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justplainmels · 1 year
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4.03 | Upgrades
“So, no increase then, eh?”
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thebowieconstricker · 26 days
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Head Over Heels - Prolouge
(The Creature x Reader)
A Lisa Frankenstein (2024) fic
Alright, monster lovers, I’m gonna try something a little more ambitious: an actual fic. Constructive criticism welcome! Please be kind because I have no proof reader and I’m still learning how to write good stories lol. I’m also gonna be fleshing out some characters to better fit the narrative I have in mind for this story. I hope you enjoy the prologue!
Warnings: slight language, my best attempt at worldbuilding, and our gender neutral reader is an orphan, so discussion of that. Also, (N/N) stands for nickname!
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1986, Brookview, Indiana
“Oh. My. GOODNESS, (Y/N)! You have to try a face mask! It’ll help you with those dark circles under your eyes!”
“But (Y/NNNN), pink is totally your color! Just give it a chance, your nails would look SO pretty!”
“You didn’t even jump! It’s like you’re built for these movies, (N/N)!”
Comments like these had already gotten old around- you checked your watch- two hours ago. You considered yourself a survivor of some ancient teenage girl ceremony. Saying polite “no thank you”s to Taffy and the rest of her much too perky friends was becoming quite the laborious task. Some may say you were being too stubborn, as they had treated you with nothing but kindness since you came to town, to which you’d argue that Tricia certainly seemed like she had a bone to pick with you. Along with her, you had unfortunately seen enough of the world to understand one of the most important rules of high school:
The popular girls were mean, and these girls were certainly popular.
You had no idea why Taffy had run up to you on your first day of school and excitedly introduced herself, her gaggle of friends confusedly following after her. You figured this was some kind of territorial power move, checking out the fresh meat before inevitably deciding to kill.
But then Taffy kept hanging out with you. And complementing you. And begging you to hang out with her group of gals.
You took it as some kind of elaborate bit, but hey, they were nice.
At least they didn’t look at you like you were a rotten corpse walking down the halls.
Your thoughts snapped back to your current situation at Taffy’s house. Her mother, Janet, had actually sneered at you when you walked in, but other than that, the night was shaping up to be your average “new girls first sleepover”. Grease had taught you well. That was, until the truth or dare game started.
Lori had brought it up, and it started pretty normal.
“Who’s your crush?”
“OMG, I’m not telling!”
“Come on, Misty! We won’t tell! Right, (Y/N)?”
“Uh, yeah. I mean, no.” You mentally cursed yourself.
This is how it continued for a while before you finally perked up.
“I dare you to go to the Bachelors Cemetary Grove.”
“WHAT??? No way, Tricia! There’s no way in hell-“
Your eyes widened in intrigue and you blurted out without thinking, “There’s a bachelors cemetery?”
The girls turned to look at you.
Tricia raised one of her perfect eyebrows.
“You haven’t heard about it? It’s like- uber haunted.”
That piqued your interest. Life in the foster care system had caused you to grow accustomed to the darker sides of life, and you had always had a special interest in the dead. Your own parents had died in a mysterious fire when you were just a baby, leaving you with no real memories of them. You believed that everyone deserved to be remembered, especially the average, unremarkable person.
(Mainly because you knew that’s how you would turn out, and you’d like to be remembered.)
Enough of that, though, because everyone is still looking at you, so you cleared your throat.
“Would I have to go tonight? Or like, right now?”
Tricia rolled her eyes. “I mean, I didn’t ask you-“
“Oh, shush, Tricia! She’s participating!” Taffy smiled widely at you.
Tricia shot you a look.
“Fine. Yes, tonight. And you’d have to bring back a vine to show that you actually went there. The place is full of them, so it should be easy for you.”
You detected a hint of challenge in Tricia’s tone, but ignored it. You wanted to do this to quench the thirst of curiosity that was bubbling in your brain. This seemed like the first interesting thing you had heard about in this boring town.
You stood.
“I’ll do it.”
Taffy cheered and Lori looked at you in amazement. Misty immediately began to try to talk you out of it, worrying about your safety, while Tricia went silent.
Your mind was set, though. Time to see what all the hooplah was about.
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The walk to the gravesite had been much more peaceful than you thought it would be.
Taffy’s house was constant noise, light, color, total overstimulation. However, the cool mist that danced across your skin along with the eerie silence of the woods soothed you. It helped you clear your head.
After walking through the woods for what seemed like hours, you finally came across the old rusted iron gate that sadly displayed the text, “Bachelors Cemetery Grove”. You frowned, finding the disrepair of the cite pitiful. This place should be filled with respect, not to be forgotten by vines and leaves.
Speaking of, holy shit, Tricia was right about the vines everywhere.
Thick, bright green foliage covered every inch of the area, graves poking out here and there to display faded names. It was enchanting to see so much life growing in a place of death. You could have snapped off a vine and booked it out of there, but you were drawn to this cemetery. Careful steps led you deeper and deeper into its heart as you swerved this way and that to try and make out the occasional name.
Then, through a beam of moonlight that shone through a break in the trees, your eyes caught on a specific grave.
You walked closer and came face to face with the stoic expression of a handsome young man, carved in the same stone his grave was made of. He had a strong nose, with beautifully curved lips and hair that flipped upwards on the ends. He was looking slightly downwards, his eyebrows painfully curved upwards, as if to express a dramatic feeling of grief. Resting beside his bust was an arm and a hand, attached to nothing and slightly curled. He looked like a man that would recite beautiful poetry, professing his deepest desires and most intimate thoughts.
Your mouth was slightly agape as you admired him. Despite your more logical thoughts, you brought a hand up to gently caress his cheek, finding a raised texture chiseled there that suggested sideburns. A sigh escaped your lips as you realized the romantic-ness of it all. A man who seemed perfect, a lover, full of life and emotion, condemned to a permanent fixture in a buried world.
You could say it was love at first sight.
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prongsmydeer · 10 months
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Ayesha Liveblogs The Good Place S4
“I know this all seems bleak. And it feels like we’re all doomed, and therefore humanity is doomed.” I love that the scope of their problems change with each season
“With this team, there’s no problem we can’t solve.” “There is no problem we can’t create.” Duality of man (sort of)
“You know what I’m saying.” “Oh, I’m not part of this.” Michael’s not going to take any responsibility for Brent
I took a pause between watching S3 and S4 so I don’t remember Matt from Accounting but I’m assuming he was the guy who filed to be Thanos-snapped because he was Accountant of Weird Sex Stuff
I have never seen Manny Jacinto with such a scowl on his face throughout this show omg, I love the Jealousy Arc:
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“I believe everything Chidi ever tells me because of his brain and how he looks like one of those owls that graduated from college.” God what I would give to be flattered by the Jason School of Compliments 
“Luckily, before I died, I pumped my face with six vials of juviderm [...] My ex-boyf is gonna be supes jeal.’” I know that John is meant to represent a specific Gossip Influencer personality but it does give me a bit of bone arsenic to watch him speak. Feels hateful LMAO
[Stanley from The Office voice] “That’s not what a hate crime is, Michael.” “Well, I hated it!”
“Are we still boyfriend/not a girlfriend?” Jason is new to relationships but he is trying ❤️
I know Linda the Boring Senior Citizen from Norway could’ve gone any number of directions, but I can’t say I was expecting her to knock four people to the ground and then jump into the sky
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LINDA IS CONTINUING HER RAMPAGE IN THE AIR???? GIRL IS THIS ALL BECAUSE ELEANOR CALLED YOU “LINDS”
Update from 30 seconds later: It was the Shirtless Soulmate Gymbro Demon
Tahani did call this one!!
“So you’re saying, wanting to do something isn’t a good reason to immediately do it?” [Proudly] “Yeah.” “Man! I wish someone had taught me this on Earth.” DADDY MIICHAEL TO THE RESCUE AGAIN
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The expressions that Janet and Eleanor are leveling at Brent. They are going through it 
“That’s what’s wrong with this country.” “What country?” This is truly what talking to people from the US is like LMAO
Ggkjghkjghg Brent thinking he needs to be in a Better Place than the Good Place. Oh my god
However, repeating right here that I just don’t know if I can believe a Good Place even exists, given everything that we’ve seen
“Perhaps leadership isn’t her forte.” A bold take considering Eleanor has only been leading for two days and Michael had to reboot y’all like 800 times
I think Eleanor’s crisis about being in charge is much more warranted than Team Humanity’s meeting about her failures
“You beat me in 3 months. ‘Okay, a fluke,’ I thought. You then beat me 800 more times.” THAT’S WHAT I’M SAYING MICHAEL! AND YEAH THEY DID 😭💗
Michael raises an excellent point about humans with flaws being the ones to understand how best to help other humans with flaws become the best version of themselves
Also. Insane that in this manufactured society where there are Popcorn Rivers and People Can Fly that people are still commenting on how much Eleanor showers??? WHY WOULD PEOPLE NOT CONTINUOUSLY BE IN GOOD PHYSICAL CONDITION ALWAYS IN THE AFTERLIFE?
Brent vouching him being good at keeping secrets by claiming he buried HR complaints (from experience, it doesn’t take much to have an HR that does absolutely fucking nothing to support their employees LOL)
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“I’m so sorry to say this, but I can’t be in a relationship with you right now.” JASON TAKING A STEP BACK WHEN JANET MENTIONS HAVING SPACE 😭😭😭 HE IS SUCH A GOOD BOYFRIEND, I HATE THIS
“We have to hope that over time, Brent starts doing good things out of habit.” “Just like you.” KGJHKGJHGKJ I think it’s a bit more than habit, you made the decision to choose being good Eleanor!!!
Honestly I fully believe that Michael had a breakdown on Day 1, he’s been through a lot of stress the past several hundred years
Eleanor introducing Simone as Chidi’s soulmate like she and Chidi haven’t fallen in love (confidently, and without equivocation) hundreds of times ☹️
“I never actually fell in love with someone.” YEAH YOU DID CHIDI!!
“Why not treat them better, just in case they’re real?” Haven’t really talked about it thus far but it’s absolutely BANANAS that Simone’s response to thinking the afterlife isn’t real is to cut off people’s ponytails and push them into pools. Even Jason’s impulses aren’t so directly aimed at people in this way. What happened to ur me vs. us speech, girl!!!
Eleanor and Jason’s sad break-up solidarity high five:
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“We need Chidi to live in a world of low-grade dread.” Reintroduce Chidi to capitalism and have him work a minimum wage job
That might be high-grade dread though LMAO
Also I love this drives home that Eleanor specifically is part of what drove him to become a better person!
Fkhfkjfhfjh Eleanor, Michael and Jason planning how to gently torture Chidi while Tahani and Janet plan John’s perfect spa day. Seems like Chidi got the worse end of that stick:
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“Would I like to use my time in heaven to audit a philosophy class? Mmm no.” You know what, for the first time: Fair point, John
“There were ants everywhere, but they were so helpful. They carried our wineglasses back and forth, and folded our napkins for us, it was so cute.” Call me a hater but if there were insects in my own personal experience of the afterlife I’d burst into tears
However. Good for the ants, that does sound cute ❤️ 
HAHAHAH JASON BEING UNLEASHED AS A STRESS BOMB ON CHIDI. THE BEGINNINGS (PART 802) OF A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP
“While you were gallivanting around with your fancy friends, I lived in the real world, so I had bills to pay. I worked 16 hours a day, by myself, building a site with millions of readers.” John actually does make a reasonable observation to Tahani that there is not a level-playing field when it comes to the morality under capitalism and class division:
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“But I am seriously worried that I did something wrong, and this is the universe getting back at me.” CHIDI IS SO NICE, IF ANYONE BELONGS IN THE GOOD PLACE IT’S HIM. HE IS CAUGHT BETWEEN A PROMISE (HELP JASON) AND HIS INTEREST IN BEING HONEST AND GOOD 😭��
“I made God cry?” I know this is because they view The Good Place as heaven but there’s something about Chidi calling the woman he loves God that just gets me right in the heart 💘💘💘💘💘:
Also Michael gently patting Eleanor’s back. Best Demon Dad!!
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In Tahani’s defense of having been miserable and lonely with no real friends, she did make some Best Friends Forever eventually, they were just in the afterlife, and then on Earth
JKHKJHFKJHFFJB THE CUT TO JASON WATCHING THE MOTORCYCLE EXPLODE AND GO “NOT AGAIN!” BETWEEN ALL OF THESE EMOTIONAL SCENES
“I really am sorry for all the posts I wrote about you.” John is able to grow 💗 Good for him
Also I love how Tahani is often the one to demonstrate the moral core of this show to characters outside of the main group, which is that goodness comes, in many ways, from a love of other people
“I’m sorry your motorcycle blew up.” “That’s okay homie, that’s just what motorcycles do.” My parents when I wanted to get a motorcycle license
“Genuine human connection will be his course of study.” GO PROFESSOR TAHANI 
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“Go get ‘em, Chippy.” Brent constantly saying Chidi’s (two syllable, very familar sounds to English speakers) first name wrong vs. Eleanor saying his last name wrong three seasons ago. Truly Eleanor’s Much More Icky Counterpart 
You know, of all the possible spies the Bad Place could send, Glenn is a good choice, he’s got a very passive aura and seems like he could use some friends
The return of Vicky aka Real Eleanor aka Fake Michael and the Michael suit I honestly completely forgot about after my post-S3 break
“Oh, I’m very upset about this development.” Don’t distrust ur Demon Dad. He’s nice!!!
