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Just had a revelation. We have a lot of strong Samurai women in the comics; Mariko is no exception, tho I couldn't stop myself from imagining... how would have been if she had a backstory like Tomoe or Inazuma's? A daughter of a Samurai that learnt the way of the sword. I bet she would've rocked the part.
And can you imagine if she was also the protector of her village?? I mean like, having Kenichi be the magistrade, but her also having her own troops?? I see potential!!!!
Also, we could have called her and the boys "the three Bunketeers". Lol
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Puppy Honey Series 2 Pick & Rome Reaction 7 (Final Part)
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I swear I can’t even with Pick and Porsche anymore. They must literally share one brain cell or something because they’re giving each other advice that they themselves should really be following when it comes to Rome and Emma! Running away is not the solution Pick. He doesn’t seem all that enthusiastic about Rin which is good, but bad in that it feels like he’s forcing himself to do something he thinks he should, rather than what he wants.
Um Din is really starting to creep me out. More than before which is honestly quite the achievement. Who keeps asking someone out if they’ve already turned you down and made it clear they’re not interested? That’s stalkerish behaviour. Poor Rome had to quit the club just to get away from him.
Um OK. Rin is looking very cosy with someone not called Pick and is arranging to meet someone. My money is on Din. Come on Rome! Please tell me your instincts have improved at least a little from S1 and you can work out that Din and Rin are working together – or at least Din’s pulling some strings here!! Come on!!
Pick stop hanging up the phone! This is important news damn it! OK, good, a confrontation with Rin. Maybe we’ll actually get some answers. Am I also allowed to be a little smug that despite it obviously not being particularly geographically close, Pick has dropped everything to come back to sort out this mess?
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THEY’RE NOT SIBLINGS THEY’RE THE SAME FREAKING PERSON!! WHO THE HELL DOES SOMETHING THAT MANIPULATIVE? Who in their right mind thinks “hey ya know, I really like this one guy but he seems interested in someone else so I’ll just cut him out the picture by hiring a junior to seduce him out the way except it’ll really be me he’s texting”? Ooh that manipulative little sh*t! He’s been playing games with Pick and Rome practically right from the start!
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Someone punch him! Please! I hate violence but I’ll make an exception to it right here and now for Din!!
Oh Pick heard me 🤭 I need to find gifs sets of that like asap because that was ever so satisfying! 
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Can I also just say my heart went fluttering that Pick didn’t even need to look behind him to hand Rome Din’s iPad, he just knew he’d been there at his back. I love little details like that.
FINALLY! Pick confesses! That is seriously just the icing on the cake to this whole thing! Look at Rome’s face! He really didn’t expect that, did he, bless him!
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I’m honestly not sure how I feel about Emma and Porsche getting back together but it was funny how once again Pick and Rome tricked them into seeing each. They do work well together :D
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I’m inserting this as the last pic because I found it hilarious when Pick just walked off on Rome :D His expression just screams “I’m in love with a dork!”
I feel like I yelled a lot during this episode :D That was an exceptionally satisfying conclusion to the Din plot and Pick and Rome in general. I love them so much!
I think now I’ve finished their story they’ve easily jumped to the top of favourite BL couples list. I love their chemistry and their entire plot through both seasons felt very natural and organic. They really brought this series to life for me and I’m gonna miss them!!
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duhragonball · 3 years
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Hellsing Liveblog, Ch.11-13
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This is the “Balance of Power” arc.
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One of the things that frustrated me about the Hellsing TV anime (as opposed to the Hellsing Ultimate version) was that the TV series aired while the manga was still running, and it seemed to struggle between following the source material or just diverging into all new stories.    I think if Gonzo had made up their minds one way or the other, it would have ended up a better show.   Instead, there were all these filler scenes of Seras training with human soldiers, which seemed like an utter waste of the character’s time.    Worse, this meant the human soldiers featured much more prominently than they ever did in the manga, where they all get killed off by Chapter 9 or something.   And if you know that’s coming, like I did, it makes the human soldiers that much more insufferable, because you know dorks like Farguson aren’t going to matter, but they get tons of screen time anyway.    Farguson is like every episode of Dragon Ball GT condensed into a single character.  
Here, in the original manga, it’s pretty clear that the soldiers never mattered, because the only time you ever see them is when Jan Valentines’ ghoul army slaughters them all.    They only existed so Integra would have something to be in charge of, but the only ones who actually matter here are herself, Alucard, Seras, and Walter.    In this chapter, Walter practically admits as much, when he states that there were 96 staff members, and now we’re down to ten: Walter, Integra, and eight jabrones who weren’t at the base that day.    Well, maybe those eight guys will show up later and do something important?   Bullshit they will, they never get mentioned again.   The Gonzoverse might have been able to break some new ground by focusing on those human characters more, but what they actually did was half-assed, and it looks all the more futile when you know how unimportant they are to the original work.   Walter just hires a band of mercenaries to backfill all the vacant positions, and I’ll give you three guesses what happens to those guys.
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Concerning “Millennium”, their mysterious new enemy, no one has any idea what they are.    A bunch of people try to research it, because we didn’t have Google in 1999, or at least not Google as we now know it, so if you wanted to know something cryptic you just had to rummage through a card catalog in a library or whatever.    But Integra just makes the logical leap that “Millennium” is a reference to the “Thousand Year Reich” dreamed of by Nazi Germany.   This seems like a stretch, but I think Integra’s reasoning is that this is the only “Millennium” reference that could possibly be worth Hellsing’s attention.
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Later, Integra meets the Wild Geese, the merc group Walter hired, and explains their assignment even referencing the Bram Stoker novel.    So I guess Dracula is a real book in the Hellsing world, but it must be at least partially based on a true story, right?   The Geese don’t buy any of this, so Integra introduces them to Seras to prove that vampires are real.
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They all laugh at Seras until she starts flicking their leader, Pip Bernadotte, with her fingers.    Then Alucard shows up, and that seems to be enough to convince them.
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After this, Integra gets a letter from the Iscariot Organization, inviting her to a meeting with Enrico Maxwell at the Imperial War Museum.    The whole thing introduces Bishop Maxwell very effectively.   He tries to play this off as a peaceful, diplomatic conference, but he makes Integra wait, and she’s still sore about Anderson’s violation of their treaty back in Chapter 5-6.   Maxwell takes all this in stride, then replies that he could care less about the deaths of even two billion Protestants, so the two guys Anderson killed mean nothing to him.    He’s only here because the Pope ordered him to do this, and he calls Integra a “Protestant sow” for good measure.  
At this, Alucard comes out to stand up for Integra’s honor, and then Maxwell responds by bringing out Anderson, except Anderson has a berzerker rage thing going, so it kind of ruins Maxwell’s posturing.    For all his contempt, he really was ordered to London to talk to Integra, so he’d probably get in trouble with the Pope if Anderson starts a big superhero battle in a museum.
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In Cross Fire, the unpublished manga that was sort of a precursor to Hellsing, Maxwell looked a lot like Sir Integra does now, so when Kouta Hirano brought him back for this arc, he slicked his hair back and removed his glasses.   On the other hand, Integra doesn’t look much like the early Integra anymore either.    By now, Hirano seems to have settled on her design, straightening her hair out and making her face longer and thinner.   Anyway, Maxwell’s brinkmanship has backfired, and now even he can’t stop Anderson, so what can be done?
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Luckily, Seras is here to provide a distraction, as she leads a tour group of elderly Japanese tourists through the gallery.    For some reason this kills Anderson’s fighting mood completely, so he leaves.    Alucard also leaves, because he hates being up during the day.    Walter gives Seras a hearty thumbs up for defusing this tense situation.    Good job, Seras.    You’re doing amazing, sweetie.
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All right, so what’s so blamed important that the Pope would send Maxwell to London?    Well, he knows about Millennium’s attack on Hellsing’s base, and he has some juicy deets on them.   After making Integra say “please”, he explains that “Millennium” was a Nazi military unit responsible for transferring resources and personnel for Nazi Germany.    They relocated a ton of these resources and personnel to South America for safe keeping.    Integra’s not too impressed with that, since “Nazis fleeing to South America after the war” isn’t exactly a shocking revelation.  
The twist here, though, is that Millennium was smuggling Nazi stuff to South America during World War II. 
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Also, the Vatican helped Millennium do this?   I never understood this part of the story, but I think it gets explained later.   I mean, it explains how Maxwell would have this lead to share with Hellsing, but it raises more questions than answers.
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  Volume 2 ends with another chapter of Cross Fire, starring Heinkel Wolfe and Yumiko Takagi.    In the first story, they saved hostages from Islamic terrorists.    This one is them recovering stolen church money from radical communists, which I guess could have been a thing in 1998?    It’s basically the same story, though, as they send Yumiko to infiltrate the bad guys, then they slaughter everyone in sight.    Mostly, I want to focus on the part at the end, where Maxwell, the leader of Iscariot, justifies the use of extreme hyper-violence in the name of the Catholic Church.   You sort of get the sense that the Iscariot Organization in Cross Fire was a concept in search of a villain.   the idea of two girl-assassins dressed as a nun and a priest might have had some traction, but Hirano really seems to have had trouble coming up with worthy enemies for them to fight.    But Hellsing brings vampires into the mix, which suits the Iscariots quite nicely.
