home he'd been doing a lot more around the house for you,

"What the..." He trailed off slowly kneeling down on the floor beside your daughter's bed. As he'd been lifting up the pillow in order to strip it from its cover a bunch of notes all fell out from underneath and scattered down onto the floor. It was something he hadn't seen before and they definitely weren't in his little girls' writing.

After waiting for so long you decided to go in search of your husband, it shouldn't have been taking him this long to remove some bedding simply for you to wash it.

"Babe, what's taking so long? I need to wash the sheets," You laughed as you poked your head around the corner of the door only to find your husband with his eyebrows scrunched up as he read. He could hardly believe that someone was writing about how much they loved his little girl,

"What are you looking at?" You giggled slowly going over to him and glancing down at the papers he seemed to be fixated on. All of them were little love notes from a boy in one of your daughter's classes, you'd seen them before so it didn't come as much as a shock to you as it did to Namjoon. He was still trying to process how his little girl was receiving love letters from someone when she was still so very young,

"She's only a baby," He grumbled as he flicked onto the next note, your head beginning to shake as he tortured himself by continuing to read through everything.

"Joonie, she's almost fifteen. She's a beautiful young lady, it was going to happen sooner or later," You whispered, slowly running your hand up and down his arm to try and comfort him.

"She's my little girl," He whispered as you stared at him, raising an eyebrow at him calling her "his" little girl.

"Our little girl," You reminded him but he continued to ramble and shake his head repeatedly,

"My little girl isn't supposed to be dating, she's supposed to be focussing on school and herself."

"Our little girl Joonie, I don't remember you being in labour for sixteen hours." You smirked taking the notes and quickly putting them up onto the bookshelf above your daughter's bed. She'd be mortified if she knew her father had found them, you'd just put them back into place later.

"Why aren't you more shocked?" Namjoon quizzed watching you closely as you turned to face him. Namjoon's eyebrows were knotted together and he looked confused,

"She showed them to be when she first got them," You mentioned as if it was something normal that would happen.

"And you let her get away with it?" Namjoon suddenly asked as if it was something your daughter could control other people from doing.

"Get away with it? Joon...Baby, she's going to start dating eventually." You whispered before sitting him down on the edge of the bed, your hand finding his as he shook his head.

"But she's too young, someone will hurt her," He began to turn red in the face at the thought of someone trying to hurt his little angel. Taking in a deep breath you smiled, it was honestly sweet that he always wanted to protect but at some point, he wasn't going to be able to anymore.

"And we will be here to help her...She has to make her own mistakes or she will never learn," You reminded him as he let out a loud sigh. To him, she was always going to be his little baby, the girl he'd bought home from the hospital who was almost the size of his two hands put together. Nothing was ever going to be able to change that for him.

"Besides, she doesn't like the one that's sending her those love notes," You told him casually, standing up and pulling him with you so that you could finally get the sheets into the machine,

"She doesn't?" He quizzed, carefully taking off the bottom sheet while you took the quilt out of the cover,

"No, she likes someone else but he's too old for her,"

"Too old?" He panicked, staring at you as you smirked over at him. It was a crush she would get over in time but it would also never work out.

"Hmm, she has a crush on uncle Hoseok," You let out a small laugh as you gathered up all of the washing and began to walk with Namjoon out of the small bedroom.

JIMIN

While you had been panicking about your little girl growing up too quickly Jimin had been getting rather proud of her. Every day after school she would rush home to show Jimin all of the cute cards she had gotten from boys in her class and today was even worse. It had been valentines day and she'd come home with tons of gifts including a ring that she was wearing on her finger. It was a fake plastic diamond ring and the whole day Jimin had been teasing you about it, telling you that she was just like him always getting proposed to by people and he found it sweet. "proud that she's just like her daddy." was something he had said to you, "Where did you get it, baby?" You questioned as you all sat down at the dinner table to eat and talk with your little girl. Jimin was smirking the whole time, pretty happy with himself that his little girl was getting some attention.

"Uncle Yoongi's son gave it to me, he said it's because he wants to marry me one day," Jimin's knife fell onto his plate and you smirked to yourself. There was one rule Jimin had set and that was his daughter wasn't allowed to date any of the member's sons. They'd all been blessed with boys and you'd been blessed with a daughter which meant it was going to happen eventually, no matter how hard Jimin fought it not to.

"He did?" You questioned, doing your best to sound happy about all of this.

"He did?!" Jimin suddenly called out panicked as he stared at your little girl. Her eyes on the ring on her hand as she giggled,

"Yeah. He said it's a special ring because he only got it only for me." You smirked a little as you heard how panicked Jimin suddenly sounded about it all.

"Sounds lovely darling, did he say where he got it?" You questioned as Jimin began to shake his head,

"No. No. You have to give it back to him, you can't marry him," He told her making you roll your eyes at him,

"Jimin."

"Dad." She whined out at him,

"No. Take it back to him, tell him no." He told her sternly making you jab him gently with your elbow and give him a warning look to stop all of this.

"But I already said yes, we're going to get married next week in the playground," She told him as you smirked, lifting your glass of wine to y our lips and taking a sip.

"Not funny when it's the other way around is it?" You questioned, watching as your daughter made her way up to her bedroom leaving you and Jimin alone.

"Shut up, make her take it back."

"No. It's sweet," You giggled, cleaning up the table while Jimin helped, his eyes on you the entire time.

"Sweet? She has Yoongi's son following her around and proposing. I told them and her that they weren't allowed to date." He grumbled making you giggle a little deciding to use his own words against him.

"I'm proud that she's just like her mummy," You smirked but Jimin didn't laugh or even chuckle. He simple stared at you with a deadpan expression and shook his head.

"Hey, this isn't funny."

"It is." You smirked as you began to load the dishwasher up, listening to Jimin tell his little girl that she wasn't allowed to marry his friend's son.

TAEHYUNG :

"Tae?" You frowned walking into your bedroom to find your husband sitting on the bed and sniffling to himself, panic flew up inside of you.

"You okay? What happened?" You rushed to sit beside him only to find him holding a photo album of your daughter. It was from the first four years of her growing up, from the time you bought her home from the hospital and onto her fourth birthday party. But it didn't answer your question as to why he was crying and what had happened.

"I don't like it," He grumbled, his eyes still on the photo album in front of him. Did he not like that you'd documented so much? Or was it not enough?

"Don't like what baby, speak to me." A few incoherent words later and Taehyung was crying all over again, only further worrying you as you thought about what it could be that was bothering him so much.

"Babe..." You trailed off slowly, carefully sliding the album out of his hand and putting it behind you on the bed. You hated to see your husband so distraught over something so you pulled him closer, laying his head on your shoulder while you rubbed your hand up and down his arm.

"She's growing up too fast, she's not supposed to like boys for a while," He finally said in words you were able to understand and a sudden weight was lifted away from you as you realised it was just the joys of being a parent that was bothering him.

"Oh," You smiled a little as you realised what it was he was so upset about. Tonight your daughter was spending time with a boy she had met at school, they were hanging out at the boy's house which wasn't a big deal. His parents were going to be watching them and they were only going to be watching a few movies together after they did their homework.

"She's just spending time with him, hanging out." You told him as he sniffled and pulled away from you, quickly wiping his tears away as he looked back at the album. He missed the feeling of having a baby, a little one so safe and secure in his arms.

"I know, I'm glad but she's growing up too fast, why isn't she so little anymore?" You smiled a little at the thought of it. The two of you had been planning to have another child for a while and this might have been the next sign to try again,

"You miss having a baby?" You questioned, your hand rubbing his knee gently as he nodded his head,

"But I know we said we would wait until she was older,"

"She's almost fifteen...I think it's time we tried to give her a sibling," You suggested as your hand stilled on his knee, smiling as Taehyung began to turn bright red.

"We could start trying right now," All signs of him previously crying were wiped clean from his face as he began to kiss you needily, bringing you closer to him and smiling against your lips.

JUNGKOOK:

It happened that every time your girl would start talking about a boy, Jungkook would insist on her bringing him over. Under the false pretence that he was going to be nice and want to meet the boy, only to switch it up as soon as he was left alone with him.

"Jungkook," You warned as your daughter left the room to go and get some snacks she'd made earlier that morning but you stayed seated. You didn't want to give Jungkook the chance to ruin any of this when it was clear how much the two fifteen-year-olds liked one another.

"What?" Jungkook quizzed, putting on a dumb facade as you shook your head at him. You weren't falling for it, there was no need to scare the boy when he'd already been scared enough just by sitting in front of you both.

"Don't do it," You told him as the boy began to look at you both nervously,

"I just want to tell him that I love my daughter and if anything happens to her, that he won't just have me to deal with but her six uncles,"

"Jungkook-" You tried to warn but a small voice cut you off from across the room.

