#like the wish version of chanel

[theluckiestlb]

Can you post the pride perfume image from the social media au?

😌 As previously mentioned, ZAG should hire me to do their in-universe ad campaigns because their version (specifically the bottle, not our bby Adrien) is lackluster.

#ml #miraculous ladybug #mlb #the gabriel corporation: yass kween slay hunty 💅💅🏳️‍🌈🤪 #I just noticed how long and strange adrien's neck looks #ml social media au #miraculous ladybug twitter #asks #anonymous #idk the perfume looks cheap to me #like the wish version of chanel #I also redid the logo a lil bit in the au #which you can see on the gabriel pfp #just so it looks cleaner ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[emmarobertsslut]

Can you make a hurt-comfort Madison Montgomery x fem reader fan fic? Im really sorry im not sure if you’ve wrote one already

You’re perfect the way you are

Madison Montgomery x Fem!Reader

Warnings: Hurt/insecurities

Request: Yes and No

Summary: After a rude comment from Queenie about the relationship between you and Madison, she brings down the blonde and make her feel like she truly isn’t good enough for you.

You were out grocery shopping with Cordelia, Zoe and Nan. It was around noon and Madison was by herself until you got back.

Madison curses herself for not going with you, because now she has to spend her time with her coven frenemy.

So, she walks towards the couch and snags the remote out of Queenie’s hand before sitting down. Changing the chanel because who’d wanna watch cooking shows at this hour.

“Hey! I was watching that.” Queenie snaps, already fed up with the blonde’s behavior. “Too bad, bitch. You should be thanking me, staring at the food on the television will only make you even more hungrier than usual.” Madison smirks as Queenie glares at her.

“You’re such a little bitch, Montgomery. How (Y/n), a kind soul, dates someone like you will forever be a mystery to this coven.” Madison frowns, did anyone in the coven think that about your guy’s relationship?

Her hand clenches around the remote and hot tears form at the brim of her eyes, but she won’t let them fall. Not in front of her. She stands up and throws the remote at the wall, essentially breaking it in two pieces and storms out the room. Ignoring Queenie’s yells for her to come back and fix the remote.

Her hands grow shaky as she rushes to your room, tears running down her face, ruining her mascara in the process.

It wasn’t the first time Madison had heard a comment about you and her, yet every time somebody made a remark about Madison being a bitch it upset her.

She would do anything for you. Maybe she isn’t good enough for you, she can’t help but think that Queenie is right.

She throws on one of your pink sweatshirts and slams the door shut with her magic, also locking it. Madison curls up into your bed and cries. Wishing for you to get back already.

-

About half an hour passed by and you, Cordelia, Zoe and Nan are back from shopping. You quickly help them put away the groceries and make your way around the house, looking for your beautiful girlfriend.

When you step into the sitting area, Queenie has an angry look on her face, playing any game on her phone that she can find interesting.

You step over the broken remote and talk to Queenie, “What happened?” Queenie scoffs, “Your stupid girlfriend happened. Walked down stairs snatched the remote out of my hand, handed me some insults, then got all pissy when I brought up how you are sweet and she isn’t. Threw the remote at me and ran.”

You narrow your eyes at Queenie. You knew how sensitive Madison was when other people talked about the obvious differences in your relationship.

Making your way upstairs, you knock on your door, “Madison. It’s me. Open the door.” You wait a few seconds, before Madison unlocks the door.

She doesn’t even bother glancing at you. You take in her appearance, Messed up makeup, puffy eyes and she’s wearing your sweatshirt. A sign of comfort.

“Oh Madi.” You mutter, laying underneath the covers with her. Facing your body towards her, she reluctantly turns towards you.

“You know, who cares if Queenie or Zoe or anyone really, has something to say about our relationship. In the end, we get to decide what’s best for us.” You brush some of her blond hair and tuck it behind her ear.

She smiles slightly and nods, “I just want to be the best version of myself for you. I get I can be bitchy, but I try.”

You kiss her lips, shortly. “I love you Madison. With your attitude, with your imperfections. I don’t want them. Only you.” Her once small smile turns into a bigger one, she cups your face and gives you little kisses all over.

“I love you so much (Y/n). I’d die for you.” She pulls you closer and rests her head on your chest, listening to your heart beating slowly. You continuously brush her hair softly with your fingers.

You both relish in the beautiful moment.

#madison montgomery x reader #madison montgomery #ahs fandom #ahs apocolaypse #ahs coven #emma roberts #emma roberts x reader #american horror story #american horror coven #american horror apocalypse

[vesora]

do not be envious of others

“You are every thing, every being, every emotion, every event, every situation. You are unity. You are infinity. You are love/light, light/love. You are. This is the Law of One.” ― Ra, Law of One: By RA an Humble Messenger

speaking from experience, i used to have a huge problem with envy. i constantly would compare my life with others. i never wanted others to fail but i wanted to be like them. which now that i think about it, it’s fucking stupid isn’t it? i constantly gave my power away because i felt i had to be perfect to be loved, so i would ignore what my body and soul were telling me and attempt to curate the perfect image of myself. thinking about it, it was also probably due to the south asian tendency to want to look the best in front of everyone haha

anyways, everyone around you is real but they’re also a projection of you and your beliefs and your assumptions. if you feel everyone is destined to live a life better than you, then you will find external evidence that they are. you have the power to create the best for yourself, yet you experience envy when you can live the exact way someone else is living. they’re not lesser or better than you, they simply are you. they are a state that you can either choose to occupy or not.

everything around you at this moment is caused by you, namely your assumptions. you would be doing yourself a disservice by envying what someone has or is feeling, because you can have exactly what they have; you can feel exactly what they feel. it’s not lost on you.

by envying and feeling lesser than, all you’re doing is perpetrating the version of you that doesn’t exist in this new reality of yours. i’m not judging you, i went through the same thing (although even if i didnt, i still wouldnt judge you)

what to do when you do feel envious?

scenario: your friend on your story posted a new chanel bag that was bought by her boyfriend who loves her so much and would do anything for her. so now you feel envy because you want someone to spoil you too.

firstly, i must say you shouldn’t rely on others or material possessions to make you feel happy but it’s still okay to want it, just don’t be dependent on it.

so, recognise what you’re feeling. are you feeling sad? lonely? poor? unlucky? how no one would love you like that? how you can never be as rich?

once you recognise, we can flip the thoughts.

know that anything your friend can have, YOU can have because the world is a blank canvas for you. all your wishes and desires are MEANT to be fulfilled.

no matter how shit you feel in the moment, it will pass.

most importantly, view the subject of your envy with love. they’re just you pushed out. you should feel happy for their happiness. you should rejoice when they’re overjoyed. you should cheer them on. your fellow man is you and you are the fellow man. once you transmute the energy from envy to love, you will feel so much lighter, because being filled with love is how you’re supposed to be and function.

don’t be envious. you can have anything you desire. want the best for everyone around you, because everyone is you pushed out. we are all consciousness.

here’s a post i saw:

#law of assumption #loa #manifesting #manifestation #manifest #law of attraction #spirituality #neville goddard

[ask-la-squadra]

To everyone who wants to answer~

What's your favorite haute couture brand/fashion brand in general?

P.s.

Quanto amo questo blog

(I love your blog so much 💝💕)

(I am going to sob I literally fangirl whenever I see u in my notifs i love your blog so much too, I literally go back to reread your writing at least once a week <3 )

Risotto Nero - I love Vivienne Westwood, but particularly her work in the 90s, I love the theatrics of it all. The corsets, tartan, pirate/clown look but make it regal. I usually stick with the women's stuff and have it tailored, I prefer to wear trousers so dresses and skirts are tailored to be trousers or capes.

Pros - Giorgio Armani for sure, I love their suits, my only problem being that they come quite plain so when I have them tailored I usually have them embroidered and embellished the way I like too. I wish they did more masculine fashion that is complex but not garish. There is one Armani suit I bought for Risso once, that's where his iconic trousers are from.

Maggi - I used to wear a lot of Gucci and Versace but since getting a cat I stay away from the nicer stuff on a daily basis since she usually tears or stains it.

LuLu - I'm quite into Chanel at the moment, simple and classy but not boring. They have some really nice coats for women too which I usually have tailored for my swole frame.

Risotto Nero - No one else really has that much of an opinion, Melone and Ghiaccio either wear their usual (which they have multiple versions of to your better wellbeing) or Fruit of the Loom lounge clothes, Melone is quite partial to Skims by Kim K though. Sorbet, and Gelato wear more practical and comfy items, they don't really care about the brand, just whatever they like when they see it.

And as for Pesci, well, he is having a little crisis, his favourite changes every week, currently he is dressing head to toe in hideous Louis Vuitton, hopefully he will find his style soon

(p.s. mod - i hope i did this justice, im a broke ass goth who can only longingly look at pinterest to fill the void and i mostly buy clothes second hand so i dont know too much about the fashion world)

#jjba part 5 #jjba #jjba au #la squadra #la squadra headcanons

[teawinx]

For reboot!Nathalie, I’m considering styling her with high fashion ready-to wear looks by designers like Mugler and Chanel (lawsuits, ahoy!)

Not only to visually show she’s a powerful, high ranking business-woman who KNOWS fashion, but also as a subtle rebellion. This version of her hates Gabriel, and only works for him because he has some life-ending blackmail on her. So, she’d intentionally not dress in Gabriel fashion, her way of showing her disagreement and distaste for him when she can’t verbalize how she truly feels.

I also think Nathalie would look like a hypothetical adult Marinette, or at least how Marinette wishes she’s gonna look like.

Nathalie is also the reason why so many fancy brands find their way in her niece Lucy’s wardrobe, she can’t help it loves

#miraculous ladybug #miraculous ladybug reboot #miraculous ladybug redesign #nathalie sanscoeur redesign

[boxwinebaddie]

do u think we can get hear more (anything) abt jersey kyle drunk off his ass with sober raven??? because i just KNOOOWWW stanley would have a heart attack (in a good way LOL)

oh, you BETCHA, my darling! ;) partially because this is literally my favorite fkn conversation topic ( white boy wasted jersey is my hero ) but also because he is SOOOO chatty when he is drunk, so you Will be hearing it, my friends! that's for damn sure! ( you and all of NYC! )

but omg, i loooove drunk jersey, because, as we know, regular sober jersey is Scary As Fuck and So Mean >:( jersey is cold, no nonsense & if he IS talking to you, he's talking DOWN to you, completely verbally eviscerating you and is making you wish you were never born. ( fun! )

Buuuuut...

