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#literally you can ship Shawn with every person on that show
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The more times I rewatch Psych the more “every person in Psych is bisexual” vibes I get. We’re reaching critical bisexuality. It’s the most bisexual show I’ve personally seen.
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arionawrites · 6 months
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‘dont tag byler if its not byler’ ‘dont tag noah if its anti noah’ ‘if its not stranger things dont tag stranger things’ oh my god?? literally shut the fuck up.
i know that’s usually like a rule in fandom spaces, i’ve been in fandom spaces since i was 12, trust me i’m aware, but that shit applies to like. stupid ship discourse. “i don’t like this ship because it doesn’t fit with MY favorite ship so i’m going to complain about it in the tag for the ship i don’t like” <- that’s shitty
but this isn’t fucking fandom discourse. this is literally supporting the slaughter of an entire people. this is noah schnapp in a video with stickers saying zionism is sexy. this is shawn levy supporting israel and illegal occupation. this is SHOULD BE IN THE TAGS.
why? because these people should not be getting support! this show should not be getting support!
noah schnapp wants palestinians to die. let’s be very clear about that. let me say it again:
noah schnapp wants palestinians to die.
i hope st5 fails. i hope noah schnapp loses his job. i hope shawn levy never knows peace. i hope every single person on that show who supports israel never goes a day without being haunted by the thousands of dead kids they supported the slaughter of.
i hope the sets for stranger things burn down. i hope noah schnapp can never go a day without being called a piece of shit. a supporter of genocide. a racist.
because that is exactly what he is.
i hope these people’s names are forever tied to these beliefs. i hope stranger things goes down in history as that one show that those zionists were on. i hope noah schnapp can never google his name without being confronted with how much of a monster he is.
“but he’s young! he’s jewish! he’s scared!”
he’s NINETEEN with FULL ACCESS TO THE INTERNET and ACTIVELY ATTENDING COLLEGE.
he isn’t posting about JUDAISM he is LITERALLY PASSING OUT STICKERS SAYING ZIONISM IS SEXY
and he sure as FUCK does NOT seem scared in ANY of the posts he has made since sharing that shitty multi page statement on his instagram that HE DIDN’T EVEN WRITE!! HIS FUCKING FELLOW ZIONIST PIECE OF SHIT FRIEND WROTE IT AND HE POSTED IT!! if HE was scared maybe he’d use his own words to say so, but nope!! he’s just a massive fucking cunt scumbag just like every other zionist and every other person who is doing anything other than condemning the actions of israel and the people who support it
rot in hell, stranger things. and take noah with you.
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Unused Submissions for the Favorite Rivalry Showdown!
justin and trent
please im so tired of seeing fluffy ship art of them THEY DO NOT LIKE EACH OTHER
justin literally got him eliminated i cant imagine they had a good relationship after action
"one time justin threw a tambourine at me and that kinda hurt >:|"
THE GUITAR SNATCH AND GLARE IN CELEBRITY MANHUNT
you know they had the nastiest most jawdropping arguments in the recording room during drama brothers recording sessions
uhh yeah they hate each other they should get to fight to the death as a treat
Alejandro and duncan
they're perfect
Scax
is this a rivalry? idk
Dave vs Leonard
IT'S ME! I DON'T BELIEVE IN YOU! NOW PICK UP THE PIG!
Lindsay vs Courtney
it was brief but it was enjoyable
Izzy and Justin
They're sooo funny, especially cause they're exes
Julia vs Priya
I don’t actually think this is the best one I’m just putting it here because we need more reboot characters in this bracket
Whatever Lindsay and Beth had with Heather after Island
you go girls
Geoff and Trent
hockey bros vs birds
why do they get beat up by birds so frequently
Dawn and Scott
Ok sure they lasted for two scenes but THEY COULD'VE BEEN SUCH GOOD RIVALS MAN
Julia vs Every Other TD '23 Blonde
Nominating this because I think it's funny
Julia and Caleb
I don’t actually gaf about them but i like when julia hit him with a frying pan or something
the roti writers and gen 2 female characters
they did them so dirty :(
bowie vs straight people
he's seen enough
chris vs blaineley
divorced enemies sweep
lightning vs cameron
it was ooc but it kinda slayed
Chris and Sierra
The New York episode. Please Chris should've been a hater the whole season and Sierra wouldn't notice it would be funny. See my vision
Ezekiel Vs Death
I just know Death keeps snapping those bony fingers any time Ezekiel escapes death
Emma and Julia
white on white violence
Terry and Chref
We saw that tweet
Mal and Julia
Mal plays the game really well and Julia's getting insecure. But I have faith Julia will triumph
Marmaduke and Garfield
I love tti
Me vs Blaineley
We are currently fighting over who gets 2 date Kelly (I'm winning)
larry v chef
chef’s gotta defend his man what can I say
Everyone (- Priya) Vs Caleb
He literally has no friends.
priya's personality versus the writers
season 2. need I say more?
Heather Vs Blaineley
I cannot tell you how funny it is that Blaineley turned up to the TD jumbo jet and chose violence against a girl half her age
Ezekiel and Chris
demolish that monster zeke
Sky vs Dave
He tried to kill her I think this counts as a rivalry at least a little bit
Damien vs Millie
Yeah! The finish line!
Duncney
toxic yaoi
Noah anf Harold
autism on autism violence and we love that
do alejandro and noah count,,, if not im voting leshawna and heather
brainrot says so
jasmine and shawn
just being a hater here, they were much more tolerable (but still crappy) when she hated him over them being a couple
dramarama ella and dramarama max
why couldnt this be their dynamic in the canon show
Damien & Julia
WE WERE ROBBED OF THEM!!!!
MK vs the bear
They literally fought in a duel together
Geoff/Bridgette and blaineley
Ma'am that's a child. Leave him by
Mal Vs Duncan
They suck I hope they get in so they're elimination fodder so someone else can go forward easily.
alejandro puppet and heather
1984
Wayne and me
I hate you little white boy! Get a job
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hangmanshoney · 11 months
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suuuper late uploading this bc I’ve had my new name for a little while now, but I figured new name, new pinned post - better late than never - so here we go!
Hi hey hello, welcome to my brain dump for a multiverse of fandoms!
*updated january 2024*
about me & this blog:
current era: glen powell (with a lil tom cruise still too)
current obsession(s): a certain bunch of fictional naval aviators (what’s new?), also apparently both real & fictional men from Texas.
current love(s) of my life: glen powell, monica barbaro & jake lockett.
current OTP’s: sereshaw/hangster, hannix, tarlos, chenford, brettsey, buddie.
OG / forever OTP’s: upstead, hawkami, rollisi, stellaride, jamko, ellick, tiva, madney, bathena, spoby.
content you may see here:
shows/movies
- chicago fire (hawkami, brettsey & stellaride trash + carver my beloved, holding up the universe)
- chicago pd (upstead trash forever & always - no matter how bad the writers are screwing them over!)
- top gun + maverick (basically my entire personality at this point, unapologetically a slut for jake seresin (cheers bestie @callsign-fangirl!) but also have a lil soft spot for mav, roo & bob!)
- 911 (buddie trash here + maddie buckley & may grant are my icons)
- 911: lonestar (tarlos are my babies & marjan is my queen)
- law & order: svu (rollisi are my babies, forever and always)
- criminal minds (still catching up but already unapologetically in love with derek morgan & spencer reid)
- bones (literally adore the jeffersonian gang & this show kinda blows my mind?)
- gilmore girls + a year in the life (jess mariano supremacy!)
- the rookie (in my chenford feels on a daily basis)
- csi vegas (my newest obsession - rapidly falling head over heels for josh folsom but also fully on the allie-josh ship train!)
- law & order: organised crime (elliot stabler’s reprisal got me hook, line & sinker and i never looked back)
- blue bloods (lil bit in love with the whole reagan clan but jamie has my heart)
- greys anatomy (merder & slexie forever and always, little grey my beloved!)
- ncis (forever in my ellick/tiva era)
- fbi
- pretty little liars
- gossip girl OG (my first tv show addiction, never gets old)
- gossip girl reboot
- succession
people
- tom holland (despite the name change he’s still my love, here for all the content I can get!)
- tom cruise (an obsession that came from nowhere & took over my life)
- glen powell (loml, my fave texas boy, my little pilot man)
- monica barbaro (my love, my angel, my queen)
- miles teller (feral for this man, pornstache n all!)
- lewis pullman (sweet lew lew my love)
- jesse lee soffer
- jake lockett (the texas men obsession continues)
- richard madden (bodyguard, rocketman, cinderella - you name it i’m here for it)
- chris evans (marvel, defending jacob, knives out - again, you name it i’m here for it)
- aaron taylor johnson (recently re-obsessed thanks to bullet train but I’ve been crushing since like 08 so I’m here for the long haul)
- sebastian stan
- andrew garfield (the first spiderman I ever loved, my first marvel crush)
- zendaya (girl crush all day every day)
- harry styles
- joe jonas
- brad simpson
- taron egerton (kingsman / rocketman mostly)
- shawn mendes
bands
- the vamps
- jonas brothers
franchises
- marvel (avengers / tasm era - spiderman / captain america / black widow mostly + all things bucky barnes)
- one chicago
- law & order
- mission: impossible
As always, like / comment / drop me a message if we have any fandoms in common, always looking to see new content on my feed & interact with new people. Feel free to reach out & I’ll give you a follow.
All the love, chloe✌️💕
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So Shawn really said he related to Steve the most. Interesting.
What I find funny is that there’s still certain subsets of stans that genuinely act like Jonathan is nothing but a self-insert and is therefore just SO privileged as a character… when he’s literally one of the most sidelined and underwritten mains of the show. While Steve gets like so much screentime in comparison and a lion’s share of the marketing and content and recognition.
