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peachtree-dish · 3 years

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A Te Che Sei Il Mío Grande Amore

Chapter 3: Senza che tu mi dica niente tutto si fa chiaro

Luglio 01, 1969

Luca’s birthday rolled around faster than anyone expected, the day arriving with clear skies and high temperatures. Luca awoke to his mother’s voice echoing through their home as she prepared breakfast. Stretching, the fifteen-year-old shook his nonna as gently as he could to wake her. She grumbled at his attempts and swatted at his claws.

“Nonna,” he sighed, shrugging with a smile and swimming into the kitchen to greet his parents. During his time in Porto Rosso, Luca enjoyed every moment he could swimming and spending as much time in the water since he couldn’t do as much in Genoa. He, along with Giulia and Signora Mia, had snuck to the shoreline in the early hours of the morning every few weeks or so just so Luca could refresh his scales and get the nutrients he needed. It was especially necessary when the temperature had become too cold and made him lethargic and ill. Luca shook his head softly, sending bubbles rippling above him in search of the surface. Signora Mia had been just as kind as Massimo, and just as headstrong in a lot of ways. He made a silent promise to call her with Giulia to make sure she was doing well, even if he were sure nothing could fell the infamous Mia Berni.

“Good morning, sweetheart,” Daniella kissed Luca’s cheek and handed him a plate full of seaweed and fish flank on his way to the table. Returning the sentiment, the youth sat beside his father and informed his parents that grandma had decided to sleep in a little longer.

“Ugh, she does this every time. MA!” Daniella shouted in frustration, only to be startled by her own mother swimming around the corner.

“You’re being dramatic, dear. I only do it when I think it will annoy you.” The elderly sea monster smiled toothily at her disgruntled daughter who muttered, “Which is every day,” and finished setting the table.

“So, how does it feel to be another year older, son?” Lorenzo floated a piece of fish to his mouth and chewed animatedly, his gaze never leaving Luca’s. Luca shrugged in response and picked at the seafood drifting across the coral table.

“Not any different than last year, honestly. I still feel like I’m fourteen, so nothing special.” He slurped the seaweed into his mouth, much to his mother’s chagrin, and instantly missed the taste of pasta.

“Fifteen is a pretty big deal, though, you’re becoming a young man and that means changes and more responsibility.”

“I hardly think now is the time to discuss any of that at the table.” Luca’s grandmother scoffed before he could reply.

“What, it’s just the basics; Longer tail and fins, not to mention attracting the pretty lady gills, eh?” Lorenzo nudged Luca in the side who nearly choked on his food and spluttered white bubbles over the table, his scales flushing darkly.

“Lorenzo!” Danielle cried, her claws slapping the table in mortification.

“What? We were around his age when we met. If I remember correctly, you thought I was quite the catch.” He batted his eyes at her, pursing his lips teasingly.

“I was young and silly; I didn’t know any better.” Try as she might, Daniella couldn’t stop the smile that threatened to break her scowl. She busied herself by shredding the fish flank and wrapping it in seaweed. Undeterred, Lorenzo lifted from his chair and leaned in closer, trying to further fluster his wife.

“Yeah, maybe, but you still accepted my courting pearl after the Spring Swim Festival.” Lorenzo pulled a reluctant Daniella out of her chair and began to lead her around the room in spins and pivots, grinning madly as she shrieked with laughter. Luca watched with a mixture of amusement and confusion, his discomfort fading as he pushed the idea of ‘lady gills’ far from his mind. When he peered at his grandma, she appeared nonplussed and continued munching on her food although a genuine smile lifted her aging scales.

“You were skinnier and more handsome then, of course, she fell for you.” Lorenzo pouted at his mother-in-law and led both he and Daniella back to the table.

“I simply grew into my man body,” He emphasized his point by sticking his gut out even farther and patted it proudly. The table burst into laughter and Luca quickly finished eating after, his stomach nearly as full as his heart.

After he finished, he turned to his mother and asked, “Is it ok if I go visit Alberto and Giulia for the afternoon?”

Daniella conceded with a content nod, “Just don’t forget about our dinner tonight at Massimo’s, we don’t want you kids to be late.” Luca agreed cheerfully and kissed each family member on the cheek before swimming out the entrance.

“Hey!” Luca turned mid swim to see Daniella at the entrance. “I love you.”

“I love you too, ma!” Grinning, Luca took off, the water gliding past him as he made his way to the surface and his friends. As he leaped through the blue waves, he imagined he was like the superhero from the newspaper comics that Giulia and Mia both read. Pointing both fists forwards, Luca broke the surface with a whoop, water streaming behind him like a cape.

When he arrived at the Marcovaldo residence, the only beings there to greet them were Machiavelli and a few of his kits, each of whom wanted his attention and brief affection. Finding some of his spare clothes in the drawers of Alberto and Giulia's shared room, Luca quickly left the house and wandered the streets, eager to find his friends. Judging from the sun, he knew the morning fishing trip had come to an end not too long before which should mean Giulia, and Alberto was out delivering. Walking through the town square, Luca waved to a few of the patrons he recognized, mentally wincing as he remembered his first attempts at greeting Porto Rosso’s patrons. If anyone had been the stupidi, it had been them.

Chuckling as he went up the city’s hill, Luca caught sight of two familiar heads of curls along with two faces he was not expecting. Tensing at the sight of Guido and Ciccio, Luca prepared himself for a fight and made to run the rest of the way before he heard laughter. Guido was laughing at something Alberto had said and lightly touched his shoulder. Somehow, the movement was worse than if he had punched Alberto instead. A dark and ugly feeling reared its head within Luca’s belly, causing his face to burn and his hands to clench. Clenching his teeth, the young sea monster marched up the cobblestone pathways, intent on not showing his discomfort.

“Ciao,” he muttered shortly, arriving beside Alberto, and instantly causing Guido to lift his hand from Alberto’s shoulder. Giulia nodded hello from her seat on the bike as Alberto wrapped an arm around Luca’s shoulder.

“Oh, hey Luca,” Alberto cheered even more so upon seeing Luca. “You remember Guido and Ciccio, vero? I helped their families in the off-season while you were away.” Luca looked at the two teens who stood abashedly in front of him and offered his hand after a moment of hesitation.

“It’s good to see you both again,” Not, he thought as he shook the brunette’s hand. Ciccio spoke up, his round features coloring.

“We realize we never officially apologized to you before you left, si? We’re really sorry about last summer, Luca.”

“Si, Ciccio, and I were very foolish and ignoranti, we hope you can forgive us, and we can start again.” Guido smiled warmly, his gaze sincere. Taking a deep breath, Luca felt his earlier feeling of… whatever it was, fading away. If Alberto and Giulia both felt they could trust these boys again, then he could follow their lead.

“Lo apprezzo. I know being around Ercole wasn’t the easiest either, it’s all water under the bridge now anyway.” He smiled genuinely this time, heartened when the two ex-henchmen immediately relaxed.

“Bah, no lie, I’m so happy to be rid of that jerk,” Guido nodded at Ciccio who nodded and twisted his hands anxiously.

“He ate so much of my family’s bread,” Ciccio whispered horrified, his gaze wide. Giulia shared a weirded-out expression with Alberto who only shook his head.

“I didn’t know your family baked,” Luca interceded, ignoring his friends’ lack of subtlety Snapping back to the present, Ciccio grinned widely showing his perfectly white teeth.

“Oh, si, Pasticcini al sale Marino is the pride and joy of Porto Rosso and my family. Our baked goods bring customers from miles around; you should see the line of people who want to buy my mother’s Sfogliatella.” He leaned in conspiratorially to whisper, “My siblings and I have been helping since we were little, so only we know the recipe.” He puffed his round chest out proudly, only to be poked by both Alberto and Guido.

“Knowing a recipe and following it correctly are two different things, Ciccio. Your batter was not very good the last time you tried to make Bombolini.” Guido teased and Alberto nodded knowingly.

“I still don’t know how you mixed up salt and sugar,” the older sea monster screwed his face in disgust, remembering how the supposedly sweet treats and mistakenly been made with copious amounts of salt. “Seriously, Ciccio, even the ocean’s not as salty as those things were.” Ciccio pouted good-naturedly as the group laughed.

“It’s still not as bad as the time Guido set the auto garage on fire,” the blond argued mildly to which said boy grimaced.

“I thought we agreed to never speak of that again; I thought my papa was going to skin me alive.”

The teens chatted a bit more and Luca began to warm up to the two boys who had hurt him so much the past year. Perhaps, he reasoned, they had been good all along and had simply needed the chance to prove themselves.

Bidding Guido and Ciccio farewell, Luca joined Alberto and Giulia as they made the rounds. Luca asked a question that had been on his mind since arriving in Porto Rosso.

“So, whatever happened to Ercole? I haven’t seen him since we’ve been in town.” Alberto placed the cash from his previous sale into the leather pouch of the cart before answering.

“Honestly, the guy kind of disappeared after the race. I think he was embarrassed enough to keep his head low for a while, but other than that, I’m not sure. Maybe he left?” Giulia thought for a moment, her gaze focused on the road ahead.

“Maybe, I don’t think he went away to university, but he could have. His family is really wealthy, so they could afford it no matter the grades he got.”

Luca kicked a pebble, his thoughts skipping back to that one word: university.

“What’s the point of grades anyway, doesn’t that, like, stress you out more?” Alberto mused.

“It certainly does for me,” Giulia huffed. She bid Buongiorno to a young mother who bought the last of their fish and both Luca and Alberto filled the empty space as they headed back down the hill.

“I think it’s mostly competition, to see who really wants to be an academico or no,” she contemplated. “Sometimes if you have really good grades, the universities will pay you to study in their schools. That happened to mama when she moved to Genoa.” Alberto winced slightly at the mention of Giulia’s mother, the story of her separation from Massimo fresh in his memory.

“I wonder if I was good enough, they’d do that for me?” Luca hummed, his eyes following the drains that spread across each building they passed.

“Well, duh, they’d be stupid not to; you’re better than good enough right now,” Alberto bumped his shoulder with a smile. Luca blushed and tossed his friend a grin.

“Hey, happy birthday by the way. It’s about time you got to my age,” the older boy winked and wrapped his arm around Luca again, causing Luca’s skin to hum with energy.

“Oh, yeah! Are you excited for tonight?” Giulia asked over her shoulder.

“Thanks, you guys, really,” Luca felt warmer with Alberto’s arm around him, and he was sure it had nothing to do with the afternoon sun. He wondered briefly if said boy could feel how hard his heart was pounding. “Should I be excited, I thought we were just having dinner?” Luca asked, brow furrowing in confusion. He twisted around to face Giulia as she pulled into the plaza and made her way towards the small coastal home. Alberto lifted his arm when Luca turned away, causing him to feel its loss.

Giulia glanced at him and grinned excitedly. “Papa saved some fireworks from the Festa Della Repubblica since we were in Genoa, and he wants to set them off for tonight.” Luca gasped and jumped in his seat.

“Santa mozzarella! Are you serious?!” He shared an animated glance with Alberto who smiled as he hopped off the cart.

“Of course! I mentioned to him how much you had enjoyed the fireworks during Vigilia di Capodanno last December. He decided that would be his gift to you this year.” Giulia locked the bike and carried their bag of earnings inside, the two boys following after her.

Inside they found Massimo at his stove, his presence filling up the majority of the room. He turned to greet them as they entered, placing a kiss upon Giulia’s curly head.

“Buon cumpleanno, Luca. May you live to see many more,” Massimo rumbled fondly, patting Luca on his checkered shoulder. Luca returned the sentiment and wrapped a short hug around the large man, his arms too small to wrap fully around him.

“Grazie, Massimo. For your wishes and for your surprise gift,” Luca pulled away while Massimo smiled happily, his eyes disappearing behind his bushy eyebrows.

“Giulia,” Massimo chided lightly, turning to his daughter who was counting out money, “I thought we agreed to keep it a secret until after dinner?” Giulia smiled apologetically.

“Scusa, papa, we were just too excited,” She and Alberto began counting the coins on the table while Massimo ushered Luca over to the stove.

“Come, Luca, you will help me prepare dinner,” Massimo handed him a bag of clams and ordered him to wash them thoroughly in the sink. Luca would be the first to admit he was not a cook, but Massimo was gentle in his orders and easily guided Luca in making a perfect pasta dinner.

Once the Paguro family arrived along with Ciccio and Guido, once again to Luca’s surprise, the night was filled with much laughter and filling food. The linguine pasta alle vongole was instantly a hit and paired nicely with the red wine Ciccio had brought on behalf of his family. To the teens’ disappointment, the adults were adamant that they were still too young for alcohol. At one moment, Lorenzo laughed so hard, he inhaled his pasta and sent part of it into his nose much to the delight of the children. After dinner, the group trouped outside with fireworks and dessert in hand. While Massimo and Lorenzo set up the fireworks near the edge of the waterline, Daniella, Giulia, and Ciccio helped serve gelato and watermelon.

