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thatsparrow · 2 months

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thoughts after the first 2 episodes of live-action atla

(mild spoilers to follow)

(these opinions are obviously informed by having grown up on the animated series, and my primarily considering the live-action version in terms of how it holds up as an adaption to a previously existing property, as opposed to wholly treating it as its own entity)

1. the bending was one of the things I was most interested to see, and it's absolutely some of the most visually interesting, creative, and dynamic parts of the show. it also adds a new level of intensity and violence to the fights (gotta say, far more immolation than I expected) — there's a much more visceral sense of what happens when you earthbend a bunch of jagged stones bullet-speed or how it would feel to get hit by a concussive blast of air or that we're dealing with real fire here, and, where the animated show seemed to treat firebending as mainly like dealing force damage to other people (excepting a couple significant, plot-relevant moments, e.g., zuko's scar, aang burning katara's hands, the lightning that hits aang's back), the live-action show makes clear how brutal those hits would actually be (related: also lent a new appreciation to the kyoshi warriors fighting with metal fans—of course if you're a non-bender, you'd need a practical, handheld means not just of fighting, but of blocking elemental attacks coming your way)

2. the first episode starts before the war, establishing the fire nation's plan to attack, and leading with their assault on the southern air temple, aang leaving shortly beforehand and getting caught in the storm, and setting all of this during the "comet festival," previewing the importance of sozin's comet presumably before however they plan to adapt the finale. most of this is information we got in flashbacks in the animated show (some of it shown explicitly, some just alluded to). I liked the sequence at the southern air temple, but I do think the decision to dedicate a big chunk of the pilot to this backstory shows how much of the live-action focuses on exposition and tying everything into the overarching story. will get into it more once katara and sokka meet aang, but one of my biggest takeaways with the longer episode run-times and shorter season (a decision I'm sure was logistically/executively driven) is that the show feels like it has no time to breathe. they're trying to fit so much story into eight episodes that suddenly everything has to be in service of setting up all the things aang has to do and finding ways to get him through that checklist of goals as soon as possible, as opposed to the characters organically exploring the world, driven by the fun, curious, sometime selfish impulses of kids/teenagers, coming across the ever-present consequences of the war and reacting to those situations, ramping up the stakes throughout the season

3. I'll give the live-action credit in that I think it's able to create a sense of scale and grandeur in a way that doesn't always translate in the animated version. the southern air temple and the surrounding mountains truly feel up in the clouds. the wreckage of the fire nation ship that katara explores feels massive. the spine and ribs supporting the water tribe's tent. appa's size comparison to all the other characters! those visuals added a new element and depth to the scenes that I thought was really well done

4. okay, one of my main beefs was how often it felt like they changed the plot in a way that removed agency from the characters. things are happening around them rather than really done by them. aang's emergence from the iceberg is a great example of this. instead of being caused by katara's explosive bursts of anger (also previewing how strong she is as a bender), it almost felt more like something that happened to coincide with her trying to summon the canoe back. was she the source? it was hard to tell. and if not, you lose all the impetus that comes from katara (and sokka, inadvertently) being the ones to bring about aang's arrival. instead, they just happen to be at the right place in the right time.

5. again, it's wild to me how fast the story moved. I left the room for like ten minutes right when zuko's ship was arriving, and when I came back, they were already leaving on appa for the southern air temple (which also happened in the same episode! wild!!)

6. aside — re: the previous point about the characters' lack of agency, was thinking about this in terms of aang and katara not hitting the tripwire in the old fire nation ship—a moment of two kids exploring a place they're not supposed to be, making a mistake, and that mistake having ramifications. feels like such a byproduct of current media engagement/discourse that the characters don't seem allowed to make mistakes or have negative attributes or fuck up at all really! if something bad happens, it's caused externally, and if there's any internal or interpersonal tension, it's solved right away

(okay quick read more break bc this got a little long)

7. side effect of that compressed timeline, trying to balance all the various storylines while also prioritizing exposition and plot, there's no room for character development, let alone the characters getting a chance to know one another. no time passes between aang waking up in the southern water tribe and katara and sokka agreeing to go with him. other than him being the avatar, why do they really care about one another? what's their connection? it doesn't feel like they have much of one, not helped by the fact that the next episode has them all pursuing (mostly) separate ends

8. one thing that the compressed timeline also felt like it was missing was room for fun—that aang's first thought on waking up was wanting to go penguin sledding, that when they reach the southern air temple they first play airball, that he wants to go kyoshi island to ride giant koi fish! the live-action version has so little time to focus on anything but plot that it missed this piece of a 12-year-old kid being a 12-year-old kid, who left the air temple in part because he was overwhelmed by the responsibility in front of him, who wants to explore the world and, in the process, can't help but continue to come across all these consequences of the fire nation's conquest—moments which often hit that much harder for the moments of levity just before (e.g., aang beating sokka in airball before discovering gyatso's body)

9. coming from the animated series, it was a little—surprising, I guess? how quickly aang leans wholeheartedly into his destiny to end the war, and that becomes the guiding motivation for their decisions, e.g., visiting kyoshi island to seek out the shrine, rather than just goofing around with some giant koi fish (granted, I haven't seen the animated series in a while, but I really felt like mention of studying waterbending, particularly katara wanting to improve as a waterbender, was raised much earlier). additionally, given how quickly he accepts the responsibility, so much of his internal tension revolves around being afraid of his own power and how to best approach his aims, rather than the animated show's more persistent early dilemma of him being reluctant to accept the mantle of avatar and all that goes with it (this is maybe going to sound like a goofy way of phrasing it, but live-action aang feels more like a character than he does like a kid)

10. again, a side effect of the compressed timeline, but because there are significantly fewer episodes (8 vs… 20?), there's this need to have everything be related to the central story. I think back to the animated show, where so many of the episodes' stakes were less directly tied to the fire nation (certainly initial events might be triggered or influenced by the nature of the war/conquest existing around them, the characters living under the shadow of that past and current violence, but then the episode's tension would be focused elsewhere.) zuko wasn't the main villain for every episode, or his pursuance of the gaang often felt more like a 1v1 than the gaang up against the might of the fire nation. necessarily, the live-action show needs to move more quickly, but it's wild to me that zhao is introduced and leads a force against the gaang in episode two, when we've barely event gotten a sense of zuko as an adversary

11. overall, I thought all the actors were really solid, particularly the kids/teenagers — I was struck by how much aang and katara felt like kids in comparison to sokka, suki, and zuko

12. that said, I feel like the actors are doing their best with what they've been given, which so often feels like not enough. I was really struck, particularly in episode 2, how much of a backseat character katara felt like, which is wild! I think her actor does a great job of conveying katara's hope and stubbornness, but it was frustrating me how little it sememed like her character had to do. the sokka/suki romance is fun, but it did feel very unbalanced to me how much focus that got, and how little screentime katara received in comparison (she goes with aang to the library, she watches him when she's in the spirit world, she stands up to zuko, and that's… mostly it? man I don't know, maybe it gets corrected in later episodes, but in my mind, she's such a driving force in the animated show, and in the live-action, it feels like she's been made as uncomplicated as possible, and that leads to her being a much less action-driven character)