/speaking/ of Fun...

druuunk jersey is SO Fun! ;) He's Also Sooo Nice <3 he smiles so much and is SO CutE!!!! AAA!! MY SON! ilysm & like...Okay so he Does need to be babysat bc hes heeelllaaa sloppy smh, but hes mostly just super giggly n ~wiggly~, will talk to you for Hours, gas u up, laugh at EVERYTHING You Say ( hes like a tall male ginger grad student version of those drunk girls in the bathroom who are like fuck him baby!!! he doesn't deserve u!! you're gorgeous! dump his ass! xx )

aaaaaaand...if you're Lucky...

HE WILL TELL YOU SECRETS <3 ;)

( and yes, they are usually about a certain lead singer of a band with messy bleach blonde curtain bangs and...a cute lil Freckle by his eye )

but tldr; 99% of the time, jersey kyle is frightening and a locked box.

hes vicious, surreptitious, calculating & cruel but drunk kyle is a loose fkn canon. HE IS ALSO VERY FORWARD AND VEERRRY HANDSY!!!! he Will flirt with you and by you i mean ravenstan and by flirt i mean...

HIT ON RELENTLESSLY.

AND I DO MEAN!!!!

R-E-L-E-N-T-L-E-S-S-L-Y.

its soo shdsk...& yes he does have a Heart Attack anytime it happens.

actually, in regards to this specific situation, there is a Upcoming part of rm ( *SomeTime* i'm not saying When, you nosy nellies! ) w/ Wine Drunk Off His Fine Ass Jersey Kyle and Rare Sober Ravenstan in it thats soooooooo...i'm gonna give you a lil dialogue right here.

( i'm sorry so much of this is out of pocket, drunk!jersey is So Much, sorry in advance for being cringe and ravesey max security prison )

please note: the occasion is a party ( rager lmao ) being thrown at the crimson dawn manwhoresion. jersey is a solid Ten & dressed to the nines as per usje, lookin FINE in a pair of perfectly pressed black power suit slacks -- you will never catch my man lacking -- matching black turtle neck, the iconic gold sun moon-glasses chain on the chanel shades w/ his long ginger hair beautifully cascadin in waves down v statuesque shoulders idk he looks like a sexy bond villain...

wHICH MAKES SENSE BC HES BEING A /MENACE/ AND SwAyInG SOOO MUCH BC HES *BARELY* HOLDING HIS LIQUOR IN A SICK ORNATE CRYSTAL WINE GLASS SHAPED LIKE A SKULL THAT HAS SUPER FANCY, MINDBLOWINGLY EXPRENSIVE DRY AGED IMPORTED VERSAILLE CHARDONNAY SLOSHIN AROUND IN IT

( ALSO ITS IS LIKE HIS 3RD/4TH GLASS -- GOD HELP US ALL )

SO BASICALLY, HES SIPPIN, SLIPPING, TRIPPING, HIS FACE IS REDDER THAN THE WINE, THE LINE IS BLURRING, HIS WORDS ARE SLURRING AND MOST IMPORTANT, OUR MANZ JERSEY KYLE IS WHITE BOY WAAASTED & LOOKING FOR ( you guessed it )

RAVEN STAN ;)

[ who kyle does NOT know is His Stan, but does know is not Actually asshole lead singer / tmz bad boy raven of crimson dawn but is really soft...and sweet...and lovely and an actual angel aka...His Raven <3 ]

who he finds off to the side, looking very Surprised to see him and far less posh/polished than everyone else, running in a gardening apron, humming under his breath & watering his plants like a good plant dad

( i love him so much, he's so cute, also kyle is down HORRENDOUS )

ANYWAYS! *director vc* ROLL CLIP!

HDKLHSLKDSHDKSLDKDS

THE FUCKING GRINGO ASS NEW JERSEY SLAUGHTER HOUSE BUTCHERED ASF BLACKOUT DRUNK hOOOLLA CUERVO ;))))

im kshdlsad stan is shook but so amused help ALSO THE WAY STAN TRIED TO DEFAULT INTO DOING THE RAVEN VOICE AND KYLE IMMEDIATELY SAID HELL NO NICE TRY BITCH!! -cue the iconic awkward embarrassed too high stan laugh, his lil wave, gentle shyboy smile, nervous lip bite Hi Kyle c': combo- n jersey bein like Mmm <3

yOUR HONOR!!!! THEY ARE IN LOVE I AM SCREAMING!!!! MY BOYS

uhhhh after that...i will say that kyle does end up in ravenstans very comfortable Lap for a second there ( listen Not In A Hot Way...i mean...like it is for jersey and actually it is...Also for ravenstan bc hes blushing, but it was BC kyle was slippin and sliding!! he almost Fell! )

in love....in Hate...anyways...

cue kyle asking Is This Seat Taken >;) and raven like u-um! well now it is, Aha! -sweats- but theres a Chair over there i could g-get it for yo-- and kyles like but im comfy :'( Can I Stay? w the pouty eyelash flutter and ravenstan is like Heeeavy Breathing, basically having a heart and asthma attack like you...can do...Literally Whatever You Want ( smh )

this absolutely thrills jersey kyle who winks at him and is like Thaaaaank You Pretty Boy <3 gazing up at him and giggglin going mmm pretty pretty preeettty boy you are so Pretty wow! like messing with hair and his shirt and stuff omg stan is dYiNG!! and hes trying to be responsible not get rizzed ( its not working rip bc kyle is straddling him and touching him like Everywhere, heeelp like go 2 Jail jersey!!! )

and flustered raven is like th-thank you! but i bet you tell...tell that to all the boys whos laps ur s-sitting in...aHaha..whew! but, uh, ky-kyle you, should, uh? really drink some, uh, s-some Water-- and kyle just interrupts him, runs his finger over stans cheeks and nose, which is brightly and imcrimnatingly crimson dawn red smh smirking like

and you look Particularly Pretty When You Blush, yknow that, raven of crimson dawn? which...whysss that, huh? whats wrong, rockstar boy? *leans up to whisper in ear ommffffg* Am I Makin' You Nervous? ;)

LIKE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! AAAAA!!!!! KYLE WILL YOU CHILL OUT!!!!! UR LITERALLY KILLING HIM! AND HE KNOWS IT TOO PLs

genuinely evil bc sober!raven is not built for social interactions ( even less for displaying dominance in any situation smh Especially Involving Kyle ) so he is like literally about to throw up from stress i'm not even JOKIN so he's like -voice crack- A LiTtlE hahA--Woah New Jersey, w-what are you-- bc kyle is like freakin tr...acing... ravenstans hip tattoos like ooh these are cute ;) How Far Down Do They Go? like TO HELL KYLE!!! GO STRAIGHT TO HELL OH MY GODDDDDDDD

anyways :) so fun :) we have That to look forward to :) ravenstans second funeral lmao...please pray for him, he's gonna need it xx

listen, i'm just gonna say it, like i do not care how unhinged and out of pocket stan is on stage as raven because he is doing it for money/bc he literally has to and also on like 1/5 of vodka...JERSEY ON LIKE 2/3 GLASSES OF WINE IS TEN THOUSAND TIMES WORSE AND HES DOING IT FOR FREE AND FOR FUN!!!! A MENACE!!! HES SO MESSY

like oh my god like sometime after the fic when theyre Hating, i feel like at this point ravenstan gets a lot of his creative control back over crimson dawn but with that is like...a lot of Responsibility so hes p stressed 25/8, he has a lot of paperwork ( rip my dyslexic king ), hes trying to stop drinking and he has to go to a lot of these influencer and executive events which he had to go to Before That but its different bc hes making a name for Himself and not for Raven...

ugh, okay, i love post rm!stan so much, so i'm getting side tracked, but the point was, all of c.d. has to go and kyle and blondies co. usually come bc bebe is not missing her celeb moment are u kidding, tweek is happy to miss work, craig wants to kiss tweek and kyle want to kiss You Know Who...is being massively swarmed by people trying to talk to him...also pls note that kyles been throwing back those little champagne flutes like all night long ( also recovered ed!jersey does like those little appetizers they bring you on platters bc Fancy )

so like halfway through the event/party, Every Time With Out Fail ( jersey is a straight A student; he never fails xx ) hes suuuper tipsy and bored asf...and what is more fun...then another imfamous round of

Be The Super Worst & Fluster The Fuck Out of Your Super Best BF?

yes its hating!styles favorite game n drunk kyle is...Scary Good At It!

so he 100% comes up behind ravenstan having a Mocktail! whisperin

actual tipsy menace jersey kyle: heeeeey sexy, nice legs, what time do they open *slips hand into stans pocket smhhhh*

super stressed out already flustered ravenstan, hissing over shoulder: yérsey, póratate bien. ( HEEEEEE LP )

kyle, who is listening, but Naught Listening & fucking w/ his collar: stan, i know that was supposed to be scary, but you know it makes me Hot when you--

( when i tell u this happens Regularly...smh...nasty boy behavior! )

stan, trying to be stern, actually dying: KYLE. *stress intensifies*

kyle being SO FUCKING ANNOYING AND SMUG: my Name sounds pretty good in your mouth, marsh. Wanna Try Something Else Ou--

raven, about to start screaming: kYLE BE!HAVE! i have STUFF to Do!

jersey, literally flicking the gigantic cross earring like a cat, tracing the side of kyles face tRYING TO KISS HIS NECK!!! GO TO HELL KYLE!:

So Do I ;)

kyle, Not Done Yet: and i aaaaam behaving if i was Not behaving my hand would be Down your Pants, which...there's still time for that. btw have i told you how good you look in those pants? ;)))))) ( jail ) you should model them for me, celebrity boy. theres a coat closet~ five minutes. these stiffs wont miss you but iiiiii do. <3 so whaddaya say? actually You don't have to say anything! just sit there and look pretty <3333 you're good at that. pluuuus, i can do that thing you like with my to-

JAAAAAAAAAAAAIL!!!! FOUL!!!!! IM SCREAMINg

LIKE NOT THE THING!!! NOT THE COAT CLOSET OH MY GOD...

But Sigh...

Yes The Coat Closet, I'm Afraid.

( it was not 5 minutes btw...also...all those coats need to be washed )

no standards. smh. nasties. enjoy jail. And Hell.

