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elitadream · 1 year

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Mario had been contemplating solutions in vain, sitting by himself forlornly after yet another grim and discouraging day of continuous failure when he registered the faint shuffling of timid steps nearby.

It was quite late and the man didn't exactly have the energy to feel surprised, but he curiously lifted his head nonetheless.

"Junior?" He wondered aloud, gazing worriedly at his provisory ally. "What's wrong?"

The young prince was rubbing his eyes, swaying idly on his feet and stubbornly staring at the ground. He didn't respond, but he didn't need to. His distress and need for company was plain to see.

Knowingly, Mario unfolded his legs and rested both hands on his knees, giving him a compassionate look.

"Couldn't sleep either, huh?"

Junior shrugged before joining him and leaning against his side, eyes downcast. There was no trace of mischief or deception to his demeanor. Only a defeated sort of acceptance.

Mario couldn't help but feel a genuine twinge of amazement at the vulnerable gesture.

"I'm... really sorry about your dad," he ventured, not quite daring to move.

Junior blinked wearily, but showed no other sign of acknowledgement. There was a brief moment of silence until Mario felt compelled to look at him once more.

"I don't know how long this might take, but I promise you we will find a way to turn him back to normal. I will not give up on you, or him. You have my word," he assured gently.

Junior merely curled in on himself more tightly as a response, appearing impossibly small compared to the gigantic beast his father had somehow become. His brows were furrowed in an expression the plumber had never seen before. A deep sadness mixed with a touch of remorsefulness, or perhaps resentment.

Mario was about to ask if he had somehow said something he shouldn't when Junior finally spoke.

"My Papa is wrong about you," he muttered, very quietly.

Before Mario could so much as blink, the small Koopa went on, shaking his head with a sniffle.

"You're not a coward and you're not stupid. You work hard and you never complain. You just want to help everyone, all the time. Even us."

His words, albeit said reluctantly, were spoken with uncharacteristic sincerity. Mario couldn't find it in himself to smile, so he carefully wrapped an arm around the prince's shell instead, giving his shoulder a comforting pat.

"I don't mind the insults. Not really," he amended softly, hoping that he somehow sounded more confident than he felt. "I guess that's just the way Bowser perceives me. It's okay."

"No, it's not," the young heir retorted. "He's very unfair towards you. He said some really mean and hurtful things, and-"

Junior stopped himself with a small whine, pawing at his face again. He was still averting his gaze, but the fragile tone of his voice betrayed his guilt.

"...I said mean things, too. I'm sorry."

For a few seconds, Mario could only stare mutely back at him, stunned by the unexpected apology. He then shifted closer, bringing his arm more securely around the Koopa in a side hug.

"Everybody makes mistakes," he murmured. "But everybody can change."

"I wish that was also true for my Papa," Junior mumbled, dejectedly.

At this, Mario hummed wistfully, his answer long believed and thoroughly considered.

"Maybe... all he needs is a bit of help."

When I first heard of Bowser's Fury a few months ago, all I knew about the plot was that Junior goes to seek Mario's help in the hopes of stopping his father's rampage. And words couldn't describe how much I LOVED the idea. Although this is an older drawing and my look for Junior has since changed a bit (the same way I eventually altered Bowser's design), this was the concept that later inspired the way I've decided to approach Mario and Junior's relationship in a broader sense - which means that there'll definitely be more with these two. :3

Mario being enduringly kind and winning foes over with nothing but his goodness of heart never fails to give me feels, and I want more of that. 💖

#Mario #Bowser Jr #Junior #drama #mild angst #bittersweet vibes #cautious friendship #just a little something I've been thinking about a lot lately #everybody hurts deep down #compassion is a gift

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bunniesnuggie · 1 year

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ethan landry as a caregiver

ethan landry x hyper fem little!reader

summary: just some headcanons of our favorite nerd as a first time caregiver 💕

*this is a non-ghostface au, he’s alive and not a stabby boy 👍🏻💗

*not proofed*

quick lil heads up - i’ve literally never seen scream 6… and have no idea who anyone is except ethan so, keep that in mind. but i still have been kinda obsessed with him lately :3

♡finds out by coming home early from class and finding you fully regressed in his dorm

he’s so cute; he didn’t even know anything was “wrong” at first. just enjoying the sight of his adorable girlfriend laying on his bed in his shirt cuddling the build a bears you made for each other, watching barbie movies. that is, until you yelped and leaped off the bed, and literally started crying. traumatized him ™️

♡ himbo DID NOT understand,

he will never EVER judge you. but did have to do research b4 fully getting it, like cutiepie was reading phyc books during his classes and reading different posts online 💕but didn’t say anything abt it to you tho. just kinda became a mama bear one day 😭 he does ask you lots of questions when your big tho

♡ once he does get it tho…. OH BOY

he had no idea he would love taking care of someone so much, this is both of your guys first relationships. everything is new, this is no different to him than learning your favorite things or how you like to be comforted. he knows this is simply coping for you, and he would do anything for you. so helping you heal you inner child is nothing out of the question

♡ soft casual dominance is kinda already his thing, so it comes naturally

so he’s used to tying you shoes for you, holding your hand out in public, he’ll order you food and talk to strangers for you. so when he does become your caregiver, the dynamic in public isn’t really that different 🫶🏻

♡ bathtime, playtime, naps!!!

he loves spending time with you while your regressed!! he colors with you and totally plays dolls or dress up. he’s very pretty and loves when you tell him so while putting clips in his hair☺️

♡ lego bf!

literally buys you sm lego sets, easier ones like duplo for when ur smaller and the more complex “adult” ones for date night :}

♡ he also gets vv invested in your shows and stuffies lives

“he did WHAT?!? why would he do that, can’t he tell that is not Ariel????? i mean her hair isn’t even RED!!!” 🤬🤬 becomes an angry boi. he totally spills the tea with ur stuffies during tea parties😗

♡ makes sure you guys go on “little” dates at least twice a month

you guys are basically attached at the hip, young love and all, so dates are frequent. but when he became ur caregiver, he wanted to make sure you knew he wanted to do this and be there for you 1000%. he also wanted to help you with regressing regularly to help you cope with stress. you once told him that you hadn’t regressed once in like 5 months and it was not fun when you finally did, he learned abt “improper” regression that night and never wanted to let it happen to you again 🥹

♡ embodies spider-man!bf energy

he LOVES the hellokitty!gf x spider-man!bf trends. he literally thinks it was made for you guys nerd. makes you bracelets that say bunny and daddy on it, his is red a blue and urs is pink and white, awe💕💕lowkey feel like he’d dress up as spider-man for halloween too

♡ speaking of nicknames, say good bye to ur real name

even before he found out you were a little, it was always sweetheart, bunny, angel, pretty girl, baby, princess etc that boy loves you so much and he shows it. after though he added in little one, babybug, tiny, dolly…anything that makes you feel especially small

♡ literally always carrying you

this man is 6’2, he makes chad look small he towers over you and absolutely loves it. so he takes advantage of it when he can, piggyback rides are a common occurrence. he loves just holding you in his lap, seeing ur tiny body take up such little space and fit perfectly on him, makes him 🫠

♡ is SO SOO protective

people take him for granted, thinking he’s just some sweet, docile nerd who loves econ. and while that is true, bby can kick butt and will for you. he doesn’t let anyone near you while regressed, heck or even see pictures of you regressed. that is your safe space. he will be damned if he lets anyone taint it. he also asked of you would be ok with him monitoring you socials while small, especially if you have agere accounts. he does not take anon hate lightly and will not tolerate any nsfw accounts trying to interact with you

♡ he just loves you so much and wants u to always be happy

like i said he will do absolutely anything for you, that boy loves you more than anything in the world. he shows it to you every day, whether that be in big space by showering you with kisses and complements, showing you off in public with an uncomfy amount of pda. or in the comfort of your room, surrounded by stuffies and coloring books while your dada reads you a story 💗

a/n: ahhhh i’m back!!!! sorry it’s literally been like….a year👀i haven’t regressed in a very very long time and just haven’t had motivation to post :( i’ve also been obsessed with new ppl so i’ve been writhing non-eddie stuff lately :3 anywho here’s a lil smth smth and hopefully i’ll be posting a bit again. i want to write abt barry from obx but idk if anyone would care or read it 😭😭might just draft that one for me lol. i’ve also got a lot of requests and wips to finish so it’s just up to me to write them 🫠😭

*i’ll be updating my character list to included the new ppl i want to write about!!!

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#cg!eth #cg!ethan landry #cg!ethan landry x little!reader #little!reader #agere fic #x little!reader #cg! x little!reader #sfw agere blog #age regression #agere #sfw little community #sfw agere

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probably-writing-x · 1 year

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Just One of Those Days

Summary:

Warnings: just a whole bunch of fluff

Author’s Note: i’ve been running low on creativity the past few days so i hope you still enjoy this <3 requests are always open xoxo

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You knew as soon as you woke up that it wouldn’t be a good day. It was the second day of your period, meaning your hormones felt like they were all over the place, your torso was in constant pain from cramping, you had a headache that you couldn’t shake, you were hungry beyond what your normal food could satisfy, and you wanted to sleep and cry all at once. Typical, right?

Drew had already left, and he told you he’d be on set all day today. You’d be at home on your own on a day you really didn’t want to be. But that wasn’t his fault. You had to remind yourself of that.

You change into your baggiest pair of joggers and one of Drew’s hoodies, the clothes making you feel like you had shrunk into them. That’s all it feels like you have the energy to do, flopping down onto the couch and turning the TV on. It’s all the shitty programmes at this time, so you switch to Netflix and binge watch a show you’d seen five times already.

Drew texts you at five saying he’s going to be late coming home and asks if you want anything at the shop. You’d learnt already today that you had no good food in the house, so you ask him to pick up some snacks - though couldn’t make your mind up on exactly what you wanted. You drop your phone back onto the couch underneath you and turn back to the TV show, rewinding to watch the scene again.

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An hour or so later, you hear Drew’s keys in the door, the rustle of a paper bag in his hand.

“Hey baby!” He calls out, “I got us dinner at the shop - I was thinking grilled chicken salad.”

You groan and turn your head into the pillow underneath you.

“Everything okay?” You can hear the frown in his words.

“I just thought we could order tonight,” You push yourself up to sit on the couch.

“Oh, well that’s okay, we can order, this stuff will last for tomorrow,” Drew nods, setting it down on the table in the kitchen before walking over to you in the lounge.

