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HEYYY!!! I’ve been reading you fanfics and there really good and I’ve been wondering if you can make a Colby x reader series were reader goes to a meet n greet and reader ask Sam and Colby if they can kiss her cheeks for a picture and Colby slips a note of his phone number into her back pocket . THANK U SOOO MUCH IF U DO THIS

I Like Your Tattoo

Colby Brock X Reader

Imagine on my fandom instagram?: No

Prompt?: No

Request?: Yes By: Anonymous above

Requested prompt?: No

Edited: Yes

Word count: 5,938

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You can listen to the story be read out loud here.

Post Date: December 16th, 2022

Post Time: 4:13 pm

Summary: Reader goes to a meet and greet to meet the boys she believes saved her life. Colby may or may not take a liking to her when she says her favorite quote is “________”. Then she lifts her sleeve to show them two tattoos she’s gotten. A tattoo of her favorite quote along with a quote from Colby “_____” which shocks him, making him fall head over heels for her.

ANote: I have never really been to a meet and greet, I have been to events where you stand in a long line and wait for an autograph, but never a full on meet and greet. So with that in mind please please just kinda go with me for this one. I plan to just write what I’ve heard and seen from friends as well as adding in my non real meet and greets.

Please refrain from stealing our work, thank you and please enjoy!!!

Y/n’s Pov:

I wake up to my alarm sound of Colby going off and groan before grabbing my phone. Instead of turning it off, I listen to it for a few minutes and I start to realize what today is. I finally turn it off as I look around the hotel room that I’m in as if in a daze.

A smile falls over my face and I grab a pillow shoving it to my face as I let a squeal out before throwing it back to the bed. Finally I get up and decide to start getting ready. I grab the shirt and pants that I had brought specifically for today.

I then grab my makeup bag and jewelry case before walking to the bathroom. I do a very simple makeup look, then change out of my pajamas and into my outfit for the day.

I put the nice tank top like shirt on:

before pulling the nice long sleeved shirt over the top:

Then I pull my sweatpants on:

I smile when I see my tattoo on my collarbone is on show. I quickly grab my sweatshirt and pull that over my head too now covering both tattoos in the process:

I smile when I deem myself fully ready. I quickly walk out of the bathroom and gather everything I’ll need for the day before heading out to my car.

I drive down to the shopping center where the meet and greet will be taking place. When I found out they were going to go to an OG meet and greet, I just had to get the tickets. So here I am, waiting to meet my saviors and I couldn’t be more excited, yet nervous all at the same time.

I quickly park my car and get out before heading to where the line should be. Slowly one by one, they let the small crowd of maybe a hundred to two hundred people through the doors of the small shopping center. Once inside, I smile as I see the big area that has all the merch.

I start to meander around and look at some of the merchandise. For a few minutes I look over the newest sweaters that they have out, but decide not to buy one. I walk a little ways more before finding the rings, I smile as I pick one up and slip it onto my finger.

“It looks good on you,” a voice speaks, making me look up to see who’s talking to me.

“Oh! Thank you!” I say in shock as I see Kat standing behind the table.

“You're welcome. You should get it. Colby designed it off of his own. Maybe if you have one, he’ll notice when you meet with him,” she sweetly tells me and I grin as I nod at her, making her laugh.

“Sorry. I must have shocked you. I didn’t mean to. I just came over to talk with the merchant about the possibility of stock running out,” she Expands and I nod again.

“No. Don’t worry, you didn’t shock me at all I- just wasn’t expecting to see you. I’m a huge fan,” I tell her and she smiles at me.

“Ahh. Ok. I can help you with buying that if you’d like?” she inquires as she points to the ring.

“Oh. Yes, please, if you could,” I agree as I slip the ring off and hand it to her.

“Of course. Let me go ask Sarah if she can ring it up,” she tells me as she takes the ring from me.

“Thank you!” I shout as she walks away, making her turn back to me.

“You're very welcome,” she says with a nod before turning around and leaving.

I stand there waiting for a while and soon it starts to warm up a little, so I take off my sweater before tying it around my waist. After it’s off I can breathe a little better and I find myself taking my long sleeve off too before lightly tying it around my waist as well. Just as I finish tying it around myself Kat walks back over with another girl making me look up at them.

“Hi! I’m Sarah. Kat tells me you’d like to buy this ring?” she asks as she holds it up for me to see and I nod.

Sarah hands me a card reader and I pay for the ring. Once I’m done paying Sarah hands me my receipt and I give her a small thankful smile. I then put my card along with the receipt away in my wallet. Last I put my wallet back in my crossbody bag before looking back up to Kat.

“Nice tattoos. Colby said that one,” Kat notifies me as she points to the quote on my collar bone.

“Yeah… it’s my favorite Colby quote. It’s one of the many quotes that saved my life. That’s why it’s on my collar bone. Close to the heart,” I tell Kat and she grins before someone comes up next to her, whispering something to her.

“Ok. I’ll be there in a sec,” she promises the person who nods before walking away.

“Ok. Well, apparently Sam needs me. It was nice meeting you…” she says as she turns to me and pauses.

“Y/n,” I provide my name for her and she nods.

“Well, y/n, it was really nice to meet you. You’ll have to tell me more about your tattoo later,” she tells me with a smile and I nod.

“Of course. It was nice meeting you too, Kat,” I agree with her and she smiles once more before turning around.

“Would you like me to wrap the ring for you?” Sarah proposes, making me shake my head as I take the ring and slide it back onto my finger.

“Nah, I think I’ll just wear it. Thank you for your help,” I inform her and she nods, smiling.

I then walk over to the little food cart that’s sitting just across from the merchandise table and get into the line. It takes a few minutes before I finally get up to it and order my food. I grab it from the person with a smile as well as a small ‘thank you’ before walking over to one of the small tables.

As I sit down, I look at the time and smile when I see it’s just about time for the boys to actually come out. I quickly open up the food from its packaging and eat it. I drink some water to wash it down and just as I’m finished eating, people start lining up where the line would be.

I smile as I get up and throw my garbage away before getting in line as well. I look at the people in front of me and realize I’m maybe only about twenty people away. As I wait, I slowly start to get antsy and drum lightly on my thigh.

The line moves slowly as one by one I get closer and closer. My nerves start to play with my head and my palms get sweaty the closer I get. Suddenly the twentyish people before me are now ten and I swallow when I catch a glimpse of the back of Colby’s head.

It then suddenly gets warmer and warmer as I get closer, now only about five people in front of me. Before I know it, I’m frozen at the front of the line as Colby turns around with a big smile on his face.

“Hi. What’s your name?” he asks me and I gulp, making him chuckle.

“You can come closer. We won’t bite,” Colby promises with a soft smile.

“Well actually he might, but I definitely won’t,” Sam jokes as Colby holds his hand out to me and walks me over.

“Sam! Ok… he’s right, I definitely do get bitey the more testy I get, but I promise you I won’t bite you,” Colby jokes and I smile at him as I laugh.

“Don’t worry, I don’t bite either,” I coyly respond and Colby lets out a loud laugh as he throws his head back.

“Now that we’ve all established none of us will bite, what's your name?” Sam queries just as the door to the left opens.

“Y/n! It’s so nice to see you again,” Kat beams as she walks over and pulls me into a hug.

“Oh, you know her?” Sam questions with a raised eyebrow and Kat nods as we pull back from our hug.

“We met at the merch table earlier. Bought that very ring she’s wearing now,” Kat explains as she points to the ring on my finger.

“Yeah. I told her how I really liked the design…” I enlighten them with a light blush as Colby grins.

“Hey. Is that a tattoo?” Colby asks, pointing at the tattoo on my arm and I grin, nodding.

“Can I read it?” he asks and I nod before he lightly grabs hold of my arm to look at it a little closer.

“The heart may be weak and sometimes it might give in, but I've learned that deep down there's a light that never goes out,"

~ Sora

Colby reads it out loud and slowly starts to grin. His eyes light up and Sam smirks.

“That’s from Kingdom Hearts. I believe Sora said it, didn’t he?” Colby playfully questions even though it’s clear he already knows he’s right and I nod, smiling at him.

“That he did. It’s my favorite quote from all the games. It has inspired me to never let my light go out. To let it shine no matter where or what I’m doing,” I explain and Colby seems to get excited.

“Mine is-” Colby starts to quote his favorite quote and I smile.

“Don’t assume that your dreams are just a fantasy,”

~Sora

Me and Colby quote it at the same time. He smiles as do, getting even more excited that I even knew that.

“How’d you know that was my favorite?” Colby asks and I roll my eyes.

“Umm, hello? Super fan. You said it back in your old Q&A video from Kansas,” I remind him, making his eyes widen as me and Sam laugh.

“That was so long ago!” Colby comments in shock and I giggle, nodding.

“How long have you played Kingdom Hearts?” he asks and I grin even more.

“Oh boy, you’ve got him started now…” Sam quips with an eye roll, making me and Kat laugh.

“Don’t worry, he can talk KH with me any day. I’ll gladly talk about all the cutscenes for hours as well as watch through them thousands of times,” I inform Sam and his eyes widen.

“Colby, brother, she's perfect for you,” Sam tells him as he pats him on the back and I blush.

“Well, I don’t know about that…” I shyly shake my head as both Sam and Kat nod like it’s an understatement.

“Honey. You definitely are. Saying you're perfect might be an overstatement because nobody's really perfect, but you really do seem to mesh right with Colby,” Kat agrees with Sam and I blush.

“Well, thank you, that's very nice of you to tell me. But if you ever wanna talk KH and have nobody else to talk to about it, just hit me up,” I confidently tell him with a soft smile and he nods excitedly.

“Also to answer your question, Colby, I’ve been playing since the first one came out back in 2002,” I explain and his eyes widen.

“You’ve been playing a lot longer than me then…” Colby trails off in astonishment and I smile, nodding my head.

“Yeah… me and my very much older Disney-loving cousin were absolutely obsessed with it the first time playing it. Stayed up all night, even at the age of four I was immersed in it,” I explain my past with a nostalgic tone and Colby smiles even bigger, if that’s even possible.

“I bet your parents were happy your cousin kept you up like that,” Sam jokes and I laugh, nodding my head.

“Oh, they did. I’ve been told many stories of how when he’d visit, we’d sneak downstairs to play and my parents were always furious the next morning,” I tell Sam and he laughs, giving a small ‘gold’ in response.

“That’s what made me the gamer I am today actually. If it weren’t for my cousins, I don’t think I’d be much into video games at all,” I inform and Sam smiles softly as he nods.

“Then I found out Colby liked the game and it just was so awesome to know one half of my favorite duo liked the same thing as me,” I tell them and Colby smiles at me.

“So how’d you find us?” Colby questions and I giggle.

“It’s actually a really funny story. So when you two first started out I had known of you, but didn’t really get into the fandom till like maybe 2016ish when I was losing all my will to live…” I explain, but trail off at the end, not wanting to ruin the mood.

“Awe, what happened at that time?” Sam asks and I smile softly.

“At that time I had just moved, didn't really have very many friends and was bullied a lot. By a lot I mean like a lot,” I expand as I playfully roll my eyes, making Sam chuckle.

“But then I found you guys and got more into your videos again. They made me laugh so hard. You guys gave me the will to push on. Not to mention all that you did with wanting to just make a difference,” I tell them with a grin and Colby smiles.