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Back to “Balance of Power”, the third part features Seras training with the Wild Geese in the middle of the night.   For some reason, Seras expects them to shoot targets from over 4km away.   She can do it, but only thanks to the vampiric senses Alucard showed her how to use.    It’s like she doesn’t realize that this is an ability she only has because she’s a vampire or something.   
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Indoors, Alucard and Walter discuss the whole Nazi angle.    Al isn’t terribly surprised, because he only knows three who have ever used undead warriors for combat.   
1) Hellsing
2) Himself
3) The Nazis.
He knows #3 is legit, because he and Walter destroyed a Nazi research facility during the war.    Supposedly that contained all their work on the undead, but now that we know Millennium was smuggling important stuff from Nazi Germany to South America, it only makes sense that they’re the ones who devised the Valentines’ ghoul attack.    The bigger point of this scene is to reinforce that Walter used to be a big wheel in Hellsing, teaming up with Alucard to have Golden Age WWII adventures.   And now, Hellsing will be sending Alucard and Seras to South America to investigate this new threat.   
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Here, Walter asks the big question: Why make Seras a vampire?   I’ll have more to say about this later, but I dig this scene because it works as an exposition scene, but there’s more to it than that.   Alucard’s only apparent motivations are over-the-top violence and doing his master’s bidding.   Helping Seras doesn’t seem to fit either of those, so it does indeed feel out-of-character.   You’d expect someone to ask this question, and by now there’s really only two people left who know Alucard well: Walter and Integra.   So yeah, let’s have Walter ask the question.    But later on, it becomes clear that the point is not the question itself, but the fact that Walter is the one asking it.  
For what it’s worth, Alucard doesn’t seem to know, or maybe he just doesn’t want to spell it out.   He keeps saying that it was her “choice”, except he had to make his own choice that night.    He could have just let her die, regardless of any requests she might have made.   Al remarks on her tremendous resilience on that night, since she was surrounded by death and hopelessness, but didn’t resign to her fate.    That impresses him, so I guess we can say that he chose her because he found her to be such an impressive specimen, in spite of some of her goofier behavior.    As it currently stands, Seras can’t even travel across rivers or oceans, a weakness for lesser vampires, but not a problem for Alucard himself.    He seems to think that’ll all be resolved once she finally drinks blood, and he expects that it’ll just be a matter of time before she does.    Ominous!
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As far as transporting Seras to South America, Alucard figures the easiest thing to do is nail her shut in her own coffin.   The Wild Geese know a smuggling operation that can fly them to Brazil without any messy customs.   That works out, since they also have to transport Alucard’s coffin, and all the guns.
Integra asks why Alucard is dressed like this, and he says he can’t wear his usual stuff because he’d be too obvious to their enemies.    Also, he doesn’t need to spend the whole trip in his coffin, because sunlight and traveling over water doesn’t bother him, I guess?    I don’t really get the water thing.    If Seras can’t travel over running water, what difference does it make if she’s in her coffin or not?    I can accept that Alucard, who’s basically a super-vampire, would be immune to the whole water thing, but it becomes a plot point later on, so... aw, forget it   
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Integra gives Alucard only one order: Search and Destroy, which seems kind of vague when you think about it.   Anyway, she’ll be saying this about a hundred times before the story is over, so we may as well appreciate the original.
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Mei’s Tony Stark (WinterIron) fic recs
I needed a whole other list of my favorite pairing, Bucky Barnes and Tony Stark... oops?
For @podonthesuit to celebrate Anthony Edwards Stark’s birthday month (and mine!) The fics are from shortest to longest.
Under 10K
flirting (with danger) by Potrix
Rating: Mature
Pairing: Bucky Barnes/Tony Stark
Canon Divergence - MCU Post-CAWS
Tony stares at the man shackled to the wall for a long, unblinking moment. “You’re supposed to be dead.”
The man raises an unimpressed eyebrow back at him. “Right back at ya, pal.”
Mei’s Notes: a brilliant short and sweet (and SASSY) winteriron fic that warms my heart. I read this when i need a quick pick me up <3 
When is a bed not a bed? (When you���re not in it) by RiotFalling
Rating: Teen
Pairing: Bucky Barnes/Tony Stark
Ambiguous Marvel Canon
There’s a tiny safe house, with one tiny window and one tiny couch. And one tiny little bed.
Mei’s Notes: THIS is hilarious. riot write a beautiful scene of two absolute dorks trying to out-matyr each other. such lovely softness and, like anyone who knows me knows, i love the soft. i laughed so hard reading this fic that i instantly fell in love.
Open Hearts, Open Doors by mistrstank (dreamingdarkly), TheKitteh
Rating: Teen
Pairing: Bucky Barnes/Tony Stark
Non-powered AU
In which Tony and Bucky have a very special day, DUM-E is a regular disaster and Tony's friends are a bunch of trolls.
Mei’s Notes: So this is the third story in this series, HUGE REC FOR THE FIRST TWO, but this one is my favorite of the series. There is an immense amount of softness. A marriage between two beautiful souls and honestly I cried with happiness. I was full of emotions, there is nothing more beautiful than the love these two share. To call this fluff is an massive understatement because words cannot properly capture how gorgeous this fic is. 
The Prince's Bride by MarvelousMenagerie (HiddenOne)
Rating: Teen
Pairing: Bucky Barnes/Tony Stark
Princess Bride AU
After Tony loses the love of his life to pirates on the high sea, not much matters to him. He agrees to wed Prince Justin Hammer to gain access to vibranium and shut himself away in his workshop until the end of time, but a group of ruffians kidnap Tony to take him to Hydra. Tony's rescue takes on an unlikely form - the Dread Pirate Rogers, who killed the love of his life five years ago.
Mei’s Notes: Princess Bride is just one of those movies that stays with you for your life. There’s so much to unpack and the comic genius of balance between crack and plot makes it a heart warming and heart moving movie for the ages (i also loved the book but THE MOVIE IS MY CHILDHOOD LOVE). This is a wonderful rendition of Princess Bride and the end *chef’s kiss* gold.
11K to 15K
Speed Dating (Isn't Supposed to Happen in Cars) by orbingarrow
Rating: General
Pairing: Bucky Barnes/Tony Stark
Non-powered AU
Tony's temporarily broke due to a scandal at Stark Industries, and with no one willing to hire him, he's got to get creative in how to get by. When he reads about a solar-powered car race that pays out in the millions, he knows he can win it. He just needs a car, all the parts, a racing team, a sponsor, a driver, and like a gajillion other things he does not have.
What he does have is: one whole month, an Air Force pilot, an heiress, two enthusiastic teenagers, a discredited science teacher, three ex-cons, a high-tech robot disguised as a Roomba, and a wicked crush on the guy from YouTube.
Seriously, how can he lose?
Mei’s Note: Arrow is a QUEEN at winteriron fic. She has a brilliant way of balancing snark, story, and softness. EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER has their own tone/voice in the story that I hear in my head and it just makes reading her work INCREDIBLY satisfying. She has so many great works, but with the complexity of balancing all these different characters and weave a story around them, this one is my favorite. Or maybe this one was just the one that just happen to snag my heart... :) 
Coffee, Curses, Kisses by wakandan_wardog
Rating: General
Pairing: Bucky Barnes/Tony Stark
Ambiguous Marvel Canon
Tony Stark drags himself out of his workshop on a regular Thursday morning. Well, mostly a regular morning. Except for Clint Barton lying on the breakfast bar in themed underwear. The theme is new, the rest is depressingly familiar. Ok, so maybe the rose petals are new too. (What the hell, Clint?) It's enough to make a billionaire grateful for the Avengers Alarm. Wait a minute, magic too? Fuck, this is just not Tony's day. (Until it really, really is.)
Mei’s Notes: Oh man do i love Toni. My whole heart belongs to her and her writing is some of the beST. I cannot recommend her writing enough, please please PLEASE do yourself a favor and read one (all) of her stories. This one is a masterful demonstration of wit and flirting which if you know Toni, you know she’s a master of both. My heart is warm with love for this one.
The Stars Go Red by orbingarrow
Rating: General
Pairing: Bucky Barnes/Tony Stark
Ambiguous Marvel Canon
Iron Man is not exactly a super-villain, he's just doing his best to save the world, and his methods are questionable, okay? Doing what's right isn't always easy. Tony's come to grips with that.
Mei’s Notes: Im kinda a liar cause honestly I couldn’t really choose and I did a coin flip but since I’m doing a whole different fic rec for winteriron here’s the other Arrow fic. Anyways, this fic has identity porn, it has purposeful deflection of villian!Tony who really isn’t a villian. Both Tony and Bucky are badass. Truthfully this fic is a mix of all my favorite troupes and you will have a blast reading it i promise!
30K to 41K
Compliments by Desolate_Smog
Rating: Teen
Pairing: Bucky Barnes & Tony Stark
Non-powered AU
Tony Stark didn't realize that going out to get coffee while sleep deprived and covered in grease could lead to friendships. He's quite impressed with himself.