Like you’re telling me that Jonathan “gets antagonized every season and not listed on the Netflix tudum” Byers is the obvious Creator’s Pet and not Steve “gets his own Wikipedia page and a massive ‘protect Steve’ billboard” Harrington isn’t. I wasnt even a stan of anyone, let alone a Jonathan stan, starting the series five years ago but I still noticed this disparity in treatment. Lol
I have loved and enjoyed Steve as a character where he fits in the show, but the cognitive dissonance from his fans is so annoying. Even if he’s as prone to poor and shallow writing as much as the rest of the mains (and I feel for him just as much as the others in that sense), he still has it easier than half the main characters, maybe more, and he likely always will.
Which is fine and dandy, but makes it all the more obnoxious when I see people who would throw other characters under the bus to always put him in the better light no matter what, or people who act like Steve is just SO hated by the writers—at least the writers remember him as a character. Jonathan is what, hanging on by the skin of his teeth? Considering his most lauded moment of the season was apparently only conjured as a lucky afterthought of the writers in the middle of filming.
If you ask me, Steve seems like he’s one of the most traditionally heroic-protagonist type of characters and treated as such outside the show. He is set up perfectly for escapism, he’s given all these fanservicey and heroic moments, and for that I can understand why people are led to root for Steve (the writers even admitted writing S2 Nancy this way, to boot) and hell, I would go so far as to say they want to be Steve.
But then you have the Byers, who especially in S1, feel rooted in the kinds of realistic and depressing situations people would want to escape from, even if you take away all the supernatural elements. And you’d think they’re just as subject to the same “underdog” treatment that Steve gets, but then you get people—in 2023, mind you—who are antagonizing them (which reeks of classism btw; “Joyce is a bad mom compared to Karen”, “Jonathan is selfish for worrying about his college issues and just wants a sympathy card lying to Nancy”, “Will is too much of a crybaby who hasnt been through as much as X person”) coupled with the way they are sidelined in the show. Just annoying treatment all around. I do hope S5 fares better compared to the past two seasons, but most of my expectations are on the wrapping up of the supernatural plot at this point.
Yeah the whole Jonathan as a self insert thing makes little sense when they’ve totally underwritten and sidelined him; it’s always a way people try to hate on Jonathan as a character for shipping reasons usually.
And agreed there’s a clear disparity in how Steve is treated and given heroic moments and a lot of screentime. But I still think his writing isn’t as good as it should have been bc once they landed on the popular thing with him, they backed away from all other layers (note this interview from between s2 and s3):
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Also a lot of their sympathy/empathy in s2 is all around him and they clearly see him as a victim (of Nancy smh, of “circumstance”???) and have tried to erase his privilege:
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Here’s the original thing on Shawn being like Steve and the Duffers relating to Mike (from July 2016, and idk why there’s weird formatting):
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The irony though that Shawn talks about Jonathan and Steve co-existing and collaborating (like Shawn and the Duffers?) and then Jonathan and Steve basically never spoke again SMH
I also agree with you w the Byers and classicism; you def see that with fans in how they view them and I wonder w the sidelining on the show. Anyhow it’s baffling to have so sidelined the Byers. I think it’s as they moved away from more realism into what was just funny and popular and memeable.
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fbfh · 2 years
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leo x reader switcheroo au hcs
genre: fluff, lil angst, comfort
au: switcheroo au (you're leo's favorite fictional character)
a/n: debating calling this the reverse self ship au but it's a little clunky and ik not everyone is in the self ship community yk
also I got my covid booster shot today!! (the day I wrote this not the day it uploads lol)
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Okay okay
So
We know having Leo as your favorite character is a lot of fun
This boy is a sweet fucking treat
He's a DELIGHT
And oh my god
YOU being LEO'S favorite character??????
It's just as much fun
He regularly re consumes your source material
Whether you’re from a book series, tv show, movie, web comic, video game
Doesn’t matter
You’re 100000% his comfort media
He quotes you literally all the time
Not a day goes by when he’s not making a reference to you and your anecdotes
He absolutely has a blog dedicated to you as well
His queue is always full of fanart, fics, headcanons, and incorrect quotes
He has special tags for fanart and fics he feels really captured you
Like perfectly
He’s super picky about that too
He feels like he knows you better than anybody
Or at least he hopes he does
So when he finds something that just absolutely perfectly encapsulates your vibe???
He’s so obsessed
He doesn’t think he’s that good at creative stuff
He is
So he has a really deep appreciation for fan content
Always leaves comments and rants in the tags
He’s a big fan of really subtle fan merch
Like he wants to feel like a part of your story yk
He’ll try to find replicas of his favorite jewelry and clothes you wear
He’s on a long term mission to get copies all of your signature pieces
Wearing an almost identical copy of your bracelets or favorite hoodie just makes himself feel so close to you
Will totally get samples of perfume he thinks you’d wear to spray on your hoodies and shirts
Commissions fanart and fics whenever he possibly can
Like you’re actually a serotonin factory for this mans
He has a few very, very carefully cultivated playlists dedicated to you
He listens to them all the time
Sometimes when a song on his playlists for you comes on somewhere else
Like on the radio or in a store or something
He just kind of stops for a minute
He’s just overwhelmed with thoughts of you
Sometimes when he needs to feel something he’ll fall down an angst rabbit hole
It’s so painful and you deserve so much better
God it always ends with him desperately wanting to give you the biggest hug
His greatest desire in this world is just to hold you
To look you dead in the face and tell you what a good fucking job you’re doing
How wonderful you are, how sweet and perfect and brilliant you are
How happy you make him
He wants so desperately to hold you and make sure you know what an amazing person you are
Because you’re so, so amazing
Not a single day goes by that he doesn’t think about you, cheeks flushed, eyes hazy
He giggles more when he thinks about you than any other time
Everything you do
Everything you say has his full attention
He’s so hyperfixated on you all the time
You’re hands down his comfort character
Every time he’s having a rough day he can see you crystal clear
You’d know just what to say, just what to do
Just the thought of you makes him feel so much better
The amount of nights he’s cried to you, imagining your comforting touch, your presence so viscerally he can almost feel it
He’s done that an almost comical amount of times
He knows you’d laugh that sweet laugh of yours and give him a fond look
You’d probably give him a kiss
Or several
Before pulling him close and saying something just so incredibly in character for you
The comfort he feels when he thinks of you?????
Un fucking matched
Whoever your love interest is
Whether it’s someone you’re canonically love interests with or just someone the fandom ships you with
Leo does not like them
He’s like how does it feel…. To be living MY dream….
Sometimes he gets in his feels about it and loops treat you better by Shawn Mendes and daydreams about fighting to win your heart
When he’s working on projects
Most of the time he’s also imagining you right next to him
He’s actually solved a lot of problems by mentally talking it out with you
It’s like in the first tatbilb movie how lara jean was lying on her bedroom floor and Josh and Peter appeared next to her
It’s like that
He’s lying on one of those rolly skateboard things figuring out what exactly he needs to solder
Then suddenly you’re next to him
“Oh wow, you’ve made a lot of progress…” you’d muse, remembering where he last left off
God he wants to hold you so fucking badly
But if he has to settle for an unrequited one sided love with the greatest fictional character ever created
Aka you
He’ll make the best with what he has
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sapphire374 · 3 years
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Simónnnnn!!
Thanks for the ask Anna!!
Simón the cinnamon roll!!!
Favorite thing about them:
His kindness that literally robs off on others. His sweetness is just so infectious and no one can avoid it, not even Ambar hehehe. Plus he’s always trying to help others and is very empathetic. He literally wrote the most beautiful song off the show, Eres and Valiente. Those words are like no others. Truly a heart of gold.
Least Favorite thing about them:
How he immediately believed and trusted in Daniella instead of listening to his childhood friend Luna. He quickly thought whatever Luna was saying was a lie and believed more a person he barely knows instead of his forever childhood friend. I understand he was going through a rough patch with her but it still didn’t feel right. I was upset at him when I saw that but the good thing is he learned from his mistake and didn’t do it again, which is the important thing 😌
Favorite line:
“Todo lo que quieras lo podras alcanzar.”
brOTP:
Luna/Simon/Nina. Love this iconic group. I explained it more in my last character ask about Luna but I just love how close they all are with each other and how Simon and Nina immediately hit it off and get along really well because of how much they care about Luna.
OTP:
Simbar of course. I love their development and how Simon was able to soften her heart more and be there for her when no one was.
nOTP:
Simon and Daniela. That was a no for me since day one. She was evil, manipulative and so annoying that even Ambar was annoyed of her. Plus she was an extreme liar all because she was jealous of Luna, which was uncalled for. Btw if you pair up their names together it’s Simonella which sounds a lot like salmonella and that’s exactly how this ship is, icky. 😆
Random headcanon:
For fun growing up, him and Luna would play games relating to Harry Potter. He would always laugh when she would wear the robe because she owned one that was three times her size since it was gifted to her mom and originally belonged to one of her mom’s friend’s daughters. They would pair up every Halloween and choose costumes of the same theme. He once dressed up as Superman while she dressed up as Wonder Woman.
Unpopular opinion:
Okay so personally I feel like Simon had all the right to get angry and say all the things he said to Ambar in S2. Like yes I do feel bad that she had to head the words “your incapable of love” but think about it, you try being in his position. He thought she truly changed to be a better person and then discovers on his own that she was the one who started the fire in the rink and framed Luna for it. He couldn’t believe that out of all the people it was her, the girl he was falling for. It was almost earth shattering. He told her these words from how hurt and betrayed he was. This is reasonable. She did something wrong and because this is a Disney show, she didn’t go to jail but what she committed would most likely end her up in jail. It was a lot for him in such a short period of time, a lot to take in. He thought she stopped hurting others and discovered that it was a lie, it was all fake (we as the audience know that towards the end she did change but he doesn’t know this).