13. very cool and fun how they represented the spirit world! there was a disorienting, unsettling, dream-like element to it that added a new sense of unreality and danger to what those trips to the spirit world would feel like

14. so. I get why kyoshi is the first avatar aang speaks to, bc you've established his rationale for visiting kyoshi island as seeking out her shrine, but it definitely felt… odd? disastifying? that she's the first avatar he speaks to as opposed to roku. kyoshi has such a specific perspective as the avatar, one that's often at odds with aang's approach informed by having been raised by the monks, and so it was surprising to have this first conversation with a past avatar be one where the two are inherently disaligned in their methods, compared to the mentor/mentee relationship between roku and aang

15. speaking of the conversation between aang and kyoshi, the resolution to that moment being kyoshi taking over aang's body to fight off zhao also felt like another instance of the characters having less agency, and therefore less opportunity to learn from their choices. instead of balancing kyoshi's advice with the monks' teachings, she does all the fighting for aang, so he's absolved from needing to thread that needle. instead of stealing the waterbending scroll and incurring the anger of the pirates, it's just given to katara (and she struggles significantly less with learning the forms)

16. this is a small thing, but I was hoping to see far more animals than we have. no penguins? no rough riders? no giant koi fish? no unagi?? (I know with the changes, they didn't have much role in the plot, but I always want a giant water eel)

17. I was very surprised that the motivation for visiting the northern water temple was kyoshi's warning to aang, rather than him and katara trying to find a waterbending master, which still felt like a good enough reason on its own. I have to assume it's to establish urgency because by the end of the ep, there are only 6 episodes left in the season, but it leads to feeling like the characters are just being ushered from one location to the next for the sake of checking off plot points, rather than them choosing what to do and where to go based on their own inner motivations

18. I think that's everything

tldr there were elements of watching it that I really enjoyed, but having grown up on the animated series, it was difficult to watch the live-action without also keeping the animated series analogs in mind and often feeling less satisfied by the adaptation choices that were made—understandable ones, to be sure, to suit the constraints of the shorter season, and likely a whole host of other logistical and production concerns, but I do think the plot and characters suffer as a result

#avatar the last airbender #atla #atla live action #atla spoilers #kayla's media tag #avatar

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stars-and-the-min · 16 days

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☆ the wrong way to hard launch (6) | OP81

summary : oscar's girlfriend is a walking pr problem for literally everyone (including herself) social media au

pairing : oscar piastri x zhou!fem!singer!oc

a/n the highs (friends) and lows (exes) of life aka lina lore 👀 preface : i know nothing about nfl or american football so suspend ur beliefs if u happen to know a thing or two, also my amateur photoshopping skills are really improving from this

masterlist | last part | part 6 | next part

INSTAGRAM

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logansargeant The long-awaited ultimate rematch tagged: selinabui and oscarpiastri

alex_albon Wait, why wasn't I invited?

selinabui ok captain america pack it up ↳ logansargeant @ selinabui Stay mad 😎 ↳ oscarpiastri @ selinabui Why would you challenge two professional racing drivers to a racing game? ↳ selinabui @ oscarpiastri i thought you loved me? ↳ oscarpiastri @ selinabui Ah but you love winners more 😏 ↳ logansargeant @ oscarpiastri Stop flirting in my comments???

cofrisy_f1 LOSCAR??? OSCALINA??? LOLINA???

beemiepie she chose the orange car 🥺🥺🥺 ↳ siera_mblanc @beemiepie a true papaya girlie 🧡🧡

cameliazzz just posted to their story

replies selinabui cami, did u or did u not insist u'd be fine 😭

lukaszhang the SLANDER??? didn't we have loads of fun???

aidan_ebass Touché Millie, see you soon?

eb_jonno sidenote: can you bring mochi on the plane? are there food restrictions?

oscarpiastri

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oscarpiastri 次回まで trans: until next time

piastri_lina obsessed with this couple's dedication to never tagging each other

opeightyone Get 'em next year 💪

selinabui currently feeling like a 1930's housewife waiting for her husband to return from war ↳ cameliazzz @ selinabui HELLO NOT YOU PLAGARISING MY STORY??? FOR A GUY??? ↳ selinabui @ cameliazzz nooooo wifey i didn't mean like that :(((

TWITTER

lina !!! @EB_selina · 37m you've gotta be shitting me

NFL Jersey Numbers @nfljerseywatch · 1h Tennessee Titans RB Thomas Howard (@THowdy) is wearing number 24. Last worn by Kenny Vaccaro. #Titans

↳ kayla @luna_apocolypse · 34m no fucking way... i don't wanna jump to conclusions but... ↳ emme @flowersforcami · 32m he tweeted about it. girl- jump to those conclusions.

Thomas Howard @THowdy · 58m The move to the #Titans has been a huge change, and 24 has been a number close to my heart for many years, I'd consider it a lucky number for a lucky year 👊 ↳ liv is SEEING EB LIVE!! @olivielina · 23m eat shit and die i'm so fucking serious you have no right to wear her number ↳ kayla @luna_apocolypse · 22m hahaha (not) funny but april fools was last week say sike RIGHT NOW

fiona🩷 @fififorlina · 29m thinking about how tommy is playing with lina’s number i'm weak 😭 ↳ 🕯️manifesting EB3 🕯️@ linabelles · 13m no, we're absolutely not doing this, it's not sweet at all, do you even know how badly he treated lina? ↳ emme @flowersforcami · 11m there are tommy-supporting linami’s in this day and age???

oscalina real ?! @emptyginbottles · 39m lina watching her ex and cousin play/drive with her number be like:

↳ lila💚 @kasdanrights · 23m idk how to feel bc it's kinda hilarious that our little rockstar is slowly plaguing the sporting world with her number

lina !!! @EB_selina · 22m @LoganSargeant for my own mental health we're not going to talk for the next... 50 years ↳ Logan Sargeant @LoganSargeant · 8m I'm sorry? Did I do something wrong? ↳ lina !!! @EB_selina · 5m it's not you, it's just your countrymen (i'm generalising again)

MESSAGES

from the phone of selina bui

TWITTER

liv is SEEING EB LIVE!! @olivielina · 35m WHY IS EVERYONE FLOODING MY TL WITH T*MMY SHIT ↳ liv is SEEING EB LIVE!! @olivielina · 34m lina is one of the only music girlies who is SO SO SO vocal about how much she HATES her ex and you still can't listen to her??? ↳ liv is SEEING EB LIVE!! @olivielina · 34m not just with her music but as in SHE OUTRIGHT HATES HIS GUTS ON MAIN she COULD NOT possibly make it clearer that she would rather shoot herself in the head than ever consider getting back together with him ↳ liv is SEEING EB LIVE!! @olivielina · 33m i'm so tired can't you just let the woman be happy with oscar ↳ abby <3 @devilvows · 17m liv, baby, i think you need to change ur name to 'defense minister of linami nation'

INSTAGRAM

selinabui

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selinabui some weird second string loser who's not worth mentioning

cameliazzz thought the message was 'let everyone know i'm doing ok'? ↳ selinabui @ cameliazzz message appropriately sent :)

oliviarodrigo AAHHH stunning as always 💝💝 ↳ selinabui @ oliviarodrigo watch out, the literal moment we're in the same city i'm hunting u down (my favourite american 🥺)

oscarpiastri Haha not me though right :) ↳ selinabui @ oscarpiastri idk maybe...?