"I understand Mr Jeon and I would never, ever, hurt her. I-I like her too much." The statement shocked both you and Jungkook as you turned to look at the young man, your eyes lighting up as you saw how happy he was to voice this to you both.

"You do?" You questioned, smiling at him to let him know you wanted to hear more of what he had to say.

"I do...I-I wanted to meet you for so long but she was scared that you would scare me away...I promised her I wouldn't be scared. I would be brave. That I would tell you how much I like your d-daughter and that I would never hurt her," Your heart clenched inside of your chest at the thought and you turned to look at Jungkook and whimpered.

"You wanted to meet us for so long?" Jungkook quizzed, wondering how long the two of them had been hanging out together,

"We've been...h-hanging out at school for a couple of months. Just as friends," Jungkook's hands clenched in front of him and you squeezed his knee softly,

"Jungkook..." You trailed off, not wanting him to take things out of proportion.

"So you're friends first?" Jungkook's voice was calm and you smiled, happy to see that he was taking a different approach to all of this,

"Yes Sir, and I wanted to meet you before I could ask her to be my girlfriend." Your heart clenched even more as you heard that he wanted to be respectful to you both and you could hardly believe someone so young was so sweet.

"Girlfriend?" Jungkook suddenly quizzed, his eyes wide as you smiled over at him trying to send small silent encouraging looks to him,

"Jungkook, she's fifteen almost...Didn't you have your first girlfriend at 14?" You quizzed but Jungkook shook his head,

"That's different." Of course, it was, you smirked a little at the thought of it.

"Why?" Your daughter walked into the room carrying a tray of cookies and placing it down, sitting beside her friend as Jungkook stared at them both.

"Because she's my daughter and she's too young," You shook your head at him and smiled over at your daughter,

"And she's allowed to date if she feels ready."

"I promise not to break her heart, Mr Jeon." Her friend finished before you looked back at Jungkook who let out a sigh before nodding his head that it was okay.

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Okay so a few hours have passed since I watched season 3 and I want to collect my thoughts

(Also it is 9am and I haven‘t slept so bear with me)

First of all I wanna say that the performances were amazing. I rewatched the scene where Wille confronts his parents at least ten times because it‘s just so intense and I love Edvin‘s performance in it.

I‘m glad Micke returned, but I‘m also glad that there won’t seem to be a happy ending for him. I felt like Sara‘s and Simon‘s relationship with him needed a bit more exploring and closure and I felt like they did what they could do with the limited amount of time and so many plots to wrap up.

While I felt like the first three episodes were quite slow, it all paid off in episode 5. Such a good episode, I can’t say it enough!

Never thought about Rosh and Stella being a thing but, even though I know they won‘t actually end up together, I quite enjoyed seeing them together.

I found the revelation about the hazing and all that very interesting and didn’t see Erik making a comeback like that at all. But it fits the theme and makes sense, because if everything is not as it seems, then so is Erik. Also, it added depth to not only August, but in my opinion to Nils and Vincent as well.

I very much enjoyed watching Felice‘s struggle with getting over Sara, because I‘m pretty sure we all can relate to that pain and it felt refreshing having it dealt with in such depth.

Simon and Wille being happy together! Being out in public!! That was nice to see, albeit short.

I reblogged a post about this too, but I loved that some of the more heavier subjects were finally addressed out loud. It felt so satisfying to watch after all that buildup and hinting in seasons 1 & 2 (e.g. the racism Felice deals, I really liked her talk with her dad, August‘s eating disorder, and probably other things that my sleep deprived brain cannot think of right now)

I don‘t understand the problems people have with Simon and Wille, or especially Simon‘s behavior at the end of episode 5. I feel like it was pretty careless and ignorant of the palace to expect Wille to explain Simon all the rules he will have to follow now that their relationship is public, and for Simon to follow them all without batting an eye. I mean, he is 17 after all, idk what they were thinking. And to me, it was pretty clear that Simon was anything but happy in their relationship, especially after realizing that due to Wille being a prince, his needs will always somehow mean a little more, have priority, etc. etc., and Simon will have to get used to having to take a step back more times than not. I totally get not being okay with that, and I‘m not trying to say that Wille‘s problems especially towards the end of the season are not bad or valid — they definitely are. But I don‘t think we can fault a 17 year old who is being thrust into this world he doesn’t understand and that is not welcoming to him without any help by his side to think that maybe, this is not the life for him. I guess he could have waited until after his birthday? But that’s just me.

My heart is breaking for Wille, though. He really cannot catch a break, but I was surprised to see that he was seemingly on board with being the crown prince again. I guess anything as long as August doesn’t get what he wants.

I do have to say though, I did not like the music as much as I did in the other seasons. It was alright, and I‘m excited to see whether there‘ll be another iconic song at the end of episode 6.

I mentioned it earlier, but I felt like episodes 1-3 were a little bit slow. I understand why, but at times it was a bit dragging.

I‘m very curious to see how they are going to wrap everything up in the last episode. It sure is a lot for just one more episode, but we‘ll see! I‘m optimistic it‘ll be great.

#young royals #young royals season 3

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vampryoteuthis · 11 months

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Hey do you have any akatsuki stories you’d recommend? Or just enstars stories in general? I’m still new to the game but I’d like to understand the characters more :3

I’m super flattered you’d ask me!! My reputation as the Akatsuki Guy continues to precede me huh… I also want to say I have a friend who is working on an akatsuki story masterlist right now, which will go into more depth than I might.

well! this got much longer than i expected! using the read more feature to spare all of you.

In general, for any era of enstars stories, I’d recommend switching between event stories and gacha stories, especially for any reminisce stories. The reminisce stories have some of the best plot driven writing in enstars, but almost all of them deal with heavy topics and are pretty darn long (Meteor Impact is currently the longest enstars story outside of the SS finals at 54 chapters!). This goes for any unit that’s from (!) era.

Also, when I say (!) era and (!!) era, I’m referring to the game the story is from. Anything from (!) era is from Ensemble Stars Basic, and anything from (!!) era is from Ensemble Stars Music. The timeline of Basic takes place a year prior to Music, and the units Alkaloid and Crazy:B are not present in any Basic stories (you probably already knew that but it never hurts to overexplain!) As for the aforementioned reminisce stories, as they’d have you believe, these stories take place prior to the events of Basic by a year. All of these stories, with the exception of Obbligato, were written during Basic’s game run. These are the stories that The War(tm) (which you may have heard of) takes place in.

ok now for the actual story recommendations… all of the (!) era stories can be found on the Wayback Machine (they used to be on the enstars wikia until they were taken off in August 2021), and (!!) era stories may be fan translated, but all will be officially translated in the English app (someday).

Please keep in mind these are all just recommendations! Read whatever you’d like at whatever pace.

For (!) era, I recommend reading the main story first. Akatsuki is pretty relevant in it, and it gives you a pretty good idea of their character at the start of the game. The main story is also covered in the anime, but it doesn’t give the most comprehensive takes on some characters. Think of it as watching an abridged movie version of a book.

After that, I recommend reading the event story Tanabata, which is a pretty early on (chronologically) story featuring both akatsuki and ra*bits, then read the event story Quarrel Festival which is an event story I’ve read at least five times at this point, and features akatsuki and fine. These are both pretty good stories for understanding akatsuki after the events of the main story (these stories take place in the summer, while the main story takes place in the spring).

After that I really really recommend reading the Underdoctor gacha story because it’s very cute and fun and you probably need a break after Quarrel Festival. Then you should read the Hanafuda gacha story and the Cats and Camelia event story. These are both pretty light reads too which is nice!

Ok did you have fun reading light and easy to understand content? Because the next couple stories will not be that in the slightest. Repayfes is super important, because it’s (chronologically) the last story before (!!)’s story. Akatsuki is infamously not the main characters of this story - It’s primarily an UNDEAD and 2wink focused story. Nevertheless, it’s still important to read, especially for reading Crossroad, which is what DEADMANZ (the band that’s mentioned in Repayment Fes) is from. I could get a phd on this story it drives me absolutely crazy. Really good story for all 3 akatsukis but it primarily features Keito and Kuro. After that, buckle in, we’re reading Meteor Impact. This is like the big bad enstars story everyone talks about that changed their lives. It’s good, yes, but I’m begging you, dear reader, please read it for akatsuki’s moments too, and not just Chiaki and Kanata - they’re the featured 5 stars, yes, but this is an incredibly important story for akatsuki as well, not just ryuseitai and MaM.