Song I associate with them:
Mercy by Shawn Mendes
Diva de la Escuela by Micheal Ronda (we all know he wrote this for Ambar lol)
A Little Too Much by Shawn Mendes
Somebody to you by The Vamps
* I don’t know but all I can think of is Shawn Mendes songs for him lol 😆*
Favorite picture of them:
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total-ass · 3 years
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leonard does not deserve nearly the amount of hate that he gets. i’m tired of seeing leonard slander every day in the tag, i’m tired of seeing my king in the bottom of every tier list. i’ve seen him put below characters like amy and beth and stephanie who literally ruined every scene they were in. on what planet is leonard worse then an abuser or a fujoshi?
leonard has a lot of great things about him. for starters he’s one of the few nerdy characters that’s doesn’t wear glasses which is important...in a way. this fandom has an apparent “thing” for nerds with characters like noah and cody and harold and being popular. and yet, canonically nerdy characters like sam or leonard get little to no appreciation. it’s like this fandoms only interpretation of a nerd is conventionally attractive/white/skinny person oh, so you like nerds so much until they don’t look like they’re straight out of a tiktok house?
people say that he’s useless and annoying, ok and? the majority of total drama characters are useless and annoying. only 4-5 characters a season ever actually try to win. total drama fans are more forgiving on white characters being useless and annoying compared to their melaninated counterparts because they see the “”potential”” in them. that’s why people are so quick to stan staci or ezekial for...existing? but never consider characters like b or beardo or justin or leonard.
leonard was robbed twice in a row because fresh thinks poc are disposable unless thier arc revolves around the mustiest white boy imaginable. leonard had just as much potential as ezekiel and yet no one talks about it because this fandom actively ignores characters that aren’t white. ridonculous race was at least a few months after pahkitew iirc? they could of shown how much he’s matured since then, they could of given him a real motivation to win, they could of expanded his relationship with tammy; are they dating, are they just close friends? does one attempt to keep the other grounded in reality? how does the rest of the cast react to them? they could of had a character arc about realizing they don’t actually have powers and how to grow from there but since they weren’t a toxic couple with a comphet plot line, fresh immediately disposed of them. and no one cares because leonard isn’t cody-colored.
i’m not saying leonard should of won pahkitew or ridonculous race by any means, i’m not sure the world is ready for that much leonard, (personally i am but i know most total drama fans are cowards) but, you can’t act like it’s not a little suspicious that characters like him, katie, b and beardo were all first boots (with leonard being first boot twice) while the rest of the people of color that made it past the 5th episode were forced into the worst “”romance”” plotlines imaginable. (except for maybe dj, but he still got dealt really shitty plots for no reason >:/) if leonard had hooked up with sugar or if tammy was white i guarantee that fresh would of kept him around much longer.
i know only 5 people actually care for pahkitew but jesus, the lack of leonard art is appalling. leonard easily had one of the cutest designs in the show. i genuinely want to kiss him on the lips, he’s so adorable. that lanky man must truely be a wizard, cause he cast a spell on my heart, i can see what sugar saw in him. however, the only characters people are interested in drawing from the pahkitew cast are jasmine, shawn, sammy, scarlett and um...dave :/ (im not trying to shit on anyones favorite character but like..dave? the incel? ,,.really? :/) and surprise, surprise, 90 percent of that jasmine and dave art is ship art, with a white person. shocker :/. why does no one ship leonard and dave or something? this fandom loves shipping characters that hate each other so much. oh wait i know why, cause this fandom is repulsed by things that don’t involve white twinks. that’s why crack ships like dundie are universally praised to this day while iconic ships like notie are forgotten. (only real ones remember 2008 notie smh)
now for the record, i’m not saying hating leonard automatically makes you racist. i’ve seen a lot of people come in here and claim that not liking dave or sierra or cameron or whatever poc makes you inherently racist. while [white] total drama fans tend to use more explicitly derogatory language in regards to characters of color they don’t like (ex: the way gwanon talks about courtney vs. the way they talk about duncan despite hating both of them) but the difference between leonard and those other people is that leonard is actually well written and doesn’t suck. he only had positive qualities. leonard literally did nothing wrong and he gets so much hate for what??leonard didn’t actively hurt anyone, leonard didn’t commit any crimes, leonard didn’t fetishize someone’s mental illness. so i can’t help but side eye people that say hate leonard..it feels like they simply hate to see a nerdy black non binary wizard winning.
anyway, leonard deserves the entire world and i’m tired of people not recognizing it. so leonard antis ask yourself, why do you hate leonard so much? he’s just a funny wizard boy. and before you ask, yes i sent this is in as my college application.
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freddieslater · 3 years
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for the ask game, casey/derek in honour of your fantastic username, and scott/stiles! :-)
You know me so well!! (And thank you, I love my username a lot 🧡) So, starting with Dasey, we both know it's going in the "ship it" category!
What made you ship it?
It's purely Ashley and Michael's fault. Even as a tiny child watching it air on TV, I just knew there was something about Casey and Derek. The way they argue, they way they look at each other. The chemistry was off the god damn charts and that is entirely the actors faults. Even rewatching the show now (literally, I'm watching the battle of the bands episode), the chemistry between them is too intense to ignore.
What are your favourite things about the ship?
Uhh, everything? But probably the way they bring out different sides of each other. If I can steal a quote that Rose said in The Vampire Diaries for a moment, "It's not just that she makes him a better person. She does, but he changes her, too. He challenges her. Surprises her. He makes her question her life, her beliefs."
That just sums up exactly what I love about Derek and Casey. They challenge each other. And yeah, they bring out better sides of each other. And just an extra addition: I love how they complain and argue but when it comes down to it, they're there for each other. Casey will drop everything to help Derek if she thinks he really needs it or if he even just... asks. And Derek cares quietly. He calls her dad back when he sees her get upset at the visit going wrong, he spends her entire birthday party videoing it for her so that she'll have something nice to wake up to after the operation. When it's really important to the other, they will do anything for them. And that matters more than any of the countless, pointless arguments.
Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?
I can't think of one. I'm pretty sure most Dasey shippers tend to agree on most things when it comes to them!
And now, Sciles! Of course I ship these soft best friends!
What made you ship it?
... I watched the show. No, but seriously, I think I was on my first rewatch of it when I started noticing how they were the best possible romance of the entire show. I read a few fics, watched the show a million times, and now I'm here, forever in love with them.
What are your favourite things about the ship?
Ugh, god, everything! They fufill like all of my favourite tropes, but the most important: childhood best friends to lovers. They're Shawn and Cory. They're Benny and Ethan. They're Scott and Stiles, and it is physically impossible not to see how much they love and adore each other. They would die for each other, but they would also do everything else they possibly could to protect the other from ever getting into a situation where they would need someone to die for them. They know everything about each other, inside and out, better than they know themselves. They're connected in so many ways and I honestly don't think that they can really imagine life without each other.
Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?
That they should have been canon? That they were better than every canon romantic relationship we did get? That they are both equal and are each other's biggest supporters? That even looking at them platonically, they were the real love story of the show?
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cloveroctobers · 3 years
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ELLADINE SARABI
IG info/bio: @/ellasardineabi | 18.5k followers | Artist | i was born with glass bones and paper skin♡
25 years old
Born & raised in Cardiff, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Father was in the n*vy and moved his family around a few times until he and his wife came to a agreement that it would be best for the family to grow up in one solid place
whereas he would leave for months at a time living elsewhere
Which was hard on the family at times since he is viewed as the rock of the family
He eventually left the n*vy after serving 20 years & was so thankful to, he hated it and how it messed with him mentally
He’s also of Iranian heritage
Her mother is of German heritage
Has her own restaurant that serves authentic German food
Both of her parents instilled hard work, discipline, generosity, and how to be practical in their children
Elladine is the middle child
Has a brother that is ten years older than her and then a younger sister who is seven years behind her
Canon: there is currently a discussion going on if they are going to bring their (maternal) nan/mam-gu home since the nursing home isn’t providing the proper care their nan needs
Her mother has a rocky relationship with her mother that she doesn’t like to discuss with her children but her husband knows all about it
Her nan has Alzheimer's and is becoming violent
it has become difficult seeing her most days
Elladine came into glassblowing after being involved in many classes in secondary such as workshop class
which became her fav since she was able to manipulate many materials such as metal, wood, and glass
She also took a auto body class which was interesting but she wasn’t too thrilled about it. Got away with a B- but knew she could do better if she really wanted to but she didn’t need the class to graduate so allow it
Currently works in a glass studio where her work is displayed/sold and she’s one of the main ones that makes great profit
has bought her own space for her own studio and is slowly making it to her liking with her assistant, yes she’s got one!
Hopes to be in that space within the next 6 months...it would have been a little sooner if we weren’t dealing with a global p*ndemic!!! but ya know life f*cking sucks sometimes!!!1!!:) especially if people don’t gaf
Moved back in with her parents so that she could not only help with her nan but get her studio ready, her parents approved since she was working towards something and realized her talent
I definitely see elladine going through a grunge phase and it probably still slips out every now and then lol
Her childhood room is still in shades of raspberry, gray, and a deep purple
always been plus-sized/fuller than the rest but it’s literally hereditary since her mom is built the same way who got it from her dad
Her family never made her feel ashamed as they shouldn’t and none of her true friends made her feel different since they were all of different sizes!!! besides who’s really friends with someone because of their bodies? Ur really ugly if that’s how u roll js
Always a respectful student and not too afraid to spark up a convo with you but can be a little nervous if the person is more of a “I have to warm up to you first” since she’ll feel like she’s annoying you if she carries the convo at first
Takes her time in relationships because she’s scared of getting hurt, cause breakups are not fun! Especially if theyre your friend on top of that
Although Friendship breakups are much worse let’s be honest here!!!
Has noticed that a few of her exes like to bring up that she’s controlling or too bossy in relationships and that makes her a little insecure since she doesn’t view it that way??