With a happy sigh, Alberto nestled himself into the sand alongside Luca, happily chewing on the red-fleshed fruit. Luca’s eyelids were drooping as his body felt full and warm, accompanied by his own friend’s radiating heat. His gaze lingered as Alberto licked gelato from his lips, the cream dripping from the corner of his mouth. Forcing his eyes to look anywhere else, Luca shifted closer to Alberto. Instead, his gaze landed on his father asking animatedly about the fireworks in Massimo’s hand, the larger man looking both confused and entertained by Lorenzo’s energy.

“I know I already said it, but happy birthday,” Luca dragged his eyes back to the tanned boy next to him and smiled. He jumped slightly at the first explosion, watching in delight as the light of the fireworks made his friend’s skin glisten with multicolored hues.

“Thank you for sharing it with me,” He replied easily. Neither made comment as their arms brushed or as their hands splayed out behind them with barely any space between. Up above the merry group, bright color after bright color bloomed across a starlit sky, the stars twinkling their own delight.

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teresa-moyocoyotzin · 3 years

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short recap of my thoughts on 5x09

okay so i was gonna rewatch the whole episode and do a blow-by-blow reaction post but i’m not sure i’ll have time and i kinda wanna focus on watching my fave scenes from the show before tonight. also, everyone else’s reaction posts p. much sum up my thoughts lol

nonetheless, i just wanted to give my main takeaways on the episode a week later, in case anyone cares where i’m at going into the finale! gonna go over the things i liked first, anyone who wants to just remain positive and not see any salty takes might wanna just stick to reading the first part b/c i definitely rant a bit at the end lmao. we’re still having a fun time tho 😂

THINGS I LOVED

- i mean... i think we know LOL

- obviously. i loved james and teresa’s i love you scenes, and kisses, and OOF THAT SEX SCENE. if someone had told me we were gonna get that scene back in like 2017??? i probably would have started literally floating. i totally respect that people had very specific ideas of what they wanted out of those scenes and could have different feelings about it but NOT ME BABES I AM ECSTATIC!!! i did go into the episode with a ~feeling~ that we were gonna get at least one ILY in the episode, and i just had a feeling it would be james, or at least that he would say it first. i’ve already explained in my meta about the scenes why i think it makes sense that he said it first and why i love it that he did, so i won’t go into that here. but i went in having really no expectations for it other than that it was gonna happen! i was debating about whether it would happen really casually while they’re talking, or in like a big action scene, or really dramatic or what, and what i would prefer, and i came to the conclusion that i would love it no matter what lol, but i was really into the idea of james just. fucking. saying it. while they’re just talking about something really casually. so therefore i was pretty happy with it when we got sort of a mix! they’re talking about teresa’s insane death trap of a plan so there’s that drama of “i don’t want to lose you esp. not before saying ILY” kinda thing, but it’s also just. so simple and sure! and then teresa’s i love you is like the perfect scene for me where one character is super focused on something else (in this case, trying to protect the woman he loves! agh!) and the other is just like.. i love you!!!! SO GOOD

- let’s see, what the hell else happened in this ep?

- oh okay i really liked james and teresa’s vibes this episode, they were so focused on each other and had this very ride-or-die feeling about them like they knew that each of their plans was increasingly stupid and desperate and might not even get them where they wanna go, but they were IN IT TOGETHER no matter what 😭i wish we had gotten a callback to that line but at this point, i’m p. sure they Know they’re in it together, and we do too. so it’s okay. i love that teresa still asks his input and considers his opinions even if she does her own thing anyways haha

- oh on that note, i LOVED the moment where their plans to kill Kostya aren’t working and Teresa says something like “If I can meet with him in person, I can kill him myself” and James just has this LOOK that just is the epitome of the “I am in love with a women who is DESIGNED TO STRESS ME OUT” meme lol, it made me giggle, v classic QOTS moment

- oh and of course, I LOVED that scene with devon and james at the end!!!!!!!! i was also confused about how james was showing all his emotions in that scene esp. since he tries to be stoic about his feelings for Teresa around Devon, but now that i’ve read a few people’s thoughts about, it i’m fully on board w the theory that james and teresa already knew this was coming, b/c they’re smart, and b/c james knows devon wouldn’t have let him walk away to save Teresa at the beginning of the season without motivation (like having him in place to kill her when she’s no longer useful to the CIA) and THEREFORE james was sort of “overacting” to make it believable to devon (and the audience lol) that he didn’t know this was coming, didn’t want to do it, but felt like he had to, rather than the fact that they were already plotting a fake death. that makes a lot of sense to me and makes me really love all the layers to that scene. it does give me a little bit of hope that the finale ~teresa’s not really dead~ reveal will be at least a little well executed and not just shoved in at the very end. we shall see though!

- alright i think that’s what i loved about the episode, if u don’t wanna hear me bitching about the little things then u should probably stop here!! just have to get out some of my saltiness lol

THINGS I WAS ANNOYED ABOUT

- i’m just gonna get it out of the way, yes, i too was supremely annoyed at the amount of KA and Pote take suburbia; it was all 1000% predictable down to the raccoon and the cookies, and the point could have been accomplished in exactly 1 scene, maybe 2, certainly not like 10 or however many we got. whatever. ugh.

- okay. OKAY. chicho. we need to talk about chicho. i for one, am not mad that he called pote, my boy was stressed. I AM HOWEVER, mad at the writers for making pote come back after saying he trusted chicho to take care of teresa now. like. it totally devalued THE WHOLE THING!! imo, pote shoulda stayed his ass at home where we had to watch him settle all episode, and chicho should have gotten THE HERO MOMENT HE DESERVED (esp. cuz he’s on first name basis w teresa now??) which ALSO WOULD HAVE MADE THE SCENE WHERE TERESA GIVES CHICHO THE DISTILLERY AND THE BAR SO! MUCH! MORE! MEANINGFUL!!!!! or just made it make sense at all? like .... i’m just so confused by that whole plotline like what was the point? chicho does nothing but call pote and gets T’s whole legacy in NOLA?

- and don’t even get me started on how it makes ZERO sense that pote would have had to charge in at the last minute to save teresa when JAMES THE SNIPER W AMAZING AIM WHO IS LITERALLY. IN LOVE WITH HER. is standing outside like. ur telling me james and chicho (who again, is supposed to be her #2 after james now) just stood there like “oh hey pote yeah you go ahead we’ll wait here good luck” like WHAT also.. how did pote get past all the guards that made james stay outside? are we meant to believe pote is that sneaky? y’all. it just. doesn’t make sense. this whole plot situation maddens me more than anythings tbh UGH JUST MAKE IT MAKE SENSE

- oksana’s daughter..... what’s her name again? idk b/c we only MET HER THIS WEEK....okay this amuses me but i’m also annoyed b/c like. there were so many other women who could have taken that spot in the opening sequence... Lil T, Castel, hell even Isabela??? Like idk how they could have done it but they put so much effort into her plot in the first seasons that i really thought she was gonna end up w/ Teresa in the end.. idk that would have been kind cool, Camila’s two “daughters” eventually working their way out of the life together..again idk how they could have realistically done it but i really do wish it had been someone we met before. if it had to be someone new this season, they could have introduced her earlier instead of one of the seemingly dozens of random guys we knew for 1 episode before they died... like.. give her some depth please. is she even gonna be in the finale? honestly she better be after making us listen to pote welcome her into the family... like the family u were supposed to leave so u could have an actual baby pote? the family that’s literally dispersing as we speak? also.. since when did pote love oksana so much anyways? also...... just.. if teresa’s gonna have some sort of daughter figure or whatever she’s supposed to be, wouldn’t it make sense to have her be the one to give the big welcome to the family speech? idk y’all..... i’m amused but also baffled at the sheer lack of planning behind this. did no one realize they needed someone for the opening scene until like. halfway thru the season? did they plan to have it be castel but they couldn’t get her for filming (hence all the weird castel plots?) INQUIRING MINDS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW. it’s whatever tho lol

- i just hope that what’s-her-name gets a lil bit of plot in the finale esp. since otherwise it might just be pote running around being pissy (i don’t actually think that haha but i am a lil nervous that teresa won’t come back until the last few mins and i’ll have to spend all episode looking at boaz and devon and pote and KA.. i haven’t looked at any spoilers tho so i’m still hopeful! i will probably make a post about my hopes going into the finale a lil later, both realistic and unrealistic :)

#ik it's all been said before but i just had to get my feelings out before i could move on to the finale #the finale!!! wow.. crazy shit y'all #qots #queen of the south #jeresa #qots 5x09

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hood-ex · 4 years

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Your writing is so good and I loved that de-aged Tim fic :) If you’re still taking drabble prompts, could you please do either 114: “Oh my god, that’s a severed hand.” or 139: “The store was having their post-Easter sale so now I have a pantry full of cheap candy.” with Tim and Bruce?

LOL, Ren, you sent me this prompt like 2 years ago and I’m only just now finishing it. So fuckin sorry about that!! But hey, better late than never… right… alskjdla. I suck. Anyways, enjoy!

Tim gripped the edge of his mask and carefully peeled it off his skin. He blinked away the tightness lingering around his eyes from the dried glue and threw the mask down by his feet where his tunic, gloves, and pants were clumped together.

He always felt a little ridiculous whenever he had to change out of his costume in the car. Mostly because he kneed himself in the face an ungodly amount of times while taking his pants off. Bruce had it even worse with the Batman suit, hence why they tried to avoid mobile wardrobe changes as much as possible.

Tonight’s impromptu wardrobe change was all thanks to Damian. The kid had been spewing his demon germs all over the manor since yesterday, and he’d polished off the last of his cough syrup around dinner. Since Alfred was busy making sure Damian didn’t die of his nasty sickness, Tim was the one who had to go fetch Damian some medicine from Walgreens.

The problem was that they weren’t carrying any cash, and obviously, Batman couldn’t be seen using Bruce Wayne’s credit card. Since Tim had the easier costume to get out of, Bruce decided Tim would be the one to go in and buy the medicine.

Tim was in the middle of putting on a white shirt when he heard a sharp gurgle that overpowered the rmm-rmm-rmm of the batmobile’s engine. He placed his hand on his noisy stomach and rubbed gentle circles over the freshly bruised skin.

“Can we stop at a Batburger? Peter’s hungry.”

Bruce, who was bobbing his head along to “Paint It Black,” paused. His cowl was off, and Tim blatantly stared at Bruce’s disheveled hair and bloodshot eyes. The dark bags he was sporting didn’t help the fact that he looked like a raccoon heading to an AA meeting.

Bruce blinked once, twice, and then sighed deeply through his nose. “Who’s Peter?”

“My stomach,” Tim said. “You didn’t hear him talking just now?”

“Hnn.”

“You and Peter would probably get along since you both speak in monosyllables.”

The crease between Bruce’s brow made an appearance. “Why are you personifying your stomach?”

Tim kicked his feet up on the dash. He’d have to clean off his muddy shoe prints before Alfred noticed. “Because I’m not me when I’m hungry.”

Judging by the deep frown on Bruce’s face, it was likely he’d never seen a Snickers commercial before. What a waste of a joke. Tim would have to save that one for the next time he went on patrol with Dick.

“Grab a snack while you’re in there,” Bruce said. He pulled the batmobile over into an isolated area that was a block away from the Walgreens.

“Sweet. You want anything?” Tim asked.

“No.”

Tim hopped out of the car. “Suit yourself. I’ll be back in twenty.”

He shut the door and then sprinted down the uneven cracks of the sidewalk, praying he wouldn’t catch his foot in a pothole and go flying. The lack of light certainly didn’t help with that problem. Seriously, did all the street lamps on this block spontaneously bust or what?

By some miracle, he made it to the store unscathed. He walked through the automatic doors, squinting his eyes to protect them from the bright fluorescent lights.

The lady at the register was a middle-aged brunette who looked like she was about to fall asleep on her feet. She regarded Tim with a quick look and threw out a greeting in a tone that didn’t match her expression whatsoever. Tim gave his fellow graveyard shift worker a nod and then made a beeline for the medicine section.

It took him way longer than it should have to meticulously scan each shelf to find the cough syrup, and when he did find the cough syrup, he had a crisis over which flavor to get. They had strawberry, cherry, and grape. What the hell would Damian like the most? All he knew was that Damian was a vegetarian. He didn’t know shit about what kind of fruit the kid liked, and he’d never really seen Damian eat a lot of candy either.

The more Tim stared at the bottles, the more he was aware that Bruce was waiting for him in the car. His hand twitched anxiously between each option until he decided he’d just choose the old fashioned way.

