#forever rain concept photo <3

[lorre-verie]

₊˚ʚ ᴛʀᴜᴛʜ ᴏʀ ᴅᴀʀᴇ ₊˚✧ ﾟ.

the unfortunate pair: ao’nung x fem! sully! reader

about this series: the story follows you, the reader, and ao’nung as you two traverse the rocky road of what it’s like to have a mortal enemy. but things don’t always go as expected. this isn’t your simple enemies to lovers. what happens when one of two star crossed lovers receives a shocking piece of news that changes the rest of their life forever? will you both prevail against all odds, or is your relationship doomed to tragedy? 

series tropes/genre: fluff, enemies to lovers, angst in the last half.

chapter summary: moving away from the only home you’ve ever known is tough. but your new one looks promising, perhaps you could make something out of it, but you’re pretty sure a certain someone is trying to make your life a living hell. 

word count: 2.9k

part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5 | part 6 | part 7 | masterlist

“Would you rather kiss Vizìp or kiss Lay’ìi!” you asked your sister who was flying close to you on her ikran, your hair blowing to the front of your face as you turned to look at her disgusted expression.

“Ew! I wouldn’t kiss either of those skxawngs!” she cringed, apprehensively distancing herself away from you as you laughed.

Your family was forced to move from the forest to seek sanctuary elsewhere, and this was your way of coping. Throughout the night and day, all you would do was play silly little human games with your siblings, your favourite being one called truth or dare. After all, it held such an interesting concept.

The results of the game were either you spill your guts or you do something you would never ever even think of. And if you don’t do either then you’re a wuss or you’re hiding something.

“You have to answer, Kiri! You chose truth!” you snicker as your younger sister rolled her eyes, taking a moment to think. “Alright, fine. I’d rather kiss Vizìp. She’s cuter.” she avoided your gaze. “Hah! I knew it!” the corners of your mouth pulled up into a satisfied smile as you turned forward, taking in what you saw.

Your parents flew closely on their ikrans, seemingly having a conversation, with Tuk practically attached to your mother’s hip. To the right, your brothers Neteyam and Lo’ak twisted around each other mid-air, trying to one up the other. Compared to Neteyam, you were the easygoing and outspoken twin, you even shared more traits to Lo’ak and Kiri than you did your only older brother, including physical. 

According to your grandmother, you inherited Jake’s playful and witty nature while Neteyam inherited the warrior in him. As little children you and your brother could often be seen sneaking around places you shouldn’t have been, playing with the sky people gadgets and playing with this ancient thing called an "iPad." 

Despite it being around 200 years old, it felt like an advanced piece of equipment. You and Neteyam would have fun little dance battles with each other, being cheered on by your father and Norm, and a smile appeared on your face as you were reminiscing your childhood memories.

The blue ocean below you was vast, seemingly endless as you’d been travelling for days already. The most annoying moments were the stormy nights, the overwhelmingly loud rain preventing you from making any conversation with your siblings or sleeping. And Lo’ak complaining how there wasn’t enough to eat.

Looking heavenward you stared at the barely visible stars, silently searching for the one that your father came from. You always were curious about what the earth was like. You had seen videos and photos, but you wished to experience it, to know what it was like to be one of them. You wondered what was going through their heads as they were slowly killing their planet, their home.

“Y/N?” Kiri asked beside you. “Hm?” your head snapped to face her, pulled out of your thoughts. “Are you alright? You look kinda pale. Paler than usual.” she furrowed her brows in worry, and you reassured her that it was nothing. “I look pale all the time. It’s probably because I’m homesick or something.” 

Since you were about 4, your skin had started to seem a bit lighter than your twin brother's. Nothing that you could discern from afar, but if you looked really closely you would definitely notice it.

“If you insist. But if you faint from malnutrition, I’m leaving you to fall into the ocean.” she rolled her eyes, unconvinced. You scoffed playfully, before a lightbulb lit up in your head.

“Hey, what about we dare ‘Teyam to do something crazy again?” a devilish smile stretched across your face, thinking about how earlier you dared him to scream nonsense at your father, and Kiri seemed to weigh her options at that moment. Fly in silence, or have fun? 

“Bet.”

The island of Awa’atlu was breathtaking. You flew over the metkayina and their home in awe, drinking in how different it was from the forest, looking at what seemed to be their maruis. Inside the clear waters there were stunning aquatic creatures you couldn’t have thought up in your wildest imaginations. The metkayina’s skin tone was a dazzling oceanic teal, contrasting greatly to the royal blue that made you and your family stand out as you all hopped off your ikrans. 

You instinctively pulled your woven shawl tighter around your shoulders as the metkayina moved simultaneously in your direction like predators hunting prey, inching yourself close to your older twin brother, Neteyam. 

He placed a hand on your shoulder and squeezed it lightly, telling you everything was going to be alright. You opted to ignore the mix of uncomfortable glares coming your direction, instead looking down at how the cerulean water lapped delicately at the shore. 

Two of the metkayina stalked closer towards your family, the taller one’s hair tied into a bun. He glared at you incredulously as your brothers and yourself signed greetings to him and the rest of the metkayina. You let your eyes roam his body up and down, not bad, you thought to yourself, before they flicked back up to his face. You could see the corner of his lip quirk up into a brief smirk before he resumed his previously neutral guise. Shit, did he notice you staring?

Stepping behind you all to observe you more, they took note of how your tails were thinner than theirs, making fun of them. “It’s so small! How are they supposed to swim with those?” the smaller one pointed at your brother’s tail, an amused smile on his face. 

Were these people serious? You crossed your arms and side eyed them in annoyance. The tall one had noticed your irked stance, a smirk appearing on his face as he was about to say something to you.

Thankfully, a girl that had emerged from the water just moments ago pinched his and the shorter one’s arm, stopping him from saying anything. “Ao’nung! Rotxo! Do not.” she scolded them, rolling her eyes before standing next to them and politely smiling at you, and you returned the favour. You felt some relief in your heart, at least some people had sense here. 

But your younger brother, Lo’ak, stared at her a little bit longer than he should have been, shooting her a quick “Hey.” in an attempt to make conversation. The girl covered her mouth with her hand and giggled, looking down. You looked up at Neteyam. Are you seeing what I’m seeing? He gave you a knowing smile. Yep. 

Your attention was torn away from the adorable interaction happening in front of you, instead focusing on the sound of water splashing aggressively, the sight of a giant crocodile-looking creature flying above you. The olo’eyktan had arrived, making conversation with your father as he explained why your family was here. 

You tried to listen, but you couldn’t help but feel a heated stare pointed your way. No doubt that “Ao’nung” character was picking out everything he deemed wrong with your physical attributes. Paying no heed to the moron that was invading your personal space with his eyes, you instead focused on the tsahìk, Ronal, that had appeared from behind the crowd of metkayina. 

She looked fierce, inspecting each member of your family, a bit too closely for your liking. “Their arms are thin.” her cold tone frightened your little sister Tuk, and she scampered away from the woman to your mother, hugging her waist. You clenched your fist tight as she grabbed Kiri’s tail. “Their tails are weak. They will be slow in the water.” Neteyam exhaled next to you, presumably trying to calm himself down.

Incessant insults kept flowing out of her mouth, even going as far as to comment on how your family were not even true na’vi. Until finally, she moved towards you. You turned to look at her, daring her to come forward and say one thing about you. It was certainly unwise to show such a defensive stance against the tsahìk of the village you were requesting to stay in, but you couldn’t help yourself. She scrutinised you, looking up and down until her eyes rested on your eyebrows. 

Your resolve never faltered, it was like you both were having a staring contest. She narrowed her teal eyes as yours did, keeping your hands at your sides. It seemed everyone was holding their breath, terrified at the exchange, especially your father. Your mother, on the other hand, seemed a teensy bit prideful. At least that’s what you could make out from the corners of your eye, still intent on showing Ronal that your family was not as “weak” as she sought them out to be.

At last, Ronal blinked slowly. Her chin tilted upwards to the side ever so slightly, and she stepped away from you, returning to her mate. You exhaled quickly, heart racing against your ribcage. A hand slapped the back of your head, and you whispered an offended ‘ow’ while looking at your older brother. 

“You skxawng,” he muttered, “I thought you were going to screw us over.” 

“Aw brother, you know I would never do such a thing!” you simpered sarcastically, an accomplished feeling flowing into your chest.

You heard a scoff come from behind you. Whipping around, you were met with the smug face of that boy, Ao’nung. “What are you looking at?” you hissed, keeping your volume to a minimum. 

“I’m looking at you looking at me. What’s wrong, little forest girl?” he smirked, looking down at you with his chin up. He was a little bit taller than Neteyam, and your height was about the same as Kiri’s. Compared to him, your height was about the line where his mouth was. 

You blew out a frustrated breath, turning back around. You wanted to punch that infuriating smirk straight off his face, but you didn’t want to cause any trouble for your family.

A couple of moments later, Tonowari finally announced that your family was officially going to be staying with the metkayina. “My children, Ao’nung and Tsireya will be assisting you all,” a warm smile appeared on the olo’eyktan’s face, while the annoying boy protested. “What? Father, I do no–” he was cut off, “It is decided.”

His face was one of pure shock, mouth agape in disbelief. You covered your mouth to prevent yourself from letting out a cackle, he looked so stupid at that moment. Neteyam elbowed you in the stomach, earning a small yelp of pain from you. 

“Come!” the girl named Tsireya gave a smile as warm as her fathers, beckoning you all to follow. “I will show you to your new home.” To no one’s surprise, Lo’ak hurried to follow her first after grabbing his stuff from his ikran. You stayed behind with Neteyam, Kiri and your mother to take most of the heavy load, your father being busy dealing with a disheartened Tuk, following behind your younger brother.

The crowd dispersed while Ao’nung and Rotxo waited for you four, the former tapping his foot against the sand impatiently. You picked up your things and some of Tuk’s, groaning at how ridiculously large her woven sleeping bag was. Apparently she needed it for “personal space” reasons. 

“You need some help?” Neteyam offered, but you saw that he was already carrying quite a lot on his own. “I’m good. Just go ahead, I’m gonna try and take the rest of Tuk’s stuff.” you dismissed him, and he nodded, walking off with your mother. It was just you, Kiri, the ikrans and those two. 

“Kiri? Has Tuk always been so goddamn spoiled??” you called out to her where she was picking up a box full of family items, looking at how much Tuk brought along for the trip.

She even brought her rubber duck with a tophat on it. “I thought that was common knowledge, sister.” she rolled her eyes, smirking as she walked to you. “Woah, she did bring a lot of stuff.” 

“Exactly.” you sighed. “What’s taking so long, little forest girl?” Ao’nung called out, lips downturned. “Is he serious?” Kiri muttered. “That’s exactly what I was thinking before,” you clenched your jaw as you imagined punching him square in the gut.

You ended up asking Kiri to add the rest of Tuk’s toys onto the already overflowing pile of things in your arms, and when she offered to take some you shooed her away, as if her helping was an attack on your pride. You walked together to the path that the others went to, Ao’nung and Rotxo following closely behind. 

Rotxo jogged to Kiri’s side, “Hi, my name is Rotxo.” he greeted her with a smile. You struggled to keep yourself from smiling widely, he was clearly interested in her. “Hey, I'm Kiri,” she responded a little reluctantly, still remembering how he made fun of Neteyam’s tail earlier. 

“Do you need help with that?” he pointed towards the things Kiri was carrying, and she shrugged. “Sure, thanks.” as Rotxo took a few things from her pile like a mat and her sleeping bag.

You slowed down to give them space as they chatted away, a big smile on your face. Looks like both of your younger siblings had found something (or rather someone) to be interested in on the island. 

With the absence of your sister, your load suddenly felt much heavier without someone to share the struggle with. You decided to focus on the wonderful environment surrounding you.

The trees were covered in rough, textured ashy brown bark, the fronds much longer, flatter and broader than the leaves of the trees back home. They swayed lightly with the breeze, making the air smell more leafy than salty. 

The path beneath you consisted of pebbles stuck together inside the sand, no doubt worn down by years and years of metkayina walking on them. You saw that the path led further away from the normal connection of marui you had witnessed beforehand, perhaps your marui was separate since you had such a big family? 

You pondered what the rest of your life was going to be like from now on. Would you ever see your home again? Your thoughts were again, interrupted, as you felt someone next to you.

“Can you hurry up? I don’t want to have to follow you all day.” he bleated like a goat, making you roll your eyes. You didn’t give him the pleasure of responding, which made him a little agitated.

“Don’t you need help? A forest imp like you couldn’t possibly carry that all the way to where we’re headed.” he said again, making your eyebrows furrow at the nickname.

“I can manage. Why? Are you worried about me?” you smirked, trying to rile him up.

“Oh yes, I’m quite worried actually. Someone as weak as you would probably shatter from all that weight, I’m sure.” he bit back. “I’m just a handsome strong warrior ready to rescue you from your burden.”

“Oh please. I’ve seen many people more handsome than the likes of you.” you snorted, avoiding his gaze which was now fixed on you.

“I’m pretty sure that’s not what you were thinking when you were checking me out earlier,” he said to himself with a voice so low that you couldn’t hear him. 

“What?” 

“I said beauty is in the eye of the beholder. You need to get your eyes checked, forest imp.”

You shook your head with a disdainful expression, unamused. A few more steps in silence and he had enough. “Oh Eywa, just give that to me.” he quickly grabbed more than half of what you were carrying, speeding up and leaving you in the dust. You just stood there, tilting your head with a look of disbelief on your face. Did he really think you couldn’t handle it all by yourself? Oh, whatever.

Your siblings were unpacking all their things in the larger-than-usual marui, the 3 metkayinan teenagers waiting outside and your parents off to have a conversation with Tonowari and Ronal.

“Tuk, seriously, I don’t think you needed to bring all this stuff.” you let out an exasperated sigh, looking at the wooden figures she was currently playing with. “No! I need them!” she pouted, holding the one she called Mr. Toruk. 

“Noooo I need them or I’ll cry myself to sleep!” Lo’ak mocked her, his voice being squeakily high pitched to imitate Tuk’s childish voice.

“Ughh Lo’ak, shut up!” your littlest sister hissed. “Ooo I’m so scared!” he said, voice still copying hers. 

You laughed to yourself at their behaviour, sorting out what was to be your little personal corner of the marui. As you kneeled on your sleeping bag, proud of your work, you felt a little more tired than usual. A hand slapped up to your forehead to check your temperature, and you quickly pulled it away when you felt your skin practically searing. 

“Y/N? What’s wrong?” Neteyam asked, he was always the first to notice if something was up with you.

“I feel a lot, uhm, hotter than usual.” you said slowly, and he got down on one knee next to you to feel your forehead.

“Shit, you’re burning up. Lie down. Kiri, can you go get something cool for Y/N?” Kiri nodded quickly, jogging out to find something. 

“I’m, I’m fine, ‘Teyam,” you tried to tell him, but he didn’t listen to your futile attempts. And for good reason. As soon as your head hit the soft sleeping bag, you were out cold.

part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5 | part 6 | part 7 | masterlist

That’s all for part 1 lols, i’m trying to split up chapters into smaller parts so I can release them sooner. I have a whole timeline planned out for this series so it’ll be better planned than the Neteyam one. It’s gonna be 7 parts long (subject to change, though)

you can request to be in the taglist in the comments, dms or through my inbox! feedback is greatly appreciated. I also wanted to say tysm for 200+ followers! i am so amazingly excited for this series you could NOT imagine.