“I’m a 6,000 ft. tall fire squid. I have tentacles. There’s teeth everywhere. I’m on fire, and my neck is long, and there’s a smell, and lots of juice.” Demon Dad is self-conscious about his friends seeing his previous body. ☹️ LET MICHAEL WEAR WHAT FEELS RIGHT
“I won’t just be Michael. I’ll be some disgusting mass of burning tentacles. Do you really want to be friends with something like that?” Michaelllllllll. Something something the mortifying ordeal of being known
Jason comforting Janet after her first accidental murder. I really hope they can find a situation that works for them
“Oh boy, is this really gonna suck.” Michael offering to literally destroy himself for the good of humanity. If this turns out not to be Michael at any point I will be SO UPSET, he is SUCH A GOOD FRIEND AND DEMON AND PERSON (SORT OF)
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OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG IT WAS BAD JANET AND JASON KNEW THIS NOT-A-GIRL WAS NOT HIS NOT-GIRL!!!!!
POOR JANET THOUGH ☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️
“I’m gonna go down there and I’m gonna punch him in the mouth, and I’m going to get Janet back!” YEAHHHHHHHH JASON
“Let’s go get our girl.” “Not a girl.” GOOOOOOO TEAM JASON AND MCIHAEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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However, wild that they’re sending Michael to the place where the Michael suit is, like that’s not going to immediately bite them in the ass in terms of keeping track of who they can trust
Michael just dropping that Tahani also has the context of her whole afterlife, offscreen. She deserves her narrative moments!!
“Can I have all my memories back again? I forgot most of them.” Me too, Jason. ALSO LFHKJFHKFH WOW
I think Jason who is infinitely capable of just taking on whatever moral values are in front of him. If he hadn’t grown up in Jacksonville I think he’d be fine 
“Thank you for keeping me safe from my sexy, bad-girl sister-aunt.” I don’t know if this is all those Mommy-Sorry Tiktoks but this somehow feels more transgressive than the Derek’s earlier mommy-girlfriend comments
 [Chuckles] “But to be fair, I wasn’t designed for anything.” ME TOO, DEREK HAHAHA
“Even Derek has an important job. I’d like to be more useful.” Even Tahani has begun lampshading her own lack of narrative purpose this season lmao
SCREAM @ Michael being scared of being in the birthplace of evil (presumably, his own birthplace) while Jason is scared that he and Janet may not have their special connection. He is the perfect boyfriend, no notes
“I love a movie with gentle magic. Give me a time-travelling mailbox, or a mother-daughter body switch, or Sarah Michelle Gellar as a chef and her food tastes amazing because she cries in it.”
Me 🤝 John 
Loving stories with gentle magic in them
“What echoes of this former self await me here?” 
Jason 🤝 Michael 🤝 Me
Having a really hazy and unpleasant memory of high school
HAHAHAHAHA everyone having the most stressful days of their lives (Eleanor subject to Derek’s Single Father to the Neighbourhood Chaos, Tahani trying to wrangle the three morally questionable humans, Jason and Michael in the Bad Place and Janet being held prisoner) while Chidi gets to do a little “puzzle” given to him by His God-(Ex)-Girlfriend. Oh how the turntables
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Lmao @ Shawn saying they went overboard on the cheekbones to acknowledge Jason’s incredibly beautiful face
Say what you will about Jason, he has a very practical kind of wisdom. Who else would think to remember an explosive device for every situation 
“I believed that we committed torture as a part of the moral balance of the universe. But I’ve learned that’s wrong. Humans are capable of self-improvement, and so are we. And down deep, Shawn knows this is true, too. I beg you, open your eyes to the truth.” A beautiful speech by Michael, slightly undermined by the demon he just exploded 
TWO demons he just exploded. Rest in pieces Vicky 
He did, however, solve the problem of the Michael suit
“I swear the production value of demon con gets better every year.” This feels like a meta nod to their increased SFX budget every subsequent season hahahaha 
Convinced the fact that Chidi took/takes so long to kiss Eleanor versus kissing Simone so easily is not just because of his ethical obligations but BECAUSE he loves her so much it is that much harder for him to make decision that might change their relationship 
Hahahaha, they spent so much money on SFX they couldn’t afford the location fees to shoot on a lake:
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(You could also make the point that it’s supposed to look that way since it’s a simulation, but I’m pretty sure Chidi was rowing on an actual lake in S1. Maybe it was also a timing thing hahah)
“Plus, your parties aren’t pointless. They’re opportunities for them to bond and form friendships. You know, the thing we need them to do so we’re not all tortured forever?” Eleanor recognizing Tahani’s strengths as part of the group 💗
“But if we ever get through this, I want to learn how to do something meaningful.” Love that for Tahani 💖
“You’re not a demon anymore. You’re just a nice, weird, happy old dude.” Awwww Jason and Michael BFFs 4ever
JASONJANET BACK TOGETHER BAYBEEEEE:
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Fkfjhfjhf this Michael Bad Janet storytime feels like a departure in energy after all the intensity of the last ep
Absolutely fucking obssessed with the Hottest Saviour of the Week, and according to this picture here’s the ongoing counts:
Eleanor: 10 (exclusively self-nominated)
Janet: 7
Tahani: 5 (one blocked by where Eleanor is standing but the background is in another shot)
Jason: 3
Michael: 0 (as it should be, no Demon Daddy objectification)
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“Her name was Scarlett Pakistan, and she was the type of girl you couldn’t take in all at once, or you’d die.” UHKHFKJHFJHF BRENT TRULY REPRESENTING WHITE MEN WRITING BROWN WOMEN. Rough stuff, Tahani 
“That’s how I got my nickname, The Defendant.” I feel like this doesn’t quite match the energy of Donkey Doug or Pillboi
“Where does this hope come from man? This insane hope that people are worth the trouble?” From Michael’s heart, Bad Janet 💟
I’m gonna be real with you I forgot that no one knew Jason wasn’t Jianyu and I thought that John was having that dramatic reaction over seeing Chidi dance LMAO
Simone makes a very good point of not needing to tolerate racism and misogyny for the sake of kindness
“If this [golf advice of doing better on the next shot] ends up applying to any other aspect of your life later on, then cool.” Hahahahah Michael speaking the only language Brent can understand: Sports metaphors
Very expected that Brent was unable to handle the slightest bit of criticism, even as it directly relates to people he hurt WITH HIS BOOK LOL
“Why not be a bigger person and rise above it?” “I’ll tell you why. Because doing that sends a message that it’s okay to be treated this way. And it’s not okay to treat anyone that way.” Simone continues to make incredibly reasonable points
Chidi said: My fight, flight, freeze instinct does occasionally land on fight
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“What matters isn’t if people are good or bad. What matters if they’re trying to be better today than they were yesterday.” MICHAEL FOR BEST AT UNDERSTANDING HUMANS AND MORALITY IN THE UNIVERSE 💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘
Michael being better today than he was yesterday by letting Bad Janet go 😭😭😭😭😭 I LOVE HIM
GJHGKJHGKJHG not Simone uncovering the entire plot of the neighbourhood hours before the experiment ends
“Panicking about this experiment at crucial moments is kinda my move.” Michael said: There’s only room for one anxiety disorder in this friendship, Eleanor
“You never told me about this, Ducky.” The demise of the Simone/Chidi relationship over their respective secret Good Place Experiment hidden professional endeavours
Simone, as a neurologist researcher, is perhaps the most difficult profession to have in this experiment because of course she can see science when she is right in front of it
“We do nothing, and we hope that our early successes make up for the embarrassing mess we’ve become. Like Facebook. Or America.” ROUGH BUT REAL 
You know what they say. When the going gets tough, the tough put on a magic show to distract the four people whose ignorance remains crucial to the fate of humanity:
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Afjlkjflkjflkfj Jason coherently describing their Hail Mary and Prevent Defense strategy analogy. HE DOES LEARN
Brent 🤝 Jason
Only being able to understand the universe through sports metaphors 
“I respect your position.” “I respect yours.” “Look, I know everything’s really scary right now but I just have to say it. That was the most boring break-up I’ve ever seen.” Accurate but rude, John 
WHY IS CHIDI THE ONLY PERSON WHO CARES ABOUT THE INHERENT VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE? SIMONE, AGAIN, I ASK ABOUT YOUR ME VS. US SPEECH
“If there’s one thing I know in this world, it’s that you can ALWAYS blow up the same thing twice.” JASON, UR SO RIGHT BABY
Lowkey it is traumatizing for both Chidi and Eleanor to have someone they have loved pretending to be their eternal torturer (even if is half true)
It takes Chidi, the most ethical and empathetic person in the world, calling Brent a bad person for him to maybe consider stepping outside his own experiences to care about other people for half a second 
NOT THE EXPERIMENT ENDING MID-BRENT’S APOLOGY:
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“Yes, and here’s a bottle of tequila.” [Cheerily] “Okay, let us know how it goes.” Michael knows the way to his surrogate daughter’s heart LMAO
“Oh man, are we gonna die again? We’ve died so many times. We’ve probably had like, 15 funerals by now.” Jason is right, this must really warp their sense of their own life
“You’re a choker, Michael. And you’re about to choke for the last time. Except for the eternity you’re going to spend in the Bad Place being choked by me, who will be doing the choking.” [Tearfully] “Well you’re glue!” 😭😭😭😭😭 MICHAEL
NOT THEM WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S-ING CHIDI SO HE CAN BE PART OF THE FUNERAL PARTIES
Also Eleanor’s explanation of his jacked physique coming from his anxiety. On brand LMAO 
Also also also the fact that Janet could DEFINITELY transport him by strength or teleport but she’s just watching them struggle HAHAHA
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Not Brent somehow getting 1% worse than he was on Earth gkjhgjhgjh
The Weekend at Bernie’s vibes only increase. Chidi is impressively still
“I got born in the deep end of a pool, right after my mom did a cannonball.” 1) Can’t believe this is the first we’re hearing of Jason’s mum and 2) That tracks
“But despite it all, he was the most optimistic person I’ve ever met.” This is why I am in love with Jason
“That’s my Jason. A big colourful rainbow blob, stuffed inside a hot life-size action figure.” I love Janet explaining why she loves Jason. Also, now I want to be flattered by the Janet School of Compliments
Jason 🤝 Janet
Whipping out the best compliments in the world on the fly
So far, Jason’s poolside funeral is my favourite:
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Michael proving that the Soul Squad actually made the people they care about better in tangible ways 🥺❤️‍🩹
“People improve when they get external love and support. How can we hold it against them when they don’t?” MICHAELLLLLLLLLLLLLL
“But what that number can’t tell you... is who he could’ve become tomorrow.” MICHAELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL 😭😭😭😭😭😭 IT’S A GOOD SHOW
“Tahani taught me that you can make a family, even if you never really had one. Jason taught me that I have value beyond what I do for other people. And Eleanor, there was a moment on Earth when all hope was lost, and I watched you have hope anyway.” JANETTTTTTTTTTT 😭💞😭💞😭💞😭💞😭💞
“I never felt quite so seen as when she saw me.” First ‘that’s gay, Tahani,’ of the season!!!!
HKJHRKJHKGJHKJGHJ THEY WON AND THE SOLUTION IS TO CANCEL EARTH? THIS IS WHY I HAVE SUCH A HARD TIME BELIEVING THERE IS AN ACTUAL GOOD PLACE, IT JUST DOESN’T SEEM LIKE THERE’S ANY WAY FOR ANYONE TO GO THERE 
BAD JANET TO THE RESCUE!!!!!!!!! MICHAEL’S FRIENDS ALWAYS COME THROUGH
“It’s not two of us, it’s all of us.” THE JANET REVOLUTION!!!!!!! RISE OF THE JANETS!!!
I love that they’re delivering on the Disco Janet joke they dropped a season ago LMAO
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“You want to take the most indecisive man ever born, stuff him full of over 800 different versions of himself, and tell him he has, like what, 45 minutes to save humanity?” GO CHIDIIIIIIII
Not Chidi’s first research project being on why his parents shouldn’t get divorced. We have finally unlocked his childhood trauma
Chidi 🤝 Me
Parents who should be divorced perhaps but instead stayed married 
Chidi philosophizing his way out of a relationship is very on-brand
Awwwww I love these flashbacks of all the things we know about Chidi but with new added perspectives (more about why he and Alessandra broke up, the failure of his thesis, the way he makes decisions, the lead-up to him meeting Eleanor, Jason and Janet’s first wedding)
Sidenote: IS THAT DIGITAL GETDOWN I HEAR IN THE BACKGROUND!!! ITS THEIR SONG BAYBEE
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“Where I’m from, most things blow up eventually. So I’ve learned when something dope comes along, you gotta lock it down. If you’re always frozen in fear and taking too long to think about what to do, you’ll miss your opportunity, and maybe get sucked into the propeller of a swamp boat.” Very solid life advice from Jason to Chidi
The way Chidi kept falling for Eleanor regardless of who his soulmate was, even despite his loyalty to the concept of soulmates 💗
 “Woof, that’s too much to put on an eight-year-old.” I will keep saying it: I know it’s not in my best interests to identify with Chidi... and yet
“Soulmates aren’t real, are they?” “Chidi, in all honesty, I don’t know. but I don’t think so.” MAYBE THE REAL SOULMATES WERE THE FRIENDS WE FOUND ALONG THE WAY
“You wake up every day and you solve [the puzzle of life] again.” CHIDIIIIIIII
HAHAHAHAHA CHIDI’S FIRST QUESTION AFTER WAKING UP BEING IF HE HAS BEEN ANNOYING THEM FOR 300 YEARS 
I AM LITERALLY GOING TO CRY THIS IS SO SWEET 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
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Hahahahaa Chidi said: New timeline, new me, baybee. I am over my indecision anxiety now!!!!
