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briefcasejuice · 2 years

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daredevil headcanons!

a giant list of comic, live action, etc. daredevil headcanons i've been growing in a twitter thread since april. or march, i think.

COMIC/LIVE ACTION AMBIGOUS: • matt knew all the college gossip bc of his super-hearing and he'd tell it all to foggy who'd bride people candy in exchange for gossip/rumours. • on his way from class matt would pass a fruit stand where he'd examine each strawberry for the perfect one and bring it back to the dorm for foggy. • foggy can solve a rubik's cube really fast and he's incredibly proud of it. he always eventually does it in front of a new friend & it's kind of like a functional version of the butcher story. matt used to be able to solve one really fast before he lost his sight & he continued to try solving one with the help of his powers but it never worked until foggy got him a braille one; then he got intimidatingly good at it again and foggy regrets indulging him. • matt doodles - like gibberish but for drawings? because he gets restless during late afternoons and when he's not around foggy takes them and adds his own stuff. sometimes matt will run his fingers over the ink and notice that foggy's turned his nonsense into a cat or something and take it home to stick it on his fridge just because. karen also hates it because they leave them all over the office and it gets into her files, her bag or in the pages of her books. • matt and karen use wired earbuds; foggy has airpods. • matt fucking loathes carbonated drinks. • matt loves wheat thins. • matt spouts sun tzu lore when he's drunk; foggy talks about hamilton. • in college, people thought foggy was gay but since everyone knew matt was a whore they all expected it to also extend to other gender identities. • foggy is pan; matt is bi but only 'cause he rushed to pick a label and he can't be bothered changing it. • matt has bpd.

COMIC: • matt has a bunch of weighted blankets bc the pressure blocks out external stimuli (it's canon that he filled his bathtub with water and floated in it when his senses were too sensitive as a child). • kirsten is black - matt used to straighten her hair for her because he knew the perfect temperature to get it really well done but without heat damage. • blindspot had to leave the country because he's an illegal immigrant but matt has a part of his salary set for monthly trips to wherever blindspot lives. • when matt was in prison in zdarsky’s first run he only sent and received letters from 4 people - foggy, kirsten, elektra and sam. sam (blindspot) would give him a rundown of everything happening outside the us because prison television only showed national news. • matt taps his foot to music he hears blocks away sometimes without noticing and it annoys the hell out of foggy but he doesn't tell matt to stop because it's rare that he doesn't have self control over bodily movements like that 'cause y'know - ninja stuff. • sam taught matt bits of mandarin whenever they were on breaks when he was working with matt at the da's office. • sam would tell daredevil about his day and mention how much be looks up to matt and daredevil would often go silent whenever he's talking about matt. (this is live action canon) matt sucks on his lip when he's comfortable enough in any environment to be visibly nervous. • matt and mike both doodled idly. they weren't really cool drawings, mostly just scribbles but matt was getting pretty good at drawing inanimate objects before he was blinded, now he just scribbles. mike still scribbles but at one point in high school he took an art class and actually liked it so he kind of tried enough to get 80s. he does a full fledged drawing or two every year now. nothing exciting, he drew butch this one time and someone in a waiting room another time but he still scribbles.

LIVE ACTION: • matt's laptop doesn't work all that well bc it's second hand but he knows just the perfect amount of pressure needed to make this specific key on the keyboard work just right. • matt's hair in nwh was a product of foggy and karen messing with him or that was just plain mike murdock. • foggy takes photos of matt like all the goddamn time and matt hates it & they're awful but he's conventionally attractive so they all look fine. in college foggy used to sign him up for dating sites as his Wingman™ and used some of those photos. • foggy reads fanfiction and so does matt but he only listens to what foggy recommends while foggy is the one that searches for fanfics when he gets really into some kind of fiction. • foggy set aside some of all the money he'd made in big time lawyering (in defenders and s3) for matt's therapy and first aid supplies.

masterlist -> AO3 -> part II

#ok time to start a new thread #daredevil #daredevil comics #marvel's daredevil #netflix daredevil #matt murdock #foggy nelson #karen page #kirsten mcduffie #blindspot #sam chung #mike murdock #mattfoggy #stick my head down the canon #i think those r all the characters i mention #other than elektra but i only mention her :(

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disappearinginq · 1 year

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You ever get to the point in a show, where you’re not sure if you’re accurately seeing what’s really there, or if there’s so much influence from fandoms and headcanons that it permanently skews your point of view?

I’m still watching Yellowstone, though at this point, I don’t know why. It’s edging towards Game of Thrones level of “There Are No Likeable Characters Why Am I Watching This?”

I used to really like Beth. Honestly, I did. But the more I rewatched it, and the more that the story progresses, the more I just want to slap the shit out of her, because she is a modern day Antigone, and it’s driving me up the wall.

I am more than willing to admit that a huge chunk of that is because I personally hate the narrative of the only love you can have is for your spouse, or your biological family. Like somehow sharing DNA or a bed is the only way you can ‘truly’ love someone. Because fuck that narrative. I don’t see my biological family except once every 20 years (a few, next time I see them, will be their funeral, because they’re twats). My godchildren have no biolgical ties to me whatsoever, and my parents treat them like their grandchildren. I love them as if they were my own. I have never, ever wanted biological kids but I want to adopt at some point, and I will go to jail for assault and battery if anyone ever tried to tell me the vile crap they spew on TV shows regarding adoption.

But at this point, I want Beth dead. I want her dead, and I don’t want a miracle walk away, because I draw the line at threatening children, especially toddlers. I don’t give a fuck what happened - this does not make the case of ‘Well, Beth would be nicer if she had her own kids’ because we’ve seen she absolutely would not. She’s undiagnosed schizophrenic psychopath at this point. The beginning of the season she’s telling her father he needs to move on from his wife, which is fucking hilarious given that she has sabotaged every attempt at a relationship her father has like some deranged Elektra complex with the justification that ‘they’re not my mother, and they can never compare’ (up to and including arranging to have one of the women thrown into prison for 10 years). She has a husband who loves unconditionally, and has point blank said he doesn’t want kids, he doesn’t even like dogs. She winds up with a teenager that comes to live at the ranch that desperately wants her to be his mom, she has a job whenever she needs one, her father loves her and still - she is a fucking horrible human being. The kid she ‘adopts’ - she and Rip throw him in the basement, and the first time she gets mad at him, she assaults him in a store, and another mother films her and threatens to call CPS (which she should’ve anyways) and the mother is shown as the nosy-busybody Karen who should mind her own business. Beth has the patience of a honey badger on meth. She has zero impulse control. None of which would magically be fixed if she had a biological child.

But that seems to be where the narrative is heading. Like oh, it’s because of her brother that she’s this upset/unhinged/self-loathing....if ONLY SHE COULD REPRODUCE, SHE WOULD BE FULFILLED. Are. You. Fucking. Kidding me. And everything in the fandom is how great Beth is, and how relatable she is, and then going through fanfic, the she’s written so completely out of character you would assume that it was a mis-labelled AU, and it makes me wonder if we’re watching the same show. If the character they’re writing is what they identify with, they’re not the same person, and the more I watch the show trying to see what they see, the more I know we’re not watching the same thing.

At this point, if Jamie doesn’t eventually snap and kill her or at least hit her with the car, I will be amazed.

#yellowstone tv #yellowstone complaint #I am not a fan of Beth Dutton #threatening children is where I draw the line #I don't care what happened to you #jamie dutton #This is my rant #I apologize to people who are here for other reasons #but I'm mad #and if you can't mouth off into the void of social media where can you

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freddiemercurylegendabovelegends · 6 months

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Bohemian Rhapsody 7″ vinyl Test Pressing

BY FERDY - queenmuseum.com

Today - October 16th 1975.

Bohemian Rhapsody. Die hard vinyl collectors know that the very early test pressings of records came in two separate vinyls, one for each side of a single or LP. The matching white standard covers were usually marked the matrix numbers written on it. But beside this you also find a date, which was the date the record was actually pressed for test purposes.