“Is it ok if we give you a hug?” Colby asks and I nod my head immediately.

“Definitely,” I agree with them, making them both smile.

Colby pulls me in first from the right and Sam comes closer from the left. They hug me for a moment and I just sink into the warm feeling they give off. I relax for what feels like only really a minute before being snapped out of the little taste of heaven.

“Now that’s too cute,” Kat comments with a grin as she pulls out her phone and snaps a picture.

After she takes the picture we pull apart and Sam notices my other tattoo. Colby walks over to the side with Kat for a moment and she nods before jogging off. Sam pokes the tattoo as he reads it, making me giggle.

“Hey! Colby said that one,” he comments and I smile, nodding.

“Yeah. It was one of the moments he inspired me,” I tell him with a soft smile.

“What’d I say?” Colby asks as he walks back over and I smile.

“Her other tattoo…” Sam tells him as he points it out on my collar bone.

“You think it's over, everyone important in your life has never stayed. Little do you know, I'll always be close by. Forever. And nothing will ever change that”

~Colby Brock

“Hey. I tweeted that,” Colby acknowledges after he reads it.

“Yeah. You didn’t know it, but that was a really bad day for me and you tweeted it just when I needed it… stopped me from a very bad choice…” I choke out as I flash back to the memory.

“Hey. Hey. It’s ok. I’m really glad I was able to stop that choice. You seem like someone I’d love having around,” Colby tells me as he rubs my back lightly and I smile softly at him while wiping just under my eye.

“Thank you. Not a lot of people have told me that,” I choke out and he frowns.

“Well, all the people that left you behind made a huge mistake,” Colby comments with a soft smile as his hand continues to lightly rub my lower back, making me relax faster than I ever have before.

“Sam, I sadly don’t have one from you. But I was wondering if before I leave, today you’d write one out for me?” I ask him as I turn to him and he gives me a shocked look.

“I mean, yeah. I can definitely do that,” he tells me in a choked tone and I smile softly at him again.

“Where’d Kat go?” Sam questions as he looks around for his girlfriend.

“Oh. Uh, she’s grabbing something from the back room for me,” Colby states as he looks away shyly and I giggle.

“Ok. Well in the meantime while she’s gone, do you wanna pose for official pictures?” Sam asks and Colby nods.

“Ok. Let’s do it,” I agree with a grin as Sam motions to the camera guy that we’re ready.

The camera guy stands up from his chair in the corner and walks over to us. He stops by the camera along with his whole setup that’s next to it.

“Ok. So when you do pose, I want you,” he explains pointing to me, "To be on that red line right there. Got it?” He points to the line and I look down at it.

“Yup. I got it,” I tell him with a nod before stepping on the spot.

“What poses do you wanna do?” Colby asks me and I grin.

“Can we do one with each and then one all together?” I ask and Sam and Colby both nod.

“Yeah. We can totally do that. Who do you wanna take a picture with first?” Sam asks and I shrug.

“I’m good with whoever. I love both of you so I don’t care,” I inform them and they both smile while looking at each other.

“Colby seems to want to go first, so I’ll let him,” Sam jokes with a chuckle and I smile, nodding as he steps off to the side for a moment.

“Ok. What pose?” Colby asks with a grin and I giggle, shaking my head.

“I don’t know. I only had one planned and that’s the one with both of you,” I inform him and he chuckles, rubbing his hands together which only makes me giggle more.

“Ok. How about just a hug? Or how about this…” Colby thinks out loud before trailing off.

He comes up behind me and wraps his arms around me from behind. I immediately relax into him and a soft grin falls over my lips as he laces our fingers together before laying them over my stomach. He then lays his head directly on my shoulder and smiles.

“This ok?” he asks and I only nod, not able to fully find my words.

“Y…y…yeah. It’s more than ok,” I tell him with a smile, making him grin.

“Ok. That’s the pose?” The camera guy asks, making both me and Colby nod in confirmation.

“Ok. On three then,” the camera guy tells us as he leans into the camera.

“One… two… three,” the camera guy shouts as he starts to take the pictures. He takes a few before standing back up fully.

“Ok. Good. Next pose?” he tells us and we smile, nodding.

Colby pulls away and I fight the urge to frown at the loss of his body heat. Sam walks over and gives Colby a funny look that makes me giggle before Colby walks off to the side now. As Colby stands off to the side, I can see Kat walk back, handing him something as they whisper back and forth.

“Ok. Do you have any idea on a pose for us?” Sam asks and I giggle, shaking my head again.

“Nope. Like I told Colby, I only had the one with all of us planned,” I inform, reiterating what I’d said before and he smiles, nodding.

“Ok. How about a piggy back ride?” Sam asks and my eyes widen.

“Is that good for your back after you broke it?” I ask him and he smiles.

“Yeah. I should be fine. It’s mostly all healed now,” he informs me as he pats his own back and I smile.

“Ok. If you’re ok with it,” I hesitantly agree and he smiles as he crouches down.

I hop onto his back and he wraps his hands around my legs. I smile as I wrap my arms around his neck and he smiles as he turns to the camera.

“That’s so cute!” Kat shouts out to us and we both turn to grin at her.

“Ok. Are you guys ready?” The camera guy asks, making us both nod.

“Ok. On three again,” he tells us as he once again leans down to the camera to take the pictures.

“Ok. Good. Now one or two all together, yeah?” he asks as he stands back up again.

“Hold on. Stay up there,” Colby tells us as I start to hop off Sam’s back and he comes over.

“Why?” I ask and Colby smirks.

“I’ve got another pose idea,” Colby informs us as he helps Sam make sure I’m not slipping.

“Ok…” both Sam and I agree with a few chuckles as Sam shrugs when I give him a questionable look.

Sam keeps me up on his back and Colby stands off to the side. Colby then nods to the camera guy, who smirks and nods.

“Ok. On three…” he tells us again before getting ready to take the picture.

“Y/n, look at me,” Colby tells me and I do as he tells me.

The camera flashes just as Colby pulls me down and gives me a light kiss. The camera flashes a few more times before Colby pulls away with a smile. I blush as I hop off Sam’s back, who smirks.

“I thought you guys only did show kisses?” I ask and Colby chuckles, shaking his head.

“Normally we do, but you're special,” Colby tells me, making me blush some more.

“Well thank you,” I say shyly and he smiles at me.

“Ok. Next pose?” The camera guy prompts and Colby grins.

“I have another idea if that’s ok. I actually have a few more,” Colby explains and I grin, nodding.

“I’m good with whatever,” I tell him and he grins before grabbing my hand.

“Ok. Sam, you stand in front of her,” Colby tells Sam, who nods and does as he tells him.

“Y/n, hug him from behind,” Colby tells me and I giggle as I reach up on my tiptoes while wrapping my arms around Sam’s neck.

“Ok. What now?” I ask and Colby smirks.

“This…” Colby trails off before he wraps his arms around my waist and cuddles close.

“Ok. Are you guys ready?” The camera guy asks and Colby nods at him.

“Ok. As all the other times, on three,” the camera guy tells us again before he leans down to the camera.

“Ok. Good! Two more poses, yes?” The camera guy questions as he stands back up straight and Colby nods as we all pull away.

“Ok. Last idea of mine,” Colby tells us, getting a nod from us.

“Sam, I want to just kinda join. Hug her from the side or back,” Colby tells him and he nods.

Colby then pulls me into a semi-hug, keeping a hold of my hand. He then leans his forehead to mine and I instinctively close my eyes to hide the tears that start to make way to my eyes. Sam then also grabs onto my hand and just hugs me from the side, leaning his head softly on my shoulder.

“Ok. Ready?” The camera guy asks and I feel Sam nod.

The camera guy takes a few shots of this pose.

“Ok. Good. Last pose?” he asks again as he stands up to look at us.

We all break apart and I open my eyes. Colby smiles softly at me as he rubs my arm lightly.

“Can you give us one minute, James?” Colby asks and James nods with a soft smile.

I wipe my eyes as more tears start to cascade down my cheeks and I shake my head. I see out of the corner of my eye as Sam walks over to Kat. She smiles as he walks over to her and they start to talk back and forth.

“Hey. You’re ok…” Colby whispers to me now that we’re somewhat alone, he pulls me into a hug and rubs my back.

“I’m sorry. I told myself I wasn’t going to cry today. That I’d be, like, super cool,” I tell him and Colby’s quick to start hushing me softly.

“Hey. No. It’s ok to cry. You're human. It happens,” Colby tells me as he continues to rub my back for a few minutes as I slowly start to calm down.

“Thank you,” I say with a smile at him and he nods.

“Of course,” he replies with his own grin.

“Ok. Are we ready now?” James questions when he sees us smiling.

“Yeah. I think we are,” Colby tells him as he side-eyes me and I nod at him.

“Ok. What pose was it you wanted to do?” Sam inquires as he rubs his hands together while walking back over after Colby had waved him over.

“I was thinking we could have me in the middle with both of you guys on my sides, hugging me and kissing my cheeks,” I tell them with a light blush, making them chuckle and nod.

“Yeah, we can do that,” Sam agrees with a smile and nod.

“Hold on a moment,” Colby tells us as he holds up a finger.

He then walks over to Kat and they whisper to one another for a few moments, before Kat pats him on the back. She gives him what seems like an encouraging smile and he hesitantly nods before walking back over to us.

“Ok. I’m ready now,” Colby informs and I smile softly at him.

Colby pulls me in from the left and Sam comes up hugging me on the right. I giggle as Colby gives my side a little tickle before they both kiss my cheek and I grin.

“Ok. On three, one last time,” James explains to us as he slightly bends to the camera again before taking a couple.

“Ok. Good. You’re all done,” James notifies us as he stands straight once again.

“Your pictures will be sent to your email,” he informs me and I nod, smiling at him.

“Thank you, James,” Sam speaks up with a nod at James.

James nods back before going back over to where he was previously sitting when I first walked up. Sam and Colby both pull away and again I have to fight a frown as I realize my time is up. Kat comes over and pulls her phone out.

“I’d like to hang out with you sometime, y/n. Do you think I could get your number?” Kat questions me as she holds out her phone to me.

“Yeah. Sure. I’d love that too,” I agree with Kat as I take her phone and put my number in.

“Well, I’ll text you soon,” she promises as she takes the phone back.

“Ok. I look forward to it,” I tell her with a grin before turning to Sam and Colby.

“Sam, can I get a quote from you?” I ask and he grins, nodding.

“Yeah. Kat, hon, do you have paper of some sort?” he asks her and she nods before pulling a small ripped up paper from her pocket.

She hands the paper and a pen to him and he grabs Colby by the arm before spinning him around. Colby rolls his eyes with a playful scoff as Sam uses his back to write it down. He quickly finishes writing before handing Kat the pen.

“Ok. Done,” Sam tells me as he hands me the paper and I look down at it as I read over it.

“You can't change the world but you can change how you see it,”

~Sam Golbach

“Awe, Sam… I love it. It’s definitely a good reminder,” I tell him with a smile and he shrugs as he puts his hands in his pockets.

“I know. It’s even good for me sometimes,” he agrees with me.

“Ok. Well before I go, can I get one more hug?” I ask the boys and they both smile, nodding.