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[our-reality]

HI this a blog cataloging my thoughts and rants regarding my oc story our reality <3 none of it is coherent but its fine

i have 7 "main characters" that i describe in detail in this post, as well as this one, and they all have their own individual tags (which will be put under the cut) you can look through :-)

uh everything on this blog is subject to change ESPECIALLY the old stuff from like. 2021 lol. if you want my current thoughts on any topic just send them in an ask!!

everything on my blog is ask to tag!!! i try to tag some of the more common triggers on the post they appear on, but if i forget/don't tag a trigger of yours, feel free to tell me!!!!

not everyone has reference photos rn BUT I WILL MAKE THEM EVENTUALLY I SWEAR!!! also just generally i do draw and rbs are always appreciated :D FANART IS ALSO APPRECIATED IF YOU DRAW THEM I WILL BE SO UNNORMAL FOREVER /POS

thats kinda it <3 enjoy ur stay hehe

^ blinkie made by me btw. so obsessed with that quote

TAG NAVIGATION:

(note: some tags have no content in them and are just there to keep track of character names but i'll add those when they receive content ^_^)

character tags: #ruby, #java, #jaby (ruby/java relationshipposting), #python, #swift, #c+, #vysel, #requiem, #the kitamuras, #ivyn, #natsuo, #raine, #akira, #paul, #eve, #victor, #jamie, #castor, #vinett, #archer, #ivory, #maggie, #lilliana, #thrill, #xeric, #baylin, #orion, #danni, #irivolmn, #ravager, #lyvarine, #takari, #genesis, #untagged (for characters without names)

plot tags: #plot tag (main story), #plot 2 tag (nameless side story)

location tags: #earth, #skylight, #purity's garden, #penumbra theater, #overgaard

concept tags: #worldbuilding, #inspo

magic tags: #averagism, #wildinism, #eletism, #sparticionism, #audicism, #polyplainism, #foutenism

other: #me tag, #art tag, #fanart tag, #au tag, #redeemed!vysel (tag for a specific au version of vysel)

#yippee yahoo!!!!!!! #finally fixed the tag nav system ... all the tags that used to be on this post are now up there :3

[ausetkmt]

There are so many well-executed music videos that are considered timeless. From the greats of Aaliyah to DMX, these artists have never fallen short to deliver out-of-the-box visuals.

Here are some of the music videos that we think are most memorable!

Tell us what’s your favorite memorable music video!

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1. “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” by Missy Elliott

From the iconic garbage suit, to the fish eye view Missy Elliott’s “The Rain” music video will forever go down in history as one of the most memorable music videos of all time!

2. “On and On” by Erykah Badu

The moment was far more than just a very loose interpretation of (or homage to) the film The Color Purple; it marked the start of Erykah Badu’s tyrannical rule over all neo-soul performers for the ensuing ten years.

3. “Remember the Time” by Michael Jackson

“Remember the Time” isn’t just a music video, this was a short film with a lot cameos of several heavy-hitters in the entertainment industry, such as Eddie Murphy, Iman,  Tommy “Tiny” Lister and Magic Johnson.

Michael Jackson was master of giving fans top-notch visuals as he extracted a genius story plot, dance numbers, theatrics, and etc. from a 4 minute song.

It’s truly a testament to how talented of a performer

4. “No Scrubs” by TLC

After seeing TLC’s “No Scrubs” video, we all wanted to live in the famous future space station!

5. “What’s My Name?” by DMX

If you ever wanted to get hyped up while watching a hip-hop music video, “What’s My Name” by DMX will surely get you riled up!

6. “Try Again” by Aaliyah

The late Aaliyah really became a futuristic pop star when “Try Again” was released.

From the video’s setting of  a hall of mirrors, and a room with a shallow pool to Romeo Must Die star, Jet-Li cameo and Timbaland’s adlibs, and Aaliyah’s signature look this music video captured millions and further pushed Aaliyah into stardom.

7. “Pass The Courvoisier Part II” by Busta Rhymes

Rapper Busta Ryhmes is known to have out-of-the-box music video concepts and “Pass the Courvoisier Part II” is one of the most memorable music videos of the early 2000s.

This music video will go down in music video history due to Mr. T, Spliff Star, Mo’Nique, Kym Whitley, and Jamie Foxx made cameo appearances in the video, which was influenced by the glorious films, Harlem Nights and Rush Hour 2.

8. “Doo Wop (That Thing)” by Lauryn Hill

The music video of “Doo-Wop” by Lauryn Hill will forever live in our hearts.

We can’t get enough of the concept of showing two different generations of men and women, to the singer’s message: “Don’t be a hard rock when you really are a gem!”

9. “All I Need” by Method Man ft. Mary J. Blige

If you’re a hip-hop fan doesn’t matter where you are, you’ll always sing and dance to “All I Need” by Method Man ft. Mary J. Blige!

It is a classic 90s bop!

10. “Roses” by Outkast

Words can’t describe how we feel about Outkast’s “Roses” music video.

From it’s clever references to West Side Story and Grease we get to see how Andre 3000 and Big Boi come together and create this amazing visual for their double-album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.

Were you a Speakerboxxx or a Love Below fan?

#Most Memorable Music Videos of All Time | Celebrating Black Music Month #Black Music Month

[evilnids]

Initial thoughts on the movie

The man who kept attacking Sarah is a manifestation of her seeing him in glimpses as she wakes up gasping at the machine. My guess is that for whatever reason this breathing machine is also keeping her in some sort of induced coma

The changes she kept seeing in her “life” were dreams from the coma. I think that she suffered a great trauma from killing the author. It’s unclear if her shooting herself actually happened, since the view of her in the bed at the end doesn’t show her as having any wound dressings and all her hair is intact.

Perhaps Anne had convinced herself she WAS Sarah, calling back to the intro scene of the movie where she looks at the photo on the small table and says “this doesn’t look anything like me”. She fully believes in this moment that she’s Sarah and the photo doesn’t resemble her, when really the reason for that is because she ISNT Sarah. The woman in the photo is Sarah, whom Anne has assumed the identity of due to obsession with the author.

There are a few interesting scenes in the movie to me.

1- the scene where “Sarah” is in a college lecture. The professor is saying something about love being a rush of different emotions, flooding the system. In this scene also, the class is discussing some sort of story in which a fictional character does something drastic for love. Professor seems to be saying that what the character did was a rash act, but sarah disagrees and says that she finds it beautiful. The act in question is never specified but it can be assumed by how nobody else in the class agrees with her, that the action is viewed negatively by most. The last nugget in this scene I want to draw attention to is when the professor actually does the live poll. He says something like “all who agree with miss wells raise your hand”. Nobody raises their hand, including sarah. She is under the impression currently that her name is foster (likely due in part to her delusion of having been Jonathan foster’s wife). So he says “you’re not even on your own side?” So this is interesting to me because it might indicate a subconscious agreement that she doesn’t side with herself for committing the “beautiful” act in the name of love (shooting Jonathan). And I lied there is one more thing that might be relevant: when the professor says that the feeling of love wanes/can’t be maintained forever.

2- when doing her sleep study, sarah is told that dreams are emotions. And the “story” crafted through dreams is the brain playing along with the emotion and making something that fits. Along with the other observation about love being a flurry of emotions flooding the system, it makes me think that the viewer is meant to draw the connection here. The connection is that both concepts heavily center around emotion. The through line would be like this: person is in love -> person’s body is flooded with love chemicals that create emotions -> when unconscious, these strong emotions become the basis for a dream. To me this seems like the movie is very specifically trying to hint at how and why Anne’s mind has crafted this entire scenario during her coma.

3- the last scenes, starting with the part where Anne’s breathing machine regulates her breathing and she drifts back to sleep. While she is going back under, there is that drip from the ceiling that falls on her feet. Then RIGHT after, we get a repeat of the opening sleepwalking scene in the rain. The waking world is thus shown to be affecting her dream world, and the twist of the movie is kind of hard confirmed: the “waking” world that we have known the whole movie has been the dream the whole time. But it feels real to her, and so we as the audience were also shown the world as if it were real.

My prevailing theory about why people and details kept changing in the movie are somewhat influenced by the sleep doctor’s observation that all of the changes are to do with identity. If Anne was already convinced that she was Jonathan’s wife in the waking world, through her obsession, then it may mess with her sense of identity when she kills him and loses consciousness. Her subconscious mind grapples with two identities: her perceived identity as the writer’s wife, and her true identity as Anne. This conflict presents itself through changes in her surname, and through actually seeing fleeting visions of the true Sarah in some of her dreams. She says towards the end of the movie, with surprising steadiness and clarity, that she must have made the sleep doctor guy to “show her what she did”. This indicates to me that she was heavily repressing what happened, and this whole dreamscape is her mind’s way of sorting through and coming to terms with what happened. This is also likely why so many scenes of the movie are so jarringly cut and paced. Her mind is like, trying different things and different scenarios to try and sort through this trauma that she has around the event. The sleep doctor character was created as a place of comfort for her to engage with the event.

The weirdest thing with this movie imo is the specificity of certain things. Why does the dorm neighbor change from one person to another? Why does the therapist sometimes forget her? I don’t quite have an answer for those aside from “brain is having identity crisis, and it is represented by people not knowing who she thinks she is. Also feeling like you always have to second guess who you are.” Who knows, maybe in the waking world, Anne would often have these identity conflicts with those around her.

But yea. The attendant who keeps her breathing machine going is clearly seen as an antagonist and is vilified in her mind likely because he is the one keeping her trapped in the dream, and all of his “calls” are him actually saying those creepy things irl and it seeping into her dream. And all the “dreams” of him suffocating her are actually reality veiled in dreams. She feels the suffocating, she sees or hears him faintly as she wakes (never fully waking), and her mind draws the conclusion that he’s suffocating her. He never tries to kill her any other way than suffocation so there’s that parallel. It’s interesting that in the last “attempt”, he is caught by sleep doctor man and sent off in an ambulance. I guess her brain is trying to take her to a place of comfort after the event, and so it fabricates this.

She doesn’t remember doing things or how she got certain places in her dreams because they are dreams. Events don’t always follow logically in a dream so that tracks

Seeing the real Sarah as a “ghost” near the end likely indicates how she feels about herself truly: as being an outsider looking in on what her body/self should actually be. But her ideal “self” being scared of her true self for what she did, and the dysphoria that comes with that

[maddyfishercommstudio701]

Notes 21/03/23

Today I missed class as I was at home sick. I have looked on canvas and over the slide show and sheets and took down some notes on these.

The task was that in groups you needed to discuss and write down the signs, their relationships and visual strategies identified in the chosen graphic add.

Example:

In groups they each chose an add from the slideshow to work with and completed the three sheets being the Syntagmatic, Signifier & Signified and Connotative & Denotative sheets.

We then need to find an advert that relates to our theme and complete these sheets for SDL.

My friend in class Frosina sent me her notes from the lesson.

Semiotics is the study of signs. Words can be described as a sign or even a photograph is a photograph as it evokes the idea what the photo is showing. Signs that exist in nature e.g puddles on the floor show that there has been rain.  

Signifier vs Signified the sign has 2 elements

Signifier: the physical forms of a sign, such as a sound, word or image that create a communication. Can be 3 things such as icon, symbol and index.

For example: Facebook logo - read it as facebook and MTV music television logo

Icon - a physical resemblance to the signified

For example: a photo of a moustache, the physical resemble allow us to know that it is a moustache.

Symbol - the opposite of an icon so it does not resemble the signifier that ie being represented.

Index- the physical connection between the signifier and the signified.

For example: smoke can’t exist without fire. the signifier is smoke the signified is smoke.

Signified: the concept that a signifier refers too

For example: what concepts come to mind about Facebook - friends, family, entertainment and social media.

Denotation & Connotation:

Denotation: the literal meaning of a word. Think about it in dictionary terms.

Connotation: represents the various social overtones, cultural implication or emotional meaning associated with a sign.

For example: if you show a group of people a photo of a dog some people will relate it with a happy memory. While other might have a scary memory of it by being chased by a dog for example.

Examples:

Forever 21 logo - SF

SD- clothing, fashion.

Denotation: An America chain of fast fashion

Connotation: (could vary on who you are) could be a super trendy place with cool clothes or could be a place with cheap, low quality made clothing.

#week four

[joenns]

mentally i’m there

#forever rain concept photo <3 #mp #p

[stormblessed95]

Memories 2016: Disc 3

So I asked awhile ago when I said I was going back to watch every memories DVD they have released so far, if you would be interested in commentary from me as I did so. There were a lot of people who said yes, so here we are! I have officially watched BTS Memories of 2016. Here are my thoughts as I went. There were only 4 DVDs in this one. Part 1 with the first 2 discs is already up and on my masterlist. Reminder that these aren't going to be smoothly written out thoughts. You get these like I'm live reacting, texting my bestie or live tweeting. Lol it'll be in like bullet point format sort of, just... a commentary post as I go. Lol Hope you enjoy anyway! Let's go!

Disc 3:

Epilogue: Young Forever MV MAKING Story:

They are doing their jacket shooting for the album and they look so cute dressed up for their little prince concept out in Jeju. Yoongi's look is probably my favorite for this one. Loved the units! TaeGiKook, Jihope and NamJin. Jihope wrapped up in blankets together to avoid the cold while waiting their turn was adorable. And when Hobi just turned around and bent over in wordless invitation for a piggy back ride to Jimin! Namjin taking some of their photos curled up in the bottom of the hot air balloon basket. So cute! JK obsessed with the ATVs lol crashing Jins solo shoot. Picking up Namjoon for a ride. Randomly showing up with Jimin on the ATV too. He loved that thing

Campfire photos, Jimin roasting and eating a marshmallow, captions "Jimin eating marshmallows in a sexy way" 🤣 everyone staying super huddled together the whole time to try and share warmth

JK half sleeping through his day 2 solo shoot. Lmao someone let that boy nap! Jin and Suga too! They are so sleepy! Lmao JK sleeping through the first few group shots and Tae next to him adjusting him and propping him up in his sleep. Why is it always Tae having to help a sleeping JK through photos 🤣

Shooting the MV, Jin saying he is giving emotional acting (kills it) and then cuts to JK clowning him in an over dramatic collapsing in emotion against the fence fashion 🤣 why are they like this!?!

Yoongi clicking tons of pictures of Jin. Jin joking about a "Suga's sight" revival (I wish!). So cute though. They gave Jimin a wet hair look and be said he would be showing us "wet emotion." Please 😂 Jihope sharing a jacket and doing a 4 handed fight against JK before doing some type of dance together while both in the same jacket! Lmao how?! I would would kill for just a little bit of Hobis energy levels please. Just a bit.

Save Me MV Making Story:

BTS members, groaning, worried, complaining. Freezing their butts off huddled together in ponchos being pelted by rain and worried about being able to continue the MV. Then there is Namjoon, do you think there are crabs here? Hurrying around the beach looking for crab holes. Lmao the caption "no one knows why he is looking for crabs." Please he was so excited. The contrast was great.

Rehearsals in the raincoats. Their good cheer is truly amazing. I would be grouchy as heck if I had to film in the freezing rain and dance on wet sand 🤣 role models, the lot of them. And Jimin now inside JKs jacket. He really is just stealing everyone's jackets isnt he?

Jin, we have to run and dance but the ground is sinking 😭 Hobi saying it's the toughest day. Everyone saying Save Me and that it fits at least. Lmao they are amazing for sticking it out and working so hard. And they might be cold and wet and ready to be done, but at least they all look AMAZING and the killed it for the MV.

The way you can hear the Staff giggling behind the cameras watching bts run around to get in and out of shots for the one take. They did it so many times! Yoongi even crashing into the camera director once he was running too fast 😂 their professionalism is top tier!

The way they all ran off so fast and so happy to be done when it was over. Lmao they worked so hard. And Jimin just going "let's go get dinner," picking up Tae and running away with him. Lol loved it.

Fire MV Making Story:

Tae was sooo nervous to crowd surf and Yoongi was so nervous about holding hands with a man literally on fire and Jin was so nervous about singing while standing in front of an exploding car... but they all nailed it! Although a small part of me was also incredibly amused by how hard they all jumped everytime something exploded

When Jimin messed up the choreo by accident he immediately went over to hug JK and laugh while hiding in his shoulder. Lmao so precious. That is his safe place. You can't change my mind! Sope were super cute during their scene too, joking about being drunk on ARMYs love.

Yoonkook being super cute with a crazy handshake. It looked similar to one of Taekooks many handshakes! Maybe they taught it to him 🥺 that's so cute.

They work soooo hard. I swear. It's incredible getting to see it. Especially with how all 7 complaining that this was their hardest choreo and knowing what they are doing now?! Love to see that growth 💜

WINGS Short Film Making Story:

"Jin the beauty." They aren't wrong! The way he talked about how it was weird to film alone and that he missed his members 😭 they really are family. And the giggles when he kept pulling away from lighting the petals on fire too fast!