On the picture you see the original Bohemian Rhapsody 1 sided 7″ test pressing with its matching “I’m in love with car” cover and vinyl. These one sided test pressings were pressed in very few quantities and given to band members and management to check quality before authorizing the run of the pressing of the copies to be released.

This special copy is so unique as it was Freddie’s; it was then given to Jim Hutton, his last partner. It also have the Freddie’s handwriting on the label of the A side. He “just” wrote Bohemian Rhapsody. I can’t imagine how happy he was to finally see its creature ready to conquer the music world!!

And in the above picture the USA Elektra original 7″ vinyl test pressing of Bohemian Rhapsosy, printed on dec. 3rd 1975.

Pic1: Bohemian Rhapsody UK singled Sided Test Pressing 7″ with Freddie handwriting on label

Pic2: Bohemian Rhapsody USA Test Pressing

(source: http://www.queenmuseum.com/?p=4521)

#freddie mercury #queen band #london #zanzibar #legend #queen #brian may #john deacon #freddiebulsara #roger taylor #1975 #bohemian rhapsody #test pressing

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randomvarious · 6 months

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Today's compilation:

Totally Hits 3 2000 Alternative Rock / Pop-Rock / Pop / R&B / Adult Contemporary / Teen Pop

Time for yet another fun turn-of-the-millennium trip down memory lane, folks! Yesterday we got into a dispatch from America's bestselling contemporary hits series, Now That's What I Call Music!, but today we've got something from what was once their greatest competitor instead: Totally Hits.

And the biggest difference between these two series was ultimately the partnerships between the labels that put them out: the US version of Now was the result of a link-up between Capitol, EMI, Universal, Virgin, and their many subsidiaries, and Totally Hits represented Sony, BMG, Warner, Elektra, Atlantic, and their many subsidiaries. Now always wound up having the upper hand with the more popular collective catalog, but Totally Hits wasn't any slouch, either, even if they were Now's perpetual kid sister.

So, here we have a pretty solid collection of late 90s and early 2000s commercial fare that should provide for a nice nostalgia rush, but the most glaring omission on this third Totally Hits installment is that there aren't any boy bands at all. And that's because, by the time this album had come out, NSYNC—who had made an appearance on the prior volume—had successfully left their label, RCA, citing the glaring and overt exploitative practices of their manager, Lou Pearlman. And as a result, at the height of the teen pop explosion, the massive conglomerate that made up Totally Hits only had acts like Christina Aguilera and Vitamin C to show for it, whereas Now, with Jive Records appearing to fall under their umbrella, had not only NSYNC, but also the Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears as well. And as a result, Totally Hits suffered because of it.

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But TH wasn't to be totally ignored, because their releases still had plenty of good pop music on them, and although they may have faltered in the teen pop arena, where they seemed to make up for it was in alternative pop-rock and R&B, with late 90s-early 00s entities like Matchbox Twenty, Barenaked Ladies, and Third Eye Blind holding down the rock side of things, while dominant forces like Whitney Houston and Toni Braxton were able to supply some of the quality R&B.

And another dimension that Totally Hits had that Now really didn't was country. I might dislike the pair of tunes that TH selected here for this album, between Faith Hill's super poppy "The Way You Love Me,“ and John Michael Montgomery's eyeroll-inducing and deeply Christian-overtoned "The Little Girl," but including a very popular genre that Now wasn't paying much of any mind to at all definitely helped Totally Hits to differentiate themselves.

So, I'd expect a lot of people to be familiar with most of these songs, but two that I'd like to point out especially are Dido's "Here With Me" and Next's "Wifey." Both of these acts each had a hit that was far more popular than the one that ended up on this album—Dido's "Thank You," which was also liberally sampled for Eminem's "Stan," and Next's "Too Close," a #1 hit song about trying to suppress an erection while grinding on someone 😂. But "Here With Me," which was actually Dido's debut single, is a beautiful piece of tender female singer-songwriter pop, and "Wifey," the lead single off of Next's sophomore album, is a terrific slice of dreamy and softly funky male group R&B.

So if you're ever trying to piece together an eclectic representation of a turn-of-the-millennium American commercial pop music landscape, Now is, of course, essential, but it'd be foolish to sleep on what Totally Hits had to offer, because while Now was definitely better, they weren't monopolistic, and TH was there to capitalize on that circumstance.

Highlights:

Pink - "Some Girls" Matchbox Twenty - "Bent" Vertical Horizon - "Everything You Want" Third Eye Blind - "Deep Inside of You" Barenaked Ladies - "Pinch Me" Dido - "Here With Me" Toni Braxton - "He Wasn't Man Enough" Christina Aguilera - "What a Girl Wants" Next - "Wifey" Vitamin C - "Graduation" The Corrs - "Breathless" Whitney Houston - "Fine"

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usaigi · 9 months

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🏳️‍🌈💎 for whatever hyperfixiation you want

💎 are there any fun facts or trivia that you would like to share?

Jessica Henwick, the actress who plays Colleen, was invited to audition for Xu Xialing in Shang Chi but turned it down because she has hope they're bring back Colleen. I personally really hope they do, I'd love to see her as Iron Fist

🏳‍🌈 do you have any headcanons (lgbt, race, neuro, etc) that are important to you? (I got this one twice so I'm going to split up my response, here's the other half)

Misty - She keeps not showing up in the comics arcs I'm reading so atm all I got is lesbian for Colleen. Misty ily bb I'll be back

Luke - Bi King 💪 It's not weird to cuddle your bros, man. You've just been brainwash by the patriarchy 😒 (But for real, growing up in Georgia in a religious community and going to marines, then the police academy and the prison, Luke spend a lot of time having to unlearning toxic masculinity and still struggles with being vulnerable with his friends. As the group's protector, he often struggles with feeling like he has to suppress and hide his emotions to be their rock) PTSD & OCD

Elektra - Half Cambodian half French, raised Greek. BPD/NPD with murderer tendencies but she's working on it

Layla - Coptic ✌️ Bi 🌈 "oh cool, we finally have a muslim on the team. yay diversity." "I'm actually coptic orthodox" "Shucks. Are we sure we shouldn't hire Ms Marvel?

MK - Sephardic Jewish + Cuban + Guatemalan & PTSD DID BPD Autism. "Wow that's a lot of labels" "Yeah, it was buy one mental illness get 3 free. The alters sale was steal too." In general the system's identities as cishet partly because of Marc but also because of heteronormativity and the fact they're happily married to a woman but some part identity differently (Dani as a lesbian, Mr Knight as AroAce. etc etc). & I think it would be super funny if this was not canon in the AU, this is just what Jake thinks is going on and how he explains the H4H relationship to his system and Layla. Layla, of course, is confused at first b/c.... Wow....Americans. And then she meets Claire and realizes she's bi too

Felicia - colombiana mami 🇨🇴 "Hey isn't it kinda of stereotypical of you to be Colombian and a narco[the King Pin]?" "Mami, if I were a narco's wife, maybe. But this is just feminism. Why should a gringo make all the money?"

send me a ask about my media hyperfixation

#misty knight #layla el faouly #moon knight #felicia hardy #elektra natchios #the defenders #heroes for hire #usaigi's hfh au #usaigi headcanons #usaigi speaks #marvel #asks #ask game #demialien

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bryng · 10 months

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Do u like music:00

If so what kind of musiccc

music is like. my favorite thing of all time. you have given me an excuse to talk about music so i am going to TALK about MUSIC!!!!

i think my music taste is wide and varied, and that is displayed best by my favorite band of all time, WEEN!!!!!

Ween are a band from the late 80s (first studio album releasing in 1990) who have so much range they have at least one song for everyone. Ween are mostly known for making the song at the end of the 2004 Spongebob movie (ocean man, not s&pctpwoe). Ween are made up primarily of Dean Ween (real name Mickey Melchiondo) and Gene Ween (Aaron Freeman). They were active from 1984 to 2010 before breaking up for a short while. They got back together in 2016 and have been touring ever since! Here are some of my favorite Ween songs / albums:

● Favorite Album: Pure Guava (1992), Pure Guava was Ween's first record on a large label (Elektra) and despite this it has some of the goofiest and loudest songs. Favorite tracks from Pure Guava are Springtheme, Tender Situation, and Don't Get 2 Close (2 My Fantasy)

● Second Favorite Album: Quebec (2003), Quebec is Ween's most serious work, it still contains a bit of the goofiness found on The Mollusk, but has much darker and sadder themes. Favorite tracks include Chocolate Town, Transdermal Celebration, and If You Could Save Yourself (You'd Save Us All).