He bends down over the side of the couch to kiss you and you return the gesture quickly.

“What’s wrong?” Drew frowns, sitting down on the coffee table in front of you so that he could face you.

“Nothing, I’m just tired,” You shake your head, “How was work?”

“It was good, pretty busy day actually. I was filming with the rest of the cast a lot today so it was so much more fun,” He smiles, “How was your day?”

Your stomach was grumbling and your eyes felt tired and you wanted to order a takeaway and go to bed. But your boyfriend was home and he’d bought you snacks and he was asking how your day was. And yet you couldn’t think of anything more than wanting to go to bed and shut off from the world for a day.

“It was fine.”

Drew frowns at you, resting a hand on your knee, his thumb brushing over the material of your joggers, “Have I done something wrong?”

You shake your head, “Just tired.”

“Alright, well let me order us some food, and you can pick the film we watch, do you want a drink or anything?”

“I hate picking the film, I never know what we should watch.”

He laughs and stands up, “Alright, you take my phone and order whatever food you want, I’ll put away the groceries and then pick the film. Is that a better deal?”

You nod and he hands you his phone from your pocket. It lights up with a photo of the two of you on holiday, on the beach. But all you can focus on is the way your body seems to feel so different now from the way it looked there, and it boils a new sense of irritation inside you - one you try to dismiss.

“They didn’t have the chips you like at the store so I got the other flavour instead,” Drew mentions as he empties out the grocery bags, stopping as he looks up to see you.

You’ve got the hood of his jumper tugged up around your head, like you’re disappearing inside the clothes, your hair poking out from either side around your face, your shoulders slumped.

He laughs gently, stepping around the kitchen island to see you, “You look adorable. C’mere.”

Drew envelopes his arms around you, his chin resting on your hair.

“Just having a bad day?” He asks, tightening his arms around you.

You hum in agreement against his chest, burying yourself into him, “I forgot the end of your phone number and it’s asking for it to order the food.”

Drew chuckles again, “Alright, it’s okay, I got it, how about we just watch The Office tonight?”

You nod and pull away from him, letting him press a soft kiss to your forehead before you go back to the couch, Drew watching behind you as you go.

He comes into the lounge a few minutes later, telling you that he’s ordered the food and that it shouldn’t be more than forty minutes. Your stomach grumbles at the thought of waiting. Drew outstretches an arm and you slip into his hold, your head resting against his lap. He smooths a hand over your hair, running his fingers through the strands and massaging your scalp.

The two of you stay like that until someone buzzes at the flat and Drew gets up to go and collect the food. He comes back with chinese takeaway boxes for the two of you and you sit on opposite sides of the couch to eat, your feet curled up underneath you.

You’re not sure why it comes over you so quickly, but it’s like as soon as you open it, the emotion simply overwhelms you.

“What? What is it? Did I do something wrong?” Drew frowns, setting his food down to divert his full attention to you.

You shake your head, tears filling over your eyes, trying your best to avoid them falling over your cheeks, “No, no, I’m fine.”

“Darling, what’s wrong?” Drew continues, his brows furrowing.

“I ordered the wrong rice,” You stare down at your food, a tear rolling over your cheek, “I wanted egg fried rice and I ordered the wrong one.”

Drew smiles, squeezing your thigh, “Take mine, I’ll have this one. Is that okay?”

You sniff and he swaps the boxes over like it’s nothing, leaning back into his seat and turning back to watch the TV. You carry on eating the rest of your takeout, it slowly starting to ease the clench of hunger in your stomach. Though, it doesn’t take long before you realise what episode of The Office is playing, the one where Pam’s certain she’s not enough for Jim - the scene always made you cry.

And today is no different. Your shoulders shake as you start to cry, your chopsticks left discarded in your half empty box of food as your vision blurs from the liquid pooling in them.

“Your food’s not good? They forgot part of your order?” Drew guesses, grabbing a tissue from the box on the coffee table and handing it over to you, “What’s happened?”

“It’s you,” You sniff, wiping your eyes with the tissue.

“What? I didn’t do anything,” Drew laughs a little, “I’m just breathing over here.”

“You picked this episode,” You sniff, “This always makes me cry.”

Drew laughs and sets your food boxes down, taking both of your hands and pulling you into him, wrapping his arms around you, “Okay, so I’m guessing this is about to be a bad few days instead of just a bad day. Do you need me to get you anything or do you have enough?”

“I have enough,” You mumble, tucking your head against him.

“Okay, that’s one good thing,” He runs a hand up and down your back, “How about we finish our food, we turn off the TV, I’ll get a hot water bottle ready for you, and we can just stay in bed. I’ve got tomorrow off too so we don’t even need to worry about getting up.”

You nod against his chest and feel him tighten his hold around you, pushing back the hood over your hair to kiss you a few times, again and again until you’re laughing in his arms.

“There she is,” Drew grins as you pull away from him enough to look up, “Feeling a bit better?”

You nod again and kiss him quickly, moving your head to rest against his shoulder instead.

“Okay we can stay here for a little longer.”

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gyeomsweetgyeom · 2 years

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[3:43 pm]

(cw: angst)

The last 2 days had been awkward to say the very least. Two days ago you and Jeno had gotten in a big fight that was initially followed by a day of silence. Not so much silent treatment but more so silence so you could both collect your thoughts to hopefully talk them out. However, you were both very passionate and hard headed people, so the conversation had started off as well- a conversation that eventually became an argument. You were both on the brink of yelling at each other moving past trying to express your feelings and just trying to hurt the other, which you were both successful in doing.

It was only a few minutes ago after a morning of avoiding each other with very brief conversations that you and Jeno finally sat and peacefully talked out your feelings. You had gotten to the root of the original issue and promised to communicate the next time a problem came up.

Fights with Jeno were few and far between, but that didn’t mean they never happened. There were more arguments than there were full blown fights, the first fights of your relationship had resulted in at least one of you storming out with complete radio silence for at least three days. As you both matured and grew in your relationship together some things just got easier to deal with, but that didn’t mean there weren’t exceptions. Things like miscommunications and misunderstandings were usually the root of these fights, like this last one. These fights were ugly things where both of you forgot the reason for the beginning of the supposed conversation and just began hurling digs and insults at the other until you ran out of energy or were too hurt to carry on. The usual routine for these fights was well, first the fight, a day later the conversation, and then the awkward day where you tiptoed around each other so as to not trigger the other with any remaining sensitivities after the mess of the fight.

This meant that now it was the awkward period after a fight where you both tried to get back into the habit of happy, loving couple. Even if you both weren’t aware of your awkward actions- they still happened. Did you hug each other? Did you cuddle while watching TV? Did you guys even send each other the stupid videos that made you laugh? You were sitting on one end of the couch while Jeno sat on the opposite end, both of you stiff with your eyes locked on either the TV screen or your phone screen.

You had busied yourself most of the day by doing load after load of laundry to keep yourself distracted with the routine of getting up at least once an hour to start a new load or fold a load. The last thing that had gone in was the sheets of your bed, everything else had been washed, all the dirty clothes, the towels, the throw blanket on the couch, after this there would be nothing left to distract you. Maybe cooking a dinner with a lot of preparation.

You got up for the last load of laundry, taking the sheets from the dryer and back to the bedroom. You began putting the pillow cases on the pillows and laying out the fitted sheet when a hiccup from the doorway stopped you. “Do you hate me that much that you won’t even do the bed with me?”

You turned with wide eyes, catching sight of Jeno with tears brimming his red eyes, “Jeno, I- of course I don’t hate you.”

“We always do the bed together because you get frustrated that the corners come off. We haven’t had our morning coffee together for two days and I know you said you’ve been waking up late, but you lied to me. I sat in the kitchen for 20 minutes alone with two cups of coffee while I heard you move around the room. You didn’t even care that I’ve been playing our show while you’ve been busy all day and you usually make me pause it if you so much as go to the kitchen for a cup of water. You’ve been cuddling a pillow to sleep instead of me which you never have, even in past fights. I don’t want to lose you,” Jeno let out through choked sobs.

You stood frozen, processing everything he had just said. He was right, you had been avoiding him and your usual routine. You stepped forward, bringing Jeno into your embrace which he immediately responded to, hugging you tightly while his tears were soaked up by your t-shirt. “I could never hate you Jeno. I love you with every fiber of my being and I will until the end of time. I love you.”

He let out a relieved breath, still not able to stop his tears of hurt and nerves while he kept you in his tight embrace to ground himself. Eventually the sobs subsided into sniffles, his breathing slowly evened out, he had calmed down enough to sit and talk about the feelings that you had both assumed to be resolved.

You wiped the remaining wetness from under his eyes with one hand while the other rubbed circles on the back of his hand. “I thought we had already fixed everything, but all day today its been me alone. I hate being in our home together but feeling alone,” Jeno told you.

“I’m sorry I hurt you, it wasn’t my intention. I just didn’t want to go back to how we usually are in case I accidentally did or said something to reignite the argument.”

“I don’t want you to be scared to talk to me after an argument, I’m sorry I made you feel like you couldn’t talk to me,” Jeno replied sincerely.

“We both said some really mean things to each other, maybe I kept my distance because I’m still a bit hurt. I know we were both angry and in the heat of the moment, but what you say matters to me. You’re one of the most important people in my life and hearing you say some of those things isn’t something I can get over in a day. I wouldn’t expect you to do the same, I know I said really nasty things to you too.”

“I’m sorry, I’m going to do my best to show you how much you matter to me. I never ever want to lose you,” his forehead was now pressed against your own.

You let out a watery laugh, wiping away a tear that managed to escape, “Can we stop apologizing now? I just want to do the bed with you.”

Jeno laughed at that, “You usually hate doing the bed.”

You shrugged back, tugging on one corner of the fitted sheet, “Yeah, but I love spending time with you.”

#kpop imagines #kpop au #kpop scenarios #kpop reactions #nct #nct imagines #nct fluff #nct timestamps #nct x reader #nct dream #nct dream imagines #nct dream fluff #jeno x reader #jeno imagines #jeno blurb #jeno scenarios #jeno angst #jeno drabbles #jeno timestamps

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jgroffdaily · 8 months

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A new interview at the New York Times with Jonathan, Daniel and Lindsay has been released. Gift article at the link, and excerpts below:

3 Actors, 1 Unshakable Bond

Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez and Daniel Radcliffe are the heart of the tear-streaked “Merrily We Roll Along” Broadway revival.