Yoongi saying that he likes solo shoots because it's peaceful and quiet, just for the editors to call him out on how he kept looking around for all his members the whole time. You missed them, it's okay to say so 🥺😂

JK switching between Uber cute and giggly and over the top silly. Immediately to intense emotions and crying was giving me whiplash!

Namjoon in a tank top IS the concept. Thank you. Lol he is so cute though, loving his fake bird tattoo and accidentally breaking the prop phone booth. Whoops!

And Jimin's concept was dancing, wet hair and apples. And I'm really not okay. That was 2 minutes of his incredible choreo, watching him fall into a bath tub 5 times and get patted dry each time and smile sweetly into the camera. And omfg he killed his dance too. As always.

"Do I look sexy today?" Always Hobi. His acting was top notch and snickers should be sponsoring them for all the advertising they got from the BU! Lol and then at the very end, we see Jimin again, there to support his hyung and see the set 😭😭

2 of my favorite things are Actor Tae and Tae with puppies content and this gave me BOTH! He had probably the most complicated short film to do and he nailed it. All the extra actors in his too. He is so cool.

WINGS Jacket Making Film:

Such a good shoot. SO MANY GOOD PHOTOS. Namjoon and Hobi praising JK through his solo shoot. Jimin jokingly complaining that he is taking a long time. NamKook being an adorable unit together and teasing Jiminie over his bird drawing. Teasing is part of the tannies love language. Lmao

Jin standing on Jhopes socked feet for better circulation (?) LOL and then Jimin doing the same. Jihope doing a little dance together with Jimin on his feet, followed by Jhope tickling Jimin. Their giggles 🥺🥰

Bangtan in bed concept is FINE. Totally fine. Lol jikook next to each other and JK puffing out his chest super far and acting silly to make Jimin smile. MY HEART 🥰 and Tae legitimately falling asleep 😭🥰

Jimin kicking a sleeping Tae out of the bed so he can do his unit shoot with Suga. Where they take wow level photos even though they bicker the whole time. Teasing over Suga's black hair or the way Jimin is breathing 🤣 why are they like this?! And a Tae2Seok unit is so powerful for the world to properly be able to handle!

Jimin calling Hobi without honorifics for their unit shoot and Hobi jokingly scolding him for it. Lol why is it that Jimin always gets wet in these shoots? Jimin ended up in the bathtub full of soapy foam 😂 everyone else got to be in an empty and dry tub. And yoonjinmin all piled into one tub together feels like it should be an edit, but it's not. Lmao

Intro: Boy Meets Evil MV Making Story:

He was soooo so nervous about how advanced and tricky the choreo was and what the results would be. I hope he knows how amazing he is all the time. He killed it and I loved seeing his confidence grow in how well he is doing after every take.

When they change up the set to the smashed floor, Hobi: "the floor is all smashed! ... I don't know why..." 🤣🤣🤣 I loved getting a bit more insight and background into how he wrote this song though too.

Watching 4 staff members circle Jhope throwing paint at him to color his pants was an experience 😂😂

It's hard to put into words watching his perfectionism. Hobi worked so insanely hard for this intro. Literally danced the entire day, had dinner then did it all again. You could tell he was in literal pain multiple times from working so hard at such a complex dance. But he never stopped smiling and wow. what a video he created with all that hard work!

Blood, Sweat & Tears MV Making Story:

Not even 2 minutes in and RM has already broken a mirror 😭 lmao a rant later over how he doesn't know why he always breaks stuff, just to cut to Jimin watching on in Supreme disappointment lmfaooo

Any member wearing a low cut shirt and you will find Hobi there talking about it 😂 "ooo RM I can see your belly button!" Lmao okay Hobi, thank you for the commentary!

Yoonmin filming their scenes together first, killing it even though they both felt awkward with their individual shoots, giggling over the blindfold and then Jimin getting to go home early since he was done!

Namjoon struggling with his solo shoot. Lmao coughing on the smoke and saying he hated the way the drink tasted. The fire freaking him out 😭 lol. But it turned out so cool and you would never be able to tell in the final cut!

Hobi jumping at the water explosions 🥺 JK having lots of fun during his solo shoot, but hating all the feathers floating everywhere at the end. Lmao his face of disgust picking them off him was great

Jin kissing the statue, Jimin sitting the the side with the cameras with his coffee smirking. "This is my favorite scene." 😂

Yoongi not able to stop laughing and jumping around awkwardly when he was supposed to cover his eyes. Lol leading to a demand in partner switch ups 🤣 which is how we got the iconic TaeJin BST pair up I guess!

Jimin immediately putting hands on his knees and breathing heavy after director called cut and Jin seeing him and placing a hand on his neck and leaning over to check on him 😭

I love seeing their excitement (especially Yoongi's everytime a shoot is finally over!

Agust D MV Making Story:

YOONGIIIII 😭😭 That's it. That sums up my feelings 😭😭😭

He looks amazing. He misses his members too and I just 😭😭😭 plus can we all take a moment and talk about WHY he is always tied up for his mixtape shoots? Yoongi?! The girl who tied him up... what a job you have! Lmfao

The happy food smiley Suga is at such odds with the fvck you energy of Agust D when thet are filming. I love it.

The way they literally put the trailer on a fork lift to shake it around for certain scenes with him inside. The dedication!! He was sooo tired though. Someone let him nap!

The way that they literally safety strapped him to the roof of the car and went for a drive to film him on top of the trailer for those scenes!

Give It To Me MV Making Story:

No one should look good after a car accident. Even with all those fake wounds, I call a foul. Unrealistic expectations for the rest of us if we get injured, thanks. We can't all be a badass.

The way he was falling asleep wherever he was as soon as the camera stopped rolling. Lmao on top of cars while getting makeup touched up included 🥺

The way he does his little arm swinging happy dance but in a "I'm so tired someone save me" type of way. And the professionalism when the cameras are on for the MV? Top notch!

And the happiest smiles when he gets told he is done and gets to go home. Lol ugh, I could talk about forever about both these songs, these music videos, the visuals, all of it. Deserves their own post honestly.

And that wraps up Disc 3! I'm already looking forward to finishing it up with Disc 4 which looks like behind the scenes of their tour! This was amazing and their hardwork, as always, is so highlighted and soooo admirable. In conclusion, I love them. Thanks for letting me share my thoughts! 💜

(None of the gifs are mine)

#my thoughts over memories 2016 #my thoughts over memories dvds

[tylerzart]

Haven’t posted here in literally forever but thought it would be a good idea to try and kick this 3 year long art block in the ASS. I’m going to take it easy on myself and not rush into anything too ambitious (famous last words I know).

Above are two speed paints (drawn with photo reference) roughly 1 hour each. Below is a concept piece I started a year ago, gave up on, opened again a few weeks ago, changed some angles, switched around some layers, got really cool colours out of it which somehow sparked just enough interest for me to jump back in again and start on some detail work. Not finished but figured I’d post it anyway as evidence that I haven’t died or given up on art entirely. 

The plan right now is to draw a lot of speed paints and quick sketches from reference, outline and rough out some bigger concepts (keeping them simple for now), and then put those aside until I have the confidence to dive in. This post is a good example of how I will be choosing references and practicing based on the subject of my main concept, which in this case is rain forests, trees, and lush greenery.

#speed paint #work in progress #wip #digital art #original artwork #tylerzart

[sirjustice223-blog]

Some reality

Whites don't want to lock their doors as away as they even kill those of to u good character but in secrecy do the above. When u close ya doors, kinda, takes out ya mind as the vice versa which opens ya mind and that's the secrecy dude if u never know. Some selling drugs taking oath to do the above 4 some period of time promise to leave shortly b4 the deadline thus hampering shoot out as they said the above be done to them as well as saying the drug was washed in the rain while has given a colleague who sells to give him some parts to make him now lazy not wanting to works or the drug was stolen and he has it. Dude don't get into things u know not even as in a road carnage maybe just organized as they have seen u coming to get to know u, just pass by at watch as u pass in a glance to indicate good character, they don't want people doing such and can lead to a shoot out like in the varsities and cinemas.

Dont make holes like with Minneapolis to avoid hard times in crossing over the road to the other side as this reduces knock down esp in kids and snarl ups 4 vehicles wanting to get to the other side. Use drones as in the link below which are automated in that if the no of people weight amounts to like 1000KG it sense and starts the protocol as well people are employed to take care of the same to get u to the other side as pedestrians. Or to avoid such in 1 big city do decentralization to de-congest your cities as now u have learnt how to make buildings, roads and many machines which make up a city dude. Such are above are mostly seen in big cities like NY, Landon, Beijing or Tokyo and more

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fak.picdn.net%2Fshutterstock%2Fvideos%2F18869801%2Fthumb%2F1.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.shutterstock.com%2Fvideo%2Fclip-18869801-delivery-drones-cargo-package-fast-concept-3d&tbnid=c2Xzn3zr60UWVM&vet=12ahUKEwixwsPNwefpAhVWhxQKHdhTBPkQMyhJegUIARDHAQ..i&docid=TjYkWRDEaLETGM&w=852&h=480&q=cargo%20drones%20images&client=firefox-b-d&ved=2ahUKEwixwsPNwefpAhVWhxQKHdhTBPkQMyhJegUIARDHAQ

https://www.shipag.com/blog/2018/09/drones-freight-shipping/

https://unsplash.com/s/photos/american-football

Drone parcel delivery, you place ya order and what we do, is to drop it.

The container the drone carries can be made of thick plastic or aluminum to increase more weight it carries and made like American football ball shape to reduce friction in air to increase speed where such is used to transport goods between nations or overseas as between continents.

Forcing a fellow with sales job who says such jobs aint shit as those who do it, supplement their livelihoods with money gotten online which if was not their could not be doing the same to create a picture outside they are doing good though looked down upon which u if u try without such above knowledge u leave that job long ago b4 even lapse of 1 month. He got back and was doing sales of bank cards which he brought 2, 4 3 months where he did not meet his target of 10 cards monthly where he was sent home again to appease the bankers who forced him with that job, took the salary a usual and directed it to his investments. Dude stop wanting from people leave ya own life dude and get the above to make an halt bro

If u stay with things of this world so much in ya house can land ya to hell, sell to thrift store to help another who cant afford the new ones of such. Satisfy their appetite making them want to live more and a blessing to ya and the reason why many whites don't stay with home appliances and cars to get to reason cause they have helped some1 indirectly. Some even organize theft with their own stuff to buy new, cause if they buy new again the public will criticize them b4 they call the police as actually it was crime.

Eu other nations, we want to know if they got sense or insane as other African nations join them not they are pro-them but investigating the same. Now that u have known how to make every gadget and every nations cash, why cant u place money online like the Kenya TSC PAYSLIP, or just want corruption and all said about the DNA as mother still alive, Bro an advice, read the parable in the link below to guide ya and warn Russia and the G-20 nation to divorce their plan and hearken to the truths of sirjustice199 tumblr a/c or what u want dude. Even if u kill 1, the bottom-line is that every nation has got a piece of the script he has written u want to delete to make yours and have made those gadgets as per the googling thing described below or even if u manage to hack or delete, likes of china and Italy has made those gadgets, so its high time to leave 1 alone so far as he has gone on lower cadre in his life

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+16&version=NIV

Ecclesiastic sweet ES, dude, Gik Maleny as shiny like a snake skin products, i mean supple outer case like most yesterday china products, should be all eradicated as their is now a feasible plan of repayment even 4 long 4 the poor to still own the same product the rich can buy on sport. The above supple products can kill ya faster and can take ya to hell as u did not give back promptly to ya society as it helped ya all along and that's why many who were not frustrated and gone oversees without giving much or back to the society as it made ya during ya childhood and teenage life can land ya in hell fire b4 u r released shortly if u fail to repent fervently as in the link below to create emphasis and truth that i warned ya. Many around me to many lived an awkward life which many says in awe or disgust that they thought they will never die but to them their souls are rested as have evade hell fire, as it will be an excuse at judgement time that they did the above to warn me not to do the same and warn as tell people not to do the likewise 4 it to end altogether forever not to be seen again as without showing such to me could have been a habit. With the above they are acquitted from hell fire, samehewa as 4given dude. Dont portray u know much yet u know little dude as with the Hindu, Whom the white man cheats to go ahead in judging people yet the judgement place is in Minneapolis, which such lies the Hindu should leave the white-man alone, question has he not been able to seen whats going on in that judgement house in MN or at that bearing he is blindfolded. Answer me dude, if u cant get back to ya home period bro!!!!

https://www.jesusfilm.org/blog-and-stories/parable-rich-man-lazarus.html

Wakenya, nabonga kama dem, sindiyo, mimi mtu mbaya, an-ng’ama rach dong!!! Most Kisii grown ups now transferring their hunger to kids as wanting to fight with them, out of reality of good life they did not achieve when young and handy with the young generation, so faces middle life crisis which with their big faces cant camouflage to such hence the anger above. Timbe na doom, n’gwee donge, Haaaaa!!!, kendo, Haaaa, haaaa, haaaaa!!!

Kebi nyiso n’gani kaka eloso simu, to giloso Infinix but they dont submit to kebi words of giving him 100 women, they just join hands in frustrating him, wablo nyono dhoge as in the below link

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=mwinda+song

Kikuyu blooded tribes got the blood of play and not relenting in play of the tribe/nation described below. Loving katikati things or things that fall in the middle even with nations, from Turkmenistan maybe, mfalme wa yawhodi and worker and vineyard parable to bring out reality. If u don't love ends/corners as coastal lands more, get it dude. Playing, jokes or tugo/jest in luo as well

Trained birds and those who transfigure into rodents and other animals like goat came and pick ya grain b4 recollection to form a heap to feed the wanting g to be 1st society but poor as the above done to keep that image of “we are still here“

With whats in Tumblr a/c sirjustice199, it shows u did not build America and the civil rights leaders like MLK and X can get to hell out of the messages as above they said as white men took them tyo jail to rethink as even now African nations and China have known how to build roads and houses using snow flakes, hay, chaff, crop remains and more as described in the boom process to change now that they took the negro to the USA as prey as u eat them you became inventive in science which aint the case as explained in tumblr a/c of the above described tumblr.

Folks USA was build as now u know how to built houses, make clothes, tissue, artificial food, auto-cars, internet, decoder Tv and more. So stop the slogans of like Mlk which identity are hidden to avoid the above as incitement which can make u land in hell in saying what u dont know yet at that time people who marched with ya some died out of shootings, others developed cancer out of the poisonous gas directed to them in protest time and water canyon.

Me aint king and sermons not mine as what i explain in tumblr a/c above much are laid on how gadgets are made and leaving Mr white man alone as opposed to the reverse of King wanted to belong as be identified with Mr White-man. So take heed dude, never claim things u know not dude. Such houses above are built with hay, sugar cane husks, garbage or sewer water as explained in tumblr a/c sirjustice199. Get this straight dude and stop disturbance bro

Google per country in Africa, Latin America and Asia like “Pay tv, home appliances, military vehicle, smartphones, speedboats, automated vending machines, jets, drone, helicopter, office appliances like photocopier and not least but last hospital equipment made in like Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Uganda, Tanzania, Bangladesh, MEXICO, N and S Korea Indonesia, SA, malaysia, Thailand, Philippines,CONGO, Burma, Somali and any other nation u know to ascertain they have learnt the same, so cant bet big on selling yours to them as they got theirs“ Yesterday their were markets 4 S-Korea, Japan, China, Germany, UK, USA, Brazil made goods, so the challenge is they have known how to make the same, so where will the above nations sell to meaning shrink economy as recession synonymous with USA.

In an Economy when things have been explained like above and still wanna disturb people with ya kids the below is done when they persist with that character even after being of age as in the link below

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=cinema+shootings+in+the+usa

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=when+u+cry+tok

[petoskeystones]

In Which They Go To The Amusement Park

stucky, pepperony, thruce, danbeau, platonic clintasha

no warnings

tw: cursing, maybe anxiety/panic attack

5,556 words

chapter 1/1

no beta because I’m not a coward

Tony was excited to go to his favorite amusement park with his best friends. He was not excited about the fact he had to wake up at three o’clock in the goddamn morning to get there. But he did wake up, and it only took him 25 minutes to get dressed and meander his way into the kitchen.