She knows what she wants and likes things a certain way, and she can see how it can kinda come off that way based on how she approaches/says things and tries to be better at toning it down and not being offensive to her significant others
Always has a plan and likes to follow it, she definitely keeps to-do lists on a daily
Takes trips to see Nicky often and vice-versa, every moment they spend together feels like it’s meant to be, even when it’s them just simply chilling in each other’s spaces, he’s truly one of her best friends and he feels like the missing part of her life
He offered for her to move in with him but elladine didn’t accept it since she wanted to be there to help with her nan and in fact—she wanted to be the one to ask HIM to move in with her
but if they make it long enough, they’ll go house hunting together...maybe
I get Shawn/Angela relationship vibes from them (boy meets world for those who aren’t aware of this couple and I’m not just saying this because they’re interracial as well lol) did I say this already about someone else? Brain fart lol
everyone relationship has their flaws so when they hit a bump in the road...elladine immediately wants to fix it but it comes off as more critiquing, moodiness/blaming the other
while Nicky can be defensive/argumentive/a little condescending on his end
To get through it, they normally go on a walk together in complete silence until they’re ready to speak again or they take a break from each other
I think words of affirmation is her love language
Taurus sun + Virgo moon + Capricorn rising?
“The girl on the motorcycle” is one of her fav films — no this is not metaphoric to her love life
Loves watching things with captions on since she always finds herself doing something else while watching anything (which irks Nicky a little bit but that’s just the way elladine is and he loves her so he deals with it)
Will rewind something if she missed it too
Canon: never had morning sex before
but can now say she has ;) & understands the pros people say about it and it outweighs the cons in her book
Will start the whole song over too if she missed her fav part in it
She also enjoys billiards since her brother used to work in a pool hall and when he had to watch her because she was “too young” in her words to stay home by herself he would take her there even tho technically she wasn’t supposed to be there but he was screwing his boss’s daughter so it was quite fine
her sister has a crush on Gary & ships elladine with him, which they joke about every now and then + he doesn’t follow her back, which is okay! Not a big deal but her sister keeps sliding in his dms (he’s now single)
She NEVER thought she would be on THE love island and wasn’t that confident that she’d find a real love that carried on outside of the show but Nicky has proven her wrong 🥲
She’s 5’5–5’6
Probably shops at Zara & top shop and has no issue picking pieces that flatter her “pear” figure, she loves all that is of her body: the pudge, love handles, cellulite and all (she’s very confident and won’t let anyone see her moments of doubt when it comes to her frame)
Loves mythology but will tell bill stfu if he comes near her trying to argue about anything in that subject
Very competitive and will rush through certain things, leaving one to think that she’ll fail somewhere but rarely does
If she’s not near or away from the mountains or the sea for long period of time she gets very moody!!! Guess that’s the Welsh in her huh?
Loves fireplaces, they’re super cozy and very romantic if you catch ella’s drift 😏
Probably smells like jasmine & pink pepper idk
Wants to travel to Iceland one day
Knows her way around a car but dreads having to get it fixed or fixing it herself?
Loves driving until her road rage kicks in? Oh you’re gonna go around her to get in front of her? Never that. She’ll always be in front of you and will break check you if you try her “Drewgi” she mutters
Early riser and goes to bed early too lol
She’s the crying drunk lmao
Automatically vieve has become one of her best friends from the villa but it deff didn’t feel forced like it normally would have just because their bfs have a podcast together, they talk about everything together. EVERYTHING! It feels like she’s the big sister she never had, yet they’re only a year apart lol
They have ft sleepovers and man is it fun!
Forgave lily but at the same time can’t fully see herself being friends with her like vieve tried to encourage before they went on the yacht...sorry everything can’t be Kumbaya over here sis
It sucks to say but it was easier? She doesn’t know if that’s the right term or not... for her to forgive rafi than it was lily and it’s fucked up but that’s the way it is. It’s not like she contacts him on seperate messages or anything like that! She’ll talk to him via group chat and that’s pretty much it. She knows it was all part of the show and production’s bs for ratings but that doesn’t mean it still didn’t hurt
Wishes him success on his shows/movies but doesn’t engage/watch them
What does she post? I feel like she posts maybe three times a month and a lot are outfit pics but tends to go live more so to chat with the people! She’ll also show all what glassblowing entails while chatting away! She loves that part and is pretty open about things but knows how to keep some things private
Personally wasn’t the biggest fan of season 1 but admits she wishes she had mc’s balls in terms of what she would have done if she was in elladine’s place when lily picked Nicky, “ugh! I wish I had her strength rising through my veins in that moment. Absolute riot. Adore her.”
‘“Licky” is a ugly ass ship name anyways so who’s really winning here?!’
Celeb crushes? Iwan Rheon, Henry Zaga, Anthony Welsh, jason derulo, & LaRoyce Hawkins
Listens to: soleima, Marisa Maino, Ava Max, poppy, Caroline polachek, Donny Hathaway, Phil Good, & SAINt JHN
Anthem — M.I.A. “Bad Girls”
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heroprose · 4 years
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the regular;
a/n. well what do u know.... turns out i WILL be writing for jojo on this blog...... @jojosmilktea, that is!! hi jojo i was ur bnha spring event anon! and i’m SOOO sorry this is late RIP!!!
ship. shoto todoroki x reader
summary. bubble tea shop au. it’s true that he knows your order by heart, but he wishes he knew a little more.
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to be quite honest, you didn’t know this bubble tea shop even existed in this part of the city. 
it certainly didn’t look the part, all pristine with white stone walls and flower boxes hooked onto the closed glass windows. no, in fact it looked a little too bougie for this gray high rise district and you suspect that if it were not for the current downpour, wherein great big rivulets of water are endlessly streaming down the streets, hipsters would populate this cafe’s space in no time.
you cannot blame them, of course. it’s certainly a nice building and totally instagram-worthy. but what attracts you to it is not the vintage stone walls nor the massive poster plastered on the inside of the glass window, with vibrant letters that spell out NEW SEASONAL FLAVORS! but instead, it’s the generous pink awning in front that’s saving you from the insidious downpour. 
you were supposed to do a little grocery shopping before heading home, damn it. technically, though, you could brave the rain for a while and shop for bread and eggs while sopping wet, but it’s a deeply unappealing idea. it doesn’t help that your go-to grocer with the terrific deals is three train stops away either and that your phone is dead, drained from too many rounds of crossy road on your commute long before the rain even began.
restless, you squint through the window of the shop inconspicuously and gape in horror as you realize it is just as cute inside as it is outside. from what you can tell, it’s set up like a little garden party, with metal outdoor chairs and circular tables and the tiles even have flower smiley face stickers on them. oh no. 
it is something of a relief you’ve only discovered this bubble tea shop now because any earlier would have you blowing your bank account on extra boba and grass jelly. and in this economy? not ideal.
still, your eyes waver to the poster again. rose milk tea? peach iced tea? the prices aren’t listed anywhere so you presume they must be absolutely monstrous. completely insane, probably, and jacked up immensely to compensate for the expenses gone in the decor alone and--
“we’re open, you know. you can come in.”
you pull away from the window hastily, letting your back bump into the metal back of chair. biting back a cry of pain, you eye the speaker head-to-toe before letting your shoulders slack. the black apron tied at his waist screams barista. actually, everything about this dude screams barista, from the rolled up sleeves to the vaguely disheveled collar. even the watch on his wrist-- woah. is that a limited edition tag heuer watch? you blanch a little.
he grips the broom with both hands and gestures with the jerk of his chin to the door. “you can come in,” he repeats. his bangs flutter about his forehead thanks to the gusts of wind and it’s a bit mesmerizing to see the red and white flutter like that. 
“oh,” you say, desperate to recompose yourself as you pretend you weren’t wringing out droplets of water from your clothing just minutes before. “it’s okay, thank you. i’m just waiting for the rain to pass.”
the barista opens his mouth but before he can speak, a loud clap of thunder zips through you and goosebumps erupt across the expanse of your skin. with ears ringing, you wince and the tag heuer-wearing fellow only watches. you purse your lips, glancing from him. to the onslaught of rain, to finally the door. 
well. so much for staying outside. wordlessly, he pulls the door open for you and you oblige quietly, mumbling a small word of thanks as you pass him.
unsurprisingly, the shop is wholly vacant, save for him, the boy who follows you in, and another barista behind the counter, who leans against the table behind him with arms crossed. the radio is on but it’s turned down so low that it might as well be off.
it would be painful to loiter in this shop for an hour or so without buying anything, so begrudgingly, you pull out your wallet and pray to whatever higher deity up there that you won’t get hooked on their drinks and subsequently, their freakish prices. you’ve got a budget, for goodness sake. 
when you step to the counter, the barista that met you outside sets his broom aside to meet you on the other side. “what would you like?” he asks automatically, with the tilt of his head. you glance over the menu above his head despite knowing your answer deep inside your heart.
“taro milk tea, please,” you say, bringing your gaze back to him. a trickle of rainwater slides down the curve of his cheek and you have to tear your gaze away. “medium, with boba. and extra sugar too.”
“will that be it?”
“yes,” you reply with your eyes downcast, carefully deciding on whether to use cash or credit. maybe you can use some of your spare coins this time.
his gold name tag says “shoto,” and it gleams even in your peripheral vision as he nods and turns to the other barista with the spiky hair who stands a few ways’ away and glowers a bit. 
“katsuki,” says shoto. “one medium taro milk tea with--”
“yeah, yeah,” says the other barista snappishly. “i heard. i’m literally right here.” he pulls away from the table and exits to the back forcefully and you two watch him in relative silence. a guitar-heavy shawn mendes song plays in the background; played too softly for you to determine which one though.
shoto’s gaze swivels back to you, undisturbed by the attitude his coworker just presented and so you do your best to remain indifferent as well. it is similarly pure irony to have such a gentle cafe hosted by such personalities. 
“name?” he simply asks and you tell him, not bothering to question why that was still necessary if you were the only customer in the entire shop. 
and it is equally strange that after katsuki returns with your drink, about to hand it to you, shoto acts to intercepts with an extended hand to take the cup away.
“what are you doing?” says katsuki incredulously, drawing back.
shoto presents the sticker with the order printed on it in the air. “i need to put this on.”
“seriously? it’s not like you could hand it to the wrong person,” he mutters, but lets shoto tease it out of his hand before promptly returning to the kitchen again, letting the doors swing behind him. you refrain from smiling too wide as shoto carefully presses the sticker onto the cup behind the counter with an unexpectedly concentrated expression on his face.
when he utters your name to catch your attention, shoto slides your drink over to you, not letting go until your fingers accidentally brush over his. “here you go.”