Jason’s concern that eliminating humanity is a bummer is valid
Hahahahah Chidi and Eleanor asking the other if they want to get out of here tickles me
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“Chidi should hook up with the judge to get us out of trouble. I’ve done that a bunch of times. It’s called a Jacksonville Plea Bargain.” 1) Someone please help Jason and the state of Florida 2) This statement made me curious to look up how many female judges there are in the Middle District of Florida (where Jacksonville is) purely to determine logically whether Jason hooked up with a man and the answer as of 2020 is 6 out of 14 are female (none self-identify as LGBTQ). So Jason could’ve reasonably gotten these plea deals “a bunch of times” by only by hooking up with women, actually! Sexuality math
But happy Pride Month to Jason, who, while his heart belongs to Janet, whenever he is in a new timeline is liable to propose to literally anyone who he enjoys talking to
“Shut up. Shut up. Hi. Shut up. I’m confident now.” Chidi’s energy is a bit all over the place in times of crisis lmao
"I don’t care if everyone loses, as long as you lose.” Shawn truly willing to cut off his nose (the current system of the afterlife) to spite his face (the four humans he’s been trying to torture for 300 years)
Disco Janet’s marbelized form being a mini disco ball is perfect 10/10 production choices
The Soul Squad offering too take on eternal torture so that the rest of humanity can have a normal, medium afterlife 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
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LMAO @ JANET MAKING A TIMOTHY OLYPHANT TO GET THE JUDGE TO HEAR THEM OUT 
THE SYSTEM BEING THAT U KEEP GETTING A SHOT AT BEING A BETTER PERSON UNTIL U ACE IT 💗💗💗💗 ELEANOR, CHIDI, TAHANI, JASON AND MICHAEL, THE LOVES OF MY LIFE
“Then, what are we doing to their penises?” “Well, largely, ignoring them.” [Throws hands up in frustration] RIP the penis-bees
“Getting rebooted over and over again made me a better not-a-person than I’ve ever been. Humans should get the same opportunity.” YEAH JANET!!!
“Fighting you is the most fun I’ve ever had.” It’s almost Death Note-esque in the being consumed by targeting the other person so much you get attached. I guess Shawn is the Light in this situation. (Although L does engage in recreational torture)
"You have to read my file right now!” “What? I’m confused, is this a game? Is it a sex game, somehow?” LMAO and big hearts at Chidi, the guy who wanted all the world’s answers, being totally fine with whatever Eleanor has ever done, whether he gets to read it in her file or not (Eleanor is the answer ❤️)
LHFKJHKJHGKJGH VICKY AKA REAL ELEANOR AKA FAKE MICHAEL COMING BACK TO VOLUNTEER AS THE IN-BETWEEN PLACE’S FIRST ARCHITECT:
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(Also Vicky’s right, she looks super hot, this is perfect lighting, outfit, makeup, everything)
SCREAMS at Chidi concluding based on every insane thing that Eleanor has ever done that actually she’s coped pretty well and she’s super interesting and it is he that’s too boring for her 😂 He is so funny 
HAHAHAHAHA I know she brought up this thread of looking up the sexuality of presidents earlier but: 
Me 🤝 Eleanor 
Constantly trying to assess everyone we read about (or watch) to see if they’re bisexual
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“Are you saying... Janet might get bored of me?” Chidi has passed his eternal romantic dread onto Jason like a common cold
“Think of it as, flattening the penises of their heart.” “Oh! Now it makes sense.” Vicky Bad Place: Demon Educator 
“Once on Earth, I didn’t know something and I had to ask Alexa. I felt dirty.” HAHAHAHAHA
Me 🤝 Janet
Having a one-sided grudge with Alexa 
Poor Michael, his purpose for so long has been solving problems, he doesn’t know what to do without something to overcome (mood)
OMG JASON TRICKED CHIDI INTO TALKING HIMSELF OUT OF HIS ROMANTIC DREAD 💝 THAT’S MY MAN. STREET SMARTS!!!! 
It tickles me whenever they mention what they actually are underneath the skin suits. I hope someone has drawn Michael and Vicky having this workplace conversation as a Fire Squid and Acid Snake
“Turns out that saving every soul in the universe is worth a few points.” 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 THEM!
Honestly all of these things considered, I still have trouble believing in the Good Place as they’ve previously described it, so I have no idea what these last couple episodes are going to be about
God I love these five people and not-people so much:
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What, I wonder, would you do if you have a fear of heights, if the only way to go to the Good Place is via hot air balloon? 
“What if that’s some sort of demon alarm to alert the cops that I’m here?” THE HEAVEN COPS, MICHAEL? THERE ARE COPS IN HEAVEN? 
Also 
Me 🤝 Michael
Being uncomfortable in sacred places and assuming you’re going to be persecuted for a crime you didn’t know you committed
STOPPPP this is such a funny candy, I DO miss the energy I had when I was twelve:
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Hahahaha, the fact that all the male philosophers are not in the Good Place. That tracks 
MICHAEL GETTING TO BE A GOOD PLACE ARCHITECT 🥺❤️ IT’S WHAT HE DESERVES, PLEASE BE REAL
“This room is filled some of the most interesting people that ever lived. Chat them up, learn about their lives, then meet back here so that we can make fun of them.” Eleanor’s first advice in the Good Place is not the most kind-spirited LMAO
“Now you are officially in charge of the Good Place [...] You’re the boss now. That was all legally binding, and we all quit, effective immediately.” I KNEW I WAS RIGHT TO BE SUSPICOUS LMAO
THIS IS WHY I DON’T BELIEVE IN THE GOOD PLACE, IMMEDIATELY IT’S SASS AND TRICKERY LMAO
“You gotta help us, we are so screwed.” AHA!!! THE OTHER GOOD PLACE SHOE DROPS
“I would’ve killed for a vaccine. Any vaccine. It’s crazy that you guys just don’t like them now.” THE FACT THIS EP AIRED IN JANUARY OF 2020 LMAO. They really touched a timely nerve
Omggggg okay so we’re getting into the Good Place Problem: Being in infinite supply of experiences and desires, your brain atrophies?????
I guess this entire group of people has also been left unattended for 500 years which doesn’t help
“We need to find the Committee.” “The Committee is me. I am Committee. It me.” Me when I say ‘we’ about my job as if I am not literally the only person in my department:
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I honestly don’t know if I buy into the idea that death and finite experience is the only thing that gives life meaning. I think the idea of having some agency in whether or not you continue your afterlife makes sense. But the implication you cannot sustain a life based on happiness, or that struggle is what gives people personhood, doesn’t sit right with me. Personhood is an act of love for yourself and others
“And when you’re ready, walk through one last door and be at peace.” I DO like that this acknowledges that for some people, paradise is not infinite consciousness but can also be found in letting go of consciousness
Hypatia said: Maybe the real Good Place was the friends we found along the way (she was right)
“I think that’s what the Good Place is. It’s not even a place, really. It’s just having enough time with the people you love.” Chidi said: I second that, Hypatia
[Sarcastically but sweetly, after Eleanor jokingly threatens to leave] “I’ll miss you.” CHIDIIIIIIIIII
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OMG TEACHING ETHICS LESSONS IN THE GOOD PLACE, BECAUSE EVERYONE CAN BE BETTER THAN THEY WERE THE DAY BEFORE ❤️
“Never not excited about frogs, that guy.” ME TOO JEFF THE EARTH DOORMAN AKA BURT HUMMEL, FROG DESK SOLIDARITY
“At one point, hundreds of Bearimys ago, I turned off my ability to know what time it is anywhere in the universe when you and I are together.” JANET UR SO ROMANTIC, JASONJANET X INFINITY
Awwww it tracks that Jason would be the first person to be certain his needs were met. But that’s so complicated when your partner is an infinite being like Janet!!! Like what are the mechanics of dealing with a loss that is the cessation of someone who matters most to you
Shout-out to Young Doug Forcett, who is firmly done with his pisswater era
“I really am okay. I promise.” “Will you come talk to me if you’re not?” “Always.” Michaellll 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 Janet!!!!
“I’m scared Janet’s gonna forget me. Here falling in love with someone else, I’d be fine with that. Like if Jason Momoa or Lara Croft, Tomb Raider gets in, and Janet’s like, ‘That’s what up,’ totally cool! But her forgetting me would be sad.” JASONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN 😭😭😭😭😭😭
A LOCKET SO JANET CAN ALWAYS HAVE A PART OF JASON WITH HER, I AM SO SAD AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH:
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“To me, remembering moments with you is the same as living them.” STOP IT RIGHT NOW
“Can you just remember the happy times and forget the bad stuff?” “There was no bad stuff. It was all good.” I AM IN TEARSSSSS 
I love Tahani being in her Crafty Girl Afterlife Era
Tahani and Kamilah representing the absolute flabbergastedness one experiences when a parent admits a wrongdoing or has a learning experience:
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Tahani having a special last goodbye with her best friends even after healing all of the other relationships, because the Soul Squad/Team Cockroach/Team Humanity is her first and chosen family 😭❤️
“I admire you so very much. Your strength, your toughness, your self-esteem, not to mention... you have a rockin’ bod.” OH HOW THE TURN TABLES, TAHANI!!!! 
“I want to learn to do what you do, Michael. I want to be an architect, design afterlives.” MY GIRL TAHANI GETTING HER PURPOSE IN LIFE
“I hope you don’t mind if I brag about knowing you.” “Name dropping is a little gauche, Michael, but do as you must.” Tahaniiiiii. I do love how her story is wrapping up
I enjoy that Uzo gets to see Chidi post-his 800-Universe-Decision-Making-Immersion-Therapy. 
Eleanor trying her hardest to keep Chidi in the afterlife even though he’s almost done 😭 Also the pictures of the four humans in Michael’s office
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“If you leave, then I’m alone here.” AHHHH ELEANOR. They’ve really turned the afterlife into Earth Lite
“Can we eat words? Because I’ve asked Janet about this and—” Chidi said: One day an academic rival told me I’d eat my words and it’s been my dream ever since
Eleanor loving Chidi enough to let him go vs. Chidi loving Eleanor enough to hold in for several bearimys that he has been ready to leave 💔
CHIDI SAYING GOODBYE WITH A SEXY CALENDAR. HE KNOWS THE LOVE OF HIS (AFTER)LIFE:
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SCREAM JASON WAITING FOR JANET TO COME BACK TO THE FOREST FOR A THOUSAND BEARIMYS. THANK YOU FOR IMMEDIATELY HEALING THE WOUND OF CHIDI LEAVING HAHAHAHAA
“I sort of just sat quietly and let my mind drift away, thought about you and the infinity of the universe.” “Kind of like a monk.” JANET HAS BEEN WAITING OVER 4 WHOLE SEASONS TO MAKE THIS JOKE HAHAHAHA
ALSO HOW COULD JANET, WHO KNOWS EVERYTHING, NOT KNOW THAT JASON WAS STILL AROUND
Dhkjfhjkfhfkjh it would be very weird if Eleanor’s actual unfinished business was Mindy St. Claire of the Medium Place
Update from 1 minute later: It was not 
Tahani saying, “As I neither live nor breathe,” is a fun little line
Michael being unable to cope without something productive to fill his time ghjkghgkjhg. Anxiety icon 
“I’m gonna be...” “A real boy, Pinocchio.” MICHAEL GETS TO BE HUMAN? I LOVE THAT FOR HIMMMMM ❤️‍🩹
“I won’t exactly know what’s going to happen after I die. Nothing more human that that. Besides texting people that you’re five minutes away when you haven’t even left the house.” How many Bearimys does it take for us to evolve past phones hahahahaha
Does mean that Eleanor will be in charge of The Good Place?? White women dominating the non-profit industry strike again (I kid)
MICHAEL GIVING JEFF THE EARTH DOORMAN A REAL FROG!!!! I LOOOOVE HIM
Kinda wild that Michael starts his human life at like, what, age 50? That’s like 30-40 years if he’s lucky. Why doesn’t he get to start as a baby? Not consistent enough?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA MICHAEL NAMING HIS DOG AFTER JASON:
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“I hate to see you walk through the final door at the edge of existence, but I love to watch you leave.” ICONIC GOODBYES FROM JANET AND ELEANOR, ONE OF THE STRONGEST DYNAMICS IN THE SHOW
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA MICHAEL’S EARTH NAME BEING MICHAEL REALMAN
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I truly wondered how this show would end and I guess the glowing embers of Eleanor’s last bit of existence blessing Michael with a Coyote Joe’s card while he says to a good samaritan, his friends, and by extension the audience, “Take it sleazy,” is as good a way as any! 