Speaking of MaM I hope you like Madara because I’m making you read Shinsengumi next. Long time friends of mine know how much I love my little darling boy Madara Mikejima so you bet I love this story. It’s also a really good Kuro story so you bet I love it even more. Epic win. This story is not a reminisce story, so you’re finally free. It’s kinda heavy content wise Kuro talks about his mom and Madara does some mind game bullshit with multiple people but I HIGHLY recommend this one. Trust me

There’s also a song that goes with this one!

Ok and last but not least for (!) event stories, I recommend the Cinderella event. This one is a pretty fun read compared to whatever the hell Shinsengumi is. Kuro breaks a window. Keito wears a dress. Stellar content. I also think you should read the Four Beasts of Fistfighting gacha because it’s very important to understanding the Dragon King B1 which - wow! - is first mentioned in the Main Story! It’s like one big circle huh? Crazy

These aren’t every single akatsuki story, as well! Feel free to pick and choose gacha stories that feature any of the akatsuki members in them. I have some personal favorites, but they don’t really add any Lore context you’d be missing. Comic World and Onigashima are two of my favorites of these.

Ok that’s it for (!) content! This is already waaaay way too long so I’m so sorry.

For (!!) content, I recommend first reading the Music Main Story. Akatsuki isn’t a main character in this one, but they do have some important updates on what each character is up to and how akatsuki is doing as a unit after Kuro + Keito have graduated.

Now, this is where some stuff gets hard. Every story in the Japanese version of Enstars Music will eventually be translated, but engstars is about two years behind, meaning this post may be outdated soon! If there’s a story on here that looks cool and you don’t see it on engstars, know it’ll be there eventually! You can also look for fan translations online. Many translators do not like their translations being included in master lists, so I will not be linking to any direct translations in this post out of respect.

My number one recommendation for a music akatsuki story is Blade and Fist (also known as Unification by Force). It’s currently available to read on the English version, as it was Kuro’s center event. If you’re not an akatsuki fan after reading the over a dozen stories I suggested, this is gonna do it for you. It’s such a good story I highly highly highly recommend it!

I also recommend Spy the Mission (no souma in this one but keito + kuro are very prominent in it) and Vagabond (all of akatsuki is in this), for stories currently out in engstars. It also never hurts to browse idol stories of the three - the idol stories tend to be a lot more lighthearted and less plot relevant, and have the idols interacting with each other! Very very cute and fun. I recommend this for any idols you like, honestly!

Well, you made it. You read my entire word soup about akatsuki stories. Congrats. Did I mention it took doctors 20 years to realize I was autistic.

If you have any other questions please ask me!! Keep in mind this isn’t a comprehensive list at all - All of akatsuki have tons of other stories they’re in, these are just some of the most “important” ones!

have a wonderful night my dear sweet anonymous asker

#robin talks #robin talks. a LOT #ask #anonymous #akatsuki #again this isn't comprehensive i left out some stuff !!#i also tried so hard SO HARD to not let my kurokeiyaoi bias show #akatsukisms

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justlike-awoman · 1 year

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"Dedication of John Harris" - English translation of an article published on December 23, 2020 on Queen Note, Unofficial Fanpage from Japan

Link to original article: X

(I am relying on Google Translate, so please forgive any incorrect translations!)

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Dedication of John Harris

'The fifth queen.'

Among the many 'fifth queens', this time I think of their sworn friend John Harris.

As you all know, John Harris is the man to whom the song "I'm In Love With My Car", and the album "Jazz", are dedicated to.

Stories of early studio setups and live mixes have reached our ears. There's a connection between Queen and Harris, and not only as a band and sound engineer. I would like to summarize that dedication.

In the late 1960s, Brian, a student at Imperial College, meets Harris, a mathematics student at the same college. Brian, a serious student, and Harris, who is his exact opposite, have contrasting personalities, but they get along well and naturally become good friends. They had a common passion, music.

Harris will drop out of college in a year or two, but his friendship with Brian and his friends will not change, and the poor students will live together in places such as Burns and Ferry Road. In such a life, when it came to gigs, Harris drove an old van, transported equipment, and naturally became SMILE's well-intentioned roadie.

February 1970, a little while after that fate overlapped. Freddie was auditioned for a band called Sour Milk Sea, which he saw in a magazine ad. The shy singer asks his roommate Roger and Harris to accompany him to the audition. Young Freddie (23) appeared at the audition venue with a flashy appearance with two blonde attendants. He performed brilliantly and won the place he was aiming for. He must have needed that sense of security to be watched over by his friends.

The dissolution of Sour Milk Sea, the dissolution of Smile, the formation of Queen, the meeting with John Deacon, John Harris has seen it all. He recorded all of the performances they went to together, listened to them on the way, and used them for the next performance.

Queen's second bassist Barry Mitchell recalled in his book The Early Years:

John (Harris) was always at rehearsals. He helped the band out with their equipment and took care of the band. We didn't have a mixing desk (at the time), so we were limited in what we could do with the sound. When Freddie was in a bad mood, he played a soothing role. The band adored him, and he would sometimes try to get the band to play well. It must have been hard because the band was stubborn.

Mark Hodkinson, Queen: The Early Years, 2009, Omnibus Press

In 1972, Queen finally signed a major contract. One of the last sticking points of the band's contract was to include the hiring of Harris. Trident's John Anthony dismisses Queen's claims: "You can't do it. If you want to pay him, hire him yourself."

Strangely, after cancelling the contract with Trident, this word will be recovered in the form of direct employment of the crew by setting up an office on their own.

The environment surrounding them has changed dramatically in 5-6 years, from the poor student days to the successful musicians, contracts, breaks. Friendship and dedication remained the same. In August 1977, Harris' interview was published in a special issue of Music Life. I will introduce some excerpts:

Performing on stage requires a lot of nerves, and when it comes to concert tours, it becomes a life of travel, and every day is just going back and forth between the hotel and the airport. There were times when I hated living like this. There must have been times when the band members thought so too. However, the reason we are still living in this harsh world is because there is an irreplaceable joy. I still remember it well. The day the first Queen record came on the radio... It was "Seven Seas of Rhye", Queen's first hit single in the UK. Everyone would hit each other's shoulders and bounce around in a big dance.

Also impressive was the day Queen appeared for the first time on the popular TV show "Top of the Pops." And the day they performed in Japan for the first time last year... More than 10,000 people gathered at the Budokan concert on the first day. Until then, they had only performed in front of an audience of about 40 people in England, no matter how many people gathered, but now they will perform in front of 10,000 people in Tokyo. It was an event that I couldn't help but remember the excitement of.

I don't know how long I'll be working with Queen. As I get older, I may not want to go on tour, and then I may become an engineer for the studio. But as long as there is 'Queen', I will be with them. They are good friends to me and attractive musicians.

"Brilliant Queen" 1977, Shinko Music, Jonathan "John" Harris

Half a year after Harris' interview was published on ML, Harris collapsed at the final performance of the NOTW tour.

"On the not so good side, John Harris our sound man fell ill in California -- he's getting better though and will be back in action behing the mixing desk soon --." by Freddie Mercury, "Queen Magazine" Spring 1978 issue

The above is the words Freddie wrote in the spring 1978 issue of the fan club magazine.

Harris, paralyzed, secured a few seats in first class and returned to England. At that time, the cause of Harris' illness was unknown, and he was hospitalized for about a year. (*Diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome later in life.)

An album was dedicated to Freddie's prayers ("This album is dedicated to John Harris" - Jazz 1978 album notes). Harris returned to the Crazy Tour in 1979 with a cane. However, from the perspective of Peter Hince, who has toured with him, Harris was not feeling well enough to keep up with the world tour. How humiliating and painful that must have been for him.

The band offered Harris an engineer job at Mountain Studios, but Harris declined and left Queen.

Peter Hince said the last time he saw Harris was in the Magic Tour dressing room. It must have been a nostalgic and painful reunion between the band and Harris.

I feel that the closer people are to each other, the less pictures they take together.

Four people in the light, friends who desperately supported each other.

Queen's music contains the thoughts and dreams of various people.

Harris' recordings still lie dormant in Queen's vault.

(References under the cut:)

Mark Hodkinson, Queen: The Early Years, 2009, Omnibus Press

Rupert White 『Queen in Cornwall』 2012,Antenna

Phil Chapman, The Dead Straight Guide to Queen, 2020, Red Planet

Mark Blake, Is This the Real Life?: The Untold Story of Queen, 2011, Da Capo Press

"Brilliant Queen" (『華麗なるクイーン』) 1978, Shinko Music

『Queen Magazine』 Spring 1978 issue

#!!! NEW QUEEN INFO ALERT !!! ALSO SADNESS ALERT !!!! 😭😭😭#john harris #queen #queen band #freddie mercury #peter hince

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boa-h · 2 years

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【Draco Malfoy】 The Boy On The Apple Tree

*i am back and ready to attack

*can’t believe my first HP fic is about him smh

*i was gonna write more but then my motivation was like nah so i just stopped there

You met Draco Malfoy during mid-august, when the green apples on your apple tree were slowly growing ripe.