What propels the highs and lows of “Merrily We Roll Along,” the 1981 Stephen Sondheim-George Furth musical that begins performances this month at the Hudson Theater, is friendship. But for the stars of this first Broadway revival — Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez and Daniel Radcliffe — embodying the implosion of that friendship may well be more emotionally charged, rewarding and wrenching than anything they’ve done before.

As often happens with actors portraying intimacy, the sentiments they evoke in performance have bled into real life — or the good feelings anyway, when their characters are still fresh, hopeful and unconditionally smitten with one another. These well-seasoned pros may be in their 30s or early 40s, but when they describe their relationship — offstage, I mean, although the line becomes blurry — they’re as effusive and dewy as Romeo and Juliet before the going got tough.

“It’s such a special show in that way,” said Groff, 38, who received his first Tony nomination at 22 for playing a sexually addled adolescent in the musical “Spring Awakening.” “Often I feel you get that with the people you play romantic interests with. But the love story in this show is the friends. So there’s this intensity in a friendship that I’ve never experienced with a play before.”

Groff made those observations last fall when “Merrily,” the American directorial debut of the British actress (and frequent Sondheim interpreter) Maria Friedman, had just started previews in its Off Broadway incarnation at New York Theater Workshop. That its transfer to Broadway seemed guaranteed once it opened had much to do with the aching, loving sincerity with which its cast suffused it.

When the Workshop production ended its limited, sold-out run in January, Groff said he and his co-stars were “a wreck, even knowing we were going to Broadway, to say goodbye to an experience that meant so much.”

Nonetheless, Groff, Mendez and Radcliffe agreed to think as little as possible about “Merrily” for the next seven months. And while they continued to keep in close touch (they all attended “Sweeney Todd” together), they avoided discussing it.

And so the shadows of Frank, Mary and Charlie were banished, and life, being life, continued — in some cases, momentously. Mendez and Groff both worked on television projects (which they could not discuss because of the actors’ strike). Mendez moved back to Manhattan from California with her 2-year-old daughter.

Groff saw Beyoncé’s Renaissance tour four times, officiated at a friend’s wedding in Portugal and attended a 10-day silent meditation retreat in Utah. (Two of his last calls, before he surrendered his phone, were to Mendez and Radcliffe, to let them know where he’d be.) And, yes, he and Mendez both saw “Barbie.”

The bond among the stars felt, if anything, tighter than when I spoke to them last December. They were aware of it from the moment they met. “When the three of us first walked into the room,” Groff said, “there was a natural — —”

“It was a heart connection,” Mendez said.

Groff continued: “It’s a vibe. It’s chemistry. You have it on dates sometimes. And then going night after night after night and digging into the energy that was between us and the show deepening it. The three of us have — it’s such a gift — a meant-to-be alignment of personality and energy.”

What they share, among other things, is a bone-deep love of that currently beleaguered art form, the theater. Groff and Mendez, who turned 40 this year, arrived in Manhattan in their late teens from Pennsylvania and California to “pound the pavements,” as they said, sounding like the hoofers in a Busby Berkeley musical.

(“That’s so Dan, that his first role would be ‘Equus,’” Groff said.)

So would [Radcliffe] describe himself as a member of that New York-centric cult that makes a religion of the Broadway musical? “They’re the high priests,” he said, pointing to the others. “I’m like an altar boy.” He said that hearing a perfectly normal phrase “like ‘How do you do?’” will trigger his co-stars to start performing a lyric with just that phrase.

Sure enough, when a few moments later I mentioned that I grew up in Winston-Salem, N.C., Groff and Mendez responded immediately and simultaneously in swooping falsetto and soprano. “Winstooon-Saaalemm,” they sang, quoting a number I had almost forgotten from the musical “The Light in the Piazza.”

When they discussed their lyrics and dialogue from “Merrily,” they often seemed tremulous with the excitement of discovery. With an exactitude and passion that was unexpected at the end of a long rehearsal day, they parsed several scenes and musical numbers for me, especially moments when their characters just miss the chance to repair what’s gone wrong in their relationship.

Groff and Mendez started crying during several such descriptions, as if they had only just fully realized the extent of the destruction being done.

Groff, who grew up in Lancaster, Pa., said, “I know when I was a kid, theater was like an escape for me, as a closeted teenager. And I think I really relate to when Frank says, ‘Music is my life, without music, I would die.’ Musical theater at that age was, like, lifesaving. And so to be now, at 38, doing a musical as a more fully realized version of who I am … I always went to theater to escape and to express and get out of my life completely. And it’s like this show — and maybe this is what makes it so unique and what brought me to this experience — this show is both the escape and bringing me into my own life at the same time.”

When Groff, whom she knew casually, called her to say that a casting agent had said she would be perfect for the part of Mary, she had become a mother and was newly divorced. “I was like, I don’t live in New York anymore, and I don’t know who I really am right now. I feel really lost. How am I going to do this?” Mendez said.

“But somehow, magically, it all just worked. And when I got back here, the first day I walked in with them, it was just like, Oh my God, I’m home. And I know who I am and what I’m made to do. Of course I ended up here. There was no other place to end up.”

#jonathan groff #daniel radcliffe #lindsay mendez #merrily we roll along #merrily promo #interview

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alexbkrieger13 · 3 months

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https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/feb/22/how-to-stop-spain-and-aitana-bonmati-moving-the-goalposts-nations-league

How to stop Spain and Aitana Bonmatí. Well, how to try at least

for my first column for Moving the Goalposts I was asked: how do you beat Spain? Well, it is easier said than done. When my Sweden team faced them in Gothenburg in September I had a moment which felt like an out-of-body experience: I could see clearly which kinds of balls they wanted to play and the patterns of their passes. They like to play diagonal passes from the No 6 up to the No 8s and, from there, switch the play. The problem, though, was reacting to it as they are just so quick.

I’ve seen them close up probably more than I’d have liked in the past year – three times, in fact, as we lost a World Cup semi-final to them and then suffered late defeats in both our Nations League group games against them.

Now it is time for the Nations League semi-finals. France face Germany and the Netherlands have the unenviable task of taking on Spain. When I think about what makes them so formidable, I’d start with two things: the amount of quality players and that winning culture, which begins with their youth national teams. They’ve won four of the last five Under-19 Euros and been to the final in seven of the last eight Under-17 Euros. In other words, just reaching a tournament is not enough – their attitude is “we’re going to be there until the end”. The same goes at club level with Barcelona.

In fairness, with Sweden we were close in both Nations League group games: we interrupted their rhythm and were close to getting a draw. We like to press high and force mistakes and, at home, I scored the opening goal and we managed to disrupt them quite well. However, we didn’t have energy to do it for the whole game and lost 3-2.

In Málaga we played a new 3-5-2 formation as we wanted to get a higher press on their centre-backs and also – with our three centre-backs – to cover the inner corridors that they are so good at exploiting. We won the ball high and led 3-1 at half-time. But after an hour a little player called Aitana Bonmatí came on and changed the game, and we ended up losing 5-3.

View image in fullscreenThis is an example with Alexia Putellas this time positioning herself in the same area, making it really difficult for us to decide who should mark her. Photograph: SvFF

Another player I’d like to mention is Salma Paralluelo, who has added a new dimension to Spain’s game. She is so quick that you can’t just have a high line against them as you might get caught out behind instead. Previously, Spain had forwards coming short so you could keep the team really compact but with Paralluelo it makes that really difficult.

Spain’s opponents in Seville on Friday, the Netherlands, have resilience and some good attacking players but the challenge will be to play the perfect game for 90 minutes. When you have the energy, you can press Spain and get the ball in good areas but they’re so good at tiring teams out, as they showed in the World Cup final against England. You retreat into a mid or low block and then you are just chasing and looking at what they are doing. And that means that when you do win the ball, it is hard to have ideas and keep hold of it – they are so quick at trying to regain it, while you are still tired.

If there is one weakness in Spain, it is the fact they do concede goals – nine in six Nations League group games. At Chelsea we always had the mantra that goals win you games but defence wins you championships and, as a defender, I like to believe that is true. That said, Spain scored 23 at the other end so maybe they have cracked the code – as long as you score an extreme amount of goals then it is OK not to be so solid. However, that could be where other teams have a chance.

As for the other semi-final between France and Germany, the French had a strong group stage, dropping just two points and conceding only one goal. They are a team with a core of experience as well as individual flair and they have Marie-Antoinette Katoto looking dangerous again after her long-term injury. However, as a Bayern Munich player I hope my German friends will go through and I do think they have grown as a team. Since moving to Bayern I have noticed that German football has a similarity with Swedish culture in that everyone is expected to work for the team. An example is Klara Bühl, my Bayern colleague, who is one of their key attacking players but still works really hard for the team. With that attitude, I fancy them to reach the final.

Credit to Spain campaigners

It is not just on the pitch that I admire Spain. As a member of FifPro’s global players’ council, I have followed their story off the pitch too and before the game in September, I managed to say, very briefly, how much I respected them for the way they have stood up and demanded changes from their FA – and got them. The week leading up to that match they had had late-night meetings, little sleep and plenty of stress yet still managed to come to Gothenburg and play a really good game. I am impressed with how, between their struggles, they have managed to stay focused on their football and win a World Cup.

Nations League format should follow men’s example

On a broader note about this first Women’s Nations League, it has been a welcome addition even if, timing-wise, it was tough from a player’s perspective to regroup and go again so soon after the World Cup. However, when I look at the fact Spain and France each play their semi-final at home, I do believe it would have been better to follow the men’s example and have a ‘final four’ event in just one place. It would have been a better spectacle and would make more sense from a commercial perspective – not to mention a sporting one as it is a huge advantage for Spain and France to each have a home semi-final.

#very good read #magdalena eriksson #swewnt #woso #fc bayern frauen #fcb frauen #espwnt #swewnt article

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I saw that you pointed out people noticing the romantic undertones of Jensen’s post and I believe you said before that Jensen probably isn’t completely straight and I’ve thought the same thing about justin cause apparently his last ex wife “knows” things about him…… Is it possible there’s something there between Jensen and Justin? Like more than friendship?