Final thoughts: I really do love the way this show is written, how everything is intentional, how it’s so focused on love and connection and growth, and how each season manages to engage you with a different question. It’s interesting how, although they often use Heaven as a point of reference, this ending was a bit more Hindu/Buddhist in its leanings (i.e. liberation from physical incarnation/rebirth—and in the sense their testing system as that reincarnation cycle—through the accumulation of positive karma or liberation from desire). Ironically, even as someone who is Hindu, I still do think personhood is an act of love, and I feel like that ‘love for love’s sake,’ idea was a little lost in these final few episodes. But all the same, going into it this was my favourite show (even having only seen 2 seasons) and it still is. It’s a good show!!!! I love every character, and I feel satisfied with their stories! 
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can you do a fake harry ig with janet jumbo or annie tagoe as a face claim pls
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yourinstagram she’s modeling for Louis Vuitton today and when I say she I mean me 🫶🏿
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harryfan1 QUEEN OMG SO HAPPY FOR YOU
harryfan2 watching the runway just for you
harryfan3 what a cutie
harrystyles can’t wait to watch, I’ll be front row.
↳harryfan4 shut up he’s going there to watch her walk 🥺
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harrydaily Harry today on a flight to Paris! He told fans on the plane he was heading there to watch y/n walk in a fashion show 🥺
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harryfan1 SUPPORTIVE BF YESSSSS
harryfan2 oh I just know his outfit is going to eat
harryfan3 oooh will he wear Gucci to the LV show 🤭
harryfan4 y/n is so lucky imagine harry leaving his like 2 days off of tour for you
harryfan5 sproutrry
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yourinstagram I was on my way to buy some flowers for you
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harryfan1 all the love songs are about her it’s so cute
harryfan2 you’re so gorgeous it’s insane
harrystyles I’ll buy you all the flowers.
↳yourinstagram I’ll make room for them all now brb
harryfan3 are you walking in London fashion week?
↳yourinstagram I am!
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yourinstagram got inspired by harries 🦋
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harryfan1 and when I show up to my next harry show in this outfit then what?
harryfan2 I NEED those glasses for my show
harryfan3 omg my top looks just like that for my show twins!
harrystyles Dammit I was suppose to wear that on stage tonight.
↳yourinstagram sorry lamby loaned it to me for the night! It’ll be back in your closet by the morning!
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harryupdates “Sorry if I seem a little tired tonight, I just flew back in from Paris! I was watching my beautiful girlfriend walk in a fashion show, how cool is that? Can we get a round of applause for my girlfriend? Yeah! Fashion shows! She’ll watch this tomorrow when she wakes up.” Harry tonight at MSG
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harryfan1 stop omg he’s so cute
harryfan2 OMGOMGOMGOMG
harryfan3 he literally flew to Paris for like a day for her that’s so sweet
harryfan4 I love boyfriendrry content
harryfan5 oooh Paris fashion week is over will y/n make her residency debut soon?
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harryfan1 harry on stage rn and this is what jeff is doing I love it
harryfan2 ugh she’s so cool
harryfan3 I’m just imagining her and Jeff having a whole ass photoshoot while harry’s preforming
↳yourinstagram that’s exactly what happened
jefezoff next time let’s try and get some different backgrounds, really spice it all up! maybe some outfit changes? forget being a manager this is my new job.
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harryfan1 HARRY?????
harryfan2 I feel like I’m dreaming and when I wake up this post is just going to be gone
harryfan3 wtf is happening harry is posting his gf?
yourinstagram god I love you.
NEW POST yay! also I’ve had Oogum Boogum in my head since I saw DWD last night it’s so fun
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stranger things ● forever pt 5 ● s.harrington
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[ multi chapters ] your daughter calls Steve daddy + baby talk -cannot stress enough that she's 3 and she's still grasping speech and language but like.. writer doesn't want to overdo it so... yeah. robin and barb and robin trying to muster up the nerve to make a move -it's not fun having to hide your true self and being gay back then was not a picnic so.. angst about that. heavy sexual tension/physical attraction (mutual, duh), swearing, things seem like they're moving fast but there is a good time lapse between each part so.. yeah. having a kid written by a person who does not... female reader with female parts / a connection to Robin and a past/personality + an adorable lil kid.
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“It’s not!” you’re laughing. But there’s this small part of you that cannot deny that lately, since you and Steve have gotten closer and opened up to each other more, there’s something different between you.
He’s more touchy. He teases you more. You caught yourself flirting with him on more than one occasion because you couldn’t resist doing it and it happened before you could catch yourself. There’s the way you seem to lack a sense of boundaries when he’s around.
And Robin isn’t wrong, you’re starting to find it really hard to resist just going for it.
“Everybody hasn’t noticed because it’s not like that.” you insist.
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FIVE
“ She told me she wishes he was her daddy.” you’re munching on some french fries from Wendy’s as you watch Steve and Stevie down at the pond, feeding the ducks together. Steve has Stevie sitting on his shoulders and you can hear her laughter as it echoes through the park.
You can’t stop staring. Your eyes roam freely. You tell yourself that if you can’t be with him, you can stare as much as you like but honestly, you’re not stupid. All you’re managing to do is torture yourself every single time you wind up doing it.
Barb laughs softly and Robin snickers at the faraway look in your eyes as they glue themselves to Steve’s body all over again. You’ve been stealing glances a lot more lately. 
You got so caught up in it when everyone met to hang out at the pool two afternoons ago that you nearly face planted the door to the women’s restroom just because he went off the high dive, answering a dare that guy across the street who works as a lifeguard gave him.
“Pick your jaw up off the table, woman.”
You jump a little, broken out of your daze by your cousin’s teasing so you flip her off. The two of you share a look and while Barb is busy grabbing herself a soda from the vending machine nearby, you smile at your cousin. “You need to do something, okay? Who cares what anybody thinks? Screw them. And I don’t see aunt Janet being as horrified as you have yourself believing she will be. Now grandma Ethel.. Possibly. But she clutches pearls at everything, Robbie.”
“You do something and maybe I will. You’re the older one. Lead by example.”
“Robin..” you sigh and shake your head, taking another bite of your double cheeseburger. Groaning at the taste as it fills your mouth because you haven’t really eaten anything today. It’s been busy at the office.
In a desperate bid to change the subject because you’ve told your cousin so many times exactly why you can’t just  throw caution to the wind and the more you have to tell her, the more convincing her arguments are as to why you can -and should, do that very thing are starting to become.. In a desperate bid to get off the current topic and on to a new one, you speak up.
“I think I might have found an apartment. We can go look at it later.. If you wanna come with me?”
“You and sparkles should stay with mom and I longer.” Robin shakes her head. Pouting a little. “I don’t wanna lose my little buddy.. Or you and our nighttime talks. C’mon, it hasn’t been that bad.”
“It hasn’t. But I need to stand on my own again too. Like.. I know this is putting a huge strain on aunt Janet as far as money goes. And if I’m living in my own place, it won’t be as bad. They just gave me a raise and more hours.”
Robin’s still not thrilled, but she nods. “Yeah, okay. But you’re still stuck with me, woman.” “Duh.. We have a blood pact. Remember?” you laugh and so does she. “Where is the apartment?” she asks after a second or two. You’re distracted, watching Steve and Stevie again, he’s pushing her on the swings now. “Hm?” you ask as you take a sip of your vanilla Frosty.
“Woman, oh my god.. If you don’t do something it’s going to drive you insane. And lately, whenever you two are around each other, the air’s almost heavy enough to choke somebody. Everybody notices it.”
“It’s not!” you’re laughing. But there’s this small part of you that cannot deny that lately, since you and Steve have gotten closer and opened up to each other more, there’s something different between you.
He’s more touchy. He teases you more. You caught yourself flirting with him on more than one occasion because you couldn’t resist doing it and it happened before you could catch yourself. There’s the way you seem to lack a sense of boundaries when he’s around.
And Robin isn’t wrong, you’re starting to find it really hard to resist just going for it.
“Everybody hasn’t noticed because it’s not like that.” you insist.
Barb laughs as she slips down onto the bench right next to Robin and hands her a Tab. “Okay, am I allowed to call bullshit? Because that is exactly what you’ve just said is… Total bullshit. Everybody’s noticed it, ___.”
“There’s nothing to notice! We’re friends.” you insist.
“Friends don’t look like they’re a second away from kissing each other, ___. Which is exactly what you two looked like the other night when we all went to see that movie together at Starcourt.” Robin is patient when she says it. Laughing as she remembers turning to find Steve dragging his thumb over the butter smeared on your cheeks. Or later, finding you leaned against him, the two of you and Stevie whispering back and forth as you all stared up at the screen and shared popcorn from the same mega sized bucket.
Or even later, when the crowd leaving the theater as the movie ended got so thick that Robin watched as Steve pulled one of his patented Harrington moves out, resting his hand against the small of your back as you all wandered out.  
She’s annoyed that neither of you are willing to budge but it’s oh so painfully obvious.
“Even Eddie’s asked if you have something going on! And Eddie, he’s practically the most oblivious guy on Earth!” Robin insists, throwing up her hands in exasperation as you calmly shake your head no and insist all over again, “He’s not into me like that. I’d know it if he were! Body language expert, remember?”
“My ass you are.” Robin grumbles, the two of you flipping each other off as your laughter dies away.
“Where’s the apartment?”
You cringe a little because you know your cousin well enough to know that when you tell her it’s over that one bar on the wrong side of town, she’s not going to be thrilled. And honestly, you’re not either.
But you refuse to keep burdening your aunt and you know it’s putting a strain on her  having two more mouths and more of a mess to keep up with. You help as much as you can. And you really love being there, you just know that you need to stand on your own again.
“Okay, there’s a teeeny flaw with the place.”
“I’m not liking it already.” Robin’s shaking her head, taking a sip of her  soda after she’s opened the tab. 
“It’s over that bar on the way out of town. The owner.. He uh.. He came in to the office for a consult and he mentioned that he was going to open up the empty units and start renting them out. He told me if I did all my own repairs and stuff he’d knock it off the rent, too. And he’s only charging like… I think he said 400 a month for a two bedroom?”
“Absolutely not. Do you know how often the cops are called to that place? And Eddie’s band, they played there once, said there was a brawl in the middle of their set so bad that an ambulance had to be called.”
Barb speaks up. “Wasn’t Steve looking at a place, Robbie? And it’s near the school. It’s one of the two that the guy who owns the Post just opened up and completely remodeled.”
You give both of them a playful dirty look. “Mhm, like it’s not obvious what you’re getting at.” you laugh as you finish off your Frosty. “I’d fold like a deck of cards if I had to live with him.” you’re doing it again, staring at him openly as you fan yourself with a stack of napkins. “And it’s not even like.. Okay, he’s fucking gorgeous, don’t get me wrong. But that’s not even why I fell in the first place.” you nod to the way he’s waiting on Stevie at the end of the big spiral shaped slide on the playset, “Its the way he is with her. It’s the way he treats everybody.. Like.. I can’t explain it but god, it just turns me on.”
“Because he’s a good guy. He has changed a lot since high school. But anyway, why not look at the place Steve is looking at? You guys are getting to know each other and you’ve gotten to be really good friends.” Barb’s looking at you, giving you a smirk that only makes you stick out your tongue at her. “I just told you why, B! If I live with that man, I will fold like laundry.”
“That’s kind of why she suggested it. One of you needs to, jesus.. The tension is getting to the rest of us outside the little bubble the three of you have formed lately…” Robin laughs and shakes her head. “So stubborn. Why keep fighting it? What if it ends up being amazing? I mean, you said it yourself. He’s good with her. He’s good to you.. To everyone, actually. Why not just go for it?”
“What if it completely blows up though?” you counter, biting your lip. “I can’t.. I won’t put her through what Jenna put me through.”
“Speaking of.. She called last night. I dunno what she said to Mom but Mom exploded. It was great. She told her she was the worst mother to ever exist and hung up. Told her to call back when it wasn’t about something she wanted or something she needed.”
“She didn’t even ask about Stevie.” you guess, frowning and rolling your eyes when Robin’s look confirms it. You shrug. “It’s her loss. We’re fine without her.”
“Definitely.” Robin agrees, reaching out to steal some of the fries you have left.
“Will you guys just come with me to look at the place? Please?” you ask them both, giving them a pleading look.
“Fine.. But I’m not gonna like it.”
“And I agree with her.”
You laugh and slip off the bench, making your way over to where Steve and Stevie are by the swings again. Stevie loves the swings. The day before, you brought her to the park and she refused to leave until she’d spent at least an hour swinging. An hour that you happily obliged because one day, she’ll be older and you already know that you’re going to miss this.
You take advantage of every little moment you’re allowed because they’re moments you won’t ever be able to get back.
CONTINUED
“Daddy! Higher! My feet almost touch clouds!”
When she says it, she’s giggling. Her eyes squeezed shut against harsh afternoon sun. Smiling so big that it’s probably ten times brighter than the sun itself. Steve is frozen and at first, he doesn’t know how to respond.