You two were still kids back then, about eleven years old. Your mansions were right next to each other, and he saw the apples on your tree.

The blond boy carefully climbed up the tall tree, but never noticed you watching him from your window. As he was finally about to reach his first apple, he saw you. Who was staring at him with great curiosity.

Startled, he lost his grip on the branch, you grabbed onto the back of his collar at the last second, saving the young master from the Malfoy family from breaking a bone.

“Why were you staring at me like that?! You almost made me fall! My father will hear about this!!” He yelled.

“You’re the one who climbed on my apple tree.” You tilted your head, confused on why he was blaming you.

The boy’s pale face then turned red from anger and embarrassment. “You…!”

“Were you hoping to find some apples here to eat?” You asked, picking off the nearest apple by your hand, “This tree grew well, it’s a shame that it only produces sour, green apples.” You handed him the apple.

Draco took a large bite, his face immediately scrunched up at the sourness, but it seems like he doesn’t want to admit how sour the apple is. “It’s not sour at all.” He said, “But you, why are you staring out the window anyways?”

“What else should I do other than staring out the windows?” You sighed.

“Maybe you should be in Diagon Alley to buy your supplies for the upcoming school year! You’re eleven, right?”

“How did you know?” You were quite shocked.

“I guessed.” He seems to be proud of himself.

You were left speechless, and after a while, you sighed again, “I’m not going to Hogwarts…”

“Oh… WHAT?!” He shouted, “What do you mean? Did you not get the acceptance letter? You’re not a squib, are you?”

You shook your head, “I have health problems, I can’t go. I can barely walk out of my house, I mean, I can, but my house-elf wouldn’t let me, upon my parent’s orders.”

“That’s awful.” He frowned, picking another apple and handing it to you, as if trying to comfort you. “I’ll tell my father about this.”

You chuckled at his childish words, taking a bite of the apple. Sourness spread in your mouth, and you scrunched up your face, just like he did.

Time was like a monster with wings, the month flew by, faster than it normally was.

Draco would often climb your apple tree, taking a few apples every time he comes, and he no longer scrunch up his face while eating them.

You allowed him to take as many apples as he liked, but in return, he would have to talk to you for an hour each apple. It was a deal.

When September came, it was time for him to leave and start school. You hoped for him to find more friends, whereas you, you will be sitting in your room, doing homeschool.

The apples on your tree rotted and fell off the branch one by one. Then the first snow of the year came… and then it was Christmas… then it was spring… and finally, summer.

The second day Draco returned from Hogwarts, he climbed up your tree again.

“Good morning, Draco.” You smiled at him, opening your windows.

“Excited to see me?” Says the excited one.

“Sorry, the apples aren’t ripe yet…” You apologized, looking at the small, whitish-green fruits that’s growing on the tree.

“That’s not important right now! I have to tell you everything that happened this year.” The immature boy shushed you and sat up straighter than before.

From there on, he started his story, and it continued until it was lunch time.

“Do you want to stay for lunch? I can tell my house-elf to make you some.” You suggested.

“I can’t,” He says, “My father will kill me if I don’t return for any of the meals without telling him beforehand.”

“That’s too bad, but take this.” You took the basket of cookies that was on your nightstand, prepared just for him, “I baked it on my own and put a spell on it so it won’t get soggy that fast. Hopefully you’ll enjoy them.”

He looked at the basket and put it on your windowsill before climbing down the tree. You looked down in disappointment, does he not like cookies? Just as you were about to take it away, you heard him clear his throat.

“Wingardium leviosa.” He pointed his wand at the basket, and it floated down towards him.

You chuckled, “Stop trying to show off.”

“I can teach you if you’d like. If you ask nicely, of course.” The boy raised his head high.

And then from that day and on, Draco would come over and teach you everything he learned as a first-year in Hogwarts.

It was very hot that summer, just like the young boy’s fiery heart.

A few years went by, and everything remained the same, or at least it seems like everything’s the same.

A lot of the spells you know were taught by Draco, and you would always listen to his amazing stories at Hogwarts, it goes on for hours. He still sat on that branch of the apple tree, and you still sat by the window.

Under the dusk, both of your faces are a bit red. Is it because of the sunset? Or was it because of the seed called love budding inside your hearts?

The first time he came inside your room was when you were fifteen. He had gotten back from school again, and he came to find you like he always does.

“Did you know, we had a school ball this year.” He said, “We also had this tournament, but that’s not what's important right now. I mean, will you dance with me? I didn’t bring any music but will you? I wished you were there, so you could be my dance partner, but you weren’t, so mind if we dance now?” He asked, speaking a bit fast.

“I don’t know how to dance, Draco.” You said, but still moved away so he can come in.

“It doesn’t matter, I can teach you.” He replied, jumping into your window.

Then you realized how tall he was, almost a head taller than you. He put your left hand on his shoulder and held on to your right hand and waist, telling you instructions on how to move your feet. You could smell the scent of green apples on him when you two danced the night away. He didn’t bring any music, but at least you knew a few spells that would make the violin in your room play on its own.

It was your first dance you ever danced in your life, also taking your first kiss away, along with his. The moon watched over you two, it wasn’t as bright as the sun, but at this moment, it only shines on you and him.

After that year, Draco barely comes back anymore. Sure, he would write letters, but he always asks for you to never write back. You didn’t know what happened, but looking at the dark mist engulfing the Malfoy mansion, you knew whatever is happening can’t be good.

You didn’t bother to try to find him, because your body is weak, and if something really happened, you would only be a burden to him. The only thing you could do is pray for him to be safe.

And he was, sort of. It was midnight when he came knocking on your window again. He was full of dirt and bruises, he looks like he aged a lot, he looks tired.

“What happened, Draco?” You asked softly.

He didn’t speak for a while, but instead he hugged you tight, burying his face in the crook of your neck. You suddenly feel a wet sensation. You didn’t say anything either, hugging him back and comforting him.

“I’m sorry… I’m sorry… He was back, I had to…” He cried.

“There’s no need to be sorry, Draco.” You said.

“Please, love me.”

“I love you still, I always do.”

#harry potter #draco malfoy #draco x you #draco x y/n #draco x reader #draco imagine #draco scenario #harry potter oneshot #boa-h

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finalfrontierpublishing · 1 year

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2022: a bookbinding year in review

So after doing the 2022 Bookbinding wrap up on Instagram done by @paigetopage, I knew I wanted to write something in long form as my beginnings in fandom were as a writer and I want to reflect a little about how learning to bookbind has been. This will likely be introspective and a little self-indulgent, but it’s been a good year, and I never thought I’d ever be able to bookbind when I was first introduced to it on instagram nearly a year ago.

Beginnings:

So I discovered bookbinding in March 2022 on Instagram, particularly the Dramione fandom which is very active there. I was instantly captivated because books? Fanfiction? Handbound hard copies? Sign me the hell up! At that point in time, desire for a physical copy was at an all-time high and I wanted copies, but hadn’t thought I’d be physically able to do it myself. I did look into getting bindings commissioned but it was really really really hard to get a commission slot.

Over time, though I did manage to get a few commissioned, I began to want to do it myself - bind fics the way I wanted, as well as bind in other fandoms that weren’t openly popular among the commissioning crowd. During the midst of this, I was still studying for the last couple of exams for my Residency training program and preparing to take a long break of a couple of months before going back to work full time. Closer to June, I essentially said fuck it and dipped my toes in, though my amazon prime page shows evidence of my indecision - I purchased bookbinding tools, deleted the order and repurchased them again.

Getting started bookbinding is expensive, especially for someone with zero artistic endeavours in the past beyond writing. I had to buy so many things - and my spouse was a little concerned as in the past, my hobby was essentially collecting hobbies, where I’d fixate on a thing and then stop after a few months. Well, it’s been six months officially, my friends, and this is probably my most successful hobby to date.

I finally took the plunge when i caught COVID in July and have been binding ever since.

What really changed my bookbinding journey was discovering the Amateur Fanfic Binding Group on Facebook and Renegade Bindery on Discord. The Amateur Fanfic Binding Group were very approachable when I was an itty-bitty baby binder who had no idea of what they were doing, and since then, Renegade Bindery has pushed me to want to do new things and push myself harder - it’s such a large and diverse creative group of people with different interests and focuses and man, I love to see what these crazy cats are up to, where binds are done for creativity’s sake and people do some stunning, beautiful things. It’s fucking beautiful and I don’t regret joining the discord for a second.