“Eeny, meeny, miny, moe. Catch a tiger by the toe. If he hollers, let him go. My mother told me to pick the very best one and you are it!”

His finger landed on the grape flavor. Tim shrugged at the result and snatched it off the shelf. If Damian didn’t like it, he could just suck it up and pinch his nose while he swallowed it.

With that out of the way, Tim headed to the candy aisle. Even though a bag of chips would have probably been more filling, he wasn’t in the mood for something super salty. He figured he might as well indulge his sweet tooth a little since Alfred would probably have some kind of leftover nutritious sandwiches that he could eat at home.

The candy aisle was full of both regular candy and Halloween themed candy, even though Halloween was still two months away. Tim thought he wanted something chocolatey like a Kit Kat until he saw a bunch of Halloween gummies.

While he was deciding between the two, his stomach growled. Tim frowned and rubbed soothing circles over it.

“Hush, Peter. Your father works long, grueling hours, and he’s trying his best to decide what candy is best for you.”

Peter gurgled again as if in protest. Tim ignored it and debated playing the eeny, meeny, miny, moe game again to choose. Fuck it he thought and swiped the Halloween gummy mystery pack. He could get Kit Kats any day of the week, but Halloween gummies were seasonal. Might as well take advantage of it now. He probably wouldn’t make it out to a store during October since it was always crazier than usual that month.

Decision made, he went to the front and got checked out by the same lethargic looking worker he’d greeted earlier. With the goodies secured in the plastic bag that was clutched in his grip, Tim took off into the night back to where the batmobile was hiding.

Bruce must have seen him coming because the door opened up for him as soon as he was close enough. Tim climbed in, noting that Bruce was now tapping his hands against the wheel to the beat of some Hindi song.

“Did they have it?” Bruce asked. He waited for Tim to buckle himself in before driving off.

“Yup!” Tim said while digging through the bag. He pulled out his candy and waved it in Bruce’s peripheral. “Annnd I got these bad boys. You want one?”

Bruce glanced at the bag and scrunched his nose. “What are they?”

“Let’s see here,” Tim said. He ripped open the bag and worked on opening one of the individually wrapped pieces of candy. “It’s a…” he paused, staring at the white and red piece of candy that came out of the wrapper. “Oh my god.” He held it out in front of his face and smacked on the overhead light to get a better look at it. “It’s a severed hand!”

Tim placed the severed hand on top of Bruce’s shoulder. “Look, it’s comforting you.”

“Hn.”

“Don’t you feel comforted, B?”

“By gelatin and artificial dyes?” Bruce asked with a raised brow. “No.”

Tim grabbed the gummy off its perch and plopped it in his mouth. “Peter finds it comforting.” The taste of the gummy didn’t hit until Tim bit into it. “Oh, gross!” he said while forcing the bland gummy down his throat with a grimace.

“You know,” Bruce said, a rare grin on his face, “I don’t think he does.”

Even though Tim’s mouth tasted like rubbery ass now, he grinned back.

#Tim Drake #Bruce Wayne #Damian Wayne #my fic #prompt #renecdote

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Nosdecember day 16 | @neworleansspecial

Marine biologist!Sarah, Selkie!Ava; Sarah goes down to the beach one sunny morning and runs into an unexpected issue

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“Crockett?”

Sarah emerged from her room, rashguard half pulled down over her swim top, looking for her roommate. The man in question just laughed at her struggle, setting down his coffee cup to help her before she even had a chance to ask. The back of the spandex top had gotten twisted, which was almost impossible to fix by herself; especially when the heat of the summer day already had Sarah sweating.

“What would you do without me?” Crockett teased as he gave the blue material one last tug to make sure it covered Sarah’s back completely. She just rolled her eyes, still thanking him for his help, and gave him a nudge with her shoulder.

“Coming down to the water with me?”

“Can’t,” he replied and passed her a bottle of sunscreen off the top of the cupboard, “Doctor Nkosi wants me to go monitor the African penguins today since their main keeper is out.”

“Have fun with that,” Sarah laughed, knowing the research facility’s resident penguins could be a hassle. Most were there for rehabilitation, save for a one footed female and her mate who couldn’t be released due to safety concerns. They had a habit of chasing the staff around their area or trying to woo them rocks and nests. There was one penguin in particular who loved Crockett, always trying to drag him to a new nesting area she made. They were funny birds to say the least, but neither of their areas of interest when it came to sea life.

“Make sure you don’t stay out all day,” Crockett had slipped into his room to change and spoke a bit louder to be heard through the door, “and take some water, the last thing I need is you passing out from dehydration in the ocean.”

“I’ll be fine, Crockett,” Sarah still did grab a couple bottles of water out of the fridge, shoving them haphazardly into her backpack. The thing was waterproof, for obvious reasons, but Sarah still grabbed a plastic bag to put her phone in. Better safe than sorry, after all. She also added a tupperware in case she found any shells or specimens while out on the water. She was just going mostly for fun but work often found its way into her daily life anyway.

“It’s your turn to cook dinner tonight!” Crockett called, his only reply being a laugh from Sarah and the click of the screen door shutting.

Sarah first made a stop at her turtle nests, keeping her distance at first to ensure she didn’t upset any mamas who may be around. She peeked in the one dune, smiling when she saw there must be over a hundred eggs. Though she knew some wouldn’t hatch, she was excited to see the ones that did later in the summer. Leatherback sea turtles were such an interesting species so Sarah was grateful she would be able to witness their hatching.

She had her surfboard under one arm, not intending to surf but bringing it just in case. The waves were a bit too small that day and Sarah still wasn’t very confident on waves anyway. She liked to sit on the board though, as it gave her a chance to be in the deeper water without having to use as much strength to stay afloat.

She left her bag and towel on the rocks, where she knew she could see it from the water. There weren't many people around anyway and she wasn’t too worried about her stuff being stolen this close to the house. The water was cold, biting at her small amount of exposed skin and making Sarah glad she put on her rashguard that morning. With the leash of her board attached to her right ankle, Sarah waded out into the water until she reached the point where she could no longer touch the ocean floor. She was up to her neck in the salty water by the time she got the courage to dunk her head under, knowing she wouldn’t adjust to the temperature until she acclimated her whole body.

Resurfacing, Sarah pushed back the damp strands of hair that had begun to escape from her braid. The cool water was a welcomed escape from the harsh heat of the late morning sun, which had been the main cause of the week’s ridiculous humidity. South Africa was certainly a different climate than Chicago, especially considering it would be snowing and below thirty degrees back home. One thing Sarah had yet to adjust to was the different hemispheres, since the opposite seasons certainly made summer in December a confusing feat.

After hoisting herself up, Sarah took a moment to catch her balance. Once comfortably straddling the polystyrene board, she watched nature passing her by. There wasn’t anything nearby, obviously, since her venturing out into the deep water had scared away even the most adventurous fish. Still, there were birds roosting on the edge of the cliffs and she could see a blue crane preening on a rock up ahead, its long neck bending with ease. The water reflected the blue sky in a beautiful way, clear enough that Sarah had a pretty good visual of the brightly coloured fish swimming amongst the coral. This was her safe place, which felt more like home than any house or apartment ever had. The warmth of the sun drying her hair, the sound of waves crashing against the rocks; this was peace.

Sarah spotted a pod of seals, ones she often saw basking on the shorter rock formations along the cliffs. She assumed they were in the middle of pupping season, as she saw a couple tinier seals hopping around after the biggest females. Though they weren’t her creature of major interest, Sarah had become rather fond of this pod. They were amusing to watch and she adored the inquisitive dark eyes that would sometimes lock on her from across the beach. She never got too close, though there were a few seals who didn’t seem very afraid of her.

She was watching them from afar, smiling when a pup stumbled clumsily into the water. Seals were definitely not the most graceful creatures but they sure were cute. Sarah probably should have paid more attention to whatever brushed against her ankle but in her mind she just thought it was her surfboard leash moving with the current. A harsher nudge to her knee, tough whiskers poking at her skin, was what got her attention. However, before she could even think of looking down, her board was being tipped over completely.

Sarah was quick to hold her breath, though too startled to close her eyes underwater. Through the blurriness caused by the salty water, she caught a glimpse of a silvery tail flicking past. Heart beating like crazy, she scrambled to grab her board, using it to pull herself back up. By the time she had resurfaced, she couldn’t see whatever had knocked her over but she had a feeling it had been on purpose. It didn’t feel malicious, obviously because she hadn’t been attacked, but the whole situation was odd. She glanced back over at the rocks, catching sight of a familiar grey flipper popping up from the water to tug its body onto a shallow rock.

Sarah watched idly, trying to process what had just happened. It was almost undoubtedly the seal that was very unafraid of her, one that was more grey than the usual warm brown pelts of the cape seals in the pod. She was the only creature in sight with a grey tail, after all, so Sarah had to assume that was the culprit. She didn’t understand, though. Seals weren’t usually so daring around humans. That, paired with her appearance and lack of fear, confused Sarah greatly.

She would have to talk to Crockett about this. Since his research was on the intelligence of marine animals, maybe her roommate would have some logical explanation for this behaviour.

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chid-sen-gan-blog · 5 years

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My Reaction to GoT 8.04 (”The Last of the Starks”)

Hello, everyone! So, I’m back once again for another recap/review of the latest GoT epsiode. I’m sorry this took so long, but I spent most of my week in a deep depression over it, so I only got around to editing it now…

Anyway, this review is as much of an emotional roller coaster as the actual episode was, so read at your own risk.

Once again, these are my thoughts from my first time viewing it (I read the leaks prior to seeing the episode, but I took them with a grain of salt, so everything written is based purely on my own emotions), and, once again, it features running commentary from my Dad and Brother because I love them and they’re amazing.

WARNING: Spoilers for the episode, if you haven’t seen it yet. Though considering how late I’m posting this, the warning may be irrelevant

WARNING #2: Please excuse my emotional state throughout. This show is designed to break me in many, many ways

Thanks you to everyone who supported the first three installments! I hope you enjoy the fourth!

Considering there are only two episodes left in the series (not counting this one), I think it’s kind of pointless for me to say that I’m still not used to the opening credits. If they haven’t grown on me yet, then they’re not going to in time for the finale

Every time I see D&D’s names at the start of an episode, I die a little inside

YES!!! I CAN SEE ACTUALLY SEE THIS EPISODE!!! (#still salty about squinting in 8x3)

Ugh. Dany. On second thought, I’ll take the poor lighting back. Please? Thank you

Aww, Sansa giving Theon her Stark pin. *tears up*

*quickly wipes tears away* Nope, not now, I’m saving my crying for later

I really hope that I’m not going to have to bring out the tissues for this episode even though all the leaks are pointing to it

Yikes. That’s… a lot of bodies

And just think of how many of them could still be alive if the dragons had just lit some ice zombies up instead of getting lost in a snowstorm

Or if the Dothraki hadn’t charged right into the Army of the Dead when they could hardly see where they were going

Then again none of us could really see anything with last episode’s lighting, so…

#still salty about squinting

Noooooo! Ghost!!! My poor baby’s covered in wounds!!!

“Alright, which of those undead creeps beat Ghost up that badly?! Because I will kill them all over again!” – My Wonderful Dad

“By the looks of it, he did a lot more fighting than the dragons. Point: Team Direwolves.” – My Wonderful Brother

Once again, just when I think Jon can’t look any more tired, he raises the bar

(at this point he could probably list “being tired” as one of his skills on his resume)

So, with this lighting, I can finally find out who survived. Okay, so let’s see… Jaime, Brienne, Davos, Gendry, the Hound…

Good speech, Jon. I’m surprised Dany let you take the reigns and make it

The score is fantastic once again. I can’t express how happy it makes me that Ramin Djawadi always brings his A-Game

(even when certain members of the crew don’t seem to *cough D&D cough*…)

Okay, this scene is really touching, I admit

Though I’m honestly a little confused why we still have to burn the bodies with the White Walkers gone, but, oh, well…

Oooh, a feast. Nice. I’ll stick to my potato chips and gummy bears, though

Gendrya’s canon and I’m glad

I wonder who curses more: the Hound or Bronn?

Oh, shoot. Dany, no. No, don’t call to Gendry…

NO!!! WHO TOLD THE WHITE-HAIRED DEMON THAT HE WAS ROBERT’S SON?! WAS IT YOU, DAVOS?! IT WAS YOU, WASN’T IT?! YOU AND YOUR OBSESSION WITH HER “GOOD HEART”!!!

I SWEAR TO EVERY DIREWOLF THAT’S GONE BEFORE GHOST THAT IF YOU LAY A HAND ON GENDRY I WILL TWIST YOUR DOUGH HAIR INTO A NOOSE, DANY!!!

Anyone else think it’s rather telling how everyone looks absolutely terrified when Dany’s speaking to Gendry?

“If Gendry dies, I will riot.” – My Wonderful Brother

Wait… Dany legitimized him?