Hello Anon, hmmmmm interesting thought. So one of my best friends and I have been talking about this possibility lately. We all know about the J2 stuff with Jared and Jensen and the tinhatters and the hellers and things like that. It's interesting that you ask about Justin and Jensen, Anon. My best friend and I were talking about this some like I mentioned earlier. I'm big on talking about things like synchronicity, divination, sometimes numerology, and other spiritual related topics. I'm passionate about discussing these kinds of things, always was and always will be. I couldn't help but notice the weird "romantic" tone in 1 of the 2 photos Jensen used to announce he is going to be on Tracker or at the very least very friendly. It's funny Jensen called him brother, but the only instance I could find of them hanging out publicly was a photo Clif posted on his Twitter on 12/31/2012 of the 3 of them out and about in Malibu.

I couldn't quite find a source for this ex wife saying that referring to Justin, which I assume you mean may be Chrishell? I am aware that Justin and Chrishell "broke up" via text with Justin informing her he had divorce papers signed, all of which supposedly side-blinding her about it. Justin married his now third wife Sofia only a few months after his divorce with Chrishell was finalized. Her former co-star and on-screen nemesis Christine Quinn apparently "lied" to the media at one point saying she heard Justin and Chrishell were in therapy before filing for divorce, which Justin cited the reason as "irreconcilable differences". Hours later, Chrishell fired back at the media while saying Christine knows nothing about their marriage. Whether she was truly side-blinded or not we will never really know. It's interesting knowing that Chrishell's last 2 men she was with didn't want children but she did, yet now is married to G Flip (who is by the way a woman) as of last May. Awful funny how Chrishell ended up marrying a woman and was also on Days of Our Lives from 2013 to 2015, hmmm... For anyone interested in a said timeline for their relationship, here it is. Point is, it's possible Chrishell said something like this off the books or indirectly as she said a lot of things while devastated about their split.

I decided to look into some things and I could not help but notice today more parallels between Jensen and Justin. I wrote here a few days ago about other parallels between Dean on Supernatural, Russell on Tracker, and even between Jensen and Justin's personal lives. I realized after making that post that both Chrishell and Jensen were on Days of Our Lives at different times; Chrishell married G Flip last May in Las Vegas (and has implied she is "bisexual" but still likes masculine energies). This might explain some things about where Jensen might've REALLY gotten the inspiration for his daughters' names from. This post here that shows Jensen with Clif and Justin was posted on Clif's (now defunct) Twitter "yesterday" with the post being dated January 1, 2013, making it so the photo was originally posted December 31, 2012. Weirdly enough, THIS is the ONLY photo I could find of Jensen and Justin hanging out publicly together like EVER and it's hard to find when or how exactly they met and have yet to find a solid answer.

This Forbes article talks about how Jensen let Justin store his brewing system in his personal shed for at least the better part of a year if not longer. The article stated cut back to 7 years ago, with this article being dated May 2018 which puts things to 2011 or maybe 2012, assuming Jensen was being more general than specific. Did they rub elbows while doing auditions on the show Smallville all those years ago, as someone else speculated on my last post about Jensen and Justin? Interesting, if they're such good friends why have we heard so little of them hanging out and being friends?

This magazine article shows around January 7, 2013 is when Danneel and Jensen announced. When I was doing research on Justin, I realized something strange while thinking about this earlier today along with Jensen's daughters. He has 1 daughter who was born July 3, 2004 named Isabella Justice Hartley. Jensen has 1 daughter who was born May 30, 2013 named Justice Jay Ackles. According to this tinhatter's post, Jensen's nickname for Jared is Jay. My best friend asked another tinhatter about if Jensen ever calls Jared Jay and said "may be a couple times?" In the con videos I've watched of Jensen referring to Jared he ends up calling Jared well Jared or something else many times over. Jay, I haven't heard him call Jared Jay at least yet.

However, this screenshot here does show Jensen referred to Justin as J in a comment made on Justin's post from October 12, 2021. Is it just a funny coincidence that the one public photo of Jensen and Justin, who has a daughter named Isabella Justice, hanging out TOGETHER and PUBLICLY was about a week before it was announced Danneel and Jensen are expecting their first child together they ended up naming Justice Jay? Did Jensen really just simply like the name Justice after talking to Justin about his daughter's name knowing he and Danneel are expecting? Does "Jay" REALLY refer to Jared or Justin or himself? Hmmm...

NOW, as for Arrow, well according to this website: "And when it came to Ackles' daughter, they started off choosing her initials and took it from there. “We wanted an AA name and we both liked Arrow,” he explained. Ackles and Harris married in 2010 in Ackles' hometown of Dallas, Texas, after falling in love on the set of the 2007 romantic comedy Ten Inch Hero." Funny, this website is "SheKnows". Is this some strange hint from the seers "she knows" as in Danneel as to why he liked the name Arrow? I say this because I realize Jensen and Justin both played different roles at different times on the show Smallville. Jensen was on it for season 4, Justin from season 6 onward. Jensen played Jason Teague, while Justin played Oliver Queen aka Green Arrow.

Here is this article showing that Jensen by the way will be returning to Tracker more for season 2 and how Justin said Jensen "would be perfect for it", the role of his brother. Hmm.... In the article, you can find the quotes I mentioned below. However, I doubt they were at all surprised when Jensen wanted to join the show. Jensen did like multiple of Justin's posts regarding Tracker, so I'm sure Jensen and him started talking a little bit before he actually joined the show.

The casting of Colter's brother was also a pivotal decision, driven by the need for a strong actor to portray this complex relationship. “And then, when it was time to cast Russell Shaw, I was like, ‘We built this whole thing up. It’s important that we get somebody in there that is just a juggernaut. Somebody that you would believe because he’s gonna go toe-to-toe with Colter, in a good or bad way, and that you also believe is his brother.’ And I just thought Jensen Ackles would be perfect for it," Hartley explained. He was initially unsure about securing such high-profile actors but was thrilled when both showed eagerness to join the project.

In this, Justin also stated:

Hartley also revealed that his This Is Us co-star Jennifer Morrison would be making an appearance in the finale, and confirmed the return of several key characters, much to the delight of fans. “[Sofia] is coming back. Jensen is gonna come back. Melissa is gonna come back. There’s another leak for you. They’re all coming back,” he stated.

When my best friend and I were talking about this, she said "I can't move" because she was in such great shock about this connection. Maybe within 15 minutes of her saying that, she told me she felt an earthquake and that her entire bed moved as she was laying on it. This was actually not even an hour before this article posted, showing Jensen will in fact make more appearances on Season 2 of Tracker. I asked my best how far she is from where this earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 hit and said about 20 miles. I mentioned before that Russell/Jensen and Colter/Justin on the show hadn't talked in about 20 years. Assuming another Tumblr user's speculations are correct about meeting during auditions for Smallville or close, seems like Jensen and Justin may have met over 20+ years ago or even through some work related event through the CW. I'm sure we'll eventually figure out exactly when they met but I've been noticing the number 20 show up a lot with Jensen and Justin. The numerology meaning for 20 is quite interesting, given what else I've said about the number 11 being bad for Jensen and 12 possibly being good. According to the Google overview of what 20 means in numerology:

The number 20 may also indicate a potential for spiritual growth and the beginning of a spiritual journey. Numerology encourages people to trust in the divine powers and follow the spiritual guidance they receive, leading to personal development and achieving one's soul mission. Some say that people born on the 20th of any month tend to have a natural inclination towards harmony and cooperation. Others say that these people are often diplomatic and fair-minded, and that the number 20 bestows a strong sense of intuition and sensitivity upon those born on this day. The number 20 vibration may experience a test of patience and humbleness. It may also symbolize a new beginning or new perspective on life.

Like I said in my last post regarding Justin and Jensen, are they the new J2? Is it possible they have had some romantic ties in the past or do they just like to joke flirt the way Jensen and Jared do? I don't know, you decide...

#tracker cbs #anti j2 tinhatters #numerology #divination #new j2

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Fluctuates Chapter 3 - Dance

One-Shot entries for the #RadioStatic Week 2024.

Yep, I'm doing this again! I'm going to make sure that I can keep track with uploading this time. Also, I will be sticking with the Fluff path, because I need more Fluff with these two.

Fandom: Hazbin Hotel Rating: Teen and Up Audiences Relationships: Alastor/Vox (RadioStatic) Warnings/Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Lots of Fluff because I want it, Rosie will be in this, Probably other characters not sure at the moment.

“Sir, there’s a caller on the phone for you.”

Vox held back a grumble hearing his secretary’s voice. Not pulling away from the paperwork stacked in front of him as he snapped out, “Take a message and hang up. I’m a little busy.”

“I’ve already tried that sir, they just called back. Now with the threat to come down here to meet with you personally.”

“Ha! What idiot would be dumb enough to threaten me? Tell them if they want a fight that actions speak louder than words.”

“...Do…you want me to relay that sir?”

“Yes, why else would I say it?”

“I don’t think-”

“Well then it’s a wonderful thing that I don’t pay you to work. Especially after I’ve told you what to do. Now get the fuck out of my office and do your job.”

Vox heard the small sigh, knowing the other was shaking her head as she left without the need to look up. At least he was alone again. Now, back to the more important task of figuring this mess out.

Valentino’s movies were flopping recently, they’re not making the money they’re supposed to be. So, in order to keep that afloat, he’ll need to move money. But where to pull from? Velvette will castrate him if he takes anything from her funds. Besides, she has a show coming up and she’ll need all the spending money to make it happen. Now the question is, which pool of his own funding does he pull from? And should he make a contract so that he can make sure Valentino returns the funds once he makes profit back? Because he knew that moth was notorious for making every monetary coverage a donation. How can someone be bleeding money like this-

“Vox.”

Said Overlord jerked up hearing his name. His screen flickering out for a moment, Vox furiously blinking to gain his vision back. Confusion took over as he saw Alastor standing on the other side of the desk.

“Al? What…are you doing here?”

“Well, you said if I wanted to fight to just come here. But I’m not sure why you thought I’d want to fight, an interesting conclusion to reach.”

“...That was you on the phone?”

Alastor tilted his head with a sympathetic smile, “Oh, my dear Picture Box. I was calling because I wanted to see how terribly in depth with your work you are. Call me a worried dear when I was basically told I was instigating trouble.”

“No. No, no, I’m sorry, I wasn’t told it was you on the phone. I wouldn’t say that to you, you know that. But…why were you calling? I was going to be home soon. I just have a bit more paperwork and money moving to deal with. I didn’t mean to work this late.”

That didn’t seem to calm Alastor. Who’s smile wilted further. “Vox, how long do you think you’ve been working?”