Favourite Projects / Moments of Binding:

There’s something joyous in realizing something is going well - and what I remember was this Eureka moment when I realized I could get the Vaster Than Empires bind done and I wouldn’t completely collapse the case and destroy it by poking FUCKING HOLES into it which I couldn’t take back. I did this in one continuous stitch and in my head i was just going hell yeah I don’t need to make the case again.

Doing the maple-leaf pattern in a faux-binding style and watching it take root was literally the icing on the cake for me. I never thought I’d find binding to be therapeutic and stress-relief, but it is, and after a bad shift, sometimes I just want to go home and stitch a couple of signatures together or flip through a typeset and just randomly correct apostrophes and grammar. There are fucking endorphins in planning for the next project and THE NEXT PROJECT and so on.

Total Number of Binds This Year:

I didn’t count the binds I did in the bookbinding classes I took in August, so my current count stands at:

10 completed binds: 3 notebooks (coptic stitch), 7 fanfic binds cased in

I have one text block sitting on my press waiting to be finished, of which I will attempt to do so today, and I’m currently actively typesetting a 4-5 volume anthology of star trek fics, and maybe 3 volumes of hannibal fic, with 1 other hannibal fic that I’m currently typesetting.

Gift Copies Sent Out: 1 fanfic bind so far, for the Renegade Exchange. I gave away 2 coptic notebooks as well. I now owe 2 author copies that I will work on from January 2023.

Hardest Thing I Had To Learn:

Oh fuck, learning how to typeset was a bitch and a half. Microsoft Word is usually the first tool noobies like me touch, and I’ve... semi-figured it out, I think? But man, at the start was it hard to pick up. Section breaks were a thing that transformed my life. Also, I am NOT artistic in the least, so THIS IS A SHOCKING HOBBY TO HAVE, guys. Canva and stock images are my friends.

Oh, and cutting straight without stabbing myself. I bought 2mm chipboard and now I am not afraid of cutting my bookboard for covers any more.

Things I Still Haven’t Figured Out:

The Guillotine is evil and I rely on the spouse to operate it.

2023 Binding Goals:

I have a fuckton of artistic endeavours that I wanna carry out but I doubt I will achieve them all. This list essentially includes:

making my own endbands

(have found tutorials, have a spare ruined text block, finally bought the cord and the silk thread, but am still too chicken to try it out)

doing cut outs for covers

it looks so hard, anyway I won’t be using my tinyass cricut joy to cut it out for me. hand-cut cutouts might end in me losing a finger but I really do wanna try it out so i might buy myself an exactoblade and sandpaper and try.

cloth edges with half-binds

I want to try backing

but I feel like a finishing press needs to be bought and er a backing hammer and ugh if I destroy a textblock from attempting to back, I will be sad.

I’m not super interested in full painted edges, but I do think splattered edges are cool

Do more trades with bookbinders (I really do, but shipping is such a bitch and I really would feel guilty making someone pay for international shipping if they didn’t want to)

Gift more binds to authors (THIS, ABSOLUTELY)

Things To Remind Myself:

It’s okay to be slower than other binders. My work schedule doesn’t allow for a book a day or a book a week and that’s okay.

Measure your success through alternative means - I’ve decided that my goal is to bind what makes me happy and if I get to make an author happy in the process, that’s great! Engagement is a plus and shouldn’t be my goal.

Do binding your own way. It’s okay to have limitations. I don’t have the ability to do full frames for books on my cricut joy. I doubt I’ll ever make dust jackets because I’d need to go to a print shop to make them. I don’t think I will ever do marbling because I don’t have a lot of open space to just throw paint on a surface and my dog loves to eat shit he shouldn’t which leads to Emergency Vet Visits of Doom. And all that is okay.

To End It Off, A Shot of my Bookshelf:

Binding friends, if you’d like to use this as an inspiration to write your own binding wrap-up, feel free! Happy holidays and happy binding!

#bookbinding #fanbinding #reflection #2022: a year in review

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amomentoftimeandword · 11 months

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Geek rant incoming 😮‍💨

**Spoilers** If you haven't seen The Clone Wars do not proceed.

Back in 1977 the world was introduced to Darth Vader and his empire, as well as Luke and Leia, in Star Wars: Episode IV- A New Hope. Back then, it seemed right to have this big bad character reeking havoc across the galaxy, a character who had fallen from the path of righteousness.

Fast forward 22 years to 1999 when Star Wars: Episode I- The Phantom Menace came out and introduced us to Anakin Skywalker. We followed Anakin's journey as he became a Padawan at the end of this first film. In 2002 we followed him as an older, (essentially) fully realized Jedi. Then in 2005 we watched the prophecy surrounding him, come to fruition, as he became the very thing he was meant to destroy, a Sith Lord.

In accordance to the 1977 film, we all knew it had to be this way, that this was what Eps. I-III were setting up. Now, let's jump forward again to August 2008 when the feature length, animated film, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, was released. In this film (set between Eps. II & III) we see Anakin take on his own Padawan, Ahsoka Tano. Two months later, The Clone Wars series began.

From October 2008 to March 2013, we got to see Anakin and Ahsoka develop a close relationship. They may have been master and Padawan, but it was more than that. They were friends. Ahsoka was someone who was able to keep him grounded, even when Anakin's emotions threatened to get the best of him.

This series, fleshed out Anakin so EXTREMELY well! We see him as a trusted Jedi, a leader, a mentor, a general in the grand army of the republic. We get to see him as a 'brother' to Obi-Wan, a husband to Padme, and (again) a friend to Ahsoka🥺. I seriously prefer clone wars Anakin over live action Anakin (probably unpopular opinion. Love Hayden Christensen though❤️).

Anyways, in the Season 5 finale episodes (17-20) of The Clone Wars, we watch as Ahsoka gets framed for murder and other crimes against against the republic. No matter how many times she claimed she was innocent... No one but Anakin believed her (maybe Obi and Plo Koon), and the Jedi Council abandoned her, expelling her from the Order. In the grand scheme of things, I understand (again) why it had to happen this way, however I still hold some resentment towards the council for turning their backs on her (I know this is all fictional, but I am ATTACHED 🥺).

That being said, Ahsoka got her name cleared and was offered the chance to rejoin the ranks of the Jedi, but she refused. She was hurt and maybe part of her saw how 'blinded' the Jedi actually could be to one another. WHEN SHE WALKS AWAY FROM ANAKIN AT THE END OF EP. 20 😭😭😭😭😭💔 My heart BREAKS Every. Single. Fucking. Time!!! Personally, I believe this is where Anakin's villain origin story started.

HAD Ahsoka been even an IDEA back in 1977, we honestly probably never would have had a Darth Vader. This is a personal belief of course, and I can't change what's been canon for nearly 50yrs now, BUT a heart can still dream. Ahsoka was SO GOOD for Anakin. She would have kept him on the straight and narrow, I'm sure of it.

This makes an even harder impact in season 7 of the Clone Wars (that didn't drop till 2020), when we see Ahsoka return. She's grown up in her time away and has keep her distance from the Jedi. We follow her journey in this season as she eventually finds her way back to Anakin. Eps. 9-12 tie in VERY closely to the events of Revenge of the Sith.

These last four episodes HIT SO DIFFERENT after you've followed all these characters for so long (even the clones 💔). There is a scene where Anakin presents Ahsoka with new lightsabers and then he walks away to join the mission to capture Dooku (that opens up Revenge of the Sith). THIS IS THE LAST TIME AHSOKA SEES ANAKIN BEFORE HE BECOMES DARTH VADER 😭💔😭💔😭

A lot of people ask where Ahsoka was during RotS and these last 4 episodes answer that too. She had a mission to capture Maul on Mandalore and bring him back to Coruscant to the Jedi Council as a way to help the republic one last time. THIS EXPLAINS WHY SHE WASN'T THERE IN THE END!

Do y'all REALIZE the impact she could have MADE though, if she'd been around to HELP ANAKIN 😭😭😭 (in a perfect world where Vader doesn't exist)!!! However, there's no telling whether she would have survived Order 66 if she had been around. WHICH!!! Order 66 goes into effect while Ahsoka is bringing Maul to the council (of course she defeated him). And seeing HOW she survived the execution order is one of THE MOST HEARTBREAKING, DEVASTATING THINGS THAT EXISTS ON TV!!🥺💔😭🥺💔😭

Yes, I do it to myself, putting my emotions through the ringer every time BUT DAMN! The Clone Wars goes hard and it hurts like hell, but it is for that reason, that it is one of my FAVORITE animated shows. 😮‍💨🥲

I may be part of a small population too that believes Anakin didn't do anything wrong either. If giving into emotions makes way for the dark side, then SO many of us would be. As humans, we are meant to FEEL and some feel more strongly than others. Anakin is of the Force but he feels things SO deeply. All he wanted was to be able to save those that he loved and was coerced/peer pressured/led to believe(falsely) that the Dark Side had the answers he needed. I don't believe he ever truly wanted to be the reason why Jedi across the galaxy were eradicated. We know Palpatine only wanted him for his power and it was ALL Palatine's idea from the beginning. ANAKIN IS A VICTIM!! HE WAS CORRUPTED!!😭😭😭 Sure, Anakin was brash and had some intense moments (a think first, ask questions later type) throughout the series as a whole, but they were justified. He did what had to be done. I am a very firm believer that the corruption of the dark side did indeed 'kill' the Anakin we came to know and love. Everything he did after killing Windu, is not our "chosen one". Though, let's be honest, 'our Anakin' probably started to disappear when Palpatine ordered him to kill Dooku.