I walk over to them and Sam pulls me into a hug first. He hugs me tight for a second and I hug him back just as tight.

“You got this. It may be bad some days, but just remember on those days that it’s all only temporary,” Sam whispers to me and I nod as I try to keep my tears at bay.

He pulls back from the hug and smiles softly at me before stepping off to the side. Colby grins as he steps up and pulls me into a hug.

“I promise you’ve got this. You're a great person and I’d really appreciate getting to know you. I know a lot of people have left you, but think of it this way. It’s not your loss, it’s theirs,” Colby informs me and I nod, hugging him a little closer.

“Thank you. Really, that means the world to me,” I whisper to him as I cuddle my face into his neck.

I cuddle into him just a little more and try to commit his smell to my vivid memory. After a few moments more, Colby pulls back and I fight the feeling that rises up inside me at the loss of his contact. I then turn to see Kat smiling at me with her arms open and I giggle, shaking my head.

“This really was a dream come true,” I tell them as I walk over and hug Kat as well.

“We loved meeting you, too,” Kat tells me with a grin as she pulls back.

“Well. I hope we meet again someday,” I admit as I start to walk back the way I had come.

“Don’t worry, we will. I’ll make it happen,” Kat promises and I smile at her.

“And I wholeheartedly believe you will,” I reply and she smiles at me.

I turn around and start walking out with a grin on my face. I turn back one last time to look at them and I catch Colby watching me. I turn back around and smile as I walk back to my car.

Once back at my car, I get in and let out a happy sigh. I sit in the driver's seat and just soak in what had just happened. I can’t help but let out a little happy squeal before calming down and turning on my favorite playlist.

As my music turns on, I grin as Skin starts to play and I giggle, shaking my head in slight disbelief. After starting my car, I pull out and start driving back to my hotel for the night. As I drive, I listen to my music and happily sing along the whole way back.

Before I know it, I’m walking back into my room and my smile still hasn’t gone away. I sigh again as I put my bag down before heading to the bathroom. Once in the bathroom, I decide to change back into my pajama pants and as I start to pull my pants off, I hear something like a crumpling sound.

In confusion, I put my hand in the pocket thinking it’s just my receipt from the ring, but then I remembered that I’d put it in my wallet. Still confused, I pull the small piece of paper out of my pocket and unfold it before reading over it.

“I would really like to hang out sometime :) I think you’re really beautiful. Text me? Maybe we can set up a time to meet up. (557)846-2694

~Colby

I stare at it for a moment in confusion before trying to figure out if it’s real. It’s only after a few minutes that I realize this is the paper that Kat had handed him earlier on. I let out a giggle of disbelief for a moment before snapping out of my shock.

I quickly race back out of the bathroom into my room and over to my purse. I roughly pull my phone from my purse and pull up a new text feature. It takes me a moment of staring at the phone before I think of what to say.

“Hi 😁. Thank you for the compliment ☺️. I would absolutely love to meet up somewhere. Just let me know when you’re free and what day 😊,” I reply and quickly hit send before I can second guess myself.

I then wait with baited breath for his response, and when it doesn’t come right away, I decide to find something else to do until it does. So I busy myself with drawing on my iPad and do that for a solid few hours before getting bored. I turn my iPad off and sigh before grinning and deciding to play on my PS4 for a bit.

I turn it on and the screen comes to life. I quickly toggle over to my games file and look through them. A smirk falls over my face when I see Kingdom Hearts and I make a split second decision to play it.

Just as I get to the first cut scene of Axel eating ice cream with Roxas, my phone goes off. I quickly pause the game and pick up my phone.

“Hey! Glad you messaged me 😁. I was a little nervous you wouldn’t. You’re very welcome for the compliment, it’s only true 😉. Cool. Would you possibly be free Friday night? 😌” I read over his reply and blush lightly before clicking on the type box.

“Yeah. I’m free Friday ☺️,” I reply and immediately his next message pops up.

“Well now you're not. I’m taking you to dinner 😉,” I read it before giggling and shaking my head.

“Ok. I’ll make sure it’s on my calendar 😉,” I reply and I can’t help but grin very wide as I see the three dots pop up.

“Great! So… what are you doing right now?” I read over it and giggle before a smirk falls over my face.

“I may or may not be playing KH right now…” I type out and send it and again the three dots immediately pop up.

“No way! Which one?” he asks and I giggle again.

“Yes way. Four. I just got it about a week ago,” I tell him and it’s like I can feel his excitement when I read over his next text.

“Dude. Four is awesome. How far are you into the game?” he asks and I laugh, shaking my head.

“Day eight, the cut scene of Axel and Roxas getting ice cream. I haven’t really had much time to play,” I reply and smile when the dots pop up again.

“I gotta go, but let’s talk more later,” Colby replies and I smile at the thought he wants to keep talking to me.

“Ok. I’ll see you Friday ☺️,” I say my goodbyes with a smile on my face.

“See you Friday 😉,” he replies and I blush when I see the winky emoji.

Once the last text comes through, I close my phone and pick my controller back up. I press play and continue to play, but find it hard to as I can’t help but think of the upcoming Friday. That’s how my day ends, me happy playing KH which thoughts of what’s to come.

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gentlebeardsbarngrill · 10 days

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04/14/2024 Daily OFMD Recap

TLDR; Cast & Crew Sightings; Ruibo, Samba, Vico; Watch Party Reminders; Fan Spotlight; Cast Cards; Our Flag Means Fanfiction; s1 script; Teal Oranges & Garlic Soup Week; Love Notes; Daily Darby / Tonight's Taika.

= Ruibo Qian =

Our Pirate Queen once again asks us to think some important questions of ourselves.

= Samba Cameo =

Some of our crewmates got another Cameo from Samba! This one was requested by The Bardflies! It's fantastic and full of Shakespeare!

Thank you so much The Bardflies for sharing this cameo! Source: Cameo

= Vico Ortiz =

Vico apparently has made some more changes to their Patreon and have updated their IG to let everyone know! Here's a link! Vico's patreon

== Watch Party Reminders! ==

== Flight Of the Conchords ==

Today we're on Season 1 Ep 11 and 12. Join @saveofmdcrewmates, and @iamadequate1 this week for Flight of the Conchords watch parties! You can watch each day at 4pm PT, 7 pm ET, 11pm BST! If you don't have access, feel free to join us on the #RhysDarbyFaction Discord server, you can hit me up for an invite.

Hashtags:

#FlagOfTheConchords

#OurFlagMeansDeath

== Fan Spotlight ==

== S1 Script Pics ==

Some of you may have noticed one of our crewmates posted several pictures of some of the original S1 script. Some juicy stuff in there if you're interested! Visit @amefuyuu's tumblr below :)

== Our Flag Means Fanfiction ==

Our crewmates over at Our Flag Means Fanfiction are giving away two Samba Cameo's! You can Enter by Following the IG Account. liking the post, and adding a comment tagging a friend who would appreciate a Cameo from Samba!

= Cast Cards =

I 100% did not realize that was Pete Gardner! That's awesome! Tonight is the Dutch Captain Cast Card by our darling @melvisik!

== Teal Oranges & Garlic Soup Week ==

FYI! Prompt release will happen on April 16th instead of 15th in consideration of Global Strike for Palestine Monday April 15th.

== Love Notes ==

Hey lovelies. I know it's been a crazy week or so... tax time, all the random sightings of Chaos Dad, WBD being a POS. I know a lot of you are hurting pretty bad right now, and not sure where to vent your frustrations.

Just remember that it's okay to step away, and it's okay to not engage with things you don't feel like you can stomach. It doesn't mean you're not allowed in that space, and it doesn't make you a bad person. You are allowed to shine as bright as you are, but you can also choose which places get to bask in that light. You are allowed to take up space. You are allowed to shine. You are allowed to find the places that your sunshine helps others to grow and vice versa.

We aren't all going to get along all the time, as much as I'd love the world to be in that kind of space to allow for it. We've all been hurt, and we've all been through things in this life that have made us no longer trust people and places. I hope that one day, along with this awesome crew we can make a better space for everyone, and even if not all of us can get along all the time, that all of us find our ways to people who we feel safe with.

Remember that you are so kind, and you are so worthy. Some days it doesn't feel like it. Some days others try to take that from you. But that's what you are. You are worthy of love, and safety, and you are so very beautiful. Remember the kindness in your heart, and try not to let folks snuff it out. I know it's there, and I believe in you.

I really hope you all get some rest tonight lovelies, or soon, you deserve a break. The world can be very hard, but you are the soft, bright ball of love it needs, don't forget that.

It's gonna be okay.

== Daily Darby / Tonight's Taika ==

Tonight's theme: Arms

Darby Gif courtesy of @fandomsmeantheworldtome

Taika Gif Courtesy of @mulder-isms

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dollywheeler · 10 months

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September 16th, 1996

Dear diary,

Nothing much happened today, but I felt like journalling so I'm just going to anyway.

During fourth period art, I tried to restart the art assignment with the adjustments I wanted to make. I'd practiced over the weekend, so the actual drawing of the hand and tear went very smoothly and I was happy with how it looked - even the fingers and nails - so I could just relax and listen to the music as I tried to work on the wallpaper. I don't remember if the wallpaper had a pattern, but the drawing would be too empty otherwise and I think it adds more depth and drama, and makes it more clear that it's a wall to begin with.

Plus, I found a picture in the basement of Mike and Will in Will's old bedroom, with its old boat and train wallpaper, so I wanted to incorporate that. It tells more of a story in my opinion, makes the drawing feel more juvenile or childish. Innocent. Simple fleur-de-lis or something similar would have been too old-fashioned and cliché. I like the childlike essence - especially because it comes from a childhood dream - and the added difficulty of consistently drawing the trains and ships. I've never drawn something like that before so it's a bit of challenge, but exciting nonetheless.

I was practicing the trains when Will, who'd been stalking through the classroom and talking to students that needed help or advice, stopped by my table.

"Hey!" he said with a bright voice, a sense of pleasant surprise in his tone. But it wasn't the drawing he was looking at, but my arm. "Where did you find that?

Realizing he was talking about my bracelet, I smiled and held it up for him to see better. "Oh, it's Nancy's. I found it in the basement."

He smiled but shook his head, reaching out to trace his fingers over the beads. "It's Mike's actually. We made it sometime in elementary school. I have the one Mike made me in an old shoe box somewhere. Pretty sure it's older than you are."

"Oh," I said, staring dumbly at the bracelet. It felt strange to be wearing it all of a sudden - both because it's Mike's, and it felt different being tied to him than Nancy, who at least tries to be a sister. And because it wouldn't surprise me if Mike cared more about this bracelet than me.

Mike has always been a sentimental person, hard to let go of things, though he doesn't seem to have the same problem when it comes to letting go of people. Will has always ranked higher on his list than me, because he was there first, which means this bracelet probably does too - both for having belonged to his life longer than I have, and because Will made it for him. And by virtue of it being a 'thing' rather than 'people', which makes it low maintenance.

"Sorry." I said, already scrambling to take it off. "I can give it back," I offered, but he chuckled and held up his hand to stop me.

"Nah, don't worry about it. I think it looks great on you." He said and sounded genuine. "Might have to hide it from Mike though as he'll probably fight you for it once he sees it."