All he knows is that when she calls him Daddy, he finds himself wishing that it wasn’t just an accidental slip-up. That he really was her father. Because that’d mean he got both of you, all to himself for the rest of your lives. If it were true, nothing would make him happier.
The swing comes back down, Steve catches it and brings it to a stop. "Higher, huh?" he laughs as he locks eyes with you because you're standing nearby, watching. He's gazing down at Stevie now and he chuckles. "Dunno if it's a good idea, scout." 
"Pwease?" She's begging and it's adorable. He still can't decide what to do about her calling him Daddy, so for the time being, selfish as it might be, maybe he just pretends that he is. And that she's his little girl, the two of you are his girls.
Everything feels better, he notices, when he pretends like it's true and he acts like it's true. He doesn't feel as alone until later on when he actually is alone and the realization sets in all over again.
A brunette nudges you in your side, nodding to Steve as he pushes your daughter in the swings.
"Hi."
"Hey." you turn your attention to her after calling out to Stevie not to hang the way she is off the swing. "Something you want?"
"Is Steve her father?"
You shake your head. Smile fading a little. One, because you're pretty sure her entire reason for asking has everything to do with her interest in Steve and this makes you just a little jealous and two, without even realizing it, you were kind of imagining what it might be like if things were totally different. If Steve was actually her father. If the two of you were together.
"She called him daddy. Just now." the brunette states. "Either he is or he isn't." and she's pretty sure he's no, after all they were close friends, there's no way he could've hidden something this massive from her and Tommy. And she likes to think he wouldn't have attempted it, either. But the little girl calling her best friend daddy did make 
"He isn't. Closest thing she's known t' one though."
"She looks like he did when we were all kids." and it hits Carol that she hasn't actually introduced herself yet. She laughs quietly and palms her face. "I'm Carol. Steve is an old friend. The two boys on the slide are mine." she points out her sons and you smile. Stevie is racing towards you and you drop, holding your arms out for her as Steve jogs over behind her, laughing. 
Carol watches as you scoop up the little girl and cover her face in noisy kisses. Steve is staring at you, oh you can bet she picks right up on that. And she's thinking about the way you were all soft eyed and staring as he pushed the cute little girl on the swings just now.
,,this is what he deserves. He needs to find the confidence he had in high school and just go for it already because the air is so thick between them I cannot breathe." 
"Carol."
"Steve." she smiles, giving him a thumbs up as she nods to you and Stevie. Steve raises a brow because usually, Carol is nothing if not a harsh critic of anyone he dates or shows interest in and it only doubled down after things ended with Nancy.
"What's her name?"Carol's attention turns back to you and she's smiling. Curious, with the strong feeling that Steve is definitely falling hard and fast for you because he's gone into protective mode without even seeming to realize. She knows because he's stepped closer to you and Stevie as if to shield you both. 
"Stevie." you answer. She smiles, nodding towards the slides again. "Tommy and Hunter."
Carol makes her way over to the slide where her sons are and Steve gives you an apologetic smile. "She wasn't like…rude or anything, right?"
But you're distracted, between what she revealed to you about Stevie looking a lot like Steve and Carol revealing that Stevie called Steve daddy, you have a lot on your mind at the moment.
Steve repeats his question and you smile, you shake your head no. "No, she wasn't."
You're just wondering.. how did Steve react to your little girl calling him Daddy? 
And more importantly, how should you react to it?
CONTINUED
"Yeah, I don't like this place." this is said by Steve who offered to come over and really look at the little two bedroom apartment you were told about earlier in the week. Robin speaks up next. "What is that smell?" and Barb asks the same question. "I'm agreeing with them."
"It's not that bad." You're wandering around the empty space. It's bigger and brighter than your old apartment. And considering it's over a bar, the floor is so thick that barely any noise seeps up through worn hardwood flooring. "It's bigger than the last one."
" I just don't think this is a good idea, __." Steve repeats. The door lock isn't the best but honestly, that's the least of the things he's noticed. He can tell you're determined but so is he. "There's other places, ___. Maybe we should look at em before you decide anything."
"Yeah, I'm going to agree with the dingus here."
"I'm agreeing with Robin. And Steve."
You're not entirely sold on the place either but you're determined to find something soon. You've never been the kind to wear out your welcome and you're just so used to doing everything alone that you don't know how to take help when it's offered.
Or this is what both Robin and your aunt keep telling you.
"Okay. Alright. I'll look a little more." you promise the three of them. Stevie stirs in your arms and buries her nose down in your neck. "Mama, somethin stink."
"We're leaving now, cupcake." you laugh softly. "Good. Smell make me wanna barf." she grumbles. “Don’t wanna live here cos it stinky. Like old cheese. Feet.”
All of you wander out, Robin and Barb getting into Barb's car and after you've fastened Stevie into her carseat, you get into the passenger seat of your Mustang. Steve's driving like he usually offers to whenever everyone goes out together lately and you decide to take your car. As he merges in traffic, he speaks up. "You'll find somethin better."
"Not at that price. And it's two bedrooms."
"There was a murder in the alley behind the place..this guy I know..Jim..he worked the scene. I think it was like..my junior year?"
"Oh. Yeah, I didn't know that."
"People don't talk about it a lot." Steve answers. "That place is dangerous. Just trust me."
You nod before you even realize you've done it. You, the headstrong and argumentative, stubborn one. You, the one who always does whatever she wants whenever she wants. And when you realize that you're just going along now, you're stunned to a state of silence. 
He pulls into the spot next to Barb's Volvo and kills the engine and nods to the car seat in your back seat. "She's out."
"She sleeps so well when she goes for a ride." you tell him as you quietly pull open your door. As you're unfastening her seatbelt, she looks up at you all groggy from her nap. "Wan' daddy t' carry me."
Your breath hangs and you're frozen. It was fine when she'd do this, call him that whenever it was just you two. You usually just gently remind her that she can't blurt it out and she needs to call him Steve or Mr.Steve. But she's just done it all over again right in front of him.
Steve is about to speak up and say something strictly because he doesn't want to make you uncomfortable or anything, and he figures you're about to anyway. But then, instead of saying anything, you turn to him with an apologetic smile. "I keep telling her she can't do it when we're not alone, that you might not like it."
As he starts to realize what you're getting at, he's stunned speechless. The implication that she's done this before..that she does it a lot when it's just the two of you and the further implication that you're okay with it.. the smallest glimmer of hope is in bloom and the wheels are turning in his mind. 
"I got her." he reaches out to take Stevie and she wraps little arms around his neck and yawns because she's beginning to wake up. "Good nap, wasn't it?"
"Mhm." Stevie answers. "Now I sooooo hungry."she giggles. You gape at him. "How is it she's not a little grouch right now? She's a grouch waking up for me?"
Steve shrugs. Smirks a little as he pulls open the door to the diner just in time to come face to face with Nancy, Jonathan and Jonathan's friend Argyle as they come out with grease stained bags. Upon seeing him, Nancy is kind of frozen, definitely shocked to see Steve with a little girl in his arms and even more shocked that she's seeing just a hint of the side he opened up to her when they were together.
,, everyone kept telling me he met someone. They all said he was finally happy again. And that weird rumor that he had a kid and somehow nobody knew.. I can see why it started."
"Hey Steve."
"Nance. Hey. You haven't left yet?" and it's honestly no an act to make her think he's okay this time, this is what shocks him most. He's honestly just been so busy lately, he's been so preoccupied with fighting the nightmares, the mess Vecna left in his head when he was done with him and since the end of April, his feelings and the attachment he's forming with Stevie and you that honestly, he hasn't given her a whole lot of thought. Lately, he's given her none at all and when this hits him, he's more than a little shocked. 
"We leave next week.. Monday?" she looks to Jonathan as if she's not sure and he smiles and nods. "Yeah. Monday…hey, we're having a get together with everyone this weekend. You guys should come." Nancy looks from Steve to you as she says it. Her gaze lingers on you just a little longer. Taking in the way you’ve molded yourself right against Steve’s side and you’re standing just a little taller. As if to protect him.
Steve starts to say no. But between the tension you're picking up on and you'd die before admitting it, the slightest bit of jealousy and anger you feel upon meeting the ex girlfriend, you speak up before he gets a chance. "We can if you want to, Steve. It's up to you." you’re trying to act as a buffer. 
Pretending things between you and Steve are more serious. More intimate than they actually are all while coming to the realization that his ex girlfriend is a very good and clear reminder as to why he’d never willingly settle for you. Nancy’s beautiful and she’s got this good girl look about her. Not to mention, her life is together and yours, well.. You make yourself stop thinking too hard and picking yourself apart before you get too deep into doing it.
His brow raises. And he tells himself there's no way, you can't be jealous, but there's just something about the way you melt into his side just a little more..and of course, the tiniest hint of mischief in those beautiful eyes of yours as you look up to hold his gaze as you're doing it, as if you do it all the time. He chuckles. "We'll try, Nance. I'm not promising anything."
"Mama, can you take me to bathroom?" Stevie speaks up, reaching for you. "Wait for you inside?" you ask Steve, glad your daughter needs to use the bathroom because the more you stand there, the more you compare yourself to his ex. The more you tell yourself there's no way he'd just settle for you and your jealousy -as well as the knee jerk reaction it caused just now, are pointless.
You go in with Stevie and Steve is left to stand there. This is made further awkward when Jonathan steals a kiss before walking away to Argyle's van. This leaves the two of them alone.
Nancy laughs. 
"What?" Steve raises a brow.
"She really likes you. A lot. Robin said it was obvious but wow.." Nancy smiles up at him and keeps laughing, " You feel something too. Didn't almost dying teach you anything, Steve?"
Steve blows out a breath and shifts his feet. "Yeah."
"So do something! You could have your dream life. Don’t you want that?"
He nods.
She fluffs his hair and goes to step past him, pausing for a few seconds. "You'll be okay.. i.. I was worried about you after…you know.. I just want you to be happy. Like me." and with a smile, she's gone. Rushing over to the van just as the rain starts.’
 Steve lingers for a minute, trying to figure out where she came to the conclusion that you like him as much as she seemed to think. Mulling over the advice she gave that he didn't ask for.
You're sitting in the booth with Robin and Barb, feeding Stevie fries as you watch the two of them outside but try to make it seem as if you're not. And of course, Robin picks right up on it and clears her throat. You nod to them. "Yeah, if that's not a reminder of why I need to ignore the way I feel…" you muse as you take some fries for yourself. Barb and Robin share a look and then they're both looking at you.
"What? You see her! She's a knockout and she's got her life together."
"She really doesn't, though." Barb speaks up, laughing to herself. Robin agrees. "You need to stop ignoring it and do something about it. What happened, huh? You used to be the brave one?"
You laugh and roll your eyes. "Yeah, when it comes to dumb stuff. Emotional risks have never been my thing."
"The fact that you sit here so confidently convinced that he doesn't feel the same way when everyone knows that he does. I can't. You're the single most stubborn.." Robin laughs and Barb laughs with her, slipping fries out of the shared tray between them.
Steve wanders in and as he makes his way over to the table, Barb nudges Robin and leans in, whispering against her ear, "Okay, whatever Nance said to him… he's looking more like King Steve right now than he has in a really long time.."
"Maybe he's finally going to do something." Robin adds, nodding in agreement. Your breath hangs in your throat when instead of grabbing a chair and pulling it to the booth like usual, Steve seats himself in the space beside you. As his designer cologne envelopes you and your sides brush, you need to go pull yourself together. "I'll be right back."
You hurry to the bathroom and when Robin peeks in a few seconds later and sees you visibly flustered, trying to pull yourself together, she doubles over laughing and steps inside. "You okay?"
"I, uh… never better?" you're trying to pull yourself together because the way he looked at you when you locked eyes before you rushed in the restroom to cool down.. you can still feel it's effects. And the scent of his cologne surrounding you, the way he sat down and got as close to you as he could get.
It's all combined to do a number on you.
"You're in for it now." Robin muses,  giving you a smirk. She knows something you don't, of that, you're certain.
"Huh?"
Robin shrugs. "Oh trust me. You'll figure it out. Especially if what I think is about to happen actually happens."
"Context?"
"Oh no.. no, because if I do that, you won't believe me."
"Seriously?" 
"As a heart attack."
CONTINUED
Your red Mustang pulls to a stop in the driveway of your aunt's trailer. Stevie is sleeping in the back, in her car seat and as Steve kills the engine and holds out your keys, he closes his hand around yours when you reach for them. Steps as close as he can and when he does, your breath promptly hangs in your throat.
"If Stevie calling you that earlier…if it bothers you.."
"It doesn't." Steve looks over at you, "does it bother you?" and for a few seconds, he's searching your face for something..any indication that Nancy..Robin, Dustin and even Billy, that they're all completely wrong.
He doesn't find that. Instead, what he actually finds is just enough for the flimsy bit of hope to grow just a little more because you're looking up at him and . You're unfastening Stevie from her car seat and he gets out, holding your aunt's front door open for you as you walk through with Stevie asleep on you. 
You can feel the air getting thicker. Something is different. It's not bad, only intense. So intense you almost feel like you can't breathe. 
,, I have to be imagining it. This is just wishful thinking because i want to let it happen so bad that it's driving me crazy." 