TWITTER

lina !!! @EB_selina · 1h this is really hindering my enjoyment of 'so american' ↳ Oscar Piastri @ OscarPiastri · 1h I reaaally hate to break it to you but I think you might be the American in this relationship ↳ lina !!! @EB_selina · 53m take that back rn i'm serious ↳ Oscar Piastri @ OscarPiastri · 49m Which one of us has lived in California for half a decade? 🤔

↳ abby <3 @devilvows · 37m can you imagine waking up to that face? oscar piastri, you lucky bitch

↳ lila💚 @kasdanrights · 2h oscar piastri i was not familiar with your game ↳ lila💚 @kasdanrights · 2h selina, i understand you now, i get it now, truly i do, hooooly

oscalina real ?! @ emptyginbottles · 1h i think the entire empty bottles fandom and oscalina shippers trying to cleanse the tl by posting some of the most jaw-clenching, hottest pictures of oscar and lina is so funny ↳ oscalina real ?! @ emptyginbottles · 1h the best part is that it's actually working and also so many more empty bottles fans are realising how unfairly attractive oscar piastri is

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selinabui heal my s(e)oul tagged: cameliazzz, blublublupi, and lukaszhang

lukaszhang i thought i specifically asked you not to post that ↳ selinabui @lukaszhang i actually wasn't gonna but then you told me not to so obviously i had to

oscarpiastri 🧡 ↳ selinabui @ oscarpiastri any other fucking colour heart i beg ↳ oscarpiastri @ selinabui You know I'm contractually obligated

emptybottlos i'm convinced they agreed to go on tour just to travel, visit friends and eat a bunch of authentic food

ceciliapham someone else is in seoul rn 👀 ↳ marie_h.sb @ceciliapham in what world do you think your gonna see lina and chris yamada in the same room again?

✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ:✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ:✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ:

taglist @ririyulife @ashy-kit @fionaschicken @namgification @cherry-piee

#f1 #oscar piastri #oscar piastri x oc #oscar piastri x reader #oscar piastri fanfic #oscar piastri imagine #oscar piastri smau #formula 1 fanfic #formula 1 smau #f1 fic #f1 smau #f1 imagine #f1 social media au

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hanniluvi · 2 months

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— ✦ OH MY ! - BERMUDA LINE SMAU

✦ SYNOPSIS : Despite being okay with being single, your friend Ningning can’t help but feel sad for you. So, as her job as a matchmaker, she sets you up for a blind date! Not being able to refuse, you got ready for this date … but why is there three men in front your house ?!

⤷ not one, not two, but three guys show up to your doorstep, claiming that they are your blind date.

➷ THE DATES! — model!younghoon , model!hyunjae , model!juyeon x fem!reader

ִ ۫ ₊ MATCH IN MAKING 📄 . . : social media au, non-idol au, blind date au, strangers 2 lovers, fluff, crack.

𝄞 DETAILS — possible random timestamps, use of kys + kms jokes, friends may jokingly bully each other, will add more if there’s anything else!

… INCLUDING . . : ningning from aespa, eric + chanhee from the boyz, sieun from stayc, serim from cravity, yeonjun from tomorrow x together.

☏ NOTE - you may be wondering , um soph don’t you already have oh my posted? well, after putting it onto hold, i wanted to to revamp it a little bit (well, a lot..)! had to do my first tbz smau right!! there will definitely be some changes in this smau!! there still will be the old ver up :) enjoyyyy sjjsjs

and obviously, this smau is dedicated to kayla (whose been asking for it since last year), sia (who was thinking abt stanning tbz bc of this , i am quite honored), sona (obv!!)

STATUS — ONGOING | FEB 26 2024 TO ???

➷ AND THE MATCHING STARTS ⌞ CHAPTERS ⌝

ෆ PROFILES ! the lunatics [y/n] | the famous [bermuda]

DATE 001 — 0 hoes but 100% swag

DATE 002 — THE model trio

DATE 003 — some shady business

DATE 004 — errr is this the set…?

to be added …

note : unpublished chapters may have their names changed!

🎧— dm, ask, or comment to be tagged!

TBZ PERM TAGLIST — @flwoie @haruavrse @bearseulgs @ilovewonyo @wtfhyuck @ineedaherosavemeenow @ilovechanhee @ja4hyvn @vampcharxter

OH MY TAGLIST — @haknom @wonieleles @wvnkoi @tocupid @be0mlvr @nanadreamies @conwunder

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powerpolyculeshowdown · 2 months

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Mod's Self Indulgent Polyship Poll Masterpost

Hello and welcome to the poll where I cannot lose! As the winner of the next-poll poll, we mark the return of powerpolycule showdown with my own self indulgent poll, where every contest is a polyship I like so whoever wins I also win 💖

While the premise likely sounds a bit selfish, I hope you find something among the contestants that speaks to you, and maybe you'll have yourself a new polyship or even just a new piece of beloved media even if you disagree with me (which is fine!!). Do keep in mind the ships vary from canon, to personal headcanons that will never happen to "the creators were onto something here I swear but they were cowards".

Now, the rules!

Vote for whoever you like best, if you don't know them, please check out their descriptions! I worked very hard to write those.

Don't be an asshole in the notes section. If I see a fandom being particularly toxic I will disqualify that ship. You don't need to like everything, just don't be rude.

Propaganda is welcome and encouraged!

As a personal rule to myself, I left out 3 of our beloved polycules from last year because the next poll will be rare polyships, and I believe they fit that category. They will be returning there!

There will be revival rounds because I was unable to narrow the list down to 16, and I didn't want to exclude any other ships. So if a polyship you like loses their first poll, not all hope is lost!!

Not a rule, but a reminder: The inclusion of a polyship does not mean I support or condone statements from any of the cast members from the source media.

Tags:

#selfindulgentpoll - all posts relevant to this poll

#siround[n] - every post for each poll will be tagged this way, [n] representing the number correspondent to each round (#siround1, #siround2, etc)

#sirevival[n] - revival round polls, [n] representing the number of the revival poll (#sirevival1, #sirevival2, etc)

#sipropaganda - any propagabda posts/reblogs/asks by other people. if u like any of the ships, make sure to campaign for it so it has higher chances of winning!!

#polypoll or #bonus poll - any poll made by me not directly related to the competition

#poll boost - self reblog of the polls for visibility, for people who might want to block those.

Relevant links:

Match Ups

Round 1 (finished!)

@tournament-announcer

List of contestants under the cut!