“Ah, um, well…” Vox looked around to try and find his clock. Only to remember that he’d destroyed it accidentally a few days ago. After his temper rose quickly and was only quelled when he released some of the energy out as an electrical blast. “I’m not sure. Only a few hours past my normal schedule? Oh fuck, we were supposed to have dinner. Am I late for that?”

Alastor let out a heavy sigh as he shook his head. “My dear… It’s the next afternoon.”

Silence.

“...What? No…no, it’s not. I had an alarm set.” As if he could prove a point, Vox pulled out his phone to show the proper time. It wasn’t that late, right?

Vox felt his insides turn to ice when he read the date. It was the next day, well into the afternoon. There were numerous alerts of texts and phone calls he’d missed. Turning it on the side, Vox noted that the silencer was on.

He remembered turning it off so he wouldn’t be distracted.

He hadn’t heard his alarm.

He hadn’t heard a single thing.

Vox partially rose from his seat before plopping back down. Attention shifting from his phone, to Alastor, back to his phone, to anywhere in the room. As if the answer to this situation was hidden somewhere in the walls. Mouth left to hang open in disbelief, no noise leaving it. It was clear he was lost as to how he was supposed to recover.

“Fuck… I didn’t… Fuck, I really didn’t mean to…” He eventually got out. His body jerked as if he was trying to find something physical to do. Soon getting to his feet to pace around the office, eyes on the phone as he took in the information once more.

“I worked…for 36 hours? How? Fuck, I thought… Did you go to the- Fuck!”

Seeing the other working himself into a spiral, Alastor stepped forward to grab Vox’s arm. “Calm down, this isn’t helping you.”

“How the fuck am I supposed to be calm! I- We were supposed to go out, we had plans! And I just blew them off because I just can’t turn off need to work, fuck!”

“You didn’t do this intentionally.”

Vox panted weakly as his exhaustion finally caught up to him. “...How are you not mad at me?”

“Because I’m more worried about your health than a dinner date. Come on, let’s get you home.”

There was no fight as Alastor wrapped an arm around Vox, leading the newly made Overlord out of the building. Offering a nod to the secretary as she closed up and made her own way home. Their travers was slow and quiet. Vox clearly battling his inner thoughts while fighting to stay awake. Needing to lean on Alastor as the stumble walked on the pavement.

They made their way into their large house. Alastor fully intent on getting Vox to lay down as quickly as possible. Only for his progress to be halted when, as he moved to have Vox sit down, the Media Overlord grabbed onto him.

“Vox-”

“I’m sorry…” Vox’s voice was soft, his screen resting on Alastor’s shoulder.

“I know, and we can talk about this later. But you need to rest.”

“Can’t.”

Alastor let out a heavy sigh, “And why not?”

“I can’t…quiet down my thoughts. They haven’t shut up since we left…”

“Then what do you want to do?”

“I don’t know…”

It took everything to not sigh again. Instead, Alastor shifted them so Vox’s arms were wrapped around the Radio Demon’s shoulders. Who made sure the other was leaning against him comfortably, Alastor wrapping his arms around, making sure to gently rub Vox’s back. Soon, the air was filled with gentle music, a soft lullaby to hopefully sooth the stressed demon. Alastor began to sway to the slow tune, even beginning to hum along with the song.

“Wha’re you doin’?” Vox’s voice cracked from exhaustion, hands gripping onto Alastor.

“Helping you relax,” Alastor replied softly, “A little dance to tire you out, just focus on the music.”

“‘M sorry…”

“I know. We’ll talk later. Let’s just get you to sleep.”

Vox let out a small hum as he melted into Alastor’s hold. Eyes closing while his screen dimmed, the constant buzzing of noise quieting down as the music replaced it. Barely awake as the sway dance slowed and he was moved to the bed. Slipping out of consciousness as hears Alastor whisper, “Sleep well, my silly little picture box.”

#s-creations #fanfiction #alastor #alastor the radio demon #alastor hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel vox #vox #voxal #alastor x vox #radiostatic #radiostatic week 2024

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Wowee. This is a bit of an emotional one. Just warning you now.

I’ve been watching Ghosts pretty much since it came out. My dad surprised me with the first episode and refused to let me know what we were watching until I saw Ben Willbond’s face and was like “HOLD ON.”

(Nobody asked, but my favourite has always been the Captain because I’ve been obsessed with the Second World War since I was 7. My dad’s favourite is Robin, my mum’s is Kitty and my sister likes Pat).

It wasn’t niche then by any stretch of it. It’s always been popular, but it certainly wasn’t something your teachers plus the whole internet were cracking out the good wine for. (I proceeded to annoy everyone in my life by talking about it, little did they know that 3 years later they’d become equally obsessed by it).

And that doesn’t sound too special, but like. When Ghosts came out, I was in Primary School. Now I’m sitting my GCSEs. That’s fucking insane. Not even mentioning how it singlehandedly carried me through lockdown when I was dealing with a bigger workload than ever (online school just means strictish parents get to cross over into actually strict) and only had one friend to communicate with.

The first (and last) time I read proper fanfiction was when I was like 12 and looking through the Ghosts fandom because I was having a really, really bad time with paranoia and couldn’t sleep.

When we had our Year 10 mocks, my friend showed up half an hour late to our Chemistry exam after doing zero revision because she was bingewatching every episode of Ghosts to cope with exams. She gave me a rose for valentine’s this year with “I’m from Yorkshire mate, I’m practically made of tea.” on it. Her Yearbook quote is gonna be “I’m going to drown myself in the lake! I mean it!”

My Media Studies teacher found out I watched the show and started enthusiastically taking me through all of her theories about it before Season 4 came out. (She’s like sixty and her favourite show is Line of Duty by the way). Before Season 5 came out I asked her how she felt and she gave me a very excited “We’re getting out the good wine!!!”

So. My grandad died in 2022. Just before Christmas. They thought he’d make it to celebrate Christmas with us, but they’d overestimated. He had lung cancer, caused by working around asbestos as an industrial electrician. I genuinely cannot describe how much of a wonderful man he was. He was the best person I ever met, and more of a second dad than a grandad.

The last thing my grandad watched with us (we put a lot of importance on watching things as a family, at least in my family. Not sure if this is the same for everyone) was an episode of Ghosts. We thought it would be a laugh, because his end of the family are all from Sheffield and they’d introduced Maddocks. He was very out of it, and on an oxygen drip. He couldn’t really pay attention but he insisted on trying because he wanted to make us happy.

He died that week, on the day we had to leave. We were in the house when he started failing and all we could do was drive back down to London.

(Ghosts actually got a shoutout in the funeral. We’re a family with a sense of humour, and my grandad was the kind of man that results in a family debate about whether Ça Plane Pour Moi is an appropriate song for a funeral).

The Christmas episode that year broke me. In a good way. When they played Pat’s video tapes, I saw every photo of my dad’s family in the eighties in Yorkshire. It can’t be too hard to capture the energy, I’m sure, but I’ll tell you this. There wasn’t a dry bloody eye in the sitting room. My aunt even got their Christmas pictures out afterwards. My Sheffield family saw their childhoods on the screen and my London family saw my grandad.

It’s funny how things can end up being an accidental allegory or feel cosmically intentional.

I’m not saying this for pity, or to one-up anyone about my connection to the show. I just feel like if I don’t describe every detail, Ghosts’ impact on my life is going to be understated. And I’m more than happy that it will impact so many more people.

So, yeah. Thank you, Ghosts. I can’t think of a single piece of other media that’s been as impactful on my life. Thank you for being made with care and love and attention to detail and terminal levels of Britishness. Thank you for dealing with death and grief and healing in an entertaining way.

Thank you. For everything.

#flipping heck how do i tag this #bbc ghosts #thank you #pat bbc ghosts #maddocks bbc ghosts #pat butcher #sheffield #mourning #grief #pat butcher ghosts #1980s #uk #british #british tv

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I’ve had an urge to write about this lately, so here it comes ..

Out of Sign Conjunctions - (Synastry)

conjunction but with a twist

Out of sign conjunction = conjunction between two planets, albeit in different signs

What orb do I consider? = for personal planets I’d say 0-3 strong / high influence, 4-6 influential - moderate, 7-9 moderate - mild)

The Conjunction is an interesting aspect in natal, transit, Synastry or any other Chart.

Conjunctions in themselves are considered „neutral“ because the way they play out heavily depends on the planets involved - it makes a difference if Moon conjuncts Venus or Pluto conjuncts Venus. Or if Mars conjuncts Moon. So generally speaking, the conjunctions don’t have to stay neutral - because the planets involved change the nature of the conjunction.

Generally the two major factors are (1) personal, generational or both kind of planets involved; and (2) the „nature“ of the planets involved (roughly they are divided into benefics and malefics - even when all planets are beneficial in the long-term IMO)

I’d like to focus this Out of Sign conjunction discussion on out of sign conjunctions between two personal planets due to the reason that the nature of this aspect is more relevant for personal planets - as personal planets are more influenced by the sign they are in than generational planets. Basically, signs give personal planets their „character“ while for generational planets House position and aspects are more important.

Getting to the point ..

The main energy of a conjunction is one of harmony, togetherness, kinship, affinity and understanding.

Personal planets that conjunct each other usually „get“ each other. That’s the nature of the conjunction - they are close in proximity (usually also in the same sign) and thus have a similar stand and view point, including needs, values and traits. They kind of are the same (even if not totally) and thus naturally agree on many things without even having to try.

Of course, there are exceptions. The main one being Mars. Mars is a so-called malefic which basically means he is able to create disharmony - doesn’t mean he HAS to though. It all depends.

He goes great with Venus but if he’s conjuncting Mercury for example this can indicate quarreling and annoyance, though this synastrical aspect can also manifest as mental stimulation, lively discussion and friendly or even flirty banter. The same goes for Mars/Sun - this can manifest more positively / neutral as vibing off each other, getting energy and inspiration from the other, healthy competition and ego-boost or it can show up as more of a competitive, aggressive, agitating and getting in each other’s face vibe. Usually the Mars will feel challenged and annoyed by the Sun person‘s ego while the Sun will feel agitated and violated by Mars‘ perceived reactive and aggressive behavior (the same goes for Mars opposite, square,inconjunct, tao, bilin Sun, by the way, and can be even more extreme here (tao and bilin are minor aspects I like to consider - more in another post )).