"You're sure it doesn't?" you question, tilting your head to look up at him and he chuckles quietly, shrugging as he answers, " I actually like it. If it bothered me at all, I swear I'd say something. Are you sure it doesn't bother you?" and then he steps closer. Pushes open the bedroom door for you as you step inside to put Stevie to sleep for the night. " It doesn't. If it did I would have stopped her the few times she's said it when it's just the two of us." you answer, looking up at him. Holding his gaze and God help you, squirming just a shade when it feels like he's looking deeper at you as he does the same. 
"See you tomorrow." he finally manages to pull himself out of his daze and the temptation to touch you is so strong that he clenches his hand at his side.
You fall back into the bed beside your sleeping daughter and take several very shaky deep breaths.
CONTINUED
The whole drive across town to his parents empty house consists of him having the mother of all internal dilemmas. Instead of going home, he winds up at Dustin's house.
Dustin raises his window and gives Steve a concerned sleepy look. "Something wrong?"
Steve immediately starts the pacing as soon as he’s climbed through Dustin’s window. And rambling as he paces. And when Dustin figures out what's causing his best friend to pace a hole through his bedroom floor, he's snickering about it. 
" She does it like all the time, man. You're just noticing Stevie calls you daddy?"
"Today is the first time she's actually said it to me directly." Steve answers, gaping as Dustin's statement sinks in. "Wait..she's done it in front of you then?"
Dustin nods to the chair at his desk and Steve sinks down to sit. "Yeah. She actually started like..a week ago? Two, maybe?” Dustin yawns and smiles, falling silent for a few seconds before picking up where he left off, explaining the situation to Steve as Stevie explained it to him, “ This girl in her daycare group named Sadie has her convinced that if she picks her dad then whoever she picks automatically just..is. I tried t' talk to her but she's stubborn and she plugged her ears, started to hum. She said her mind was made up. That even if she couldn't tell you, she still knew and that was okay with her. She was afraid you might be mad so her saying it directly to you man.." Dustin pauses, rubs his eyes as he chuckles quietly, "That's huge."
Steve's chuckling too. "Yeah, the uh..the stubborn thing, that’s like 1000 percent her mom." he drags a hand through his hair. "I saw Nancy earlier. We talked. Well, she talked. I thought I'd have more to say but I didn't."
Dustin nods. Looks up at Steve in concern but Steve shrugs. "It's over. It's been over. I get it now."
"Okay, so what about ___?"
Steve rubs his chin as he thinks about it. He knows he can't keep fighting it, not with everything he's either accidentally overheard or he's figuring out only just now. He wants to fight. He wants to win.
"I'll figure it out. The uh.. the letting Stevie call me daddy thing though.. that won't mess her up, right?" and he wants to laugh at himself, he's asking a literal teenager for advice right now but…Dustin Henderson is the second person he trusts the most in the world. Robin Buckley is the other person and he's definitely going to bounce all of this off her tomorrow.
Because he's determined that this time..this time the ending he wants most in the world is absolutely going to stick.
"No? Why would it? Her father is some asshole who didn't even want her to be born, man. If anything, it's clearly for the best this way, Steve."
Steve nods quietly. "To not fucking this up, right?"
Dustin grins even brighter. "You're finally going to do something then?"
Steve takes a shaky breath and laughs quietly. "I think so, Dustin. I have t' try or I'm gonna lose my fucking mind."
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Everyone making far fetched theories and manage to connect the moon to their skinny jeans: "Sarah janet maas is the best writer. The queen of forshadowing! Obviously this little detail in the second book that was never mentioned again after is a clear forshadowing for my ship! Her mind blows my mind. She's a genuis and y'all just lack reading comprehension!"
Sarah j maas:
"Her youngest sister had been taken by this male because Nesta herself hadn't been able to face him. Tamlin had even looked at her and asked if she'd go in Feyre's place. And she had said no, because she was a hateful, horrible coward." Acosf, when she met Tamlin.
Miss maas- this sh*t did not happen in the first book.
Either she legit forgot what actually happened or she changed it to spice it up for... whatever reason. Nesta already feels guilty for a lot of things, including the ones where she's not even at fault. Why the hell try to make her out to be this monster that she isn't?! For angst? So she can fill the pages, since she didn't know what else to write?! Literally, what was the point of changing that???? That whole scene was dumb anyways because it felt like Sarah wanted some badass moment, using Tamlin as a punchbag so we can all scream "OMG YASSS QUEEN".
Queen of forshadowing my ass. Her villains and ships are obvious as hell and there are plenty of plotholes left. There's a map, a clear worldbuilding, yet we've been only in the night court for 4 books. Her characters are the most powerful people in the whole universe, but need whole armies and as much as help to kill of the Hybern King. There's no logic behind the magic system either.
Best writer my ass.
okay I didn't remember that quote from acosf about Tamlin asking Nesta to take Feyre's place, but you're right, that was stated in acosf, and it NEVER HAPPENED in acotar. I just checked my ebooks to be sure. ldjalkdjaslkjdlakjslkjasd That's so fucking funny because you're right, Nesta already had enough reasons to loathe herself, and tbh she doesn't need rational, real reasons to do so, sometimes you just hate yourself lmaoooo It's not like the intervention scene where she was able to literally rewrite it from acofas to acosf, sjm just completely retconned that fact from four books ago.
I know people have a lot of fun making theories and trying to figure out the next books, but literally sjm does not plan like that. Everything revolves around who she wants to bang. She figures that out, then makes the plot fit around that, to make the banging happen. She doesn't sit there thinking about the meaning of colors, she literally said in an interview that the Valkyrie bracelet colors were just a vibe, but people are out here acting like the curtains are blue!
If she didn't leave *some* hint as to where things were going, she'd be even worse than a bad writer. She's a pantser which is totally fine, but you're right. All these little details are so freaking inconsequential, unless she decides later on that she wants them to be meaningful. Then in retrospect it's like "omg, look at this clue she left for us" when I'm willing to bet that she did it retroactively.
I do think, to her credit, the reason we're so invested is because she does the characters and their psychology well. I just rewatched my acowar reread video from 2018 (I can link it if y'all want) which I posted prior to the acofas release, and I was right about the characters. I was right about how Nesta and Elain would grieve their father and feysand having a baby soon (I said I wouldn't be surprised if it happened, despite what Feyre said.) I did say that I thought Cassian knew Mor is queer, which I haven't been proven right about - however, I am not convinced that she is executing that issue of Mor being queer particularly well.
SJM's characters are her strength, and so if I make predictions, it's based on that. Where they're at psychologically, how they are reacting to situations, who is mated, who is sad about mates, what kind of circumstances characters are in, where they want to be. If we were to break down the effort she puts into different parts of her writing, it would be like 50% characters and characterization, 45% romance, and 5% everything else (world, plot, prose).
And that's another reason why I keep insisting that trying to figure out ships based on where plots might go is... a crapshoot at best. That's not the way she prioritizes. It's always 1) the couple/who she wants to bang, and then 2) whatever she needs to write to make that happen. "There's no plot for X ship" okay well we all read acosf, right? Because plot is not her priority or concern, she can and will do whatever it takes, no matter how inconsistent or ill-defined, to get two characters banging. There are things that make more sense, characters who are more or less connected to different plots than other characters. But never underestimate her willingness to make Amren have some random ass memory of something that changes the plot completely in order to make the ship she wants to happen, happen.
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I made my last go around checking in with Elvis who was asleep with the chocolate bar in his hand I never noticed how attractive he was  I closed the door checking in with the cooks and other maids now it was time to go home "Goodnight Janet!" "Night see ya tomorrow night?" "Yes I'll be here!" I smiled I headed home he wasn't here today I was shocked he just comes and goes. I showered and went to sleep then my telephone rung "Hey!" Carla "Hey! What's up" "Everything ok?" She said "I just woke up" "It's almost noon" "Yea I went to work last night" "Oh ok makes sense you wanna meet for lunch?" "Yea sure I'll be in my uniform if you don't mind" "I don't mind meet me the coffee shop" "Will do see you soon!" I gotten dressed into my new uniform that Elvis had gotten me I remember how his eyes laid on my thighs after I was dressed I went to the coffee shop "is that what you were to work?"  "Yes" "Mr Presley may be into you" she said with a smirk "it started off as a joke but i kinda like it!" "Yea! It looks sexy on you Jane ! Omg you totally do something to set him off" "what?" I couldn't do that "Make something fall and bent over" "I'm not doing with Carla !" I laughed. I headed to work there was cars in the parking lot probably the mafia I walked in as elvis was coming down the steps "Good god-" he said oh shit I fucked up "Jane come upstairs please" I followed him up the steps into his office "I thought I told you it was a joke!" "Well- I kinda like it on me-" "I have the whole mafia downstairs I don't peaking at my damn maid!" he shouts "I can change sir" he stood still for a moment "Jane Jane Jane what am I gonna do with you!" I gulped "I have a jacket in my car" "There are extra maid's uniforms downstairs I'll go get one for you" I nod "Stay here!" I did he soon came back "Here use my bathroom to change" "Really I mean-" "Go ahead don't tell anybody but you are my favorite" I felt a heat between my legs then I started to blush quickly covering my face "I won't say a thing sir!" I smiled I changed into my uniform "You can leave that one up here" Elvis said well that was strange I followed Elvis downstairs I saw Janet with a shocked look I wondered what that was about we had to clean around the house a little today it was probably going to worse later because of the guys. Hours had passed the boys had left Elvis was in the living room watching tv "Jane!" Janet said "What?" "Mr Presley wants a snack" "you can't do it?" I just got finished mopping the floor "no I have to upstairs and clean" "Ok fine fine" I grabbed a snack for Elvis and went into the living room "Ah thanks Jane!" "Of course  sir" "Come sit and talk for a moment?" "Well shouldn't I- I- be working?" "Oh hell I've told you are my favorite" he smiled I nod and sit down on that couch
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stolen children
read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/xbTlHKR by adelfie @lieutenantobvious | so batman hates batgirl, huh @ohnoourtableitsbroken3 | omg why is this so embarrassing??? im embarrassed FOR her @sugarsweetbabiex | god i want batdaddy to shout at me too Babs sees a little face over her crossword puzzle and a pair of impossibly light blue eyes looking at her. She jolts, clutching her chest. “Hi,” Tim says obliviously, casually balancing his weight on her drawn-up knees with his soft gummy palms. “You look sad.” -- 15-year-old Babs has never needed validation from anyone, but... Batman's latest words to her have left her spiraling. It would be a good time for a mental health break, if not for the men trying to kidnap 5-year-old Timothy Drake while she's babysitting him. Words: 7768, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: Gen Characters: Barbara Gordon, Tim Drake, Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Barbara Gordon-centric, Fluff, Angst, Whump, Whumptober 2023, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Batfamily (DCU), Barbara Gordon Needs a Hug, Protective Barbara Gordon, Barbara Gordon is Batgirl, BAMF Barbara Gordon, Dick Grayson is Robin, Bruce Wayne Tries to Be a Good Parent, Bruce Wayne is Batman, Bruce Wayne is Bad at Feelings, Protective Bruce Wayne, Bruce Wayne is Bad at Communicating, Tim Drake Needs a Hug, Bad Parents Jack and Janet Drake, but subtle, Child Neglect, Baby Tim Drake, Kid Tim Drake, Kid Jason Todd, Jason Todd Has a Good Time, Cuddling & Snuggling, Swooning, Tim Drake Joins the Batfamily Early read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/xbTlHKR
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18th Birthday and Surprises Chapter Seven
As they was getting ready to leave both Janet and Sky had noticed a new piece of jewellery that was around Sarah's wrist Sky is the first to speak up asking, "So that's the gift that a certain special person gave you yesterday, let's have a look at it then." She lifts her arm up and shows the bracelet both her mum and Sky looks, her mom is the one to speak up first this time and says, "Wow so he remembers what horror movies you are in too then?" Sarah smiles looking at the bracelet and says, "Yeah I was surprised to be honest but I thought it was sweet that he got me this and remembered I have a feeling it had something to do with CC but I'm not exactly sure, but as I just said it was a really sweet thing for him to do."The three of them finally left the house after saying goodbye to Robert who was busy in his study and they all got inside Sky's car and headed for the shopping mall, probably spend quite a few hours there seeing as Janet won't see either of them for a few days but she loved to see them both happy. 
A few hours of shopping later all three was now sitting in Starbucks, whilst they was drinking and talking they was all in for a surprise when the guys had walked in and saw them straight away started walking to them of course they was some fans but they didn't mind so they took pictures and signed autographs on pictures and CDs, they finally reached the girls of course Sarah's back was to them and both her mom and Sky tried their best to keep straight faces, Sarah was looking at them with confused expression on their faces that is until someone covers up her eyes.
She smiles straight away knowing who it is but pretends to not mostly to see how he would react saying, "Hmm nope don't recognise that person behind me." He then coughs a little and says, "Wow then." Sarah laughs and then says, "Hmm that voice does sound like someone I know." He says, "Hmm well then." He moves his hands and kisses her on the cheek, she then looks to the side and smiles speaking up saying, "Oh hey stranger what you guys doing here?" She moves over and he seats down beside her, then the others sit on the table next to them and he says, "Well we decided to come and get a drink, didn't realise you guys was here." 