If you've seen Clone Wars, you may remember a few episodes in season 3 where the Son (essentially the personification of the dark side of the Force) tried to coerce Anakin, even then. MY WILD THEORY is that, the day Anakin gave in to the dark side, was the day the Son possessed him, "killing him", hence allowing for the creation of Darth Vader and the Empire he rules. 🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️ Fight me.

Ok, I'm getting off my soap box now. If you've made it to the end, do you agree with any of this? However theoretical it may be? My mind cannot be changed. 🤷🏼‍♀️ This is where I firmly stand. I will die on this hill.

#ahsoka tano #anakin skywalker #jedi order #star wars #the clone wars #nerd #star wars nerd #star wars geek #geek #commander tano #order 66 #darth vader #a new hope #the phantom menace #revenge of the sith #general skywalker #captain rex

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galacticlamps · 1 year

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Tag 9 ppl you want to get to know better

tagged by @observethewalrus

First ship: I genuinely don’t know? And now that I’m realizing I don’t know I’m actually a tiny bit sad about that. I’d started writing things that can only be described as fanfiction long before I was old enough to be online and before we evolved past dial-up in my house & being on the computer became simple enough to not feel like a hassle anyway - which is all just to say that when I did wind up interacting with fannish communities later on, fanfic specifically wasn’t something totally new to me so I never had vivid memories of my first experiences of it. As a kid fanfic was what you basically had to do when you reached the end of any media you’d even somewhat enjoyed and the author rather rudely neglected to go on telling the story infinitely - so I think it must’ve been a while before shipping became a major thing on my radar, and it probably happened gradually. I do distinctly remember finding it a little ironic in high school that so much online/tumblr specific fandom was about shipping, and I was in multiple fandoms and had several ships, but I didn’t have any big passionate (or even non-canon & in need of defending) ships for my main fandom, which was always Doctor Who - though at the time, just nuwho. There, the only things I could be said to ship were pretty straightforward pairings like the Ponds, Doctor/River, Jack/Ianto, etc. - and I’m guessing whatever things I had that counted as ships before I got into fandom were similar to those, just a kind of passing approval of/investment in ships that were already well-established elements of their source material.

Three Ships: well Two/Jamie always (connected to the above tangent, I was involved in fandom for close to a decade before I came across them, but I’d never found cause to use the term otp before then), and at the moment the other ships taking up the next-most space in my brain are probably Ben/Polly and Geordi/Data

Last Song: Ruin by the Amazing Devil (I remember it playing as I drove home last night)

Last Movie: ah see I’m actually quite bad about watching movies/even remembering they exist. There’s a real possibility the most recent one was The Final Frontier, simply because I’ve been doing a long slow chronological trek through Star Trek, and I’m currently in the early 90s so I know I must have watched that one at some point in the last year or so, and more recently than any of the ones that came out before it

Currently Reading: Ok this I’m legitimately embarrassed about, because I’m not normally anywhere near this slow with books at all, and neither of these are bad, boring, or even slow-paced, it’s solely a matter of how horribly hectic & unpredictable my life’s been for the last few months - but I’ve been both near the end of Bare-Arsed Banditti and a couple hundred pages deep into The Two Towers since the end of August (I hate that fact so much but I need to admit it. It’s available information on my Storygraph account anyway it should not be so hard to say)

Currently Consuming: Twining’s Irish Breakfast tea, black. I am often consuming twining’s irish breakfast tea black

Currently Craving: a break - or maybe just routine in general? I’ve been doing a lot of overlapping freelance work lately: short-term projects that don’t last long enough to allow for anything like ‘time off’ & have all the busy-ness of full-time without any of the stability, which kinda feels like the worst of both worlds tbh. 2022 was a rough year for me for that in general, but it got especially bad in the fall & winter and I’m hoping to get a better handle on my own schedule in the next few weeks one way or another, but I’m sorry to anyone I’ve kinda ghosted in the interim

Tagging: @uighean @terryfphanatics @seismologically-silly and anybody else who wants to do it!

#tag games

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heyluvu · 2 years

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Title: I Miss you

Summary: Eddie Munson, famous guitarist of the world wide known rock band “Corroded Coffin” takes her daughter to the airport to see her mom, but after something she says he started to realize that maybe his life wasn’t what he wanted anymore.

Pairing: Eddie Munson x Chrissy Cunningham

Notes: I just watched Elvis and the inspiration kicked in right there on the movie theater that’s why it’s so short. Also this is my first fic on English so I hope you like it and if you see any mistakes please let me know!

Los Angeles, August 1999

The sound of the camera flashes dispelled as the car continued to drive into the airport’s zone “Daddy” he turned his attention to her daughter “I don’t like the lights” the five-year-old rubbed her eyes sleepily. Olivia liked to sleep on cars since she was a baby, it was like magic, when she wouldn’t stop crying he used to take her on drives until she finally fell asleep which took less than 10 minutes.

“They woke you up, didn’t they?” she nodded “I’m sorry, baby girl” Olivia opened her arms in his direction, that meant she wanted a hug and Eddie could never deny a hug to his little princess. He took her into his arms, sitting her on his lap while stroking her blonde hair in an attempt to make her sleep again.

“I’m so sorry” he whispered into her hair leaving a kiss on her head. Olivia was the greatest love of his life, since the moment he found out about her existence she had been everything to him.

“No. Don’t worry I’m okay” she answered with her head laying on his chest. Her head turned to him, watching him with those beautiful big blue eyes that she got from her mother “Is mommy going to be here soon?”

“Yeah, any minute now we are going to see her so you can go back home. Are you excited for back to school? Elementary school is a big step”

She nodded “Are you coming with us, daddy?” Olivia asked innocently, with a bit of what could be described as hope in her gaze.

“Uh” he didn’t know how to answer to that “No, sweetie. I don’t think so, I still have to do some things here with the band. You know the band, you like the band don’t you?”

“Well, yeah but uhm” she started talking while playing with her hands “At school my friends always talk about their daddies and how they play catch with them and that stuff”

“You want me to play catch with you?”

“Well, I’m not good at throwing things… or catching them” she responded “But if I have to I can get better at it. I just want you to play with me at home” something in his heart felt like breaking “I miss you, daddy” he didn’t know what to say.

Eddie Munson was a lot of things, but a bad father was not amongst them in his books. Sure, the band, tours, and recordings took a great part of his time, but he always tried to make time for his girl. If it was up to him he would take her and Chrissy everywhere, but knew that wasn’t right. Olivia needed a home, a real home, and school and friends and all of those things a kid needs in their life, that was why they bought that house on Hawkins after all, so she could live a “normal” childhood.

“There’s mommy!” she said happily leaning on the window, waving her hand so she could catch her attention. Eddie turned his head to her direction.

Her hair was shorter than the last time, just a little bit, you wouldn’t notice if you didn’t pay special attention to her, something that he always did. The car stopped, making Olivia open the door so she could start running towards her mother “Liv, wait” he warned but she already was giving her mother a big hug “Damn that kid is fast” he thought, that was something she didn’t get from him.

Chrissy noticed how Eddie hadn’t got out of the car yet, which was weird because he always went behind their daughter as she ran “Baby, get in the car with aunt Robin. I have to talk to daddy, okay?” she asked while leaving a kiss on her forehead. Olivia nodded and quickly got into the car, closing the door behind her.

He could hear the steps in his direction, and his heart started to raise as they became closer. It was always like this, no matter how many years had passed she always made him feel like that.

“Hey, rockstar” she greeted him with a smile. Eddie didn’t respond, maybe because he was still processing what his daughter just told him.

Chrissy let out a sigh and gave the driver a look, moving her eyes he understood that she wanted to be alone with him so he got out of the car. She took a sit beside him, closing the door as she entered the vehicle.

“Olivia” he started to talk “Liv said she misses me”

“Oh, you know how kids are. They always say all kind of things” she tried to make him feel better, but noticed that it wasn’t working.

“Am I shitty a parent, Chris?” he finally asked.