At first my stomach dropped at the confirmation of my earlier thought, by someone who knows Mike better than me, but then the thought of hiding it from him, of denying him his bracelet, made me smile. Will's eyes gleamed as if he'd caught my train of thought, as if it was what he'd intended all along - their little secret, an enabled rebellion.

And yet, his expression fell more serious as he lowered his voice, reminding me that we were in a class full of people.

"May I ask, Holz? Why you're upset with him?"

"I'm not." I lied, because being upset means you care, and I won't give Mike the satisfaction. I'm not delusional enough not to notice that on some level I do, but it is the way it is. My only problem now is that he's putting my face in it every single day.

Will nodded though he didn't seem happy with my answer. I knew he wasn't going to let it go just quite yet, so I quickly redirected his attention by pulling out my drawing and asking if he could help me with the lighting.

Instead of reluctantly following my change of subject, as I'd expected him to do, he froze, staring at my drawing. He shook himself out of it in only a second, but I still caught it - a moment of recognition as his eyes slid over the charcoal. Which, now I think about it, was strange because I hadn't even added his wallpaper yet so it couldn't have been that.

He just looked at it for a moment before looking over at me - again that same look his mother had over the previous weekend, which was strangely uncanny. As if I was a child admiring bloodsplatter, unaware of the world, unaware of anything.

Will seemed more concerned than his mother had though, which was definitely an accomplishment, as he asked where I'd seen this. I thought it was a strange question - I've seen him drawing dragons before, surely he hadn't seen those in real life - but I just shrugged and explained the dream thing. He seemed more at ease after, though there was still this unnerved air to him, as if I'd just dodged a bullet.

He distractedly gave me some advice about the lighting - good advice, still, mind you - before leaving me to it and moving on to talk to Jessica Kernel. It was definitely strange, but I didn't have much time to ask anything else, anyway, because the bell rang, releasing us for lunch.

It was still on my mind when I got to our usual table, but Daniel joined us today and sat down next to me so it quickly left my thoughts after that. Jackson and Ben were with him, and for some reason Jackson immediately turned to me with this inquisitive look, sly as he asked about Mike. He sounded like he was trying to be subtle, but it was anything but - it was clear he'd singled me out to ask about this in particular.

He said something about seeing "your brother and Mr. Byers" - which is still weird btw, having people refer to them as such - at the supermarket over the weekend, and then mentioned Nadine seeing them arrive at school in the same car.

I didn't understand what he was getting at so I just shrugged and gave him a confused look for pointing out the obvious, making it clear I could tell he was trying to gossip and didn't approve. "Yeah, they live together. It's not a secret."

"They do?" Dylan asked, frowning as if it was a shame they hadn't found the loves of their lives yet. She's always been a romantic, so the thought of not having found your person at 25 sounds like torture to her. I can't say I disagree.

I explained they'd known each other for 20 years and that they were both single so it just made sense. I didn't mention that I'd had no stake in the conversation that preceded this idea, or that I actually had no idea what their reasoning was other than my own assumptions. Not their business, as it clearly isn't mine either.

When I looked at Jackson again, he'd seemed disappointed with the information he'd gained - it was definitely less intriguing or scandalous or whatever than he'd hoped. Honestly, I don't know why he would have been interested in the first place, what he'd thought to have discovered.

Good, because he is such an asshole sometimes that anything that doesn't go as he wants it to is probably the better option. I'm glad Daniel only hangs out with him because of basketball - I wouldn't have liked what it says about him if they'd actually been friends. Then again, if they were, I doubt I would have liked Daniel to begin with.

Daniel and I talked for the rest of lunch period and I can tell he's warming up to me. He takes more initiative and is more comfortable in conversation. Whenever we talk about something that interests him his eyes just light up and it's like he lets more of his personality show than he otherwise would. I really didn't think I could like him more than I already did, but he keeps surprising me. I never knew liking anyone could be so thrilling. It's like I'm always itching to learn more.

I'm thinking of going to the diner after school tomorrow so I can see him. I know he has to work, but I just like being in his presence, and if I have to do homework I might as well get something out of it.

Speaking of, I should probably get back to it.

Love, Holly

#holly wheeler #mike wheeler #the third wheeler #fanfic #stranger things #byler #will byers

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ikamigami · 22 days

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So because today is a gaming episode let's jump into yesterday's lore episode >:)

Sun's dream reflects his desires that he doesn't aknowledge that much due to him almost constantly ignoring his own needs and wants. Sun screams in his sleep even though his dream doesn't seem like something that could cause such reaction. But if we look at Sun's dream as his mind reminding him of things that he constantly ignores it makes sense for Sun to scream.

Because my head is filled with cotton for a week it's hard for me to focus on things so that's why I'm processing episodes in slow motion..

Anyway, I only now realized that characters that appeared in Sun's dream aren't there by coincidence. Even those weirder ones.

We had all of Sun and Moon enemies there - Eclipse, Bloodmoon, Ruin and Creator. It's obvious to why they were apologizing. Because all of them caused our boys some harm in one way or another.

Then we had Catnap, KC, Amanda and Banban. KC apologizing wasn't a surprise except from it being hilarious but still.. Catnap wasn't that weird either cause he showed up a couple of times. The most weird ones there were Amanda and Banban.

They have one thing in common though - they're all related to Sun's trauma. How, you may ask? Eclipse, Bloodmoon, Ruin and Creator are the most obvious ones. They all caused Sun's trauma. Creator by putting Sun and Moon in one body and giving Moon a kill code among other shitty things he did because he sees Sun and Moon as failures. Eclipse by threatening them and putting them in dangerous situations that could ended with them being dead and adding onto the abuse Old Moon inflicted on Sun. Bloodmoon by causing July 16th and killing innocents and by threatening Sun and mocking him. Ruin by kidnapping Sun and saying all those awful things to him and destroying the Daycare and remaking Bloodmoon and destroying creator's council with whole dimensions.

Catnap probably reminds Sun of how he lost it or maybe he reminds him of Old Moon or maybe he reminds him of all the dead children killed by Old Moon influenced by kill code. KC was an infamous kill code himself so he's one of the main causes of Sun's trauma when he was trying to stop Moon from killing innocents. When he had to fight the feeling of excruciating pain in order to prevent the killings.

Amanda was there probably because Sun still had psychotic episode and New Moon started being more aggressive then so she's a reminder of that. We could how much Sun was scared in that episode. And Banban - he apologized for taking kidneys which is a callback to when Banban showed up for the second time and he found meat hidden in Daycare's floor. Which definitely reminded Sun of July 16th incident which was one of the most traumatising events in Sun's life.

Sun's mind wants him to aknowledge his own trauma. And those apologies reflects that Sun felt deeply hurt by what they did to him. Moon represents Sun's want to forigve them. The fact that they're apologizing to Sun shows us that he believes deep down that they can change. And Sun deep down wants for them all to be family and friends.

His hesitation reflects how he is unsure if this is even possible for any of them or just simply anyone to apologize to him. Sun never ever asked for apology. He never said "it would be great if you apologized to me" or "I'm waiting for my apology". It's caused by trauma from Old Moon's abuse. Old Moon rarely apologized to Sun to the point that when New Moon or anyone else does that he is dumbfounded by this. After Old Moon hit Sun in Beta 10 he never expressed that he's deeply hurt by everything that others did to him. And he probably thinks that he has no right to ask for an apology. Because after all, he could've done more, he could've tried harder to help, to stop bad things from happening. It's all his fault so he can't ask for any apology.

Sun's mind tries to remind him that he's traumatised. How we know that Sun didn't aknowledge his trauma? He told Moon in yesterday's episode "I really doubt my psychological trauma would have done that weird dream". Are you kidding me, Sun? Of course it's your trauma that caused that weird dream! 😭

I'm glad that Moon keeps an eye on Sun cause Sun wouldn't survive on his own. Glad that Moon keeps track on those small details that raise the concern for Sun's well-being. Like for example Sun drinking alcohol daily which he shouldn't do when he suffers from mental disorder (I'll never shut up about it) or Sun drinking caffeine before sleep - depending on the amount of caffeine someone drinks it can worsen psychotic symptoms especially in schizophrenia or mood disorders such as bipolar disorder.

But there's something else that stood out to me in yesterday's episode. Moon said that he feels like he has to remind Sun to dry his pants. Did that happen before? Did Sun jump into the water and had to dry his pants before? How many times did that happen before? Sun forgetting to dry himself or just simply not doing it might mean that he doesn't take good care of himself. Cause maybe Sun forgets to do other things around himself and Moon has to remind him of that.

That's why I'm glad that Moon keeps an eye on Sun. New Moon really cares about Sun and tries his best to take care of Sun despite Sun not opening up about anything. I'm so proud of Moon 🥹

Though I wish that he could try to find a new more professional therapist for Sun cause Sun definitely needs help his family can't provide to him.

#sun and moon show #sams #sams sun #sun and moon show sun #sams moon #sun and moon show moon #sams eclipse #sams ruin #sams bloodmoon #sams creator #tw trauma #tw abuse

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nadianova · 10 months

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hopeless junction (my wrists)

my hands are hurting again and i cant hyperfixate on this game so its DEAD AND CANCELLED AND well not really but my plan to get this all completed before 16th for vncup are pretty much looking impossible now lmao.

as you may haev noticed i have not been working on trans goetia because i wanted to draw my attention towards something new and exciting and------

this has been it. its really a huge shame that i am the most motivated and most inspired artistically when i get to obsess over a project and just hammer it for day to night and repeat it next day but my hands will explode if i try to do that.

ive been putting like five hours each day into this all week and yesterday i just had to stop becaue my wrists just couldnt hit hte right keys lolll

i compiled all the screenshots ive posted here into one post for your viewing experience. theres a ton of more drawing in this game which no doubt is the reason why my hands are so exhausted now but i just really love drawing and having had the excuse to do so has made my brain feel good

i realize ive not really said anything about this game. its about these three girls who are on a week long special luxury trans continental train journey . ive always been fond of stories that take place in a locked situation, so no doubt il lhave more of those in the future.

but yes, things get weird, friends talking about sex, friends wanting to do sex, cute girls popping accidental boners, friends having a bit of a fight about sex. and i mean one girl ready to torch her life just to create as much chaos as possible. its the nice kind of stuff really

the progress in this game is pretty huge all things considered. in just a week i have a 20k word script and ive written all the events of the first 5 days and i only have hte climax of the story left to write now where things get violent and messy.

it truly is a miracle how much a person can get done with motivation in such a short time. feels liek in just a week ive gotten this game further than trans goetia. it is not a fair comparison since i am omitting all the blender time but still.

well, thats that ima go roll a d20 to decide if my hands will endure more gaymaking today or if im gonna keep resting

#hopeless junction #vndev #indiedev #renpy #gamedev #transgender #lgbt #literally putting the homo tags just casue i like the pwertty colors

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koheletgirl · 1 year

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The Moon in TDP

i started making this post because i was reading ttm and got confused wrt how moon phases work in the dragon prince universe. then tumblr deleted it, and now that i'm attempting to rewrite it i'm realizing that it's a pretty long post to make just to point out a mistake in some panels. so yeah the panels in ttm show the moon phases in the wrong direction but if you're interested in looking at the moon throughout tdp regardless then it's under the cut.