Mei’s Notes: Oh man this one was a game changer for me. I think this was one of the first asexual fics I read and the way it’s done is lovely. I like how everything is laid out and just, a part of life. the whole story felt 100% real and the relationships the develop between all the characters feels organic. Still one of my all time favorite fic.
and amidst the ruins, there was you by TheKitteh
Rating: Teen
Pairing: Bucky Barnes/Tony Stark
Canon Divergence - MCU Post CACW & Dystopia AU
With everything resolved - post the Berlin conflict, Siberia and the rogue Avengers' return - Tony relishes in the clarity of what the team is now. He can finally see the well-defined lines, he can rely on solid rules and the chain of command. He's settled into his life like never before. That is, until one day, an unhinged sorcerer with no grasp on his magic shatters that new-found balance.As a result, half of Tony's soul is now gone, but he's willing to do anything to get it back.
Mei’s Notes: I died. repeatably. Kitteh is a goddness of soft winteriron. If you look at the comments you can see me SCREAM about the soft. Of course, there’s some really sad subject matter, Tony and Bucky get sent (while theyre warry of each other) to a world that the Avengers lost Battle of New York, and their deaths are... haunting. It really allows Kit to dive into the closeness, the need to someone else to hold. I would say this is a staple fic to read as a winteriron shipper. Of course tho please be weary of tags and your own needs/wants.
(Walk Walk) Fashion Baby by wakandan_wardog
Rating: Teen
Pairing: Bucky Barnes/Tony Stark
Non-powered AU
This is basically a Winter/Iron AU inspired by a buzzfeed article that went viral not long ago. The artical discussed this instagram in which a model is sort of being trolled by his sister and her toddler son recreating his photos.
Mei’s Notes: OH MAN. This one has adorable baby peter being an adorably perfect little bundle of sunshine. The ultimate melt your eyeballs and heart fic. It is a WIP but OH SO WORTH IT. I don’t really read WIPs can I like closure but this one has the cutest imagery of grown adults melting over a small child. Also Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent!!!!
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create / detonate by pprfaith, reena_jenkins  
Rating: Mature
Pairing: Bucky Barnes/Tony Stark
Canon Divergence MCU, Toni Stark AU
In a world where Natasha Stark still dreams of fire and blood, the Winter Soldier wakes ahead of schedule and nothing happens the way it was meant to. (People don’t have a purpose.)
Mei’s Notes: I love fem!Toni so much. I love diving into the difference with Toni’s life if she was born and raised with the expectations of “female”. It’s ironic because the softness I love so much about MCU Tony Stark, i love the a lot of opposites of Toni Stark in this fic. She’s more brash, more ruthless. She is still fiercely protective and kind but there’s an edge that I never felt from MCU Tony Stark. Both are good. I love both. As usual, please read the tags. There’s some rough stuff with this one. 
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cbseung · 4 years
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cobblestones: modern prince hyunjin au - part 10
[masterlist]
[pt 1] [pt 2] [pt 3] [pt 4] [pt 5] [pt 6] [pt 7] [pt 8] [pt 9] [pt 10] [final]
pairings: hwang hyunjin x reader
wc: 2,600
description: the long awaited ball is finally here! but you technically don’t know how to ballroom dance,, luckily someone here is able to teach you!
a/n: it’s 3:30 am and i haven’t slept so TECHNICALLY it’s still saturday night for me 〜(^∇^〜)hope you enjoy the second to last part! (long part today so i can end this series on the next part (⸝⸝⍢⸝⸝) ෆ )
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fiancée?
what?
all these thoughts start running through your head
once again
like
how long has he known and why did he tell you he had feelings for you if HE KNEW he was already engaged and if he knew he was engaged why did he even confess to you if it wasn’t just to play with your feelings and-
“oh! y/n!! it’s so great to finally meet you!!! hyunjin has said so much about you!!” mirai says, cutting your mental breakdown/overthinking/internal rant
so he HAS been talking about you
but more importantly what HAS he been saying about you?
you probably look like a dork because the shock hasn’t worn off yet 
“hey mirai?” hyunjin says
“hm?”
“do you mind if i talk to y/n privately?”
“no not at all! i’ll let you two friends catch up!!”
ah right
friends
because that’s all you guys were after all
you went on two (2) dates of course you weren’t dating
you even said no labels
but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t suck!!!!
so mirai walks back into the palace
and it’s just you and hyunjin
alone
....
and you wait for him to break the silence because he’s kinda got A LOT to explain to you
“so.. uh how are you” he says
??????
i’m sorry?
the first thing he asks
after he hasn’t seen you for a week 
and he ditched his promise to take you on a date
is how are you??
how does he THINK you are?????
you get like
really mad?
and you could never ever conceal your emotions cause your face just gives it away
so hyunjin 
obviously
can tell that you’re angry
and he sighs
“look, y/n”
at this point you’re fuming
like you’re about to explode
“i was going to tell you.. bu-”
“when? hyunjin? when we went to paris? barcelona? during many many coffee conversations we had?  when we were on the ferris wheel where i told you i liked you back? hyunjin, engagements can’t happen overnight! you’d have to have known!” 
so you’re trying NOT to cry
because it’s stupid 
crying over a boy
who’s only taken you out on two dates
but you can’t help it o(╥﹏╥)o o(╥﹏╥)o o(╥﹏╥)o
“y/n.. i found out when you got here.. remember when you and felix went to brighton? mom told me then, something about keeping the relations between japan and korea happy”
“what? this isn’t the 18th century??”
“i know,, i think it’s a good idea”
“but-”
“but what? it’s almost like you wanna get married to me, wow you call a girl pretty once” hyunjin laughs without a readable emotion 
hahahah
if that was a joke
that was a sucky joke 
you take a deep breath
because you’re trying not to scream and yell at hyunjin
and even worse
you’re trying not to show him how you really feel
so you take a few breaths to calm yourself down
“you know what? i was trying to be a friend and worry about your future and your feelings because i wouldn’t want my friends to be forced into anything that they didn’t want. because that’s all we ever were. friends.” you seethe. “i’ll see you at the ball prince hyunjin”
with your head held high
you walked back into the palace
really fast
because tbh you felt the tears coming
you only wanted one person and one person only
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you take the rest of the day to recuperate before talking felix or yeji and having to explain yourself
so that night you drag yourself to you and yeji’s shared room and call felix as well
because the bffs need to be updated
“hey yeji.. felix..”
“y/n! my baby!” yeji says
you can always count on yeji to be protective over you
and she has never let you down!!
unlike..
oh look at that you’re crying again
now yeji and felix are concerned
“y/n??????? what happened????? who do i need to fight????” they both say
you sob/laugh
a great sound
and you explain everything to yeji and felix
literally from the beginning so you know that they got the full story
from hyunjin spilling coffee on you to your verbal spats to paris to shopping to barcelona to him confessing to your try out date to you confessing to your actual date that ALL leads up to the confrontation you had with him in the garden
“thaT LITTLE RAT” yeji yells angerly, “felix, you’re his brother wtf is wrong with him??” 
but felix also looks kinda shocked
“it’s kinda weird that i haven’t heard anything about the engagement,,, maybe he really did find out last night”
“even so! he practically ghosted her for the past week!”
“yeah that’s.. still really weird..”
“but enough about him,, y/n are you okay?”
“i.. don’t know.. do i JUST like him? or do i ˡᵒᵛᵉ ʰᶦᵐˀ ”
yeji sighs and replys
“y/n.. what you feel is what you feel, and no one can convince you otherwise” 
“yeah don’t worry about it y/n, you’re leaving soon and we’ll have tons of fun at the ball and you won’t have to worry about him anymore!”
ah but that
kinda makes you sad
it was a really fun summer 
all thanks to hyunjin
but it’s fine
he’s getting married!!
what can you do???
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IT’S THE DAY OF THE BALL :00
who knew this day would come
also you’re leaving for home tomorrow (。•́︿•̀。)
you spent the rest of your days in london with felix and yeji
doing fun bff stuff that you never got to do
you also picked up your dress and did last minute shopping for the ball
because you’RE GONNA LOOK GORGEOUS 
you also spent the last days avoiding hyunjin like THE PLAGUE
he was eating breakfast? guess you were just gonna have to starve
walking down the hallway? you yeeted yourself into the nearest room 
it helped i guess because if you didn’t see him or talk to him then he CAN’T HURT you and your feelings can’t resurface !!!!!!
but anyways
the morning of the ball: hectic
everyone in the palace was running around setting it up 
you were trying your best to help yeji and felix who were off supervising everything 
(apparently this isn’t their first ball,,,,, royal kids am i right ╮(╯▽╰)╭ )
the morning speeds by and yeji yells at you that it’s time to get ready 
this is the really fun part
the whole transformation look
like you don’t USUALLY go all out 
but now you have an excuse!!
it’s a ball!!
at the buckingham palace!!
that yOU helped plan!!!!!
yeji hired a hair stylist and a makeup artist to help with this whole shabang
so you spent the next couple hours chilling and hanging out with yeji while you prepped for the ball!!
felix also popped in to hang out with you guys
and you were really happy! 
but surprise surprise
your mind drifted off to hyunjin 
you just hope he’s happy you know
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by the time the ball rolls around you and yeji (finally) finish getting ready
and you make your way down the stairs 
and felix is waiting for you 
and surprise suprise
hyunjin is down by the stairs too
at this point
you know you look good
and you’re gonna have to face him eventually
might as well do it when you look good right?
“hey hyunjin..!!”