“Morning, Jarvis. Hey, Peter- what the hell?”

“Hey Tony!” Peter Parker sat at his breakfast table while Jarvis- bless him- made bacon. 

“And what are you doing here?”

“You told me to be here at 3:15!” 

“Oh yeah.” 

And Tony sat down and ate a piece of bacon and inhaled three cups of coffee while Jarvis looked concerned.

“Master Tony, we have to pick up Bruce Banner at three-forty-five.” So the boys grabbed some food and jumped in the car. Once Bruce was safely in the seat next to Tony (Peter had grabbed shotgun, and he was so cheerful at this ungodly hour that Tony didn’t complain) and Peter was rambling away up front, they raced to school and made it to the bus in time to grab great seats. Once they were seated Tony took the opportunity to look around. He saw Thor get out of a black escalade in the parking lot smiling, and as it drove away a hand from the driver’s seat waved (Hela, probably) and a hand in the back flipped him off (Loki, definitely)

Bruce had sat in the window and Thor quickly joined him, just across from Carol and her girlfriend Maria. Carol and Thor were chatting while their respective girlfriend and boyfriend slept. Steve and Bucky were sitting upright like the ridiculously well-adjusted people they were: Bucky was reading some Russian novel and Steve was sketching him. Clint and Nat were not sitting together but opposite each other. Natasha was listening to music and Clint was interrupting her every fifteen seconds. Natasha was capable of murder and Clint seemed to forget that fact. Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne were watching Netflix and-

Pepper. Potts. She walked onto their bus? Pepper was on their bus? Tony nudged Peter, who was already vibrating with pent-up energy beside him: “Did you know Pepper, Rhodey, and Peggy were on our bus?” 

“Yeah?” 

“Sh-oot. Shoot.”

“You can swear in front of me, you know.”

And thus began the four hour bus ride to the competition and amusement park. 

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The ride up was actually fun? Peter was surprised that he made it either way though. He could barely make it from the Stark building to the school. And he usually would walk around the bus and maybe talk to someone at the front, or ask the teacher a question, but when Fury was the chaperone he decided to not risk it. He contented himself by scrolling his Tumblr dash for an hour, then checking his regular tags (“ravenclaw”, “adhd”, “thomas sanders” and “science side”), then he rearranged his apps. He also added some songs to his playlist and watched an episode of Buzzfeed Unsolved. Then he texted every group chat he was a part of, chatted with Steve who was across the aisle to him, and took some aesthetic pictures. He also went over his sheet music, scoured the website for the park, and finally fell down a Wikipedia rabbit hole about Dracula that ended up with the Korean revolution. And then they were there. 

He was in band, and so was Tony, Bruce, Thor, Carol, Rhodey, Hope, and Bucky. Everyone else was in orchestra. That’s why they got to go on this sweet field trip: they were competing in their individual categories and then would spend the day going on roller coasters. 

The performance went well, surprisingly. Peter yawned during their second song but that’s all and he was singled out by the moderator for being the youngest! Skipping two grades had its perks.  Then they were on the bus getting ready to go! Peter had his headphones, his earplugs, his earbuds, his phone and his portable charger and his money and his raincoat in case it rained. His science teacher had gone over the weather the day before and it would almost definitely rain, and so everyone brought an umbrella or poncho or jacket. Except Steve and Bucky. 

“How does the weatherman know?”

“All that technology can’t be trusted.”

“And besides, Ms Bowey gets things wrong.”

They hadn’t brought anything and everyone was waiting for it to rain to see the looks on their faces. 

So after a lot of rules and yelling from Fury, and some smiles and reminders to have fun and to be at the ballroom area for the awards at five pm from Hill, they were off!

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Bruce was happy. He was happy to do this forever, maybe: walk around the park holding hands with Thor, smiling while Peter talked and talked and talked, while Steve and Bucky walked side by side with whispers and scowls at Tony, and while Tony suggested every huge and scary coaster in the place, while Nat and Clint walked a ways behind and bickered. No school, no stress, no worrying. Even when Peter stopped to put his headphones over his ears when it got especially crowded and noisy, even when Tony stopped dead and hid behind a bench (Pepper had passed) and even when Clint tripped over absolutely nothing and they had to stop to check that he hadn’t broken anything he was absolutely fine! What a concept.

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Carol and Maria were having the time of their lives. They had gone on every medium-level coaster in the park and were excited to try the especially fast and scary ones. The ride up had been nice too: Maria had napped and listened with one earbud to their Queen playlist and Carol had taken the other earbud while she chatted with Thor and exchanged pictures of their pets. Carol’s cat Goose was the greatest cat ever, but Mjolnir was a huge golden retriever and he was pretty freakin’ awesome too. 

 Carol had only joined band because Thor joined band. Thor only joined because Bruce joined. Bruce joined because Tony talked him into it in sixth grade. Thor had been dismayed to find he was the only jock. Carol had had to choose between orchestra with her girlfriend and band with her best friend, but she decided violins were dumb and took up the trombone. It wasn’t her favorite thing ever, but they got to take cool trips. And now they got in line, holding hands, hair windblown and messy. About five seconds after they got in line it someone put up a sign: the ride was closed due to weather. Good thing, too: it started to pour about five minutes after they left the line. 

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It started to rain while the group looked for food and Steve was going to punch something, he swore. Tony had an umbrella, Peter had a raincoat, even Nat brought a jacket. Clint had a dumb poncho. Thor and Bruce had jackets too and he and Bucky had nothing. As everyone started to snicker, Bucky scowled and Steve rolled his eyes. 

“Yeah, yeah, keep laughing Poncho Boy. “

“Poncho boy!”  Nat started to laugh. “New contact name.”

“Oh, you’re getting rid of Katniss Ever-lame?” Clint fake-smiled at her. 

“Yep,” Natasha already had her phone out and was typing. “Smile!” Clint looked confused and so his new contact photo was him looking confused in a poncho while the rain poured with the new name “poncho boi”. Everyone was already changing the name too. Steve smiled while Clint looked disgruntled. He was still, however, wet. Peter’s hair was starting to frizz and Bucky looked less than enthusiastic. He dragged his boyfriend, along with Tony, Peter,. Thor and Bruce, and Clint and Nat, into a random store that apparently had candy and ice cream. And ice cream cheered everyone right up. 

--

It stopped raining and they headed outside in the post-rain warmth and haze. Everyone else was smiling outside and when Bruce tugged on his hoodie sleeve Thor looked up and saw a double rainbow. He took a picture and posted it to instagram along with most of their friends, but Peter won Best Caption.

The sky said GAY RIGHTS

The speakers around the park had been playing music the whole time and all of a sudden, You’re My Best Friend was playing and through all of the people, Thor saw a tall girl with dark, short hair start wildly waltzing with a shorter blonde girl in a flannel. He smiled. 

 --

Their group had a problem, Clint soon realized.  Natasha, Thor, Bucky and Tony wanted to go on every single ride and coaster in the park. Peter, Steve and Bruce, along with him, wanted nothing to do with scary rides. So they compromised. They built up to the scary rides and they started with some of the wild, spinny rides; those were Peter’s favorite anyways. There was no line for them. They rode them about five times in a row: Clint and Peter (he was mad at Nat), Nat and Steve, Bucky and Tony (they looked ready to throw the other out of the seat) and Thor and Bruce. Peter weighed about five pounds so he was repeatedly thrown into Clint while they laughed. 

Then they went on the pirate-ship that rocked from side to side. Peter wasn’t allowed to have headphones and Nat saw him get worried, so she sat next to Peter and let him latch onto her wrist during the ride.

“HOLY FREAKING- OH MY- Oh wait, this isn’t so bad!” Natasha laughed as Peter relaxed next to her (even though he maintained his grip on her arm) and once they got off of the ride everyone was a lot less stressed. 

--

“YOOOOOO,” Tony yelled. Bruce looked over and saw one of those cheesy games: Guess Your Age, Weight or Birthday! If I Guess Wrong, You Win A Prize! The prize was a large stuffed sloth that was about as big as Peter.

“Nope.” Natasha flat out forbid Tony. “You want to drag that thing around the rest of the day and then on the bus? Bad idea, Tony. Just buy one, you’re literally a billionai-”

He was already giving the lady five dollars and hopping on the scale. Natasha sighed and resolved to join the group with Pepper, Rhodey, Peggy, and Carol and Maria next time. 

“So the way this works is that I guess the weight. If I’m wrong by five pounds you win a small prize. If I’m off by ten pounds you win a big prize.” Tony nodded.

“Hmmmm. I wanna say ninety pounds.” Tony stepped on the scale.

“A hundred and ten! Jeez, okay. You win a big sloth.”

“Fine. Nice job, Tony.”

“How on earth do you weigh a hundred and ten pounds? I can bench press you,” Steve wondered. 

“It’s all muscle, Steve.” At that, Bucky choked on his water. 

They sat down at some benches in order to get situated when Steve’s eyes opened wide and Tony turned around and Pepper Potts, the most  beautiful girl in school, his best friend Rhodey’s new sort-of best friend, the girl who was rumored to already have been accepted to Harvard business school, she was walking right towards him and he was holding a ridiculous sloth and also hanging out with a bunch of nerds and Thor. 

“Oh, hey, Peg. Hi, Rhodey, hey Pepper!”Steve smiled like he wasn’t talking to a literal goddess, the head of the debate team as well as the head of the Women’s Club at their school, and the greatest person possibly ever. 

“Hey, so Tony, Rhodey pointed out your sloth and we were wondering where you got it? It’s so cute!” Pepper smiled at him and Tony would have come up with a good response, he swears, something like oh yeah I won it at that game over there they guessed my birthday wrong! And his friends would have maybe kept their damn mouths shut because they all knew how long he had liked Pepper. He forgot, however, that at the particular late-night study session when he had admitted this, Bucky hadn’t been there and so Bucky ruined it all. 

“Yeah the lady at that booth guessed Tony’s weight as ninety pounds because he’s a midget, haha, and he actually weighs one-ten! Which is probably the snacks we’ve all been eating today. It’s funny because Steve’s maximum weight at the gym is one-thirty, Steve could literally bench press Tiny- sorry, Tony, here-”

A few things happened at this point. 

Bruce yelled “Bucky, shut up!” while

Steve clamped a hand over his boyfriend’s mouth. 

Meanwhile Peter and Thor began to ramble to cover everything up and

Natasha apologized for “my dumbass friends.”

Clint was giggling and the worst part was that

Rhodey shot Tony an I’m-so-sorry-dude-I’ll-talk-to-her look while

Pepper walked away, confused and probably thinking Tony was a short, weird, loser who could be bench-pressed by her best friend’s ex boyfriend, and most likely deciding to never speak to him again. 

“BUCKY!” Steve was berating his boyfriend. “Why would you say that?”

“What does it matter, Steve?”

“Bucky. Pepper- Pepper’s the first person I ever really liked, like I really like her!” 

“The first person you really-really like?” Steve arched an eyebrow. Tony had confessed to liking him in their freshman year, and Steve had felt the same way for a while too, but it was all in the past now. “The first person ever?”

Tony rolled his eyes. Bucky, meanwhile got the drift. 

“Ohhhhhh, shit, Tony, I’m so sorry.” 

“As entertaining as this is, guys, we’re going to be late for the awards if we don’t haul over to the pavilion thing. It’s four fifty-five,” Bruce interrupted. “C’mon.”

--

When Bruce said “C’mon”, the Panic! At The DIsco song got stuck in Peter’s head and he hummed it while they jogged through the park. They found everybody in their school standing at the pavilion, milling around with the students from a bunch of other schools in the area. Peter felt his chest getting tighter and took a few deep breaths in order to calm himself down. Hill and Fury called them all into the huge room and told them to sit with their groups on the ground. Peter hated sitting on the ground. Everybody was so darn loud, why were people so  loud? He was sandwiched between Peter Quill, who was yelling something, and T’Challa, who was at least talking at a normal volume to Nakia, and Quill was touching him and everybody was so loud still, and where was Tony? Why were people touching him? Why couldn’t he breathe correctly? He heard Thor yell something across the floor, and his jeans felt weird on his knees, and he really hated the way those jeans felt, why did he wear them? Was the floor always slightly sticky? He grabbed his headphones and slid them over his ears, screwing up his eyes and humming “C’mon” a little louder and tapping a beat on the sides of his headphones. WAs that kid from another school laughing at him? He had to get out of here. Natasha and Clint were the closest to him. Clint noticed Peter and signed “are you o k?” at him. “No. SOS” Peter signed back. (Most of them knew sign language. Clint was deaf and Peter, when things got to be too much for him, would slide headphones over his ears and revert to signing everything.)

“I'm gonna take Pete outside, Nat.” Cluint stood up, earning a glare from Hill, and grabbed Peter’s arm and took him outside. They sat on a bench and watched the ceremony. 

The band was the only one in the mixed highschool category and got first place, but the orchestra got third. Peter smiled and met up with ihs friends afterwards, keeping his headphones on but chatting with them nonetheless. 

--

Maria and Carol were in line for the biggest roller coaster in the park. Again. They had been kicked out due to rain, had to leave the line to watch the awards, and now they were back. There was a huge line and Pepper and Peggy were supposed to meet them in the line after finding Tony and Peter and trading Rhodey for Thor. They were looking at a picture of Goose on Carol’s phone when they heard Thor’s loud voice from the back of the line (they were about halfway there, and the line was long as hell) yelling “Carol! Maria! I am here with Pepper and Peggy!”

The girls and Thor started to walk past the people waiting and were almost there when some lady stopped him. 

‘Excuse me, where do you think you’re going, young man?” Karen (Carol decided to call her Karen because she looked like a Karen) asked him. 

“Well, those are our friends right up there and we were going to ride the roller coaster with them.” Karen looked up at Carol and Maria, still holding hands, who waved at her and smiled. Karen faced Thor again. 

“No.”

“But we have to be in a group together! It’s the rules for our school trip. Let us up!” Peggy looked angry. 

“Young lady, go to the back of the line!”

Peggy was going to yell some more, and Pepper was seriously annoyed. But then there was a chime from their phones.

Maria: just leave it

Maria: legit it’s okay we can go on this one and y’all can pick another ride

Maria: and meet at another, cooler ride 

Carol: my girlfriend is so smart❤❤❤❤❤❤

Pep: fine

Thor: sounds good!

Peggy: i will fight this lady tho

Carol and Maria advanced in the line, and they saw that the coaster even went upside down. They looked at each other and grinned. 

“Good practice for when you’re in a fight and your plane goes upside down,” Maria said with a smirk.

“Yes, Maria. Because going on one roller coaster will prepare us for the Air Force. Mhmm. Yep. Okay. Put that on your application, Rambeau. 

Carol and Maria continued the back-and-forth that Bruce and Thor loved to watch on their frequent double dates until it was their turn on the roller coaster-

“Sorry, girls. The ride’s full. You get to be first on the next turn!”

Carol was hopping up and down in excitement, and Maria was excited too (just a little less… bubbly) and that’s when the ride lurched forward and took off. They saw how fast it was and it was going to be so cool and then they heard the mechinery of the ride sort of stop. They waited for amminute but they couldn’t see the roller coaster come speeding back around. And then the announcement:

“Laaaaaaaaaaidies and gentlemen, the roller coaster is experiencing technical difficulties and we’re going to have to shut it down for the rest of the night. Our apologies again, and have a lovely evening!”

Maria snapped a picture of the priceless look on her girlfriend’s face. 

--

Peggy, Pepper and Rhodey were having a great time on their own. Peggy was happy to see how much fun all of her friends were having, but the one thing that would have made her day almost-perfect was having a boyfriend there with her. Not because she particularly cared about romance right now, not because she was pining over Steve (she wasn’t) but because she was in a group of either five or three all day. Carol and Maria were roller coaster buddies for life, and Pepper rode with Rhodey because she was the one who had invited him along with their group to spend the day away from his best friend anyways, it would be rude to make him ride with Peggy or with a stranger. So Peggy was stuck with the “dad in the family of three” or the “third wheel” or the “flirty boy who had no sense of boundaries” and she was sick of it. On this ride, which might be one of their last, she turned around to see her prospects and decided that she might as well be proactive and pick someone who looked nice and her age and who would be willing to shriek with terror and exhilaration in the front seat. 