also i may or may not be convinced that their calendar isn't based on the moon, i'll explain a bit in the end

Alright so as we all know, the series starts on the night before the full moon. this is also when callum says he will be 15 in two months, keep that in mind for later. to keep this convenient for myself i'm going to count days the way jewish months work, i.e the new moon is the first of the month and the full moon is the 15th. so by this system, the night when rayla doesn't kill marcus is the 14th (of whatever month). this, as i learned, does not mean that they count the days of the month according to the moon. but for now we are.

the eventful night that kicks off the events of the series is, of course, a full moon.

the next time we see the moon is in the next episode, after the encounter with amaya at the banther lodge. this episode takes place on the next day, the 16th as far as we're concerned. the moon now is at a waning gibbous, which leads to the conclusion that they are in the northern hemisphere (this is all under the assumption that their world operates the same way earth does).

for reference:

so, from now on i will be referring to the moon phases as they are seen in the northern hemisphere.

the next time the moon makes an appearance is in episode 9, at the cursed caldera. it is now close to its last quarter. date-wise i would say this is the 21st based on the moon's appearance, which callum confirms in the next episode when he says it has been a week since they left katolis.

we are now on season 2, at the moon nexus, and the moon is at its last quarter.

and here is the moon again in episode 2, between its last quarter and a waning crescent. also i really just wanted to look at the moon nexus

here is bait with the moon in episode 7, and again when callum and rayla cross the moonstone path, at a waning crescent nearing its end.

the next time we see the moon again we're in the midnight desert, and it's a waxing crescent. looking at it, i would say this is the 5th-6th of the following month.

interestingly, the moon doesn't appear again until we're at the storm spire, and it's full. which suggests it had taken rayla and callum approximately 10 days to travel there from the midnight desert. it also marks one month since the events of the first episode.

(the d is silent)

and here is the final moon appearance in tdp, the day after.

now we get to ttm, in which rayla very conveniently tells us the new moon is 3 days away. this puts us in the 27th-28th of this month, two weeks (more or less) since the events of the finale. phoe-phoe is reborn on the night of the new moon. callum comes up with the plan to open the portal on the full moon, and this is where the aforementioned mistake happens - the panels show the moon phases in the wrong direction (unless the moon nexus was somehow transported to the southern hemisphere).

anyhow, we get to the full moon. bad things happen. and rayla leaves.

on the night of the full moon.

two months after the events of the first episode.

on callum's birthday.

this fact was confirmed on reddit back in 2020, and then again in the season 4 premiere. interestingly though, callum's birthday in the season 4 premiere is very clearly not on a full moon. it's a waxing gibbous, a day or few before the full moon.

so what does this mean? a few options:

the calendar in tdp is not based on the moon. like the gregorian calendar, for instance - today (october 29th) is the 4th day since the new moon, which means the moon is at a waxing crescent. this doesn't mean it will look the same way on october 29th next year. i found it confusing, because they only seem to talk about the passage of time on the show in terms of moon phases, but who knows. this theory is also supported by something claudia says in the s4 premiere - "to be clear it's 30 days. just so you don't think it's a 31 day month." months in lunar (and lunisolar) calendars are either 29 or 30 days, as opposed to 30 or 31. (and thank you @bisexualkingdavid for pointing this out)

moonshadow elves do count the days of the month according to the moon (as evidenced by rayla saying the new moon is in 3 days), but katolis doesn't.

there isn't a consistent lore and i'm reading too much into it (seems unlikely given the nature of the show).

so. this was me being productive with my time. hopefully some of you found this interesting, and if not, well i had fun. and maybe this will get cleared up in future episodes.

#this is. very shoshcore of me #also ty shosh for helping me with this #id in alt text #tdp #the dragon prince #i did it. i remade the post. are you proud #🤎

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vindieselsfacebook-blog · 1 year

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Meaning/references behind every Gilmore Girls episode title - Season 1

Hi friends! In today's edition of I'm avoiding work and obsessing because I'm banned from rewatching until September (self-inflicted), I wanted to share my latest deep-dive project: making a clear, concise list of the meanings and references behind each episode title. I'm going season-by-season and filling in references when I catch them.

Some titles (especially in season 1) are quite obvious and literal, but many are clever references that emphasize themes and symbolism happening in the plot or character relationships. I like trying to figure them all out and wanted to share in case I have some wrong or people have caught references I've missed or didn't know writers may have spoken about, etc. ASP has such a deep well of pop culture knowledge, I enjoy mining it.

Masterlist: Season 1 Season 2, Part 1 Season 2, Part 2 Season 3, Part 1 Season 3, Part 2

My notes: - As always, please correct anything I've gotten wrong and share your own insight! - Many of these notes are pulled from and/or learned via annotatedgilmoregirls.com - an absolute icon! I claim no author originality. I'm just the one to compile/edit them. :) - So many of these seem deceptively straightforward... I'm almost convinced there must be sneaky references I'm missing with Kill Me Now, Forgiveness and Stuff and Christopher Returns especially... - This was the first time I realized the exact reference in Concert Interruptus and it's hilarious. I love when they get a little naughty/cheeky. - Looove the contrast between the happenings in Star Crossed Lovers and Other Strangers vs. S6's Written in the Stars. :')

Season 1

Pilot A “pilot” is a test episode for an intended TV series, an early step in series development, much like pilot studies serve as precursors to the start of larger activity.

The Lorelais' First Day at Chilton Lorelai and Rory both deal with Rory’s first day at her new school.

Kill Me Now "Kill me now" is a relatively common, ironic/humorous response to bad news or to a situation that the sender considers so bad that they would rather die than endure it. Likely how Lorelai feels about the idea of Rory’s golf date with Richard.

The Deer Hunters The title references The Deer Hunter (a 1978 war drama film co-written and directed by Michael Cimino about a trio of Slavic-American steelworkers whose lives were upended after fighting in the Vietnam War) as a joke about the deer hitting Rory’s car on her way to school.

Cinnamon's Wake Cinnamon is the name of Babette’s cat. A wake is a watch or vigil held beside the body of someone who has died. Possibly also a reference to the book Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce (an experimental novel with a reputation as one of the most difficult works of fiction in the Western canon due to its linguistic experiments, stream of consciousness writing style, literary allusions, free dream associations, and abandonment of narrative conventions).

Rory's Birthday Parties Rory has both a party thrown by her grandparents and a party thrown by her mother for her 16th birthday.

Kiss and Tell A common colloquialism referring to Rory’s first kiss with Dean. Possibly a reference to Kiss and Tell, a 1945 American comedy film starring a teenaged Shirley Temple. In the film, two girls cause their respective parents trouble when they start to become interested in boys. The plot interestingly involves an impulsive, secret elopement and accidental pregnancy drama.

Love and War and Snow Perhaps a reference to ”All is fair in love and war", a common proverb attributed to John Lyly's Euphues. “Love” referring to Lorelai’s blossoming romance with Max, “War” referring to the Revolutionary War reenactors and “Snow” of course refers to our first introduction to Lorelai’s love of snow and her insistence that good/important things have always happened to her on the first snow of the year - a theme that repeats throughout the series.

Rory's Dance Rory takes Dean to her first high school dance.

Forgiveness and Stuff This episode deals with multiple themes of forgiveness - Lorelai forgiving Rory for staying out all night with Dean, Emily and Lorelai forgiving each other for their fight about Rory and Lorelai being uninvited to the Christmas party, Lorelai forgiving Dean, and Lorelai dealing with lingering issues with Richard and how he raised her, perhaps forgiving him in a way.

Paris is Burning Paris Is Burning is an iconic 1990 documentary film directed by Jennie Livingston chronicling the ball culture of New York City and the African-American, Latino, gay, and transgender communities involved in it in the 1980s. This is the first episode where Paris gets a more humanizing backstory and causes trouble by outing Lorelai and Max’s relationship to distract from her own issues.

Double Date A common term for a date where two different couples go out together.

Concert Interruptus The title is a play on “coitus interruptus”, the technical term for the pull-out method of birth control. In the same way, The Bangles concert in the episode is interrupted when Madeline and Louise withdraw or “pull out” of the proceedings.

That Damn Donna Reed The Donna Reed Show is an American sitcom which aired on ABC from 1958-1966 starring Donna Reed as middle-class housewife Donna Stone. Although it was the first sitcom to focus on the mother as the central figure in a domestic comedy and paved the way for female-focused TV, it was commonly critiqued by feminists in the 1970s as presenting an idealized view of domesticity.

Christopher Returns This episode marks Christopher’s first visit to Stars Hollow and his seemingly first big return to Lorelai and Rory’s lives, much to the chagrin of every sane fan.

Star Crossed Lovers and Other Strangers In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare refers to the main characters as “star cross’d lovers”, meaning that their relationship is destined to fail no matter how hard they try. The phrase comes from astrology, meaning that the stars are working against them. The title is also a reference to the 1970 comedy film Lovers and Other Strangers, in which a couple’s upcoming wedding shines a spotlight on the marriage problems of their family members. “Star crossed lovers” can refer to multiple relationships facing troubles in this episode - Rory and Dean, Luke and Rachel, Lorelai and Max, Lorelai and Chase (the weird guy her parents try to set her up with), and of course, the lovers in the story behind the Founders Firelight Festival. This is especially endearing when you remember that, in contrast, the episode in season 6 when Luke and Lorelai go on their first date is titled “Written in the Stars”.

The Break Up: Part 2 This episode is the first to pick up exactly where the previous episode left off (Rory running home to Lorelai’s arms post-break up with Dean) in a kind of to-be-continued way, explaining the “: Part 2” in the title. There is also an episode of the classic 1970s sitcom The Jeffersons titled The Break Up: Part 2 where the Jefferson and the Willis families debate about getting Lionel and Jenny back together and George accidentally sets his son up with a sex worker. Perhaps a stretch to think it could be a reference, but ASP is a big sitcom nerd so it’s not out of the realm of possibility.

The Third Lorelai We are introduced to Richard’s mother, Lorelai “Trix” Gilmore; Lorelai’s namesake and therefore the third Lorelai in the Gilmore family.

Emily in Wonderland The title is a reference to the children’s book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland. It’s an analogy for Emily finding Stars Hollow just as peculiar as Alice found the nonsensical Wonderland.

P.S. I Lo… The title references either (or both) the popular 1934 song PS I Love You, written by Johnny Mercer (recorded many times throughout the years by Rudy Vallée, Bette Midler, Bob Dylan, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra and more) or The Beatles’ 1962 song of the same name, the B-side to their debut single Love Me Do. The title also suggests not being able to bring yourself to fully say “I love you” and both Lorelai and Rory deal with their individual commitment issues - Lorelai struggling to commit to Max and Rory regretting not being able to tell Dean she loves him.

Love, Daisies and Troubadours The title refers to the ongoing plot points weaving together and coming to a head in the finale of season one. Lorelai, Rory, and Luke are all struggling with love - what it means to them, committing to it, and figuring out how to express it, which is what the town troubadour has come to represent (according to Rory) as he faces his first rival in the town. Rory reunites with Dean and finally is able to say “I love you”. Max sticks a bandaid on his floundering relationship with Lorelai with the romantic gesture of 1000 yellow daisies. Daisies can symbolize love, fertility/motherhood, and the return of someone’s affections, while the yellow color is cheerful, vibrant, and a sign of being quick-witted.