● Favorite Song: It's a hard choice since they are all so good, but I think it has to be Transitions from Shinola, it has such a cool laidback atmosphere and some of the best instrumentation I've ever heard.

OKAY NEXT BAND!!!

Mr. Bungle is an outlier in my tastes, I've never really been into metal at all, but Mr. Bungle does it so differently that I can't not enjoy it. Mr. Bungle is the brain child of a high school aged Mike Patton. The music of Mr. Bungle changes WILDLY from album to album, from goofy carnival metal on their self-titled album (1991) to almost avant garde noise metal on Disco Volante (1995) to margarita metal on California (1999). Mr. Bungle is often crude and vulgar (especially on their first album) but the love and attention they put into their albums really shows. My favorite Mr. Bungle album is Disco Volante, it's loud and intense in a very comforting way, like a weighted blanket.

Favorite songs include Quote Unquote, Pink Cigarette, The Bends, and Stubb - A Dub.

Lastly, for a touch of more normal stuff, see LEMON DEMON

Possibly the tamest of my favorite musicians, Lemon Demon is the title that internet guy Neil Cicierega releases most of his music under. He started releasing music under Lemon Demon in 2003, continuing up until this day! Lemon Demon's most popular release is Spirit Phone, an album about ghosts and ghouls and governmental coverups and ronald reagan. My personal favorite Lemon Demon release is the 5 track long I Am Become Christmas EP. As the name suggests IABC is a christmas EP, but the sounds on it are too good to be relegated to just christmas time. It's like a dialed back Spirit Phone, without as many loud songs and overall very peaceful while still containing a spooky vibe. Some of my favorite Lemon Demon songs include Nothing Worth Loving Isn't Askew, Spring-Heeled Jack, and Telekinesis. I own most of the Lemon Demon discography on vinyl, only missing Damn Skippy and IABC.

Thanks for giving me an excuse to talk about my favorite artists bread <3

#music #thanks for the ask beloved mutual!!

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mittimellan · 2 years

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I want to start off acknowledging that I know everyone is saying “Matt Murdock is a whore” with good intentions, and they do it because they love to see Matt having sex, and that it’s fun that he’s canonically good at pleasuring women. I agree with all that, especially in the strangely sexless MCU.

I know this is going to come off as incredibly buzzkill and annoying, but I really don’t like the narrative that Matt is a whore, no matter how well meaning it is.

That’s a label that is maliciously attached to women and others who aren’t straight cis men, for having sex outside of a steady standard monogamous relationship, for having had “too many” sexual partners, for being shown to enjoy their own sexual pleasure, or sometimes just for having any sex at all.

Would it be equally in good fun if we labelled a female character a whore, for having two sex scenes (barely) and a couple of kisses in the span of seven years of shows? Or if we say the same thing about our friends in real life?

I guess I just don’t think it’s helpful in the long run calling anyone at all a whore, because of how that word is used for harm in real life.

Sorry for being a killjoy in these great times of Matt and She-Hulk smashing in the MCU.

I hope no one feels personally attacked by this, because singling people out for how they enjoy their favourite super hero character is not my intention.

I absolutely will not argue with anyone if they keep saying Matt is a whore, I won’t tell anyone that they should stop saying that. This is just me trying to put into words the reason that I don’t like saying that, personally.

Besides, I think it’s hilarious that people see Matt have sex with Elektra once in a university flashback, and once about 20 years later, with a few kisses in between, and go “yup, that is some whoring behaviour you’ve got going on there, Matt” - I guess there’s just so little acknowledgement of sex as an actual thing in super hero media that that kind of behaviour stands out?

TL;DR: I’m not pro calling people whore in general. Not even if they’re straight cis male people. There’s so little sex in the MCU, that two sex scenes seems like a lot.

#daredevil #matt murdock

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dxntloseurhead · 1 year

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some excerpts from yaz’s article in british vogue

[ID: Multiple screenshots from an article about actress Yasmin Finney. The screenshots read, “A dream for any young actor, not least one with a single screen credit, the role will turn the teen into a household name - and is set to reshape the TV landscape in the process. I mean, how many young trans actors can you name in long-running prime-time BBC dramas, not to mention a series as quintessentially middle England as Doctor Who? "It will change the world," she says knowingly, eyes sparkling over high cheekbones. As Finney sips from a technicolour slushie in Inflata Nation's café, candy-cane halterneck and bubblegum trackies matching the pink-and-purple seats, it's unclear if she knows how much her life will change too.

Finney has always felt a call to represent. It was on TikTok - where she currentlv has 1.8 million followers and counting - that she found her first audience creating videos about the trans experience, the most viral on a crush's reaction on learning. ("It's so sad dating as a trans person, because you've gotta explain yourself to people, like, 'Oh, hey, look, I hope you don't mind. and then prepare for answers that shouldn't be the case.")

Those calls got louder. A lip-sync to a quote from the show Pose - in which house mother Elektra snaps back at a transphobe without taking a breath - caught the eye of actor Billy Porter's team, who asked her to send a self-tape for the lead role in his directorial debut. Around the same time, she auditioned for Heartstopper. News that she got both roles arrived a day apart (although, the pandemic would prevent the Porter project from happening). "I went from nothing to having a feature film and a Netflix series" she says, still in disbelief.

Finney auditioned for Doctor Who before Heartstopper came out. Director Euros Lyn alerted Davies to the talent coming his way. "When you get into the casting room," Davies writes over email, "there's only one question: can you act? And that's where she stole the show. She was immediately right. My greatest worry was whether 57 other shows would snap her up instead." Watching Finney since has been "an education", he adds, "to see someone commanding such attention - and let's face it, such enmity - with grace and wit and a wonderful smile".

Raised Catholic alongside her half-sister by a Jamaican mother (she's never met her Irish Italian father), her earlv life was coloured by poverty and bullies - at 11, she was living from hotel to hotel while facing tormentors at school. "Being a Black trans woman, I've been forced to grow up early," she says, softly.

As we speed through the city now in a taxi, though, she excitedly points out her primary school, her nana's home, the council house she shared with her mum... until today. After our meal, she will be moving into her first apartment on Canal Street, Manchester's "gay village", where she'll throw her first-ever birthday celebrations with the chosen family she created there. "Now I get to give myself the childhood fantasy, and raise myself up the way that I should have been raised."

At first, Finney wasn't aware of any labels categorising gender or sexuality. She just knew she wanted to wear the Topshop coat all the cool girls had. As an eight-year-old, she ran around the house in a pink tutu her nana gave her. "She saw me from a young age," she says, smiling. "I would search up 'femininity' and Why do I feel like a girl?" she recollects, pausing to pick at peri-peri chips on a restaurant terrace. "I remember searching, 'Why do I have a penis?'" At a recent picture of Finney in the ocean, her mother almost cried, remembering how she hated to swim as a child. "You just never wanted to get changed with the boys," she repeats. "Now it all makes sense."

At school, she'd change alone in disabled toilets (towel-whipped the times she braved the boys) until one day, the girls snuck Finney into the changing room for PE. "They loved it. For them, I was their gay accessory," she recalls. "They loved me because I was overcompensating. I was overly feminine. I was making them laugh." But, when word got to the headteacher, "It all went tits up." On the brink of expulsion, her family asked, where could she get changed? Eventually, unisex toilets were installed. Yaz happily used what unofficially became "the girl's side".