“What? No, of course not”

“I mean, I try not to be. I try to talk to her as much as I can but it’s- just the band and everything is sometimes too much, you know?” the words were just coming out of his mouth without any thinking behind them “I know about shitty parents, I had shitty parents for christ sake, but maybe this is a different kind of shitty. Maybe shitty parenting is a wide spectrum and my parents fall in some part of it and I’m in the other”

“Hey, hey, hey” she stopped him “Eddie, listen to me. You are not a shitty parent” Chrissy began to explain “She just spent two weeks with you after a long time, of course, she’s going to miss you more after this. But she loves you even if you are not with her in person, ‘kay? Olivia knows how much you care about her, every night she waits for your phone call and never shuts up to her school friends about how her dad is this big rockstar that always travels around the country. She isn’t gonna grow up to resent you, because you always show her support and love. So no, you aren’t anything like your parents”

Even after months of being separated Chrissy knew what to say to make him feel better, which was only telling the truth. She really did think that Eddie was a great father to their child, maybe a bit absent but it wasn’t on purpose.

After moments of silence, Chrissy reached for his hand, her fingers intertwining with his. That warmth in her hand and her heart when they took each other’s hand was something that couldn’t be compared to any sensation in the world.

He still made her feel like a teenager after all these years. She loved him and he loved her, there was never a doubt about that, anyone who knew them could see how perfect they were for each other, but after months of not seeing each other, they decided to separate. He remembers that day as if it was yesterday, sitting on his hotel bed, hearing about it on the phone, hearing her cry through the phone, and feeling so guilty about not being there for his wife to hug her and kiss her and telling her that he still loved her. But she was in Indiana and he was in New York, and that’s what ultimately brought them apart.

“Maybe” she broke the silence squeezing his hand “You can take some time off, you know? Go back to Hawkins and live for a while that suburban lifestyle that you always claimed to hate but deep down you want that for your kid” both laughed “How does that sound? You can see Wayne and his new and improved mug collection, you can take Olivia trick-or-treating, pick her up after school”

“Go to bed every night with the woman I love” he added watching her through his peripheral vision to observe her reaction in a surreptitious way.

Her cheeks turned red and a light smile appeared on her lips “Yeah, that too” Chrissy whispered. She sighed. Silence became the main communication between them. After a couple of minutes she let go of his hand “Well that’s your decision to make, isn’t it?” clapped her hands on her tights and opened the car door “For the record” she added “I miss you too”

#eddie munson #eddissy #hellcheer #stranger things #chrissy x eddie #chreddie #chrissy cunningham #eddie x chrissy #grace van dien #joseph quinn #one shot

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benjaminscottx · 2 years

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miles teller & he/him/ cis man ‷ watch out , benjamin “ben” scott has crash-landed into roswell !! they look 35 years old and celebrate their birthday on august 24th. they are from brooklyn, new york, reside in moonbeam gardens and are currently working as a podcaster/actor. one thing you should know about them is he started his career in the first broadway production of the lion king‷

Hi all, I bring you one of my oldest characters who I’ve missed quite a bit! Give this a like if you want to plot something out ❤️

ABOUT.

Name: Benjamin Eric Scott Nicknames: Ben, Scotty, Benny Boy Age: Thirty-five Date of Birth: 24th August 1987 Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA Occupation: Podcaster/Actor Romantic/Sexual Orientation: Biromantic/bisexual (male leaning)

tw: violence, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, mentions of homophobia

Benjamin “Ben” Scott grew up in Brooklyn, New York, to a stay at home mom and a doctor father.

When he was a kid he wanted to be a spaceman, exactly like Buzz Lightyear. That was the dream.

His mom had other ideas since he’d spend his days putting on plays with the other neighbourhood kids and dancing and singing. So, not long after his 9th birthday, she started to push and finally got him a job on the first Broadway production of The Lion King. That was what he did for almost ten years —- he lived on the stage.

After graduation he went on to study drama at Juilliard School, getting into a kind of routine. School, theatre, school, theatre, and then he’d spend Sunday at the gym. He didn’t have much of a social life, just hung out in seedy bars with his theatre friends, getting into fights and very rarely waking up in his own bed, usually bloody and bruised whenever he did.

He dabbled in relationships here and there, fell for a guy in his final year of college, but things weren’t meant to be. Everything was badly timed. He’s probably still a little in love with him to this day, but he’s never been too good at admitting that out loud.

Finally, following graduation, he got his first movie role, nothing major, but hella exciting for him. Movie roles were pretty rare, though, so he paid for his tiny apartment in Hell’s Kitchen with constant stints on Broadway.

He ended up in a bad place. Fell into an abyss of drink and drugs, going out each night after the show pretty much just trying to pick fights. It was almost a game, trying to hide the bruises the next day.

At 26 the relationship he ended up in was beyond toxic, neither one of them any good for each other and he only landed himself in more trouble.

Things went too far one night on his way home following the show; some guy thinking it was funny to continuously rib him over his sexuality. Ben, seeing red, lost it completely and could have quite easily beat him to death.

Prison was his next port of call. He was there for a year, got out on good behaviour, although his stay behind bars did its job in destroying what little movie career he had left.

Since getting out six years ago he’s been working on his anger issues. He’s attended meetings, seen a therapist and he’s big into meditating. His Frenchie, Simba, helps him through.

He attempted another relationship (kinda) with a friend from college days, but that too was destined not to work out for him.

Moving away from New York was definitely a part of the process, he moved over to LA for a couple of years to try something different, got back into theatre and filmed a pilot for a show that sadly wasn’t picked up.

He lost his acting big break thanks to what happened, a major role in a much anticipated movie gone, so he stuck with theatre alone for a while.

During the last couple of months of 2021 he received a letter from the friend he’d dated several years previous in New York informing him that he was a dad. Within a month he’d packed his bags and moved to New Mexico to find her and meet his son. Definitely not part of his plan, but he wanted to try and do something as soon as he found out.

TIMELINE:

1987: Brooklyn, New York 2006: Hells Kitchen, Manhattan, New York 2015: Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York Late 2016: Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan, New York 2018: Los Angeles, California Late 2021: Roswell, New Mexico

WANTED CONNECTIONS:

- younger siblings; his has three of them, any gender, go wild. I’d love to see them if you’re interested! - cousins; why not? we love family <3 - college ex; they really did meet at the wrong time, it was never going to work for long, yet ben was so in love with him and he’s still not over it. - toxic ex; this whole relationship was a bad idea. everything about it was toxic, but at the time he couldn’t resist her. maybe if they’d attempted the relationship at another time things would have been better... but definitely not then. other exes from nyc; both in college and after. [ noa ocampo. ] - one night stands; there’s been a lot of them, both in nyc and la. he’s bi so both male and female work. - gym buddies; if he’s not working he pretty much lives in the gym. it’s a great distraction. - nyc friends; people he’s known for years and trusts completely. - neighbours in moonbeam; it can go however you like. - dog park people; he has simba so he’s there a lot walking him. - fellow aa or na people; anyone he’s met through those meetings. - past work colleagues; anyone he’s worked on broadway/stage or on a movie/tv set with in the past. - current work colleagues; self explanatory.

I’m really up for anything, so let’s brainstorm!!!

#roswellintro #( about. )

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lothrilzul · 1 year

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2022 brought loads of new interesting stuff and content in my life. I won’t talk about the war special military operation going on next door because I’m not here to be stressed out.

Behold, lots of exclamation marks

2022 started slowly with Fallout on eco burner. My love for Paladin Danse is forever and unrelenting.

Book of Boba Fett! Ming-Na! Loved her in ER, Universe and Stargate, and now as Fennec. Extra cameo at the end!

Obi-wan Kenobi! Ewan McGregor, stellar as ever. My first platonic love, still going strong. Shame he didn’t get enough recognition for his portrayal in the early 2000′s and I’m glad the fans could reach both him and Hayden at last. It was so good so see them in their roles again. The last episode hurt so much it was so good.

Then in August we decided to finally finish Divinity Original Sin 2 with my Hubbo. That meant starting a new character, because we forgot like everything.

Then I learned there was romance in D:OS2. That lead to a quick spiral with Ifan ben-Mezd. I already liked his character since the first time we played, at first I picked him as follower, second time I mained him, and now I picked him again, but accidentally triggered a romance dialogue and rolled with it. I’m glad I did. So worth it. I was robbed 4 years of Wolf Husband content.

Then I finally caught up with House of the Dragon. I started binging it the week the last episode came out because there was no way I’d wait that many weeks. I loved the structure of the series and how it knew exactly how much to serve. The experience felt like I’m watching fanfic. (Obi-wan, too, btw.) I didn’t really like either side, both the greens and blacks have good and bad people. And I know how it ends. However I understand their problems and see why they do what they do. I’m still not a fan of either Daemon or Rhaenyra, but for some inexplicable reason I imprinted on damned Aemond. I didn’t want to like him. I also adore Halaena. And let’s not forget Harwin Strong, the daddest dad to ever dad. And Rhaenys. True queen.