-uncle nina, ceo of drunk!jersey!kyle and horny boy maximum security prison *sprays drunk kyle w the Holy Water Bottle*

#THIS IS MY FAVORITE CONVERSATION TOPIC PLEASE #this was also extremely unhinged i was being down horrendous NOT MORE DOWN HORRENDOUS THAN KYLE #someone stop that man smh...nsfwish sorry legends #when he has had more than two glasses of wine he is acting the fuck up and when i tell u stan is not well equipped to handle stress sober #which is fine bc jersey kyle is like Dw You Can Relax <3 #JAIL #HELL #GET BACK DEMON #not kyle in the suit seducing stan IN HIS GARDENING APRON LIKE HES TRYING TO DO WHOLESOME ACTIVITIES #like sing to his plants and water them!!! STOP DEFILING MY GOOD SON LIKE JERSEY STOP TRYING TO CLIMB RAVEN LIKE A TREE #not working btw #anyways im screaming crying and throwing up #im sorry these were foul BUT YOU ASKED #kyle is so annoying when stan is at events btw #he is like kyle stop Eyefucking Me During My Interview #when stan breaks the spanish out wHEEWW he is Mad! #im sweating its having the opposite effect too oh my god kyle is like im sorry but will you say that again please but slower #hell is a place...THE COAT CLOSET IS A PLACE #man...oh my god #anyways #sorry #also this ask saved my day i had such a bad day today #i cried lmao #this made me LAUGH THO #live luv drunk jersey also he does cook dinner n have some box wine in Just Stans CD Hoodie n send stan a lot of down horrendous voice memo #they send a lot of down horrendous voice memos btw #more on that later probably but...MENACE

[raitrolling]

╾━━ Drivin’ the Getaway Car - SC43

[Easy reading version on Toyhou.se]

Pairing: Sharle Casini x Photographer!Reader

Summary: You’re at the after-party for a photography event that has launched your career into true stardom. Excited and still riding the high of your career taking off, you end up having one too many drinks and have a bit of trouble getting home. You’d never guess in a million years who saves you from getting harassed by strangers and then takes you home…

Warnings: Alcohol, Harassment, Swearing, French

Word count: 1.83k

Your first photography art exhibition has gone perfectly. Hosted at the illustrious Metropolitan Museum, distinguished guests from around the planet flocked to see the debut of a rising star. Celebrities, sports events, red carpet premieres, exclusive highblood events, you’ve photographed them all.

The most admired photograph of all was one of a certain race car driver, standing on the podium holding the world championship trophy. His bright smile but sexy fiery look in his eyes dazzled thousands, and even just looking at your own photograph made you blush.

The event’s afterparty was even better. You got to mingle with all the guests, rubbing shoulders with even more celebrities who wanted your number so you could record their biggest upcoming events. Your career was about to skyrocket.

… And maybe you had one too many celebratory mimosas in the process. Oops!

You had to leave, but you were obviously drunk. You stumble in your six-inch Louboutin pumps - nude with encrusted diamonds decorating the toes, and of course the signature red bottoms - careful not to slip and drop your matching Chanel bag. You brush your long black and perfectly-curled hair out of your face, and hope you haven’t smudged your obsidian black lipstick. You’ve actually got very average features and don’t normally stand out from the crowd, but tonight you went all-out to be the biggest bombshell in the gallery.

Unfortunately, your beautiful gold designer cocktail dress has attracted the wrong kind of attention. Three men standing outside the bar approach you, lowblooded and overweight with pig-like features. They leer at you, licking their greasy lips and one even makes a wolf whistle.

“Heyyyyy sexy, what are you doing out all by yourself~?” One of the lowblooded men calls out sleazily. He was wearing a stained red shirt and scruffy torn jeans. The other men chortle and start to advance towards you, looking like they’re going to do something unsavoury. 

“Um, nothing. I’m just, um… Going home!” You try to put on a brave voice, but you’re too drunk and too scared to look like anything but a tiny little mouse. 

Oh, if only someone happened to walk by and see that you’re in trouble…

Suddenly, as if a magical genie heard your wish, you hear a voice behind you, low and threatening. 

“Oi, get away from her, you fucking creeps.”

A blueblood approaches, wearing a black suit with a tie that matches the deep cobalt of his eyes. He was very well-built, muscles obvious even under his clothing, and he was very clearly an athlete. He had short tousled hair dyed blue at the tips, a small set of spiky horns, and his thick eyebrows were scrunched into a snarl. He glared at the three trolls who were harassing you, who jeered in response. 

He looks so familiar, but you can’t figure out where he’s from…

“Is there a problem?” He growls, and you feel his fingers protectively wrap around your waist. His hands are so strong, but so delicate. It gives you goosebumps.

“Yeah? Can’t we talk to a pretty lady in peace? She was askin’ for it, wearing that dress anyway!” The other man sneers. You blush, tugging the hem of your gold designer dress down to cover more of your legs. It wasn’t that short.

“I said leave her the fuck alone, before I beat you into a pulp!” The blueblood growls again, this time baring his fangs. He looked wild, violent and dangerous, but seeing him aim his rage at some chauvinistic pigs trying to hit on you made you feel… A little hot and bothered.

Falling in love at first sight? Ugh, how cliche! That is so not you. 

But the other men back down, and the guy in red spat at the floor before he leaves the two of you alone.

“She wasn’t even that good looking anyway. Ugly bitch.” 

Your saviour scoffs, and then he takes his hand off you. When he looks at you, his dark blue eyes gaze intensely, but there is a hidden softness behind it.

“I’m sorry mademoiselle, but when I saw those rude men try to hurt such a beautiful woman I could not let that happen. Are you okay?” His accent is gorgeous and exotic, like French but better. 

He puts his hand on your chin, and tilts your head upwards so he can study your expression. His intensity makes you feel like a slice of cake that he’s desperate to take a bite out of, but also… He looks worried, afraid that you might be hurt. It’s an intriguing duality that you can’t help but be curious about.  

“Oh, I’m fine now,” You say, and in your drunkenness you want to lean against him for support. You stumble, and he catches you. “Thank you.”

“Ma chérie, you are very drunk. Let me get you home,” He offers, so soft and sweet and nothing like how he spoke to the men who were harassing you. “And what should I call someone as pretty as you?”

“I’m… Y/N,” you say, and you can’t help but blush. That has to be the alcohol, definitely. You don’t fall for men this easily! 

“Nice to meet you Y/N, I’m Sharle,” He replies.

Your sparkling sapphire orbs go wide.

“Oh my god! As in, Sharle from F1? The racing driver? Ohhh, that’s where I’ve seen you before, I’m such a big fan!” You flutter your eyelashes at him, positively starstruck. That’s the guy! That’s the guy you took a photo of!

“Yeah, that’s me, ma chérie,” Sharle grins, suddenly looking very smug. You want to roll your eyes, but his confidence is addicting. “I heard that there was a photo of me at this exhibition, so I had to get to know the person who took it.”

“That sounds pretty stuck up,” You say, rolling your eyes. But you don’t mean it. 

“Hey, mon chou, you are so cold! Maybe I could warm you up~?” He teases.

You blush a bright blue yet again, and he laughs, warm like the sun. 

“Merci, I could not help it but I wanted to see your blushing face. Shall I help you home, dear?” 

You nod meekly, your gold diamond-encrusted earrings swishing. 

He wraps his muscular arm around you and helps you into his car. He drives a classy red Ferrari, of course. You slide into the passenger seat, and he helps you get the seatbelt on as you are still really drunk. He gets into the car too, and winds down the window so you have fresh air.

“So, where do you live?”

You tell him your address, and he raises his eyebrows, puzzled.

“Merde, that far? Hm, how about I just take you back to my place instead?” He smirks.

“Are you always taking drunk girls back to your place?” You ask.

“Not all the time. But, the moment I saw you, I knew you were special. I just had to protect you from those nasty lèche-culs,” He replies, his voice warm yet protective, like a big bear hug. 

You look down at your lap, embarrassed. Sharle has one hand on the steering wheel and the other resting on the centre console. Such strong hands with visible veins, hands that you can imagine around someone’s neck in a choking grip just as easily as they could gently grasp their waist.

 You catch yourself wishing that his hand was on your thigh instead. Why did he have to be so damn hot and such a gentleman?

He takes you back to his place, and immediately escorts you to his bedroom.

His bedroom?!

“Oh, no, I shouldn’t. Where are you going to sleep?” You ask. There is only one bed, after all. Does he really…?

He points his thumb towards the couch in the lounge room.

“I will take the couch, since you need to sleep more. And, you can lock the bedroom door too.”

“Why? Are you planning on coming in during the day?” You reply, half-teasing, half-curious.

He laughs, and holds up his hands in a surrendering gesture.

“Oh non, non, mon bébé. I just want to make sure you feel safe, sleeping in a stranger’s home.” He sounds genuine, so you relax.

“Okay, thanks.” You mutter, appreciative of how considerate he is.

He nods, and grabs you a glass of water and some medicine.

“Please, take this and make sure to drink lots of water. It will help you not get hungover.”

You take the medicine with a big, but dainty, gulp of water. It’s refreshing, just as refreshing as it is to be taken care of by such an attractive and caring man. He then helps you into bed, and tucks you into the covers. You snuggle into the pillow, smelling his intoxicating scent in the fabric.

“Goodnight, ma princesse.”

He brushes the hair off your forehead so he can give you a kiss, and you drift off to sleep, feeling like you’ve died and gone to heaven.

…

You wake up to the smell of breakfast cooking in the other room. You don’t have a hangover, thanks to the medicine he made you take, but you know you still definitely look terrible. You sneak into his bathroom to wash the make-up off your face, noticing that he also has a dedicated skincare routine and some really expensive cologne. You do like a man who knows how to look after himself.

When you walk into the kitchen, you’re greeted by the perfect sight: Sharle, shirtless, cooking bacon and pancakes for breakfast. His rippling back muscles are to die for, sculpted perfectly from sweeps of intense athletic training, and his arms… Well, let’s just say it’s not just the food that’s making you drool.

He turns around, and greets you with a teasing smirk. He knows you’re not looking at his face, and you like what you’re really seeing.

“Good evening, ma cherie. I did not want to disturb your beauty sleep, but I thought you would appreciate a breakfast that will help your hangover, non?” He says, cool and casual.

Your heart flutters like a hummingbird’s wings. This is a dream come true. 

If this is what happens when you drink too much at a party, you think you’ll be attending after parties every night.

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Ropikk stared at her computer screen as she finished scrolling through yet another fanfic related to her co-worker. She was supposed to just be monitoring any recent discussions about him, making sure none of the images she hand carefully selected to post on his Instagram had generated any controversy, but she still could not help herself sometimes.

Usually, after reading through other people’s fantasies of the racecar driver she was in charge of, she would feel a mixture of delight and regret. This time, she only felt the latter. Not because her opinions towards him had changed, much to her chagrin, but because this one was just… Bad.

“He would not say any of that,” she said with a sigh.

#drabble #sharle casini #you guys requested it! its Cursed Drabble Time #i hope this was just as awful for everyone to read as it was for me to write. lord forgive what i have made #posting this right after eating lunch and brother i am about it lose it while rereadinng

[accio-victuuri]

CPN : MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL CANDIES 🥮🍭

The celebration will not be complete without sweets only for turtles. It’s a busy fandom day!