There was a group of about seven boys directly behind them and so she took a deep breath and pivoted around, smiling. 

“Hey, I’m Peggy. I’m in a group of three-” she indicated Pep and Rhodey, “-and so I was wondering if any of you guys would want to ride the roller coaster with me? Preferably someone who doesn’t mind the front seat and my incessant yelling.”

The boys looked at each other and Peggy worried she was about to be made fun of, or worse, put in yet another bad situation, but instead a boy with a smile and a crutch walked forward. 

“Daniel Sousa, roller-coaster-rider extraordinaire, at your service, Peggy.” He smiled and she smiled back and the boys behind her started to giggle and Pepper did too. Peggy didn’t care, though. 

Apparently Daniel wanted to go into the military, maybe the government, same as Peggy. He was here with a different school and had lost his leg after a bad car crash when he was a kid. He did martial arts and liked roller coasters and Peggy had a good feeling about her roller-coaster buddy. 

The coaster itself was great. Pepper hated it but Rhodey, Peggy and Daniel loved it. And afterwards, when they were leaving to meet Carol and Maria at another ride, Peggy said “Well, it’s been lovely riding roller coasters with you.”

“Come on, Daniel! Give her your number and let’s get outta here,” one of Daniel’s friends called. Peggy and Daniel turned red. 

“Shut up, Ray.”

“Wait!” Peggy grabbed a random piece of paper in her pocket, it turned out to be a note Steve had tossed her on the bus reading “does peter quill ever shut the heck up” but she scribbled her number on it and handed it to Daniel. 

‘If you ever want to talk more about politics and martial arts, let me know.” Daniel nodded and Peggy smiled before walking away with her friends. As soon as they were out of earshot from the boys, Pepper whooped and Rhodey high-fived her. 

--

“Tooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnyyyyyyyyyy,” Peter groaned in the arcade. “Lend me a dollar. Please. You’re part of the reason I lost five bucks on the bus! You’re a billionaire. Please.”

“What do you want to play, anyways?”

“I want to do the claw machine? They have a stuffed Bulbasaur I’m almost positive I could win.”

“Fine. Have a dollar. One dollar only.” Tony handed it to Peter, who grinned and ran to the machine. Clint was trying to get a stuffed Rowlet, and as soon as he lost Peter pushed him aside. 

“My turn, poncho boy.”

Peter did win the Bulbasaur, and he gloated to Tony the whole way to the next ride.

“Okay. So some of us want to go on the huge, scary rides. And some of us want to go on the smaller ones. So Rhodey and Maria are meeting us here, and I’m going with Thor, Bucky and Tony and meeting Pep, Peggy and Carol at that ride that goes up the huge pole thing and drops down? And you guys can go on another ride. Deal?” Natasha finished speaking and nodded at Rhodey and Maria. 

“Pep and Peg are at the Big Scary ride, Carol’s meeting them there after she eats her ice cream. Have fun!” Maria waved them off and the new group set off for some smaller rides. 

They found one that didn’t have a very long line. It was basically a tilted platform, with a big circle on top with the seats. The circle spun around, slightly elevated, and Bruce took a long look at the machinery underneath. It was greasy and not very well maintained, but still cool. 

Peter was hugging his Bulbasaur (“Her name is Delilah!”) and while they stood in line and watched some smaller kids go around and around, Maria picked Delilah up.

“Aww, how cute.” Clint grabbed Delilah away and put her in between the metal railing separating them from the ride. And Peter made to grab Delilah but only knocked her onto the ride. He looked in horror as she spun around, fell off, rolled to the edge of the underneath platform, and settled mere centimeters from falling into the greasy, deep pit of machinery and despair. 

“Clint! Look what you did!” Peter said as they watched, transfixed by the steady brushing of the top platform brushing her bulb. The ride stopped, finally after what seemed like an eternity. Peter rushed forward and rescued Delilah, sticking his tongue out at Clint. The ride was starting, and Rhodey yelled “Steve! Your hat!” but it was too late and Steve’s army patterned baseball hat was blown off onto the platform, then off the platform, then it slid down to the gate. After the ride he grabbed it, ignoring the snickers from his friends, and they set off to find their friends. They were not in line for the Big Scary ride, on the ride, or anywhere near the ride. 

“I’ll call Natasha.” Clint grabbed his phone and the conversation on the end Peter heard went like this:

“Hey Natasha, where are you? I can’t hear you. Yes I’m wearing my hearing aids, zhopa. I’m hanging up now.” Clint hung up and then said “No idea, couldn’t hear.”

Peter, Bruce and Rhodey went to their group chat with Tony:

Petey boi: tony where u at

Platypus: yeah tiny where r u

Bruce Banner: Tony, where are you guys?

Tiny stank: can’t talk rn guys

“Nothing.”

“Let’s get some food, then, we haven’t had dinner,” Maria suggested.

“Yeah! Let’s get this bread!” Peter punched the air and Btruce closed his eyes in silent pain. He missed his lab, with its complete silence and absence of memes. 

They found the food and sat down on some benches in a sort of courtyard area, laughing at Peter as he stood on the tiptoes of his converse to order some tacos. Then Clint saw poor Delilah (who had already been through quite an ordeal) and grabbed her and sat on her. 

Peter returned, saying “Dinner orders are in! For Maria, Clint and Steve: hotdogs! For Steve: a slice of pizza! For me and Bruce: Tacos! Where the frick-frack is Delilah?”

Clint snickered and everyone else maintained a poker face. 

“You have to find her and then we can leave.”

“Give her to me, Clint!”

“Why do we always assume it’s me that does these things?”

“Because you’re the only one who does these things.” Everyone nodded. 

Peter, resigned to his fate, walked in circles around the courtyard while Clint shouted “HOT” and “COLD” and Maria stifled laughs. FInally Peter gave up. 

“Where is she?”

Clint stood up, Peter started to pounch Clint’s arm, and then their friends walked up. 

“Topolino, what’d poncho boy do to you?”

“He took Delilah, Tony.”

“I swear to god, Tony- if you just referred to Peter using an Italian word that parents call their small children- I’m gonna-” 

“Shut it, Steve. Like Bucky doesn’t call you dorogoi more than he calls you Steve.”

They kept bickering through two more small coasters, and another spinny ride, and then when it got dark they walked back to the bus. It was eight pm and they were going home. 

Pepper was standing with Peggy and Carol, Rhodey and Maria jogged over and some of Peter’s group followed. Tony went over, too, and so Peter followed and left Clint, Nat and Steve on a bench looking at a vine compilation. 

‘Hey… guys,” Tony said and Peter watched him not look at Pepper, but like in a subtle and chill way so it was less of a I’m-not-looking-at-you-because-Bucky-made-me-look-like-an-absolute-buffoon

And more of a I’m-just-really-interested-in-this-story-Rhodey’s-telling-about-that-one-guy-behind-you-on-the-ride

And Peter thought he was doing very well. Then they all drifted away to their own groups and Tony returned to casting wistful glances at Pepper, who was chatting with Peggy and some boy with a crutch and a wide grin. 

“Y’know, in the cheesy romance movies, the boy wins a stuffed animal and gives it to the girl. Give your sloth to Pepper!” Bucky aid it like it was an amazing plan. 

“No,” Natasha and Peter said in unison. 

“If you had won the smaller sloth, and if Bucky had kept his mouth shut, and if you had given the hypothetical smaller sloth to her earlier, and if you were better friends with her, maybe. But if someone you were good acquaintances with gave you a sloth that was, like Peter’s size, and this was after that same person’s friends had acted like idiots- me and Peter not included- that would be red flags that that person had a huge crush on you. Don’t do it.”

Then they were called to get on the bus, and so they did. 

--

AN HOUR LATER

Natasha was smiling at her phone. She was watching her favorite anime, First Squad. Her head was leaning on the chilly bus window, her feet were dangling off of the seat, one earbud was out, and she could hear the bus sounds around her. 

Pepper and Peggy giggling and looking at Peggy’s phone. 

Bruce and Thor watching Masterchef on Thor’s iPad. 

Peter humming a Panic! At The Disco song right behind her.

Tony’s classic rock very faintly, he was blasting it in his headphones. 

Carol and Maria quietly singing “Good Old-Fashioned Loverboy”.

Rhodey whispering to Tony, something like “it’s okay, she didn’t care.”

And of course, Clint Barton being a bitchass bus-mate. 

Clint was her best friend, a decision she regretted almost every day. Right now she just wanted to watch some anime, relax, and maybe doze off a bit. But Clinton Francis “Poncho Boy” would not let that happen. 

Natasha had brought snacks, and in the aisle of the grocery store at ten pm the night before, a big box of Welch’s Fruit Snacks seemed like a good idea. 

“Nat, I want a fruit snack.”

“Natty, I can’t open the fruit snack!”

“Tasha, can I have another one? This one is mostly raspberries and those suck.”

“Natka, I started season three of Stranger Things and I swear to god, If Joyce Byers doesn’t get a break this time I will destroy the Monster Of The Year myself.”

“Holy shit, Tashie, you will love this season of Stranger Things.”

Finally Natasha opened her texts and just texted him with both earbuds in.

Poncho boy: it’s too loud on this fckin bus

Nat: take out your hearing aids and shut up

Nat: <shutthefuckupandgotosleep.mov>

Poncho boy: rude

Poncho boy: u know what

Nat: what

Poncho boy: imma watch buzzfeed unsolved

Poncho boy: also fuck you

Natasha was fine with that as long as Clint shut up, so she lay down and tried to fall asleep for a bit but Clint was also laying down (he took off his shoes because he was a horrible human being) and their legs were too long to fit on the seats, so after a brief (read: five minute) foot war they settled by having Clint put his legs on Nat’s seat and Natasha balanced her toes on the edge of Clint’s, she was shorter by about six inches. Clint soon fell asleep and Nat rested her head on her arm and finished her show. 

--

Peter was less bouncy on the ride home. He got a seat to himself and so he curled up with The Office, spinning a fidget spinner and chuckling quietly, and then settled into his playlist until they pulled into the parking lot. That’s when the BIG THING,  the thing that made this field trip go from “just another band trip” to a trip that was legendary in their friend group.

TOny had been eating the whole trip: chips in the morning, and then ice cream and tacos and cotton candy at the park, and on the bus home he finished off Natasha’s fruit snack stash with Clint and ate a Hershey's bar he found in his bag. Then he watched Netflix the way home on the bumpy bus ride. And the bus stopped, Peter Kept his earbuds in and then… something changed in the bus. Peter pulled out his earbuds:

So don't go breaking my heart

I won't go breaking your heart

Don't go breaking my heart

And nobody told us

'Cause nobody showed us-

“What the fuck just happened?”

“LANGUAGE, Mr. Lang.”

“Tony? You OK?”

Tony Stark, the heir to the biggest tech company in the world, a genius, the coolest dude in school, had just thrown up in the dimly lit bus aisle with his crush- the beautiful, incredibly smart and poised Pepper Potts, sitting two seats in front of him. Natasha started to yell. 

“You guys. Let’s just get off of the bus, everyone.” Clint supplemented with “Shut up, Burch. It could have happened to anybody.”

Everybody got off of the bus except peter, Tony, Delilah, and the giant sloth that Tony named George. Tony looked at Peter. He really didn’t look that bad. 

‘I should have given her the sloth, Pete.”

Peter laughed despite everything and helped Tony off of the bus, where JARVIS was waiting.

#danbeau #pepperony #stucky #thruce #avengers au #peggy x daniel #peter parker has adhd #field trip au #high school au #they're in band and orchestra #pepper potts is a BAMF #peggy carter is a BAMF #bruce needs a hug #no beta #fic #avengers fic #rikky rambles #clint barton needs to shut up #natasha is so done #steve needs a nap #bucky is dumb as shit #thor is a jock #carol is a jock #literally the entire fic is based off of my school fiend trip #and the shenanigans my group got up to #lmao

[behind-the-screen-of-bangtan]

Details in '작은 것들을 위한 시 (Boy With Luv) feat. Halsey'

← Back to Map of the Soul Persona

Release date: 12 April 2019

Official content:

Teaser 1, Teaser 2

Episode of the shooting

MV Photo Sketch

Other versions: dance practice,  'ARMY With Luv' ver., dance practice (Eye contact ver.), Practice record for the 2023 Festa

Behind the scenes:

Dispatch’s article

Tweet with a picture of the set: x, x

Posts from MU:E the art directors (@nomaaaaaaaad and @bona._.b): #1, #2, #3, #4

Outfits and accessories: thread by @GetOnSwag, j-hope’s sweater, SUGA’s cap (cr. Bangtan Style)

Bangtan Bombs filmed on the set:

Jimin's Short and Sweet Impersonation

How to Stay Warm on the Set

BTS' Caretaker Jin

Cute and Adorable BTS

There's a Dog on the Set with BTS!

I Prayed That I Could Get to My Part

Translations and analysis:

Lyrics

Doolsetbangtan’s translation and notes

DKDKTV’s explanation

Muish’s rambling

Wisha’s translation and notes

Interview with professor Jiyoung Lee: part 1, part 2

The official description of the song is a funk-pop genre track, singing the delight of a small and simple love, about one’s interest and love of another. It not only expresses the enjoyment and fluttery feelings of love, it consists of a melody that is easy to listen to. (src)

The literal translation of the Korean title is “A Poem For The Small Things” (src). The English title is a reminder of “Boy In Luv”, the main track of Skool Luv Affair.

Singin in the Rain

Singin in the Rain is a 1952 musical movie where a crew makes one of the first talking movies. It was explained in official articles (trans) that the MV is a homage to the movie.

Several posters of the movie can be seen here and there in the background.

Note that in the top picture, some of the posters on the wall are for the 1951 movie I’ll See You in my Dreams. It’s visible on j-hope’s picture in the memory album for 2019.

And you can also see a reference to the infamous scene where the main character sings “Singin in the rain” in the street under the rain. j-hope even does the same move with the street lamp.

Another reference is during RM verse. In the movie, they describe a scenario about a young man coming to the city to become famous and eventually succeeding. The scene referenced in the MV is the moment when the man is famous and on top of the world.

RM also has an umbrella - that looks like it’s a fan gift - instead of a cane, keeping with the title of the movie.

@780613 on Twitter made a video listing those references as well as more subtle ones and tropicalilies drew parallels between the movie and the concept of Persona

Self-references

The theater is named after ”Boy With Luv”’s album, namely Map of the Soul Persona.

SUGA’s set is a piano, reminding of his strong connection with music:

he knows how to play the piano

his solo song in WINGS, “First Love” is about a brown piano from his childhood

pianos are also central for his BU character

The Singing in the rain remake is also the occasion to fit old albums names:

O!RUL8,2?

Dark & Wild

(Love Yourself 結) Answer

You Never Walk Alone 4.5 (Love Yourself 承) Her (behind the YNWA sign)

2 Cool 4 Skool

(花��年華) Young forever

(Map of the Soul) Persona

Sha (for Shadow, which may have been the second part of the Map of the Soul series but ended up replaced by MAP OF THE SOUL 7)

Love Yourself

花樣年華

Skool Luv Affair

WINGS

The MV ends with the same pose as in “Boy In Luv”. Except that Jungkook changes his sign at the last moment to make it mean “I love you” in sign language. V_in_love_ made a compilation of all the moves similar to previous choreographies.

Details

jhatesnake noticed that the background in some scenes could have been inspired by Van Gogh’s style.

The menu of the diner can be seen on the window and there’s a promotional poster made by Ryan Stanikk for The Southampton Solent Union.

Here’s the menu from the diner (please note that the last price is a deduction as only the 3 was visible in Memories of 2019):

In the episode, Jung Kook pointed out that the wooden floor in the diner looked similar to the ARMY logo:

‘ARMY With Luv' ver.

This version is the occasion for Big Hit to show us more footage from the “Boy With Luv” MV. Thanks to it we also have the full handshake of Halsey and RM.