No, there has to be something more to this. Dany never does things unless it’s for her own benefit…

Aaaaand there it is. Typical. Figured it was some ulterior motive

(my Dany bitterness is seriously at an all-time high tonight, and I’m not quite sure why)

Jon smiles more around a kid he barely knows (Gendry) than he does with Dany. And that’s the tea

“Sure, Dany, you just told everyone in this room now that Gendry has a claim to the Iron Throne that supersedes yours, but, yeah, you’re soooo clever.” – My Wonderful Brother

Even Tyrion looks done with her at this point. ‘Took him long enough

Jaime putting his hand on Brienne’s reminds me of a similar scene with them from S3, E6 (“The Climb”). *sighs* Ah, the early seasons. Those were good days…

Aww, the way they look at each other. *heart melts*

I’ve never been much for shipping, but when it comes to Jaime and Brienne, I’m shipping trash. And I’m proud

“JUST KISS ALREADY, YOU TWO!!!” – My Wonderful Dad (edit: apparently, I’m not the only one who’s shipping trash)

“Just nudge Brienne a little closer to him, Pod. Just enough for their lips to meet.” – My Wonderful Brother (edit: my whole family is shipping trash, and I couldn’t be happier about it)

Ah, Davos, Tyrion. Discussing Melisandre, are we? Pour one out for her on my behalf, would you? I owe her for lighting things up last episode

#still salty about squinting

Good question… what does R’Hollor want? Not that I expect D&D to explain it, but still…

Bran’s still a robot. Wonderful

Please tell me he has some purpose in this show other than creeping out his family and their guests

You know how you have that one friend that just won’t take no for an answer and tries to talk you into all the worst things and then acts like they’re doing you a favor? Yeah, that’s Tormund

Aw, Sansa encouraging Jon is everything. Even if it’s encouraging him to drink

Tormund, why would you toast to Dany? Why would you hurt me like that? Is it because I ship Braime? I always said Briemund was fine, too!

(though some Briemund stans that I’ve met… less so)

Dany toasting to Arya. Wow, it certainly looks like someone read their kiss-up handbook, doesn’t it?

“That woman is saccharine, spice, and nothing nice.” – My Wonderful Brother

The Hound barely acknowledges when Gendry’s named a lord, but is visibly amused when Arya’s mentioned. Oh, Sandor, you softie…

Seriously, though, the fact that we have Northmen, Free Folk, Southerners, Starks, Lannisters, and Varys (from Essos) all together in one room is amazing. And beyond that, they’re happy; they’re not fighting, they’re not trying to kill one another – they’re celebrating. Together. It’s actually making me tear up a bit

Well, we were all happy until Sansa saw Dany and left

I can’t blame her there, though. Wanting to book the moment you lay eyes on Dany is a personal mood of mine

Okay, confession time: I really want to play the drinking game one of these days with my family (though I’ll substitute the wine with something non-alcoholic)

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I adore Lannisbros, and I always will

Like, Tyrion’s charm has been lost on me since S5, but whenever he’s with Jaime, I can’t help but fall in love with him all over again.

And whenever Jaime’s around Tyrion, it always brings out a sweeter, softer side of his personality that we don’t normally get to see, and I live for it

Honestly, I can’t credit Peter and Nikolaj’s performances enough

Honestly, I can’t credit the entire cast’s enough

(especially in this season where the acting is pretty much the only thing worth watching for)

(well, the acting and the score)

“I can’t believe Jaime’s seriously using the drinking game as a way to show Brienne he remembers what she tells him.” – My Wonderful Brother, with a mile-wide smirk on his face

“The guy’s such a dork. I love it.” – My Wonderful Dad, smiling like the proud papa he is

I honestly can’t help but laugh at how Pod seems to be enjoying this as much I am

Okay, drunk Tormund’s funny. I admit

Tormund really seems to be intent on making Jonmund canon, I’m just saying

Awww, how I’ve missed Jon’s smile

… is that a Starbucks coffee cup?

Is that why they had such poor lighting in the last episode? To cover up coffee cup cameos?

#still salty about squinting

*opts to ignore it for now*

“A madman? Or a king?” Very telling words, Tormund. Very telling, indeed

And as if to confirm it, the score gets sinister, the noises muffle, and Dany starts to get… uncomfortable, for lack of a better term

Kudos to the cast and crew on this scene; it’s chilling my bones more than anything in the last episode did

Varys sees. Varys knows. And what Varys sees, Varys doesn’t like. Trust Varys

Back to the drinking game, and my children are still acting as dorky as ever

So, I’m curious. How did Tyrion and Sansa’s marriage get annulled, exactly?

*Jaime smiles at Brienne* // *Brienne smiles back at Jaime* // *my heart stops*

Woooooah. Tyrion, too far. Too far!

Pod grabbing a drink and downing it uncomfortably is me right now

And Jaime trying to cut Tyrion out is my wonderful Brother, who’s saying “stop” in the most warning of tones

And Tormund to the… rescue, I guess?

Tormund’s joke didn’t make me laugh, but Jaime rolling his eyes at Tormund’s joke sure did…

… while Jaime blocking Tormund’s path when the latter tried to follow Brienne only added more mirth to my mood

Tormund’s expression of rejection and anguish is the same one I wear whenever Dany’s being lauded onscreen

Yep. Drink up, buddy. You did your best

Pod’s smile gives me life. That is all

Me: *sees Tormund talking to the Hound about his heartbreak* // Me: *spits out soda two seconds later*

(And now I want to write a fic where the Hound’s a psychologist. Someone help me)

“No, really… could he have picked a worse person to talk to about his feelings?” – My Wonderful Dad

It took Tormund approximately two minutes to get over Brienne. … yikes

So… to everyone who said his feelings for Brienne were simply lust, I just want to apologize for ever doubting you. *shakes head* Really, Tormund, I had more faith in you

Oooh, Sansa and the Hound. This should be interesting. I don’t ship SanSan in the slightest, but I always did like their dynamic

“Broken in rough”? Really? *sighs and rolls eyes* That’s an understatement if I’ve ever heard one

Okay, so just to be clear, the show basically just said that it’s a good thing that Sansa was abused all those years, ergo implying that – on some level – someone who’s been abused should be grateful to their abusers. *flings confetti listlessly* Quality writing, everyone. From the minds of D&D

“With sentiments like that, it baffles me how there hasn’t been a petition to fire D&D yet.” – My Wonderful Dad; a man who gets it, who I will forever love and forever stan

Ugh. Well, that scene was a train wreck. Time to try and get back on course

(sadly, that’s become my motto for most of these episodes recently)

Oh, good. Gendrya. Save me, Gendrya

And of-fricking-course she’s in BAMF Arya mode. Because when is she not anymore? *groans in annoyance*

Honestly, why do writers feel compelled to turn every single female warrior into variations of smug ninjas? I mean, is it too much to ask for a powerful woman who’s both in-tune with their emotions and a fighter?

(on a side note, that’s why I love Brienne; because she’s both)

I have unpopular opinions. I’m sorry

Gendry… Rivers. Rivers? Seriously?

His surname is WATERS. Every fanfic writer worth their salt knows that

“Please tell me Joe Dempsie accidentally got the line wrong and that D&D didn’t actually write the wrong surname into the script.” – My Wonderful Brother

“To echo what you told me last week, you’re asking for waaay too much.” – My Wonderful Dad

Anyway, let’s try to get back on track, shall we?

Tip #1 for using a fork, Gendry: Stick ‘em with the pointy end

This has to be the dorkiest proposal of all time, and I love it

… yeah, I knew she was going to reject him. But, hey, the score’s still pretty

*heartbreak level: 1000*

Ah, Brienne, I missed you… even though it’s only been a few minutes since I last saw you, but I digress

So, moment of truth: I’m in love with Oathkeeper, Brienne’s sword. Like, unnaturally so. I would fricking marry that sword, and regret absolutely nothing

*instantly loses all followers because I’m crazy*

Ah, Jaime, I missed you, too… even though, again, it’s only been a few minutes

Okay, series, so Jaime shows up at Brienne’s door significantly more disheveled and drunk than he was earlier, and you just expect me not to question how he came to be that way? Nice try, HBO. I know you have footage of him pacing and drinking in the hallway like a nervous wreck until he finally mustered the courage to knock. Release it

………… Yep, nothing like casually taking off your clothing with a lame excuse like “it’s hot in here” to set the mood. Sheesh, Jaime. You’re so awkward you’re making me cry

(on the other hand, to everyone who told me he’d be suave-as-suave can be when trying to flirt… I win. Prepare to part with your money)

Even when these two are going back-and-forth in flirtations, they’re still arguing like an old married couple. I love it

Hey, Mr. I-Hate-the-North? Yeah, sorry to be the breaker of bad news, but you’ve hardly stopped smiling since you got here. So, don’t give me that

Don’t know why, but Jaime admitting he doesn’t want things growing on him kind of breaks my heart…

… As does Brienne seeming surprised that Jaime sounds jealous of Tormund. Seriously, these idiots are going to kill me

And again with the “hot in here” excuse. Really, Jaime needs to get some flirting tips from Tyrion

These. Two. Dorks. That is all

Like, Jaime has no chill, and no idea what he’s doing despite being the, erm, “experienced one”. And Brienne is so rough-around-the-edges but so fricking gentle, too, I just… ah! These two will be the death of me, seriously…

On another note, I’ve been paying so much attention to how adorkable these two are that my mind didn’t register what was actually happening until right now and………… *screams and squeals like a group of pigs*

“OH MY GOSH, IT’S HAPPENING!!! STAY CALM!!! STAY FRICKING CALM!!!” – Me to Me, clearly not heeding my own advice

*meltdown intensifies*

(*briefly notices that D&D didn’t give Brienne her scars from fighting a bear but opts to ignore it for now*)

*meltdown seriously intensifies because, aside from Jygritte/Jongritte, this is my fricking OTP and I’m going to enjoy it, because, dang it, I’ve earned it after S7… and the last episode*

(#still salty about squinting)

Brienne looks so darn majestic and Jaime looks like a lost little puppy and I just… Really, it’d be sort of hilarious if it weren’t so cute

AND THERE’S THE KISS!!!!!!! FINALLY!!!!! I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS SINCE SEASON 3!!!!!!!

(random note, but I love how it’s sloppy and awkward. It’s believable, and it’s sweet, imo)

“WELL IT’S ABOUT DARN TIME!!!!” – My Wonderful Dad, who just jumped out of his seat to cheer

“NEVER STOP!!! NEVER. FRICKING. STOP!!!” – My Wonderful Brother, who’s also abandoned his seat to cheer

I love them so much. Bless them

I love everything right now, honestly

OH COME ON, SERIOUSLY?! NOT NOW, DANY!!! NOT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!

My Wonderful Dad: *turns the tv on pause* “Nice try, Dany, but we’re celebrating first!”

Which is why I’m now typing away while eating a giant ice cream sundae made by my wonderful Dad, bingeing on excess candy, and drinking a liter of pineapple soda as both he and my wonderful Brother dance around to “The Bear and the Maiden Fair” blasting on the laptop

Can you believe we’re all completely sober? Because we are, we’re just nuts

I really adore my family

*twenty minutes later*

“Okay, party’s over. Time to suffer through Dany.” – My Wonderful Dad

“Daddy, the party will never be over. Even if Dany is present.” – My Wonderful Brother (huh, and I always thought he was a cynic)

Dany: “Are you drunk?” // Jon: *stumbles in response* // Dany: Oh, good, time to manipulate you

Honestly, this woman reminds me of Cersei more and more every time I see her, but with none of the charm

Ewww. No. Stop kissing. Stop kissing this instant

Oh, thank goodness

(can’t believe my OTP’s scene got cut off for my NOTP’s scene. Yes, I’m petty. Sue me)

Oh, brother. She’s really complaining about how she’s not happy? Like: Yes, Jon, your entire life was a lie, but let’s make it all about me, shall we? Give me a break

I mean, okay, you’re upset. That’s fine. But how about adding an “I can’t imagine how you must feel” or “it must be even worse for you” to the end of your sentence to at least show you care? That’s just relationship 101, honey

Sheesh. And I thought I was self-centered

So, does anyone else notice that Kit is acting oddly akin to how he did in that scene with Jon and Littlefinger? The little sighs and the head motion and all? Or is it just me?