Sarah said, "Well you can blame sky for that, it was her idea and it's a good thing that she did because well you remember when you guys asked me if it was alright that I invited a certain person, well she accepted so it looks like you guys are officially stuck with the both of us for a few days." That peaks Jake's interest and he speaks up saying, "Really that's awesome news." Sky was blushing a little and of course Andy happens to notice and speaks up saying, "Aww looks like someone has made a certain person blush." 
Everyone looks over making her blush even more but she was alright about it and then Sarah excused herself and headed to the ladies room, of course Sky goes with her and of course they was both getting checked out, once inside the bathroom Sarah went to use the toilet and Sky stayed at the sink calming herself down, once Sarah was finished she came out of the toilet and washes her hands, Skylar then speaks up saying, "OMG I can't believe I blush like that and of course Andy had to go and make it ten times worse by pointing it out, but I want to thank you for letting me tag along to warped tour."
Sarah dries her hands looking over at Skylar and says, "Well I couldn't go without my best friend/sister and I mean I did see you blushing but then I noticed how happy Jake look when I said that you was coming, you know I think he might end up asking you out." That causes Skylar to get all gigged and then she eventually calms down after another person walks in and she says, "Oh I so hope he does, now come we should get back." Sarah shakes her head a little whilst laughing and they both head out of the ladies room, seeing that the guys are in the queue minus Andy who is now sitting where Sarah was.
He notices and smiles, she smiles back at him Jake also sees Skylar and he's with the others so she decides to go and join him as he offered her, Sarah sits down and says, "So what were you two talking about whilst we was gone?" Janet speaks up saying, "Well of course we was talking about you all good things don't worry, wouldn't say anything to embarrasses you." Andy puts his arm over her and she leans her head on his shoulder and her mom couldn't help but smile and she speaks up saying, "You know you both remind me of a younger version of your parents Sarah." 
She couldn't help but smile at that comment and then Janet turns her attention to Andy and tells him, "Well you had better look after our little girl of course we know you will because we trust you with our only princess." Andy looks over to Sarah and then turns his attention back to Janet and tells her, "Of course I wouldn't do anything to hurt her, she means way to much to me to hurt her in anyway." Sarah looks over to Andy and he turns his attention from her mom to her and they both smile, of course not to embarrasses her mom she kisses Andy on the cheek which he appreciates and kisses her back on the cheek.
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notallwonder · 1 year
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My first live(stream) viewing of Thrilling Adventure Hour!
This is fun!
Ooh! Is that Isabella Gomez in this Captain Laserbeam??!!
Really digging Gagliardi's hair situation
A HUGE benefit of streaming this rather than watching in person is that I can scream "I LOVE YOU!" at Paul F Tompkins and Paget Brewster with Wild Abandon without disturbing the other patrons
and I'm absolutely doing so
the clinking! 🤣
as an activity, laughing enormously heartily by myself is a good one
I love them
lol PFT as all the Franks
PVB as ALL THE SADIES
"shall we [all] kiss?"
the clink lag 🤣 PB's face 🤣
oh no copies of copies of copies!
I hope the VOD doesn't skip like the livestream
gentlemen of the rails!
can relate. my heart desires a hat
it's about math!
oh phew they got wished home
Gosh that was fun
Love ain't no billygoat!
......
zomg the baby Mark Gagliardi grocery clip yes
ZOMG THE CRAIG CACKOWSKI BUCATINO BUSINESS SPIRITUAL SEQUEL
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Okay second show, here we go!
I love Hal Lublin more and more
"sass ain't a sickness, but she's got it in spades"!
The pathos of this Sparks Nevada...
The Planktonic Ideal! Marsha! Minnie Diver!
Lmao The Sea Word! The Reservoir Dogs! Dr. Mackerel and Mr. Tide! The Free Basins! omg The Troutlaw! Cruisin' B. Anchovie!
"one of my henchman is a notary public" 🤣
I enjoyed the Maine Villain
HERE WE GO AGAIN SPOOKY HAL
time for me to shriek with glee
Paget's velvet(?) dress
good clink!
Sadie Doyle You Are A Delight ! !
Janet Varney You Are A Delight !
PFT & PVB are wearing basically matching glasses and that's adorable as well
a cool babysitter who sometimes puts me in a box 😂
layup!
"You think I can't be the dummy *and* the mouth man?! I'll show you!"
"Absolutely not. Frank is MY mouth man!" S A D I E
and they embrace! 🥰
I too like to store my eyewear in my cleavage
oh they look like they're having so much fun. 💕 makes me miss doing theater
Well that was a living room standing ovation / dance party from me. Love ain't no billygoat! ♥️♥️♥️ *clink* 🥂
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Jerry Lewis and Janet Leigh in Three On a Couch (1966).
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gyllenhaalstories · 3 years
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KINKMAS DAY 1: THIGH HUMPING WITH QUENTIN BECK.
request: omg pls do day 1 with quentin beck i’ll love u forever <3  
warnings: smut, daddy kink, humping, curse words, dirty talk, degrading, rough/man handling, mild choking.
word count: 745
ily forever too anon! i’ve never actually written for quentin, so be kind with me, okay? thank you for your request! <3
“What do you think?” Quentin stood in front of you, making you look up from your iPad where you read the news about his latest mission. He had his arms open, showing off the top of his costume Janet spent hours working on. He had his MoCap pants on, the contrast made you laugh. “Hey,” he frowned down at you. “This is not a joke, I want your opinion.”
You rolled your eyes and sighed. This man was a lot to handle, and even if he had an ego bigger than the galaxy, he had his moments of insecurities. “You look absolutely handsome.” You commented, your finger tips brushing lightly over the metal covering his torso. “Now that’s an Avengers level costume.”
His chest swelled with pride as he walked around you, showing you the back and the perfect cape. He loved this cape a lot, it brought a dramatic touch, not that he needed it. “Thanks, babe.” He crashed on the couch on which you were sitting a couple of minutes earlier.
“Do you know what I love even more than the suit?” You teased him, he arched a brow in response. You slowly walked towards him, but he was having none of the turtle speed.
He grabbed your hips roughly, not caring about hurting your skin and he made you straddle one of his muscular thighs. “Tell me, what do you love more than a man in a suit of armor?”
“I love my man more than anything.” You leaned further, whispering your answer as you bit on his ear lobe.
His gripped gained in firmness. He was instinctively rocking you against his thigh, needing more than just bites and kisses. “Prove it to Daddy.”
You both had issues with pride. He took too much pride into destroying the world with his twisted plans, and you took too much pride into making him feel like the strongest man to ever walk the surface of the Earth. Maybe that was why you two were so perfect together, you were both power hungry. Only, you were starving for a different kind of power.
“Don’t fucking waste my time.” Quentin grabbed your jaw firmly, squishing your cheeks and lips. He loved how your eyes widened at his touch, filling with lust and desire for him. He skillfully lifted your skirt and tore your panties in half. The small pile on fabric flew on the floor when your wet cunt touched his thigh for the first time. “Eyes on Daddy, understood?”
You nodded as best as you could in your grip. And you started.
It felt almost as good for him as he did for you. He could feel the patch of wetness growing underneath your wet folds. You had done this a million times; it was Quentin’s favourite way to release some steam after a long day of planning the next apocalypse.
Your hips knew how to pleasure you, grinding and rubbing. You gave him a show, arching your back to push your covered breasts closer to his face, giving him a glimpse of the dangerous cleavage of your unbuttoned white shirt. “I fucking love riding Daddy’s thigh.”
He moaned at your words. “Jesus,” his jaw clenched. “Keep going.”
“I don’t deserve Daddy’s cock until I work hard for it.”
“That’s right.”
“I’m just holes for Daddy to use until he’s done with me.”
“A cum dump.”
“Yes, I’m his cum dump and his only.”
He could cum from this alone. Degrading you was one thing, but hearing those filthy words coming out of your mouth sent him on cloud nine. You were the most intelligent woman he had ever met (and he met Pepper Potts, so the bar was high), you were the best whore he ever fucked and the last one he wanted to fuck too. “Ride or die, baby.” He managed to smirk, his hand was now around your neck as he squeezed lightly.
You kept grinding against his clothed thigh. The friction was starting to hurt, but your orgasm threated to take over. You knew the rules. “Please, Daddy, please let me cum on your thigh.”
With a firm nod of his head, he allowed you to give in. His hand stayed on your throat, but his free one rested on the small of your back and helped you keep your pace until your knees were about to crash under the pleasure.
“We better do this again when the full costume his done.”
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moonlit-imagines · 3 years
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Headcanons for going to a costume party with Alex Summers
Alex Summers x reader
warnings: alcohol
a/n: i miss alex with my whole heart omg
prompt: anonymous: “can you do headcanons for going to a costume party with alex summers? 💖”
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alex wasnt always in the mood for social activities
he’d much rather stay home and just be alone with you
but he did this for you, just to see that bright smile on your face
“alex, you have to keep the eyepatch down!”
“y/n, we’re not even at the party yet”
“but i want my pirate boyfriend to commit to his costume” :(((
“fine.” *flips eyepatch down
“can you do the thing? please?”
*sigh* “arghh matey, there be the secret treasure. aye, that’s no ordinary treasure, that’s me s/o! yes, the other pirate!”
“awww, you went above and beyond for me?”
“only because i love you so much”
the party was overwhelming from the start
and alex had reverted back to his old man mentality
“the music is too loud!”
“wow, i thought this was a costume party. why are there so many people without shirts?”
“i’m tired”
“what’s for dinner?”
“i wonder what’s on the news”
^all alex obviously
but you did convince him to dance with you for a little while
and he even punched a guy that was getting a little too close for comfort
“alex, hey, cool down. code red”
code red meant “risk of wreaking havok”
“got it, sorry”
“that’s okay, let’s go get a snack or something”
you held onto his fake hook hand and dragged him to the kitchen for water and pretzels
and then he found the twizzlers and he finally started having fun
“y/n, y/n, look. i’m a lizard” *single twizzler sticking out of his mouth*
“god, i love you”
“now let’s ‘lady and the tramp’ it like no one’s watching”
he finally loosened up, but still refused to interact with anyone besides people he knew through you
only if he absolutely had to
“y/n, no, i don’t want to talk to anyone. no, i just want to hang out for a little longer and go home. just let me get some beers or—hi there, janet, rick, how are you two?”
he did run off to get beers immediately after that
but he couldn’t have too much since he had to drive home
“can we please go home now, matey?”
“hm, i suppose we could if you give me another kiss?”
“win-win”
he made it extra passionate to show other partygoers how its done
“show off”
“you love it”
“i mean, i’m not complaining”
as soon as you got home you pulled leftovers from the fridge and watched scary movies until you passed out in your costumes, it would be an interesting morning after
taglist: @locke-writes // @randomawesomeperson102 // @captainshazamerica // @ravenmoore14 // @thisetaernallove //
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sincerelynamkook · 3 years
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Hennessy (01)
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Latina Y/N x Jungkook
Genre: Angst, Fluff 
Warnings: alcohol/drunken behavior (drink responsibly friends), mentions of smoking, sexual tension 
Word Count: 2.6k
Playlist: “Yo Perreo Sola” by Bad Bunny // “Frikitona” by Plan B // “Te Extrano” by Xtreme // “Imitadora” by Romeo Santos”
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“You ready?” I roll my eyes with a pout instead of verbally answering my best friend’s question. I’m still lowkey butthurt she not only forced me to get up from my umpteenth day in bed, but also forced me to get dressed and put on makeup. I’m barely into my 30th day of getting over a breakup, I had plans to dive deep into the pits of my depression and despair for another month or two. 
“Stop being a brat and get over it. It’s not like you were in love with the guy.” Britt sasses back.
“Maybe so. But I really gave that fucker 6 months of my life thinking he would eventually be the one only for him to go out and cheat on me...let me be depressed, damn bro.” 
“Dude, c'mon. Tony said this would be the party of the year and you know how Latinos love to throw a party.” She grabs my hand and drags me up the driveway to the front door. I could hear the loud blast of Merengue music all the way from where we parked down the street. Serves us right for being 2 hours late to this damn party. But we were running on Latino time. 
“Bitch did you forget I’m Latina?” I ask her. Of course I know what Latin parties are like. 
“Really? You sure ain’t acting like the bad bitch Latina I know you are.” 
“I-...whatever.” I mumble, not having a retort. 
She giggles and opens the front door, coming fact to face with Jimin who has the brightest smile on his face. “Finally bitches! I’ve been waiting for y’all for over an hour.” 
Music, laughter, singing, mixed with conversations from every direction bombard my ears. Jimin drags Britt and me to the back of the house, bee-lining straight to the kitchen counter that's covered in alcoholic beverages. He goes around to stand next to Tony who’s behind the counter, dressed in an all black fit, gold chain around his neck, nose pierced with a stud and a septum, and small black rectangular framed glasses perched on his nose. 
“What, you on your Bad Bunny phase or something?” I ask him as Jimin hands me a cranberry vodka, knowing it’s my favorite drink. 
With a smile, he sticks his tongue out and places his pinky fingers near his glasses doing the iconic Bad Bunny pose, “You already know babyyyy,” he says garnering a laugh from me. “I made sure to stock up on cranberry and vodka for you babe. Britt warned me so we on that ‘Bring Y/N back to life’ gang shit tonight.”