Which of the octaves being mentioned show themselves depends on several factors - like the condition of each person's planets (especially aspects), the native‘s personal level of development and the rest of the Synastry (other aspects, mitigating or enhancing influences and the general vibe between the two Charts and people) as well as the rest of the individual Charts (conflict-shy vs. head-on etc).

Anyhow, back to topic.

It was mentioned that the planets within a conjunction aspect are very similar in nature and thus not only close in local proximity (conjunction = within an orb of 10) but also close in „character“, traits, values and needs.

This kind of kinship changes when the two planets occupy different signs.

Since the energy of neighboring signs is usually quite contrasting (think Aries - Pisces, Leo - Cancer, Taurus - Gemini or Cap - Aqua), out of sign conjunctions will usually express a little differently than ‚normal‘ in-sign conjunctions.

The proximity by location is still present (it could even be a very close orb of 0 or 1), however the proximity by resemblance changes.

This creates an interesting mix.

Let’s say, you’re a Taurus Moon and you value stability, closeness and physical touch. And along comes a lively and talkative Gemini Venus that values freedom, excitement and mental stimulation. Usually, being your Taurean self, these Gemini traits would immediately turn you off or at least you wouldn’t consider the person carrying them relationship or even romantic material for you. However, now let’s say their Venus is at 0 deg Gemini and your Taurus Moon is at 27 degrees - so there’s a rather close conjunction, albeit out of sign.

Now, you might be feeling strangely nurtured and understood by the energetic Gemini Venus and the Gemini Venus might feel overly affectionate and loving in your presence. Both of you might be confused because you feel a draw to a certain person/ placement that you wouldn’t usually feel a draw towards or, objectively, wouldn’t prefer trait-wise.

But the connection is undeniable - because aspects are always felt no matter what signs they’re in.

And there is also an opportunity in that.

The Taurean earth Moon might suddenly become more open toward more emotional freedom, spontaneity and excitement because they feel safe und understood by the Venus Gemini at the same time as discovering those new aspects of life. And the usually fickle and non-committal Gemini Venus might suddenly discover a more committal and nurturing side of themselves in the presence of the Taurus Moon.

In a relationship (only considering this aspect) these two would work well together due to the very beneficial nature of the Moon/Venus conjunction. Usually they will both discover sides of themselves they didn’t know they had - and sides they might only be able to discover through each other (or other similar out of sign aspects). They might have to make some adjustments because what the other person naturally likes (Taurus Moon = stay at home and chill on the couch) might not exactly be what the other person likes best (Venus Gemini = go out, be active, gather in groups). However, these two have a real chance or inspiring each other to discover new aspects of life - within their comfort zone (due to the comfortable and supportive energy of the conjunction). They basically support each other to explore new sides of life.

The same goes for other out of sign aspects that are harmonious - trines, sextiles and the minor aspects I like to use (with small orbs 0-2) - quintiles, septiles, noviles and deciles.

It’s a similar story - someone might have qualities that you usually wouldn’t value. Say you’re a Cancer Venus and they’re trining you with their Aries Mars .. usually you might enjoy people who are soft and timid in their approach of wooing you (like Pisces, Scorpio and Cancer) or stable and predictable people (like Taurus, Cap and Virgo) and Aries’ direct and upfront energy turns you off.

But then you meet this one Aries Mars where your Cancer Venus all of the sudden finds their fiery and passionate energy exciting and refreshing to some point. The clash you usually experience with this fire energy doesn’t happen - you feel more comfortable with them albeit them having the traits that usually make you shy away.

And what about disharmonious in-sign aspects you ask?

Well, I‘d say it’s kind of the opposite - although I would say it generally doesn’t have that much of an influence.

For example, you have your Venus at 0 degrees Aquarius and it squares someone’s Mercury at 27 degrees Aries. Sign-wise, your planets are in harmonious signs to each other. However, aspect-wise there is a rather tight square with an orb of 3.

This means usually you would like the Arian brash and upfront way of talking and communicating but with this person, for some reason, you dislike the way they speak and there might be a discord between the two of you in matters of understanding. On the other hand, the Aries Mercury might usually understand how Aqua Venus likes to be wooed and talked to but in your case he just doesn’t seem to get what and how to please you.

There are millions of more examples so I would love to hear your experiences!

Hope you enjoyed and thanks for reading!

I might focus on out of sign conjunctions in the natal in another discussion..

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yeah-yeah-beebiss-1 · 2 years

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early impressions from the first 2 hours or so of pokemon scarlet: an ambitious, would-be phenomenal game held back by being released way too early

graphics are dogshit as expected, still looks like a late PS2 game

performance is rough - a lot of random frame drops and choppy animations, pop-in is somehow worse than PLA; there were several early cutscenes in the school classroom where all your schoolmates were moving at like 6fps that were extremely distracting

-koraidon’s jumping physics are super fucked up; in general the game has strong Bethesda energy with weird clipping and frame drops and general jank (for example, the only buildings you can enter are stores, and by “enter” i mean “the camera zooms in on the door until the whole screen is taken up by the door texture which is then used as a background for the shop UI”)

speedrunners are going to have a blast breaking this game wide open, which is to say the general quality control is very poor

pokemon variety is enormous, i nearly had a full PC box by the 2 hour mark just grabbing one of everything i saw

i can already tell that difficulty/level balancing is going to be a concern - exp share is always on and there are a lot of opportunities for experience, the only way you’ll be able to get through the game without being grotesquely overleveled for two of the three story paths is to box your whole team after completing one and starting over with low-level critters

overworld/catching mechanics don’t feel as polished as PLA’s; overworld catching is gone, there’s no reticule for aiming pokeballs to ambush wild pokemon, camera controls aren’t as flexible

you can set destination markers on the map, but they only show up on the minimap - playing this after finishing xenoblade 3 (which lets you see the markers in the world and even toggle guide paths) just makes me feel like it’s going to be a substantial learning curve for people not used to/fond of open-world games

terastallizing doesn’t feel like as much of a game breaker as dynamax or mega evolution

the gym leader implementation of terastallizing is boring as hell - rather than changing their ace to something that’ll counter whatever you brought to counter the gym type, they use it to change a pokemon that isn’t their gym type to match their gym type (the bug-type gym leader, for example, has a teddiursa that she terastallizes into bug type)

the soundtrack varies from respectable to absolutely amazing from what i’ve heard so far, the wild pokemon battle theme is dynamic based on area and the team star and tera raid battle themes go way harder than they have any right to - it’ll be interesting to see exactly how much influence toby fox had over the soundtrack, because some of these tracks definitely have his vibes all over them

in all fairness, i’m playing a leaked dump of a retail cartridge so there’s the possibility of a day-one patch fixing some of these issues, but the lack of polish runs so deep that i don’t think a single patch could address it

overall, i’m still having a decent time with the game because the pokemon formula is inherently pretty watertight and the exploration is pretty fun, but the game just feels blatantly unfinished so i couldn’t in good conscience recommend people drop $60 on it

i have a feeling there’s going to be more than a few instances of people getting buyer’s remorse and unloading their copies for cheap by early december, so i’d strongly recommend just waiting for that to happen so you can get it secondhand for $40-45

#pokemon spoilers #not really but i figure someone's gonna get mad if i don't tag it as such

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zaraomarrogers · 2 years

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Always and Forever - 3

Pairings: Steve Rogers x fem reader

Warnings: Fluff, Angst, smut, sexual content, 18 +, mentions of pregnancy, mentions of cheating.

Author's note: Hey everyone! Thankyou for showing so much love and support to this story. It means alot.

~*~

Part 3

Y/n splashed cold water on her face. She was going through the tornado of emotions after seeing Steve. She came home earlier than she was suppose to, after putting Malcolm to bed while answering his so many questions about his dad's sudden arrival, she stayed in his bed and kept looking at her son.

Their son.

She had seen Steve’s childhood pictures and she had seen Malcolm when he was born. Nobody could pick a difference because Malcolm was exactly like Steve when he was a baby. Malcolm was still a baby to her but as he grew older, a lot of her habits were same as Steve. Just like when he was in deep sleep, his lips were slightly parted and he’d always cuddle on something, be it his stuff animal or another pillow. Steve had a habit of cuddling his pillow back when they didn’t start dating. After that, he’d always snuggled into her to sleep.

Y/n felt like she’d throw up. It was hard swallowing the lump in her throat. She didn’t want to cry.

She won’t cry.... she kept repeating it to herself. She did enough crying four years ago, she won’t do it again. So she started splashing cold water on her face. It wasn’t working though, she could still feel Steve’s hot breath on her neck. She could still feel the wetness of his tears on her skin. His I’ve missed you kept ringing in her ears. He was back. He had come back.

Did she miss him?

Yes!

Had she forgiven him?

No!...... but she knew she would..

Did she still love him?

She didn’t know.. or she didn’t want to look into heart and know..

The conflict between her heart and brain was nerve wrecking. She was tired. She didn’t have energy to face Steve or answer Malcolm’s question. She could see the radiant happiness on Malcolm’s face ever since he came back from seeing Steve.

She dried her face on the towel and apply a moisturizer slowly on her face. Once she was done, she took a window seat in her room and sat there blankly looking out the window. She wanted to yell at Steve for coming back into their life, stirring the calm.

"Daddy come with us, mama?"

"I don’t know, Mal."

"You come, Daddy?"

Steve looked at his son's face and then at Y/n' s. She wasn't even looking at him. He gulped hard. How could he say no to this innocent face.

"It’s late, buddy, but if your mama allows, I can come meet you tomorrow. What say?"

"Mama, daddy come 'mowow ouw home? Pwease."

Y/n clearly didn't want that to happen but she couldn't take that away from Mal so she nodded her head with a small "Okay."

"Daddy can come in the morning." She said smiling half heartedly.

"Yayyyy daddy see in the mowning." Malcom jumped happily and into Steve's arms once again.

"In mowning I show my twucks, I 'ave wed and bwue twuck, daddy."

"Wow, I'd love to see all the trucks, buddy." Steve kissed his both cheeks.

"What is your favourite thing to eat in breakfast? I'm gonna bring it for you?" Steve asked Malcolm, hoping Y/n would answer for him.

"Bwue bewwy pan cakes." Answer came immediately, "Mama, you make pankcakes for daddy and me." Malcolm turned around still in his father's grip.

"Mhmm..." that's all Y/n could come up with.