They also replaced the LOVE sign with a purple ARMY one.

#BTS #Persona #Map of the Soul #Boy With Luv #작은 것들을 위한 시 #Halsey

[buckyscrystalqueen]

Into The Ocean: Part 3

Pairings: Seb Stan x Reader

Warnings: Swearing, fluff, angst!!!!

Word Count: 4,932

Aesthetic by @sorenmarie87​

Part 1 / Part 2

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Pounding on the door woke you up way to soon. You groaned as you opened your eyes to find a broad, bare chest in front of you.

“Go away!” Seb shouted as he pulled you closer to him. The pounding continued and after a minute, he growled and rolled out of bed. “There better be a fire in this bitch.” He called out as he pulled on his board shorts from the night before and ripped open the door.

“Is she still in here?” You heard Kiki ask. Your stomach dropped and you sat bolt upright in bed and clutched the sheet to your bare chest.

“Fuck!” You shouted as you looked over at the clock- 7:38 am. “Shit, shit, shit, shit.” You scrambled to grab your clothes as Kiki pushed Seb back into the room and closed the door for privacy.

“Are you kidding me right now, Wahine? I have been calling…”

“I know, alright!” You snapped as you whipped around to look for your bikini top as you clutched the sheet to your chest. “My phone is probably dead. Look, can you just call down to Leilani and tell her I want my usual for lunch? I gotta get home to…”

“I have Kai taking care of the pigs and Mike is taking care of your tanks. Take this.” She said as she thrust a plastic bag you hadn’t noticed at you. “Take a shower, you smell like sex. Be glad you have me for a mother.” She snapped as she turned toward Seb and pointed at him. “Don’t you be a bad influence on my girl.” Seb nodded and looked a little frightened of the 5’4” Hawaiian woman in front of him.

“Yes, ma’am.” He said as she ducked out of the door and closed it with a snap. Seb looked up at you, stunned. “What was that?” He asked as you looked in the bag at the new bathing suit Kiki probably snagged from the gift shop in the lobby.

“That is Kiki. She’s Kai’s wife and Kimo’s sister. She’s been my island mom since I moved here.” He nodded as you dropped the sheet and headed toward the bathroom to get ready for work.

“She seemed a lot nicer when she told me about your tour.” You smirked at his confirmation of your thought from the night before and nodded as you turned on the water.

“She’s nice 99% of the time but when it comes to her ‘babies’, she’s not the wahine to mess with.” Seb nodded as he un-velcroed his swim trunks and let them fall to the floor.

“Her babies as in her kids?” He asked as he got into the shower behind you.

“No. She actually could never have children so she sort of adopts the misfits. Me, Sue, and Mike, the guy that owns the sub shop. Alani when her mom passed away. Few other local kids.” He nodded as you reached around him to grab his shampoo. You smiled as you looked at the label. “That explains the mango.”

“What?” He asked as you poured some of the shampoo into your hand.

“Mango, lavender, oranges, pomegranates, rain and salt water. That’s what you smell like.” He laughed as he poured some shampoo in his own hand and put the bottle back down.

“Peaches, apples, fresh laundry and the beach.” He said as he washed his hair. You smiled as you tilted your hair back and let the water rinse the soap from your dreads.

“The beach is kinda self explanatory. Salt water plus bees wax; it’s almost mandatory.” He chuckled as he reached past you for the pomegranate orange body wash he had. You held out your hands in front of you for some and continued. “Peach is my body wash, apple is my hair stuff and I hang dry my clothes on a laundry line.”

“Well, I don’t know where you got salt and rain water on me but lavender is my laundry soap.” You shrugged as you washed your body quickly.

“Guess we’ll never know.” You turned toward the water to rinse off and a moment later, Seb put his hands on your hips.

“My friends come in today. Will you join us for dinner after work?” You glanced up at him with a smile and nodded.

“Absolutely. Can I leave my phone here to charge for the day?” He smiled and nodded as you reached up and moved a strand of shampoo covered hair away from his eye.

“Fine by me. Want me to go by your house and pick up anything so you can just get ready here?” You shook your head as you turned in his arms; leaving a little bit of space so you didn’t transfer the soap from his chest onto your body.

“Surprisingly, I have a bag in my car that has nice clothes, make up, bathroom stuff, blah blah blah but I never remember to replace the bathing suit I take out of it.” He laughed as he leaned down and gave you a chaste kiss.

“Sounds like my little Hawaiian girl. I’ll see you tonight, 5-5:30?” You nodded and kissed his cheek once more before jumping out of the shower.