Roy/Keeley/Jamie (Ted Lasso)

Gwen/Miles/Hobie (Spiderverse)

Wu Zetian/Li Shimin/Gao Yizhi (Iron Widow)

Julien/Marnie/Roman (Charity Case)

Eddie Munson/Steve Harrington/Nancy Wheeler/Robin Buckley (Stranger Things)

Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson/Chrissy Cunningham (Stranger Things)

Kayla/Elise/Hotaru (Shootaround)

Oikawa/Iwaizumi/Matsukawa/Hanamaki (Haikyuu)

Akaashi/Bokuto/Kuroo/Kenma (Haikyuu)

Ennoshita/Tanaka/Kanoka (Haikyuu)

Midna/Zelda/Link (Twilight Princess)

Zelda/Link/Sidon/Yona (Tears of the Kingdom)

Geralt/Jaskier/Yennefer (The Witcher)

Martin/Jon/Tim/Sasha (The Magnus Archives)

Georgie/Melanie/Rosie (The Magnus Archives)

Jon/Martin/Gerry (The Magnus Archives)

Georgie/Melanie/Basira/Daisy (The Magnus Archives)

Georgie/Melanie/Helen Distortion (The Magnus Archives)

Jon/Martin/Tim (The Magnus Archives)

Sam/Celia/Alice/Gwen (The Magnus Protocol)

Stede/Blackbeard/Izzy (Our Flag Means Death)

Black Pete/Lucius/Izzy (Our Flag Means Death)

Penny/Sam/Sebastian/Abigail (Stardew Valley)

Farmer/Leah/Elliot (Stardew Valley)

Zack/Cloud/Aerith/Tifa/Jessie/Briggs/Wedge (FF7R)

Edward/Winry/Paninya (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)

York/Rosé/Grendan (Drawtectives)

Megaera/Zagreus/Thanatos (Hades)

(yes a huge chunk is magnus archives and i will not apologize)

#powerpolyculeshowdown #self indulgent poll masterpost #self indulgent poll #polyamory #polycule #polyships #polls #selfindulgentpoll

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thisismysecondrodeo · 1 year

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Twitter Famous (Jason Sudeikis x Reader) - Chapter 1

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You had never planned on being a musician. When you were younger you thought maybe astronaut or author—there was still time for one of those things but it seemed you hadn’t made it out of the A’s in your career book—but after getting into songwriting in college, selling a few of your songs, and a few viral videos of you actually performing, you had carved out a small niche for yourself as a musical artist. It was strange to think about, but you had reached exactly the level of celebrity you were comfortable with—very famous to a decent-sized group of people, and absolutely nonexistent to everyone else.

The combination of medium celebrity and the fact that you’d never sought fame at all was probably why you were a little looser with social media than your manager, Kayla, would like. You were never offending anyone, you mainly just tweeted personal information that she’d rather you kept to yourself—like how finishing the show Normal People made you sad and horny or the story of the worst date you’d ever been on that ended with you peeing your pants in an In-N-Out.

You were taking a break at the recording studio while working on your second album. It was hard to handle the writing block sometimes, a lot of pressure to keep creating something greater than what came before. The studio was wood-paneled and a little smokey, but comfortable. You’d recorded your debut album there as well and so it felt like being in your own living room when you told your producer you needed a break and flopped down on the black leather couch in the corner to pull out your phone.

“Headed to the corner store, need anything,” your producer, Chris, asked, sliding his vape out of his pocket and wiggling it. You didn’t need the hint that he was going to get pods, he vaped so much that talking to him was like trying to peer through fog at the San Francisco bridge. Though you and weed were well acquainted, neither vapes nor cigarettes were your speed.

“All good, thanks, Chris.”

He nodded and shut the door behind him, leaving you alone with your thoughts which was never a good thing, especially when a recording session wasn’t going well. The songs were technically all written, but when you went to record you realized they needed work and inspiration just wasn’t hitting you. It didn’t help that a lot of what you were recording were love songs, written during a relationship that ended poorly, to say the least. Your ex was mildly famous himself and a musician as well, which you had hoped meant he’d understand you. After all, what was being a musician if not just trying over and over again to make yourself understood? But he had wanted fame more than he ever wanted to be comprehended, which meant wanting your relationship dragged into any tabloid that would report on it and every date you went on filmed for Instagram and TikTok…and on one memorable occasion, live-streamed on Twitch. So it was hard to record songs you’d written while deeply in love now that you were rather apathetic to the whole thing. But you also couldn’t just rewrite every song as a breakup song no matter how much you wanted to when you’d already started recording, so you tweaked what you could to make sure you didn’t sound…inauthentic.

But when tweaking lyrics wasn’t enough you scrolled social media and tried to inspire the feelings you had when you wrote the songs. And as embarrassing as it was, you normally did that by looking at pictures and videos of your celebrity crush, Jason Sudeikis. You’d been a fan of his since you were young watching him on SNL but your little crush had ramped up since the Ted Lasso craze which meant lots of content for you to lust after. You scrolled past a video of him performing onstage for a charity event called Thundergong and thanked your lucky stars that Chris was gone so you could watch the video 3 times over.

You chuckled as you tweeted:

You weren’t surprised it was relatable as the notifications started rolling in but after bantering with a few people Chris came back swinging a plastic bag on one finger and you locked your phone to get back to work.

A few hours later, you’d had more success recording but you were still mentally and emotionally exhausted by the time you hopped in your car to head home. You certainly weren’t excited to sit in LA traffic but you had just downloaded an audiobook you were looking forward to listening to. Connecting your phone to Bluetooth made you realize just how much you’d missed since you tweeted—a slew of Twitter notifications, more Instagram follows, 2 missed calls from Kayla, and a dozen texts.

You chuckled, calling Kayla back and bracing for her playfully admonishing you to keep some thoughts to yourself.

“Hiiii Kayla.”

“Hi Y/N…how are you,” she sounded genuinely curious which only amused you more.

“I feel like I’m pretty good…but I also feel like you’re calling to tell me I’m in trouble.”

“Not trouble…,” Kayla trailed off, but she laughed and so did you. “WHY did you tweet that? I mean don’t get me wrong it’s not a bad thing I’m just suddenly fielding requests from interviews trying to find out what over 40 man you’re dating, and I’d like to know too.”

“No one! I’m not dating anyone,” you laughed. “Honestly? I had just watched a video of Jason Sudeikis singing.”

If anyone knew the ins and outs of your crush on Jason, it was Kayla, who you regularly asked if the two of you would ever be at the same place. It was mostly a joke, you knew you’d lose your mind in the same room as him, but there was a non-zero chance you’d run into him considering you'd started playing the late-night show circuit.

If you thought Kayla was laughing before she was really cackling now. “THAT’S what that’s about?! Oh my God, Y/N, you’re ridiculous. I would still recommend you keep that to yourself—an age gap like that will shoot you straight to trending.”

“You say that like if he found out he’d be at all interested. I guarantee you that man doesn’t want me.”

Kayla sighed. “How many times do I have to remind you that you are more famous and more beautiful and more talented than you seem to think?”

“Yeah, yeah, yeah I think I pay you to say that though,” you laughed, taking the exit towards home. “Appreciate it though. And sorry to make your life harder.”