“ ᵒʰ oH hi.. y/n.. you look..-”
“great! i know!” you say as you wink and laugh
YEAH YOU LAUGHED BUT LIKE WAS THAT GENUINE BRO
“where’s mirai?” you ask 
crossing fingers he’d say that he dumped her and that he wants you but like
that’s not reality
“i’m right here! y/n you look lovely!” she says
“aw mirai you do too!”
you glance at hyunjin
WHO’S STILL LOOKING AT YOU
luckily 
felix is there to whisk you away before it got too suffocating yaknow
“y/n!! you look stunning!!” felix says
“thanks bro you’re not too bad yourself!!” you say
“come on we have to go outside to greet the press and then we can get our BALL on” 
“omg please don’t ever say that” you say as you and felix both laugh
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so
you go outside and take those press photos with felix
and then it’s hyunjin and mirai’s turn
and you hear the other guests murmur
“ah did you hear that they’re going to announce their engagement today?”
“oh? the prince of south korea and the princess of japan make such a cute couple”
and you’re just like 
they’re not wrong
he’s really pretty, she’s really pretty
he’s a prince, she’s a princess
it’s almost like this match was so carefully planned out
...
anyways
you and felix make it into the ball
and sees the fruits of your labor
and it’s like ??? STUNNING if you do say so yourself
throughout the night, you’re having a lot of fun
eating and talking and laughing with yeji and felix
and next thing you know you hear felix say
“hey y/n it’s time to ballroom dance”
“whAT”
so APPARENTLY you HAVE to dance 
because it’s a ball and APPARENTLY it’s what you do 
“FELIX i don’t know how to dance!”
“it’s okay! i’ll teach you!”
so if you didn’t know
you kinda have two left feet
so you’re gonna look 
a mess
so 5 minutes and 10 broken toes latter
and felix says
“wow, you’re actually kinda bad”
“WOW THANKS”
“we’re gonna need an expert hm?”
“yes please”
so you’re standing there
waiting for felix to come back
“hey.. felix said you needed to learn how to dance?”
oh
you know that voice anywhere
you spent a month and a half with it
OH WAIT
OH NO
you frantically look around for felix
becAUSE HOW DARE HE GET HIM TO TEACH YOU!?!
unfortunately you don’t see him 
SO I GUESS
YOU’RE GONNA HAVE TO 
SLOW DANCE WITH HYUNJIN?
NO THANKS
“uh um i- haha you-you’re the expert?”
“i mean i guess? i dance a lot in my free time so ..”
OH RIGHT BECAUSE HE WANTS TO BE A DANCER
HOW COULD YOU FORGET
sigh “i guess you’ll do, come on i don’t wanna embarrass myself more than i already have”
“ouch i guess i’ll do?”
“yeah,, you’ll do” and you two crack a smile
JUST LIKE OLD TIMES AM I RIGHT
“okay so first, hold my hand”
“o..kay..”
“and put your other hand on my shoulder, and i’ll put my hand on your waist, okay?”
“you got it bud”
now you’re
HEAVILY AWARE of him and you and your hand in his hand and your hand on his shoulder and his arm on your waist
too much has happened it too little time!!
“okay, now step back when i step towards you, and move right when i move left and vice versa. got it?”
“got .. it..”
eventually
you got used to it
with a couple mistakes here and there
but you guys just laughed it off and continued dancing
BUT you got the hang of it
“you look beautiful today” you hear him say
now we’re gonna ignore the clench in your heart and say
“thanks bro, you don’t look bad yourself, prince hyunjin” you respond with a goofy grin
i can’t believe you just bro’ed him
“i can’t believe you just bro’ed me” he says
and now people just saw you and hyunjin laughing as you guys danced around the dance floor
because hyunjin made it fun!
you two were so lost in the moment
you two looked like you were in your own world
you two felt like you were the only two people in the world
he lifts your intertwined hands up and says
“spin!”
so you spin
a little too much
and hyunjin has to pull you back close to him
BUT HE PULLS you JUST
A LITTLE TOO CLOSE to HIS FACE
AND YOU FEEL YOUR BREATH HITCH
and he’s staring at your lips which makes you stare at his lips
and like look SO! SOFT! ⁄(⁄ ⁄•⁄-⁄•⁄ ⁄)⁄ ⁄(⁄ ⁄•⁄-⁄•⁄ ⁄)⁄ ⁄(⁄ ⁄•⁄-⁄•⁄ ⁄)⁄ ⁄(⁄ ⁄•⁄-⁄•⁄ ⁄)⁄
AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT
HE’S COMING CLOSER
AND YOU’RE LIKE
WOAH WAIT BRO
you step back so quick
and see hyunjin’s shocked face
“um, i-” you say, “i-i can’t”
“but y/n-” you hear him say but not before
you SPRINT as fast as you can to the gardens
because you know that the only place that’s safe
away from the ball, away from him, away from your feelings (but that doesn’t work out)
ah but too bad hyunjin FOLLOWS you
you make it through the doors when you hear a
“y/n!” hyunjin yells as he grabs your hand
you refuse to look back at him in fear your feelings overpower and do something you end up regretting
“talk to me,,” you hear, his voice cracks with a hint of sadness and laced with hurt
now this makes you look at him
because this HURTs your heart
and you see hyunjin’s eyes start to tear up
and you PHYSICALLY feel your heart breaking
but your mind (thank god) is still working and kicking and you refuse to give in
without hearing him out first
“you barely said anything to me, i haven’t seen you since i got back, i really,, miss you..” he says
“hyunjin,, i- i can’t,, be around you, and i know it’s selfish of me but i can’t be around you without wanting to hold your hand and kiss your cheek and boop your nose and i can’t be around you unless i want to fall in love with you more and more”
well apparently
youR MOUTH
THINKS FASTER
THAN YOUR BRAIN
BECAUSE YOU’RE 99.9% SURE YOU JUST TOLD HYUNJIN YOU LOVED HIM
“and you’re marrying mirai!” you exasperate, “i can’t do that to her, but please please be selfish for once! and do what you want to do” 
and be with me
“y/n i love you, but i can’t go against my parents’ orders..”
now you feel the wind knocked out of you
so 1) prince hwang hyunjin of south korea loves you back but 2) won’t do anything about it because he “can’t” go against his parent’s orders when he doesn’t even want to be prince in the first place?
but you respect him and his decisions
and you don’t wanna fight a fight you feel like you can’t win
so you crack a smile
a heartbroken
but small smile
“so this is it huh?” you say
“wh-what do you mean?” hyunjin stutters
“i go back home tomorrow silly, and you’re getting married soon! invite me and jinyoung to the wedding so i can meet him okay?” you say, nudging him
like you’re saying this
all trying not to cry
because if there’s one person you’re not crying in front of tonight
it’s hyunjin
you start walking past hyunjin until you stop before the doors that lead into the palace
“hey hyunjin,, thanks. for everything. this summer was everything i asked for and more! i’m glad i met you, i’m glad i met felix, and i’ll cherish the times we spent together. i’ll see you around.”
and those are the last words you say to him before going back to the ball
the last words you say to him for a while
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a/n: last part coming soon! also down below is the dress i had in mind while writing this part 
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ps i loved this one
(rereading bookmarks edition)
i’ve been rereading stories from my bookmarks as a comfort thing. i’m getting real deep in there to stuff i haven’t (re)read for years, and damn do i have good taste. the ones i’ve read recently that you should, too: 
(under the cut so i’m not that asshole that makes you scroll past an endless post) 
A Change of Scene by SurlyCat
When Dean goes over to see his Dom on Christmas Eve, he isn't expecting Cas to play naughty Santa, and neither of them is expecting how it turns out for them.
ooooomg fuck me up with that sex to lovers thing featuring bdsm. yessssss 
A Room of His Own (or not) by Valinde (Valyria)
Dean took a deep breath and reassessed the situation. He was in bed with a guy, sure, and technically they were snuggling, but it was Cas. The guy had absolutely no reference on what was appropriate physical contact between two dudes sharing a bed in the... normal, completely unsexy, no-funny-business, way.
cas is fallen, dean is confused (what else is new), A+ cuddling. that’s the fic. 
Boys On Film by LoversAntiquities @tragidean​ 
But maybe that’s what it is—maybe Castiel’s finally realized something Dean is too chicken to admit, despite the fact he’s been jerking off to the idea of Castiel fucking him for the past few weeks. The idea warms him as much as it pains him to think about, his friend not being able to talk to him about something like that. That has to be it—it’s the only explanation. Castiel likes him.
“Or maybe he knows you do cam shows.”
Dean chokes on his burger.
idk what to say, i love a good sex worker fic and here you go. @tragidean​ is always here with that first-class content. 
Castiel's Angel by Valinde (Valyria) @valinde​
The angel took a deep breath and looked down at his hands. He was fidgeting Cas noticed. Usually he was so bizarrely at ease in his human form, lounging around and tossing winks and smirks at anyone with a pulse. That more than anything had Cas straightening on his stool and wishing he was a little less tipsy.
“Ineedyoutogroommywings,” Dean muttered in one long, almost unintelligible, string. He was blushing.
all my fellow wing hos should flock* to this fic. i also love me a good switcharoo with angel dean (and hunter cas, as this is an alternate canon universe). and dean gets all claim-y, which is also my jam. 