“thank you,” you say brightly, shaking it for good measure. the ice clinks distract you momentarily from the noise of rain hitting concrete. the cream and purple taro swirl together brilliantly.
he nods, turning away to take a cleaning rag into his hands. shoto wipes at the counter meticulously, every once in a while swiping a smudge with his fingertips to evaluate his work. the quiet is only periodically punctured by the clap of thunder and when shawn mendes starts belting out the background adlibs via the radio.
“when do you think the rain will let up?” you muse absentmindedly, fingers drumming the raised counter as you push along your bubble tea and dig around the container for a straw of your favorite color. “not for long, i hope.”
shoto blinks, glancing up. “i heard it’ll last all through the night.”
steely dread pools at the bottom of your stomach. “no!” you gasp, confronting shoto. “really? i don’t have an umbrella or anything.” you didn’t hear anything of the sort, but then again, you haven’t checked the forecast since this morning. maybe you can wave down a cab or something. you let out a brief laugh of disbelief that rapidly devolves into a groan. “man. that stinks.”
he looks at you sympathetically, watching you deftly pierce the plastic seal top of your milk tea with more force than necessary. 
you bring the straw to your mouth, sipping quietly as you think of your next line of action. the richness is disturbingly good and you’re saddened to know that you’ll be returning in the future, rain or no rain. 
taking a seat in a metal chair, you finally give the shop a thorough glance over. with all the bright lights and pale wallpaper plastered with colorful stickers. above you, the ceiling vents buzz quietly. the whole shop is just--
“dazzling,” you murmur after several minutes, submitting to its glamour. “everything’s so pretty here.” the interior designer really went ham here and it shows. you fish your phone out of your slightly damp pocket and wipe at the screen with a sigh. you’d even take a photo if you could.
unbeknownst to you, shoto had left the counter upfront and is wiping down a table nearby as you speak. “thank you,” he says and you jolt, head snapping towards his direction. “we do our best to be presentable and comfortable.”
“full marks on both then,” you say breezily and a ghost of a smile teases at his lips before he walks away to the backroom. 
he’s amused. did he think you were funny? your ears start to warm up a little and you drain your milk tea faster. in any case, it’s best that you brave the storm sooner than later. 
there’s little doubt that the rain won’t be stopping any time soon and it would really be the icing on the cake if you not only got stuck in a thunderstorm but fell ill as well. you’ve realized, from all your years of life, that people don’t appreciate their functional nostrils until they get stuffed. 
and you don’t know how much time passes in that cafe with the absence of clocks and your phone, but after catching yourself glancing over at shoto for the fifth time, wondering if you can make him smile like that again, you finally think that enough is enough. your chewing speeds up. 
then you stand up, careful to not let the metal feet scrape the tiles. should you just book it, through the rain? or should you stand under the awning a little longer, hoping the rare cab will notice your helpless self and save you? as you mull these thoughts over, you toss the cup into the bin and wipe your hands with a spare napkin, getting rid of the condensation.
“wait.” 
shoto’s calm voice makes you whirl around yet again.
as he walks closer, you notice that he’s gripping something in his hand and you can only bring yourself to stare as he presents it to you.
“take it,” he says. “this is my umbrella.”
your heart stutters for a second. “huh? no, i couldn’t,” you say hastily, dismissing him with a wave. “that’s really kind of you though, thank you.”
“but you said you didn’t have one.”
you give him a quizzical look. “but if i take yours, then you don’t have one.”
“katsuki-- um, the other person who works here-- lives near me. we commute together sometimes. so please,” he says, gesturing the closed umbrella.  you wrap your fingers around the clear plastic gingerly to his coaxing. “take it.” 
tears nearly prick your eyes as you lean over to pat him on the arm graciously. he’s more alarmed than anything else as you do, silently wide-eyed, and is it only then that you notice his eyes are different colors. “thanks, shoto. i’ll be back tomorrow to return it then. i promise!”
he gives you a quick nod. “i don’t work tomorrow. i’ll be here all weekend though.” 
“alright, shoto. i’ll see you on the weekend.”
“stay safe.”
you’re already turning away and pushing open the door before you see the flicker of a smile pass over his visage again.
/
“you gave away your umbrella?” says katsuki after the cafe closes later that evening. his eyes narrow down at his fellow coworker sharply. “to a damn customer?”
“it’ll get returned,” assures shoto. his upper arm is warm where you had touched him, and his hand hovers over it for a second before he shrugs on his jacket.
“that’s not the point,” his coworker seethes, angrily hanging up his apron. “my car is two blocks over and i was relying on you to do your part in bringing the umbrella. idiot!”
ah.
/
you come back that sunny weekend, with shoto’s trusty transparent umbrella in hand... as well as the weekend after. and the weekend after that. sans the excuse of the umbrella, of course.
when it is katsuki that greets you at the counter, he does little to hide his disapproval of your order; grunting when you greet him with a cheerful “hi katsuki!” and grimacing each time when you smile and add, “with extra sugar!” to your order.
“you’re aware of how much sugar is already in this stuff, right?” he tells you. 
“i’m here for a good time, not a long time,” you reply. “and are you really supposed to be asking me that? as someone who works here?”
katsuki scoffs and wordlessly punches your order in anyway. his brew, however, is immaculate without fail so you don’t question his tactics.
but when it is shoto... he greets you warmly, stretching the conversation by asking about how you are and about your day.
“the regular?” he eventually asks after several weeks of you making the same order as the last. 
you smile. “the regular.”
sometimes, you loiter near the counter when it’s not busy. you learn, with some semblance of glee, that shoto is a student like yourself and he only works part-time-- the rainy afternoon you met him on had been a shift he was covering for someone else. other times all you can do is take your drink and wave him goodbye.
even on the extremely busy days where you cannot even find a vacant seat, there are brief seconds where you think of leaning against the wall and enjoying the atmosphere. it is a startling realization, how desperate you want to linger in his presence. 
your affection is making you ill. ugh, and being bloated is not a good look on you either.
drinking taro milk tea at competitor bubble tea shops don’t even sate you. it’s always too watery, too thin; the flavors rounding off as bitter, over brewed tea. but you drink them to wean yourself off. you should probably stop drinking them altogether though.
some time passes before you can find it in yourself to return. the storefront is as pretty as it always is whenever you pass it by on your commute.
“hey, how are you? have you been alright?” asks shoto right off the bat, dropping his washrag haphazardly beside the sink when you find yourself at the counter again after the weeks of hearty self-restraint.
his concern is so vivid it unnerves you. it’s a funny and ill-placed nervous look on his face, eyebrows pulled tense. “i’m fine,” you say, “how have you been?”
“i’m well,” shoto says. “and... that’s good. it’s been a while. i thought you might have started getting your milk tea fix from somewhere else.” he pauses. “have you?”
his sincerity makes you throw your head back and laugh, but your stomach gurgles at the recollection of drinking so many subpar taro milk teas. “never,” you tell him finally. “i like this place too much. and the people here too.”
“i see.” shoto’s smile is bright this time, eyes so soft even as he speaks. “the regular then?”
you let out an exaggerated sigh, your own gaze crinkling up. “you know me so well, shoto.”
/
“quit freakin’ flirting at the counter,” snaps katsuki, mopping the floor vigorously. “do that shit when you’re not at work, icy-hot. it’s disgusting that i have to stand here and listen to you two.”
shoto frowns. “it’s not flirting. we have to be kind to customers.” he calls from the kitchen.
“kindness is you giving extra napkins, not asking if they’ve been going to other bubble tea shops. as if.”
“we’re... just friends then.”
“just friends, my ass. what, you think that extra sugar ass sweet tooth loser came in every week alone just to get tea? you know what...” katsuki’s peeved grumbles trail off until they’re no longer comprehensible.
shoto just ponders on this as he drains the sink.
/
“here,” says katsuki one saturday afternoon. “take it. and go.” he pushes the purple drink into your hand and wipes his own hand on his apron. “extra sugar. don’t blame me when your teeth fall out.”
“damn,” you say, although you are hardly taken aback by his crudeness anymore. “but i will. i’ve got a lot to do today, so i can’t stay and chat. bye guys!”
“take care,” says shoto just as katsuki says, “don’t care, didn’t ask.”
(when you wave goodbye, however, you are pleased to see that they both reciprocate kindly.)
by the time you eventually take a sip, you’re already on your way to the rail to get to your favorite grocery store. today, it’s buy one get one free bags of potatoes so you know you’ll be stocking up this time.
mindlessly, you pierce the top with your straw, careful to aim for the center. you give it a stir before taking a sip, the familiar creaminess filling your mouth. 
although it’s... different, somehow. 
sweeter, you think. did katsuki actually overload it with sugar this time? seemed like a weird prank to pull. perhaps he was teaching you a lesson but considering that he hasn’t been fired yet indicates that this was an infrequent occurrence. hopefully. 
chewing the boba thoughtfully, you pull the cup away in order to squint at the dark text printed on the sticker. it’s the same as you always say it: a medium, iced, taro milk tea, with boba and 25% extra--
the word “sugar” is scrawled over with black ink, although not deliberately it seems. it’s just covered up with a slew of numbers and letters written unbelievably neat in spite of being on a cylindrical cup and you nearly hack up a black clump of sugary boba onto the concrete sidewalk. 
but nevertheless, you force it down to look at the order again, more closely this time.
they’re numbers, and your heart stutters in your chest at the realization there’s just enough to be a phone number; followed by a name that you only ever saw emblazoned on a gold name tag.
you want to commit the numbers to memory, but it’s undeniably hard to concentrate. not when shoto’s gentle smile is on the forefront of your brain and  when big, fat droplets of water are hitting your forehead with incredible force. 
you glance up at the swirling, ashen clouds above you, bloated and expecting. an uncomfortable feeling crawls up your spine at the realization that you’ve forgotten your umbrella at home today too. 
oh god. not again.