Experimenting with make-up by year 11, her GCSEs marked a turning point. Late to arrive, she walked in wearing a skirt. Steps echoed through the silent room as all eyes followed her to her seat. The football players who would trip her up and shove her in hallways, call her names and do limp-wristed impressions were "gooped, gagged and everything in-between" she recounts. "From that moment, I felt so empowered. I never looked back."

Finney is bouncy and dramatic, comfortable taking the lead and prone to slip into the accented dialect of queer Americana. She's perhaps most visibly alive recalling praise. Rather than pure ego (although, justifiably, there is a little gloating) there's a sense it provides an amour she had to go without as a vulnerable child. "All the people that doubted me, they've got nothing on me anymore, you know? Not that I did it for them," she says of stepping into the spotlight. "But it's like the cherry on top," she smiles. "| just like to know that people are realising that everything I did from a young age, I wasn't in the wrong. Everything I did was perfectly fine." /end ID]

#long post #yasmin finney #vogue #british vogue #lgbtq+#lgbt #transgender #trans #heartstopper #heartstopper netflix #doctor who

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freddiemercurydaily · 1 year

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Gallery update 20 December 1972, Queen performed @ The Marquee Club, London, England The main act was Sparks, and Fantasy was the opening band.Queen’s last show of 1972, and one of only five during the whole year, was at The Marquee Club on December 20. Ronnie Beck was a good friend of John Sherry, a promoter who regularly booked bands into The Marquee, and he kindly agreed to find Queen the occasional gig. Their performance and the audience response was an improvement on The Pheasantry, but it brought them no closer to a record deal, not in the UK at least. Ronnie Beck, whose reputation was merely focused by the industry’s apathy, had invited Jac Holtzman, the managing director of Elektra Records, to the show and afterwards Holtzman agreed to sign the band for the US. Queen were now part of a roaster boasting The Doors and Love on a credible American label which was trying to re-establish itself in the Seventies. But Queen yet could not find a record deal in the UK.” ‘Queen - The Early Years’ by Mark HodkinsonTrident set this show up as Queen's first as a "signed" band. 'Fantasy' was the opening act.

The guitarist of that band, Peter James, recalls: "The flier for the 20th just says two groups. If this was Queen's first Marquee gig, I'm sure it's us who played with them though I could never remember the date. It was a joint promotion gig. We had our first album out on Polydor. We went on first." The beautiful pictures were all likely taken by Doug Puddifoot. The first photo was used for the insert in the final Queen album, Made In Heaven. The second photo was used for the front cover of Queen's self-titled debut album Considering the circumstances around the latter, it was probably no coincidence that the remaining members of the band decided to bookend things by selecting a picture from the same show. A recording of this show is reportedly collecting dust in the band's archives after being purchased from a private collector. But it may be just one of a plethora of early recordings. It has been said that Queen's first front of house sound tech, John Harris, recorded all of the early Queen gigs from day one. Rumor also states that Queen Productions owns footage and there’s a “live” cut of ‘’Doing Alright” on YouTube, however, it sounds like the record version. I can’t wait until the entire concert is pulled from archives and released. Here’s the amazing setlist:Great King Rat, Son And Daughter, Jesus, Doing All Right, Ogre Battle, Keep Yourself Alive, Liar, Jailhouse Rock, Bama Lama Bama LooQueen were confidently blazing a trail towards rock stardom, even though it would take another year before they gained mainstream popularity.

#freddie mercury

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1000night · 2 years

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Be his roommate again

pairings: Matt Murdock /reader

warnings: Female chubby reader, soft dark Matt, hurt/comfort, a lit NWH movie and twist mcu, pet name（lamb, lamby）, smut （at least implied）, protected sec(though I didn’t mention)

English is not my first language

After moving out of Hell's Kitchen, you, who originally planned to head north to Quincy, temporarily lived in Queens, hoping to be as far away from Matt as possible. Turning a blind eye to his calls and messages, you concentrate on completing your long-standing wish list:

First, you adopted a pair of adult Meeks cat sisters, spent a whole day chasing good omens, donated second-hand books to the library, and endlessly looped your lovelorn playlist.

Karen and Foggy didn't ask much, but the message from Karen made you a little worried:

Kaka: Are you safe now?

Lamby:

Yeah, I’m good. Actually, I think I should do that sooner. These are my daughters<3

Kaka:

Aww, so lovely!! Can you send their pics to me? I’d be their godmother <3

Lamby:

Sure! I named the bigger one Fifi and the younger one Tabby. I even made a mood board for them lmao!

Kaka:

I’m glad you didn’t lose yourself for him, it’s not worth it.

Don’t worry, I won’t ask you where you are. But I need to warn you

Matt is… grumpy and harsh after you leave. He’s Daredevil now, so if you are going to hide,

DON’T BE FOUND.

What does that mean? Since his ex-girlfriend came back, Matt has been on the verge of being irritable and irritable because of his worries about her, and maybe your leaving is just adding to his resentment. Maybe he thinks it's your fault, but Elektra will blame herself and say it's because of her that you quarreled, not to mention that other people know your unspoken thoughts about Matt, so they will feel this way.

Come to think of it, you also feel a little embarrassed about Elektra, and in a way, it's a personal affair between you and Matt, but it's an embarrassing situation for her to deal with.

So you plan to wait until you move to Quincy, contact Elektra, tell her to stop blaming herself, and apologize to her for dragging her into the water. I believe that without your interruption, they will be even more loving this time than before.

Your eyes are gradually blurred by tears, you blink and choose to let the heaviness in your chest slowly disappear.

After returning to the empty house, washing away his exhaustion, he lay on his back on the big bed that was icy cold because he miss your body temperature. The aroma that could soothe the devil in his heart is now gradually dissipating. , greedily smelling the faint fragrance of perilla, suddenly seemed to hear your call

Breathing out shiveringly, your scent seems to fade a bit, Matt grunts irritably.

"It's been a month, where have you been hiding, Lamby?"

"I was wrong, can you come back?"

“I thought being friends with you was enough.”

“How could you blame me? You didn’t confess to me…”

“No. She left because I accused her of what she didn’t do. What’s wrong with me?”

“I’m the fool.”

He still remembers the night when the world came crashing down

Carry your favorite dessert, which is hidden in the refrigerator of the office, stick a label warning other not to eat it, and want to take it home to you at night, after you wrap him up, you will be because of his Injuries, apologies, and desserts and forgive him.

But no, entering the house, there is only Elektra sitting awkwardly on the sofa and the silence of the room

“Hi, Mattew.”

“Oh, Elektra, you’re awake! Um…where’s y/n? She still not home yet?”

He didn’t hear your heartbeat, his eyebrows raised while he started to pace, patrolling all the rooms.

“I saw her bring her suitcases and leave. And, and I thought she was on a business trip or something.”

“Suitcases?” Matt sped up, opened the closet doors, and touched the air.

Elektra stepped into your room carefully, but she didn’t dare to be close to Mattew.

“When you see her leave, Elektra?” The man didn’t move, his voice was deep and thrilled.

“In the afternoon, maybe 3 p.m.? After she changed my bondages…”

Elektra’s voice became a whisper, the air was too heavy to breathe. The fear and worry crawled up her spine.

Maybe that was her imagination, or her brain tried to trick her, but she seems saw the dark and red mist surrounding Mattew.

“Matt, are you ok?”

He inhaled and turned back to her. Mattew didn’t take his sunglasses away so Elektra couldn’t see his eyes.

“I think it’s time for bed. Good night, Elektra.” His voice sounded strange, hoarse, and uncomfortable. Elektra shifted her feet while she stepped backward.

“Uh, right…good night, Matt.”

After the sounds of footsteps faded away, Mattew took off his sunglasses and chuckled darkly.

“I’d find you, little lamb. And when I found you, your body and soul all are mines.”

The daredevil said while his trembling hands tried to hold the canes and stabled himself.

When Spider-Man's true identity is widely reported by the media, you discover that your neighbor is another superhero

How can the world be so small? The population of Queens is in the millions. How can it be so chosen next to another superhero? Is the goddess if luck really need to do this to you??

Although you think that'sfrustrating, you like Peter Parker and his aunt, not to mention that Peter is just about to graduate from high school, you can't let the future of young people be ruined for nothing.