*this was unintentional but a pretty funny joke 
For Science! by pm_lo 
Selected transcripts and supporting materials from Dr. Castiel Williams and Dean Winchester’s seminal study on physiological and psychological sexual response by gender designation.
i believe this was the first abo fic i added to my bookmarks. story time: many, many moons ago, i kept track of my reading list. i was doing that “50 books a year” thing so it was mostly for tracking that, but i had another tab for fics, because i read few enough that i could track them. i rated things and sometimes left notes, and by all the abo ones i was like “don’t tell anyone i read this.” yes, i shamed myself for liking abo. it was a dark time in my life.
anyway, then i read this, and was like, all right i can see what’s going on here.
this is a great fic for multiple reasons, and the format is one. it’s written as dialogue-only transcripts from their experiment. it’s hard to make that kind of format work, but pm_lo ain’t fucking around. 
Just a Stranger On the Bus by Amelia_Clark 
December 31 9:32 PM When Castiel boards the bus in KC, they think it’s empty at first—but when they toss their backpack onto an aisle seat and climb in after it, there’s a muffled yelp from the dimness at the back of the bus. They turn in time to see a man in a faded Carharrt jacket, sitting up and yawning as he rubs sleep out of his eyes. The man’s hair is greasy and matted down on one side, and there’s drool on the side of his face; nonetheless, he’s ridiculously good-looking.
“Hey man,” he says. Castiel does not correct him. “This can’t be Chicago.”
the non-binary tag, just like the trans tags in general, are a house half-built and left to rot in the rain. even if that wasn’t true, this series is goddamn amazing. also there’s rimming. also there’s a line in there that said something like “they don’t dislike their body, it just never felt like theirs” and i had a lightbulb moment irt my own experience. did dean ever wear carharrt in the actual series? if not, mistakes have been made. 
Just Turn Around and Go by PorcupineGirl @porcupine-girl​
Dean should be happy. His best friend and housemate of five years, Castiel, is moving out to live with his boyfriend, Balthazar. Dean's career is going great, so he can easily afford the house on his own now. This is just growing up, moving forward to the next phase of their lives.
It would be awesome, if he weren't in love with Cas.
Well, here we go, he thinks as he opens the refrigerator and digs around for sandwich supplies. First day of the rest of your life. Time to move the fuck on. As he slams his meat and mayo and pickles down on the counter, he considers adding the bottle of whiskey he knows is hiding in the cabinet, but decides that he has enough self-respect to wait 'til five. Then he'll get fucking blackout drunk. Yep. Awesome.
y’all, do i even have to say anything about this? roommates to friends to a pathetic amount of pining without saying shit to disgustingly in love. also i think i cried, but i’ve been in tears so many times in the last week, who’s to say. 
Plus One by ceeainthereforthat @ceeainthereforthat​ 
Castiel Novak might have to attend three weddings in two months, but he’s not about to let his brother play matchmaker. His family’s Internet streaming company is too important to let a relationship steal his time, but he knows exactly what to do–hire someone to pretend to be his boyfriend.
Dean Winchester has worked five-star hospitality long enough to know how to fit in with Castiel’s crowd, and this job could score him the connections to make his acting career take off. It’s a business deal, no matter how they’re drawn to each other. When the lines of their contract start to blur into real feelings, can they withstand Castiel’s family and jealous fans working to split them up?
there are a lot of great fake dating stories out there, but this one takes the cake (or, at least, a slice of it). also, i cried a lot rereading this, both “ohhh god i love their love” tears and also “ohhhh god this hurts so bad” tears. 
Should've Just Asked by Annie D (scaramouche) 
Despite their age gap and differing social circles, Castiel has struck up a warm friendship with Mary Winchester, a wealthy widowed socialite. When Castiel needs a place to stay, Mary invites him into her house, where there’s loads of spare room. Castiel’s aware that they make an odd pair, but he doesn’t fully realize how things look to outsiders, especially to Mary’s eldest son. All Dean Winchester sees is that his mom has apparently hooked up with a hot young guy (who is totally Dean’s type) and that makes things… weird.
they’re both oblivious idiots in love, cas is grey-ace, dean’s a total dork, it’s all just very lovely (and frustrating in the way oblivious idiots can be!!!). 
PS - annie d is writing marvel fic lately and i’m sure it’s fantastic if you’re into that kind of thing. 
Support Your Local Gay Beekeeper by Powerfulweak
It’s not like Dean goes on Grindr very often, just when he’s bored and alone. The blue-eyed guy's profile reads "Beekeeper, 29, 5'10, Single, I watch the bees." Dean is intrigued. He has to send a message.
this is a series that starts with some great phone sex and then goes on to very, very awkward sex injuries. a goddamn cringefest that had me in complete horror imagining it. but it’s fun! they persevere! people so rarely write about Sex Going Wrong and i love @powerfulweak​ for taking the bullet for us on that one. 
Take Me Home Tonight by Persephoneshadow @persephoneshadow​
“Come on, we’re finding you someone to…engage with sexually or whatever,” Dean explains, chancing another swig of beer before going on. “Anyone in this bar, no limits, who would you would be your top choice to bang?” “Well, you, ideally.” Dean spits out some beer before collapsing in on himself, legitimately choking this time. “Excuse me?!” ---- Or the one where Cas wants to have sex and Dean is there to help.
your classic denialist “i’ll be your wingman” turning to “actually imagining someone else touching you makes me want to punch someone.” which is dumb, because cas actually wanted dean all along. 
Words with Friends by betts
"Dean Winchester is as straight as an arrow. He’s a lady’s man of epic proportions: the king of the one night stand, the messiah of the friends with benefits paradigm, the emperor of perpetual bachelorhood.
Except, apparently, when it comes to his best friend, Castiel Novak."
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Wherein a longstanding acquaintanceship leads to friendship, then best friendship, then sexting, then dirty talk, then mutual masturbation, then, inevitably, fucking.
look i think you’re always in good hands with @bettsfic​. but this one has some good sexting and phone sex right at the start, which i’m totally into, and then it gets even better. cas is a lil bossy, by which i meant to say he’s the kind of bdsm geek who has equipment installed in his bedroom for sex purposes. 
You're The Only Stranger I Need by lyndsie_l
When Castiel receives a text from a stranger, he finds himself engaging in conversations daily. He's drawn to the outgoing college student and longs to interact with the other man as often as he can. Slowly, he finds himself falling in love with the other and can't imagine ever meeting a more beautiful person.
The only problem?
He's never actually met this other man.
be still my heart! a long distance/texting/phone sex thing! i want to read it again right this second. cas is such a cool nerd, dean is a brat, it’s a good time all around. 
if you enjoy these fics (and you should), please give the writer some love via kudos and/or comments. <3 
ps - as always, if i didn’t tag the writer and you know their tumblr, please tag in the comments. i don’t think there’s a writer alive who wouldn’t be happy to be on a rec list. :) 
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the--blackdahlia · 5 years
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Too Young to Fall in Love Chapter 6 (Dirt!Nikki x Reader)
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Title: Too Young to Fall in Love 6
Summary: Nikki Sixx was a hard partying musician on the strip. He never expected to fall in love with anyone, until a girl knocked on his dressing room door looking for a ride home and took his breath away. Just like everything else Nikki did; the drugs, the money, the music; Nikki went hard with love. (Y/n) Bass never expected the bassist of Motley Crue to be the one to shake her calm and calculated life up. She had a plan. Graduate school, become an epic producer, and watch from behind the scenes as her brother’s band rose to fame. Nikki and (Y/n) were perfect for each other, too bad her brother, Tommy, didn’t think so.
Series warnings:  
Smut (18+ Please), drug use, language, referenced miscarriage, drug overdose, mentioned attempted suicide, out of character moments for everyone in the band, the timeline might be a little screwy but it’s fanfiction! I know nothing of music production and my medical knowledge is really screwy, so it won’t be accurate.
AN: Check out my Patreon to see chapters before they come to Tumblr!!
Holding her hand they made it inside and were shown to a booth. They took their seats and the menus, placing their drink orders.
“What looks good Mr. Sixx?” (Y/n) asked, looking over her menu.
“The burgers are always good,” Nikki smiled. “What looks good to you?”
“You...I mean a bacon cheeseburger looks really good.” (Y/n) smiled at him. “You should get yourself the Jack and Coke today.”
“If I was on the menu I think we’d never leave,” Nikki wiggled his eyebrows at her. “But I bet you taste better than me.” (Y/n) blushed. Their waitress came over then and brought them each a drink. The bell above the door jingled then and Vince and Mick came in.
“I thought you were getting groceries fuckface!” Vince called out across the diner to Nikki, making (Y/n) laugh.
“I bumped into (Y/n) and decided you guys can starve if you can’t keep Tommy out of the fridge,” he said as he flipped Vince off. “Then again you keep talking to me like that and I won’t introduce you to (Y/n)’s dorm mate asshole.”  
“Oh, you have a single friend?” Vince asked, scooting into the booth by (Y/n) while Mick sat by Nikki. (Y/n) laughed.
Nikki placed his head on the table with a groan, “Why? Why can’t you guys just let us have our moment in peace?”
“Because we wouldn’t be Motley Crue if we did Nikki.” Mick laughed, looking over at the girl in the seat across from him.
“So, where’s your guys’ gig at this time?” (Y/n) asked, looking over at Nikki and hoping that their official date wouldn’t be interrupted like their small ones had been so far.
“I think we have a gig over at Whiskey later tonight,” NIkki said. “The crowd should be good. They love us at the Whiskey.” Nikki sighed as they placed their order. Nikki took a gulp of his Jack and Coke and eyed Mick and Vince. “Where’s Tommy?”