( let shiying x modern yibo pair invite you in )

Let’s do a run down of all the cpn, speculation, clownery, interpretation whatever you wanna call it : ( this is for bxgs/turtles only and our galaxy brain. If you’re not one and still come here and read, get upset or what it’s not my problem. you did it to yourself)

1. The composition of their mid-autumn festival photos, which were both posted in their own weibo accounts. GG’s seem like the plate acts like the moon and the mooncake is against it. Similar to what Bobo’s is — him against the moon. I just love the subtlety of how different these may seem but they’re really not.

2. The flower used appears to be a camelia. The same one as what’s on Yibo’s suit. We know Hibiscus is GG’s thing and we saw Yibo adapt that. This camelia is because of his partnership with Chanel. So I would like to think GG made an effort to match that since Bobo will appear @ CCTV 🤍

3. They are both in Beijing! I hope they get to spend time together and with their loved ones 🤍

4. The song Yibo performed ( duet ) is called The moments of you in my life. It really suits his voice if you wanna listen to the original.

This is performed in CCTV, so of course the songs are pre selected. I don’t think Bobo picked it himself or what— he was gonna sing what the production will assign to him. However that does not take away the really good lines that make me CPN from this song.

Time makes us weak and strong, let me sing softly to you again. I wish I could accompany you one more time. Tell you the scenery of the first half of my life

I want to be able to illuminate you too,leave sunshine in your life. Accompany you through the mountains and rivers. grow old with you.

5. Another round of editing similarities between YBO and XZS. I mean. How many more evidence do we really need huh? It’s either they hired the same third party to edit their videos or they share employees. It’s okay. All the money goes to the same household. Another one of those things that only turtles will notice.

6. In the XZS vlog released, there is a cut where GG is surfing and in the water. People are saying it’s the same place where Summer Surf Shop was shot. One BXG who went there more or less confirmed it cause there was a shot where GG was taking photos/videos of the island where the resort is. granted it is a popular place maybe that’s why he went— but remembering how WYB ( allegedly ) made that heart in the water for him. Awwww. I wish they got to spend a summer like this together 🤍 vacations where no one will bother them / no one knows who they are and do what they like.

7. Another coincidence? The first shot of the vlog is GG biking pass an old red telephone booth. My mind instantly went to a similar looking one during their CQL shoot — it’s in the same path he runs in the morning with Yibo. 🥺🥺🥺 I’m thinking how particular XZ is and his team in what they show in the vlog, so capturing that ( to me ) probably means more.

8. The Moon 🌕

9. GG is also wearing his airpods in part of this boyfriend shot which is surely a leftover. Lol. But i’m thankful, I know wang laoshi got the better version of it and even with messages from GG. There is a CPN that when he wears his airpods at certain parts of the vlog, he may be talking to WYB and showing him where he is or just talking to him.

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and finally, I cannot NOT talk about the 🦴 necklace and the engraving !!!!

I have to hand it to turtle’s sharp eyes for noticing it— i think most of us inherited bobo’s hengdian hawkeye tendencies! This was picked up first due to the photos shared by SDC weibo. No one has seen this before. Maybe because we don’t have a clear picture but I looked at the ones from YBO before and it’s not there. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

So it could be:

1. He is not showing the side of the necklace with the engraving. It’s only now that he did.

2. This was engraved recently.

3. We are all hallucinating — there is no engraving. Which I think is most likely because people are brightening the photos, some are seeing it and some are not. Also the pendant is diamond encrusted. I don’t think you can engrave on that either. Even thinking about damaging that or removing some if it seems like a no-no.

The character in the engraving means King. 👑

I’m 50-50 on this for now. I would love for it to show a more personalized/custom side to it — as if puppy reference isn’t enough right. the use of characters also reminds us of GG. Yibo is confident but i don’t think he will engrave the word KING for himself. Maybe GG suggested it, as a reference to his movie King of the Sky ( i still prefer this title than born to fly okay ) . Oh well. Just some clownery. Remember in this fandom there are things we scream about and later on, rational thoughts take over and we become more calm. That’s what I like about this fandom tbh, we are open to reason and try and look at things with a rational mind 🤍

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This run down may not include every single detail out there but it’s pretty much points at what most turtles have noticed. Even without the CPN, it was a good day! So much content from both boys! We never lose! It’s always a good day to be a BXG.

-END. 🌙

#bjyx #yizhan #all of this is cpn #there is no science here folks im just clowning like i always do #Youtube #this day may be super busy from both sides but i won’t forget my turtles!!!!!

[girlytips]

Girly Parfum Popularity Ranking

Parfums have become increasingly popular with teens in Japan, which of course includes girly kei wearers! Here you will find the most popular brands as well as recommended fragrances that not only smell good, but also make for a nice decoration~

Dior

Miss Dior Blooming Bouquet - a fresh floral scent with a girly sweetness

Miss Dior Eau de Toilette - a stronger and much sweeter scent than Bouquet

Miss Dior Eau de Parfum - a deeper scent with strong feminine touch

Miss Dior Rose & Rose - a gorgeous rose scent for those who don’t like things sweet

MIU MIU

Eau de Parfum - a refreshing lily of the valley scent that gradually changes to spicy

Low Blue Eau de Parfum - a unique scent combining the previous with Akigara wood in a blue glitter bottle

L'Eau Rosée Eau de Toilette - a sweet and sour parfum that lasts a whole day with just a single use

Twist Eau de Parfum - as the name suggests, it’s a scent with a twist and keeps changing as you wear it, leaving a mysterious charm

Jill Stuart

Eau de White Floral - a lovely scent that makes you feel better, also on the cheaper side compared to others

Eau de Blooming Pear - a mild fresh scent recommended for those who usually don’t like parfum

Eau de Roses - enjoy the feminine scent of roses without being too sweet

Crystal Bloom Eau de Parfum - an innocent scent in a bottle that looks like it grows a crystal flower

Crystal Bloom Snow Eau de Parfum - the winter version of the above with a more clean impression

Chanel

Chance Eau Tendre Eau de Toilette - for those who like a mature floral scent, but it’s expensive

Chloé

Eau de Parfum - an elegant rose scent, which is both strong and gentle at the same time

Yves Saint Laurent

Mon Paris Eau de Parfum - sweet and sour berries that make you feel in love

Mon Paris Floral Eau de Parfum - a fresh romantic flower scent feeling like blooming flowers

Mon Paris Eau de Parfum Intense - this one is the most popular with makeup lovers, and adds a rose scent to the berries

Anna Sui

Fantasia Mermaid Eau de Toilette - perfect for fresh summer days, for those who don’t like it too sweet

Fantasia Eau de Toilette - the fresh smell of citrus and berries with a slight spiciness of cedar wood

Secret Wish Eau de Toilette - fruity lemon and pineapple will make you feel like a fairy in a garden

Sky Eau de Toilette - a spicy and stimulating scent that varies depending on the person, you want to test it first

#ガーリー #ガーリー系 #girly kei #larme kei #parfum #scent #information

[x-birdsong-x]

can you do that criticism/things youd change about scream queens for s2 alone?

This one's probably going to be messy because I have a LOT to say about S2. Some of it overlaps with others, and I also have some positive things I will never miss a chance to talk about.

As always, when I do things like this, I'm saying it right here: There is not a single SQS character I genuinely dislike. The retcon is not canon.

And a quick note, I've talked about a lot of this stuff with my buddy @sarahpaulsonsclown, so credit to them for something I say about Cassidy later.

The first- and the cause of a lot of other things- problem with S2 is the tone change from S1.

Tell me I'm exaggerating, but S1 blended the comedy and horror in a way that worked and came across naturally as if they weren't doing it on purpose, and it just happened to be 50/50.

Season two writes the comedy in completely on purpose, but it doesn't focus enough on or bring in enough of the horror to balance it out, so it comes across more "artificial," I guess than S1's whole tone did. It just doesn't blend the way S1 did because there's not enough of the horror kept around this time.

And that's a shame! Because when S2 does switch to more of the horror side of things, it WORKS. There are scenes here that carry the horror really well, and had the whole season had more of a tone like this, the comedy could've been balanced out better.

One of my biggest examples of this is when Zayday first confronts (and gets kidnapped by) Jane. The music, the weather part of setting the scene, and the lighting. (Although I really wish they'd not have used Sophia's gold for Jane and Cass so often, given they're the least linked to Gigi in S2. I'll come back to this.)

Even the scenes where the girls first start visiting Hester before she's moved to the hospital can be a good example. Those scenes have their little comedy moments, but they're serious scenes, and the characters are treated seriously in them.

This tone issue starts disrupting things in later episodes though, and I'll come back to this later talking about other things, but Addison's (Chanel Number Nine's) death was so off-tone and so mean-spirited given how we spent half this episode being introduced to her extreme fear of needles, and this was such an awful death for her to be given. She didn't even do anything! S2 carries an issue with not having enough horror to balance out the comedy, and then they just threw in a death like this??? What did she do?? Still not quite comparable to how Maggie was treated in AHS, though.

When it comes to character issues caused by both tone problems and other things, I'm going to start with Brock because he's going to be the simplest to talk about.

A problem with S2 is the pacing in the last few episodes especially and the more I rewatch (S2 gets put on loop a lot when I'm writing for reasons I will talk about later) the more this can be blamed on Brock's silly hand issue.

For one thing, Brock's hand is stupid in itself, and it doesn't fit with SQS's original tone at all. This does not work, and it's not helped by the way they do the stupidest things possible, focusing on it as if Brock wasn't originally introduced as just an off and less-lovable version of Chad.

They spend SO MUCH TIME on Brock's ridiculously inconsistent issues that don't fit with SQS's original tone, including letting him narrate a whole fucking episode and naming multiple episodes after his hand problems and giving the hand a goddamn voice actor that when they finally dropped it the pacing was already SO thrown off that they didn't have any time left to stretch other things out the way they could've/should've.

Munsch's illness plotline (which is also mildly inconsistent but not nearly as much as the hand stuff) was so rushed near the end of the season, and (Thank you to @nocakesformissedith for noticing this too, if I remember correctly) Lovin' The D's ending with that "I'll be dead in a month" line is so oddly sudden because they had to shove a bunch of stuff into the other half of the episode that should've been stretched through the whole season, and then Drain The Swamp spends more time scrambling to wrap up Munsch's plotline so she can leave alive and well by the season-ending narration instead of building up to a climax between the villains (who, this time, are ALL STILL ALIVE) and the girls.

Brock's issues with his hand are inconsistent, even in how it affects him. One minute he's just losing control of it every so often, then it acts up when he's stressed, and then we get to how he treats Chanel.

The first time his hand acts up around her, it's pretty in line with how we are introduced to it without confirmation when Zayday first meets him and Cass, but as the season goes on, not only does he consistently threaten her, but he yells at her each time he does and then in the later episodes- when he already has a new hand, courtesy of Cass's favor- is when he starts using both hands when snapping at her and Hester takes her interest in him. And him yelling when he smashes the table when Munsch questions him about his blood type doesn't work with this either because that is not how his hand is introduced!