#gilmore girls #my gg brainworms #lorelai gilmore #rory gilmore #luke danes #paris geller #javajunkie #gilmore girls season 1 #gg episode titles explained

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I don't know why but I felt like talking a bit about this today so yeah, anyway, my dad's dead. He died last year on the 10th of December, and since some of you may know already that I'm a Christian, it hit extremely hard because Christmas was around the corner. For some context, my mom, my sisters, and I are living in the capital whereas my dad was living in a smaller city. We used to all live in said smaller city but because we were looking for more opportunities we moved to the capital. We moved at the end of May (after graduation) and my dad stayed with us in the capital for some weeks. He had to go back because he hadn't found a job in the capital yet, and there were other issues that I can't talk about here cause it's personal information. Moving on, my dad eventually found a job here and was planning to move on the 16th of December. As I said already, he died on the 10th, he had a heart attack. Me, my mom and my sisters had just gone home from Church. When my uncles, aunts, and other family members heard the news, they were rightfully devastated, but my grandma felt even more heartbroken, which I completely understand cause I mean, that's her eldest son. She cried for weeks, and to this day she still cries about it a lot. Again, I understand her. Now, what I wanted to talk about is one thing, which is the dreams that I and a few family members have got/been getting ever since his death. First of all, I know that we all have different opinions regarding dreams, so I just wanna make it clear that if you don't agree with how we as people who believe in the Bible believe dreams as messages from God or some sort of closure, feel free to leave this post. I hope that's clear.

So, the first dream I wanna talk about is mine. I was the first person to have a dream after the death, it was the night of the incident. I had a dream that I was in me and my sister's bedroom but for some reason, it was set like a funeral home. So basically, it was our bedroom but there was my dad's casket and people dressed in black and white crying and stuff. I guess in the dream I had just arrived at the so-called "funeral home" so my uncle led me to my dad. I saw his dead body for a moment when all of a sudden, he opened his eyes, sat up, and glanced around. Then he said, "You guys actually believed I died?" (He said it in our country's language but I'm just gonna type it in English.) Everyone cheered and laughed and smiled and I just stood there happily. Then all of a sudden, I felt the urge to get out of the funeral home/bedroom. I opened the door and outside was the second floor of my house, A.K.A where our bedroom is in IRL. I didn't know it was a dream yet, so I just walked downstairs. Downstairs, it was what I presumed to be my older family members (the elderly ones) standing with no emotion. They made way for me to walk so it was like walking in a hallway, but except for walls it was just my family members. I realized how off everything was and realized it was a dream. I immediately woke up and I saw my sister getting ready to take a shower early in the morning. We had to get ready quickly because we needed to be at the funeral home before 10 AM. I told my mom about the dream later that day and I couldn't help but start crying. She only told me, "It's okay, sweetie."

The second dream is my little sister's dream. To make things not so confusing, I'm gonna make it clear that I have two sisters. One older, the other younger. So about the dream, my little sister had this dream a few weeks after my dad's death. I'm not sure since she didn't tell me the dream, my mom did. In the dream, she was in our living room. My mom didn't state what my little sister was doing but she did tell me what she saw in the dream. It was my dad and my late dog, Bobo. Bobo died last year less than 6 months before my dad did. He was petting Bobo and he told my little sister, "I love you." It's a really sweet dream. I guess it also made a lot of sense that she had a dream like that because other than her bubbliness and innocence, out of the three of us my little sister was the most affectionate with my dad. She would hug him, kiss him on the cheek, sleep with him (even though she always complained about his snores), and chat with him from time to time. After she had that dream she was no longer showing any kind of sadness. I suppose that dream was closure.

The next one is my older sister's dream. For some context, my older sister is not the affectionate type, not at all. My dad still loved her dearly, and I'm sure she does too, but my goodness is she horrible at showing it. She's your quintessential rebellious teenage oldest child. She never picks up her family's calls, shrugs when my parents ask her anything, gets pissed at me and my little sister easily, and is always on her phone. But hey, love her! In her dream, she was at school I think. Dad was picking her up. I don't know how but knew deep down that it was all a dream. She then told my dad, "I don't want you to leave me." My dad hugged her and told her, "I love you," just like how he told the same thing to my little sister in her dream. She, just like I did, cried while telling the dream. A few weeks ago, she still cried because of the grief. But now, there are no more tears. So yeah, I guess that dream was also closure.

Now the next one is my mom's dream. My mom is a strong woman, truly, a STRONG woman. She had lost both her parents and now her husband, yet she still managed to console me and my sisters, and also my family. She always reminds us that God loves us and that it is for the best. In her dream, she was in an empty white room with only her and my dad. I forgot what he said in the dream, she only told me the dream once and it was a few weeks ago so I don't really remember. But after whatever he said, she just replied with, "But you already have a death certificate," showing how she has fully accepted his death (I had chills when she told me that). He walked closer to her and hugged her. I'm not sure if he said "I love you" or not, but it's still so sweet. Talking about this dream must've touched her because the smile on her face was everything, it was genuine. She was happy.

The next dream is kind of sad, kind of happy, I don't know. It's my grandma's dream. This dream is bittersweet to me because even though nothing particularly sad happened in it, she was clearly a little upset since of course, it's her son who died and she had a dream about it. I'm sure a lot of people might feel sad about something like that. Anyway, in the dream she was laying on her bed. She moved to her side and she saw my dad. She was shocked and she knew it was a dream, but then my dad woke up. He talked to her and started a normal conversation. It was like he was visiting (because when he visits he sometimes sleeps with my grandma and my 6 year old cousin in their bedroom) and they had just woken up in the morning. He talked about mundane things and my grandma just had a conversation with him like it was a casual Sunday, even though it obviously wasn't. She enjoyed talking with him, even though she wasn't for real talking with him. She felt happy to be given a chance to chat with him again and having conversation like a mother and son would. The topic of conversation that my grandma really remembered from the dream was when my dad brought up his friend, Victor. It was a little odd because A, my dad wasn't really close with Victor. B, Victor is dead as well, may he rest in peace. She didn't say anything about it though, and they just talked until she woke up. I don't know how she feels about the dream now, but I hope it comforted her in some way.

The last dream on the list is what I and my family think to be the most important dream, which is my aunt's dream. My aunt told us about this dream at the funeral home before the burial, she had this dream a few days before my dad's death. In the dream, she was in a white room and she saw my grandpa, may he rest in peace. She saw him holding a baby but she couldn't see its face. Nothing happened, and she woke up. When she told this dream, she laughed and joked about how what if my grandpa moved on from my grandma and started a new family in heaven? Everyone took the joke and were laughing about it, it cheered a lot of people up. My mom was there too, and she wasn't laughing. Yeah, she was smiling, but then she thought about it. So for those who don't know, when a Christian or a God-believer in general dies, we usually refer to it as being "reborn." In that dream, my aunt saw my grandpa, who is my dad's dad, holding a baby. My mom connected the dots and concluded that the baby he was holding was my dad. She realized it might not have been a dream only, but a vision, a sign from God. She wasted no time and shared her thoughts with everyone else. Everyone started getting goosebumps and my aunt was surprised. All the laughter turned into silence as everyone started taking it in. It was an odd feeling for sure, but there was some sort of gratefulness to know that my dad's happily at peace in Heaven with his loved ones. Afterward, there were some tears, not out of sadness, but from the sheer fact that the people we love who have died are close to The Lord now, literally.

Okay, yeah, that's all. I'm not sure about the conclusion of this post, but all I'm gonna say is I'm fine now. It was one heck of a rollercoaster, but I believe God will always protect me. Stay safe and healthy everyone, bye ❤️

#real life events #tw death #story time

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nachtyr-haus-comics · 11 months

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Hello! I stumbled upon your text post about a fan comic / doujinshi with focus on Matt, Mello and Near that you're making and want to release this summer. I know it's almost summer now, but your project made me excited! So I just wanted to send an ask wondering if you're still looking for artists, and if so then I would be interested #^__^# c I post my art her on tumblr at @maskrosfe but I've also made 3 death note fancomics posted on https://peppar.itch.io/ *nods* I hope your project goes great, it would be so nice to see it finished ( i loove these kids <3) // Peppar

Thank you for your interest in the project 🩷 Yes, I'm still looking for artists! Also, I realized I never made a change to the post in question. Earlier this year I decided on a new release date of May 16th, 2025, exactly two years from today! (This new release date is reflected in my pinned post, too.) Send me a DM please and we can get to work!

#death note #deathnote #matt #mello #near #death note rewrite doujinshi #looking for artists #ask

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redreadredemption · 2 years

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OK ITS HERE! THE PART OF DRACULA THAT INFLUENCED MY ENTIRE PERSONALITY!

If you don’t know what I’m talking about, check your email. Read Jonathan’s entry for May 16th, and then come back. I absolutely refuse to spoil it for anyone.

Spoilers ahead

Long story short, when I was 14, I read the line “yes, I too can love” and it DESTROYED me. I still thought that I was cishet at the time, so I don’t look for queer subtext the way that I do now, and I had a full on crisis because I thought that I was misinterpreting the scene. Surely it was just… male friendship? Maybe saying “I love you” to your homies was more acceptable back then?

I still have the copy of Dracula that I annotated at the time, so I have a pretty good idea of what was going through my head at the time (the yellow post it’s are from about 6 months ago when I was looking through my notes and decided to write down my reactions to my reactions. I don’t know why I did that but they’re funny sometimes so I left them. I’ve got no clue when I put the pink post it there)

So anyway, once I finished drawing Lenny faces, I looked up “Dracula LGBT” and very quickly found hundreds of thousands of articles and essays breaking down just how fucking gay this book is. And I read a lot of them. I started reading other short stories about vampires that the authors talked about and somehow took at least another 6 months to realize that I’m queer after going on more than one rant to the people in my life about Carmilla because did you know that they kiss in that one? Laura and Carmilla kiss each other in a book written in the 1870s, did you know that? Carmilla is supposed to be a villain but she’s sooooo romantic, let me read you a passage, but oh no I’m not gay I’m just really fascinated by the history. I’m straight.

If it is not flagrantly obvious, I am not cishet. The time it took me to realize this is embarrassing, especially because I’m like, 90% sure that I went on at least one of these vampire rants to the poor guy who was my boyfriend at the time.

I’ll save some other rants about why vampires are gay as fuck for later because I’m at school right now and don’t have access to a lot of my notes, but I just wanted to share this because this is why Dracula means so much to me. There’s so much wrong with this book, and I’ll be the first to tell you that, but it holds a very special place in my heart. I don’t contribute my entire queer awakening to this one scene, there was other stuff going on, but it was definitely a contributor.

Dracula also really fueled the flame for my love of critical analysis. Like I said earlier, this scene prompted me to read other short stories about vampires, and at this point, it’s a game of “how long until this gets homoerotic” whenever I pick up a new story, and when I stumble across the rare text that can’t really be analyzed through a queer lens, there’s still other themes that I can analyze the fuck out of. Seriously, vampires are a very cool metaphor because they can pass as human for the most part and only reveal their monstrous tendencies later, so authors have a tendency to apply traits that are considered morally wrong, like gambling or… gay sex.