“Nah, it was funny. And I know fame isn’t your goal, but…not the worst thing for album promotion.”

“God, I’m going to be asked about this constantly aren’t I,” you groaned but you only had yourself to blame. “Oh well, my fault. Night, Kayla.”

“Night, Y/N.”

When you got home, made yourself dinner, and worked up the nerve to open Twitter again. It was mostly people guessing who you were talking about, trying to get you to tell them, or just volunteering their own Over-40s and it was a solid list: Chris Evans, Oscar Isaac, Sterling K. Brown, and so on and so forth. A few valid critiques of heterosexuality, considering you weren’t straight yourself.

You thought about just picking one person and telling them the truth but for the sake of Kayla’s heartburn you decided to keep that to yourself for now—instead, you added:

Still relatable, still honest, but also still clearly a joke and it took a little heat off of people wanting to know who you were dating. You were just being thirsty on the internet and who could blame you for that?

Another week, another studio session and this one was worse than before. Your tweet was still getting the occasional notification but obviously, it blew over. It wasn’t like you were the first person to think that, and you certainly wouldn’t be the last.

“I can just tell that your heart isn’t in it,” Chris sighed, pausing the recording playback. “I mean you always sound great, but we both know this ain’t it.”

You spun around in the chair next to Chris, your face pointed at the ceiling, eyes closed, as you took a deep breath and released it slowly. “I know, I know. But the lyrics are garbage.” The studio door opened and closed but you didn’t open your eyes.

“The lyrics aren’t garbage. They meant something to you at one point, they’re good. You’re just singing them like they’re sarcastic.”

You laughed because you knew he was right. “Listen, I just—”

“Need to get laid?”

You picked your head up to see it was Andie who had entered, your best friend since college, and an up-and-coming actress herself who you hung out with more than anyone. She had just gotten off set and told you she’d swing by to hear your new stuff, and you weren’t surprised she showed up just in time to see you close to freaking out.

“Me getting laid isn’t going to make this song any better. Hear it for yourself.”

You motioned for Chris to start the recording over and the three of you listened to about 30 seconds of it before he cut it again. Andie was sitting on the couch with her knees pulled up to her chest as she listened, gently rocking to the music.

“So,” you asked, “you see?”

“Lyrics are good, music is good…I stand by my assessment, you just need to get railed so you sound like you actually believe what you're saying.” Chris laughed and you gave him an exasperated look but he only shrugged and motioned that he was stepping outside. Andie came over and took his seat.

“Okay, so if you don’t want to get railed—”

“Didn’t say that, it’s just not that easy.”

“Then I don’t know…what’s something you can do that makes you FEEL like you just got railed?”

It was classic Andie to be so preoccupied with you having sex, but she only wanted the best for you and she knew your ex had…not been it. She just wanted to see you having fun. And in truth it wasn’t a bad suggestion, you thought on it for a moment, humming.

“Honestly? I watch Sleeping with Other People for the 100th time.”

Andie laughed, “You should tweet that, it's funny.”

“You know Kayla hates when I’m funny,” you joked, but you were already pulling out your phone. “Soooo, movie night tonight?”

Andie stood up as Chris came back into the studio and returned to the couch. “I don’t know dude, that sounds like something you should do in private.”

You chuckled and Chris looked confused but didn’t ask any questions which you appreciated. “You, uh, ready to get back in the booth?”

“Let’s try the next track, just give me one sec,” you were staring at your phone as you responded and then you locked it and sat it on the desk before opening the door to the booth.

When you came back out Andie was looking at you wide-eyed.

“What, was it that good?”

Andie just grinned. “Check your Twitter.”

You couldn’t help it, you squealed and Andie cackled like a fool. Jason Sudeikis liked your tweet.

“That recording was really good, I think—”

“Not now Chris, can’t you see her crush liked her tweet,” Andie giggled and Chris rolled his eyes, but you were embarrassed so you just locked your phone.

“Sorry, sorry, I’m here, I’m focused. That can wait.”

“Can it?! @ him right now and tell him you have a crush on him I swear to god,” Andie’s face was enthusiastic and you wanted to join her in her excitement but you also wanted Chris to take you seriously.

“Andie! It's alright, just come over later, we’ll drink wine and squeal. Promise.”

“Alright, I get the hint. I’m just gonna go flirt with the front desk guy again, get me when you’re done."

A woman of your word, after the two of you left the recording studio you poured Andie a glass of wine and listened to her try to convince you that you should try to DM Jason Sudeikis.

“He doesn’t follow me.”

“Okay, but everyone knows he, like, searches his name or whatever. He clearly sees tweets about him…”

“And?”

“Annnnd you should tweet at him.”

The two of you were standing in the kitchen, picking at a premade charcuterie board you’d picked up on the way home. It was already dark out and chances were high that Andie would be staying the night, which only added to the sleepover vibe.

“We’re strangers Andie, he has no clue who I am, I’m not just gonna harass him on Twitter.”

Andie threw her hands up in the air. “How many times do I have to remind you that you are hot and also famous? He might be interested! Look, why don’t you just go back to last week’s 'men over 40 tweet', pick one of the people clamoring to find out who you were talking about, and mention him. If he doesn’t see it, no harm, no foul. If he DOES see it and he’s not interested, you were just interacting with fans. And if he IS interested…then I’m a genius, you owe me a hundred bucks, and I get to name your first child.”

You scoffed, a small smile on your face. You loved Andie, you loved how she encouraged your nonsense, but you knew there was no way anything would ever come of it. You groaned playfully, “Okay but no children.”

“Fine, dog.”

“Deal.”

You pulled out your phone and followed through, butterflies in your stomach the whole time. You tossed your phone away from you like a bomb as soon as it was done.

When you woke up a little hungover with a missed call from Kayla, you thought you might be trending again. You weren’t really surprised to see Jason liked the tweet, even if it did make you swoon. You were more surprised that he followed you. But you were stunned that it wasn’t you that was trending… It was #ShootYourShotJason

Every other tweet you saw was “Jason ask her out” and “Jason make a move”. A few that suggested you were out of his league, a few more wondering who the hell you were. But most importantly, Jason was liking every single one.

“ANDIE,” you yelled, knowing she could hear you from the guest room. She came in rubbing her eyes and grunting. “What the hell did we do?!”

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coffeebanana · 1 year

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CoffeeBanana Master Post

Hello! This is mostly a Miraculous Ladybug blog, with a dash or ten of whatever else piques my interest.

Here is my Ao3.

Commonly used tags:

#kayla rambles - for posts where i just say random things, usually not fandom-related

#coffeebanana fics - for posts i make to promo my own fics

#coffeebanana writes - for tumblr snippets/fics i've cross-posted to tumblr from ao3 (aka things you can read on tumblr)

#coffeebanana art - there's only one thing here so far but i'm being optimistic LOL

#ml [episode name] AND #[episode name] spoilers - for posts relating to new/upcoming ml episodes. new episodes will be tagged as such for at least two weeks after they air, sometimes longer depending on circumstances

#ml s6 - for season 6 promo and speculation, as this becomes more prevalent

Thank you for visiting/following/engaging with me on this hellsite!