Hesitantly, you take out your phone and click on the communication bar. After thinking about it for a long time, you decide to call Karen.

“Hello?”

“Uh, hi, Kaka. It’s me. I need you…” You heard a loud bang from Karen’s side.

“Karen,” It’s Matt. Your hands covered your mouth while you were holding your breath. You remembered that Mattew has the most sensitive hearing ability.

“Matt, what do you need?” You could feel Karen trying her best to calm her voice and breath.

“No, Tony Stark needs me to defend someone, I have to go.”

Wait, what? Tony Stark? Oh shit…

Your act moved faster than your brain. Hang out the call while you start to rub the circle on your temples.

Matt is another superhero, and Peter Parker is a superhero, so Tony Stark hiring him to defend Peter is reasonable.

Yes, so you don’t need to worry about them. You need to worry about yourself.

Matt will find you, and he’ll…what will he do to you?

He might move on already; his anger probably is gone when Elektra is back to him.

There’s nothing to worry about.

You are wrong. Totally wrong.

“Matt...Matt… please..ah!” The strong hands catch your inner thigh and pull you to him as he slams back into you. His tip kisses your cervix violently and brings you the hurt feeling from the body, and pleasure from your soul.

“Aww, you want to escape again, lamby? Nah, you can still try. Are you forget those warnings Karen gave to you?” The daredevil’s dark chuckle rings your ears.

You couldn’t figure out why things changed so quickly.

At the last second, you met Mattew Murdock and Parker Family in the hallway, he stepped forward to you.

“Can we talk please?” And you agreed, the next moment, you’d be fucked into the mattress as you’re underneath him. Your nails sank into his back as you cried out from your high.

“Stupid, sensitive, little lamb, too cockdrunk to remember those warnings, huh? Don’t worry, let me remind you, lamby.”

His pace slowed down but deep enough to make sure every hit, his tip could kiss and brush your cervix and the special spot. You open your mouth but couldn’t say anything, only moan drip out of your lips.

“ If you are going to hide, DON’T BE FOUND.”

“ You are my lamb, I’m a devil. If I catch you, then your body and soul would be mine.”

His pace started to sloppy, you can hear his groans and pant. he buried his face in your hair.

“I’m gonna cum, lamby. Want me to put a baby in your womb?”

“No..no, no no no, don’t do this!” He kisses your forehead

“I bet baby wouldn’t stop your leaving. Am I right?”

Your eyes meeting each other, his eyes full of adoration and regrets, you aren’t sure if that’s all your dream or reality.

“...Fuck, I love you, lamby!” He cried out while his cumming.

After you both cleaned up, you cuddle in your arms. His heartbeat is lulling you to sleep.

“I’m sorry, y/n.” His apologies froze the whole room, your body, and your heart.

His hands hold you tighter, and his left thumb slowly strokes your skin.

“I shouldn’t say those cruel and fake accusations to you. What I’ve said is not true. I’m sorry.”

You heard him saying how the hell life he lived when you were not on his side. The daredevil who lived inside always mocked his selfish and arrogant.

“I know I’m in no position to ask you to come back. But, I truly need you. We admired you and we want you. Could you give me a chance?”

The shaking and insecurity in his words sore your heart, you know you couldn’t move over him in your life. That’s why you have sex with him, you’ve made your decision.

“I thought it was just a silly crush, but it turned into more. I’m sorry, I know you don’t feel the same about me.”

He’s panic when he heard what you were saying

“No! no please don’t apologize. I love you, little lamb. I’d sacrifice myself to prove…”

“Matt.”

He stopped his rumbling, the sadness, fear, and sorrow filled his eyes.

Holding his cheeks in your hands, you take a deep breath.

“ Did Elektra still in our house?” He shoot his hand– and he realized.

“Your room now became my room now, I miss your sweet scent, little lamb.”

He smiled while his forehead against yours tenderly, his nose snuggling with yours.

“I was going to move to Quincy, I still want to. So when Peter’s case is finished, you can meet me there…Matty?”

You sensed his emotion is darken, he hovered over you again, and intense kisses dropped on your inner thighs.

“I’m jealous, lamby. I need to reclaim you. NOW.”

His growl made you laugh while shaking your head, your daredevil is such a baby.

Your Daredevil, your Mattew Murdock.

The End

A/N: @mattmurdockmylove I hope you could enjoy this🥺🥺😌😌💖💖

And dumblr stop changing my paragraphs 🤨🔪

#1000night masterlist #matt murdock x female chubby reader #matt murdock x reader

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eluvion · 1 year

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ANYWAY I FINALLY MADE IT

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[Image ID: A three circle venn diagram. One circle is labeled mattelektra, one is labeled shuake, and one is labeled rinezha.

The part of the mattelektra circle that does not intersect with either circle says, “IF THERE ARE 1000000 ELEKTRA FANS I AM ONE OF THEM IF THERE ARE 100000 ELEKTRA FANS I AM ONE OF THEM ETC ETC,” “ELEKTRA IS ALMOST NEVER ANALYZED AS HER OWN CHARACTER,” “CATHOLICISM,” and “BAD ASTROLOGY BY FLOWER FACE”. The part of the mattelektra circle that intersects with the shuake circle says, “VIGILANTES,” “ONE HALF OF THE SHIP KILLS,” “ONE HALF OF THE SHIP IS INVOLVED WITH LAW/LAW ENFORCEMENT,” “DIED AND CAME BACK WRONG,” and “HATED IN SHIPPING WARS”.

The part of the shuake circle the does not intersect with any other circle says, “GAY <3,” “MC HAS FRIENDS THAT DONT ALL DIE/ABANDON THEM,” “IF YOU SAY SHUAKE THREE TIMES IN A MIRROR I WILL APPEAR,” and “OUR LIGHT MAKES ME START SOBBING BC OF THEM.” The part of the shuake circle that intersects with the rinezha circle says, “ENEMIES TO LOVERS,” “REVENGE QUESTS,” “ONE HALF OF THE SHIP HAS TRIED/SUCCEEDED KILLING THE OTHER,” “PLANT SYMBOLISM,” and “THEY SAY KILL WHATS KILLING YOU AND NOW IM ALL ALONE”.

The part of the rinezha circle the does not intersect with any other circle says, “GETTING HIGH TO SUMMON GOD(S),” “MADE ME CRY AT A DEBATE TOURNAMENT,” “ACTUALLY. MADE ME CRY MULTIPLE TIMES AT DEBATE TOURNAMENTS,” and “‘OH BUT HISTORY MOVES IN SUCH CRUEL CIRCLES’ SCREAMS”. The part of the rinezha circle that intersects with the mattelektra circle says, “STRAIGHT COUPLE BUT BOTH OF THEM ARE QUEER,” “CHILD SOLDIERS,” “FIVE MINUTES OF LEVITY BEFORE EVERYTHING GOES TO SHIT,” “I SUPPORT WOMEN’S WRONGS <33,” and “THE WOMAN ULTIMATELY HAS NO NARRATIVE AGENCY (WHETHER OR NOT THAT’S THE POINT IS UP TO THE READER)”.

The part of the diagram where all three circles intersect says, “DOOMED BY THE NARRATIVE,” “AND THEY WERE FOILS OH MY GOD THEY WERE FOILS,” “IDEALIZES THE OTHER HALF OF THE SHIP,” “"COMMITS AN ATROCITY" OKAY BUT CONSIDER THAT I LOVE THEM”.

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#you ever think abt rinezha and cry #bc I do all the time #daredevil #i’ll reveal your true form #synthesis #mattelektra #the poppy war #rinezha #I apologize for my nonsense #one person will understand this entire diagram and that one person is my best friend kay

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Hi, i just want to say that I love this blog and also I may have aome helpful info.

New Elektra is Elektra Entertainment I believe. Last year sometime Elektra Entertainment merged with 300 Entertainment, forming 300 Elektra Entertainment. The merged labels are now more of a distributor. Warner owns a bunch of different labels including fueled by ramen which are sub labels of Elektra. The album might have just been put out with the umbrella label of Elektra instead of FBR if Elektra is the distributor. Idk.