By Drain The Swamp also, he's having no troubles with his hand at all, and while yes, this is his new hand, it is this hand that continued with his "kill Chanel" stuff.

More of an opinion this one, but if he continued to snap at Chanel, Hester shouldn't have trusted it, and while I'm reaching with this detail, the way she reacts when he grabs her to try calming her down when asking him to kill Munsch during surgery is some good fuel for how they could've gone with Hester's opinion of him. I'll come back to this later because it links into a theory of mine I've had for a very long time.

And no, him reaching for her neck vaguely in Scream Again doesn't entirely count as foreshadowing any of this later behavior because even there, he notices and pulls his hand away with the other. Also, Chanel was clearly a little uncomfortable with the way he was reaching for her there too, but that's a little note/nitpick of mine, given how their relationship goes through the season.

And before I move on to other characters: S2's crack in the timeline.

In Scream Again, when she's narrating to catch us up, Munsch says she hasn't thought about the Chanels for two whole years. S1 canonically stuck firmly in 2015. Later, Brock says Chanel is twenty-four. Chanel was either nineteen or somewhat recently twenty in S1. In Drain The Swamp, when Chanel is narrating the flash-forwards, she says it is canonically 2016. If I'm wrong about this not making sense, then blame it on my dyscalculia, but this is just a nitpick I've had for a while anyway.

Back to problems I have regarding the character writing of some in S2, starting with the ones I have the most to complain about: Jane and Cassidy.

My problem with Cassidy especially comes from how he isn't treated seriously by the writing, and when he is, it doesn't work. I know what they were trying to do because they wanted Cass to be three things:

Boone, through his conflict with Jane, which goes especially and mostly for how he interacts with his mom when we first find out he's her son. The "I'll take care of everything," - "After all you've been through," lines especially.

Pete, given this moment is a direct reference to Black Friday (Yes, I got that moving shot on purpose):

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And his own character, which rarely works the way it could have because he isn't taken seriously by the writing!

Cassidy and Sadie are vaguely a play on the Romeo and Juliet trope, but they're not built up enough to warrant her being the one to "change" him. Pete's attachment to Grace worked perfectly because from his very first scene, we are aware of his attachment issues, and we SEE that problem already forming from the minute after he meets her. Again, this part of Cass isn't a play on S1, but it's a comparison fair to make given how Cass's relationship with Sadie is such a big part of both of them in the season.

In Cassidy's first scene- with Zayday- he states that he isn't interested in dating anyone, and I personally think that would've been a more interesting road for him: to have had him get close to Sadie intending to get some better judgment on how to take each of the girls out, only to fall for her through the season. It's still cliche, but it's better than the way S2 expected us to care deeply about this relationship when it started so suddenly and isn't taken seriously anyway.

Even the little details with Cass and Sadie being changed could've helped make this a little better. Throughout the season, Cass ONLY ever calls her Chanel Number Three, and it's too long, it makes the lines that are meant to be big moments for them too clunky.

The best example is when Jane trips him into choosing her over Sadie (which is quickly gone back on by him, which should've been emphasized more), and when he implies that she should leave, he still fully calls her by Chanel Number Three. Having him eventually start calling her Sadie at some point through the season- or hell, even just calling her Number Three like everyone else- would've made those lines come across smoother.

And then, we get to their deaths.

Jane and Cassidy's deaths should have been serious scenes, and they were not. This is partly because S2 had pretty much completely worn out the chance of having these two be seen as serious characters by the time we reach Drain The Swamp and also because, once again, neither of them was written seriously in the first place.

I'll talk a bit about Jane soon, but even Cassidy's dialogue weighs his character down. His lines at the start of the season especially, the "I envy ice" moment especially, are similar to Brock's issues in how completely out of tone they are for SQS itself.

One thing I have to say about Cass being given lines like this is that I get a feeling from them that whoever gave him these lines ran from some of Grace's earlier dialogue and her little speech in Black Friday about killing Munsch, but it doesn't work here because in S1 those lines were not tonally comedic, and they weren't the tone of SQS itself. That was just Grace, it was part of her characterization.

Even Cassidy's "I'm dead" thing was... why? It has the same vibe as Brock's hand problems and makes me wonder if they put it in just so they could have Sadie test for it to give them an extra scene together when they could've done that anyway if they'd written them properly!! It was so random and unnecessary, and much like Brock and Munsch's hand/medical plotlines, it goes nowhere and only comes in at random times.

Going back to how they wanted him to be three things, and this goes for Jane too, S1 introduced the Devils all in mostly or partly comedy-toned scenes, Boone especially, but not once when we find out any of them are villains (mostly excluding Hester given she's not officially revealed until TFGS) do we have to remind ourselves later that they are the villains. Every scene where it comes to them being Devils, not once is it impossible to take them seriously, no matter how the scene started, is going, or ends. Boone and Gigi taking the first height of Ghost Stories doesn't come across suddenly nor does it fall apart because of how they've been written previously and/or when they were introduced!! Gigi's relationship with her kids is clear and absolutely heartbreaking, and even when we don't even know she's a part of it this goes for Hester's relationship with Boone and Gigi too!! Pete goes from how he's written in Hell Week and Pilot to having the darkest, most intense death scene in the show and being the Devil with the MOST close-call attack in the show with how close he gets to killing Chanel in Black Friday!!

This doesn't work the same for Jane and Cassidy because they AREN'T written seriously from the very first scene we meet each of them.

And when it comes to introducing Jane in Scream Again, I do think something about how we start off mimicking S1's party falls somewhat flat.

It's very clear here that Jane loved her husband, and that sticks through the season- and it's also fairly obvious that Jane and her son will be villains considering how S1 went, but I think it may not feel as harsh as S1's opening because it feels almost rushed.

We only get a few seconds of Bill and Jane interacting and talking, and aside from those moments, we don't get any implications about their relationship.

We have no insight into any layers Nurse Thomas or Dr. Mike have, aside from a few (selfishly-reasoned) lines from Nurse Thomas. Seemingly, Dr. Mike is the most heartless one of the two. They are both completely happy once Bill's body is in the swamp, and aside from the one obvious cut to Jane, that's the end of the opening, and we know it all. This does not come back later. This does not get added to. We find out about the first massacre, and Jane tells us about that later, but that is it. It doesn't add any details to these four characters other than one extra detail about the first massacre Chamberlain and Zayday very quickly found out about.

Compare this to S1.

We don't start following Bethany. We follow Amy. We follow Amy because she's the one intending completely to help Sophia and is quickly implied to probably be the closest to Sophia out of the group.

And we're made to sympathize with Amy right away. We're made to sympathize with Sophia right away. We're made to pay attention to the others right away.

Coco doesn't follow immediately, as we get told when she runs in late and comments on the music downstairs. Bethany has silent, expression-given moments of shock and panic before she switches completely to being snappy. She also sets up the attitude of Chanel and the others. Sophia's line here gives us a good look through the delivery itself. It's made fairly clear she was likely the quietest/shyest one in the house. Mandy turns back briefly when she, Beth, and Coco leave before following, so we get a look into her relationship with everyone just in that. She did care for Sophia and Amy, but she'd suck up to Bethany as much as she could. Amy does not budge through this whole scene. She's addressing the others and only interacting with Sophia by holding her hand and glancing at the baby, but it's already been made clear that Amy cares about her, and it is obvious in these looks and little details that Sophia trusts her completely.

When the others come back after Waterfalls, they are shocked. They are panicked that Sophia's dead. They each get reaction shots, Bethany included. Amy has already taken it upon herself to hold the baby, who she still continues looking at when the others are there, which already creates a slight connection between Amy and the baby.

And this is where the scene ends. We don't know what they do with her body. It is left ambiguous until Chanel gives us a little more when she and Grace talk in the basement, and then we get the rest when Mandy tells us episodes later. It's not until Ghost Stories that Munsch confirms to herself that there were two babies confirmed that night, even when we've known about Boone since Hell Week.

I think S2's tone issues make it worse, given it struggles to add real weight to Jane's loss later, even when we do know most details from the start.

S1's opening, to those willing to analyze, anyway, already works to give weight and emotion and depth to every single one of them while still managing to leave a lot of things ambiguous until we are told later. It's immediately made obvious that nobody here is going to be a black-and-white character, and that only continues to go harder and harder through the season. The whole opening and all of the things previously mentioned even add to Gigi once we get the details about her. It adds to Gigi and Boone's relationship, with Boone's conflict over knowing and thinking about what would happen if Sophia were alive. It adds to Hester pre-retcon and how close we know she was to Gigi and the fact she sees Chanel and the others as replicas of Bethany, Mandy, and Coco. It adds to Grace turning out to be Bethany's daughter.

I've not got an ending point to come to with this one, but it's a big opinion of mine, given how attached I am to S1's characters.

I don't have much to say about Hoffel aside from the fact what more depth she could've had isn't gone through with, and that's unfortunate for her. There's lots of implication that she and Cassidy did genuinely have some sort of bond, but given S2 rushing through everything and/or ignoring it to focus on other things and the ways Cassidy and Jane are written in general, nothing is done with it, and it takes away what weight it seems like there was meant to be in the scenes where they argue over Cass drifting out of the plans. Even the way she reacts genuinely caught off guard when she kills him could've had more weight if it had been a serious scene.

Hoffel and Hester don't get to interact enough, and when they do, there's very little to it, and that's a shame. Hoffel is seeking vengeance for Agatha, who was there when Sophia's death was covered up and likely when Munsch told Amy and Gigi to leave with the babies, and- while I can absolutely partly blame the retcon for this- Hester doesn't get to feel anything about that.

Considering it's fair to assume Hoffel was pretty close with her sister, there's a chance that- given Agatha lived in Kappa- Hoffel might've visited even once or twice when Gigi and Amy and the others were still around, given it's fairly clear she hadn't ever met Chanel directly before.

Then there's the little detail in Hoffel's narration: "I've had my eye on the Chanels since they were released from the asylum."

Chanel was called out for (accidentally, but they didn't know that) killing Agatha far earlier than that. That's why she was first arrested by Chisolm in S1. Since Hoffel and Agatha were direct family, Hoffel would've been informed here. She would've been told her sister was dead once they found her body in Shady Lane and then- if Chisolm wasn't too lazy to do it- updated to know who killed her when Chanel was believed to have done it all.

As odd as it would be for all of them, I don't think it's impossible that maybe Hester alone either sought Hoffel out at some point in between seasons to "tell her what really happened to her sister" because Chisolm's laziness had him never do so, OR since Denise handled the case so heavily when Hester was caught, Hoffel was invited to see Hester face-to-face in a setting akin to an interview as a chance to get some closure over what really happened to her sister, and Hester twisted it then into Chanel purposefully killing her.