/
“i can’t believe you actually wrote your number on my cup today... very smooth, shoto.”
there’s a beat before shoto replies, his voice tinny and distant over the phone. “actually, i did that the first day you came in-- when it was raining. i figured you didn’t notice or you were rejecting me.”
“oh. so, wait-- you did it twice then? that day and today?”
“no,” says shoto. “just that day.”
“then who--” you stop yourself.
outside your window, a clap of thunder shakes the sky. and the epiphany that follows renders you both silent.
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chakazard · 3 years
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When it is done right, there is nothing cooler than professional wrestling. When it is done right, you can see colorful characters doing battle and feel like you are part of a community. Wrestling should be for everybody, but sadly its history has not always lived up to welcoming those who are not straight men. For five hours on Saturday, April 24, in the backyard of an abandoned(?) house in Pittsburgh, in the rain, one of the coolest and most entertaining wrestling shows ever took place. MV Young presided over the proceedings of the 3rd installment of the PolyAm Cult Party.
If you have never seen MV Young, imagine the most jacked version of Billy Idol you can. He is polyamorous, pansexual, fashionable, claims to have thousands upon thousands of sexual partners, is charismatic enough that nobody doubts it, he brings a real DIY punk rock feeling into indie wrestling, and has built a brand so strong that everybody accepts “PolyAm Cult Party 3” as an excellent name for a wrestling show despite being a far cry from “the Royal Rumble” or “SuperBrawl.” MV is the Wrestler’s Lab Champion, the King of the PolyAm Cult, he straddles lines between subcultures, is always defiant to his detractors, and ready to boost his followers. He also has one of the most refreshing visions of pro wrestling and its future, and this show that he created was a resounding success.
Appropriately, the pre-show entertainment at the PolyAm Cult Party was punk band Big Baby. This show brings the energy of a backyard punk show to wrestling. The intermission was provided by drag superstar Washington Heights. These three art forms/subcultures can absolutely fit perfectly together, enhancing one another and growing the audience for each. This also serves as a perfect description for the vibe of the Party, wrestling + punk + drag = PolyAm Cult Party 3. The other crossover star in attendance was Commander Sterling (whom I am familiar with from Kate Nyx’s Generic Winter Holiday Special), who returned to the Party, bringing a sizable following of non-wrestling fans to watch them both wrestle and manage evil lawyer David Lawless, having turned full heel since the last Party when they served as the ring announcer.
Many of the wrestlers at the Party fit into the LGBTQIA spectrum, but most of them do not make it the major part of their persona, and none of them felt like they were booked for this reason, or to fill a role, or like they were chosen for any reason other than their abilities. Unlike some “specialty” shows, the wrestling was the main course at the Party, and every aspect of a good wrestling show was on display. We saw hard hitting strikes, high flying flips, heel beatdowns, babyfaces overcoming adversity, comedy, an epic Scrumble, and a few huge stars, like Lee Moriarty and Allison Katch. Wrestlers were given the freedom to fully express their personas and we saw wrestlers CPA return to an old identity to battle former WWE Superstar Colin Delaney, and Allison Katch utterly destroy the fandom’s perception of her with her new one. Wrestlers of every shape and size also featured at the Party, from the diminutive Yoya to the aptly named Big Callux. None of the matches on the show felt like foregone conclusions (except Callux’s squash of The Bird) and none of the events of the day felt forced or like an illogical swerve.
The show started in grand and appropriate fashion, with the Satanic El Presidente Pinkie Sanchez standing atop a Jeep (one of the unique elements of this literal backyard show). To the dismay of the crowd, he lost his contest to Darius Carter, an overly serious and egotistical wrestler with a phenomenal jacket who made a perfect heel for the gathered Cultists. Over the course of the day we saw the technical wizardry of Edith Surreal (whose matches have been appointment viewing for me since the last PolyAm Cult Party) as she triumphed over the similarly impressive Eel O’Neal, Shawn Phoenix using a flaming board as a weapon in the scrumble before being one of several opponents to fall to Mikey Banker, before Aspyn the Mermaid claimed the victory for her simps, and a good ol’ meaty hoss fight between Mr. Grim and Chase Holliday, a hard hitting battle between Xavier Faraday and Yoya. MV Young defended his belt against Jody the Wrestler, who won over a large part of the crowd with his fighting spirit despite facing the leader of the Cult, unforgettably incorporating a cigarette into the match en route to a successful defense. Cold blooded villain Charles Mason upset indie wrestling superstar Lee Moriarty in the pouring rain (and earned an “Eat The Rich” chant from the crowd, because the PolyAm Cult is an excellent and discerning fanbase). Molly McCoy had a standout match in the second PolyAm Cult Party in a row, falling to the terrifying badass Allison Katch, and Ziggy Haim defeated Janai Kai early in the night and came back from a beatdown on her way to winning the Ryse Wrestling Championship and the adulation of the entire crowd in the main event.
You might assume that a wrestling show being broadcast free on Twitch from a backyard during a rainstorm would not have great production standards, but GoProfessionalWrestling ran a tight ship, correcting all technical difficulties in a manner of seconds. Commentators Darnell (from Uncanny Attractions) and Scotty Sariti were a great team of personalities without detracting from the action in the ring, and Percy Davis has become one of the best commentators in indie wrestling. No ring announcer brings as much excitement as J Rose and this Party was the perfect event to showcase his passion. Even referees Nick Shin and Katy Vella were excellent and untiring for the length of the Party. The atmosphere around the ring included a firepit, several trees, and the aforementioned Jeep and all of these were used as weapons, though effectively and sparingly. None of the matches went too long and all of the wrestlers were welcome additions to the show.
In conclusion, wrestling does not need to be the same thing it has always been. It doesn’t need to play with the fans expectations. It doesn’t need to gatekeep people out of the fandom and it sure as fuck doesnt need to be uninviting to people of various genders, sexual orientations, races and religions. Wrestling is best when it gives us compelling characters that we want to see do cool shit in and around a ring, and when fans will sit for over five hours through a rainstorm I’d say the PolyAm Cult Party 3 delivered in abundance. Check out the replay on GoProfessionalWrestling’s Twitch channel and join the muthafuckin PolyAm Cult.
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So, I finally watched the finale of The Good Place.
I didn’t want to watch it, because I didn’t want what has become one of my favorite shows to end – which is very fitting with the subject matter of the last episode.
But my Janet was it satisfying.
I don’t think I have ever been that satisfied or at peace with a show’s ending before, but my goodness did they do it. I have one problem, but really it was just  so wonderful that I hardly call it a problem, just a difference of opinion. 
The Good
Shawn
Shawn’s little evil, but trying to be sincere moment, was just so funny. 
Vicky
Her talking about acting and being so pretentious, she was always such a delight. I hope I’ll see Tiya Sircar in more things, she was fantastic. 
Mindy St. Claire
I just loved how she was grateful that Elenaor cared about her and her afterlife as she didn’t. It was just sweet and of course a bit pervy with those two, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. 
Derek
Hilarious as always.
The Second Gang – Simone, John and Brent
It was nice seeing them again. Just the quickness of it, was good. Simone hanging out with Chidi and Eleanor and people she might not have hang out with before was good.
That last bit of gossip from John.
And Brent still going through the test.
Maybe their moments were too short, but I would rather have a short few seconds with them in the end then cut anything away from the main gang.
The Judge
Now listening to podcasts. Maya Rudolph is always a treasure.
The Doorman.
I love the transition of him basically being alone when we first saw him to being the center point of the afterlife that was very nice. Especially seeing him being surrounded by frogs and being so happy, to being bored and annoyed by all the frogs, to him getting a real frog.
I love Mr. Jumpy Legs
I didn’t know that was something I even wanted, but my gosh was that precious and such a nice microcosm of the overall afterlife affect.
Team Cockroach
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Tahani
Tahani and her being with her family was so very touching and her living with her sister (it looked like) and them being sisters and friends to her accomplishing everything on her list and still realizing there’s more for her to do was just so damn wonderful.
I’m really happy with how her story ended, or I guess how we left her. Her not going through the door, but her finding something else to do and finding satisfaction with that was good.
Michael
Michael becoming human. That’s perfect. That’s so nice for him and Ted Dansen’s real-life wife playing his guitar teacher was so sweet and lovely.
Also, Michael trying to go through the door and it not working, was hilarious.
Such a charming former fire squid who deserves only the best.
Also Michael Realman being is actual name on earth, is hilarious and forking fantastic. 
The Bowtie
Michael giving Tahani the first bowtie we ever saw him in. That was super touching. I hope either Jameela or Ted got to keep it or stole it from set.
Janet
I love Janet. I mean Janet being a constant and experiencing all of time at once is just so Janet.
My favorite not a robot and not a girl there ever was. And I am so in love with Manny stealing the necklace and giving it to her. 
Hello and Goodbyes – Janet and Michael
I love how Michael’s and Janet’s first lines were greetings and their last lines were farewells. That’s just very nice and fitting. 
Janet and Michael’s relationship was just the best friendship ever. And Michael making sure Janet knew she could be sad and that she could always talk to him and Janet fretting over Michael in his human form, they are just the best.
Jason
Jason was very sweet. 
Him waiting for Janet to come back and him knowing that all the other Janets he saw weren’t his not-a-girl. That was very touching. And even though Jason was ready to go, him waiting and being at peace with it and just thinking about life and Janet was truly satisfying. He truly became a monk. 
And of course, Jason’s first line being about waiting for Eleanor to him actually waiting several eternities for Janet and telling Chidi to wait up was so nice. 
Chidi & Eleanor
OMG. These two. What can I even say about these two. I love them so much, these two will probably be in my top 10 ships forever.
I legit started to cry when Eleanor was so desperate to keep Chidi and telling him she didn’t want to be alone and she’d been alone her whole life. Then Chidi saying he’ll stay with her, because he loves her and Chidi never wants to make Eleanor sad.
His literal moment of peace happened when Eleanor received maternal affection and love from both his mother and her own.
I mean come on.
But of course, Chidi is ready to and wants to leave. And Eleanor realizing that letting him leave is the best thing for Chidi, no matter how sad it might make her feel, is the right thing to do.