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[PS: A small number of my fics--typically short ones/ficlets--are only posted on tumblr, and I've listed these below the cut.]

Tumblr Ficlets!! Most of these don't have titles, so I'm listing them via vague descriptions.

- Marigami kiss - Ladrien run into each other (post S4 h/c) - Indirect Kisses on Not So Lonely Rooftops (ladynoir) - Feluka (Luka finds Felix sitting alone at a party) - Adrino hurt/comfort - Chlogami (saying i love you without saying it) - Depressed Adrien (post-reveal h/c) - Ladynoir Enemies AU ft. sentiAdrien - Kwamis Social Media AU - Core Four fluff - pre-OT4 Adrino kiss (angsty) - Adrien broken ribs core four h/c - Adrino magical ghost shrooms that also teleport you - Ladynoir "platonically" cuddling kiss - Loveynoir truth or dare akuma kiss prompt (Loveybug AU) - Another Ladynoir Kiss Prompt - Ladrien ft. plant growth videosff

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Volunteer with us!

CrossingsCon is looking for volunteers to help make the convention a reality, and our sister project Linguistics After Dark is also currently in need of volunteers. Here’s what we’re looking for right now:

Marketing Lead: In this position, you will plan and implement a marketing strategy for CrossingsCon. You’ll be collaborating with our Head of Marketing & Design, and with 3-5 other people in the design and PR departments, as well as support from the rest of the staff.

Graphic Designer: In this position, you will create and use brand-consistent (CrossingsCon and Linguistics After Dark) design elements for social media and for at-con items such as signage, merchandise, and program booklets. You’ll be collaborating with our Head of Marketing & Design, in a design team of 2-3 people, plus another 2-3 people in the larger department of marketing/social media/PR, with support from the rest of the staff.

Social Media Manager: In this position, you will engage with a given social media platform on behalf of Linguistics After Dark and/or CrossingsCon, posting original content and/or re[blogging/tweeting/posting/sharing] and/or engaging with other users’ posts. You’ll be working with the existing social media teams, including Sarah (LxAD) and Kayla (CC), and with graphic design help from the rest of the design team

Events/Programming Coordinator: In this position, you will plan, schedule, and facilitate activities and events that take place at CrossingsCon. (You don’t have to facilitate all of them! Bi-location is not required, though it would certainly be a valuable asset =P) You’ll be collaborating with Emma, our Head of Guevents, in a guests/events team of 3-4 people, with support from the rest of the staff.

Guest Liaison: In this position, you will research potential guests for CrossingsCon, coordinate contracts with them, and facilitate their travel to/from + experience at the convention. You’ll be collaborating with Emma, our Head of Guevents, in a guests/events team of 3-4 people, with support from the rest of the staff.

Video Editor: In this position, you will watch videos, trim beginnings and ends, add title cards, and possibly adjust sound if needed. You’ll be working in a video/caption team of 3-4 people, with support from the rest of the staff. As of July 2023, video-editing work is on recorded panels from previous CrossingsCon conventions.

Captioning/Transcription: In this position, you will check auto-generated captions for accuracy and add speaker tags as necessary, as well as reformat captions to a readable transcript. You’ll be working in a video/caption team of 3-4 people, with support from the rest of the staff. As of July 2023, most captioning work is on recorded panels from previous CrossingsCon conventions.

Anything else? Do you have a skill or passion you think would be a great fit for our projects? Let us know!

Join us by applying here or contact [email protected] to learn more.

#crossingscon #young wizards #volunteer #hiring

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pinkycustomworld · 1 year

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hey friends!!

my name is kayla (or you can just call me kay) :3 i am here to talk about my comfort media!

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this is my new blog where i will make lego friends content and share other lego friends posts because along with disney fairies, rainbow high, etc. lego friends is a huge brainrot of mine!

🌈 ABOUT ME

GENERATIONS: i’m a big fan of all of the versions of lego friends. the original generation is of course the most nostalgic, girls on a mission is very creative and innovative, and the most recent version is an adorable modern take on the world of friends 💖

CONTENT: i will post all sorts of content! between fanarts, edits, headcanons, rant posts, and more. you can also find me on my main @georgiasbloom where i post about all my doll medias and fandoms (i’d usually just maintain one account but there’s an animal inside of me that loves creating separate accounts for more organization on my fav medias) and @mermaidrani where i post about my most fav media, disney fairies ✨

FANDOM: i’ve been a big fan of lego friends since 2019 when my closest friends inspired me to get back into my childhood media :) ever since then, i’ve made tons of lego friends edits and been active in creating for instagram and fandom spaces. i’m content vibing in the corner with my small circle of friends, but it’s always nice to find posts by people online who are a fan :P 🎀

FAVOURITES: it’s hard to pick favs, and i’ve definitely flipped between all the main five girls throughout time. emma is my closest kin, mia has been a consistent fav, and i’m deeply in love with liann and nova (from the recent generation)

my favourite ships have always been miemma (mia x emma), stephivia (stephanie x olivia), mivi (mia x livi), andremma (andrea x emma), and liannova (liann x nova) 💝

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I saw your Barbie posts related to accents, languages and nationalities and hae some thoughts:

Hadley from Charm School not speaking English as her mother tongue. She's played by Teresa, so she comes from a Latin American country. She is Latina, like Isla coming from Japan.

I just consider Mariposa Spain and they speak Spanish. Shimmervale, on the other hand, I view as Malta. Fairytopia, Portugal so they speak Portuguese. Island Princess, they speak Italian etc, Meribella is Monaco so French.

And Kira apparently is Vietnamese, Nia from Western Fun was Native American, and Miko was Native Hawaiian, as I saw an ask about why we didn't get other races.

Now an explanation that is needed: Fairy Secret. Why is Taylor British and why is Zane Italian, and in Mermaid Tale why does the lipstick fish have a Hungarian accent? She talks like Zsa Zsa Gabor??? What? And yes why isn't Summer Aussie, as well as why did Blaine never appear in a movie when Barbie wasn;t dating Ken, and why didn't Christie, Lea, and Kayla appaear? I mean Kira only had 2 dolls in the 2000s before being completely cut, so her I get.

Sat on this for awhile trying to decide if I wanted to be nice answering, and I decided that I do not want to be nice. I haven't talked about Barbie in months, really, so I have no idea what posts you're referring to. There are literally over 7,700 posts in my Barbie tag from the past 10 years so speaking vaguely about something not recent is of no help to me. But whatever, I'm going to deal with this and then turn off my ask again.

I tried searching my blog to see what the hell you're talking about so maybe I'm right, maybe I'm not, whatever.

Re: this post?

Hadley from Charm School not speaking English as her mother tongue. She's played by Teresa, so she comes from a Latin American country. She is Latina, like Isla coming from Japan.

A couple things here:

I don't really account for who "plays" the characters in the movies in my headcanons, because I have everyone existing alongside Barbie herself, so it doesn't matter. My most recent headcanon for Hadley had her coming from Johanistan (although that would most likely mean English is still not her first language).