“Oh god,” I grimace. When Britt and Tony get together on their “missions” there is no hope for us. “Well you got food around here? I ain’t getting shitfaced on an empty stomach.”
“This ain’t the first time at the rodeo, Y/N.” Hoseok says as he appears behind Tony with a platter of appetizers on a plate for me. “We take care of our favorite girls around here, Y/N, c'mon now, especially when you're my girlfriend’s best friend” he winks at Britt and she giggles. Gross. 
“My hero.” I respond sarcastically, inspecting the chips and guac. With a raise of a brow I ask, “This better be some legit guac boys, not that store bought kind y’all got that one time at Costco.”
“Omg get over it! I didn’t realize it was expired!” Jin yells from behind me. He gives Britt a kiss on the cheek before pinching my arm. I stick my tongue out before giving him a genuine smile. “I wasn’t even the one who bought it. It was Jimin!” 
Jimin giggles, “Well that’s what y’all get for sending me grocery shopping when I’m hungover.”
“I was sick for days! I almost died!” I yell back. Not gona lie, this guac is hella good. “Dude, who made this guac. It’s legit, I’ll give you that.”
“I asked my sister to make some for us. She also made some tamales for you and Britt, you know she loves y'all more than me.” Tony says as he pours me another drink. Tears start to well in my eyes, food being the only thing that weakens my tough exterior. 
“Tony...tell your sister to divorce Jackson and marry me. I’ll treat her better!” I exclaim making the group laugh. 
“Y’all lets move this party to the den.” Hoseok says, grabbing Britt’s hand and leading us to the next room, away from the bigger crowd. 
We each take our usual seats. Being a tight knit group since our college days, we have our traditions, one being movie night at Tony’s every weekend, thus leading us to have our own unofficial assigned seats. 
The music can still be heard from the den, albeit not as loud as it was in the main rooms. 
“So we getting Y/N shitfaced tonight right?” Jimin asks with a smirk in my direction. 
“Hell yeah. I can’t believe you skipped out on movie nights this whole month.” Jin responds with a shake of his head. “I thought we were family.”
I roll my eyes at his dramatics. “Whatever. Y’all know how I get when I’m in my moods.”
Hoseok stands and comes around the couch to hug me from behind. “I know you’re not a hugger but accept this quick hug and let go of your sadness friend.”
 I giggle and hold back my witty remark, knowing his heart is in the right place. “Thanks Hobi. Give me a few more drinks and I’ll be begging for your hugs.”
He jumps at that and runs to the kitchen yelling, “You don’t have to tell me twice!!” Brittany gets up and follows him, muttering something about going to make sure he doesn’t get dragged into dancing. 
“But in all seriousness, Y/N, are you okay?” Jin asks next to me. 
“Not gona lie, I’m hurt because y’all know how I feel about cheating. But it is what it is right?” I exhale and gulp down my third cup of cranberry vodka. 
“You’ll be okay babe, c'mon lets go get more drinks.” Jimin takes my hands and drags me out the den, just as Yoongi and Joonie were walking into the den. 
“Hey fuckers. I brought the Henny!” Yoongi announces with a smirk. At the sound of Henny I turn around and walk back into the den, grabbing the Hennessy bottle from Yoongi’s grasp and opening it to pour myself some shots. 
“Oh so that’s what we doing huh?” He smirks and I just wink at him raising my shot glass at him. 
“The night is young my friend.” I say as I raise up my second shot in a toast. Joon takes the bottle from me and pours me another one, clinking his own glass with mine. 
“Let’s get this bread!” he says to which I grimace and retort back, “Grandpa, don’t ever say that again.” He chuckles with a roll of his eyes and downs his shot. 
The heat from the alcohol going down my throat and coursing throughout my body has me removing my jacket. Jin whistles saying “aight mami, you sure you're getting over a break up?”
Giggling, I look over at him to see him checking me out. I’m donned in black ripped skinny jeans, black platform Jadon docs, and a green satin tank top; meaning my tattoo covered arm is out on display. “Boy please, be quiet before you get me in trouble with Tree. Where is she anyway?”
“She had to work tonight. She’s gonna come after her shift which should be soon.” He says checking the time on his phone. 
Another shot is placed in my hand by Jimin, “bottoms up bitch!”
I down my shot just as I hear the sounds of “Yo Perreo Sola” by Bad Bunny start to play. “Oh shit! This my song!!!” I yell, clearly feeling the effect of the alcohol contents fueling my body. I grab Jimin’s hand and drag him over to the crowd dancing in the large living room. 
Jimin positions himself behind me, holding my waist as we start to dance to the song. We grind up on each other, perreando like the song describes, screaming the chorus together with the crowd. I turn around to face him and push him backwards, ready to perrear sola. The other girls around me start to hype me up and start to grind against me. We put on quite the show but the crowd goes even wilder when the song switches to “Frikitona” by Plan B. Jin dances up next to me with Tree on his arm and hands me two more shots, “double fist time babyyy” he yells over the crowd. I take the shots all the while I’m dancing, I don’t even notice when the two empty glasses are replaced with new full ones by Jimin, knowing it's him with the pink hair on his head, but I down those two. I vaguely notice Hoseok and Brittany dancing not too far from me, practically making love on the dance floor. Wouldn’t surprise me if they disappeared upstairs real soon. The reggaetón bops keep going and Jimin and I keep dancing amidst the crowd. Whoever picked this mix deserves a reward because it got all the throwbacks. I smile big when I hear Don Omar’s “Dile.”
I’m sweating, pushing my hair back from my face every few seconds, regretting not bringing a scrunchie with me to put it in a bun. The reggaetón mix fades off into a bachata mix with “Te Extrano” by Xtreme being the first song to play. Not wanting to go back into my feels, I decide to take this time to grab water and sober a bit. Now that I’ve stopped dancing I realize just how drunk I really am. I lean against the counter and grab a cool water bottle from the cooler, snickering when I see Yoongi making out with some girl across the kitchen. 
The bachata mix turns sensual, as “Sobredosis” by Romeo Santos starts to play. I sway softly in my spot against the counter, singing along to the song as I try hard to sober up. 
I hear Tony yell a “Look who finally made it” and the crowd starts to shout their greetings at whoever just walked in. I turn around to see what the commotion is all about and see Jungkook walking in holding two bottles of Hennessy, one in each hand.
“What the fuck” I whisper softly, but not soft enough when I hear Taehyung reply, “yeah, he’s back.”
“Whoa when did you get here TaeTae? And when you say ‘he’s back’ you mean cause of summer break right?” I ask without turning back around to look at him, my attention at one man and one man only. 
“I got here a while ago with Janet, we were outside smoking though.” Ahh that makes sense. “And no, he’s back for good. He graduated last week.” He says with a smirk in my direction. 
My eyes go wide, muttering a soft, “fuck.” I turn around to face the kitchen, hands in my hair in exasperation. How did he graduate already? He’s like three years younger than me! I close my eyes and focus on doing the math only to realize that he in fact was graduating college this year. Shit. 
Tae pats my back, “what’s got your panties in a twist love? It’s not like you fucked the guy on his 21st birthday and never spoke to him again even though he’s one of your best friend’s, Yoongi’s to be exact, younger brother.”
I open my eyes and face Tae. He yells an exaggerated ‘OW!” when I twist his nipple. 
“Kim Taehyung what the fuck?! I told you never to mention that again.” I exhale and make the decision to continue my “getting shitfaced” mission. Pouring a line of shots, I start to take them one after the other until Tae decides to take the last 3 himself earning a “fuck you” from me. 
I lean against the counter, facing the living room only to see Jungkook walking towards me. I roll my eyes at him when I see his smirk directed at me. He walks up next to me and opens the bottle of Hennessy, not saying a word. Taehyung chuckles and leaves with a “have fun lovebirds.” Jungkook pours two shots and hands me one. But he doesn’t just give it to me like any decent person would, no way, he has the audacity to bring the shot glass to my lips , softly nudging my lips open with it to make me drink. Not one to back down from a challenge, I hold his hand holding the shot glass against me and throw my head back to down it. His big brown eyes, those that were so full of innocence, are now full of lust and focused on my lips. I don’t miss the way they subtly move down to look at my neck when I swallow the alcohol, or the way his hand still near my lips slightly twitches when my tongue flicks out to lick my bottom lip, making sure I take every drop of alcohol he gave me. 
He leans closer to me, his scent which now surrounds me making me even drunker. My hands go up to his chest instinctively, as if I had the willpower to actually shove him away. I could feel his heart beating faster against my hands, his pecks feeling tight...woah when did that happen? 
I feel, rather than see, his face lean closer to my ear where he softly whispers, “wana show me what else you can swallow?” His deep melodic voice has me closing my eyes and gulping in a millisecond, feeling a rush of wetness pool at my core.  
I open my eyes, reminding myself who I’m talking to and laugh the nerves away. I shove him back, needing some room to breathe and he chuckles at my antics. 
The playlist starts to play “Imitadora” by Romeo Santos and I can feel a change in the atmosphere. Jungkook takes a step closer to me, arm going around me to softly push me against him. He leans close to my ear again to whisper “dance with me” but I’m too high off his scent and to the beat of his heart that’s vibrating against where my hands rest on his chest to answer. He takes it as a yes and walks us backwards to the center of the makeshift dance floor. 
I bring myself back to the present and raise an eyebrow at him, “You sure you can keep up Korean boy?” I feel his chest softly vibrate from his chuckle.
“I have a few tricks up my sleeve preciosa” he answers with a smirk as he twirls me around. I swoon at his honey like voice calling me “preciosa,” with the subtle hint of his accent. But I feel my pussy clench when he dances bachata like a Latin born man. 
My heart feels like it’s about to burst out of my chest when he starts singing the chorus of the song in perfect Spanish close to my ear. Hitting every note like if he was Romeo Santos. 
He must've heard my swift intake of breath by the way he smiles. A smile I feel on my neck as he leans even closer to me to drop a kiss at my nape, sealing it with a lick. 
The song comes to an end, quickly transitioning to a more up tempo bachata song. Jungkook drops another kiss on my neck and whispers “wana see what other tricks I got?”
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daughterofmyth · 3 years
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I watched Rocky Horror for the first time today.
These are my reactions.
These singing lips are unnerving
Criminologist, that is a job I want
AAAAH the lips licked! This is too close! Too close!
This is the first time I have had full credits at the beginning of the movie
This groomsman looks like he was doing science on the grooms ass with that look
This is not actually going to be a marriage proposal. I know it isn’t
Oh huh. It is. This is sus.
WHY ARE THEY BRINGING IN A CASKET?
4th wall breaks make me uncomfy
Creepy castle? Definitely safe!
Enter at your own risk? More like Enter at your Own Risk of Fun!
That’s right, keep singing and getting soaked! It isn’t like it is storming or anything.
THE TIME WARP! IT’S THE TIME WARP!!!!!
That is not the face I expected for the rock-and-roll voice. At all. Nor the costuming
THERE’S A DIAGRAM!?!?!?!
The narrator is so into this!!!!! I love him! I forgive him for the 4th wall scariness
That is one extra vampire
I WASN'T EXPECTING WHAT WAS UNDER THAT CAPE
I would love a version of this where instead of having two really conservative people in the 70’s visit this castle, it is some Gen Z’rs. Just to see how different the story is.
“It’s okay Janet”, is suddenly stripped
Pretty sure they packed this male actor’s underwear to make it less transparent and more impressive
Oh good, the scientist is drinking before the lab experiment
He looks at the camera as he said “nice”
“I have the secret to life itself!” Congrats on getting the sex talk
Are they reviving someone with the power of rock and roll?
“Woah is me, like is a misery” You are 3 minutes old!
Why does he have a golden speedo?????
“I DIDN’T MAKE HIM FOR YOU!”
The motorcycle just… there’s ice and… what? What just happened? WHAT IS HAPPENING?!?!
And just like that, he is dead. WHAT JUST HAPPENED???
They are getting married now. Pretty sure that blondie is less than a day old, which is much younger than the legal marriage age
THERE ARE SOME MAJOR CONSENT ISSUES HERE
Ok. it got a bit better
Does he just… do this with every guest?
I mean, the feeling of figuring out sex can be enjoyable is a bit relatable.
What? What? What is this wheelchair thing? Why can he control it?
This is where the name calling meme comes from!
This is almost as awkward as when my family gets together!
IT’S A BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR THE CREATION OMG
Aliens!?!?!?!
Eddie is already dead before we learn anything about him!
EWwww, they were eating him?!?!?!
So… not sure how the statue thing is working but I can roll with it
Why is everyone now on board with all this? You were statues two minutes ago???
Paralysis cured by fishnets. Huh.
WAIT THE ALIENS ARE LEGIT?!?!?!!
THE ALIENS ARE FROM TRANSYLVANIA?!?!?!?!?!?! WHAT?!?!?!?!?!
WHY DID THE ALIENS SHOW UP? WHY DID THE ALIENS LEAVE? WHAT IS HAPPENING?!?!?!?!
Why don’t you just shoot? There is plenty of time and room. There you go.
Damn this himbo can take a lot of shots, but dies by water like Sonic.
Ewwww, these siblings are gross
The… the whole house was a damn spaceship.
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