“Kit’s kind of acting like he did in that scene with Jon and Littlefinger in the crypts.” – My Wonderful Brother, confirming my thoughts

Well, congratulations, Dany. Now you know how Viserys felt in S1. Don’t think that’s a good thing, though…

Ugh. Okay, so Jon and his whole “you’re my queen” schtick is annoying as all heck, but I can’t deny that it’s pulling at my heartstrings. Whether political!Jon is real or not (and I’m sure by the time I post this, so many of my wonderful mutual will have made new posts explaining how it is), the sheer desperation in the guy’s voice is horrible. It’s not the voice of a man in love, or a man who would do anything for his SO. It’s the voice of a man who’s terrified, who’s trying to do everything in his power to keep the peace, who would do anything to keep the people he truly loves safe. And – political!Jon or not – to see someone who we’ve known and watched grow since the start of the series be broken down to such a pitiful extent is heartbreaking

I mean, the guy’s on his knees claiming that he doesn’t know what else she wants from him, and, instead of comforting him or trying to work things through with him, she takes his face in her hands and tries to swear him to secrecy? To swear his “brother” and his best friend to secrecy? How can anyone ship this?! How?!

And to top it off, her telling him to never tell anyone who he really is has to hit hard even on a personal level, too; given that his greatest insecurity in life has always been finding out who he really is, and if there’s anywhere where he really belongs. But, then again, I wouldn’t expect Day to know that, considering the guy never reveals anything personal about himself to her! But, no, they’re sooooooo in love. How adorbs uwu

No, Jon, don’t just tell Sansa and Arya. Pick them up and run away with them. Take Bran, too. Take all the redeemable characters and hightail it out of this terrible relationship and show and never look back

(it would be so ideal, if not for the fact that there must there always be a Stark in Winterfell)

Oh, nice victim-blaming there, Dany. You’re right, though. Sansa’s not the girl Jon grew up with. She’s better

Funny how Dany’s tears magically disappear the moment she thinks she’s getting what she wants

Wow, would you look at that. Dany trying to cut Jon off from his family, and giving him the “me or them” ultimatum. It’s a beautiful parallel to other such great moments, such as Balon telling Theon to choose between the Starks and the Greyjoys in S2, Cersei telling Jaime to choose her and Tywin over Tyrion in S4, and Joffrey forcing Sansa to pick sides between him and her family pretty much throughout the entireties of seasons 1 and 2. I mean, can anyone say life goals?

“So… where am I supposed to call if someone fictional I love is trapped in an abusive relationship?” – My Wonderful Dad

On a happier note, my OTP is together. I’m happy

(and maybe I’m wearing my shipping goggles, but Jaime looks like a man who just realized that he’s in love. Fight me)

Now why D&D won’t give me more of them, I’ll never know. Oh, wait… it’s because they hate their fans

Aaaaaand… this might be the tensest war council ever. How will Jon try to keep the peace this time?

Anyone ever notice that people tend to handle Dany like they did Joffrey – which is to say, like you would a petulant child?

And on today’s episode of “Let’s Just Listen to Sansa”, Sansa says something sensible and everyone ignores her… again

Okay, so I can already hear everyone calling for Jon’s head for apparently snapping at Sansa, but just from a different perspective, the look he gave her seems less like someone who’s taking sides, and more like someone trying to keep their family member out of trouble, imo. In fact, it resembles the look my wonderful Brother gives me whenever I get carried away with my big mouth (which is often)

Sansa knows, Brienne. That is all

Yes, Dany. Go get the throne already. But when Cersei kicks your lizard butt, don’t say Sansa didn’t tell you so

Finally! All the Starks together!!! (and, yes, until Jon starts saying “burn them all”, I will continue to view him as a Stark, thank you very much)

And on today’s episode of “Jon Tries to Keep the Peace”, Jon has to realize that he doesn’t need to shoulder everything on his own

Yeah… no offense, Arya, but I don’t really think we needed Dany and her scaly babies all that much. They were pretty much useless in the fight. At least from what I could see…

#still salty about squinting

Oh, boy. Arya saying Dany’s not one of us. I can already hear the D stans screaming how she’s pocket-sized assassin Donald Trump

Awww, Sansa coming to Jon’s emotional aide and assuring him he’s Ned’s child as much as the rest of them are

Awww, Arya coming to Jon’s emotional aide and telling him he’s her brother – just her brother, nothing less

“Darn it, kids! Just hug it out! Hug!!!” – My Wonderful Dad

This is seriously tearing Jon apart inside, and Kit is nailing it with his acting

Yes, you are family. Never forget that *tears up*

So, I kind of wanted Sansa and Arya’s reaction to the news, but since I don’t trust D&D to effectively write such a powerful scene, I’m okay that we didn’t get it

(fanfic writers, on the other hand – please, work your magic)

I want a spin-off series with Jaime and Tyrion hanging out. I said what I said

Jaime being an awkward dork in love is my aesthetic. Again, I said what I said

It’s probably just me, but the fact that Jaime didn’t fully loosen up with Tyrion until the latter said something snide kind of pulls at my heartstrings. Like, he was fully expecting to get mocked – he was fricking waiting for it, almost – and that look of disbelief when Tyrion said he was happy for him… I just… *curls in a corner and cries*

Can I please just give everyone in Westeros a hug. Please? The Starks (Jon included), the Lannisbros… heck, I’ll even hug Cersei and Dany, why not?

(I’ll hug them with less gusto, though…)

Bless the acting on the show and its actors, who help me forget how much I absolutely detest the writers

And Ramin Djawadi. Bless him, too

And his score

*sighs* Oh, Tyrion. Leave it to you to turn a nice, normal conversation into something dirty

Wait……… what the heck is Bronn doing here? How did he get here? Where did he come from?

Judging by how the Lannisbros are reacting, apparently, I’m not the only one confused

“Great. Now Bronn’s a ninja, too.” – My Wonderful Brother

“I still stand by what I once said: Bronn should’ve been written off in “The Spoils of War”.” – My Wonderful Dad

Tyrion gets punched in the face. Jaime immediately gets to his feet for a fight. As it should be, and I love it

So… remember how I asked who curses more between the Hound and Bronn? I think it’s Bronn, going by this conversation

Bronn: Cersei’s screwed // Jaime: *message checked and read at 9:58pm*

A.k.a. my boy doesn’t care and I’m living for it

Hey, Bronn… kindly refrain from shooting arrows at my problematic child’s head. Thank you

Yep, this is definitely a D&D episode. Even if I didn’t look at the opening credits, I could’ve figured it out. Want to know why? The abundance of manhood jokes

So, what I’m getting is that Bronn basically just came by to see if his ship was confirmed and to negotiate for a castle. Sounds legit

Arya accompanying the Hound on his journey was Beric’s last wish, so that she may continue their legacy of buddy-cop movies

(or, at least, that’s what I’m telling myself to overlook the fact that Arya heading off to tick names off her kill list is a huge step backwards for her character)

Yeah, Dany, stop smiling. Rhaegal still has holes in his wings. If you really loved your “child”, you would let him recover completely before dragging him into a war

Wow, Sansa is really ticked. Like, really, really ticked. I’m expecting some very interesting metas on the subject…

Yes, Tyrion, you’re afraid of Dany. Admit it. There’s no shame in it – I’d be afraid of her too, if I knew she sucked everyone’s purpose and personality out of them just by interacting with them

(which I do, so I guess I’m scared of her, too)

Alright, so I can already hear the Dany stans bashing Sansa for “betraying Jon’s trust”, but she promised not to tell if Jon told her. Bran told her, so therefore, loophole

Also, she’s doing it to protect Jon. A nice little foil to how Dany tried to make Jon keep the secret earlier, knowing full well it would hurt him

And got to love how Sansa adds “someone better” to the end of her statement. She believes in Jon, and not just when it comes to drinking

*sighs* It feels like all the Starklings are leaving, and it saddens me

“When Jon Snow cares more about Rhaegal’s well-being than Dany does, take warning.” – My Wonderful Brother

Tormund: *makes quip about Jon’s weight* // My Wonderful Dad: “You know, now that he mentions it, the guy could stand to eat more. Matter of fact, so could Jaime. And Bran. They all need to go see Hot Pie, stat. Seriously, doesn’t anyone feed these guys?”

“Not since Dany burnt the wagons of food, apparently.” – Me

“And now part of me wants to ship supplies to Westeros.” – My Wonderful Dad, making a joke that I laughed way too much at

Cue my wonderful Brother and I sharing a smile over how protective our wonderful Dad is of his fictional grandchildren

Awwwww… Ghost. My poor baby

Yep, Tormund’s still trying to make Jonmund happen

Jon instinctively knowing Gilly’s pregnant brings me so much joy, for some reason

On another note… GILLY’S PREGNANT! SAM’S GOING TO BE A DAD!

(shout-out to @cantfightfatetoo, who speculated with me. You’re amazing!!!)

Aw!!! Baby Jon and Little Sam!!! My heart…

“I hope it’s a girl”. Yet again, another arrow through my heart – but this one not as joyous. Jon just comes off as so broken down in this episode, I can’t help but feel badly for him . It feels like I’m watching someone trapped in a toxic relationship while the rest of the world keeps moving on around him. It just feels like he’s at his lowest point, imo… even lower than when he came back to life. And that’s just sad

Good thing he still gets the best hugs, though

“WHAT?! REALLY, JON?! YOU’RE JUST GOING TO LEAVE GHOST LIKE THAT?! REALLY?!” – My Wonderful Brother

“TAKE HIM! HE’S WORTH MORE THAN ANY DOOFY DRAGON!!! JUST TAKE THE GOODEST BOY IN ALL OF WESTEROS!!!” – My Wonderful Dad

Okay, so a part of me wants to believe that if Jon did properly say good-bye to Ghost, he’d never again muster the strength to leave Winterfell and his family. Another part of me is really ticked. And another part of me still is annoyed at the fact that this was all to cut down on the CGI budget, most likely… even though it was totally fine to spend the cash on that dragon-riding scene from episode 1

*sighs* ANYWAY…

On the less depressing side, it’s sort of like Jon left his past behind to figure out his future. Ghost, Sam and Gilly, Tormund… they’re all physical manifestations of who he was, and he has to come to terms with who he is, so……….

Nah, frick it. YOU SHOULD’VE SAID GOOD-BYE TO GHOST!!! DARN IT, D&D, LET THE MAN SAY GOOD-BYE TO HIS DIREWOLF!!! LET HIM!!!

#JUSTICE FOR GHOST

*ten minutes later*

So… I’ve calmed down. Now, where were we?

Grey Worm smiled. That definitely means something bad is going to happen

Oh, dear. Tyrion told Varys. Welp, there goes that secret. Good

No, Tyrion. Everything that happened didn’t happen because Lyanna didn’t love Robert back. It happened because Rhaegar was the literal embodiment of Mambo #5

“She’s his aunt.” Thank you, Varys. The last of only two sane people left in Westeros

Tyrion is trying waaaaay too hard to convince himself that Dany’s a good person/a good ruler, and I respect him less for it

“Look, Tyrion. Jaime saw the warning signs with Dany, Varys sees the warning signs with Dany. They both served under Aerys personally. If you were really as clever as you like to boast you are, you’d hear them out.” – My Wonderful Dad

Tyrion, the #1 Dany stan, everyone. *Blackfish voice* I’m disappointed

Say what you will about Dany and her reptile children, but their score is epic. Unfortunately

Oh, shoot! Rhaegal got shot?!

(I mean, I’d read it in the leaks, but I didn’t think it was true…)

So… a dance of dragons 2.0 with just one dragon? I wonder if musical chair rules apply in deciding who gets to ride it

Euron makes the creepiest faces

NOPE. SCRATCH THAT. DANY DOES

Aaaaaaaand… she just left everyone behind. Inspiring

“Did a ship mast just land on Tyrion’s head?” – My Wonderful Dad

“Good. Maybe it’ll knock some sense into him.” – My Wonderful Brother

Grey Worm looking for Missandei is breaking my heart all over again. Especially if the leaks are to be believed

And back in King’s Landing with Cersei, and… ACTUAL VIBRANT CLOTHING OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!!

Lena Headey, you are rocking that red

Euron and Cersei still have more chemistry than Jon and Dany, and that’s disturbing

Ah, Qyburn. I had this really weird dream that he and Cersei were a thing, and… well, never mind. I have really weird dreams

(For instance, there was this one time when Jon and Jaime opened up a restaurant called “J&J’s” and all the other characters were their employees. Let’s just say it was chaos)

Soooooo… Cersei’s baby. Is there a baby? Was there ever a baby? Why does she seem all disoriented when the baby’s brought up? Tell me about the baby!!!

Nooooooo. Not Missandei. *resolves not to cry because, dang it, I know I’m going to sob later*

Oh, hi, Dany. Yeah… I’m not in the mood for you right now

Varys, you’re my third favorite character. Congratulations

Man, I knew Varys cared about the people, but I had no idea just how much. Seriously, why has no one made this guy the hand of the king yet?