And this can also go for what they could've done with her and Cass, going off the last option mentioned, Hoffel- while definitely with rougher edges than Jess and Amy had and seemingly less directly than Hester- seems extremely family-orientated.

The fact she's doing this for Agatha, the fact she's genuinely upset to kill Cass (accidentally), the way she reacts to Wes saying he wants to kill Hester by snapping that's his daughter.

If Hoffel knew Gigi (and Amy, and Sophia, and- given Bethany likely wouldn't have been too friendly, met the others), then Hester would've told her the whole story. About Agatha playing a part in covering up Sophia's murder, about Munsch, about Amy and Gigi, and everything that happened to them. Maybe she'd have even mentioned Boone.

And Hoffel would- in a twisted way- honestly halfway understand that. She'd zone in on the next thing she could- someone who, in her eyes, has nothing to lose, Chanel.

Even the way she reacts when she finds out Wes is Hester's dad in the first place is so outward and odd to me, but had Hoffel met Gigi, it gives something to Hoffel briefly defending Hester when Wes puts forward killing her trying to save his own skin. Just a little way she could've repaid Gigi for what harm Agatha was indirectly involved in. She's after vengeance for her sister, yes, but she can keep Hester safe while she's doing it.

These theories don't have to be connected, but going back to that theory I mentioned earlier:

Hester's urgency over Brock killing Munsch as soon as possible has always made me believe that it was never meant to be her and Brock going to Blood Island. It was meant to be her and Hoffel.

Again, this is a theory, but Hester leaves as soon as Hoffel is ready to kill everybody. She doesn't seem to think once about Brock being caught up in that, and as far as it's implied, he had to find a way to meet her there already on Blood Island. Hoffel is getting ready to leave before the Scooby-Doo chase starts. Hoffel was aware when Brock was going to propose to Munsch, she is the one who goes to fetch Chanel. Hester told her this plan.

It was Hester's idea for him to propose to Munsch anyway. She stood with Hoffel (and Cassidy) during the said proposal and was there to hand Munsch that pen at the wedding. She knew what she was doing. She had something planned that all this was a necessity for.

It's entirely possible to me that her plan was to have Brock kill Munsch and take the money, and once everything was done, it would've been her and Hoffel escaping to Blood Island to just do whatever they want as just partners in crime.

They also put Hoffel in Amy's blue a lot, be it with that one dress or with her nails.

And then we get to... the most pathetic, wet dog of a man in the show.

Wes is stupid. Wes is hilariously stupid. What happened to Grace is more his fault than Chanel's, and he attacks everyone he says he isn't interested in, Munsch included, given that Green Meanie she nearly unmasks at the start of the season is Wes considering Hoffel didn't have the costume by then and Cass was there in the scene with Sadie. He attacks Zayday multiple times, even if during one, he leaves her alone because she was Grace's best friend.

He yells at Hester never to call him dad, and then immediately tries tripping her into taking his side by yelling that he is her dad, and then later that same episode, says he wants to kill her to save his own skin, and this is the writing's fault, but he doesn't even say Grace's name before he dies, he says playlist, which was a running gag in S1, but was not mentioned in S2 up until then.

Wes showing up so randomly this season alone is fuel for my theory that a S3 would've brought the dead villains back (S1 villains at the forefront) because he is here just to tell us what happened to Grace and then fucking die. They could've easily done this through Zayday, but Grace literally does not exist until Wes comes along, she's mentioned like twice- never by the girls- and then she's never mentioned again.

Wes and Zayday never even see each other face to face, and she is NOT MISSING by the time he gets there. This is not acknowledged as her actively avoiding him, and even when she mentions Earl Gray to Jane, her connection to Grace is not acknowledged. I get it, boyfriend is closer to husband, but why would you not have her talk about Grace here? Have her say she lost Grace to the Devil murders!! If Grace as a devil is meant to have the power to possibly have ALREADY killed Chanel then mention her in S2!!!

Although this is also the fault of Wes being hilariously awful since S1, he is also impossible to take seriously as a villain both for that reason and because of how he's re-introduced and is here for like half an hour in total.

Wes this season also has a negative effect on Munsch, given her health issues are put on pause while he's around. This isn't the first time they seem to disappear, but it's the time it lasts the longest. Zayday told Munsch she had less than a year to live, and we get through the implication of her knowing she only has a month that she did her own research and put the timeline together herself, and as emotional as she got telling Zayday (and Chamberlain) about her worries in the first place, this is ignored by her until the last two episodes start rushing to wrap it up.

Even the brief deal he makes with Cass not only goes nowhere, but it's also impossible to take seriously because neither Cass nor Wes are written seriously in general, and by then it's too late to take them as such, especially with, again, how Wes was re-introduced.

Wes also gets his ass kicked whenever he tries physically fighting anyone, which is absolutely hilarious.

I'll mention this here due to the fact I can't say much about her because she's inactive for so long this season, but Denise being the hero of the season is pretty funny, although I do wish they'd have done more with her instead of putting her away before Hester moved back in with the others and Zayday went missing especially.

To move on to more positive things I have to say about S2, and why I rewatch it so often when I'm writing Chanel and Hester especially, season two does have a lot of really great character interactions with the girls.

It's the characterization and dynamic between the girls this season that slips through the intentionally more comedic-toned writing, and I love it.

Brock's inconsistency leads to unnecessary drama between Munsch and Chanel, but pushing that aside, there is something so special about how clear the bond between everyone is in Season Two.

Chanel and Zayday's bond is amazingly done. Chanel starts off purposefully trying to knock Zayday's confidence this season, but it isn't a rehashing of their S1 dynamic; it's a continuation. Where Chanel starts this season makes her possessive of whatever chance there is to be seen as the leader around the hospital, but it doesn't last. She'll be spiteful and snappy occasionally, of course, but within a few weeks, she's already calmed down, and she and Zayday are working alongside each other- and living together- fine.

We see more of Chanel and Sadie this season, too, as much as a lot of Sadie's scenes are pushed to be surrounding her relationship with Cass. They're closer than people would think they are, and the fact Sadie continued testing whether Chanel really wouldn't give in when she tries saying no to letting Hester stay is a huge nod to the kind of dynamic those two have in the dynamic of The Chanels in general.

Libby gets a whole relationship with Zayday this season, and it's adorable. It's so well-written, and I don't know why. We see them care about each other. Zayday brings Libby down to earth. Libby notices when Zayday goes missing. I don't know whose idea this was, but I don't think anyone can look me in the eye and tell me that a S3 wouldn't have continued with these two's relationship. They're running the hospital together by post-finale. They're practically married by the end of S2.

And pausing going from character to character for a second, S2's moments of building/emphasizing bonds between everyone makes me wonder if it was their way of setting up for a S3 being more character-focused and bringing in both the S1 villains and Grace as the Devil, and Zayday and Libby are my biggest example.

Zayday this season takes Grace's role, and with Chamberlain gone, she'd need someone else to investigate alongside her in a S3- where Grace is undoubtedly the Devil. Having Zayday and Libby investigate/visit Jane together seems like their way of testing whether that would work using Libby as Zayday's partner in investigating, and with these two being given such a nice dynamic, it did.

Even Munsch's wonky way of caring for the girls works oddly well this season. There's the unnecessary romance triangle that covers it more than other things I'm talking about here, but it's there through the whole season, even through the more in-character-conflict moments of threatening Chanel over Hester's whereabouts. Smaller things like her friendship with Denise coming back! And the way she is when they first visit Hester in the asylum this season is so interesting. She's so spiteful, and it just makes me wonder if it comes from the fact that part of her does know that it's partly her fault any of S1 (Wording it this way because the retcon's not canon) happened at all. She is partly at fault for the Devil Murders happening in the first place, and she's still too prideful to admit it to herself- especially when they first go to Hester, pushing aside the problems with the plotline, Munsch is under the impression she is dying.

Chad's big moment before he dies is so fucking sweet. I know it seems like I give him too much credit just off his word for this scene, but it's owing to Glen's phenomenal delivery of the little moments Chad gets even in S1 (his line in Ghost Stories when he asks if Chanel is the killer). He's so genuine in this whole scene, and it's just nice to have him admit that he does care for Chanel. Saying he just wants Chanel to enjoy her wedding? I am ugly crying.

I have some opinions on Chad's death. It's really stupid that Wes was the one to kill him, and killing him off so soon was a very bold move, but that scene was a sweet sendoff for him.

This one's going to be very long, have quite a bit of an old S1 analysis of mine, and have shots slotted in, so bear with me.

Chanel and Hester's dynamic this season is perfect. It's honestly quite surprising because when doing S1 to S2 right after the other, aside from Thanksgiving, all of their moments in S1 are coming from Chanel's clear bias, and then little things like Chanel's reactions to Hester being hurt in Dorkus/TFGS and then her reactions to when Hester is framing her, which may very well have not even been scripted.

In S2, their moments seem mostly intentional. There are a lot of little details again, but even the obviously scripted things like everything Chanel does when it comes to moving Hester in and refusing to tell Munsch anything about her whereabouts genuinely do make me think that a S3 would've continued developing these two's dynamic.

Looking back on Chanel's reactions in Dorkus/TFGS, first when they find Hester with the heel through her eye:

This is before Hester wakes up. When Zayday struggles to feel a pulse, and it's quickly being concluded she must be dead. From some of the others, this wouldn't look like much, but this is Chanel. In front of the others. In front of Grace.

It's implied at least one of them stepped away to call an ambulance because TFGS picking the timeline back up starts when Hester's already being wheeled out. And Chanel is there, running alongside her and telling her over and over that it'll be okay, she'll be alright, destabilized with the "Can we save the shoe?" line similar to how Pete messing around in Kappa was used as a destabilizer in his last scene. That's an in-character destabilizer, but it doesn't take away from how she's acting otherwise. This is Chanel running alongside and trying to comfort the girl she pushed down the stairs a few days ago. This is Chanel running alongside and trying to comfort the girl Zayday and Grace JUST CALLED THE LAST DEVIL. And Chanel believed them. She knew they were right. Everyone knew those two wouldn't have gotten it wrong, especially not then, especially given what Grace went through literally the night before.

But the next time we see her, she's following what Hester said when she was awake and yelling at Libby to confess that she's the last Devil. And added detail, to the others, it probably should've been thought that Hester wasn't entirely in the right mind when yelling about Libby, the girl was half-blind, had just regained consciousness, bleeding, and in a lot of pain. They don't know she did that herself.

And then when Hester moves to her during TFGS- with their completely parallel colors too- she snaps about it at first, but when Hester starts backing her toward Sadie and Libby:

Hester is the only person to pull this type of genuine reaction from Chanel. To pull reactions like this from Chanel that aren't faked or dramatized purposefully by her in the moment, and this continues into S2 in ways that, again, seem to be completely on purpose.