I'm not sure if anyone else already commented but I figured I would share what I know in case anyone is really curious.

i suppose. parx in particular has a differently listed record label on the target site than other fbr artists (fall out boy's is just under fbr and not dcd2 and twenty one pilots' is under warner elektra atlantic) - iz

#i think it was the 'new' elektra term tripping me up bc i haven't really seen that being formally used in anything

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Chapter 30. In A New York Minute

New York City New York, November 15 2002

"...no I know... I know baby..." I say holding my cell phone to my ear as I stand in front of the floor length mirror in my hotel room trying to decide what to wear.

I had set up a gig for Damageplan in New York to have some record labels scout them for a potential deal. They had a few offers over the last couple of months but nothing that they felt were right for them, so I sent out a couple of invites to some independent labels and it seems that a representative from Elektra records got word on their gig tonight at Irving Plaza.

"Fuck, I can't fucking believe after everything, she'd fuckin' pull this shit. We were finally in a good place and then this..." Tommy says to me.

"I know baby," I say.

Tommy had to stay back home and meet with his lawyers about what to do with the custody lawsuit that Pam had served him with. When we came home after the Vegas Hard Rock Cafe and Casino opening, Pam had decided to stop visitation with Brandon and Dylan. We weren't even able to have the boys for Christmas which broke Tommy's heart, and mine too of course. It totally came out of nowhere. She's claiming that because of everything that has happened in the past between her and Tommy, along with accusations of him still doing drugs and partying, he's somehow not fit to have visitation for long periods of time.

It's absolutely insane. I have no idea where she got the idea to do this but it's completely uncalled for. Everything that she is claiming is a complete lie and it doesn't make sense given the fact that though her and I have only engaged with each other maybe a handful of times - most of the time when we're picking up the boys or if it's a drop off to our house, she has the nanny do it and pretends she isn't home - we've always been fine with each other. Like, we're definitely not friends but we're civil when it comes to Brandon and Dylan. She knows Tommy has been clean since '98 and yes he does have a few drinks here and there but it's never to the point where he's out of control and it's never around the boys.

"I fuckin' wish I could be there with you baby," He says so sweetly.

"I know, I wish you could be here too. It's weird here without you. I miss you," I say. It's the first time we've been apart since before we got married. I hate that we're apart. I know it's only been a few days so far but I miss him like crazy, and I hate that he has to meet with his lawyers alone.

"I miss you so fuckin' much. You're the only one that can keep me sane during all this shit. You're the only fuckin' thing that's good in my life, I swear," He pauses, then after a few moments he says, "Alright enough about my shit...how's everything going there?"

"Uh, well the gig is tonight and I'm so fucking nervous. There's a rep from Elektra records that somehow heard about the show and he's showing up tonight -"

"Really, who babe? Is it Tom?"

Tom Zuaut was the guy who originally signed Motley to Elektra back in '82 after he saw the guys play live and heard their To Fast For Love Album on their own label at the time, Leathur Records.

"I have no idea, I just know that there are a couple of labels interested in them and I'm freaking out," I say as I toss the shirt that I was holding onto the bed and pick up my plain black long sleeve dress, holding it to myself in the mirror trying to decide what would be better.

"Awe baby, don't freak out, you got this, you know you do," He says.

"Maybe... I don't know... I swear it feels like I have no idea what I'm doing," I say apprehensively as I glance at myself in the mirror doubting everything like I usually do. "And it doesn't help that I have no idea what to wear,"

"What are you wearing right now?" He asks.

"Nothing, just my bra and underwear," I say as I frustratingly toss the plain black dress back onto the bed and flip my smooth freshly straightened locks out of my face.

"The little black lacy ones?" He asks and I raise my eyebrow at him even though I know he can't see me.

"Tommy," I say firmly.

"What? Fuck I can't help it, I miss you god damn it," He says, his Californian accent coming though and I giggle. I then glance at the clock on the bedside table and realize I am now running late.

"Shit, I'm sorry baby I gotta go, I've got like a half hour to get ready and get over to the venue," I say sadly. I really didn't want to hang up with him. Fuck why can't he be here with me.

"Ok babe, it's ok... do what you gotta do,"

Once we hang up with each other after professing our love for each other once more, I set my phone down on the bed to try and figure out what to wear again, it buzzes with a text message.

TOMMY: I fuckin' love you so fuckin' much!

I smile to myself as I pick up my phone, then type,

ANDI: I love you so fuckin' much too, you have no idea, but I have a question...

TOMMY: What baby?

ANDI: Can you tell me what to wear cause I'm drawing a fucking blank here

TOMMY: 😂🤣

ANDI: No seriously, help me

TOMMY: Baby, you are gonna look so fuckin' hot no matter what you wear, stop stressin'

ANDI: Ok... I love you, I'll text in a bit

I then set my phone back down and stare at the clothing that I have strewn across the bed, then finally decide on going with my black lacy long sleeve mini dress, that barely covered my ass - or it felt like it anyways- which was slightly see through but not too bad, and my black Louis Vuitton pumps. I check myself in the mirror once more, feeling like I still look metal enough, with some sexiness thrown in there. I then grab my leather jacket, giving myself one last internal pep talk, grab my phone and head out the door.

***

Irving Plaza New York City, New York November 15 2002

I arrived at the venue a short while later, just as they were opening for the evening. As I head inside, I show my ID and pass, then I'm directed to the backstage area where all of the dressing rooms are. I make my way down the long fluorescent lit hallway, hearing music booming from a couple of the rooms. Once I approach the door with "Damageplan" labeled on the front, I slowly turn the knob and open the door, seeing everyone inside laughing and having fun.

"Andi! You made it darlin'" I hear Dime's booming voice over everyone as I make my way over to him by the mini bar.

"I did, can you believe it?" I smile at him and he laughs as he embraces me in a hug.

"Hey, sweetie," He says in that southern drawl as he holds me.

"Hey you, how are you? You good?"" I ask as we hold each other for a few more moments.

"I am fuckin' awesome sweetie, I can't fuckin' wait to get out there let me tell ya," He says happily as we let go of each other. I then greet Rita who was beside him and she embraces me in a hug as well.

"Where's T-bone?' Dime asks as he finishes making me a drink and hands it to me.

"He's at home... some stuff he had to take care of," I say.

"You guys ok?" Rita asks, concerned.

"Yes, yes of course," I say quickly. "Just some... personal shit" and I take a sip of my drink. It wasn't my place to explain what was actually going on and I thought it was best just to leave it at that.

We then catch up some more, after I greet the rest of the band, tearing Vinny away from some lovely ladies to say hello and we go over how soundcheck went, since I hadn't talked to Kat Brook, their tour manager yet. I then go over how there will be a few label reps out in the audience, not to put any pressure on them but just so that they know, I'm doing whatever I can to help them get a deal, and a good one at that. Then once we had all of the business aspects out of the way, we all continued to relax and have a good time with the drinks flowing and what not before they went on.

Dime, as sweet as he is, kept feeding me more Jack and Cokes. As soon as I finished one, he would immediately replace it with another telling me 'it's still only one drink.'

I fucking love him.

Once I was feeling good, not drunk but just buzzed, more people showed up in the dressing room, obviously mostly friends of Vinny and Dime, I suddenly saw an extremely familiar face walk through the door.

It was Kenny Hickey.

*** "I have never loved anyone in my life as much as I love you. I have never wanted anyone more than the way I want you. You are the best thing that has ever happened to me -

"Kenny - "

"I swear to fuck that I will never love anyone as much as I love you and I want you to marry me,"

"What?"

"I want you to marry me,"***

"Hey dude what's up," Dime says, breaking me out of my memory as Kenny walks over to us.

"Nothin' just heard you guys might get a record deal tonight, thought I'd see what's up," Kenny says in that Brooklyn accent of his as they embrace each other.

"Well as long as Andi here, does her job... it's gonna happen," Dime jokes, winking at me once they pull away from each other.