“Have fun with your friends, hun.” You called out as you only partially dried off and stole a swipe of his deodorant. You threw your new baiting suit on, put your dead phone next to Seb’s charger so he could charge his first and grabbed your clothes and shoes. With a quick ‘bye’, you ducked out into the hall and turned your walk of shame into a full blown sprint.

~~~~~~~~~

“Sebastian… I don’t know about this.” You said as he lead you toward one of the nicest restaurants in Kapalua.

“Babe, you’re fine.” You swallowed hard and tried to keep your face neutral as the valet opened the door for you. You glanced down at the light blue bridesmaid dress and heels you had thankfully borrowed from Alani. Had you gone with what you had in your car, you would have shown up at a 5 star restaurant in a tank top, a long skirt and flip flops. No matter what you had on, you were quickly reminded just how far out of your league the man guiding you through the restaurant toward his friends was. Seb said quick hellos to his friends when he approached the table before stepping back to introduce you.

“Everybody, this is (Y/N). Now, we have Toby.” Seb said as he pointed at the man directly to your left who took your hand and kissed your knuckles. “Then Rachel and Taylor.” You looked over at the next couple and gave them a polite smile, refusing to let yourself fan girl over Rachel McAdams in front of these people as you politely shook their hands. “And finally, we have Chace and Rebecca.” Your smile grew ever so slightly at the sight of Nate Archibald but you again, controlled yourself as you shook the last two hands and took the seat Seb was offering you.

There was a little bit of small talk over drink choices and you threw in your two cents about the local cuisine before the waiter came over and took your order. The moment he left, all eyes focused on the newcomer.

“So what do you do here, (Y/N)?” Taylor asked politely as you took a sip of your drink.

“Well, I teach scuba lessons in season and I am the captain of a boat that takes tourists out to the reefs year round.”

“You should see the place she took me the first day I was here. She is known for taking people to the best reefs in Maui. If you guys are up to it, I already sorta book her for tomorrow so you could see for yourselves. She’s a great teacher.” He glanced over at you and put his hand reassuringly on your knee. You nodded and gave him a small smile as you took another sip of your drink.

“How long have you been doing that?” Rebecca inquired. Your smile grew slightly as you looked past Seb at her.

“I moved to Maui about six years ago. Bought my boat and learned how to scuba dive in the first few months and then explored the outer reefs for a while until I could develop a game plan for work.” The group nodded.

“What made you decide to move to Maui?” Toby asked. You bit your lip and your brow furrowed. You knew they were just being curious about the new person joining their group but it was never fun to be put in the spotlight. Seb opened his mouth to say something but you squeezed his hand and cut him off.

“Umm… My husband passed away in Iraq a few months before I moved here. The life I’m living now was our dream life. When I got that notification I didn’t know what else to do, so I moved here and started over.”

“So Bass told me you have pet pigs and that I had to ask you for the names when I met you.” Chase interjected quickly. You glanced over at him as you squeezed Seb’s hand in silent gratitude for at least telling one of his friends a little bit about you.

“You have pet pigs?” Rachel asked excitedly. You smiled and nodded as you pulled your phone from your handbag you had on your lap.

“Two potbellies. I rescued both of them. They make great pets because you can train them like dogs and they are very clean.” You pulled up a photo of them and passed your phone to Rachel. “The brown and black on is Sausage, and the all pink one is Bacon.” The girls both ‘awed’ and the boys chuckled as your phone got passed to the other side of the table.

“Did you get them when they were cute little babies?” Rebecca asked as she handed Seb your phone. You shook your head as you dropped your phone in your bag.

“Only Sausage. She’s my special little baby. I rescued Bacon from a shelter.”

“And you can train the like dogs to fetch and stuff?” Toby asked. You laughed and gave a small shrug.

“Mine understand sit, stay, come here and basics like that. They also respond to whistles when I call them but as far as anything more advanced then that? Let me put it this way; I have a big garden in my backyard and I had to build a four foot tall concrete wall that is buried another four feet in the ground in a vain attempt to keep them out so I guess that concept is a little too hard for them.” You smiled up at your waiter as he set your seared ono on the table in front of you. The conversation lulled a bit as everyone started in on their meals and thankfully turned away from you to the group of long time friends caught each other up on what was going on in their lives. As dinner was wrapping up, you were told how this group of friends met; on the set of the movie ‘The Covenant’.

“Oh, wait. I think I may have seen that one forever and a day ago.” You said as you glanced over at Seb. “Group of guy witches or something like that?” He smirked as he reached across the table and took the bill out of Chace’s hand.

“That would be it. One of our prouder moments.” He said with a slight air of sarcasm in his voice. You giggled as he pulled his wallet out of his pocket and slid his card out.

“Have you seen a lot of Seb’s movie?” Rachel asked as she twirled the last bit of her drink with the little black cocktail straw.

“Honestly, I had no idea he was even an actor. The last six years I’ve been more of an outdoorsy kinda girl and before that I was a teacher in Harlem so movies took a back seat to grading papers and lesson plans.” You glanced over at Seb, who was looking at you with his eyebrow arched in curiosity. You hadn’t told him yet that you were originally from New York.

“What did you teach?” Taylor inquired as Seb took back the check and signed it.

“10th grade English.”

“You know, that was always one of my favorite classes in high school.” Rebecca said as she shrugged on her jacket.

“Mine too.” Toby agreed as he stood up and politely pulled out your chair for you. You smiled at him in thanks and pushed a few pieces of your hair back behind your ear as you stood up.

“So scuba diving tomorrow?” Chace asked the table as everyone made sure they had everything. You glanced around at everyone’s bobbing heads and smiled. You had the briefest of thoughts of thanks that at least your bills would be paid for the next two months because of this as Seb lead you out of the restaurant.

“What time?” Taylor asked.

“If you could just be in the lobby at 8:20, the woman at the concierge desk will get you ride to my boat.” You paused at the curb and Seb gave the valet, a friend of yours named Kana your ticket for your car as everyone else waited for a taxi. “It was very nice meeting all of you. Thank you so much for allowing me to crash your party.”

“Oh, absolutely!” Rebecca said as she stepped forward and gave you a small hug and a kiss on the cheek. “It’s always nice to get a locals point of view when it comes to the food. You never really know what’s good and what’s not so that was very helpful.” You tried to let that comment bother you as you said goodbye to the rest of your group. You felt Kana tap your arm and you looked over at his smirk.

“Fun being the local trash in a group of the rich and famous, isn’t it.” He asked you in Hawaiian. You bobbed your eyebrow at him and nodded.

“Kinda making me reevaluate taking the job in the first place, brah.” You retorted in Hawaiian with a laugh. You said one more good bye before Seb lead you over to your beat-up, doorless Jeep. You couldn’t stop yourself from kicking off the heels that were killing your feet and tossing them in the back and pulling out the hair clip that was killing your head before climbing into the drivers seat.

“They loved you.” Seb said as he got in the passenger seat. You cocked your eyebrow at him and laughed as you pulled yourself into the car.

“Yea, sure they did. I’m like a monkey in a zoo to them.” You quipped as you started you car. You didn’t even bother to turn down the Slightly Stoopid song that was just a little too loud as you put your car into gear and pulled away from the hotel.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

“How have you never heard this song?” You laughed as you drove the fifteen minutes to where your boat was docked in Lahaina with Seb the next morning. He had stayed at your place to ‘make sure you didn’t wake up late’. He laughed and shook his head.

“I have no idea but start it over.” You laughed and started ‘I Just Had Sex’ by Lonely Island over. You cranked the volume and danced with the music; your way of bragging about the amazing shower sex you had had that morning… and before bed the night before… twice. You glanced over at the ocean with a smile, falling in love with your home all over again like you did every morning. The beautiful blue water looked so inviting and you couldn’t wait to get out on it for the day.

Seb laughed through most of the song as he played with a few strands of your hair that was blowing wild in the wind. You smiled at him as the song ended and you turned down your radio a bit as the next song came on.

“I’m surprised you don’t know that. The blonde girl from Gossip Girl is in the music video.” His brow furrowed slightly at you and you clarified. “Serena. I don’t know her real name.”

“Blake. Really? She’s in the music video?” He laughed. “She is never going to hear the end of it from me.” You smiled as you turned up ‘Red, Red Wine’ by UB40 as you pulled into the parking lot behind Mike and Leilani’s small sub shop across from your dock. Seb grabbed your beach bag, bobbing his head a bit to the music.

“Dance with me.” You said as you grabbed a spot and put your jeep in park. You didn’t give him an option as you got out of your car and raced around the front. He smiled and put down the bag so he could grab your hips. Everything felt so right as the two of you stood in the parking lot, dancing to the music.

“Where did you learn to move like that?” He asked as your rolled your hips back and forth in his hands.

“Hula. Kiki taught me years ago.” He hummed as he let go of you and took a step back to watch.

“Damn, girl.” You smiled as you fluidly rolled your hips to the beat.

“You should see me actually hula.” You said as the song ended.

“Nice moves, Wahine!” Mike called out as he walked past, headed into work himself.

“Mahalo! Hey, I got a group of 6 coming in shortly and I’ll just take my usual on my tab.” He tapped his nose in acknowledgement and kept walking as you reached across your jeep and turned it off.

“You run a tab at a sub place?” Seb joked as you put your car into gear in case the parking break failed.

“Yep, same with the gas for my boat. I pay my debts at the end of the month so I don’t have to carry cash on me every day. A lot of places around here do that for the workers.” You grabbed your personal gear from the back seat and slung it over your shoulder. “Islanders are all about reverence and respect. They will take you for your word and treat you with honor as long as you do the same to them. You disrespect them, you might as well move.” Seb nodded as the two of you headed down the dock to your boat.

“That was one of the first things I learned here. It’s the Hawaiian way of life. That’s why I didn’t tell you I was from New York because I am not that same person. I was angry all the time, I hated my job and only did it because I had to make money some how. Matt was the same way, which is why we choose to come to Maui. You only have one shot at life, why live it with hate in your heart where everything is rush, rush, rush all the time?” You glanced up at him as you stored your gear and he nodded.

“Wow. I wish I could live like that.” You smiled as you started unloading the empty tanks from the day before onto the dock to switch them out at the dive shop.

“But that’s the thing, you can. You don’t have to live in Hawaii to do that.” He nodded as he put your beach bag under the seat.

“I think I envy you.” You laughed and shook your head as you took off your shirt and tossed it in your dry hold.

“Don’t envy me, sweetheart. Embrace the things I show and teach you and embody them.” You  moved to get out of the boat and he quickly grabbed your wrist. You turned back around and looked at him as his eyes searched yours for a moment.

“You’re so beautiful, do you know that? Not just the way you look, everything about you.” You smiled and stepped back down into your boat.

“I’m just embracing what the world has given me. Embracing the culture that I have the honor to call my own now.” He pulled you close to him and gave you a gentle kiss.

“Get a room, Wahine.” One of the other boat captains called out in Hawaiian as he passed. You giggled and pulled back to look at Seb.

“We’ve been told to get a room.” You joked as you kissed his cheek and got back to work. “Come on. You can help me switch these tanks out before we go collect your friends.”

——

“Bathrooms are over there. They have showers if you need. If you liked my tour, great. If not, here is the complaint jar…” You grabbed your tip jar from under the wheel of your boat and put it on your chair like you always did with a smile as you pulled back up to the docks at the end of the long trip. “Feel free to write those complaints on any dollar bill of your choice. I pay attention to the bigger complaints first.” You teased with a wink. “Thanks for… well listening to Seb and not your hotel, and letting me be your Hawaiian guide. Mahalo and aloha.” The group laughed and clapped as you maneuvered your boat into your slip. You cut the motor and ran to the front to jump out and slow your boat down with your bow line.

“That was great, hun.” Seb said as he grabbed the stern line and jumped off the boat after you. You glanced up at him and smiled.

“Thanks. Tour’s a little different when there’s a group.” He laughed and nodded as he handed you the back line and took a step out of the way.

“I think I would have to say I had more fun with just you. We saw sharks, after all. They only saw dolphins.” You smiled up at him and giggled.

“Yea, honey, I wouldn’t brag about your reaction to those sharks.” He fake pouted for a second as you stood up and gave him a quick kiss before moving to help the two girls out of the boat.

“Where are the bathrooms again?” Rachel asked.

“Oh! It’s that red roof building right over there. Showers in the same place.” She glanced over at the building and thanked you before looping her arm with Rebecca’s and grabbing her bag from Taylor as he got off of the boat.

“Thank you for putting up with us all today.” He said as he stepped out of the boat onto the dock. You giggled and shook your head as you pulled the hair band out of your hair and let your dreads fall loose.

“Trust me. You guys are tame compared to some of the groups I have had.”

“This was us ‘tame’ as well.” Chance said as he stepped out of the boat and handed you a decent sized wad of cash. “Payment and tip. You deserve every penny.” You smiled as you shoved the cash in the back pocket of your unbuttoned jean shorts.

“Mahalo. You just fed my piggy’s for the night.” You joked as you reached out and grabbed Toby’s bag for him and put it on the dock.

“How do you keep all those fish names straight?” He asked as Seb jumped back in the boat to grab your bag and help you collect the trash.

“Practice. Years and years of practice. Seb, you don’t have to worry about cleaning up for me. I’m gunna run to the bathroom and then deal with it because I gotta clean off the gear anyways. Take the boys up to Mike’s for a beer and I’ll call Kiki for the car and send the girls over to you.” He looked up at you and nodded.

“Sounds like a plan.” You smiled at him and headed past the guys to get to the bathroom to wash your face.

“So what do you think of this girl? Gold digger?” You heard Rebecca ask Rachel in the bathroom as you rounded the corner. You paused just outside the door and eavesdropped.

“I mean, what’s to think?” Rachel responded. “She’s a nice girl, very pretty… but she’s just a townie. Who knows if she is telling the truth about the actor thing but come on, she lived in New York! She had to know who he was.” Tears stung your eyes as reality hit you and you bit your lip as she laughed. “And what’s with the hair?”

“I don’t know. I thought it was fake, honestly.” You nodded your head and licked your lips; forcing back your tears. Not wanting to hear Rachel’s response you turned into the bathroom with a smile.

“It’s not fake.” You said. Both girls spun toward you with looks of shock on their faces and you grabbed a dread and looked at it. “I use bees wax in case your next idea was cow shit like the stereotype. Bee wax is easier to get out and is a lot cleaner.” You flipped the dread back over your shoulder and looked up at them. “The boys went to the sub shop for a beer. Follow this main road as if you were going to my boat and you’ll see it on the right. Car will be here soon to take you back to your hotel.”

“(Y/N)…” Rebecca said as you spun on your heel and power walked away from the bathroom. You didn’t stop at Mike’s like you originally planned to pay off your debt a few days early, you just darted back down the dock to your boat. Your hands shook as you untied the lines on the dock quickly and jumped in your boat.

“(Y/N)!” Seb called out to you. You didn’t look up at him; didn’t want to see your current reality as you put his wallet, shirt, and towel on the dock for him, turned your boat over and backed out of your slip. You made it away from the dock before he made it far enough down the dock to jump on your boat before you left.

“Apparently, I’m just a gold digger, Seb. Don’t worry about me.” You watched his face drop as Rachel and Rebecca hit the end of your dock. You could hear him demand to know what they said as you pulled away from the dock and back out to the open waters; the only place you knew you could be completely free from the mainland bullshit at the moment. You thanked the heavens that the gas station was a little ways away so you could at least put some distance between you and him. While you filled up, you called Kiki for their ride and asked if she could go over to your house to take care of your pigs.

“What happened, Wahine?” Kiki asked hearing the sound of distress in your voice. You shook your head as you told the kid at the docks you would square up with his dad in the morning.

“Just… reminded of one of the reasons why I choose to leave the mainland, that’s all. I’ll um… I’m gunna be gone for the night. Can you clear my schedule tomorrow?”

“Yea. I’ll send Alani to stay with the babies. Keep your radio on so I can check in later, OK?”

“Always. Mahalo.” You hung up your phone and immediately received a phone call from Seb. You hit ignore, turned it off and with tears in your eyes, you headed back out into the open ocean.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

“Pehea ‘oe, Wahine?” Kimo asked the next morning as you tied your boat up at ka wahi. You shook your head and grabbed your beach bag.

“It’s going just freaking great. What did you hear?” You asked as you took his offered hand and stepped out of the boat onto the rocks.

“The gist. You were with the actor and his friends on the water yesterday and then you weren’t with them at dinner. Heard someone said something kinda rude but didn’t hear what.”

“Ahh…. So you missed the memo that I’m a gold digger?”

“The fuck?!” He asked as you the two of you walked across the rocks to the far side of the cave to where the few people that were there were hanging out and listening to your voices echo off the cave walls.

“He didn’t say it. No, he’s great but his friends’ girls… apparently, not so much.” You shook your head and sighed as you said hello to Kai and the four other people who all, apparently, had the day off, too. “It’s whatever, though. I’m here to give it to the spirits.”

“We should change your nickname, then.” Kai teased as you dropped your bag on the rock to go swim for a little bit. “We’ll call you wahine gula kuʻi.” You flipped him off with a laugh as you stripped down to the bikini you had been in for 24 hours.

“Mahalo but I’ll keep plain ol’ wahine. Please tell me one of you have a beer?” One of the girls, Luana, grabbed you one from her cooler and with a quiet ‘thanks’, you headed over and jumped in the water to wash your problems away.

Part 4

#Seb Stan x Reader #Into The Ocean

[mikqueen12]

Week 13 Draft (Read Me!)

Sheridan Clark is a friend of mine I’ve taken a few classes with. When you look at her, you might get the overwhelming feeling that you just have to be their friend. Her quiet and bubbly personality meshes well with her perfectionist tendencies. Considering I am also quite shy, it took me forever to get up the nerve to talk to her! We went through almost an entire semester before I was giving more than a friendly nod. I learned that we were both taking our same professor the next semester, and this moment is when we both blossomed and really started chatting! 

On the day of the interview, I picked her up at campus. I had already heard that she doesn’t like driving places she doesn’t usually go, and I can relate entirely. I had to grab gas at the nearby gas station, and it was right at 5:00. After struggling with my gas cap and pumping gas, we prepared for take-off. I went to turn left on a busy road and instead turned right, defeated.

“Oh, well I should have known that wouldn’t work during rush hour. I’ll just make a u-turn up here. That is if I can…” I drawled off. Sheridan pointed out the sign and said “There it is! Canada has some weird laws dealing with u-turns.” “Oh, really? I thought you said you were like 3 when you moved down here, how do you remember?” 

“That’s a good question,” she says as she laughs with me. “I guess sometimes you just remember random details for life.” 

I must have made a grimace, because Sheridan and I broke out into a little laughter. “How long have you lived in the U.S.?” 

“Uh, for about as long as I can remember. I think for about 17 years?” She ended her sentence, as if questioning if she was fact checking herself. When I asked her about her memories of Canada, most of them involved her family. 

Sheridan was not a U.S. citizen, and had never had been. One time in class we all showed younger pictures of us (old drivers license photos and such) and we all saw child Sheridan on her green card. She’s a passionate Canadian, usually representing her country with a little button on her hat. The rest of our conversation was rambles about classes and any little thing we felt like talking about. 

The apartment isn’t the cleanest one you will ever see, but it is far from dirty either.  The bar separating the kitchen and the living room tries to fool you that people use the common space. The wax warmer was turned on, illuminating the side of the wall with good lights and a slight cherry smell. The key rack is varying shades of blue, it looks as if it was painted with care at home and was hung up with an off colored green string. It was at an angle and the wall behind it had a few scuff marks, showing continuous use. However, the unopened mail and the red money gun that gets used only when guests are over begs to differ. It seems things are tidy simply because the common space isn’t usually used. Two wood panels hang above the TV in completely different styles. The first looks rustic with blues and beiges. It states “The more people I meet, the more I like my cat.” The second one would be an important item in a mystery video game, if the game was about this apartment; it is brightly colored with orange, turquoise, pinks, and purples and says “Stay Salty.” 

We sat on opposite couches, which faced each other perfectly for this type of activity. The lamp behind us helped fill the room, both with light and space. The furniture in this apartment doesn’t match, but it doesn’t look completely out of place either. The dark brown coffee table housed a few figurines: a snowman left behind from Christmas storage, handed-down coasters holding our halloween cups, and a very round green frog wearing sunglasses playing a saxophone. The TV stand was located in front of us, and held some of my artwork from classes we shared. A pumpkin was painted with a panoramic view of the night sky, with a cat walking on its fence. A metal bust of a cat with his tongue sticking out hides beneath my favorite 3D art. Made of only foamcore, masking tape, and a little glue after it was turned in, these triangles scream activated space. Activated Space was a meme from our 3-D design class, threatened to become a T-shirt design several times.

Sheridan would have a lot to say about this scene. When asked “What do all of your buttons on your bag and hat say about you?” She responded with the idea that it’s a way to learn alot about someone right from the beginning. If you look at her beanie, you’ll see LGBT+ pins, Twenty One Pilot pins, Canada pins, and many more. This shouldn’t be the only way you learn about someone, but you can find out if you will get along if you see some of these little signs. I can relate to this, as I watched back the interview footage I noticed I was wearing a flannel I have dubbed the “Bi Shirt” due to its color scheme. Nods to things like these can go unnoticed, but can become a conversation starter if one wishes.

Expressing yourself is one of her favorite qualities. This can be done through everyday life, but it can also be expressed through art. I once in the interview asked her, as a fellow artist, how she is able to express her emotions so well in her art. As children become teenagers, they obtain more vocabulary to express how they feel. One study done by Nancy Johnson took school age kids and asked them how to answer the question “What is art?” or “What do you think art is?” (61). The younger the child, the more their response would have been like this: something fun to do, making something, using clay, etc. As the grade levels rose, so did their responses. Once you ask the third graders, they began to use emotions along with actions. One student said “it’s just something you have fun with!” and others art as beautiful or playful (Johnson 63). High schoolers who were asked these questions responded with things that please you, an opinion, something that is relative, and other answers (Johnson 64). As we get older, we can describe our feelings better, and Sheridan is very in tune with her feelings.