This isn't to do with Chanel, but I just want to point out that Amy, Sophia, and Gigi all get their own bits of reference in Chanel Pour Homme-Icide when Chanel and Hester first meet back up. Amy and Sophia get their colors in the lighting that follows Chanel through the scene- blue and gold respectively- and Hester faking ghostly sounds is directly taken from Gigi even if the retcon would never allow that to be acknowledged.

I had to bring those S1 moments up because I'm pairing them a bit with how Chanel continues to react toward Hester through the rest of the scene in CPH-I. She snaps at her- barely, for her standards- twice. And then it's implied that she listens to what Hester says mostly in silence because the scene cuts away to the apartment, and Chanel announces that Hester's moving in with them.

Even the things Libby and Sadie seem to start noticing and actively start pushing back against.

Libby's reaction wouldn't have done much to Chanel anyway, sure, but the way Sadie doesn't start a direct argument over it when she also refuses makes me wonder if she didn't give in as soon as Chanel said they'd have better luck with Hester there just to see if Chanel really wouldn't go back on her word, and she doesn't.

All it takes is this look, and Sadie lets it go.

This is all after Halloween Blues.

Chanel assumed when she was attacked there that it was Libby and was later directly proven wrong. She also says herself when Zayday's helping with her leg, she doesn't know why she wasn't followed. It's never brought back up, but there is very little chance that she didn't piece together that it must've been Hester.

Even things like barely snapping when she wakes up to Hester standing over her bed (The fact Hester ended up rooming with Chanel is a whole thing on its own) she's scared for a few moments, but she fully listens to what Hester asks for. She's bored, she feels caged up here, and she's just got out of one, she wants something to do, or she'll kill someone for the hell of it.

Before this, and before Chanel confesses and gets Hester free-roam, Munsch threatens her over Hester's whereabouts, where she stays completely silent and refuses to say so much as a word.

Hester's characterization in S2 is something I actually really like for her. The retcon's still present (and patchy), but there's actually quite a bit of her depth that slips between the cracks this season.

Although nearly all of what I'm going to say here is not confirmed directly, her calling the Green Meanie summit when she did is a nice little detail. She sees them arguing, and it's fair to assume through her, "We're here to divvy out the remaining murders so that no one's feelings get hurt," line that she worked to settle things as soon as she noticed the infighting because of what happened between Gigi and Boone.

I've talked about her and Chanel already, but on Hester's end specifically, we have some of it pretty intertwined with her characterization here in general.

She takes the chance to tease Chanel by stealing her blood in Blood Drive, but it comes with her actively trying to keep her promise not to kill anybody so she doesn't have to be locked up again, which is something about her character that I've always really liked given her past in Palmer. It's fitting for her to hate being locked up as much as she does, and S2 goes really hard with it.

Going back to Chanel, there's also a lot to S2's cliffhanger. There is a 50/50 chance here that Chanel is either badly hurt or canonically dead, with how few ways there were for her to have gotten out of it. Sadie would've most likely been the one to find her, and Hester (and Munsch) wouldn't be there to know about it. The cliffhanger this season also brings me back to what I said about a S3 possibly being more character-driven, both with Grace as the Devil and the fact that if she'd been hurt here, Chanel would've had Zayday and Libby especially keeping an eye on her given they're canonically leading the hospital by the end of the season. This could've pushed a lot between Chanel and Hester too, looking back at the fact Hester and Boone constantly spared Grace in S1 and did see her as their little sister.

I won't say anymore because I'll probably just end up repeating myself, and this is already far too long, but there you go, anon. Told you I had a lot to say.

Bonus for S2 being very adamant either on purpose or not on purpose that Chanel is asexual.

#SQS #Scream Queens #THIS TOOK FOREVER

[ellavaday]

Hello! We're back to Sandra talking too much about DRES3.

I promised myself to make these shorter unless something truly horrific happens in the subtitles lol (which is, thankfully, not usually the first episode, so this is relatively short and sweet)

Here's the reference post for the first episode.

I have a drinking game for you. Take a shot each time someone mentions Torremolinos. (Disclaimer you might die of alcohol poisoning). Think of Torremolinos as the equivalent of Palm Springs. Where all of the gays go on holiday and where all the drag queens go to die retire.

Pinkchadora makes a joke of Supremme's pictures in the work room bc her name is also the name of a McDonald's burger here (yes, the entire name, Supreme Deluxe, hence the bbq sauce comment). People Pinkchadora mentioned as inspiration/references for her drag: Lola Flores (flamenco singer); Sonia and Selena (one hit wonder duo of the early 00s)

Pakita's intro line in the work room is a pun 'i whisked my milk so much' (de tanto batir la leche) ((yes yes masturbation joke)) 'i ended up whipped' (he terminado montada) we call the act of getting/being in drag as montarse/estar montada in Spain

Pakita said she's what happens when you put a Furby and Falete in a cocktail shaker. Falete is a nb flamenco singer.

Bestiah says she comes from the cultural capital of the province... Leganés. Which is a joke but we love Madrid working class neighborhood pride in this blog (sidenote there's a lesbian and a nonbinary flag in their entrance look and they're my comfort punky this season)

Pitita's name comes from Pitita Ridruejo, a socialité (that reported seeing various Marian apparitions when she was alive for which it's safe to say she was not only filthy rich she was also more than a little insane)

María Edilia came dressed like the logo of Harina Pan (the Venezuelan precooked maize corn flour used to make arepas) and in the colors of the Venezuelan flag

When Chuchi entered they talk about how they won the Canarian drag gala of 2019. There's nothing to compare Canarian drag to and it's like saying you won the most ferocious drag competition @supremmedeluxe did a post about Canarian drag if you wish to know more but like. Suffice to say it really is a league of their own

Chanel's intro line in the work room is a pun with badmouthing ("turning someone green") ((she's the one in green skin ofc))

In the mini challenge Pitita says her rat is named Obregón and it's a ref to Ana Obregón, an actress that is better known for the 'sexy sexy sexy' bit Pitita mentions (it's from the romcom Ana and the 7, in which she's a stripper that gets a job as the nanny of the seven children of a widow man, a raunchier version of The Nanny lol)

A bonus fact about how insanely talented Clover is (bc I'm in love and they talk about people thinking cis girls can't do drag): Last year there was an official viewing party hosted by Pupi in which there were also local drag performers and there were mini contests w the audience (think butch queen realness, dance offs, lipsyncs, all that, it was amazing). Clover won that thing when she was like 3 months into drag, she's really that bitch

I don't think there's much to explain for the talent shows but just in case...

Vania Vainilla mentions an app called To Good to Go that I don't know if it exists outside of Europe so we'll just mention it, it's for restaurants to sell a bit more cheaply the food that is still perfectly good but might get thrown away

Spain is Different. Alright. Welcome to my history class. So you might be familiar with how Spain was in a dictatorship for about 40 years. After WW2 Franco realized he needed to get friendlier with the US government if he wanted to keep in power bc money ((Spain was neutral in WW2 so it didn't qualify for the Marshall Plan in the beginning but it got in basically bc Franco was a massive prick that hated anything remotely Communist leaning and the USA gov... Is what it is))

Pitita's was my favorite talent show but I do realize it was the hardest to understand without references. The women in the wheel she was spinning are pop culture icons here, and she was imitating stuff that represents them. The first one was Manuela Trasobares (a mezzo-soprano trans activist) who got famous for getting very angry when discussing LGBT rights on tv on an interview and breaking a glass. Then Carmen Lomana who is a filthy rich woman that made an ad for BK that went viral bc seeing such an elegant woman in that ad was kind of camp. Then there's Terelu, there was a reality tv about how was her life and her mother's (a well known newswoman) called Las Campos (they tried to make it something akin to The Kardashians) and she famously told her mother to go fuck herself bc she asked her if she wanted a churro which became a meme so her eating churros became viral. Ana María Aldon however is a little less clear to me (the time she got COVID maybe? The fact that her disgusting ex who is the one that was actually in the wheel is one of those super macho man and famously said in an interview his sperm was still strong and wanted another kid w her??? Eh still insanely funny)

Part of said efforts was making a very strong tourist campaign under the slogan "Spain is Different" which was used to promote... Literally every single stereotype you know about the country. Toros. Flamenco. All that. So that's how you get Bestiah dressed like jamón serrano, Macarena as a comment against bullfighting (which *chef's kiss*), Hornella in a Goya/locomia inspired fan look, Maria Edilia as a flamenco souvenir doll, Vania and Kelly as homages to Sara Montiel (la Violetera and Sandra Montiel the official Sara Montiel impersonator and an icon of Torremolinos), Chuchi as a disco ball representing the party scene (very Paco Rabane too), Chanel as the dumb tourist shirts, Clover as the 12 grapes tradition on NYE, Visa as La Sagrera and then the Parc Güell in BCN

But we also now use it as a very sarcastic way to talk about things that suck but of fucking course happen in Spain. Like Pitita making a commentary on corrupt politicians (listen people trying to get away w illegal money in trash bags is a surprisingly common occurrence I'm not even going to mention a case there's a dozen), Pinkchadora talking about the Spanish cinema dedicated specifically to juvenile delinquency and in a very heartwarming example, Pakita and her homage to Ocaña (LGBT icon from the 80s that we love and adore thank you very much)

((((SPOILER ON WHO LEAVES NEXT))))

María Edilia's exit line was for me and me alone (and every other Venezuelan bc no one else would have understood it lmao). The national beauty pageant is a huge deal in my country and she sang the hymn song of the contest. It's extremely catchy and I'm now humming it lol.

I think that's all for this episode 😊 if you made it this far, thanks 💖 lmk what you thought about the episode

#drag race españa #rpdr spain #sandra rambles in nerd #dres3 #sandra's translator era

[esc-is-holding-me-hostage]

Final thoughts:

- First of all, I'd like to apologize to the juries. I was too involved with the fandom this year, and its disdain for the juries made me forget that televote sucks too

- I'm so used to weird camerawork at this point that I'm not even gonna complain about it

- most of my predictions were so off this year, it's not even funny

- fun fact: I was drinking Kalush beer during the final, it's pretty good, would recommend

- Domi's vocals were so off, it was painful

- Chanel actually went and changed her performance a bit, huh

- Malik had really good staging an did not deserve 0 points from the juries

- GIVE DAMIANO A FUCKING CHAIR AND SOME IBUPROFEN, THE MAN WAS CLEARLY IN PAIN

- guitars on Supermodel reminded me both of RHCP and "Smells Like a Teen Spirit" but at least it's not another "I wanna be your slave" self-copy

- Okay, time for the elephant in the room. I've made a separate post about it, but here is the TLDR version: I wish Ukraine didn't win but people having a meltdown over the winner should shut the fuck up.