"Very funny," I giggle and tap him playfully on his chest and he laughs. I then glance at Kenny as he looks at me with such a sweet look on his face.

He looks exactly the same - except with the addition of a goatee which suited him really well - he still looks the same with his jet black hair passed his shoulders, wearing his leather jacket, a black button up shirt, black jeans and instead of those biker boots he used to wear he has now opted for black leather Doc Martens.

"Hey you," He says to me.

"Hey," I say with a sigh and a smile and after a couple of moments, he steps closer to me and embraces me in a hug. His embrace feels the same with the warmth of an old friend. His scent was even the same with that sweetness and musk that always made him smell so good.

"So... I guess it's been a while," Kenny says when he pulls away from me.

"Yea, I guess it has," I say.

"You uh, you look good," He says quickly glancing over me, then his dark eyes catch mine again.

"Thank you," I say, glancing down at myself. "You're not so bad yourself," I add, glancing back up at him.

"What, this old thing? Pffft, It's just a trick of the light. If you saw me outside you'd be like 'OH MY GOD what is this ugly thing standing beside me'?" He says exaggeratedly, his voice husky, which makes me laugh.

He really hasn't changed one bit.

"So you and Tommy Lee huh?"

"Yea," I say and he offers me a small smile.

"Yea, I can see that. I mean, he's a good guy, and maybe a little hyper, and could do without all that drama but - "

"Yea," I giggle.

"He's a good dude," Kenny says.

"Funny, you calling him hyper," I say remembering all the craziness between us at one time many years ago.

"Hey, I never said I wasn't at times, he just is like even more so," He chuckles and I laugh.

"You happy?" He asks.

"Yea.. yea I am," I say with a smile.

"I can tell, you just have this like different way about you or somethin'," He says sweetly. "It's good. It's good to see that,"

"Thank you," I smile at him and then after a few moments I say, "Well what about you? How are you?"

"Me? Pffft... still the same y'know... I mean, we're uh just finishing up recording and uh yea... I got married a couple of years ago, and have a couple of kids now..."

"Really? No way," I say happily.

"Yea, 2 girls. Megan just turned 6 and Aliyah is 5 months," Kenny chuckles with a smile.

"Awe, Kenny, that's amazing," I smile at him.

"Thank you," He smiles back at me.

"Uh, I should probably check on everything out there, see if any of the record label reps have shown up yet," I say, pushing my dark smooth locks behind my ear.

'Uh, yea, sure," Kenny says and I smile and gently touch his forearm, then step over to Dime, telling him the same thing. Dime then leans into me to embrace me in another hug, which makes me giggle.

We then let go of each other, and I finished my drink, and made my way through everyone, greeting anyone that I might have missed before. Once I am outside in the fluorescent hallway, I slowly walk down towards the backstage door, taking my phone out if my jacket pocket and checking some emails.

To be honest, it was weird. It was weird being in there with Kenny. We hadn't talked since I left him back on New Year's day in '95. I remember that feeling I felt when I broke his heart, and even though we've definitely moved on, he just brought up all those feelings of sadness and guilt. I never meant to hurt him. I just needed to get out of there.

After I gather myself, and take a deep breath, I open the backstage door and see the crowd that had gathered inside the venue. It was awesome to see just how fast the place had filled up. I wasn't sure who I would be looking for, but I was told to look out for a guy with a specific pass that he would be wearing. I made my way around the crowd sticking close to the wall of the main area, then the lights went down and the crowd began to cheer as the band climbed up on stage.

"Hey fuckers! How ya feeling tonight?" The crowd cheers as Patrick shouts into the mic. "Alright let's do this!!!!"

They immediately break into 'Breathing New Life', Vinny's drumming just crushing the entire place as the crowd goes insane. It was so cool to see everyone just going absolutely crazy. A mosh pit had already broken out with guys just slamming into each other.

As they play into the next few songs of their set, I watch from the sidelines, staying close to the wall, still scanning the crowd for the label reps. I then decide to make my way into the crowd, and I see an older gentleman with that special pass I was told about. I take in a deep breath, give myself one last internal pep talk, walk straight up to him and introduce myself with my charming sweetness that I'm known for.

"...right, right you're Mrs Lee?"

"Yes, yes I am," I say with a smile and extend my hand for him to shake.

"I'm Tom, Tom Zutaut from Elektra records,"

Oh my god, holy shit, how did...? Wait, what the fuck? I had no idea... Ok Andrea calm down, you got this.

"It's so good to finally meet you," I smile at him as he shakes my hand. I can't believe this is the same guy that signed Motley Crue, and it's even weirder that Tommy mentioned him earlier.

"You as well. So uh, you manage these guys huh?" He asks with a smile gesturing to the band as the loudness of Dime's guitar screams over the crowd.

"Yes, I do. I uh, did some temp work with Dime and Vinny years ago when they were in Pantera and uh, I used to manage - "

"Soundgarden right?"

"Yes," I giggle.

"I saw Soundgarden open for Guns N' Roses on the Use Your Illusion tour back in '92. Man, Chris Cornell is a powerhouse, and Guns N' Roses... now there's a band I'm kicking myself for," He chuckles.

"Well, I promise, you won't kick yourself if you sign Damageplan," I smile sweetly and he glances at me up and down for a moment, then looks back up at the band.

"So, you know why I'm here then?" He says with a smirk.

"Pretty much." I say, then suavley but firmly using my sweetness as best I could, I add "Look, I know you are interested in them, I mean just look at this fucking crowd. What band - an absolute balls to the wall metal band in this day and age can pull a crowd like this? I mean sure it's Dime and Vinny from Pantera, but it's Dime and Vinny from Pantera! You can just feel the fucking energy in this entire place. Now who wouldn't want that captured on a record?"

It was like I wasn't me. I suddenly switched on this whole other version of myself that was confident and determined, that knew her shit and knew that going with a major label would be amazing for Damageplan.

"Y'know, I've seen lots of women who have been involved with Tommy Lee, and let's face it, most of them were questionable... well aside from Heather. He's uh, definitely an impulsive guy - "

"Sorry, Mr. Zutaut with all do respect, this has nothing to do with my husband. Yes I manage him too, but this is my thing. I've been in this business since I was 18 years old. I know this shit inside out and backwards, and I know that if you don't sign these guys, you are going to regret it the same way you're still kicking yourself for passing on Guns N' Roses,"

He stands there in front of me as I keep my composure looking right at him, determined to make him understand that I don't need to rely on anyone to do me a favor just because of who I know or who I am married to.

Tom then gives me a smirk and with a chuckle says, "Well, now I see why he married you. You're definitely not like anyone he's ever been with,"

I keep my gaze locked to him and I could see the wheels turning in his mind. He glances back towards the band, then back at me.

"Alright, you got me," He says and extends his hand for me to shake.

Holy Shit! Holy Fucking Shit!

"Thank you," I smile sweetly, shaking his hand, then he offers me his business card and sets up a time to meet, and heads out of the main area to make a call to the label to set things in motion.

I turn back to the crowd just going insane and watching the guys up on stage doing their thing. I couldn't believe this was happening. I fucking got them a record deal. It's just so fucking crazy how I never thought that as an all out fan that I am of Dime and Vinny, how we ended up becoming friends and so close that they wanted me to be their manager, and now I got them deal. This just doesn't even seem real.

I then make my way back through the crowd, feeling so incredibly excited and I see Kenny on the far side near the backstage entrance. I couldn't help it, I needed to tell someone.

"We fuckin' did it!" I say excitedly when I reach him.

"Whoa, hey Andi - " He laughs.

"They got a deal, they got a fucking record deal!" I yelp excitedly and without even thinking about it I wrap my arms around his shoulders, embracing him in a hug and for a moment he hesitates, and then he wraps his one arm around me, while his other hand still holds his drink.

"Andi, that's amazing!" He laughs and after a few moments of us holding each other, I realize how weird this must be for him and as I pull away and look up at him, his arm still holds me, his dark eyes catching mine for just a moment.

"Uh, sorry, I shouldn't have... um" I trail off suddenly feeling like I was out of line.