Isla does not come from Japan. Nowhere in the movie is it said that she comes from Japan (her kingdom is never mentioned, in fact). That is your headcanon, it's not canon, and therefore has no bearing on anything.

Re: this post?

God where to begin here.

First of all, assuming I found the right post, you completely missed the fucking point of what I was saying. Fairytopia (which encompasses Flutterfield and Shimmervale, they are not separate, they are pieces of a whole) DOES NOT HAVE SPAIN. THEREFORE THEY CAN'T SPEAK SPANISH. That was the point I was making! Are you kidding me here? The point of that post was speculating what you might call a language analogous to Spanish, without Spain existing. Since it's spoken in Flutterfield, the language could be called Flutter, and therefore Marabella and Carlos have Flutter accents. Something like that. That was my point.

Secondly, Island Princess and Popstar have nothing at all to do with Fairytopia or, again, what I was saying. Irrelevant.

No idea what this is referring to, and I'm not going to bother looking this time bc I've ranted about Mattel's racism plenty of times.

And Kira apparently is Vietnamese, Nia from Western Fun was Native American, and Miko was Native Hawaiian, as I saw an ask about why we didn't get other races.

Those are old dolls from lines that haven't existed in decades, they're fully fucking irrelevant. There's a nameless horde of diverse Fashionistas these days, and that's great, I'm glad that ppl have them, but there is still a severe lack of diversity in the animated media that is appalling, and yes still even though Barbie "Brooklyn" Roberts exists now. I mean, for god's sake, the current universe started in 2018 and it took until 2021 for Barbie "Malibu" Roberts to have a second Black friend, and even that only happened bc of the BLM protests of May 2020. Like. Are you fucking kidding me? THAT'S what it took to expand Malibu's social circle? GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK. Mattel is racist and ppl have articulated it better than me, but it's just a fact. (This is when I decided to be mean btw. The unmitigated gall to try and defend Mattel to me... Shut the fuck up.)

And now, the last inanity:

Let's break this down.

So, you have no problem saying that Flutterfield is Spain, even tho Fairytopia is not Earth and has no known contact with Earth at all... but somehow the characters of Gloss Angeles, whose MAIN PLOT is about their connection with Earth, confuses you? What? WHAT? Why can't Taylor be British? Why can't Zane be Italian? What are you TALKING about?

Never really cared about what accent the lipstick fish had, but again, Mermaid Tale takes place on Earth. She could pick it up. Or it's some kind of fish accent. Who even cares?

The only animated depiction of Summer thus far has been Life in the Dreamhouse, and since Blaine didn't exist there, they might have retconned the fact that she's supposed to be Australian. Or maybe they forgot.

Barbie didn't date Blaine in the movies bc she stopped dating, period. There hasn't been a romantic arc in a Barbie movie since 2015 (longer since there's been a good one), and before Epic Road Trip, Barbie as herself's last romance... was Ken in Fairy Secret. And then she was a teenager and nobody was allowed to date for whatever reason. There was no reason for Blaine to be there lmfao. Also who even cares about Blaine? He sucks.

Christie, Lea, and Kayla have been dead for years so of course they're not going to appear in anything?? It was a miracle to see Christie in animated form in 2015 when she had already been dead for 10 full years at that point, but she was super whitewashed so like they couldn't even do that right lmfao.

Anyway you probably won't read this bc I'm blocking you as soon as I post this. Get well soon and never bother me again.

#mel irl #barbie babbles #thedisneytardblr #thanks for asking #I really regret choosing that as my ask tag but it's too late to change it #if anyone knows of a tag replacer that still works please tell me

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thatsparrow · 3 months

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thoughts on lady chatterley's lover (2022 version)

visually stunning—every shot of the grounds, wragby, the fashion—lush and delightful the whole way through

deeply sexy, not just in the sense that, you know, there’s a good amount of sex, but that the sex itself is uh pretty damn hot, tender and intimate, messy and urgent and desperate, the hands! every instance felt like it spoke to the connection connie and oliver have, what they needed from each other in each moment. I also loved that the scene with the most nudity was the two of them playing in the rain, which was fun and romantic and easy and also not particularly sexual at all

I’ll be honest, I didn’t really know much about the plot before watching, and so was surprised at the start to feel so fond toward connie and clifford’s relationship—they genuinely seemed to love one another and make each other happy, and it’s not like that all just stops after clifford is injured and they move to wragby. in no way am I trying to justify clifford’s possessiveness, but I do think the beginning of the movie gave more nuance and understanding to the conflicting needs of the marriage than the latter half. it’s understandable that clifford wants to move to wragby after his injury, to return to a place where he feels safe and secure while recovering (as well as maybe wanting a level of privacy as opposed to the visibility of london) but it’s also understandable that it leaves connie feeling isolated and lonely. I think it’s understandable that clifford is reluctant to have anyone’s help but connie, particularly as he’s newly vulnerable and requires more assistance than he’s used to, but it’s also very clear that clifford prioritizing his own needs has connie feeling overwhelmed and exhausted (“when she’s taking care of you, who’s taking care of her”). now, clearly things become a lot less understandable when clifford refuses to let connie visit her sister, which is why I really love the scene when hilda shows up to call clifford on his bullshit, and he listens (albeit temporarily) and hires mrs. bolton for help. but then as the movie goes on, it feels like the treatment of clifford becomes unambiguously villainous—he takes on this very paternalistic view of himself and the surrounding time and the mines, he exploits the miners, he admits to seeing them as distinctly lesser than himself. given that the movie is largely concerned with class dynamics, it makes sense that it would draw a sharper contrast between clifford and oliver, but it does feel like by the end of the movie, clifford is much more a charicature than the character he started off as

also speaking of, I loved mrs. bolton, and how protective and non-judgmental she was of connie’s affair, both to connie herself, and also while defending connie’s character and refuting ned’s rumors to the other women

it surprised me that we got that scene of connie in the town while the miners were striking, where she’s confronted by this very uncomfortable reality, and then we don’t return to that issue in any real way beyond hearing about how clifford is further exploiting the miners of the town

thinking about the nature of possessiveness and possession in the movie — of course there’s how clifford views connie, any potential child she has, the town, the miners, but to me a sense of possession also felt present in connie’s first interactions with oliver (when she visits his cabin and there’s this sense of expectation that he invite her inside, and then later when she discovers the hut and asks for the key), but also thinking about it in terms of the title—“lady chatterley’s lover,” connie is only identified in relationship to her husband, and oliver in relation to her (compare to oliver’s letter at the end of the movie, where he’s relaying the story in which they now have their own distinct identities, connie is “the lady in love” and he’s “the gamekeeper”)

my understanding of the book is that it has a much more ambiguous ending (we get oliver’s letter but no proof that the two actually end up together), and there was something—reassuring? interesting? comforting? that the movie is so clear that these two get a happy ending. like there’s a moment where it doesn’t feel it’s going that direction (hilda warns the two of them what will happen if they're found out, the rumors spread, oliver is fired, mrs. flint wants nothing to do with connie in case clifford kicks them off their farm, women are gossiping about connie in venice) but then it pivots and we get mrs. bolton saying (maybe just me, but felt very fleabag s2 fourth wall break) “this is a love story,” and not only are they together, but together in a place where they’re both free from their prior marriages and the complications of their pasts and can raise their child and live together in peace