“Had to go to his mom’s and help her or something,” Mick told him. “She’s going to Greece.”
“Yeah and he said now he’ll probably have to make sure his dorky little sister is okay.” Vince added with a laugh. (Y/n) bit the inside of her cheek to keep from growling at him.
“I’m sure she’s not a dork.” (Y/n) grumbled, taking a sip of her drink.
“We wouldn’t know,” Nikki shrugged. “We’ve never met her. But I’m sure Tommy is the real dork of the family and he’s trying to make himself look good.”
“Could you imagine what she’s like though? I mean, I’ve met Athena and she’s a little cooler than Tommy.” Vince said with a laugh.
“I don’t know man, never judge a book by it’s cover,” Nikki said and looked at (Y/n) giving her a wink. “I mean look at (Y/n), she’s smart and a cool chick.” Nikki took her hand and kissed it. (Y/n) smiled some.
“Well, I feel bad for the poor girl that is Tommy Lee’s sister.” Mick told them. “So, are we interrupting you two?” (Y/n) bit her lip as she watched Nikki’s eyes darken.
“No Mick,” Nikki grit his teeth, “We were hoping you would join us,” Nikki drawled sarcastically. “Please, I hope I can return the favor when you find a girl you want to date.”
“Jokes on you man. Mick doesn’t date anybody.” Vince laughed, ordering a drink from the waitress. “Really surprised you are Nikki. Especially someone as cute as her.” He wrapped an arm around her.
“Get. Your. Arm. Off. Her. NOW!” NIkki growled glaring at Vince. “You keep that up you can kiss meeting her friend goodbye.”
“Oh, come on.” Vince pouted, moving his arm. “Is she hot?” He asked, leaning close to (Y/n).
“Smoking.” She said. “She’s a pageant girl.”
“She ever win anything?�� Vince leaned in interested. “I mean, I can brag about her.”  
“She won Miss California Teen our junior year of high school.” (Y/n) shrugged. “Between you and me, she looks fantastic in a bikini.” She winked at Vince. Nikki had to laugh a little.
“Mick, let’s leave these two love birds alone and get groceries.” Vince said as he pulled Mick up. “Well see you later for our gig man.”
“What?!” Mick grumbled. “Man I wanted to get a burger!”
“I will get you a burger somewhere else.” Vince said. “Bye!” The two of them left. (Y/n) laughed.
“Sorry about them, they’re…. Special.” Nikki shook his head as their food arrived.
“We all have those friends.” (Y/n) laughed. “If I would’ve known telling him she looks great in a bikini would’ve worked, I would’ve done it awhile ago.”
NIkki laughed, “Why don’t you move over next to me.” NIkki moved over to give (Y/n) room to sit. (Y/n) pushed her plate to the other side and moved next to him, smiling as she felt him wrap his arm around her.
“You know, tomorrow night we shouldn’t have to deal with any of your friends.” (Y/n) laughed.
“That’s why they have no idea where we’re going to be and I made sure to pick an area they would never visit.” Nikki laughed before capturing her lips with his in a deep kiss. (Y/n) closed her eyes, loving the feeling of Nikki kissing on her.
“I’m excited about tomorrow,” (Y/n) said. “I get so busy with school and work that I don’t go out as much as I should.” She blushed a little. “I just realized how much of a geek I sound like.”
“You’re a girl with goals,” Nikki shrugged. “It’s refreshing, better than the girls Tommy picks up. Besides, most girls that come to our shows have no brains.”
“It just be me being a dweeb, but I like to listen to music and find the deeper meaning sometimes. I like to hear the story behind it. I know not all music is like that, but when it is, it’s nice to understand it.” she shrugged.
“And that is what makes you awesome!” Nikki smiled at her. (Y/n) relaxed against Nikki.
“Someday, I’m going to be the go to producer. I’m going to sign the best bands. Labels will be fighting over who hires me.” She laughed.
“Not if we get you first,” Nikki gave her a smiled before paying the tab before she could get to it. “Come on, I’ll drive you home… or....” he trailed off.
“I don’t mind walking honestly. It’s a nice day out. I spend so long in the library with books I don’t know what the sun is.” She laughed.
“You could just secretly be a vampire,” NIkki teased. “We can head to the pier, maybe take a look at the sunset. You know I wouldn’t mind visiting you at work… maybe find an empty closet somewhere…” (Y/n) kissed his cheek.
“I need to catch up with Nessa at some point. She’s probably waiting for me or something. I’ll be seeing you tomorrow though.” She looked up into his eyes.
“I can’t wait,” he whispered as he pulled her in for another deep kiss. “ I don’t mind driving you back to campus (Y/n). It gives us more time to spend together.”  
“I mean, if you insist.” She felt him wrap an arm around her and pull her closer to him.
NIkki led her to the car and let her climb in before getting into the drivers side. With a sly smile he took a small detour and headed to the pier. “You should get just a bit of sun before I take you back. Besides, less of a chance getting interrupted by your roommate when we’re making out. If that’s ok?”
“Oh, of course.” (Y/n) blushed. “It’s not my roommate I’m worried about. She’s pretty good about leaving me alone when I need her to. It’s your bandmates.” She laughed.
“Me too, I worry about them not letting us get to know each other more,” Reaching the pier Nikki led (Y/n) to the end as they looked out over the ocean. “So why did you get into music and wanting to be a producer? Why not actually make music?”  
“I’m not as talented with it,” She admitted. “I mean, I play three instruments, but they aren’t rock enough, you know? I wanted to be a songwriter, but my loving brother told me that there’s no money in that. Or, well, in his case you don’t score chicks.” (Y/n) laughed. “I love seeing how all the parts fit together though.”
“What instruments do you play?” Nikki was curious. “And if the song is good you can score chicks, just look at the songs I write and how Vince sells it.”
“Uh, I play clarinet, saxophone, and piano. Well I do the drums some.” (Y/n) told him.
“Ok, the clarinet and Sax I’ll give you.. But the piano, that can be used for rock and roll I mean look at Queen!” Nikki said as he wrapped his arm around her. “I should punch your brother for shying you away from your talent.” he brought her body close to his.
“I bet that’d be funny to see.” She rested her head on him, enjoying the ocean air. “This would be a beautiful place to take pictures. One of my friends in high school did her pregnancy and engagement photos here.”
“Well we could always bring a camera out here and make some memories,” Nikki said before whispering in her ear. “Maybe some we can keep just for us.” (Y/n) laughed a little, even though she knew he was going to be disappointed.
“Sounds great.” She whispered back. “I would love to have a house with a view like this sometime.”
“You’ll have it someday,” Nikki said hopefully. “You know, you’re the only girl I’ve ever been able to be this real with.”
“Really?” (Y/n) asked. “What’s so special about me Mr. Sixx?” She smiled at him.
“I don’t feel empty with you,” he shrugged. “I can’t explain it.”
“I understand.” She said, reaching up to cup his cheek this time. “You can be yourself with me.”
“I guess I can be,” Nikki whispered as he leaned into her touch. “I really, really like you (Y/n).”
“I really, really like you too Nikki.” She smiled at him, glad that he could be relaxed around her. “You need to be getting ready for your gig, don’t you?” She asked.
“Shit, you need to meet with your sister.” NIkki cursed softly. “I’m sorry.” he led her back to the car and drove as quickly as he could back to her dorm. Turning to face her he gave her a smile. “I’ll see you tomorrow?”
“It’s a date.” She leaned in and kissed him. “Good luck tonight Nikki.”
“You too,” he kissed her one more time before whimpering as she pulled away. “Can it be tomorrow already?”
“We’re almost there.” She got out of the car, waving to him. “I’ll see you tomorrow Nikki Sixx.” She smiled at him.
“I’ll see you tomorrow (Y/n) Bass.” he called out before driving away. (Y/n) made her way to Vanessa’s dorm.
“I’ll order the pizza here and then we’ll go to my house to meet Athena.” She said, throwing herself on Vanessa’s bed. Vanessa had seen them through the window, and she would be lying if she told people she didn’t ship the two now.
“That’s fine just make sure you tell the delivery guy your parent’s address.” Vanessa began grabbing her things. “Would your parent’s mind if I slept over? Would give us an excuse to have a slumber party.”
“They’re not home. They left this morning. Tommy came over while I was gone to help them get their things to the airport.” (Y/n) told her. “And no, I’m not inviting Nikki over.”
“I wouldn’t expect you to since he thinks you live here,” Vanessa shrugged. “ I mean you could always ask me and I can clear the room for you guys…”
“We’re not talking about this right now.” (Y/n) laughed. “Where do you want pizza from so I can order?”
“Pizza Hut,” Vanessa sighed as she grabbed some clothes to take to (Y/n)’s house. (Y/n) ordered the food and headed towards her house. Athena was waiting there for them.
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Zenith: Chapter 4
Note: I will be editing parts of the quotes from the original preview to reflect the way they appear in the final product. So if something is written like this it means it’s no longer in the book, and this indicates that something’s been added. This is so that I don’t have to explain in complex detail how things have changed if the changes are minor.
Don’t worry, this will stop once we get to more new content. 
Girls shouldn’t be space pirates.
Those were the last words Dex had said to his ex, and, well, look how that turned out. He was eating those words now.