My new debilitating love for Ifan naturally led to a cursory search on AO3 for Ifan content. It’s scarce. So I read what was up my alley and decided to trying my hand at writing one. I think it’s 50% done now at 20k-ish words.

Also, I found a multifandom fic with some Dragon Age characters along with Ifan. Namely Alistair and Blackwall. Then I got Blackwall recommended if I liked Ifan. (I don’t dare tag you friend but you know it’s you.)

So, I asked Hubbo to get me Dragon Age. I was dreading to start, the whole religious aspect was a bit much for me. But I decided to dredge through the intrigue for the romances and story. TBH I knew some elements of the story, because I watched Hubbo play a few years back, but I never really cared. I remembered Morrigan because he romanced her. I was also very much spoiled throughout the story so it was really time to get a coherent experience.

Naturally, I started with Origins. I was pre-conditioned to go for Alistair and I am glad I did. He’s such a dork. I love him so much. Couldn’t harden him or make him king. My Cousland stayed with him until other orders came from above. At that point, I knew I would do anything to keep Alistair safe. Even break my own heart later.

I decided to go for Zevran next game. Maybe Morrigan, once, but I need the perfect character for that.

Then, Awakening. I was glad I could keep my Warden from Origins, so Cousland rolled into her new arling only for me to be shocked in the first quest. Hubbo never played this. I didn’t knew Anders was there. Nor did I know who Justice was. I had second-hand Corypheus flashbacks from the Architect. Like, vibez.

I loved every Warden recruit! (except Oghren. I didn’t like him in Origins, but he was not much better here) Especially Nathaniel Howe! I grew fond of my arch enemy’s son rather quickly. He was the only one I maxed out I think because I ran out of game. Anders was close second tho. Shame I found Sigrun last.

Naturally, next step was Dragon Age 2. I burned through Kirkwall in a week. It was a blast. Heh. I wanted to romance Fenris, but I decided to go for Anders because then I would have an easier time in Here Lies the Abyss. Or so I thought. My purple Hawke grew on me. Her relationship with Anders grew on me. It was always supposed to be a slightly pro-mage playthrough, but at the end I decided to go all in. Hawke has had enough. And I knew I’d be in a pit of despair soon.

I also made sure to max Fenris out, because I need the best friend.

So, here comes Inquisition. I’m only, what, eight years late. I set out to romance Blackwall, because, recommendation. First experience was underwhelming, but he worked his way up quickly. I’m not finished with the game or the romance yet, I didn’t even travel to the Winter Palace yet. But I kissed the sad bear enough for him to say he could get used to it. Good, do that. (I’m not at his personal revelation part yet.)

I did Here Lies the Abyss. I was like, I need to tear this band-aid off ASAP. I saved Alistair and left Alma behind, as I previously planned, but man... I wouldn’t want to be near Anders when he hears about it. The game really served me with a below-the-belt-punch for that decision by Varric’s tale. I cried like 4 different times after it and it was only 5 days ago. I’m broken. It was supposed to be my expendable Hawke. It was supposed to be least resistance.

Oh, yeah. Varric. I grew rather fond of my charismatic friend and I’m damn broken I made him hurt like that.

Cassandra is my bestie. Dorian is close too. And I adore Crem. He’s the best.

Later playthroughs I want to see Cullen’s romance, and possibly either Solas or Cassandra. Or Dorian. But that’s like 5 games. Whole lotta time.

I think that’s it? Quite a list, I always thought there’s nothing new this year can bring, but here I am with like 5 new boyfriends and 2 new heartbreaks. At minimum.

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thetremblingroofbeam · 6 months

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A Month of Watching Horror: Oct 2022

-Writing began in Nov but was never finished. presented here is an unfinished retelling of a period of severe dissociation.

It’s October second and i’m disassociating. the last year had entirely upended my life, and i was grasping for something to anchor myself around. the algorithm brought to me an idea, “31 Horror Films in October” and, determined to catch up, i embarked on a journey into a genre i don’t normally enjoy.

it starts in August. in the same week i get a new job, one that won’t be so hard on my recovering spine, and two days later my partner of 10.5 years breaks up with me while we’re walking our dogs. i go see Nope, my first movie in a theater alone in over 12 years. i think it has too many scenes, that they undercut each other, that they fail to fully coalesce. i really like it.

it’s Oct 2nd at 11pm. i put on Blade. she’s finally moving out, mostly, not really at all. i need something comforting and familiar to fill the empty space. i laugh my ass off at every fourth wall break, every wink, every exaggerated line. i love this movie, it’s one of my favorites.

i’m alternating between reorganizing what little hasn’t been taken and moving a new roommate in. i it’s all too expensive, and i’m exhausted. i’ve started a list of movies, comics, and games i think i want to check out. i see The Crow. i hadn’t watched that since i pivoted from hardcore to darkwave. it’s fine. i find it’s meditation on death/rebirth terribly ironic and crass.

one of the last shows we had started was The Sandman. i did not like it. i go back and reread the first volume. i read to 24 Hour Diner. what a brilliant and cruel piece of fiction. i empathize with the hurt, but find it’s shock fairly hollow. a theme i will discover.

i put on The Purge. my home, hollowed, emptied, a stark contrast to the invasion on screen. i eat orange chicken in bed and marvel at how weirdly accurate the political commentary is, how sharp it sees the rise of the fascist youth movement, and how it absolutely fumbles the way race is weaponized. a truly neoliberal film. i’m reminded of her recent descent into orientalism and how gross it is.

the house feels wrong. the dogs aren’t around. time is collapsing. Bruce Willis stews in a basement, unaware he’s a ghost, pining for his wife, two portraits of grief in tragedy, but also very campy and too focused on being witty. i don’t love The 6th Sense.

i need to move back in time. i need a classic. The Omen delivers. what a score. i’m fully distracted from my self for a few hours. reality hits like a brick when i go to text her how great it is.

hoping to find something with the spark of District 9 or Chappie, i put on Demonic. it’s bad.

it’s late 2021 i think. the pain in my back has caused time to dilate, i don’t remember it very well. i see a panel someone has posted from a manga called “Chainsaw Man.” i immediately read all of it. it’s September 2022, i start rereading it to prepare for the show airing. i love the journey of hard head Denji through this weird world of devils, hormones, and tragedy. i read it, and read it again. i love it.

i spent most of 2022 fighting the insurance company. they changed my team at the start of the year and suddenly i wasn’t getting any help. my back was slowly, finally getting better but they were closing the door on paying for the treatment. i didn’t have the energy to fight it and go back to work. Ilana spent most of the year inviting me to bars, knowing i couldn’t sit in the stools with my body in the shape it was in. it was the solidification of her neo-liberalism. a doomed solution offered is justification for failure. my new boss offers me one of her favorite Halloween classics, The Halloween tree. i watch it the same day as Chainsaw Man episode 1. it’s a very good day for animation. i start stretching on my own.

the list is almost solidified. i want to watch the “good stuff.” Rosemary’s Baby. i’m blown away. fuck you P*lanski, rot in hell. to the rest of that crew… you done damn did it. this movie lives rent free in my head.

i’m listening to a Stephen King podcast. i see Cronenberg did an adaptation of Dead Zone. i’m struck by how prescient it is, how it fears the radicalizing right, and the ways religion drives people to neurosis.

i’m inspired. Cronenberg Jr has a film about a scifi dystopian body jumping assassin. we have our first surprise banger, a movie that cuts straight into my grief and confusion and for a little while i watched something that helped me understand what was going on in my own head. i had put on a mask and fragmented myself and was fighting with every single breath to stay calm. the feeling of being fractured hasn’t left me.

we’re on fire, in a groove. i’m watching banger after banger and it’s so refreshing to experience. i briefly am feeling like there is a path forward. i move backwards in time and watch Vampyr. i am shocked at how much more experimental film was in its youth, and again reminded of how much i love a good camera.

this next one is hard. it’s a choke point. i’ve been fighting and fearing it for months now. how do i process this. how do i make this make sense. the last good memory.

we go to a double feature at a diy theater downtown. it’s my first time seeing Vampire Hunter D, which was an absolute mess of budget and writing. then we watch Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, one of the best animated films of all time and one of my all time favorites. everything is like it’s normal. we joke about how weird things have been. my back hurts and i feel estranged.

i spend the next day in severe pain. we’re keeping vampires rolling. i love vampires. A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night is not what i was expecting it to be. really was hoping it would have a little more bite.

#mine #writing #horror

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