"Andi, it's ok,"

"No, I should just... I need to..." I trail off again and then step away from his embrace.

"Andi!" Kenny calls for me as I flip my locks out of my face, quickly making my way to the backstage entrance. I open the door and step out into the hallway, the music echoing from the other side and I make my way down the hallway towards the dressing room.

"Andi...? Andi wait," Kenny says as the backstage door slams behind him and I turn around seeing him walk towards me. "Why'd you run away? It's just me," He chuckles as he stops in front of me.

"I know but like, we don't really know each other anymore, and I didn't mean to just jump onto you like that - "

"It's still me, I'm still the same guy, and you didn't jump on me -"

"I was just so excited and happy and Tommy isn't here and Lizzy isn't either so I didn't have anyone to share it with, and I didn't think about -"

"Andi, I said it's ok," Kenny says so sweetly to me as he stands in front of me with those same sweet dark eyes glancing over me.

"But it shouldn't be, you should still be mad at me or hate me for what I did," I say sadly, feeling the guilt creeping up after all these years.

"Andi I never hated you. Yea, you broke my heart but I never hated you. I loved you too much back then to hate you," He says and I bring myself to look into his eyes.

"I'm so fucking sorry, for everything, for leaving the way I did, for - "

"Andi stop, it's ok. I've long forgiven you for all that shit years ago. You do not need to carry around that guilt," He says, still looking into my eyes.

"Promise?" I say with a little chuckle.

"Yes," He says with a small smile and after a few moments he leans in and wraps his arms around me, embracing me and all I could feel was this incredible relief. Then he says "So are we friends now or what?"

"Yes Kenny, we're friends," I laugh.

*****

Malibu California, November 16 2002

"Delayed? Are you fuckin' serious?" Tommy says as I hold my cell to my ear.

"I'm sorry babe I know - " I say.

"Don't be sorry, it's not your fault, but like fuck... I just want you to come home so bad," He says and I could hear the frustration in his voice. But what he doesn't know is that my plane isn't actually delayed and I'm pulling up to our house right now.

"I know, I want to be home so bad, where I can just be with you, in our bed - "

"Oh baby don't start with that, you have no idea," He says, his voice now showing a different type of frustration and I giggle.

"I'll call you when I'm about to board ok?" I say as I glance at the cab driver through the rearview mirror, touching my finger to my lips to hush him before he can tell me the price of the fare. I quickly pay the cab and open the door, sliding out with my carry on bag and closing the door as quietly as I could hoping Tommy didn't hear the car door.

"You better, cause I'm gonna drive like a maniac to the airport to pick you up once you land," He says and I laugh as I make my way up the walkway to our house.

"I love you baby," I say as I open the door to our house.

"I love you too baby - uh, hold on a sec, I think I hear someone at the door..."

"You hear someone? Who?" I say with a sly smirk.

"What the fuck - ?" He says, hearing his voice in my cell phone and in the living room at the same time. He then appears in the doorway of the living room, the phone still to his ear, the natural light of the early afternoon sun making his nose ring sparkle and wearing nothing but just his red Adidas tear away track pants, showing off his impressive and gorgeous tattoos.

"No fuckin' way," He says and drops the phone to the floor as I drop my bag and he quickly rushes to me, lifting me up while I let out a squeal of laughter.

"Jeezus fuckin' Christ, I fuckin' missed you," He says excitedly through clenched teeth as I wrap my arms around him, his lips pressed to my neck, then my throat, to my earlobe, then my jawline, making me laugh and loving every second of it.

"I missed you too baby," I sigh, closing my eyes, threading my fingers through his thick dark locks and pressing my lips to his, devouring him, sucking his bottom lip. Then without wasting anymore time, he carries me over to the stairs

"Baby - " I say against his lips.

"Shhh no talk... sex... now," He says in between his kisses making me laugh as he carries me to our bedroom.

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no love for ned is back on the holiday train after ten years! tune into wlur at 8pm tonight for four hours of holiday hits. we'll be rebroadcasting the 2012 holiday show at 8pm followed by two hours of new holiday hits at 10pm. if you miss it tonight, don't fear as they'll both re-air (in reverse order) next friday!

last week was the annual 'best of twenty year ago' show. over the course of four hours we heard from over sixty different records released in 2002. if you enjoyed the show, you can also check out the previous six retrospective shows spotlighting 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996 and 1995.

no love for ned on wlur – december 9th, 2022 from 8pm-midnight

artist // track // album // label evil wiener // koo koo // evil wiener presents billy sugarfix's lost gumdrop kingdom // smith level tullycraft // twee // beat surf fun // magic marker dressy bessy // there's a girl // sound go round // kindercore luna // lovedust // romantica // jetset spoon // the way we get by // kill the moonlight // merge the guild league // jet set... go! // private transport // matinée the national splits // afternoon was tight // the national splits // kittridge dear nora // on to september // the new year ep // magic marker darren hanlon // hiccups // hello stranger // candle belle and sebastian // scooby driver // storytelling // matador bikeride // fakin' amnesia // morning macumba // hidden agenda masters of the hemisphere // anything, anything // protest a dark anniversary // kindercore the sinking ships // out of key harmony // out of key harmony // darla track star // feet first // lion destroyed the whole world // better looking esg // it’s not me // step off // soul jazz yo la tengo // nuclear war (version two) // nuclear war ep // matador the blow // jet ski accidents // bonus album // k ugly casanova // things i don't remember // sharpen your teeth // sub pop vermont // ballad of larry bird // calling albany // kindercore matt pond pa // measure three // the green fury // polyvinyl azure ray // the new year // burn and shiver // warm electronic aarktica // nostalgia = distortion // or you could just go through your whole life and be happy anyway (bliss out, volume eighteen) // darla sigur rós // vaka // ( ) // mca múm // green green grass of tunnel // finally we are no one // fat cat the notwist // one with the freaks // neon golden // domino family fodder // tender words // tender words ep // dark beloved cloud flin flon // chicoutimi // chicoutimi ep // teenbeat the capricorns // the new sound // in the zone // paroxysm the apples in stereo // rainfall // velocity of sound // spinart the flaming lips // fight test // yoshimi battles the pink robots // warner bros. of montreal // jennifer louise // aldhils arboretum // kindercore jason anderson // astronaut, astronaut! // something/everything! // k sleater-kinney // oh! // one beat // kill rock stars rhett miller // this is what i do // the instigator // elektra guided by voices // back to the lake // universal truths and cycles // matador elvis costello // forty-five // when i was cruel // island brendan benson // you're quiet // lapalco // startime the arrogants // the distance between us // nobody's cool ep // shelflife cinerama // careless // torino // manifesto saturday looks good to me // diary // love will find you // whistletap acid house kings // sunday morning // mondays are like tuesdays and tuesdays are like wednesdays // labrador the brunettes // holding hands, feeding ducks // holding hands, feeding ducks // lil' chief mirah // cold cold water // advisory committee // k destroyer // this night // this night // merge june panic // see(ing) double // baby’s breadth // secretly canadian doleful lions // surfside motel // out like a lamb // parasol unbunny // swans are fainting // black strawberries // two-ton santa julie doiron // all their broken hearts // heart and crime // jagjaguwar jeffrey lewis // the chelsea hotel oral sex song // the last time i did acid i went insane // rough trade little wings // look at what the light did now // light green leaves // k lambchop // the daily growl // is a woman // merge beck // guess i'm doing fine // sea change // dgc johnny cash // hurt // american iv: the man comes around // american richard buckner // born into giving it up // impasse // overcoat songs: ohia // blue factory flame // didn’t it rain // secretly canadian the mendoza line // the triple bill of shame // lost in revelry // misra okkervil river // westfall // don't fall in love with everyone you see // jagjaguwar the mountain goats // the best ever death metal band in denton // all hail west texas // emperor jones dqe // i'm your girl // i'm your girl // dark beloved cloud swearing at motorists // this flag signals goodbye // this flag signals goodbye // secretly canadian low // in the drugs // trust // kranky

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