I don’t expect this to turn everyone on tumblr into Dracula scholars, but I hope that today’s email meant something to people. Maybe not the same way that it meant something to me, but I’m already seeing a couple posts like “wait, I’m not crazy right? Is this what I think it is” and I want y’all to know that it is EXACTLY what you think it is and you are NOT crazy

#dracula #dracula daily #bram stoker #daily dracula #jonathan harker

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cosmic-kinglet · 1 year

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Ooooo, we got a GOOD one today!

So, biggest thing first. We've known for a long time that Moon left Eclipse behind via leaving the homicide code behind, and Eclipse even referred to himself as Moon at certain points when he was first starting to make himself known. From this, however, it seems like he truly did think of himself, not only as part of Moon, but AS Moon. Somewhat throws my theory of him existing as his own being from the beginning out the window, but oh well. This now makes it even more clear why he has the resentment toward Moon that he has, since in his eyes, he literally threw himself away. This also kind of led me to realize why Eclipse has always seemed to hurt Sun, regardless of whether or not he enjoyed it; hurting Sun is quite literally the only way he's ever interacted with Sun. He even said that the last thing he remembered before ending up in Sun's head was him fighting and breaking his way past Sun and making Sun cry.

There is also the matter of the date mentioned. This flashback is apparently from June 1st. Unless I'm misremembering, I'd thought Sun and Moon had fully separated on July 16th. It can't even be that this was just a little over a month before that date because Eclipse had apparently worked on Bloodmoon for about a year. I'm really not sure what to think about the timeline now. No matter how I try to think about it, it doesn't make sense. This would mean that Sun and Moon had been separated for over a year before the incident on July 16th happened, but the reason Sun was alone that day was because Moon was away still getting used to his new body. I could be wrong, but it really seems like Moon would have been relatively used to his body after a little over a year. I really hope that there will be something to clear this up soon.

We've also now learned that apparently the original reason Eclipse started working on Bloodmoon was just to have another vessel to take the pain of breaking past the block that Moon set up. This may not be a complete inconsistency; he may have eventually figured out a way to get through on his own while in the process of making Bloodmoon and then decided to use them against Moon instead.

Also, I couldn't help but laugh when he said there wasn't a lot to analyze about him. Like, as someone who has been doing just that, I can completely confirm that that's not at all true. Though, he does seem to think of himself as being a lot different than he actually is; he thinks he's cold and calculating, but he's a major wreck of scrambled emotions that he doesn't know what to do with.

Anyway, this video gave some answers and some questions, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.

#the sun and moon show

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mysillysummerdiary · 11 months

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tuesday, may 16th ☁︎｡⋆｡

i really need to start going to bed earlier. i woke up at like 10ish this morning (per my father's request), and spent the whole morning/early afternoon unpacking. it went pretty smoothly, and i'm definitely on track to be completely done by tomorrow. i'm also decorating a lot more, and i'm really excited to show you (basil) the finished product because it looks COOL. i took a shower for the first time in god knows when, so i actually felt like a real person too. i was supposed to tutor kupcake today at 5 (our time), but i realized that i had an optometrist appointment at 4:20, and probably wouldn't be able to make it on time. so i emailed mrs. walker the day before about it, asking if it would be possible for them to move up our session to an earlier hour. nothing—no response. so i send another email, this time a couple hours before our scheduled time and asked about her thoughts on the matter. NOTHING AGAIN. and i made the right call, cause i didn't get out of the eye doctor's office until 5:30, so i never would have been able to make it. i don't know if she saw the email and just didn't respond or what, but i was very much NOT impressed with her. love kupcake tho xoxo.

i went to walmart for some supplies (command strips, toothbrushes, bigger yarn, and a CHOPPED SALAD) for my decorating and otherwise summertime needs. luke and i went to go get boba (because i've been desiring some sticky balls in my mouth—i got strawberry tea :)), we chugged it, and then went for a walk around lake lowell. it was nice, because we were able to talk for a while about all kinds of loser things like books we've read and philosophy and predestination, but we also got eaten alive by the mosquitos and i am suffering big time. it was a gorgeous walk tho since it was at sunset.

we drove around for a little bit whilst listening to phoebe and screaming, and then he dropped me off at my house. i ate some pie with my pops, we talked about math and i told him i think he's autistic (he agreed with me after some explanation lmao). then i went upstairs, unpacked a little bit more, and now i'm fixing to head to sleep! thanks for listening, and i hope your day was incredible. i love you so much :)

a song i saved today: "40 Day Dream" by edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros

poem of the day: "casabianca" by elizabeth bishop

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12/16/2022 DAB Transcript

Micah 5:1-7:20, Revelation 7:1-17, Psalms 135:1-21, Proverbs 30:5-6

Today is the 16th day of December welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I am Brian and it is great to be here with you like every day, wonderful to have a place to come around the Global Campfire and be together and move forward together. And moving forward today doesn't lead us into any brand-new territory. We will complete the book of Micah in the Old Testament and continue our journey forward in the book of Revelation in the New Testament. And, yup, there will be some discussion about what we’re reading in Revelation at the very, very end, As I mentioned a good many times, several years ago we took that path and stuck with Revelation and kind of…what I realized was we had to basically skip the minor prophets and that so much territory. And, so, I went back and found those and so I'm kind of composting what we talked about in Revelation at the very end after the prayers. And, so, that'll be there. But right now, we are here. And, so, let's dive in and take the next step forward. We’re reading from the English Standard Version. This week Micah 5, 6, and 7 today.

Commentary:

Okay. So, as we complete the book of Micah it comes at a really really good time because there's some things in Micah that not only really speak to the time of year that it is, but also to our…our very lives. One of the great existential questions that we ask ourselves, whether we form it as a question and make it words or whether it's just this kind of inner thought is, what does God really want from me? It's an interesting question to explore at this time of year because so many of us are trying to get so many of the people that we love what they want. In fact, we may be so focused on that and so focused on how to pay for all of that, etc. etc. that we don't even think about what God might want. What does God want? But from the book of Micah before we can get to what God wants, we have to consider what he does not want. But really before we can even get to that we have to begin with a very said question coming from God. “Oh, my people”, God says, “what have I done to you? How have I wearied you? Answer me.” The interesting thing about those questions are that we don't normally think of God asking that kind of stuff. How have I made you weary? What have I done to you? We can see ourselves saying that to God, what I done to you? And in the passage, He’s saying. “Oh, my people”. He’s talking to everybody. But if we personalize it, which every time I come through this passage, that's how I read it. Oh Brian, what have I done to you? How have I wearied you? Answer me. And it just makes me reflect back over a year of ups and downs like life is and victories and also valleys. And, so, wonderful times of adoration and worship, but also times of complaining. So, this is a convicting passage because in so many ways it's as if God were asking like, what else do I have to do to show you that there is a way and I love you and I will lead you if you would follow me, if you could obey me. And even in Micah, God, right after He says, how have I wearied you, He says things that He's done. I brought you up from the land of Egypt, I redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent you Moses and Aaron and Miriam, I sent you leaders. And then he says, remember what Balak king of Moab devised. And we remember Balak and Balaam. And Balaam was summoned to curse the Israelites at the insistence of King Balak and he couldn't curse God's people, but he did tell Balak what he could do, which was to seduce them away from God. Each one of us could hear a list of our own of the things that God has done that we should be profoundly grateful for. And, so, just to even think of him saying, what have I done to you, that’s pretty sad. And it reads that way because it's supposed to read that way. That's where we’re being led because then Micah immediately sort of in response to God saying, what have I done to you and the realization that what God has done to and for us has been for and to our good. And, so, in response, Micah’s saying essentially like what does God want? What can we give him back? What are the expectations? And, so, I quote from Micah. ““With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?” And of course, it's not what He wants. And then we find out what He does want. “He has told you O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you, to do justice, and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God.” There it is. Like, clear as it could possibly be coming out of the pages of the Bible what God wants, that we would do what we know is right, that we would act justly, that we would love mercy. And its just in the last couple of days we were talking about how merciless we can be. He wants us to love mercy, and He wants us to walk humbly with Him. This is such a good time for us to begin to contemplate these things, not only in our immediate behaviors with those that are all around us in a crazy holiday season, but this becomes at a time of year when bigger thoughts are arising. Our rhythm is disrupted. We’re moving in all kinds of directions but we are ultimately moving to the new beginning of a brand-new year. And, so, to carry with us into the brand-new year what God wants as a baseline is so helpful. And it's not beyond our reach. It simply requires our vigilant self-control. He wants us to do what we know is right. He wants us to act justly in every way, in a macro level, in…in a way that governance is done in cities and states and countries, nations, kingdoms all around the world, but on a more micro personal level in our own lives. Be just. Bring justice. Act justly and to love mercy. We love mercy when it is bestowed upon us. We don't always love it when we’re required to offer it. We’re supposed to love it and to walk humbly with God, to be aware of his ongoing pervasive continual presence in our lives, to be aware of it, to know that He has invited us to collaborate to be a part of His story to love our brothers and sisters in His name. This life-changing. As simple as it is, this is life changing stuff if it is the way that our lives are going, if this is where we are aiming our lives - to pay attention to this, to walk humbly with God, to love mercy, to act justly. And, so, cheesy as it might be a in terms of trying to think of what we’re going to wrap up and put under the tree for God, at least we know what He wants. And we can give it to Him, even if that means we have to sacrifice a little, sacrifice a little of our pride, sacrifice a little of our arrogance, sacrifice a little bit of our indifference, or sacrificing all kinds of cash to get everybody else what they want. This isn’t going to cost any money. It’s not that it's not going to cost, but it's not going to cost us any money and can and will change our very lives. So, let's consider that today as we continue forward into this blessed joyous season that we are in, heading toward Christmas.

Prayer:

Father, we love You, we adore You, and we are convicted by what we are seeing in Micah today. We do love You. We worship You. We do adore You. But we are also confronted by the ways that our selfishness and self-absorption rears its ugly head in our lives. But we think of the questions that You asked through Micah - what have I done to You, how if I made You weary, what have I done to make You tired of me? The answer Lord is nothing. It's on us and we know it and just the question being asked from Your lips is so convicting. You have provided for our every need, and we are here because of Your mercy and grace in our lives. May we make some changes so that we begin to realize that we are worshiping You by the way that we love one another and take care of one another, by the way that we act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with You. Holy Spirit, come and let this sink deeply into our consciousness and into our spirit, that we may make changes that we can make and surrender to You in the ways that we cannot make these changes, knowing that You are in the process of transforming us. We pray this in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen.

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It's Christmas time around here. I'm sure everyone in the world pretty much knows that and that pretty much everybody in this community probably knows that. It’s Christmas time around here. And, so, that's what's going on around here. The Daily Audio Bible Christmas Box is available for 2022. And that is full of goodies, some for you to keep, some for you, maybe to give away. You can check that out at dailyaudiobible.com in the Shop or using the app in the Shop. Just find the Christmas category and you'll find the Christmas Box there in the Christmas category. It's kind of getting down to it though for Christmas for shipping. And, so, these next couple of days are like…we’re going to do one more shipment out at the beginning of the week and that's as far as we think we can go to have things arrive for Christmas. You can certainly order them as long as we have them, but for arrival for Christmas we’re kind down to it. So, heads up on that.