Oh, yeah, because every person he’s served thus far has either been evil or an idiot. Or, in Dany and Joffrey’s cases, both

…… Dany’s talking about destiny now. First official villain achievement, unlocked

Talking in third person. Second villain achievement, unlocked. All she has to do now is spin a globe… or stroke a map, considering these are medieval-esque times

So, Dany’s going to save the world from tyrants by… becoming a tyrant. Okay, then

Bravo to Emilia Clarke’s acting, though. She’s nailing Dark!Dany

Varys echoing what I said about destiny speeches being in a villain’s wheelhouse. Thank you

(Turns out I really did learn something from binge-watching multiple animes)

Dany’s convinced she’s here to save us all, a.k.a., she has a savior complex. And yet my extended family laughed at me when I diagnosed her with that during our Thanksgiving get-together. It’s going to be fun to see them again this year

(Now I just need Varys to confirm that Jaime most likely has PTSD, and I’ll be completely vindicated)

No, Tyrion, Jon “bent the knee” because he needed flying, fire-breathing lizards to help him destroy undead popsicles. Not because he wanted to give up his crown for lolz

Any more manhood jokes and I’m going to pull a Tommen right out my bedroom window

Varys is me. Varys has always been me. I love Varys. The end

Okay, I’m starting a petition to get Jaime some new clothes. Who’s with me?

Yipee. Cersei’s winning. And if she wasn’t winning, Dany would be. I. Just. Can’t. Win *bangs head against wall*

Oh, no, Sansa. I still think you’ll have your crack at Cersei. At least, you’d better

No, Jaime. No. I know that look. That’s your “I’m about to do something so ridiculously dumb that no one else would ever dare to do for reasons” look. Don’t even think about doing what you’re thinking of doing

In other news, has anyone else ever noticed how the guy seems to age about twenty years whenever Cersei's in the picture (or mentioned)? Just saying…

Brienne has super-hearing. Take that, wights from the last episode who could hear droplets of blood

Jaime, no. What are you doing, you idiot…

Awwww, Brienne. The way she just straight up takes his face in her hands and tells him how much she believes in him… it’s just… *tears up*

And the way he looks at her like he wants to believe her even if he doesn’t fully believe it himself… I mean…

(Don’t even try to tell me that this isn’t a direct parallel to Jon and Dany’s scene before, because I won’t accept it)

No no no no no no no… don’t cry, Brienne. Jaime, listen to her. She loves you, she really does. Don’t make her cry…

Nooooo… the way he holds onto her wrist and strokes it and looks down. I can’t…

Jaime, you know you want to stay. You know you do. So stay

Oh, shoot. There’s that heartless façade he used with Edmure in S6. Oh, no… not against Brienne. Don’t use it against her, no matter what the reason

Yeah, yeah, Cersei’s dandy. You did a lot of terrible things for her. We know. That doesn’t mean we’re just going to accept you leaving

You would’ve killed everyone in Riverrun for Cersei, but you didn’t kill anyone in Riverrun… because of Brienne. So there

“She’s hateful, and so am I.” Yeah, maybe I’m just putting you on a pedestal, pal, but I don’t think that’s entirely true

I mean, you love Tyrion when you could’ve hated him just as much as Cersei and Tywin; you saved a city from being blown to smithereens because you couldn’t just sit by and let innocents burn alive; you jumped into a bear pit with no plan and no defense to save a woman who up until that point hadn’t done much for you except call you by your name; you rode North to fight an army of undead popsicles to protect the people of the Seven Kingdoms – most of whom detest you and would be perfectly happy if you died. So are you hateful? Nope. Bitter, yes. But hateful? Try again. (I mean, you’re, like, the only member of your family who’s never killed anyone on-screen for vengeance. Honestly, for all that you claim to hate, I think the only thing you sincerely hate is yourself)

Ummmm… sorry, what was I saying again?

Honestly, though, this whole scene is just heartbreaking. I mean, Gwen and Nik just nail it. Give them their frickin’ Emmys already

(If they don’t win any, I’ll riot. And, for the love of all things good, give one to Lena Headey, too)

I’m crying my eyes out right now. My wonderful Dad and Brother are crying their eyes out right now. It’s a tearfest

I still have faith in you, my problematic child. But in D&D’s writing… not so much

If they built all this up just to have Jaime die with Cersei I’m seriously going to be ticked

Honestly, out of all the ways I would like to see his ending go, that is at the literal bottom of my list with “burnt alive by Dany”. Jaime deserves better

So does Brienne fight me

Well, I can’t really see straight because I still have tears in my eyes. But I still know Varys looks like a boss

“Umm… Cersei. You have all those scorpions and Drogon’s right there. Why not just shoot him?” – My Wonderful Dad

“Who cares? He’ll probably be written off next week, anyway, for the CGI budget’s sake.” – My Wonderful Brother

So, what I’m getting from this meeting is that the battle for the Iron Throne has come down to the war of the two pyromaniacs. Lovely

Tyrion doesn’t want to see the city burn, yet he’s still rah-rahing for Dany. I have no words

Cersei, once again, doesn’t kill Tyrion when she has the chance. Then again, she hasn’t killed Drogon yet, either, so…

Tyrion claiming Cersei’s not a monster, yet I have such little faith left in his judgement that I don’t believe him

Got to say, red really brings out Cersei’s green eyes and golden hair

(at least one of the Lannisters still has their blond locks)

And… they’re not seriously going to end things like this, right? Right?

And… they did

Just like that, it’s over

So… Missandei’s last word was “Dracarys”. How utterly terrible

And they killed Missandei. Just to further Dany’s plotline. Jorah and Rhaegal and the Dothraki weren’t enough for her to snap, oh, no, they needed to kill Missandei, too

I would rage, but I’m sure there will be plenty of metas already written about how wrong this is by the time I post this, so I won’t bother anyone with my anger

“Screw you, D&D.” – My Wonderful Dad

“Yeah, thanks for ruining everything.” – My Wonderful Brother

I share the same sentiments

They’re lucky their cast is so wonderful, otherwise I’d honestly quit watching

Meanwhile, Dany’s officially on the brink of turning dark. I do wonder what her stans will say to justify things this time

If I had to guess, it’s that she has a good heart. Haven’t heard that one 60,000 times before

Welp, that’s the end of the episode. I miss Bryan Cogman and Dave Hill

Thank you every single actor who made this episode worthwhile. I love you all more than you’ll ever know

I’m going to go eat some more ice cream

#anti daenerys #anti jonerys #dark!dany #anti d&d...#politcal!jon musings #please help my children #i can't bear to see them suffer like this

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DWTS Season 24 Finale Recap

Alas, my last recap of what turned out to be a glorious season in those last like 45 seconds there.

Here’s my random ramblings (just like Sharna!) throughout this finale night. And this is a tumblr only version of my usual recap and in place of liveblogging so it’s gonna be a bit more entertaining. It’s also terribly confusing without any context, but just go with it...

I’m nervous but I’m also not that nervous. Like I didn’t really get nervous until right now when I’m finally starting the show. I haven’t been spending all day stressing out like I normally do. I think it’s because I’m significantly less invested than I was last time. I mean, don’t get me wrong. I’m invested and I certainly want Rashad and Emma to win, but this isn’t quite on the level of how badly I wanted James and Sharna to win. And I’ll be more okay with Normani and Val winning than I was with Laurie and Val winning. I do seriously adore Normani and I think she deserves it. But Rashad and Emma have the connection and the growth and the beautiful partnership that I love to see.

Erin looks so pretty! Ahh!

Oh hey Alan.

Is it as weird to everyone else to see the judges like outside in the elements. Why aren’t they at their table?! It’s oddly unsettling!

So is this beginning just going to be a walk through their journeys? That will do nothing to calm my growing nerves!

David and Lindsay seriously have the sweetest relationship. One of my favorites I’ve ever seen in 24 seasons. Like TPTB couldn’t have known these two would build the relationship they have and it’s just been amazing to watch. I didn’t know him before he was on here and now I’m in love.

Simone’s jive outfit might be my favorite of hers all season.

Watching Rashad and Emma’s journey and I’m remembering the emotional last rehearsal they do for their fusion dance that somehow I always forget they do every time and I’m not at all ready for it with these two.

“I know this wouldn’t be the same with somebody else.”

Again. I cry.

Literally ONE HUNDRED more hours rehearsing than the other two couples. COME ON.

I was really looking forward to this girls’ number and it did not disappoint at all. But like was there anyone besides Sharna out there because I didn’t notice. SHARNA I’VE MISSED YOU.

Heeeey Alan.

I love Normani and I LOVE that she came in as a huge fan of the show. Those are my favorites.

All these other guys can go. I just need Alan. And Keo can stay too. And Gleb I guess.

“These are trying times. Sorry about that. I’m beside myself.” - Erin after the guys’ dance. She’s my favorite ever.

Alright. Now we’re finally getting into it. This is so fun with everyone all there together!

Oh hey Nick! I forgot about you and how much I liked you!

Oh wait. Now we have to recap last night. I already watched it! Can we move on?!

Dude! I just picked up my phone and opened up instagram without thinking! Closed that real quick! That was a close one!

It would have been nice if Bonner was this halfway decent from the very beginning. Geez. I tried not to see the awkward tension between them because I’ve just tried to ignore all this, but… well… it was hard to miss.

Erin says every night should be country night and I agree.

This season has been so weird and unsettling and oddly long and I had totally forgotten about Alan dancing with Heather so here’s another moment I say ALAN FOR PRO.

The Nick and Maks bromance is everything. I hope everyone now loves Nick as much as I always have.

I appreciated David and Lindsay’s Magic Mike dance so much more tonight than the first time around.

BLOOPER TIME. This stuff always reminds me why Erin is the best ever.

Holy shit. I know absolutely nothing of Charo except the hot mess she was on this show, so that was exceptionally amazing and unexpected! And Keo and Witney’s dance was EVERYTHING!

Oh man. The nerves are kicking in again.

I don’t want them to redo their favorite dances. I NEED FUSION DANCES!!!

Ugh. I’m getting impatient now.

We get a little preview of them getting ready for their fusion dances and CAN EMMA STOP CRYING PLEASE?! “I don’t know if I’ll get this again.” Yes. Exactly. That’s it. That’s what’s special about them. Oh geez. I’m all stressed out. For me this whole show is all about the partnership. Not the best dancer or performer or most improved or most entertaining or anything else like that. It’s all about finding the couple that builds a relationship, that becomes a team, that makes me fall in love with them, and that creates this absolutely unbreakable bond. And that is Rashad and Emma this season. That’s why I love them.

Are there always such excessive nonsense random singers and performers that I just block out after the season is over? I was about to mute One Republic, but then I saw Gleb and Sharna stroll in like they owned the place so then I had to watch!

I loved Normani and Val’s, um… construction worker dance the first time around if I remember correctly. (I might remember a lack of salsa content, but I don’t care about that anymore.) I couldn’t handle the contrast between Len just happily clapping along in the corner and Bruno stripping the whole time.

I’ve been waiting an hour and a half for Lady Antebellum. Finally. Geez. I also appreciate any chance to see Hayley because I just love watching her dance.

This alarmingly random Mr. T segment is one of the weirder things I’ve seen on this show and that’s saying something! But I think I loved it!

Hard pass on Nicole Scherzinger. Took me a second to think back and figure out who Tom was talking about when he said “season 10 champion” and then it all came flooding back. That was Erin’s season and one of my favorites, but I was no Nicole fan at all. It’s been 14 seasons and that hasn’t been enough time…

I like Normani as much as the next guy, but this is the first time this season I’ve been hearing talk of her being the best ever (Val said something like that and now Peta) and that threw me because wouldn’t someone have said that already if that was the case? Like maybe way back in week 6 or something. (You feel me on that?) And she’s very good obviously, but best ever? Calm down a little bit there.

Gotta say I’m really appreciating all the Sharna I’m getting in all the pro numbers. Silver lining.

David and Lindsay - 9,9,9,9 - foxtrot/salsa

They are just the absolute sweetest. What a nice dance for them to finish on. They’re gonna have to not cry now because then I’ll cry. I think it’s safe to assume they’re not going to win (though stranger things have happened) and that’s okay. I feel like the two of them have won something so much more special in the friendship they have built. The two of them have bonded more than most on this show and I just adore everything about the two of them together and each of them individually.

Normani and Val - 10,10,10,10 - Argentine tango/foxtrot

Here’s the thing. I’ve loved her for a while now. She grew on me and now I just adore her because she’s so amazing. But right now is the first time I’ve really understood and seen the connection and the relationship between them. And it felt more out of place tonight because the relationships between the other two couples are almost incomparably strong and have been all season. “When did you realize there was real chemistry here? This is an amazing partnership,” says Tom. But like this is the first time we’re talking about this all season unless I missed something? (I think my nerves are making me a little salty right now.) But anyways, the dance was perfect. Flawless. Loved it.