- UK and Spain going from bottom 3 last year to top 3 this year is iconic and I hope they'll continue their redemption arcs next year

- Also, I think that UK should host next year, preferably with an invited Ukrainian host. They've got second place fair and square so it would be a good compromise

- FRANCE DESERVED BETTER

- very happy for Portugal getting in the top 10, and Grecce getting their best result in years

- he Netherlands should've gotten that 10th spot instead of Norway, sorry

- also, regarding those "connection issues", and juries from several countries being disqualified. Can we see the original jury votes, please?

- this year didn't have any songs that I loved, but plenty of songs that I liked

- i wish all of the artists competing this year to have successful careers, everyone was sweet (except for MBD, of course) and I love them

#esc #eurovision

[icouldhyperfixatehim]

BL tag game

Tagged by @talays-portkey 🤍🤍🤍🥰 I did a version of this a while back so I'll try not to repeat myself. time to plumb some depths

current favorite bl character and why

okay but it's vee from love mechanics. if you've watched episode 9 of that show and not been completely won over idk man maybe you need a love mechanic 👀

he is so sweet, and horny, and stupid, and charismatic, and his chemistry w mark is so sparkling on Screen. he's insecure in his background but loving of his family. he looks great in an earring. he Cannot Stop fucking up and he gets diarrhea the night before an important event. chant with me now: one 👏 of 👏 us. 👏 one 👏 of 👏 us

one character from a bl you wanted to punt in to the stratosphere

the football player candidate in enchanté whose name i've misplaced but always garners this reaction

best music moment from a BL

i enjoy jeff satur's voice very much, so his performance in ingredients where he's onstage, jealous as all get out over tops, and still singing like an angel. also all the twinkly strings and/or piano arrangements of the kinnporsche theme. they really said "that melody is so versatile" and used it like marge simpson uses a pink chanel suit. we love a melodic motif

a bl you'd like to see adapted into a musical

i have already loudly seconded @talays-portkey absolutely third eye open suggestion of enchanté, but for my own...why r u. all the unhinged crackiness and meta, in musical format. i'm ready, let's unlock some shrimp emotions. please, imagine w me, fighter having his gay crisis through the medium of 80s rock ballad

a scene from a bl that always makes you laugh

any time aoki from kieta hatsukoi is being dramâtïque, especially when he climbs into the bin bag, or pulls his hoodie strings to "hide". bless

biggest bl disappointment

idk about biggest but in recents i gave coffee melody a couple of episodes bc pavel phoom was one of my favourite things in 2 moons 2... and it was very dull to me so i've dropped it. i was a bit disappointed w cupid's last wish as well, especially with it having all the right ingredients; leads w established good chemistry and talent, road trip concept, JAN. other than watching jan get the chance to play two different characters and looking like a big hungry lesbian for a sizable portion of the show, it finished out very forgettable for me [sad trumpet]

two random bl characters who would be besties

crack warning but ayan from the eclipse and yok from not me. perhaps yok is akk's estranged twin, and somehow idk lol where would he get this idea thinks to impersonate akk at suppalo. the administration has no idea what to do w their favourite rules lawyer suddenly charging other students to sketch their nudes. ayan is getting the best of both worlds, causing trouble for one twin and causing trouble with the other

the bl that got you into bl and would you make other ppl watch it now

i've said this before but it's technically the untamed and yes. i think all sentient beings and some rocks should watch the untamed

best wardrobe moment/or character wardrobe from a bl

as mentioned, vee's dangly earring is very fetching, and i am arse over teakettle for jan in win's clothes in cupid's last wish.

but newest addition for me is vice versa's puen in suspenders. god bless and keep us all, i love a clean line

#thanks for tagging me and sorry it took 8 years 🤍 #liomsa #tag games

[daggerzine]

Chanel Beads- Your Day Will Come (Jagjaguwar)

Chanel Beads is New York’s up-and-coming experimental artist Shane Lavers. His music is all over the place, which is probably why I like it. He’s been around since 2018, but he released a few singles in 2022 that really took off.  He’s new to my ears so I looked up his earlier stuff, and, well, he’s definitely experimental. It’s mostly him performing everything (acoustic guitar, electric guitars, bass, drums, drum programming, synths, keyboards, lead vocals) with additional musicians Maya McGrory (acoustic guitar, vocals) and Zachary Schwartz (violin) who also serve as part of his live band. He began this project quarantined in his Brooklyn apartment back in 2022. First up, “Dedicated To The World, ” is a beautiful introduction to the album. Imagine starting with Genesis' "Watcher Of The Skies" and then Alex G pops in. It’s filled with soaring strings, jamming acoustic guitars, and echoing vocals. Second is “Police Scanner,” another gem. This one comes with a booming bass line, a rockin’ beat, and an occasional “Yeah!” Maya shares the lead vocals here on a song with razor-sharp synths. I love the gradual mixing in of beautiful acoustic guitars. “Good people out of view. Soul to bare. Changes come. Something strange yeah something new. Police scanner.” Here’s the video:

On track 3, “Idea June,” Maya takes over with soft, gentle, whispered lead vocals. An acoustic song that actually finishes before it starts. It's just too short. Next is “Embarrassed Dog.” A strong hip-hop beatbox with beautiful synths and violin makes me think somebody is going to jump on this to remix it. Shane’s emotional vocals lash out about death again. “I was just a child. Peace symbol on your grave. Reckoning the past moves closer every day. Every day. I was just shouting out. Scratch it on your grave. It takes all of the meaning out your mouth.” Track 5, “Unifying Thought,” is another short, but upbeat song with synths resembling horns. However; the lyrics reveal more heartbreak. “Man up on the cross. Write up from your boss. Listen. Focus on the love in your heart. I had a unifying thought. But I missed.” Track 6, “Your Day Will Come, ” is the first instrumental on the album. It’s a beautiful, ambient track with a beat that gradually fades out and then the synths and strings take flight. It could easily fit on any movie soundtrack, just not a slasher film. “Urn” is a moving piece about the deceased. It’s filled with a frantic acoustic guitar, upbeat rhythms, and sorrowful lyrics. “Sometimes I wish that we buried you now. Assigned a location to my grief somehow. But I know that you would think the cemetery is silly. It’s dust to me. Yeah your birthday that kinda hurts me now. Like the day you died, the day you drank all that honey.” The song takes a complete turnaround with an all-out instrumental attack until it ends. This part definitely falls into the experimental side of his music. “Coffee Culture” is another instrumental and, by far, the longest track. Very spacy, dreamy strings, synths, and angelic choral vocals that build to an anxious finale. The album ends with “I Think I Saw.” Quickly bowing violins begin this beautiful song that builds and builds. Kind of reminds me of a long-lost Scarlet's Well track. More crazy lyrics dealing with death again. “Black dog coming. He won’t disobey. Show you something. I'm not really brave. Creeping feeling. Flowers on the grave. Do it for the state, now I visit when it’s grave.” So there you have it. Nine songs covering a wide variety in about 36 minutes. Was I right? I wonder if Shane will take these songs on the road. ERIC EGGLESON

Hey! If you want more, the vinyl version has this bonus track: “Idea June (alt version).”

https://jagjaguwar.com/artist/chanel-beads/

https://chanelbeads.bandcamp.com/

#Youtube

[diaryofdayet]

Jan 5 𓇢𓆸 London

I dreamed that I was bleeding and when I woke up I was. It was one of those heavy bleeds that leaves you frantic and naked, running cold water at the bathroom sink.

I made a strong cup of coffee and whiled away my morning. In the afternoon Mom taught me to make a lamb dish, but I didn't have time to taste it because I was meeting Keeks and his friends for a movie.

When I emerged in Brixton I was met with a wall of sound. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I remembered the last time I'd been on this street, arguing with Vashti. I'd let her say goodbye and get on the bus. I'd watched her lean defeated on the foggy upper-floor window as the bus drove away.

In the present, a woman sang a familiar song into her cheap microphone:

We're heading for something / Somewhere I've never been / Sometimes I am frightened / But I'm ready to learn / Of the power of love

I watched for a few minutes.

Keeks introduced me to a cascade of artists on a swelling cement sculpture outside the theater: Maz, Eden, Helwa, and Chanel. I sized them up while we smoked. Maz was tall, sweet, and dashingly handsome. My little brother has a nasty habit of keeping handsome friends with whom I must practice quiet restraint. Eden was also tall; beautiful and stush. She didn't mind talking and I didn't mind listening—anything to divert her from the few things about me I'd noticed her log as faux pas. Helwa was warm, confident, and even more gorgeous than Eden. When she arrived she leaned in to hug me and breathed, "Oh my gosh, you're beautiful!" She was the type of woman I'd love to be in love with if I could get past whatever restrains me from loving women. And then there was Chanel, a gallerist who reminded me most of myself. Light-skinned, simply dressed, and pretty in an innocent way. I'd met her once before, at one of Keeks's exhibitions.

Maz sat beside me in the theater. He was charming and intense and...young. The ones my age are always busy, and the others are either too old or too young. Still, when the lights dimmed I wasn't ready for the conversation to end.

Sometimes I am frightened / But I'm ready to learn / Of the power of love

After the movie, we returned to the cement sculpture to have another smoke. Maz said goodbye with a lingering hug. The rest of us walked to Wetherspoons as the second joint made a mess of my mind.

The Wetherspoons was like the liminal space you sit in after you die, a place indifferent to time where you wait in a booth to meet God and go to heaven.

A hound approached our table asking about our ethnicities, and could he buy us champagne to celebrate the new year? Each escalating version of no agitated him, and when I looked into his grey eyes and asked him to leave, I realized we'd been cornered by an unknown entity.

Keeks was panicking at my far right. I understood for the first time that he isn't a fighter and wished I was stronger so that he didn't feel he had to be. But he didn't know what I was wishing, and he barked in panic,

"روح." Go.

I cringed.

The man lowered his chin and his eyes flicked to anger like a slide projector.

"You don't say that to me. You don't say to me روح. You don't say that. You don't say that to me."

I tried to catch his attention. "Arabic is his second language, he doesn't know. Please."

But the man wasn't listening. He was somewhere deep inside, in the part of him that hates his mother and his father and his brother and the curse that's been placed on this entire world. I knew where he was because I was there too, in that hidden part of me, drowning.

We left as soon as the man returned to his table. He blew a kiss as he watched me trip out of the booth. I blew one back out of fear. I gestured for Keeks to walk in front, hoping to put myself between him and the villain. I glanced behind us every few minutes until Keeks was safe in a car.

All the way home the metal roar of the train joined my shrieking mind, and their singing only stopped when I arrived in Belsize Park. I'd never realized how quiet our neighborhood is after midnight. I stood with my eyes closed in the velvet dark and heard only the birds, only the birds.

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Dayet

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