There was an uncomfortable silence between them. Steve cleared his throat after a while and began to talk but cut off by Y/n almost immediately.

"Give me your number, I'll text you my address. Malcolm wakes up at around 9 on weekends, so make sure you'd be there by then."

She was looking everywhere but him. Steve nodded and put Malcolm down.

"Y/n...." Steve tried to have her attention on him by gently holding her elbow. He wanted her to stay a bit more.

She pulled out of Steve's gentle grip. The look she gave was enough for Steve to take a step back.

"I just wanted to talk for a bit.... about Malcolm."

Nodding her head she crouched down to Malcolm’s level and said, "Mal, would you please go sit in the car? Lily will take you to the car. Mama’s gonna talk to daddy, okay sweetheart?"

"I wan’ stay with you and daddy."

"My love, daddy and I will have grown up talk. You're gonna see daddy in the morning."

"Okhay mama."

He made the cutest pout and gosh, Steve forgot to blink, four years ago he'd have moved a mountain if Y/n would asked him to with that pout on her face.

Hell, he would still do anything she’d asked him to.....

Malcolm might have gotten his looks from Steve but there was Y/n’s analogy in him as well.

He was purely a product made out of their love and this mere thought spread warmth in Steve’s whole being.

He saw Malcolm running towards Lily who was nearby. Y/n turned towards him, her face stoic again.

"Malcolm Steven Rogers. He is three and a half years old. In five months he's going to be four."

She was looking straight into his eyes.

“When did you.... were you pregnant when... when yo-"

“I found out three-four weeks later after coming here.” She replied.

“He was born pre-mature, at thirty four weeks. But he was a healthy baby.”

“Was there any complication?” Steve asked hesitantly.

“Yes, there was! But that’s none of your concern.” Her tone was cold again, and Steve wanted to say something but she stopped him by raising her hand.

“I am only going to talk about Malcolm here. I would really appreciate you don’t bring what had been left in the past. You’re here for Malcolm, he deserves to know you as a father. Either he wants you in his life or not, is going to be his decision.”

She set the boundary, loud and clear. Steve’s face turned pale. He wanted to say so much to her, may be a hug but he couldn’t even budge a muscle.

“I-I want.. Y/n, I-I....” A tear slipped on his cheek, he was unable to speak without crying. He was overwhelmed with so many emotions.

“Give me your phone.” Y/n asked.

Punching her number in his phone, she returned the phone and turned away to left.

Steve saw her figure disappear, he thought his heart would break out of his chest. He had spend almost four years without her and it was all his fault if now she didn’t want him around her. Four years ago, when he thought everything between them was perfect. He took his mom to buy an engagement ring for Y/n. He has saved money for the perfect diamond ring. It cost him a fortune but he didn’t care. He was excited to start a new life with her. They had just graduated college and it was the best time to propose. The night of their graduation party at the club in front of the harbour but what happened that night had led him here at this place where he was seeing the woman he had always loved and his son.

“Y/n.... Y/n, you okay?” Alice came to sit beside Y/n with a cup of hot chocolate.

Y/n was in so much distress, she didn’t realise let out a sob. Her tears started falling down freely. Alice pulled her in a hug, after a while when she seemed to be a little calm, she spoke.

“Steve’s here.”

“What?” Alice thought she didn’t hear her clearly.

“Steve’s here in Boston... and Malcolm... he didn’t...” she was struggling.

“Okay, take a breath Y/n. Just in and out, in and out....”

“He- Mal invited him for the breakfast. He’s so happy to see his father. You didn’t see how his face lightens up when Steve was holding him.” She told her through tears.

Alice was quite, she was processing all the new information she had just gotten.

“How are you Y/n/n?” Alice asked after a short while.

“I want him to get the hell out of our lives.... away from here.”

“I asked, how are YOU?”

“I don’t know, Alice. I don’t know. I’m so mad at him. I want to yell at him and slap him.... and ask what took him so long. You know what, I don’t want to cry for him. I thought I’ve had done all the crying but I was....” she was sobbing uncontrollably.

“....... he hugged me and said he missed me and I can’t shake that feeling when I was so close to him.... I felt safe and I hate it. I hate it that I can’t be mad at him. I hate it that I still want to be loved by him and only him. I hate myself right now, Alice. I feel pathetic.”

“No, its not pathetic to feel that way, honey. It’s normal. It shows how strong your love is. All these feelings are pure. Your anger, your frustration and your love. Steve will know what he has lost.”

Y/n's hand was in Alice’ soft grip.

“Everything's going to be okay, honey. You will be okay. Malcolm will be okay. Things will fall into place in time.” She smiled and hugged Y/n, “I’m so proud of you Y/n/n.... Malcolm is lucky to have a mother like you.”

“I’m the luckiest to have him, Alice.” She whispered.

~*~

“Steve??”

Bucky saw him sitting in the bar. Him and Wanda with few other colleagues were there to celebrate the success of her first showcase. Bucky found him in the corner of the bar.

“Buck....” Steve smiled. He stood up and hug Bucky.

“Good to see you man! What are ya doing here?”

“I was here for work visit, had to attend some stupid showcase thing....”

“Showcase? You mean for Pepper Potter?”

“Yeah! I’m here on Tony’s behalf, Tony’s her husband....”

“I know him. Who doesn’t know that bastard.” Bucky rolled his eyes. “Well, it was Wanda’s first showcase.” He told Steve.

“How do you know Wanda Maximoff?

“What do you mean? She’s my fiancé, Steve.”

“Your fiancé? Wait, when did that happen? Does mom know?”

“No, not yet. Wan and I have planned to go to NewYork next weekend. Wana surprise her.”

“I’m so happy for you Buck.” Steve hugged his best friend again. His voice gave way and Bucky was quick to pick that up.

“You okay, Steve?”

“Yeah! Yeah..” Steve cleared his throat.

“C'mon man!” He looked at Steve’s face and immediately knew what could have happened.

“You saw Y/n?”

“And my son also.” Steve swallowed hard. “Buck, did you know about Malcolm... why didn’t you tell me, why did you hide from me?”

“Because it wasn’t my place to tell, Steve. When I came to Boston and met Y/n, she was six months pregnant. We started hanging out alot. I spent almost whatever free time at her house.”

Bucky paused when bar tender refilled Steve’s glass.

“I think Y/n and I... we both were coming to terms with our heart breaks. We were starting to accept the fact that we just have to deal with it. Wanda has been a rock for both of us. I didn’t know how it happened but Wanda just made her way into my heart and I let her have it, she mend my heart.”

“When Malcolm was born, Y/n made me promise not to tell you and Sarah. She wanted to start fresh with her son.”

“I understand, Buck. I’m not blaming you. I deserve this.”

“You know, Wanda and I were on our first date when Y/n went into labour. I was waiting outside the hospital, I thought about calling you here, you know, just so you’d know but Sarah called and told me you were engaged to Peggy.”

Steve gulped down the drink. In that moment, he hated himself. Just thinking about Y/n in pain while giving birth to his child, his whole body went into spirals.

“I wanted to beat you down, Steve. What were you thinking?”

“I still don’t know Buck. I lost the purpose. Only thing I could think of was getting myself indulged in my work. Eleanor suggested this whole engagement thing and the benefits it will bring and I just went with it.”

“Does Y/n know about.... engagement?” Steve asked after a short while.

“Nope. Nobody here knows about it. But I think you should tell her.”

“I’m going to end things with Peggy first.” Steve’s phone buzzed on the table. He saw a text message from Y/n made, giving him the address and reminding him to be there by 9AM. A small smile spread across Steve’s features. Bucky gave him a suspicious gaze.

“I’m having breakfast with my son tomorrow.” Steve’s smile reached his eyes. “Y/n just sent me her address.”

“Don’t break their hearts, Steve.”

“You don’t trust me, Buck. Do you?”

“It’s not that I don’t trust you. It’s Peggy and Eleanor I don’t trust. They have done it before and they’ll do it again.”

“I won’t let them harm my son and Y/n again, Buck. I’ll protect them with my life.”

“I know you will. I’m glad that you get to meet Malcolm. Gosh, he’s the sweetest kid.”

“I know right. It’s hardly been an hour since I met him and I love him already.”

“Ofcourse, blood attraction or what Sarah says...” Bucky started laughing when Wanda came over.

“Buck, where have you been? I was waiting for you.” She leaned on his shoulder and Bucky wrapped his arm around her. She tilted her head to see Steve sitting next to Bucky and Wanda frowned.

“What are you doing here?” She asked Steve angrily.

“Wan, he was there on behalf of Tony Stark. Please...”

“I don’t care, I need him to go and never come back here.”

“Wan, please calm down. He’s not gonna hurt them.”

“Oh you can trust him but I can’t and I won’t. Listen Rogers, you have done enough, I don’t want you around my sister and my nephew. You need to go.”

Steve was bewildered to say the least.

“I’m not gonna hurt them, I promise.” Steve said quietly

“I don’t care. I won’t let you go near them.” Wanda yelled, getting unnecessary attention from other people. Bucky had to drag her out the bar to calm her down.

As much as Steve felt insulted, he was happy that Y/n and Malcolm were surrounded by people who actually love them and care about them. It was his duty to provide them with love and safety but he failed them. He had failed her and their son and he will never forgive himself for that, just like he had not forgiven himself for cheating on her.

He didn’t remember that night. They were at the club, Y/n was right beside him. He couldn’t keep his hands to himself because Y/n was looking breathtaking gorgeous in that red dress. He had done all the arrangements to propose to her. It was the perfect night, night of their graduation party and he was so excited.

Y/n excused herself to dance with Bucky. He’d been in the same spot drinking, having fun. but after that it was like a clean slate. He didn’t remember what happened, how it happened. He had thought about it numerous times but he couldn’t remember it. It was like the memory wasn’t even there. In a matter of few minutes, their life had turned upside down and he didn’t know how to fix it.

#steve rogers angst #steve rogers au #steve rogers x reader #fanfic #steve rogers smut #steve rogers fluff #dad steve rogers

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autisticempathydaemon · 10 months

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For the Redacted match-up! ^_^

A song I’m currently fixated on: “the lakes” by Taylor Swift. The whole song is just so beautiful and wistful. 😭 And something about the melody of these lyrics just hits so right.