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And that's all for today. I'm Brian I love you and I'll be waiting for you here tomorrow.

Community Prayer and Praise:

This is Protected by His Wings in Tennessee. This prayer is for…the Lords laid it on my heart to pray for those that don't ask for help, who don't call in requesting prayer requests, who maybe as a child asked for help and didn't get it. Maybe they have an alcoholic mom or a drug addicted father and they had to bathe themselves and fix themselves breakfast and they had to take care of their siblings and get them dressed for school and make sure they got on the school bus and they didn't do any extracurricular activities because they the parent was too drunk to get him to school or they had to make sure they had to get their mom cleaned up from the vomit before their dad got home or who would be injured and their parent was…was too drugged out to help them and get them to the hospital. This prayer is for you whether you are that child or whether you were that child. Dear heavenly Father, we pray for those who feel abandoned, who feel alone, who feel unloved. Dear Lord, as I spent my 52nd birthday with my mom not calling me because she was too drunk, I chose joy because God You have blessed me immensely and given me a life beyond measure with peace and hope and joy. And that's thanks to You sending Your son to die for my sins. Dear lord give everyone out there who hears my voice Your hope in Jesus’ name.

I have a 26-year-old child that's nonverbal autistic that I have placed…which is the hardest thing I have ever done in my life…placed him in the care of a state facility which is Brenham Supportive State Living Center. I need…I need much prayer. He has behavior issues. He is nonverbal. He has good cognition but poor expression. I need everybody that has no idea how difficult this is…I need prayer. I really need prayer. This child is my life and I want him back home. Have you ever heard the phrase it takes a village? Sometimes it takes a village. This is that scenario.

Hi this is Victoria Soldier just calling to pray for some of the DABbers. I wanted to say Merry Christmas and wanted to give you life and favor to everyone, those that are really going through, my precious sister who called the other day and was crying and she just didn't feel like she could hold on any longer because during these times a lot of things come to your mind because there's a little more time at home and with the COVID. But I want to pray for my precious sister. I didn't remember her name. And I also want to pray for God's Gal in Minnesota. I want to pray for Carol in New Brunswick. I wanna pray for all of…I want to pray for that husband and wife who wanted to have a baby and pray that God open up her womb like he did like he did Sarah and give them the baby that He has a special purpose for, a special purpose for them to raise in the way of the Lord. I just ask you to continue to pray for all of the people. Pray for Blind Tony and Joe the Protector and for those…those young people who are going to school and being bullied and even those in the prison. Gracious Father we just ask You to have Your way. You're a God of all grace and mercy and truth. We just ask You to heal those that've been going through cancer. Father, we just ask You to deliver. We just ask You to strengthen those that are going through, those that have lost loved ones and don't know how…don't have the strength. You say that when we're weak You are strong and Lord we ask You to strengthen them. We asked You to guide them. We ask You to give them life and favor. O, Father somebody today that don't know which way to go somebody…

Dear DAB family this is your sister Ashley from California. And y'all, I just wanna say that it is such a blessing to be a part of this community, especially this time of year. And Brian and everybody on here that puts this together, thank you guys for faithfully taking care of this and helping us to continue on and press on to finish this and finish it well. And for those of you who are struggling, guys just keep…do what you can. God sees us and He…He knows exactly what we need to hear right at the right time. But I just wanted to come on here and I wanted to see thank you Brian for the blessing of teaching at the end of Revelation at the end about Revelation. So often when I read revelation it just…it goes so fast, and I am not able to catch it and really apply it. So, I just wanted to say thank you for that. It is a butt kicker. I feel like it is doing the burpees of the Bible as far as like spiritual development but it is a blessing because even though you may not like it and they're not fun it helps you become stronger. So, I just wanted to say thank you for that. And I am just so grateful you guys because with the DAB this is now my fifth time finishing a Bible and this year was so special because I got to read halfway through with my grand mommy before she passed away. And it has helped keep me going as my son Jackson has had his ALL Leukemia. So, I love you DAB family and bye.

Hello, this is Glen from Orlando. I'm saying a prayer for my brother who says he lost his job and he can't provide for his family and he's on unemployment and his money is running out. I just want to give you some advice, having been there myself. Give it to God. Pray like it's already been done. God will give you that job that you're looking for. He's done it for me so many times in the past where I've felt the exact same way. You can get through this. Fall into the arms of Jesus and let Him give you peace. Then when he does give you that job you'll know it was a miracle and you can praise and glorify His name. God bless you, my brother. I'm praying for you.

Deep Dive into the book of Revelation:

Part 4

Okay. So, let's take a quick look at what we read in Revelation today. As I said when we began this book, its interpretations are many. And that's a gross understatement. And these interpretations in no way agree with each other in a lot of cases because we have lots of complexity in prophetic utterances and in symbolism and no way to concretely determine time. So, our goal here isn't to interpret every nuance of the book of Revelation, or any of the associated Old Testament visions and apocalyptic prophecies that exist. We’re just trying look at things as we go along to keep ourselves rooted in the story and have a bit of context so that we can engage with the text. So, there were seven seals and Jesus, depicted by John as a lamb, was able to open these seven seals. And we've seen six of them, opened. Four of those seals represented horsemen and their riders who were tasked with unleashing unrest upon the earth. The fifth seal had to do with those who had been killed for holding on to their faith, martyrs. And the sixth seal seems to depict the end of the cosmos as we know it. So, we’re expecting this seventh seal but that's not what we get today. We will get to the seventh seal, but what we have today is a discussion on people who are sealed. So, we had these four horsemen that were sent into the earth and then as we began today's reading, we have four angels who are standing at the four corners of the earth restraining the four winds of the earth. And most scholars would agree, this…this is symbolism that is meant to show that they have power over the earth. And then another angel rises up from the East and…and mentions that the earth or the sea of the trees shouldn't be harmed until the servants of God are sealed, that the seal of God will be placed on their foreheads. And the number of those to be sealed are 144,000, 12,000 each from the named tribes of Israel but the tribe of Dan and the tribe of Ephraim are omitted…are omitted from this list. And it gets…it…It gets pretty complicated here, this hundred 144,000. You’ve probably heard of the 144,000 in a lot of ways before. And there's a wide range of speculation among scholars, and entire church denominations have been formed out of interpreting this. So, if you take a literal view of the book of Revelation then 144,000 people, 12,000 people exactly from specific tribes will get the seal of Christ. And these are all ethnic Jewish people who know the tribes that they come from, which would be rather complicated because when the northern kingdom, the kingdom of Israel, the 10 tribes there were taken into exile by Assyria, they’re lost, like they’re lost to history. And when the southern kingdom, which would be Benjamin and Judah, were taken into exile by Babylon, they were eventually able to go back and they were paying close attention to the Levites, like to the priestly tribe. But tribal identity was mostly lost. So, if John is talking about ethnic Jews then then it's complicated. And if we were taking a presentist attitude interpretation, like this is all happening or this is about to happen then it's kinda complicated to find 12,000 ethnic Jews who know the tribe that they are from in this day and age, and it would be equally is difficult to find 144,000 ethnic Jews who live in modern-day Israel who are believers in Jesus. The number’s more like 10% of that. Just for a little perspective I mean, there are mega churches in the world that contain more people who are professing to be followers of Jesus than all of the believers who live in modern-day Israel put together. And for those who don't take 144,000 as a literal number, some would say that this represents all ethnic Israel, all those who are ethnically Jewish will be saved at Christ's second coming, while others would say the 144,000 isn’t a literal number. It's a figurative number and it represents all who will be sealed, the people of God and the formation of a new and true Israel. And I'm…I'm not gonna upack that conflict right now. Like, we’ll wait until we get into Paul's letters next year because it would take us down a bunny trail that would take way too long. So, I think it's safe to say that most but not all scholars do not take this 144,000 number to be a literal number with exactly 12,000 people from specific tribes. Like this is more of a figurative speech representing God's true people. And part of that comes from what comes next. So, we have this 12,000 from all of these tribes numbering 144,000, and we get to the end of that. And then John says after this I looked, and there was a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people and language which no one could number, standing before the throne and before the lamb and they were robbed in white with palm branches in their hands. So, if the number’s just 144,000 then the next thing we know we have people without number. No one can number them. So, more than 144,000 which leads some scholars to say, okay there’s 144,000 and those people are being sealed in this time of testing, this tribulation, and they’re the remnant army of God. And then we move to this other visionary experience, where the host of heaven, all the souls standing before God and before the Lamb, from every nation, tribe and tongue are standing before God. And we can easily think these are the ones that had been martyred, but that's not the…then the ones that are martyred aren’t talked about here. So, who is this throng of people dressed in white if they’re not the 144,000 and they’re not the martyrs? So, we get an answer that as we read along. One of the elders, so one of the 24 elders asks John who they are. Who are the people robbed in white? Where did they come from? And, so, John's like, sir, you know. So, he’s saying like, you would know but I don't know. And, so, the elder tells him. These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. So, these are the ones that stay true. And some interpret this as that these are the true children of God descended from Abraham. God's promise to Abraham was that he would multiply their descendants and they wouldn't be able to be numbered. So, these are the children of God who have come out of the great tribulation. So, if we’re interpreting this futuristically then there is a great tribulation to come that's can be very, very, very difficult on the earth, but if we’re a little more pragmatic in our interpretation then tribulation has been around a while and Christian specific tribulation has been around since Jesus. And enduring that and growing strong because of it and allowing it to shape us and build character and make us true is part of the metanarrative of the New Testament. Either way, this throng of people from every tribe and nation and tongue are before the Lord and they have washed their robes and they have become white, and they have washed them in the blood of the Lamb. So, to look at this literally would present some challenges. Like if…if you wash a robe in blood, it's not going to come out white. And where did they get these robes in the first place? And…and where can one acquire one of these robes, it becomes difficult to make literal. Symbolically, the interpretations are that, you know, those who wash their robe in the blood of the Lamb, and it comes out white, that is representing the ongoing work of sanctification, the process of becoming pure and clean and Christ like, which requires endurance and perseverance and all the things that we’ve been talking about all year. And for those people, beautiful, beautiful imagery is given. These people serve God, day and night in His sanctuary in His presence. And the one seated on the throne will shelter them and they won't hunger anymore, and they won't thirst anymore, and the sun won't beat down on them and strike them anymore and…and…and heat won't hurt them anymore because Jesus the Lamb who is at the center of the throne will be their shepherd. He will shepherd them. He will guide them to springs of living waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. And I think that is beautiful no matter how you're looking at this book, no matter how you're interpreting this. It's a beautiful picture that in the end there is God's presence and things are as they should be, and nothing is lost and there is no lack, and tears will be wiped away by God himself, which is where we end today in the book of Revelation,

Prayer:

Father, once again we’re inviting you to speak through all that we’re reading in your word and we’re taking it all in and inviting you. And it is our hearts desire to be one in that wrong with people from every tribe and nation and tongue. We want to be one of them and we have the clear picture that we must endure and that we must remain true and that our lives can’t be spent just trying to be one in that throng but one of many that you were able to reach and love and rescue because you were able to work through us. Come Holy Spirit. Give us the eyes and the ears of the kingdom. May we each be responsible for a great cloud of witnesses celebrating before your throne. Come Jesus we pray. In your holy name we ask. Amen.

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