Rashad and Emma - 10,9,10,10 - cha cha/tango

I just put all 10s down before I saw the scores because I assume that’s right. Actually I could have predicted the scores for all 3 couples here, but that’s just because these fusions, though fun, have gotten rather predictable. (Well, Len really screwed with that, didn’t he?) My love for them is strong and no secret. Their partnership and their connection and their bond is without a doubt one of the best we’ve ever seen. Top 5 easy. Honestly, probably second only behind James and Sharna for me. And I’ve been waiting for this moment with them looking back on their journey together because I could use a good cry. “I don’t know if I’ll get this again, but I’m so grateful it happened.” Crying. That’s so intense and emotional when you think about it because that’s exactly right. Just thinking about Emma’s own journey she’s had throughout her seasons and what she’s got this season is just incredible. And now Emma’s crying again or probably just still crying. I think she’s been crying for like 3 weeks. RASHAD ON TOUR OH THANK GOD. “He really is everything.” Ugh. Just like with David and Lindsay, they have obviously won something so much more than a trophy. Emma just said it. Some things are bigger than this show. On season 15, Kelly Monaco once said (week 4 after their contemporary dance because I would know that), “This show has absolutely nothing to do with dancing,” and I’ll always remember that because it’s one of my favorite things anyone has ever expressed in 24 seasons and it’s exactly how I feel about Rashad and Emma. The friendship they have now is just so much more important than anything else. Like they don’t need to win because they’ve got each other in their lives now. But if they could go ahead and win in TWELVE MINUTES I’d be okay with that. Oh right... They danced. It was perfect. (Can we also talk about what a good job I’ve done not shipping them because honestly if you know me at all I probably deserve an award for my self restraint.)

And a commercial break. Oh boy. Here it comes.

This live performance “journey down memory lane” thing gets me every time. Just look at the way they’re standing there together holding each other. Good grief. More tears. Emma’s just standing there with tears streaming down her face and I honestly can’t handle this any longer.

Oh shit. Here we go.

H O L Y C R A P

OH MY GOD. I’m literally shaking. I cannot believe that just happened. I literally think I’m dreaming. This can’t be real. I’m honestly in shock. What happened? I didn’t imagine that? That really happened??? Actually… You know what? I don’t even care. This is about to be the longest commercial break of my life.

YEEESSSSSSAIUILUAWEIUFBUHOI

I gotta be honest you guys. I didn’t think this was going to happen. I was ready for yet another season (4 in a row) of “disappointed, but not surprised.” My mom checked who won at 8 our time and texted me and told me to stay off facebook. I knew that obviously, but that was what convinced me that it would end in disappointment. She’s “friends” with Maks on facebook and tells me about the stuff he posts all the time, so I thought it was a post from Maks about the big win. I did myself the favor of not getting my hopes up this time and I think that made this victory all the more satisfying. Obviously this turned out 100% how I wanted it, but I didn’t expect it. I really didn’t. I didn’t want to say anything before because I wanted to stay positive, but I expected second place and I was okay with it because they have each other and their friendship.

BUT HOLY SHIT AM I HAPPY THEY WON

Honestly it’s about damn time my favorites won. I’ve been waiting for this moment since the long ago days of season 18 and I’m just so so so happy.

#dwts 24 #dwts24recaps

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Riverdale Comes On Tonight

([Not So] Small rant about Joaquin and Kevin) Okay,, Riverdale season two comes on tonight and I'm super hyped. After *clears throat* episode 13's ending events, I nearly died at the cliffhanger. If anything sad happens I will probably straight up die :')). ALSO, IF WE DON'T GET JOAVIN THIS SEASON IMMA FIGHT- (not really, a toothpick could snap me in half) Like,,, one of the least problematic relationships just up and poof. Gone. Veronica and Archie (I) consider them problematic because they kept trying to protect Betty's feelings so denying their own and then the night they got together, they had sex. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that. I'm just saying, look at Betty and Jughead. They've been together since episode 6 or 7 and in 13 they (almost) had sex. So,, waiting can pay off guys. (Still salty Jughead isn't at least ace but hey, him and Betty are cute) Okay, speaking of Bughead. They are also problematic. Between Betty's nail-thing which is self harm?? I guess??? and the fact that Jughead doesn't really know how it feels to have another person to care for him (He was dumped, for lack of a better word, by Archie. His mom and little sister left a while ago. His dad,, well we've seen that. He's bullied at school) and he's always just relied on himself. All of the parents have problematic marriages. All of them. I don't think Kevin's mom has even been mentioned.. I'm not saying Kevin and Joaquin aren't problematic. They are as well, just on a lesser scale. Joaquin is getting manipulated by F.P this being said, he does truly care about Kevin. Anyway,, this is a smol ace gay ranting about smol gays.

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EPISODE 1: I REALLY REALLY HATE BEING MEAN, BUT... ~Daisy

Me, before the cast reveal: I'm going to win, know that

Me now, seeing Sam is here: She's going to kill me again

This One World twist is fairly interesting at the start. I know Nehe, and Coffey was in my first Tumblr game, so there are people I am familiar with here. Those small bonds can help a lot in this game.

But holy hell is this snake annoying. I have a decently high reaction time. The game does not react fast enough for what I want to do with it. I only ever hit the wall despite knowing I pressed up way before it hit the wall. That's my luck though, isn't it? You also only get +1 when the wheel stops which is just a pain in everyone's asses.

I'm making a mental note to make a lot of confessionals, going for that 5 visibility baby!

Walking out onto this beach I am ready to experience a game i expect to be amazing. The last time I played a org I think I was a little too open. I shared more than I needed and I made people feel like it was my way or the high way. This time around it's new people. I have to play the social game but laying low at the same time. This first challenge points out the comp beasts from those who will most likely lack in challenges. When it comes to flash games I suck but I don't need a bad first impression off the bat. Tonight I'll talk to everyone before tribes are established and just try to be a good sport and make people like Nehemiah and want to work with him.

First confessional of the season!

So, we're placed in a One World chat. Now i've never played a One World survivor org before so I'm not sure if we're going to stay in here the whole game or until we officially get split into tribes. I hope it's not One World the whole game, I have enough trouble keeping up with one tribe let alone the whole game.

After reading through all the bios of the other contestants it dawned on me that I'm the oldest player in the game. Yes, at 22 years of age I am the oldest person in the game (maybe, three of us are 22 but still). Only four people in the whole game are above 20 years of age. Oldies alliance maybe? We shall see. There's even someone who's only 13 years old! Yikes, almost 10 years younger than me! (Also STEVEN, you took my Mari avatar, darn you.)

DAISY and DARIAN are so far the only two people I've had actual conversations with. They're both pretty nice.

And then we get to NEHE. I know NEHE from a previous ORG and while we did work together there, I don't know if I want to work with him here. He has a penchant for making things unpredictable and crazy and I just don't know if I want to deal with that again. Ideally, he would be placed on the other tribe. And ideally he would be voted out before the merge or a swap. It would just be easier on me that way.

Going into this game, I want to play a flashier more strategic heavy game than I did in my first org, Myanmar. I want to make big moves and if I can, play the role of the villain. To quote the infamous Abi-Maria Gomes "Villains have more fun"

Salty

HIYA XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Its josh and here i am for my first confessional im gonna try to do a lot better with confessionals then i did my first game LOL anyways i haven't talked a whole lot this season cause im lowkey waiting til we get on tribes but thats tht also i like cats KK BYE XXXXXXXXXX

I *CLAP EMOJI* AM *CLAP EMOJI* COMING *CLAP EMOJI* FOR *CLAP EMOJI* DARIAN *CLAP EMOJI* FUCKING *CLAP EMOJI* GOGGIN.

WATCH YOUR BACK, YOU SNAKE BITCH. CALL ME A FAILURE? I'LL MAKE YOU A FLOP.

Hello! I don't remember if I have made a confessional for this game yet. I am happy about this game because I know quite a few members of the cast! I just hope that I can make it to the same tribe as some of them lol. Also I am not a fan of snake...

1 Word to describe this tribe: Ugly

Number of people you actually like on this tribe: 1

Number of people who still haven't added you back: 2

Number of people you like on the other tribe: literally all of them

On a scale of 1-10, how much would you rather be on the other tribe? 12

I hate this tribe and now I hate this game and we better just win a bunch of immunities so I don't have to actually socialize.

Last night I did what I could with bonding (or more so having communications with people). Coming into the game I knew Keegan, Steven and Alex already prior. Those 3 were the obvious instant connections I needed to reach out to. Others I talked to happen to be Josh, Sara, Logan, Darrian and John. Oh how I love John and Logan. I get vibes and good ones from them that I want to build off of. Possibly an alliance who knows. One thing I learned from my first Org is to not play so hard. I got into huge trouble with my tribe mates that I wasn't aware of because I was egotistical and controlling. This game I want to be used and useful. I am now Nicobar tribe and I want to show them that I'm useful. I'm still gonna talk to my entire tribe and make them like me. If we loose a challenge I don't want them feeling like we got to get rid of Nehe. I want to be useful. Not gonna help so much in this upcoming reward challenge just for the fact that trying to control what our flag looks like will put a bad target on me. I gave my ideas and we'll see what happens.

My Tribe Opinions:

Alex: I played a Skype game with Alex before and tbqh I don't remember shit from it. Just that I went farther than him. I think it was the Challenge. I like him but I can feel he's a player and I want to get on the good side of that player before lines become drawn.

Daisy: I didn't get the chance to speak with Ms. Daisy on night one but day 2 we hit it off. Maybe not the most beneficial conversation but I gotta find something to commute with her on. I like her and she doesn't give me the gamer vibe but the social vibe. So socializing with her may be good for me.

John- UGH I love John. Like literally anyone else to be an ally with can go through a test of some sort cause I want John and I want John now. Something about him just screams yes to me. So I'm gonna work for an alliance with that guy.

Josh- The convo with Josh didn't pick up much last night but we can chat and further that up. I don't know how I feel about Josh. Maybe alliance maybe not. I can myself voting out Josh.

Logan- Love Logan too. Logan seems to be a player but one I can align with. I just have to watch how I act to people like that. Thats where I get myself in trouble. Im a player at heart and when I meet another player I like let my ideas spew out and they hold it against me. Cue my blindside in my first org.

Sara- Our convo as of now is Hi, Hi......Yeah not seeing myself building anything with her. But not gonna stop. Why give someone a reason to vote me off.

Stevie- Just started like JUST started talking to Stevie and I am in love. We have the same interests and like our conversations is heating up with how much we are alike. I think this conversations speaks for itself in which we will align.

Steven- I knew Steven from many Skype games. Like many Skype games. We have this joke where when we see each other we scream each others names. I don't want o necessarily work with him cause I know he's a player but like it;s nice to know I have someone who i could possibly manipulate.

All in All I like my tribe and we'll see how we fit in challenges. Till then I will talk to my baes. Josh, Logan and Stevie.

I did the challenge late last night and sent in a random time. I didn't know that these people would have been that bad at snake for me to come in second place after only playing it maybe ten times. Wowzers.

But I got this cute little statue that's being referred to as Sentinelese Blood Oath, or I'll just call it my ticket back into this game, which is what it does. I know the other person from the opposing tribe has this too, so this is just a bit of information that is pretty fun to have. I can rejoin the game if I beat someone in a challenge and judging by how snake went I'm feeling pretty confident. My hope is to not have to use it. While it's great to get back in the game, my game gets severely tarnished by having to return after being voted out. So my hope is not have to use it, but it's nice to have this sort of back up, where if things go wrong I can go right back into the game and try to screw someone over.

This challenge is a ton of fun too. I love graphic designing, and I've made a pretty bomb ass flag for my team. I've gotten on their good side, which is fantastic. If we win it's even better. In my life I either want to be a music teacher, an ESL, or a graphic designer. (YouTube is on the backburner until I can get some video editing program). That being said, it's nice to know that things I do for fun can help out in this game.

For alliances, I'm becoming fond of Nehe and Coffey. Josh is a fun addition too. Those three are probably the ones I'm most comfortable with, but it's too early to start things in my opinion. It'll form eventually, just not right away.

We're officially split into tribes! No more One World! I'm so happy for that, I can finally keep up with who's all around me. As far as first impressions go, I haven't really talked a whole lot with everyone but:

SAM: She's pretty awesome. We're similar in age, she's a graduate student and I just finished undergrad. Plus she seems pretty into the game which is a good thing. I'd definitely consider an alliance with her

DARIAN: He's okay. We've talked a bit but it hasn't gone anywhere. I don't dislike him. He's also been pretty helpful with the first challenge.

BRANDON: No thanks. Awkward "conversations" and I feel like we have nothing in common.

CARSON: tbh i don't see myself ever working with him. Unless it's a necessity.

ELENA: She hasn't even accepted my friend request so...

NED: Seems pretty cool, I'll have to talk to him more to get a better impression

ELIJAH: He likes togepi.