Fike, the irony stung.
What’s with female authors constantly writing meaningless sexism and then have their characters PROVING THE MENZ WRONG.
Like I get that it’s a bit of a power fantasy and everyone wants some payback for being underestimated, but it’s always dumb bullshit like this that serves no other purpose than to impress or prove the male characters wrong by DOING MANLY BADASS THINGS.
I can’t articulate what I’m feeling properly but you get my point, right? The MENZ always end up being proven wrong, but only when the female characters do traditionally masculine-coded things, because not only do female characters need to prove themselves to men, the only talents worth respect are those that men are “supposed” to have.
Whatever, moving on.
Update: That whole chunk of text has been removed. Thankfully.
Dex is a dude who used to teach/date (???) Andi and is now hunting her because ... she ... lied to and cheated on him? Something like that. I guess we’ll find out. He’s the one in charge of the hunt and he’s NOT PLEASED.
A female captain was one thing. But a whole rutting ship full of girls?
You need to settle on your dumb conlang curses or on old-timey curses you saw used in [some SJM series]. You can’t have both “fike,” whatever that is, and “rutting” in the same book. I mean you can, but it’ll look like this, aka garbage.
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Leave it to the Bloody Baroness, the most ruthless space pirate in the galaxy, to get the best of the best.
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Also leave it to the Bloody Baroness, Dex thought, as he stared at her photograph, to get me to work with the Arcardian Patrolmen.
BLOODY BARONESS WILL NEVER BE INTIMIDATING, I’M SORRY.
And yeah, for some reason, in this HYPER-TECH FUTURE, they still have photographs?
Also, why does Dex think that wanting good people to work for you is somehow unique or particularly impressive?
Whatever. We have a quick flashback to Dex’s latest meeting with Andi. Y’all need to see this so I’ll just post the entire thing:
She was standing in the shadows of a pleasure palace, a Holo cyborg dancing in the window behind her. Androma’s pale, ghostlike hair was streaked with purple, which was new, and peeked out from beneath a black hood, pulled low over her face. He could just barely make out her glowing grey eyes and the smooth metallic plates on her cheekbones, a defensive body mod she’d had done years before. But he could make out the rest of her: perfect curves beneath a sleek, skintight leather bodysuit; the hilt of a knife sticking out from her black boots. And, of course, outside of the hooded cape, her trademark glowing katanas swords strapped across her back like an X of death.
I was gonna make a remark about how people Sasha’s age probably should know better than to write garbage like this, but then I remembered that her KWEEN SJM is 30+, so nevermind.
And yes, Andi has fucking KATANAS. And they are AN EXXX OF DETTHH.
I’m cackling.
Update: So um ... Let’s talk about those edits, shall we? Andi’s eyes are no longer glowing, and as much as I’m happy they toned it down (I wish), this is really the last of their starshined problem.
She has metallic plates on her cheekbones now, which ... let’s examine some official art (from the book trailer):
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The art is kind of inconsistent, but those are not on her cheekbones, but on her cheeks. And frankly it looks terrible, as a concept. I would guess it’s the result of miscommunication, but since this is on the official website, I’m assuming Shinsay approved this.
And how is this a defensive mod? She couldn’t have her skull reinforced with titanium or some shit? Ah, yes, the most vulnerable part of the head: the cheek/bone. You gotta protect ‘em! 
Also, I don’t wanna shit on a fellow artist, but I have to say: Idk who this artist is that they got this job but I thought Shinsay would have enough money to hire someone who understands perspective and facial anatomy.
Dex Dogtective is having a BAD TIME trying to catch the Marauder, so he complains about their own ships.
Here I am, the ship seemed to say. Large and in charge and as slow as a rhinoceratops.
I just wanted to include this so y’all could see RHINOCERATOPS.
Update: This line has been changed and is now: Here I am, the ship seemed to say. Large and in charge and as undercover as a Xen Pterran carriage slug.
Also here’s what Dex apparently looks like (from the artist’s Instagram): 
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That’s the face of someone who sniffs dirty underwear.
Dex then wanks on about how hot the Marauder is. No, really:
A sleek, beautiful beast that looked to be made of the stars in which it swam.
Deadly and delicious, all varillium glass in the shape of an arrowhead, now concealed by metal shields to protect it during the chase.
He probably has a secret porn stash of plane schematics.
Some little dork comes up to Dex to declare that the Marauder is “making an interesting move,” because I guess the carrier pigeons are dead.
He looked up at the youngest Patrolman on his dedicated crew, a boy just barely of age, who’d never seen battle. Who didn’t know the feeling of blood on scarred hands.
He doesn’t seem like he’s there for battle anyway, considering the fact that he’s near the captain at the moment, is the one delivering the update, and likely isn’t a part of the ground troops.
Update: He looked up at the youngest Patrolman on the ship, a boy no older than fifteen with slitted reptilian nostrils. A boy who’d never seen battle. Who didn’t know the feeling of blood on scarred hands.
Why does he have slitted reptilian nostrils? Is he a particular type of alien? A mutated human? Voldemort? Why do you explain Lira’s whole deal for three paragraphs and then just go “meh, he’s got a weird nose” for this dude? You couldn’t even just throw in a random collection of letters and pretend it’s the name of a type of alien? 
Effort who?
But what is this “interesting move?”
“We aren’t able to catch up to them, as we’d previously hoped.”
Their “interesting move” is ... outrunning them? Like I know what the “interesting move” is, but the way it’s written is so stupid and makes no sense. Who would say this? Dex asks the guy specifically to “use his words” to explain their “interesthing move,” and all he gets is “shit shit we can’t catch up.”
Seriously, who edited this?
Update: Someone edited this as best they could, I guess, because his reply has been changed to “It seems they’re charting a course for the asteroid belt.” 
Does this change anything? No.
The boy asks for orders and Dex tells him to fuck off.
“The rest of you,” Dex said, unbuckling his harness and standing up from his seat, voice rising to a roar, “will catch me that fiking damned ship!”
The glory of his rage was lost in another explosion.
I suspect the glory of his rage was lost some time before that.
Can we just take a moment to go over the dialogue here?
Boy: They’re making an interesting move!
Dex: What’s the move?
Boy: We can’t catch up to them like we hoped! They’re heading towards the asteroid belt!
Dex: I KNEW IT!!
Boy: What should we do?
Dex: GO CRAP YOUR PANTS SOMEWHERE ELSE. THE REST OF YOU: CATCH UP TO THAT SHIP AND GET IT FOR ME!
That was a nonversation. Who put Dex in charge? Is he the Captain of Redundant Orders? He was literally told that they aren’t able to catch up and need to rethink their strategy, and he’s like CATCH ME THAT SHIP.
One of their engines gets fucked.
Dex tumbled into the metal siding, his anger tumbling with him.
Multi-level tumbling.
Update: This has been changed to: Dex’s temper rose as he unclasped his harness and toppled against the metal siding.
Why did he unclasp his harness twice? Or is there a difference between unbuckling and unclasping?
Dex thinks it’s time to take matters into his own ... claws?
Dex squeezed his fists. The pilot flinched back as a triangular blade sprung out of each of Dex’s gloves, just over his knuckles. “Move the fike over.”
Or he’ll scratch you to death with his kittycat claws.
Update: Dex squeezed his fists. The pilot flinched back as four crimson triangular blades sprung out of each of Dex’s gloves, just over his knuckles. “Move over.” 
I’m so fiking mad that they removed fike, so I’ve decided to bring it the fike back, just like we all fiking deserve.
And obviously one blade isn’t enough, you gotta have FOUR, and they gotta be CRIMSON, like the BLOOD OF HIS ENEMIES. How else will you communicate that he’s HARDCORE. 
He could hear commotion in the background, the sound of the pilot’s whining voice as he phoned Cyprian, a glorious tattle-tale.
Yet another Smaas-ism. And this sentence is a trainwreck.
Update: He could hear a commotion in the background, the sound of the pilot’s whining voice as he commed the general. Pathetic tattletale.
Did Shinsay read my first snark or what? So many of my favorite bits have been changed and I hate it.
“You were right,” [the co-pilot] said. “They’re heading for the Asteroid Belt.”
Of course I’m right, Dex wanted to say. Androma always runs until she finds a place to hide.
Damn that wily Androma, always running when she doesn’t want to get caught and hiding when she doesn’t want to be found! Only she could come up with such outside-the-box, wild card strategies!
Update: The copilot, a man covered in purple spikes, stared at Dex openmouthed. “You were right,” he said, his massive canines visible. “They’re heading for Gollanta.”
Shinsay, are you gonna explain your random aliens or what?
Dex sets up a trap for the Marauder in the asteroid belt and we end on this:
Androma was good at what she did. But so was Dex. 
And besides, a prodigy protégée could only outrun her master for so long.
Androma has literally nothing to do with the ship moving too fast for them to catch, but ok, whatever.
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The worst commercials of the 2017 MLB postseason
Which commercials have driven you mad this postseason? We ranked the worst five.
It’s month 38 of the MLB postseason, and you’re running out of potable water again. You always do this. You always forget that the postseason is basically an extended, eternal version of the Joe Buck tweet. You’ve watched ... how many hours of baseball this month?
During those games, there are commercials. You have watched these commercials several times, and you want to stab all of them in the ear. It’s time to rank these commercials in order of how angry you are at them.