#lady chatterley's lover #don't mind me just wanted to note some of this down while the movie was still fresh in my mind #kayla's media tag

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stars-and-the-min · 1 month

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☆ the wrong way to hard launch (2) | OP81

summary : oscar's girlfriend is a walking pr problem for literally everyone (including herself) social media au

pairing : oscar piastri x zhou!fem!singer!oc

a/n more unserious behaviour

masterlist | last part | part 2 | next part

TWITTER

kayla @luna_apocolyse · 42m oomf... i fear you have girlbossed too close to the sun with this one

↳ MANIFESTED OSCALINA | LONDON N3 @12m0red4ys · 31m nothing comedic about it i was PRAYING actually

lila💚 @kasdanrights · 23m OOMF YOU SHOULD CHECK LINA'S STORY 😭😭😭 ↳ li(n)a @meliabelrose · 19m I ACTUALLY CAN'T WITH THIS UNSERIOUS WOMAN

INSTAGRAM

selinabui just posted to their story

TWITTER

MANIFESTED OSCALINA | LONDON N3 @12m0red4ys · 3m THAT'S SUCH A DEEPCUT TWEET ADFJSDF is she stalking me or smth AND THAT FUCKASS FONT PLS LINA I BEG YOU TO USE ANOTHER FONT and she tagged his ass as well ↳ abby <3 @devilvows · 3m thanks bestie we finally got the rest of the bday shoot bc of u 🫶

pookie piastri @op81ln4 · 12m ok i see the vision, she is the vision, wtf is in the zhou genes? modelling? ↳ pookie piastri @op81ln4 · 11m oscar, pookie, i think she's a bit out of ur league but good luck? ↳ pookie piastri @op81ln4 · 7m i heard her sing, she's definitely out of ur league, i'm rebranding

liv is SEEING EB LIVE!! @olivielina · 1h do you think lina saw the comments under that tweet bc if so 😭 ↳ liv is SEEING EB LIVE!! @olivielina · 1h this four-reply run SENDS me every time

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another name goes up in lights, you wonder if you’ll make it out alive

Chapter 1: yelling at the sky, screaming at the world

Part of @julieandthephantomsbb

Rating: T

Relationships: Julie Molina/Luke Patterson, Background Willex, Background Kayla/Reggie

Tags: Past Julie/Nick, Alternate Universe, no ghosts, Well kinda but they aren't real, Everyone Is Alive, TV Show, Hollywood, Cussing, Hollywood sucks, All the guys parents suck, Bobby is okay, hollywood is sexist, Sexism, Song references galore, JATP Big Bang 2022

Chapter 1 Posted: 8/7/2022

Summary:

Phantoms, the new Network TV show, recently got picked up for its second season and filming is already underway. The show follows a special government unit tasked with dealing with the supernatural. The series will return Marci Harrison who portrays the lead detective in charge of a group of junior detectives (Reggie Peters, Alex Mercer, Kayla Caro), forensic scientists (Luke Patterson and Julie Molina), and a rookie detective (Flynn Rider).

Julie Molina is enjoying her time on Phantoms, the supernatural detective show. It had been her saving grace after being blacklisted from basically everywhere following her media feud with former Disney Channel costar Carrie Wilson that tanked her music career before it even started.

But with rumors that the show isn’t going to get a third season, Julie is worried about her career completely ending with no jobs or recording contracts in sight.

Add in the fact that even if they get a third season, Julie’s costar might leave the show and go off to pursue his music career.

And Julie is trying to understand why said costar potentially leaving is making her so upset.

Collection: JATP Big Band 2022

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Phantoms, the new Network TV show, recently got picked up for its second season and filming is already underway. The show follows a special government unit tasked with dealing with the supernatural, the characters teasingly referring to themselves as ghost hunters. The series will return Marci Harrison who portrays the lead detective in charge of a group of junior detectives (Reggie Peters, Alex Mercer, Kayla Caro), forensic scientists (Luke Patterson and Julie Molina), and a rookie detective (Flynn Rider).

Marci Harrison, 46, affectionally called Mrs. Harrison by her costars, is definitely the most veteran member of the cast, previously starring in two other shows for the Network, playing a teacher on the hit ten-season show Recess, and is recently coming off of a four-season show starring as the mother on Home with the Houses. Mrs. Harrison plays Captain Hopkins, the serious no-nonsense lead detective constantly dealing with the antics of her younger and less experienced detectives.

Flynn Rider, 22, plays detective Fiona, the fun and wild rookie whose first day on the job opened up the series. Rider previously played the youngest daughter in the Freeform show, Life with the Clarks, for eight seasons, spending almost her entire teens growing up on the show. She also has been announced as part of the cast for the new superhero movie coming next Spring. Rider was moved up to second billing behind Harrison for the second season, the showrunners stating that it was always the plan and that the show will spend time following her storyline.

Alex Mercer, 24, and Reggie Peters, 24, play detectives Allan and Rick respectively. The two play the buddies on the show, with Peters playing the more chaotic and jokester of the two and Mercer playing the more levelheaded one, although his character still gets roped into all of the antics. Mercer previously starred on a handful of Nickelodeon shows while Peters has spent a lot of time doing voice work and only a few camera jobs.

Kayla Caro, 24, plays the strong detective Kristen, who has the most experience of the detectives besides their captain and spends a lot of time putting the guys in their place and kicking ass. Caro spent many years in the industry, modeling and doing many commercials. She is most known for her dancing, specifically as a troupe dancer on Dancing with the Stars for two seasons. She also starred as the love interest in the superhero-themed Disney Original Movie, Super Senior.

Julie Molina, 22, and Luke Patterson, 24, might be last on the cast list, but the two have been slowly gaining a small but mighty following for their portrayal of science duo Dr. Jane Ortega and Logan Guise. The two characters take care of the forensic side of the show, playing the inseparable best friends and partners who might be a little nerdy and cannot always understand the social cues of their fellow team members. Molina is best known for her lead role on the Disney Channel show Dirty Candies but is known even more for the very public feud with her costars Carrie Wilson and Nick Danforth-Evans. Patterson has probably the most extensive resume out of all of the younger cast, even rivaling Harrison. Patterson has worked since he was a small child, starring in many movies, tv shows, and commercials since. Patterson has also been announced as the lead for Frank Wolfe’s new film about a struggling indie rockstar. Molina and Patterson had previously worked together on the Disney Channel's Original Movie Meddling, playing the older siblings of the two main characters that they try to get together.

After barely getting picked up for season two, showrunner and executive producer Caleb Covington says that he plans on making the second season more impactful, with more character development, more spooky (and a little wacky) storylines, and scenes to really show off the talented casts acting chops.

#julie and the phantoms #julie molina #luke patterson #juke #jatp #juke fic #jatp juke #alex mercer #reggie peters #flynn jatp #jatp big bang 2022

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