Specific lyrics: “I want auroras and sad prose/I want to watch wisteria grow right over my bare feet/Cause I haven’t moved in years/And I want you right here”

Enneagram type: 6w7. (And just for fun, I’m an ISFP as well)

YouTube essays: I don’t think I can focus my attention on a video for that long, tbh. It’s the same reason I can rarely get through movies in one siting. 😂

Imaginary childhood friend: I think her name was Amy? Don’t remember much else, though.

Falling asleep: I always sleep with my fan on, no matter the weather. I have to have the white noise, otherwise it’s just too damn quiet in my room. Usually I’m propped up by two pillows, cuddling one of my stuffed animals or something. If find that I can’t sleep, or just want something to fall asleep to, I’ll put on one of Redacted’s sleep-aids.

Name change: Cheesy as it sounds, if I didn’t have my current name, I’d love to be named Juliet. It just has such Main Character Energy™️ (and I mean that in a good way) and is freakin’ romantic as hell to me. (And yes, I’m aware that the play is a tragedy, not a romance. 😂)

Favorite Redacted audio: If I had to pick one, I think “Serenity Daemon Helps You Relax and Sleep”. That video is just so freaking comforting and sweet, and it’s knocked me out more times than I can count.

Redacted boi with no appeal: Regulus. Yanderes just aren’t my thing, and he legit scares me. 😅

Book/Movie/TV show you could quote entirely: I’ve watched The Breakfast Club so many times, I could quote it forwards, backwards, and sideways.

Redacted BFF: Elliott. Take away the “Lovers” aspect of his relationship with Sunshine, but keep all the playfulness, teasing, and banter that they have together, and I’d be perfectly happy. 😊

(It’s also a really perfect coincidence that Eli’s said he’s the “Protector” type, and I just so happen to like being protected. XD)

Go-to tired ramble: Most of the time when my any of my friends and I would have a sleepover and it was late at night, we’d just get really deep and start talking about life.

Go-to gas station combo: I try to avoid gas stations when I can, just because I hate the smell of gasoline. But I’d probably get a plain Hershey bar and a bottle of water. (I know, I’m boring. 😂)

Favorite playlist: Do you mean Redacted, or just in general? Because the answer depends.

For a general answer, Jacksepticeye’s play through of Night In The Woods. That game is honestly such a comfort one for me, and I can watch that playlist a million times over and never get tired of it.

In terms of Redacted, Ollie’s. If there’s angst abound on the channel, or I’ve just had a bad day at work or something, I can run to his playlist and feel like I’m getting a big, warm, metaphorical hug. 🥰

Guilty Pleasure: I still read, and love, young adult novels. I don’t care that they’re “predictable”, and that I’m “too old to be reading them”. You can pry those fluffy, romantic, cheesy-ass books from my cold dead hands. 😆

Anything else about me:

I seriously think I’m the biggest Swiftie I know. When I say I’m obsessed with her music, I am not kidding. 😂

I’m a huge musical nerd. And coupled with that, I love, love, love to sing. (Provided I know that no one’s listening, anyway.)

I’m a total introvert, and am pretty shy/quiet in general, unless I’m around my friends.

My love languages are quality time and physical touch.

I maaaaay or may not have a slight candle obsession. (Bath and Body Works ones, specifically.) Seriously, I have like, four unburned 3-wick candles sitting on my dresser, and I’m convinced I just like to collect/look at them as opposed to actually lighting the things. 😂

I’m a cat person through and through

This one’s random, but I felt like adding it anyway. I basically live in one beat up pair of combat boots. There are not a lot of shoes in my closet.

I have this thing where I either tear through a TV series in like, a few days, or I don’t touch it for months. The same with books. I don’t know why I do that. 😂

My favorite colors are blue and purple 💙💜

Well, if you’re a cat kind of guy (gn), you know that’s gonna make things easy for me! Though it might not be the boy you think, because I’ve got a case to make for you and Milo Greer.

What I really like about y’all is how the things y’all like (other than cats) contrast and how cute that contrast is. Like, I don’t think Milo’s a Swiftie but man shows up and shows out to take you to her Eras tour. The Breakfast Club isn’t his favorite movie, but he’s seen it with Marie; he’ll say the iconic lines with you when y’all watch it for the hundredth time. He doesn’t really love musicals but he can hum along to Alexander Hamilton with the best of them because that’s an ensemble piece and you need a backup singer.

Milo’s just a really great boyfriend who shows love with a combination of Quality Time and Acts of Service with little sprinkles of Gifts. It’s not just time spent with you, it’s time spent engaging in the things that interest you and make you happy. It’s the time thinking of you when you’re apart and bringing home fun, new candles he saw at the store. Although he is definitely not opposed to physical touch- y’all have a lot of cuddle nights, just you and him and Aggro.

Song:

However big, however small/ Let me be part of it all/ Share your dreams with me/ You may be right, you may be wrong/ But say that you'll bring me along/ To the world you see/ To the world I close my eyes to see

Now, I said Milo’s not really a musical man. You know what he is? A bisexual king with good taste, which means he loves you and a good Hugh Jackman flick especially since Zac Efron is involved. So I think he’s a big fan of The Greatest Showman and of singing the addictive, earworm-y songs with you. A Million Dreams is the sentimental choice, but y’all go fuckin hard to This is Me.

Runner-Ups:

Guy is absolutely a Swiftie and a musical theater kid, okay? Erik hasn’t confirmed it, but I know it in my spleen to be true, so he’s a fantastic runner-up for that reason. Vincent is a runner-up because he adores but despises that you stick to one pair of torn-up shoes and constantly showers you in luxury footwear. I think that’s cute.

note: I understand you completely candles are not just scent pieces they are decor

Read this post and send me an ask if you’d like a match-up of your own! 💌

#redactedasmr #redactedverse #redacted asmr #redactedaudio #redacted audio #busybee matches

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immaturityofthomasastruc · 2 years

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Can you do a top 10 favorite cure list? Like Cure Happy, Cure Sunshine etc?

Off the top of my head, I’d have to say...

#10: Kokone/Cure Spicy. Even though her show hasn’t ended yet, I still love the way her social anxiety is handled, portraying her as stoic, but with some moments where she gets to show her vulnerable side.

#9: Yuni/Cure Cosmo. I liked the idea of a more anti-heroic Cure joining the team, and her arc where she gradually learned to forgive Aiwarn for what she did was pretty compelling.

#8: Itsuki/Cure Sunshine. While she didn’t really have much of a character arc, I still liked the message she pushed that simply acting feminine doesn’t mean you’re weak, and she had a really cool design.

#7: Hinata/Cure Sparkle. She’s just so full of energy and it’s hard for me to watch any scenes of her without at least cracking a smile on her face.

#6: Towa/Cure Scarlet. As mixed as I am on the whole brainwashing idea to explain away her crimes as Twilight, I still love the idea of Towa going through survivor’s guilt as she struggles to adjust to live as Noble Academy while being the most driven to stop Dyspear.

#5: Tsubomi/Cure Blossom. She had a very solid character arc where she learned to be more assertive and better herself as a person, and starred in one of my favorite episodes of the franchise, the Heartcatch Mirage two-parter.

#4: Yuri/Cure Moonlight. Like Tsubomi, Yuri had a surprising amount of development despite joining the team late into the show, coming to terms with her grief and moving forward, but not necessarily getting over it by the finale.

#3: Setsuna/Cure Passion. This character has one of the best redemption arcs I’ve ever seen, and her interactions with her sort of sister Love are really fun to watch.

#2: Nodoka/Cure Grace. She was genuinely shown to be a strong leader, and it was engaging to see her move on from her “illness” as the show went on, especially with what she did to Daruizen.

#1: Haruka/Cure Flora. The idea of a girl wanting to be a princess sounded weird, but the fact that the writers focused on the idea of Haruka developing as a person as she learned there was more to being a princess than she thought there was made it one of the best character arcs I’ve seen in the franchise so far.

#immaturity of thomas astruc #iota #not miraculous ladybug #precure #pretty cure

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artfightdramaconfessions · 2 years

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In June 2020, I got put into mini games timeout for “using a base” despite the fact that I had drawn every single piece from scratch. I tried to explain this to the mod that timeouted me, I even layered my art in procreate to prove they didn’t line up the way something with a base would have, but they wouldn’t have it. They said unless I had video recording of me drawing each of them, which I didn’t, bc why would I, I needed to redo every single 30+ drawings I’d done over the past year or so. I was completely distraught, I didn’t even do actual artfight that year. The mod treated me really rudely, insinuating that I was lying in a very nasty passive aggressive tone. I quit mini games and just resigned to never doing them again. Even if I redid them, what was to stop them from accusing me of using bases again?? And I just didn’t have the energy to do a years worth of art again. The mod did tell me “due to how much there is you can just DM me with the redos instead of using the channel” (paraphrased since this was 2 and a half years ago I don’t remember the exact wording)

Now with the forgiveness thing that started I finally DMed a mod and asked if anything could be done about this, since a lot of mine were from 2019 and prior.

And that’s when I found out that apparently, this was never something official. This was not recorded in their records, in ANY capacity, apparently the only things I’d been dinged on was the 3 outstanding claims I’d never completed after the mod talked to me, one in each channel. I was really shocked. Idk if they never told anyone else or what happened, but the mod I talked to this time said they could clearly see none of the art was on base and was surprised to hear this at all.

Unfortunately this old mod is someone who I think the wider community still looks upon with fond memories so I’m not going to name names especially since I don’t know their discord anymore so I can’t get proof screenshots (and tbh I’d be hesitant to share them anyways just BECAUSE they seem to be pretty popular, and I’ve been doxxed in the past for speaking against a popular artist) but I want to ask if anyone else had a similar experience

The behind the scenes are so disorganized from what staff has told us, that I would not be surprised if you're being lied to now, and that it WAS in some capacity recorded, but they're looking to shift the blame to older mods (as they have been proven to do of late) rather than confess that they were pulling the puppet strings on that call. It's easier for the higherups to blame their former mods for not doing xyz since said mods have no means of proving otherwise (that they were instructed to do these things by the higherups, who were often not obligated to record things), than to take any form of responsibility. (We cannot provide you screenshot evidence of past occurrences in order to respect the privacy of all of the staff members that have come forward to us, we apologize!) If you would like to privately send us the screenshots you allude to, you are more than welcome to! We can keep these screenshots private between you and us, merely reference them without showing them to protect your (and said mod's) identity!

#artfight #art fight #artfight2022 #submission #not saying this is the case but #do keep this in mind for sure #this is something they have done repeatedly

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