Back in Professor Peterson’s class, our classmates were shy. However, by the end of the semester, we were all cracking up. The class was Concepts, Creativity, and Studio Practices. This class had little rules; the first project was simply to “make a time machine” and no further explanation was given. The last project was a research art project. It followed the usual frame of do whatever you want, no restrictions. This allowed everyone to create what they wanted, and the class had varying projects. Mine was a poster I created to advocate for the cats on the Marietta campus, and call for them to be TNR’d (trap, neuter, return). 

Even sunshine will eventually meet rain. Sheridan briefly mentions that she meets with her therapist to manage her anxiety and depression. One of the things that I can resonate with her the most on is these topics. Just by looking at her, I can tell she was called “mature for her age” as a child. When I was smaller, I took it as a compliment, thinking I was one step closer to being an adult. However, as I got older, I started realizing it was a soft way of saying “you’ve been through some stuff, and it’s made you into a peacemaker.” Despite the origins, Sheridan appears to be one of the most peaceful people I have ever met.   

However, Sheridan’s project was a real show stopper. She chose to research some of the most common mental illnesses and recreate them in her own way. The below piece she named “Anxiety.” The eyes everywhere to her represented the feeling of anxiety, and other ways of expressing that feeling. She also created 3 more types, with her interpretations of depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. Her determination for a perfect project-- or 4 for that matter, is prevalent here. This piece represents the feeling of being anxious in its entirety; sometimes when we feel anxious, we might wonder if we have general anxiety too. That’s what the research done by Takeshi Hamamura and Christian Chan focused on. The mere concept of being anxious correlated with increased googling “symptoms of anxiety” and reports of self diagnosed anxiety rise as well (Hamamura and Chan 2). The good thing about Google is how soon we can pull up information, and in this case someone might be able to schedule an appointment if they need to. (Hamamura and Chan 1). If not, researching the symptoms can give you some piece of mind!

Something I envy about my interviewee is her determination to have a perfect, well, anything. This expresses itself most often in the form of art projects. For example, in our 3D Design class we had a project called “Paper and Metal.” The goal was to make a casting of pewter and have it suspended in air only by paper and glue. The class met 6 hours a week, and she never had a moment of downtime; she was always creating the paper trees, grass, or leaves for her project. Whereas I only spent about 7 hours on my project (pictured below so you can get the idea) outside of class, I’m fairly certain she spent twice that on hers. Hard work pays off, and I hope she got a well deserved break after the completion of this pristine project. 

Sheridan doesn’t stop at expressing herself through art, or style. She also has a new hobby: Furbys! In the interview, she described them as the toy she always wanted until right before Christmas, when she forgot it existed. Now that she’s out on her own, she has more freedom and goes to  buy them, clean their fur, and revamp them! The tech that hides within these furbies is quite impressive. The article “There’s a lot of smart electronics inside a furby” describes this perfectly. For example, furbies are programmed to begin speaking “Furbish” and progressively learn English. (Edgar 28) To a child (or even me until I read this article), it would look like the Furby is learning directly from you! The realism packed into the fury creature is shocking, as many of its responses don’t seem to have a rhyme or reason. If you hold a furby upside down at first it will giggle, but if you keep holding it upside down it may say “I’m scared.” (Edgar 29)

Out of all the furbies I’ve seen, Cabbage is the one I’ve seen the most. But she has a variety, ranging from Big Mama, Shifty, and Maw. Since most of the ones she owns are ~15-20 years old, few of them work. She enjoys taking them apart, “deskinning” them and attempting to fix them. A project she’s had in the making is to make a rainbow pride furby by dying their fur. This furby is beginning to come together as of me writing this, and has been named June. Although Cabbage doesn’t work yet, I still have hope for him! 

Being LGBT+ is an important part of both of our lives, and we both identify as Bisexual. A paper that Sheridan is writing this semester focuses on more education for LGBT+ students as well as just acceptance in schools. When I went to look up this topic, I found this research that came from Canada and thought it was fitting. Catherine Nash and Kath Browne talked about the importance of these topics being taught in school. With LGBT+ issues being more accepted and acknowledged, we have to remember that our society is centered around a hetronormalitive lifestyle. It has to be remembered that “The drive for LGBT integration often works in concert with broader efforts to teach multiculturalism, diversity and inclusiveness.” (Nash and Browne) School is the place where you can learn things you wouldn’t have at home, and these schools need to be a safe environment where a student won’t feel judged. Not only in Canada do LGBT+ students in school feel they are not accepted or wanted. If the environment you learn in isn’t a good one, there is a likelihood this student may not want to do work. 

In the end, I feel I got to know Sheridan on a more personal level than I did from small talk from class. It’s important to listen and understand in friendships and relationships, and if you do it might help you grow. It reminded me that expressing yourself is important, and perhaps you should consider more ways than one. Picking up a hobby that others might think is quirky might just be the thing you need to ease your mind at the end of the day. If asked “Who is Sheridan?” I feel that I can confidently answer this question. Sheridan is the single beam of sunshine that sneaks through your window to wake you up gently. She is wise beyond her years, and typically acts as a “Mom Friend” in her friend group. She won’t let herself get walked all over, and she will find a better way to live! Sheridan is the definition of expressing. Whether it is through art, furbies, buttons, music, or plants, you can find a bit of Sheridan everywhere. 

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As part of fulfilling my pledge from before and as a celebration of me becoming a fan of BTS, I’ll start my own version of ‘BTS Tour‘ with filming locations related to their album The Most Beautiful Moment In Life (화양연화 / HYYH). From MVs, jacket photos, prologue video down to their epilogue video from this comeback, I’ll try to cover them!

Without further ado, let’s go ARMY!

| PHOTO SHOOT

💜 Bomun Tourist Complex ( 보문 관광단지 )

In their album ‘The most beautiful moment in life, part 1‘, the man-made Bomun Lake (in Bomun Tourist Complex) with its many cherry blossom trees that decorate it in spring became BTS members’ backdrop for their photo shoot.

Within the Bomun Tourist Complex are facilities designed in a traditional style such as the tourist center, international conference room, golf resort, shopping mall, and a tourist hotel, etc. But Bomun Lake is famous for bikers and people who love to walk since it does have a long walkway around it with many cherry trees. Surely, you’ll love to go there too in spring!

Location: Sinpyeong-dong, Gyeongju-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do (경상북도 경주시 신평동) Info: visitkorea

💜 Gyeongju Cheomseongdae Observatory ( 경주 첨성대 )

Another beautiful location from their 화양연화 photo shoot is the Cheomseongdae Observatory in Gyeongju.

This flower field is actually surrounding the observatory tower itself. Isn’t it really pretty from the pictures? But wait! I know you’re here for BTS, but let me tell you this: Cheomseongdae is known as the oldest existing astronomical observatory in Asia. It was constructed during the reign of Queen Seon Deok! The place stands out on its own because of its meaningful existence and history so be sure to drop by especially in the spring just like BTS did!

Location: 140-25, Cheomseong-ro, Gyeongju-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do 경상북도 경주시 첨성로 140-25 (황남동) Info: visitkorea

💜 Jeju Island – Andeul Oreum (안돌오름)

HYYH was also filmed in various locations in Jeju island just like this particular photo shoot the boys had in one of Jeju Island’s oreum trails. The photos they had here came out looking so magical as if they were in a dream and depicted their very fun youth days as they played in the fields of Jeju while surrounded by bubbles and nature itself.

According to wikipedia, ‘oreum’ in Jeju dialect implies to the ‘parasitic cone’ and the origin of the word is also ‘climb’. Jeju’s oreum refers to a small volcano within the main volcanic crater in Jeju-do and is typically applied to the hill in Jeju. There are more than 360 oreums throughout Jeju-do from the mountains down to the coast, which is pretty surprising. I’ve actually never thought Jeju Island housing volcanoes in it! 🙂

Location: 2171 Songdang-ri, Gujwa-eup, Cheju, Jeju-do, South Korea

💜 Dongneo Bundeok (동너분덕)

As seen from their HYYH photo, the members are about to jump off a cliff. This rocky cliff is actually still located in Jeju Island, namely called ‘동너분덕’ which is part of Jeju’s hiking Olle trail #7. Out of all the hiking trails in Jeju, this is said to be the most beautiful trail that visitors should try out. The cliff overlooking the island’s surrounding sea looks especially magnificent!

Location: 797-3 Cheonji-dong, Seogwipo, Jeju-do, South Korea

💜 참외전로 

BTS made this area of Songwol’s neigborhood in Incheon their very own runway as they pose for their HYYH album in chic casual clothing. In the picture, the boys are seen together crossing the street with smiles on their faces while the rays of sun adds drama to the entire concept.

Location: 11-113 Songwol-dong, Jung-gu, Incheon, South Korea

| Prologue/Music Videos/Epilogue

💜 Abandoned Swimming Pool at SNU

This abandoned swimming pool makes its appearance on their HYYH prologue video. It starts off with Taehyung alone in the empty and old pool, lying down on a mattress. The boys are seen running towards the place to hang out with Taehyung. As many fans had already been there, they say that the place looks eerie, but the boys gave life and color to the place that was once not often visited by many.

Location: SNU Genetic Engineering Research Center. Semiconductor Research Center                   유전공학연구소.반도체공동연구소.

💜 Seonjaedo (Seonjae Island)

When the members decided to go to the beach in HYYH prologue it was Seonjae Island where they went to apparently.

Seonjaedo which is located in Incheon is believed to have been there since the Neolithic Era. The name Seonjaedo literally means “an island where a divine fairy came down and danced.”

Location: 101, Seonjae-ro 34beon-gil, Ongjin-gun, Incheon

💜 Nodeulseom (Nodeul Island)

As seen from their Run MV, the members of BTS passes under the Hangang Bridge in full speed, stopping at some point to join Jungkook who looks rather lonely, but smiles as soon as his hyungs reaches him.

This filming location is known to be part of Nodeulseom, which is an artificial island in Han River. The Hanggang Bridge passes directly over the said island that is actually to the east of the larger island of Yeouido.

See here an image of Nodeulseom from Google maps.

Location: 305-9 Ichon-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea

💜 North of Banpo Bridge

Another scene from the Run MV was filmed around north of the infamous Banpo Bridge–known for its ‘Moonlight Rainbow Fountain‘ which is known as the world’s longest bridge fountain.

Location: 271-120 Seobinggo-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea

💜 Mosan Airfield in Jecheon

Mosan Airfield, which was featured in BTS’ ‘Epilogue: Young Forever‘ MV is now a well known tour spot to ARMY alike. In the video, the members are seen walking this path as the sky turns a shade of pink, orange, yellow and amber as the sun starts to set at the distance.

The airfield was built in the 1950s for military training as an effort to prevent war and protect peace. However, today, the place has been transformed into a park after the city and military agreed to open a part of the land to the public.

Location: 1065-2 Goam-dong, Jecheon, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea

💜 Gyeongjeong Beach

In the prologue MV, the boys went out to go to the sea. They happily watch the sun go down while sitting on the sea wall. A poignant looking Taehyung, however, looks up and notices the tall platform installed nearby facing the sea. He climbs up the platform and doesn’t go down despite the other members finally noticing him and telling him to go down. Then, Taehyung bravely jumps as if he has wings of a butterfly.

Location: 426-1 Gyeongjeong-ri, Chuksan-myeon, Yeongdeog, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

💜 Dongdaemun Apartment

From the ‘I Need U’ MV, Taehyung is seen walking around the corridors of this apartment building.

The said apartment building is inhabited by real people and has been renovated and repainted over time, so it may be a little confusing if you go there. Also, if ever you guys have plans to go to the place please be considerate of the people living there.

Location: 328-17 Changsin-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea

💜 Wolmido Culture Street

In ‘For You‘ MV, Jungkook dejectedly sits down on a bench in his bear costume with Wolmido Island’s ‘Culture Street’ in the backdrop. The view is so captivating from the filmed MV that one won’t just be able to take their eyes of it!

In addition, the island of Wolmido is located roughly 1km off the coast of Incheon. Due to its accessibility, many people go to the island over the weekends to have fun, enjoying various activities like performances at night, street artists showcasing their talent in drawing, cafe and seafood restaurants open to bring good food along the coast so these can be enjoyed while viewing the sea. Also, there is also a theme park here called ‘Play Hill’ which is famous for its thrill rides, including the Viking and Apollo Disco.

Location: 57 Wolmimunhwa-ro, Gaho-dong, Jung-gu, Incheon, South Korea

💜 Incheon Open Port Nuri-gil

Also in ‘For You’ MV, Jungkook is seen standing right in front of an old-looking building that has that Japanese feel to it. While I want to give emphasis to how cute JK looks here, I want to also focus on the area where this building stood. This area is called ‘Incheon Open Port Nuri-gil’ which actually opened in 1883 during the Japanese colonization in Korea. The establishment of this area in Incheon forced the birth of other modern historical architecture here than are still found intact. There are also other known architectures such as the Incheon Art Platform, Jemulpo Gurakbu, Jung-gu Office and the Incheon branch of Japan’s 1st, 18th and 58th bank.

Location: 1-2 Haeandong 1(il)-ga, Jung-gu, Incheon, South Korea

💜 Saemangeum reclaimed land, Buan County

The ‘Save Me‘ MV graces us with dance moves from BTS members that I never thought would be born. Again, BTS becomes one with nature when they shot the MV at a clear land under a not-so-clear sky, but then again the ambiance added to the charm of the song itself.

But did you know this? If you watch the behind story of this MV, you’ll find out they actually filmed the MV while it was raining. So, it was very hard for them to dance as soil turned to mud! Good thing that our hard working boys made it possible for the masterpiece to still look perfect!

Going back to the main point, the MV was actually filmed in Buan County. As Yoongi hinted in the behind story, Buan is located in North Jeolla. The nondescript land is actually reclaimed land in front of the Saemangeum Project Office in Byeonsan neighborhood, so it might be hard to find. Plus, if you look in Google maps, most likely it will only point you to an image of the sea, so in case you want to try and go there try searching for ‘Saemangeum Project Office’ instead.

Location: Daehang-ri, Byeonsan-myeon, Buan-gun, Jeollabuk-do

💜 Neungnae Tunnel

At Neungnae tunnel, we see such a head-turning scene where Jin’s pick-up truck blocks the way, preventing other cars from passing through. Jungkook sits atop of Jin’s truck and looks back victoriously behind him and eventually the seven of them cause trouble–spray painting the cars, spitting drinks, jumping over cars, throwing cups and everything a rebellious teen in their age in BU will do.

See here for google map view of the tunnel.

Location: 951 Sanbon-dong, Gunpo-si, Gyeonggi-do

💜 Hwajeon Tunnel 

Another running scene from ‘Run’ MV was shot at the Hwajeon Tunnel in Gyeonggi-do. In here, just like with most scenes from the MV, BTS goes for an endless run at night as if having a blast just being together.

See here for an image of the tunnel from Google maps.

Location: South Korea, Gyeonggi-do, Goyang-si, Deokyang-gu, Hwajeon-dong, 583-3

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So, ARMY there you have it! I didn’t know that HYYH era actually used a lot of filming locations in Korea, but here they are. This is for sure not the complete list you must be looking for but I’ll try to find out more information as I search along, since I do still wonder where that trailer track is located at, or that place at the end of the prologue MV where they all fell asleep at. I’m still so much curious and I know I haven’t showcased everything, so I’ll make sure to update this post once I get a hold of the right information.

Lastly, this shall not be the last ‘BTS Tour’ post! I’ll come up with other posts for the other eras or other BTS related filming locations and try to research really hard to help whoever curious souls are out there that are hungry to know where they can go in Korea in the name of BTS. 🙂

In the meantime, check out the other snapshots I took from their videos.

More images captured from BTS’ videos during HYYH era:

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Nobody showed up to the NYC AirPod Owners Meetup, and it only made the meme better

A Facebook event for an “AirPod Owners Meetup” on Saturday in New York’s Union Square had over 500 people slated to attend. That's not what happened.

I was in Union Square during the hours the meetup was supposed to happen and it remained nearly empty. The people who were passing through definitely weren’t there to discuss their headphones. 

The meetup that didn’t actually occur is part of a larger series of independently organized Facebook events for AirPods owners. The original, which was slated to happen in Boston on January 19 but most likely didn't attract a real crowd, drew more than 8,000 “interested” or “going” responses on Facebook — mostly from people who do not actually live in Boston.

Image: Screenshot/Facebook

Another meetup, which like the Boston event is listed under the category of networking, is set to occur in Oslo, Norway, on April 19. More than 7,000 have said they’re “interested” or “going.” 

So why are these “meetups” even happening? And, even weirder, why are people with no intention of ever attending responding to them? 

Well, AirPod owners, the joke goes, are members of an exclusive club. They’re wealthy and well-connected, and they need events where they can network. Responding to these Facebook events is a way of declaring to the world that you’re part of this club, and it's also a way of promoting the joke further. 

Whenever you respond to a Facebook event, your friends see your response in their timelines. They then click on the AirPod owners meetup, laugh, and respond to it themselves. None of these people actually plan to spend their Saturday afternoon talking to strangers who happen to own the same headphones they do. But the idea of doing so and publicly promoting the concept is nothing short of hilarious for many.

The making of a meme

Two years ago when AirPods were released, a series of events — even ones that are fake — dedicated to people who owned the $159 headphones would have seemed impossible. When they debuted in December 2016, AirPods were widely seen as weird-looking, and many people actively avoided buying them.

Now, they’ve become something of a fashion staple.

In the past couple of months, a storm of viral tweets and YouTube videos have played into an ongoing joke about the wealth of AirPod owners and, strangely, made the headphones increasingly popular. 

Perhaps the most well-known is comedian Trevor Wallace’s two-minute “*Wears AirPods Once*” segment. “I didn’t know it was legal to rain on rich people,” Wallace says to the camera at the start of the video. The shot features a close-up of his face with an umbrella over his head and AirPods in his ears. Wallace goes on to wipe his nose with a $100 dollar bill and cut the wire off of someone else’s traditional headphones. 

Wallace’s video, released in December, has so far racked up more than 1.7 million views. A lot more than the few hundred thousand he typically gets. 

Kurtis Conner, a Toronto-based YouTube comedian, tweeted a large picture of his face attached to a small body. AirPods rest in his ears, and he's leaned back in a chair like a king, holding a martini in his hand. 

“This is how it feels when you use airpods,” Kurtis captioned the photo, which received more than 4,000 retweets and over 26,000 likes.

this is how it feels when you use airpods pic.twitter.com/KHru5JZEdL

— kurtis conner (@kurtisconner) January 3, 2019

AirPod owners have money and they’re not afraid to flaunt it, the meme goes. Alternately, those who don’t own the headphones are deemed poor. 

Memes IRL

The joke has reached beyond social media. On March 7, George Caram, a 27-year-old lobbyist in Washington, D.C., claims he was harassed by a group of young students for his wired headphones.

“I was walking to my office down Pennsylvania Avenue and began putting my headphones [in] to make a call. A group of 20 or so middle school students passed by me with one loudly proclaiming ‘nice headphone[s]’ and another exclaiming ‘POOR,’” Caram told Mashable.

These students were joking around, Caram confirms. But the incident shows just how ubiquitous AirPod memes have become.

Trevor Wallace says this trend can be linked to the fact that the AirPod meme is just so relatable to real life.

“Everyone had a friend who owned a pair; thus, that friend got shamelessly tagged in those memes, only growing the culture, until virtually everyone bought a pair,” Wallace told Mashable. 

That’s largely how Caragan Thiel, a 19-year-old student at George Washington University, decided to purchase her headphones. She said she wanted AirPods before they became popular. But her decision to actually buy them was driven by “the fact that people constantly talk about them on social media and [they] had become a kind of status symbol.” 

The Guardian, too, has called them a “millennial status symbol.” But as with any trend, there are exceptions. 

Nick Barclay, a 23-year-old engineer based in New York City, said he “was actually hesitant to buy them because of how people looked with them and all of the attention they had on social media.” 

Of course, not all AirPod memes are positive. In fact, many have a negative message. Some call AirPod owners too rich and show them mocking poor people. Other memes insert AirPods into anything and everything. The meme is pretty adaptable, which gives it more staying power. 

had a meeting, but now i can return to vastly more important work: pic.twitter.com/khmzczPOue

— Chris Hammack (@pacificobob) March 6, 2019

Of course, no matter how you feel about the memes, not everyone’s willing to invest in a pricey piece of technology just because Twitter tells them to. Caram admits he looked into AirPods when he arrived at his office on the day of the roasting, but he couldn’t justify the price tag for the item he would be receiving: “I’d rather put that $160 towards a different product.”

Daniel Guerra, a student at Yale, thought the same way. He explained to Mashable, “My $30 headphones are fine, and if they break, I can take them to Apple and get new ones free.” He added, “Why spend [$159] on headphones that sound the same as the $30 plug-in ones?”

Memes don't live forever

Jacob Chang, the Director of Insights at JUV, a consulting firm that teaches brands how to market to young people, says the AirPods phenomenon all comes back to Gen Z’s need for relatability and community.

“People who [have AirPods feel] like they were part of something special,” he explained in an interview.

AirPods are a status symbol. For those obsessed with getting the newest and best thing, maybe owning them connects them in some way to AirPod culture. 

But easily shareable online events like the most recent “AirPod Owners Meetup” are where the more interesting community is formed, even if unwittingly. They don’t bring anyone together for in-person networking, clearly. But the people who promote these so-called online events — whether through actively sharing them on Facebook, texting their friends, or just responding “interested” — end up being part of something larger. They're like miniature niche Facebook meme groups, but only temporary. 

And who doesn’t like feeling part of a movement greater than themselves — even if it’s just an online joke about headphones? 

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