Eleanor has grown so much from the first episode.
I mean, from someone who basically entrapped Chidi to lying for her to letting him go because it’s the best thing for him (a selfless act), she really has grown so much. And Chidi, Chidi being ready to go and being comfortable with the biggest choice of his life without a second of hesitation. My boy has grown.
It’s so forking satisfying.
And when he left her that calendar, it was so funny and sweet and stupid and just wonderful. And oddly is very fitting with this show and how it makes you feel.
The Not So Good
Honestly, nothing was bad in the finale for me. I was truly satisfied by it.
I do wish the last thing in the show, was just Eleanor walking through the door and the sound of waves being the last thing we hear.
To me that would’ve been a bit more fitting and satisfying. 
At least for me.
There’s something about a show that is literally about the afterlife and the final episode being about how we have no idea what is going to happen in the end, is just so excellent to me.
I love that so much. 
There being no definitive answer, is oddly the most satisfying thing this show could’ve done with what happens after you go through the final door.
That being said, I do really like and love the idea that after you choose to leave the afterlife - a bit of you becomes a moment, a little voice to another to do the right thing. 
Fitting with Eleanor’s journey and the whole, what do we owe one another question.
And just the idea that the world is becoming a better place, with the good place residents being allowed to leave and becoming said moments on earth and the bad place residents being allowed to try, try again until they get it right. 
So, I really don’t have a problem with the ending and I do really love it. 
I would’ve just ended it with Eleanor walking through the door and the sound of waves. 
I personally just like the question not being answered in the end. 
But by goodness, did they end this show with perfection. It’s hard to write about my so called problem, because I did love the ending we got, even if I might’ve done it a bit differently. 
What a truly lovely and satisfying show, that has beat my expectations every single time. 
Just a truly well-made, well-acted, wonderful and lovely show with a lovely and wonderfully diverse and talented cast.
I love The Good Place.
And while I hate to see it go, I loved watching it leave.  
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Just got home from The Rise of Skywalker. No pithy intro, I’m just going to jump right in and it’s going to be a LONG rant here so buckle up, my friends, and be sure to read below the cut. SPOILERS AHOY YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
Okay, so yes, the first third of the movie went at a blistering, nearly nonsensical pace. JJ  really had to cram a whole watermelon’s worth of exposition into a...well, you know, there was a lot to take in. This movie had to do so much telling instead of showing because it was such a departure (and middle finger to TLJ) from what came before. 
The thing was, the first third was also the most interesting part of the movie. I actually wish the whole trilogy had started with all of the Sith nonsense. (Actually, I wish they had started with Kylo absolutely wrecking shit like he did and then the Palpatine scene. People would have made all the wrong assumptions and it would have been glorious to unravel it over three films.) There is a strong history of Sith artifacts in both Nu-Canon and Legends, and it wouldn’t have been out of place, considering what we know now, to have made Rey, Poe, and Finn’s quest for these artifacts the start of the new trilogy, and then told the rest of the story in a non-linear timeline. Probably too experimental for a Star Wars reboot, but it would have grabbed attention and everyone like creepy Sith shit. 
Frankly, I would have dropped zombie-robot Palpatine at the very start of the trilogy, as well. It’s bonkers but I don’t hate the Rey Palpatine thing and they could have spent the rest fo the movies explaining this weird-ass lineage and how it relates to Kylo, Snoke, etc. and then have built back to the final confrontaion on Exegol. 
Leia. Trained. Rey. I so so so so so wished we had been able to get more of this. This, in my mind, is what it should have been all along. I liked TLJ (okay, so shoot me) but Master Leia is a whole other level of awesome. If I had to rewrite Luke and Leia’s roles, it would have went something like this:
Luke was searching for Sith artifacts. Luke was becoming disillusioned by what he was learning of the Jedi through “The Sacred Texts.” WHO DOES THAT SOUND LIKE? Hmmmm, I wonder....
Could you imagine Luke started to go a little Dooku in this respect, and so instead of fucking off the Ach-To because he had a feeling that was more “gravy than of grave” about Ben Solo’s dark sidedness, he fucked off to Ach-To - or even better - gave up training in order to keep himself from going down a darker path. 
And so instead, Leia is getting involved with training (and probably also governing at the same time because she would be an overachiever like that.)
Enter Ben Solo, who is Force sensitive, strong, being trained by his mother and occasionally his uncle, who is not totally plugged into the light side at the moment, which can rub off on Ben. Meanwhile, Han is maybe not the best father (he wants to be, he tries, but it all comes out wrong. I’ve been watching a lot of Psych lately, so I’m thinking of a dynamic similar to Henry and Shawn, but a little more dramatic.)
Of course, Palpatine is seeing all of this behind the scenes, he’s fostering ill will and discontent through the scattered remains of the Empire, sending Snoke clones out to be almost pseudo-religious/cult figures in the wake of the economic and social devastation left by the Empire’s fall and the floundering new government. Extremism, in pockets, rises. Extremism which preys on discontent, which preys of the desire for family, for belonging. 
Enter again Ben Solo, who has been pitted against the other strongest trainee, Rey (insert whatever last name you want. She knows it’s not her real name, she knows she was an orphan on Jakku, but she was brought by Luke to be trained). Ben is pissed how she and Leia bond, has been talking to his uncle, and perhaps encountered a Snoke clone on the way. 
Rey, on the other hand, is no one but wants to be someone, and that manifests in weird ways during her training. Perhaps she leaves at some point, perhaps not. But the seeds of her being Palpatine’s bloodline are laid within her. She wants to seek that belonging Ben has.
Okay, but getting away from my personal rewrites of the sequels, Star Wars is about family and lineage, both blood and found. There was so much potential to play on this throughout the trilogy with the Skywalkers, with Rey’s relation to Palps that if they had just planned the damn thing, it could have been brilliant. 
Moving ...(for now)
I felt so bad for Oscar Isaac. I felt like I watched his soul slowly depart his body over almost 3 hours. That man was not a happy camper and it came out in his performance. 
Power levels. Here’s the thing, guys. Magic needs to have consequences. Sure, you can cast a spell, but what does that take from you? You can use the Force, but to what degree? How much? Even Anakin exhausted himself at some points, and he was (allegedly, according to one Qui-gon Jinn), the Chosen One. It’s the first law of thermodynamics - energy can neither be created nor destroyed - and the Force is literally the energy of every life thing in the galaxy. You take the energy, use it towards something else, it has to drain from somewhere. This is what bugged the hell out of me with Rey’s Force Healing abilities (an ability that doesn’t thrill me to begin with as it’s so easy to overuse). Kylo keels from resurrecting the dead (and yeah, he was pretty beat up already), but Rey barely seems to breathe a beat harder. Once you start ignoring the consequences for magic, you end up like a shitty video game, and one of the criticisms I’ve leveled at the movie is that it feels like a montage of Battlefront and I can’t say that’s totally off point.
JEDI HUNTERS. Ochi. I will bet my right liver we’re going to hear something about this on The Mandalorian. 
So I know a lot of people wanted to see Rey Kenobi, but there was one piece of glaring evidence in the film why that would never be. (Aside from Kylo just announcing it to Rey.) She has a lightsaber, but she still ends up using a blaster. So uncivilized.
Speaking of The Mandalorian - Stormtroopers with Mando jetpacks. Hmmm.....
I loved techno-Sheev hooked up to all the equipment just floating. That was creepy as hell and played with the whole cloning and extension of life that was such a large part of the Darth Plagueis novel (which I still consider to be canon, higher powers be damned). Also, Palpy’s glowup with the wardrobe was hilarious. 
Dark!Rey was hot. There, I said it.
Let’s talk about romance. Or the lack thereof. Or the shoehorned thereof.
Poor Rose got shafted in this film with no explanation. I didn’t buy that whole thing in TLJ, but god damn anyway. (Finn also got shafted, for different reasons, which I will talk about later.)
If they were going to romance, just let it have been Finn and Poe, Finn and Rey, or fuck it, even a trio. 
I mean, I could have bought Reylo if it had been presented better. (With context. Adam Driver is an amazing actor, another thing I’ll talk about later.)
The Reylo kiss though - my theater laughed. No joke.
Of course, this was the same theater that thought Lando was trying to mack on Jannah at the end, so who knows what we were all thinking in there. (On that note, Lando was hilarious because no matter what, he was just having a grand ‘ol time in the movie. I like to think he got a medical spice card in his retirement years and was just enjoying anything that came his way, be it Wookiees, Jedi, starships, wars, whatever.)
While the Reylo kiss didn’t hit the mark the space lesbian background kiss got cheers, so there was some hope for my fellow theater-goers.
Did anyone pick up on Threepio saying the Senate made the bill that would render him incapable of translating the Sith language? No doubt that was a Palpatine move from TCW era. 
What is up with these movies and desert/jungle planets? Ugh. Thank everyone for Kijimi, at least that was interesting. 
New characters I loved: Babu Frik and DO. 
Finn’s Force sensitivity. Yes, I totally buy it. I wanted more. I wanted more fucking context of a Stormtrooper who would have known nothing of the Jedi getting these feelings and then bailing from the First Order (or, if I were writing the movies, bailing from the remnants of the Empire/Snokes weird military cults.) Totally underutilized character development. 
We. Were. Robbed. of Good!Ben. Adam Driver is so phenomenal. Form the little we saw of redeemed Ben, he is the perfect mix of his parents, from the “Ow” to the eyebrow wagging, the swagger, the smirks...I LOVED good!Ben. I wanted so much more good!Ben. What a transformation.
Speaking of which - the scene between Kylo/Ben and Han was terrific. I wish we had had more context for why everything went south, but it was so good and the type of family dynamic we really needed more of. 
The Knights of Ren looked awesome in this film? They needed to be like the Black Order of Star Wars, and they were getting to it, but not quite there. Gods, they could have been the enforcers of Snoke’s cults (Palpy’s puppet cults) that could terrorize far more than a normal, brainwashed Stormtrooper, who was only useful as cannon fodder (I mean, if we look at the history of the clone army to the Stormtroopers, it would be terribly fitting.)