MATT: I gotta get talking to him more, I think we'll get along really well.

I think that's everyone. Not a whole lot to say actually. I guess it's only been a day since the game began and a few hours since we were divided into tribes. I'm interested to see how these people play when it comes down to tribal time.

I'm iconic so stfu

Ashley told me not to put my last name. So I won't.

I really like this tribe. I've got some people I LOVE and some that I can build new connections with! And our tribe flag is awesome!!! I hope this goes well!

Alright let me set something straight. I do graphic designing as a hobby. It's my favorite freaking thing to do in this world next to playing survivor ORGs like it's my life.

Benjamin, I'm surprised you and your horrid opinions got 5th place in this series. Who are you to give the flag I made a four in Effort, where you give the other tribe a seven? What the actual fuck? I put a texture. I put different handwriting. I overlaid those fucking candles AND added a border around them so they'd be layered and look pretty as FUCK.

Those Elephants were the cutest thing in existence. I made that cute design of the lines by myself. Let's be real, aside from picking the fonts I made the entire flag. And for you to give it an effort of four, a creativity of five, and a six for visual appeal is absurd. You my friend are now on my shit list for the remainder of this game.

Also, "Sorry guys but it’s a little sad." Who the fuck are you? "However, it looks just like the buff with little to no change" shall I direct you to:

http://wwwimage.cbsstatic.com/base/files/styles/596xh/public/101917_d01507.jpg and http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/survivor/images/4/4b/Gota_Buff.PNG/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/150?cb=20130201071144

OR http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/survivor/images/6/6d/Luzon-flag.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140227215029 and http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/survivor/images/9/97/Luzongreenbrain.png/revision/latest?cb=20140123212853

The tribe flags are SUPPOSED to match the buffs in a way ya twat. The Indian elements from the design are BECAUSE the location is in freaking India! What else am I supposed to do? I know that what I made was the cutest shit since the Power Puff Girls. Your opinions are bad, and you should feel bad.

well well well! im here!

and i have this cute lil vote canceller with me!

im sitting pretty, but i gotta get to talking bc im not going home first

Ok. Well. That just happened. The hosts posted in the chat about searching in the woods for advantages and what not. So i was like, ok... I'm down. I have the luck of a dead animal but maybe ill get close lol. Well, I got close, and than i got closer, and closer. AND THAN I FOUND THE IDOL. FIRST TRY BITCHES. hahahah This is sooooooo awesome. Just what i needed to keep my footing in this game for a while. I can't wait to share all this good news with elena! She's going to freak the fuck out. Like!!!! She has her advantage and now I have mine <3<3

:::Quick Catch Up:::

So as of now this is Day 4 on the island and I think everything is going alright. On Day 3 I kinda didn't speak to anyone as I was not in a good space mental wise. Day 4 was the day I needed to build up on the conversations I had from days 1-2. Basically every conversation I have with someone is a conversation that shows I'm a least trying to get to know you and form a bond with you. That't the impression I want to leave on people. "Nehe seems cool and interesting to work with". Today Alex approached me about possible forming an alliance and obviously the gamer of me is like "fuck yes I'm golden". But i can't think that. My first org I was so confident that I was playing a good game and I got cocky. I told Alex I would love to align with him and he asked me who gravitated to me social wise. I told him John and Logan and he told me John and Josh before mentioning that having at least 5 people so if we loose immunity. So that 5 is possibly gonna be the alliance though I actually favor Stevie more over Josh. Today is the immunity challenge in which I fucking hate flash games. One thing about me is that I suck horribly at flash games so the fact this is the first immunity challenge sorta pisses me off. I tolerated Snake game but now i gotta do 1/3 of these comps which I settle for the stackers cause it's the easiest.

:::If We Loose:::

This goes safe to say that the first person gone from the Nicobar tribe is gonna be Steven. Or at least that legit is gonna be my vote. Steven makes no effort to talk to anyone or seem like he gives a shit about this game. So easy vote. All anyone has to do really is say his name and I don't see anyone campaigning to keep him. Because I was adventurous I decided to explore the forest and I got a punishment for doing so. I received an auto self-vote against myself at my first tribal which I hope happens soon tbh so I don't gotta worry about it getting used against me. I was instructed that I can tell someone or keep it to myself and one thing Nehe learned from his first org is if it's not important keep it to yourself. So this is gonna be a little secret :). I spent a hour and 30 minutes on call with Mr. John Coffey confirming an alliance with him. We agreed kinda to duo it out but not let anyone pick up on it. He voiced his concern about Stevie and Logan playing the game before together as well as not knowing where he stood with Alex who he had played with before. I don't wanna be cocky but for now I think I'm in a good spot with Logan, Stevie, Alex, and John and I will be soon making a proposition to align with both Logan and Stevie in the upcoming days.

:::Reward Results:::

I kinda am disappointed that the judges had no taste what so ever. One said we didn't have effort yet I know they bitch asses saw that texture and complexity of the flag. See the other tribe decided to do an art work while we decided to do what was tasked and build a fucking FLAG. I don't necessarily we lost what the prize for the reward was but I'm pretty sure there was an idol in that feast even tho they said there was no Tyler Perry idol. I don't know what that means by the way lol. I just personally feel our flag was an amazing and deserved better judging. But you can't win them all.

I talked to John for roughly twenty minutes about a game plan. It was going swimmingly. Right after we finish Daisy messages me saying "hey, want an alliance with me and Logan?" I'm not going to deny an alliance so of course I say yes. But she wants to bring with Josh or Sara. Neither of those people were anyone I planned on working with. Nehe and John are the ones I'm rooting for but it's also crazy as hell. I'm telling John as soon as he calls me on Skype, but the fact of the matter is that I am now caught in the middle. Since they're forming it really quick. Daisy even said she didn't know Sara that well but wanted her in. So it's looking to be a fairly destructive alliance that I'm not a fan of.

I'm so glad we won immunity whew!! I like this tribe so far and I'm getting really good vibes from john Coffey and Logan and those r probably the two people I want to work with most tbh

I feel like a held my part in challenge quite well being that I scored 4000 points more than Nicobars TOTAL score, I just don't even know who half these people are on my tribe so anyone of them can go tbqh except for Ned and Darian bc they're kings but I would have no problem backstabbing anyone honestly bc I love being messy.Why am I like this?

This is my first confessional!!

Forst impressions: the game has barely started and I have very few thoughts on what's happened so far. I'm mostly trying to socialize as much as I can.

I spoke with Logan, and they were interested in creating an alliance. I asked who else we should include, I had been thinking Alex. Logan agreed and suggested Josh, but I don't think he's even responded to being asked to be in the alliance. He should want to be in it though, we da best.

When we were on one world I spoke with Keegan and made a little connection there. Hopefully they survive to a swap or merge. We talked about how we both used to play Tumblr/Forum RPGs, it was a beautiful bonding moment.

On a more negative note, I really really hate being mean, but I feel like John is probably going to be voted out early, or at least should be. He did like really bad in the first challenge that determined which tribes we got put on, and he mentioned being the first voted out in another season so I'm worried he might not be a strong player?? idk John please don't hate me when you see this <3

Also the challenges have been fun so far!!

bye!

***(four minutes later)***

I was just told that John Coffey is very famous in tumblr survivor. I'm sorry please don't hate me

We lost immunity! That fucking sucks! Carson and Matt could not figure out level 27 of super stacker and that makes me so mad. I finished the whole game in like 2 hours maybe and I had to go back and redo multiple levels to show them and was watching a movie fhslafksf if they had asked for more help or something or tried harder maybe we could have won so like that fucking sucks!

I REALLY like Keegan! He's my favorite on this tribe and then there's Ned who I feel like I haven't talked to at all but I also think we haven't talked because we're just automatically like 'yup we're working together.' I'm just hoping we can get the numbers because I haven't actually talked to too many people so hopefully I won't be first boot.

this frog tied me up and im SO HAPPY

like i was so scared about tribal bc ive talked to literally ZERO people, and now im SAFE!!!!!!! ahhhhhhh this is so lit im so happy.

with my vote canceller, im like.... im just AHH

What an eventful time we've had! First, we win the reward challenge and got some food. Presumably there was an idol clue or something hidden in one of the food items but alas it wasn't in my Kit Kat wrapper.

SAM and I have been talking a fair bit and we've decided to work together. Which is fantastic. I trust her enough and we both seem to be on the same page about where the tribe needs to go. We want active, invested players in the game.

Which leads into the immunity challenge, which we lost by only a small margin. It's a little frustrating, especially since it was so close. I've never won a first immunity challenge, RIP me.

SAM and I discussed the vote a little bit, deciding we needed to talk to NED, ELIJAH and BRANDON. They're all decently active and we both get good vibes from all three.

I hadn't told anyone but my vote was leaning towards CARSON. He hasn't really been around much and hasn't done great in the challenges. He also hasn't spoken a single word to me so I'd have no issue writing his name down, except...

CARSON got lost in the forest and is going to be absent from tribal. DUN DUN DUN. He's safe but also won't be present for any strategy around camp. That's good and bad for him. Good because he might have been the first voted off. Bad because he's losing valuable time to make bonds with people.

Speaking of the forest, I found a VOTE DOUBLER in the forest! I get two votes instead of one at any point up to the final 5! Hallelujah! Hopefully I can save it until after the merge but we'll see how things go up until then. My only hope is I can play it properly.

Going forward, I'm going to try to rally SAM, NED, BRANDON and ELIJAH into voting together. It doesn't matter which of the other three we target, as long as the five of us work together we're golden. If I can bring MATT into the fold that gives us six votes against either ELENA or DARIAN.

Here's to hoping this planning pans out and I'm not the surprise first boot.

So, we lost this immunity challenge. At this point, my main ally is Sam, primarily because I know her from Bangladesh. I would love to work with her and be a duo, and I hope she's on the same page. I have NO idea what the tribe is thinking as to whom they'll vote out, but people are telling me that nobody's talking. Either they're being honest, or I'm being left out of something big. In a perfect world, I'd like to see Matt or Elena go home, just because we haven't talked, but who knows what'll happen. This could be the first time I'm first boot.

If everything goes as planned:

SAM, NED, DARIAN and myself are a close group of four. 4 for $4. We've talked with ELIJAH and BRANDON and the six of us are voting MATT. As far as I know, MATT hasn't really talked with anyone about the vote so hopefully he's gone and i'm safe.

ELENA is a bit of a mystery to me. She hasn't responded to my messages so I don't know what's going on with her. Unless her and MATT are working together and voting me. The worst that can happen in that situation is a tie.

I'm hoping this vote goes smoothly and MATT is voted off in a 6-2 or maybe even a 7-1 vote.

KK SO THIS IS SUPER LATE BUT ANYWAYS I AM SO PROUD OF MYSELF FOR DOING WELL IN THE CHALLENGE AND WINNING LIKE I DID NOT SPEND TWO HOURS PLAYING BUBBLE SHOOTER TO LOSE YOU FEEL ME?????? Also i need to socialize more but honestly i am having a hard time connecting with people Sad react KK BYE XO

Hey! I'm excited to be in another game and I'm gonna try my best not to get medevaced or sleep through any challenges this season. No promises though cus unexpected naps have been my thing lately.

I'm glad that I don't know very many people in this game.

I've met Sam and Stevie and played multiple games with them. Idk how Stevie feels about playing with me but I love Sam and would be down to work with her. It's always a pleasure.

Darian and I had a messy experience in fans vs first boots together. He made about 3 different alliances within the first 30 minutes of our tribe swap. It ended in me voting him out after Danny Gluck went off on him in the tribe chat and declaring immediate tribal. Darian disliked me for a long time but we have been talking a bit and he seems cool with me so we'll see what happens

I played with Alex in Malaysia and immediately we have seemed to pair up this season. He says he's my final 2 and he's mine as well. I just hope playing with him doesn't turn out as messy as it did the first time.

As it's been one world I've been talking with Elijah, and though he wasn't on my tribe I really like him.

So onto our tribe so far. We just won the first challenge! I spent so long playing that dumb shape game and I never want to see a fucking smiling polygon in my life.

I have been talking a lot with Nehe. We had a call and basically decided that the two of us and Alex would be a pretty good trio and we could just ride it out. 5 will make majority when we eventually do vote.

Daisy and I have talked a bit and bonded over queen Marina and the Diamonds

I like Logan

Steven has not answered my two attempts at talking to him I fear being rejected a third time

Stevie and I hvent talked much game yet but I think I'm open to working with him

Josh and I haven't talked all that much but I like him

I really like talking to Sara, she's probably one of my favorites other than Alex and Nehe

I went on call with Alex and we talked about solidifying our alliance with Nehe, and apparently right after that call, Daisy added Alex to an alliance with Logan and Josh. Thanks for the invite girl! Idk what's going on with that but stay tuned folks

So yea that's all for now :p bai

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