Before we get started, I would like to point out that this postseason marked the first year where we were not bombarded with boner commercials. Scientists have been concerned for years that commercial over-farming of sultry 40-year-old vixens with British accents would have devastating consequences, and the fallout is all around us. Rest in peace, boner commercials. You were good material for me. I have a feeling they will be back next year, though. Oh, yes, they will ... rise again.
Anyway, these are in reverse order, but know that I have a lot of regrets about the ones I missed. It seems like it was just never that I was in a Taco Bell and thinking about how that place needed to start screwing around with eggs, and then we were treated to the “what the” commercial 47 times per day. It makes me want an update of this Onion piece about George W. Bush’s paintings, but with Stephen A. Smith and someone retching up slimy Taco Bell eggtillas the morning after a wild night. There were too many horrible commercials to list.
These were the very worst, however. Please, just read the words. Don’t watch them again. You have so much to live for.
5. Bryce Harper’s T-Mobile ads
I have T-Mobile, mostly because when I’m in the woods or on the coast or in the mountains, I don’t want to have reception. It’s great not to have reception, actually. It’s totally great. So great. Anyway, my point is that I’m a rabid baseball consumer with T-Mobile, and I’m still not sure what’s in it for me. Do I get to go on the field during the games? I probably get to go on the field during the games. Gonna swipe me a rosin bag.
The reason I hate these commercials so much isn’t necessarily the content. They’re only mildly obnoxious, and there’s an Only Mildly Obnoxious category at the Clio Awards every year. No, I hate them because they’re a living reminder that the Nationals fall into an open elevator shaft every postseason, and Bryce Harper plummets down with them.
Check out this unfortunate spot:
Hitting a walk-off is unexpected ... but not for Bryce Harper!
It’s not his fault the Nationals didn’t advance! I’m not trying to pick on him. And I suppose, technically, the commercial did reference a walk-off homer, and Harper didn’t have a chance to hit one of those. But every time I see the commercials, I’m reminded that Bryce Harper dominates in the postseason, just not in the way he wants.
It’s depressing, really. Stop making me sad that we’ll won’t see Bryce Harper in the World Series until he’s on the Dodgers.
4. Frog Tape
This commercial, man.
FROG TAPE EXEC: So what we’re looking for is a commercial to run during baseball games, and we want it to have a baseball theme.
COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR: Oui.
FROG TAPE EXEC: Is that something you can riff on?
COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR: Je ne connais pas grand-chose de votre “base-ball,” mais je vais honorer vos souhaits.
Have you paid attention to the play-by-play? It’s brutal.
In comes the All-Star, with the game on the line.
So far, so good.
Let’s see if Smith can protect his home turf.
Nobody really says that, but okay. They’re syncing the audio with the action on the screen, which is painting, so they’re trying to pun-associate here. Also, I wonder if the first draft had “Jones,” but they were worried it would be too exotic.
He’s really painting the corners tonight.
At this point, it’s pretty clear that Smith is a closer. He’s protecting his home turf. There’s an emphasis on the quality pitching.
And here’s the 3-2 pitch ... Smith pulls one to right ... a walk-off homer to win the game. What an amazing finish.
Wait ... Smith was the batter? Why would the batter protect his home turf? Who was the dingus who wrote play-by-play for a baseball game without listening to a baseball game on the radio and then didn’t run it by someone who had listened to a baseball game on the radio?
Also, there are no exclamation points in that blockquote because it doesn’t deserve them. The announcer’s call is like something from the SNES, where there just wasn’t enough memory on the cartridge to include actual excitement. That’s the voice I use when the vending machine spits out two Nutrageous bars instead of one, and if a real announcer did that, I would hope that he’d be fired the next day.
The only good news is that I learned that FrogTape is for painting. My little guys are going to be so happy and free in their tank now, and I feel awful about the misunderstanding.
3. GEICO referee
As usual, GEICO has a dumb ad, and as usual, they pay for 4,399 hours of run time and a man to break into your home and whisper the copy into your ear while you sleep. I took notes all postseason for this column, and I had four GEICO commercials listed. The worst part is that I didn’t realize that two of them were actually GEICO commercials. There was the Gary on a motorcycle (which engages in tasteless, regressive dork-shaming), repurposed He-Man footage (NOT CANON), and the triangle solo at the symphony (a professional triangler would have better chops than that, come on), and only the last one actually stuck as a GEICO commercial in my brain.
I’ve watched some of those commercials 57 times, probably. No idea they were GEICO. And they don’t care. They just hope to have one of their six dozen commercials to stick in the brain of every living American.
The worst problem problem with GEICO is that they use the flimsiest damned tag lines to shoehorn in their crappy jokes.
If you’re a ref, you way over-explain things. It’s what you do.
They are one step away from a dog-humping-the-leg-of-a-Paul-Bunyan-statue commercial. It’s what you do. And the triangle solo is worse:
A triangle solo? Surprising.
This is what people do. This is surprising. It’s the laziest crap imaginable.
A tree trying to parallel park? That’s a mess. What’s not a mess is ...
Hey, GEICO, hire me. Pay me six figures. I have cracked your code.
No one expects a magician to conduct a choo-choo train. That’s silly. What’s not silly is how much you’ll save ...
I require eight weeks of paid vacation, during which time I will meditate on the pain and suffering I have caused others.
If you sleep in the supply room at your office, you might wake up with a stapler lodged in your colon, and that hurts. What won’t hurt are your low rates at ...
Call me. I hate you. Call me.
2. Woman stressed out about her friend who lost her debit card
This ad is unrealistic because this woman cannot possibly have friends. She has never survived a single ride with another person without getting thrown out of the moving car, as if mobsters were trying to send her a message. Her panic grows and grows and grows, and if the commercial were 10 seconds longer, she would start shrieking like a locust person and physically trying to alter her friend’s behavior by attempting to crawl into her body through her mouth.
The real problem is the actress is too good in this role. I can’t imagine the character in scenarios that actually matter.
That mole looks weird to me. Shouldn’t you be worried about that mole? It seems like it’s an odd shape. Such an odd shape. Do you know the ABCDEs of melanoma? That’s asymmetry, border, color, diameter, and evolution, and that one has asymmetry, at least, and I’m starting to think the color is off. Don’t you think the color is off? You should get that checked out. I’m going to drive you to the dermatologist. I’m going to get you there right now. Actually, I’m just going to pull over and bite the mole off your arm with my filed, pointy teeth, and then I will bathe in your incurious blood. Because you should get that checked out.
The sneaky worst part is the friend, who doesn’t care that she lost her debit card. Do you know how annoying it is to lose a debit card? Oh, man, it’s the worst. It upends your life for at least three or four days. You have to start carrying way more cash around than you’re used to. You have to use checks like you’re a steampunk version of yourself. And even after your card arrives, you’re punched in the groin two months later when you realize that you used the old card to autopay your water bill, and now you can’t shower before your date.
This woman is like, “Oh, ha ha, I’ll just turn the card off and sit on hold for a half-hour to get a new card later. Good thing I’m on vacation, where it’s super convenient to be carrying around $800 in cash at all times. Maybe I can have them get that to me in nickels,” and I don’t like her obliviousness.
But at least she’s not her friend.
1. Sweet Caroline
This could be spots one through five, and no one would blink. Everyone hates this commercial. Neil Diamond wants to throw a sequined flip-flop through the screen whenever he sees it. Even people from Boston think they’ve gone too far. It’s a godless commercial of the damned, and no one will be spared.
The only thing I can think of is that Hyundai has a very specific demographic, but they didn’t know how to reach it.
AD EXEC 1: “Hyundai: A car for assholes, by assholes.”
AD EXEC 2: I keep telling you, we can’t say that.
AD EXEC 1: “You’re an asshole. Drive the car that’s made for assholes.”
AD EXEC 2: We can’t even bleep it out! Move on!
AD EXEC 1: “If you’re an asshole, you don’t need to spend extra money for a BMW. Hyundai has you covered, asshole.”
AD EXEC 2: Stop it! This isn’t helping!
AD EXEC 1: WELL I DON’T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO.
Then, after long, sleepless nights, an epiphany. They’ll just show assholes doing an unbelievably asshole thing and let the viewer decode it.
Imagine the kind of asshole who would sing that loud with the window down. Any song. I’m partial to “Runnin’ with the Devil” because I have my David Lee Roth yowls down, but, dammit, I don’t share that with the world. My window is up, and when I’m at a stoplight, I quiet the hell down. It’s only polite.
Now imagine the asshole who still isn’t sick of “Sweet Caroline.” It’s a great song. It’s also ruined. Move on to “Cracklin’ Rosie” with the rest of us, and keep Jimmy Fallon away from it. There is something fundamentally broken with someone who says, “Oooh! ‘Sweet Caroline’!” in 2017, and you should run away from them.
Now imagine the asshole who would sing “Sweet Caroline” that loudly in traffic with the window down.
Now imagine two of them at the same time.
That isn’t a traffic jam. That’s a terrorist cell. But I guess I shouldn’t be upset at Hyundai. They looked around, and they realized that there are more assholes in 2017 than at any point in history, and assholes buy cars, too. It’s just good business.
This asshole, however, will avoid Hyundai for the rest of his life on general principle. Even in a sea of bad ads, this one is the absolute worst. Bad ads never seemed so bad.
(SO BAD! SO BAD!).
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