That ship tug-of-war was DUMB. (See my rant about magic and consequences). But, if Rey was going to shoot lightening Palpy-style and blow up a ship, Chewie should have died. I’m sorry, that’s terrible, I love him, but there needed to be consequences for actions and throughout the film, there were either no consequences or random consequences that were a narrative convenience rather than developed into the plot/characterization/worldbuilding. 
Here’s the thing with the ST - there is so much potential. There are some awesome ideas. But they wanted to play if safe with JJ by rebooting the OT, Rian was too far out for them, there was no cohesive storytelling, and so we get these little glimpses into what could have been amidst a shitstorm of trailers for Battlefront 17. 
we could have had it allll....
Final rating: 4/10
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kizykinz · 5 years
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My Opinion on Shawn Right Now
Warning: I’m probably going to cry and I have a feeling that this is going to make me very vulnerable. Also, if you disagree, that’s fine, but please keep in mind that it’s an opinion and there is a person behind the screen. <3
Here it is. Here is what I've been dying to say for a long time. Can I just start off by saying that I love this boy so much? Like literally so much. I know everyone says it, but he’s helped me a lot. He’s inspired me to be a better person (not physically because I don’t work out smh). I remember being nine or ten years old (op, age reveal if you do the math) and scrolling through YouTube and finding a video of a boy with a hat on singing Wanted by Hunter Hayes. I remember Shawn not being that popular. I remember Magcon and the vines and I remember thinking that this kid right here. He’s going to change the world. I remember when he posted prom photos with Lauren and I remember him being active on Tumblr. I remember him being young. God, I remember when him and Lauren were a big deal. 
IKWYDLS was a huge deal. It was a great song for it’s time and was played everywhere, every minute. I remember watching videos of Shawn and Camila and not shipping them because I didn’t get that vibe from them. they seemed like genuine friends. Time skip to when Senorita came out. None of us was expecting it to say the least. When I first watched the video, it was 12 a.m. in Colorado. I was with my sister and she said, “they seem awkward.” and I didn’t really pay attention BECAUSE SHAWN MENDES MADE A STEAMY MUSIC VIDEO IM SHOOK was still running through my veins haha. I also thought of how crazy stan twitter must of been going. (Im not apart of stan twitter anymore. It’s a long story. And a story for a different time). I seriously didn’t think anything of shawnmila. I was just proud of my bambi. Then, shit started going down real quick. But you guys know the story. Let’s go to Shawn performing in Denver. I watched him perform Senorita/IKWYDLS and when he opened his eyes they were glossy, and almost looked dead in a way? (this was after the kissing video got leaked) No one else really noticed. But there were a couple of fans that did I bet. Then, he asked how many people had watched/listened to him since his first album and even before that. Not a lot of people cheered, but there was still some, including me. He looked up and he just smiled. It was a comfortable smile too. One that said he knew that we know a lot about him, if that makes any sense. And honestly, he seemed so happy and he looked so refreshed. It looked as if he dropped the mask and he let it go. And it was like 16 year old shawn was sitting there, about to play some old songs for the crowd and that C was just a friend.  Almost like he could’ve just stopped the concert and had a real talk right there. I honestly didn’t care about him and Camila that much. I didn’t care if it was for PR or not. I wanted a fic where the reader teaches him how to kiss instead though smh. I just thought, well, as long as he’s happy it’s none of my business what’s going on behind closed doors. The past couple weeks, I’ve noticed something. The bags under his eyes are growing and he’s always drinking tea or his leg is always bouncing. His anxiety is getting to him. Then, I heard a rumor that he went backstage after a show one night and had a breakdown because he felt like he was letting us down. Then, yesterday when he wouldn’t take a photo with a fan when C was there, even though he loves us and loves taking photos with us, put me on edge a bit. Ngl. When I heard about the qna and him not answering a simple question that has NOTHING really to do with C, sent me. I was so fucking pissed at Shawn for doing this. For not listening to us and lying to us and all of that. But then I thought, he doesn’t hate anything more in the world than lying to us and keeping secrets. He doesn’t hate anything more in the world than saying no to photos with fans because he genuinely loves us to death. All of it is slowly killing him. It’s so obvious. He’s not being Shawn at the QnA’s, his eyes are either always puffy and red or always black with the bags. He’s constantly drinking calming tea, his leg is bouncing a lot, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s taking his meds that slow his heart rate  again. I bet you he’s closing us out because he doesn't even know what's going on. He’s hurting us, and he knows it. It’s killimg him.  C is killing him. He’s tired and he’s upset and she’s probably pushing him to do more, PR or not. God, I love that kid so much. and here we go. I’m crying smh. He deserves all the happiness in the world. He deserves a girl that treats him right. I’m not being “a jealous 15 year old girl” because honestly. I don’t want to date Shawn Mendes. I don’t. At all. I want to be his friend and go on tour with him. I don’t want to go on book dates and make out with him in a restaurant. I’ll happily be a fan rather than be with him. He deserves gluten-free blueberry muffins at 10 a.m. He deserves to go home after a long day to whoever he wants. He deserves to go on tour and meet the fans. But, this girl is killing him. It’s pretty damn obvious. Even though he’s not off the hook with me about what he did at the QnA, he still deserves everything this world has to offer him. And god dammit, I was pissed for a hot minute at him. If he doesn’t want questions about it, don’t do it in public. I get that it sucks but it is his life too.  @serendipitousshawn ‘s inbox was probably filled with me ranting about it haha. but, he’s not even 21 yet. He’s a celebrity. He’s a full grown fucking man and he made an oopsies. He apologized on twitter (even tho he deleted the tweet smh) and I bet money he’s going to apologize at the QnA today. If he doesn’t, I might lose it. So Long fucking rant short. He made a mistake, I’m still kinda pissed at him?, and @serendipitousshawn would’ve made a better explanation than me and thats the tea. 
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A Truth Like A Cathedral
Oh boy. This is all a hot mess isn't it?! Firstly, the girls and management realise that their fanbase is 95% non-straight teenage girls, right? There were so many plaid shirt and beanie wearing girls holding hands at their concert that I wasn't sure if I had the wrong date and had turned up to a Tegan & Sara gig ^o) Why oh why are they drawing attention to their dislike of the camren ship?! Are they trying to alienate the people buying their records and going to their concerts now? Do they not hear the screams when camren interact on stage? HALF YOUR FANBASE ARE CAMREN SHIPPERS FFS. And I'm not talking about the crazies that insist on commenting "camren" all over the girls social media and tagging them in manips and lord knows what else. I'm talking about the quiet shippers; the normal ones who just love the camren friendship or yes, like the idea of them being a couple but don't throw it in their goddamn faces. And another whole bunch of harmonizers are Laurmani shippers, or Laurinah shippers, etc. And we can all sit here and pretend that those ships are just seen as 'friend' ships but y'all know that shit is NC17 on the low... I am actually quite shocked by the tweets on Capital's twitter right now. I literally have no idea why they're addressing a fan ship on a massive radio show. What are they expecting to happen? They've just put this whole camren idea out into the wider public arena. Honestly, I can't even fathom their reasoning AT ALL. Does management (I'm assuming this was either managements idea or at least run past them) think this will shut the camren shippers up or make a blind bit of difference to how they interact with the girls?! Now who's delusional! I mean, has no-one on their management/PR team pointed out that a bunch of hormonal teenagers shipping THE PUBLIC PERSONA'S (let's be real none of us know the real people) of a couple of girlband members is really not that much of a problem? IDGAF how many offensive tweets the crazies send to them or every person in their lives - PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET DO NOT KNOW YOU LAUREN AND CAMILA, THEY DO NOT KNOW YOUR LIFE. THEY HAVE NO BEARING ON ANYTHING YOU DO. Lauren preaches so much about social media not being real. Does she hear herself being hypocritical when she whines about what camren shippers say/do ON SOCIAL MEDIA?! Guess what, Lolo? Celebrity isn't real either. We see an illusion of who you are and make our fuckin assumptions! Yay it's all a game! Maybe y'all should start playing it? Secondly, this whole Camila and Shawn thing. It's all been so cringingly orchestrated. From the set-up interviews on red carpets, to the social media appearances, to all this camren denial just before the single drops. I really hope whoever masterminded this whole thing gets fired. It's all PR 101 and it's transparent and Jesus, I could have done a better job of it. I have no idea if Camila or Shawn is gay or straight or in an actual relationship with each other, what I do know is whatever we've seen of their relationship has been fantasy. It's like they took the "How to make a starlet into a star!" handbook from 1953 and ran with it  Aaand can we just take a minute to think about the fact that Camila would rather be seen as desperate (actual word she used. WTF) and thirsty than in a relationship with a woman? Wow. Yeah really towing the line with the whole girl power/feminism thing there Mila... It's like everything surrounding this group is cheap: cheap tour costumes, cheap stage production, cheap management/PR. FFS hire some professionals. I cannot even. How did they manage to fumble this group??? They're 5 smart, hot, talented young ladies. You even have Little Mix right there in your stable as a blueprint?! IDEK where I was going with this rant anymore. TL;DR: Girls: Quit being babies and please realise that celebrity and the media ain't that deep. Record label: Throw money at them, get them a new stylist and choreographer. Me: Stop obsessing over b-list maybe-gay celebrities with great legs.
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I found this jewel in an old Camren gossip website from 2015 and I think it’s perfect to picturing what’s happening now with Camren. The post is talking that interview with the radio station Capital FM in 2015
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And there’s the second part of the interview...
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The funny part of this old post:
HALF YOUR FANBASE ARE CAMREN SHIPPERS FFS
This is something that I (even when I came late of the ship) already knew and I wrote a post about it.
It’s crazy that reading this old stuff now I feel like I’m in 2015 discussing the exact situation but in 2019. 
Gosh, I wished a time machine to remember the old days I never thought that it would be the same old bullshit.
I forgot to mention that I’m agree about those toxics CS that loves to goes to the girls friends and family to bother. That part shouldn’t be allowed. 
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