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hopelesslyromanticshark · 2 months

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content: mortal! broista! leo valdez x reader fic warning: language and then tooth rotting fluff author's note: THIS FOR MY WEST COAST BABIES YALL DO NOT THINK I FORGOT ABOUT THE BEST COFFEE SHOP WHILE ON THE EAST COAST YOU ALREADY KNOW- okay okay i am so sorry to everyone who is not an west coast american, this is gonna be so confusing for you but this was self indulgent so i don't care lmao- also, for the confusion that i am sure is to come, the main plot point in this is the straw theory at dutch bros. it's since been debunked but i still think about it every time i go there lmao. basically, the color of the straw is what the broista thinks of you. you can google it and find the like exact 'translations' so to speak! ugh, i love this so much. like, it's messy and sloppy and makes no sense, but i love it so much!! might turn the texts at the end into texts like i did for smau but probs tomorrow!!

dutch bros - the REAL happiest place on earth. the central hub of people of all ages and points in their life. one car could have an exhausted father getting smoothies for his hyper active children with a double shot nitro cold brew for himself and the next will have teens pregaming a football game, begging the broistas (yes, that's their names, shush) to shotgun one of their rebel cans. and leo loved each of them. he loved that he got to see so many different people with in a five hour shift, loved that he basically got paid to yap and tap away at tablet screen.

but, on this lovely morning, leo had the great pleasure of serving you. he knew it was gonna be a great shift before he even came in, but he never could have predicted you. he was with his crew that morning, such an iconic crew that they had been dubbed 'the seven.' and they worked like a well-oiled machine, and leo would know as a engineer major. him and percy were the runners, leaving the comfort of the stand with their tablets to take orders and laugh brightly with customers. piper and hazel were mainly in charge of aux, ensuring lovable and well-known pop music blared from the hidden speakers. addtionally, they had the job of stocking as items ran out. frank, annabeth, and jason were typically the ones making the drinks, the perfectionists eager to follow a recipe they had memorized.

it was rather early in the morning but it was never not rush hour. but, right now, the lanes were empty and leo was leaning against the window, talking with piper as she cued up the next few songs.

"and then i told her that she was being a massive cunt-"

"no, you didn't!" piper cut in with a laugh, shaking her head at the latino boy.

"you weren't there, yes, i did!" insisted leo, rolling his eyes at the girl.

"well, i was there. and he didn't," jason added as he breezed past, twisting a stirring spoon around on his fingers with a smirk. leo sharpened his eyes on the boy, pointing over at him.

"snitch."

"liar!" piper hissed, shoving at the boys shoulder.

"no-"

"car!" annabeth called, giving a pointed look. he leaned into the window, reaching around until he found a tablet, basically falling out of the service window.

"this conversation isn't over," bit out leo, pointing at jason and piper, who rolled their eyes at the boy. leo walked backwards for a few steps before spinning around and walking towards your car. your windows were rolled down as it was summer, the heat even affecting the mornings now. you were digging around in your purse as leo walked up, mouthing along to 'party in the u.s.a' as it played from the shops speakers.

"morning!" leo cheered as he leaned into your window, your pretty looks not lost on him. you looked up from your purse, beaming a smile at the boy as you moved your sunglasses up from your eyes into your hair.

"good morning! love the music, as per usual," you laughed, doing a few limited dance moves in your car. leo laughed, trying his best not to drool at the moment. gods, could you be anymore perfect? and he'd just met you.

"i'll make sure to tell the dj. she'll scream, don't worry," leo winked and enjoying the way your smile widened at the action. "what can we get started for you this lovely morning?"

"hmm. normally i'd get an iced mocha but i'm in the mood to try something new. any recs?" you asked, tilting your head at the boy, leaning out of your car and into his space ever so slightly.

"so, you like the mocha?" leo asked, pretending to think intensely about what to offer you. really, he just wanted to talk to you for longer. you hummed in response, nodding your head for added confirmation.

"you cool if i surprise you?" offered leo and once again you were nodding.

"perfect. you'll love this. it's my fav and i got my buddy, jason, hooked on it, too. which, if you knew the guy, you'd know how big of an accomplishment that is," yapped leo, tapping away at his computer, glancing up at you with a toothy grin. once more, you beamed your supernova smile at him, which nearly had the boy crumbling to his knees.

"can't wait. i hope it's good..." you trailed off, biting your lip as you hoped you didn't over step by basically begging for his name. but, he was cute and sweet and funny, and that was the perfect trifecta to get your number.

"leo. for if you ever want to do one of those survey things," leo joked, winking, as you giggled.

"alright, leo, what do i owe?" you questioned, holding your card out to the boy.

"on the house," replied leo, instantly, waving you off and shoving your card back in your direction.

"really? what's the occasion?" you pestered, putting your card away with a tiny smile. he surely knew the way to your heart already - free coffee.

"oh. pretty girl's always drink free when they come through my line," mused leo, smiling as you bloomed red. you cleared your throat, shaking your head gently at the boy.

"very smooth, leo," you admitted before raising a brow at him. "and how many drinks do you give out for free in a day?"

"from here on out, none."

"why?"

"i highly doubt i'll see another girl as hot as you again."

now, you were surely the color of a aftershock rebel. and it simpley seemed to encourage leo more, the boy resting his arms against your car door and putting his face meer inches from yours. but you weren't really one to back down, letting him get close but never touch.

"i'll pull up to the window. see ya around, leo," you teased, throwing a wink at the boy before pulling away, his arms slipping off your car as you drove the short distance to the window. he shook his head as you went, basically running to the small shop and jumping through the window, using frank's shirt to pull himself through, which sent him tumbling to the ground.

"you're blocking my pathway," frank stated, stepping over the boy, who quickly scrambled up to his feet.

"we've got a code pink straw! i repeat: code pink straw!" leo hissed, grabbing hazel and shaking her by her shoulders, causing the girl to nearly drop the jugs of milk in her hands.

"what?! no way!! that girl in the red car??" piper interrogated, peeking out the window to get a better look at you. "ooh! she is cute! if you don't ask her out, i will!"

"back off! i called dibs!" leo cut in, glaring at piper, who stuck her tongue out at him.

"is this a code pink straw like the one last week?" percy asked, sitting on one of the counters, his sneakers swinging through the air. "what was her name?? cal-poly or whatever??"

"firstly, she did not get a pink straw, she got a green straw for being a legendary bitch. secondly, i've never used my code pink straw before, i'll have you know," leo listed, nearly shivering at the thought of the mean girl from the previous week, who bitched him out and then asked for his manager without even letting him ask her order.

"alright, alright, fair enough," percy hummed before smirking over at annabeth, who squinted her eyes at him. "you're the only girl getting my pink straw, annie!"

"that sounds so wrong but so sweet at the same time," piper laughed and percy then caught onto the sexual implication, shoving at the cherokee girl.

"everyone shut up! shut up! my moment has come!" leo hissed, basically shoving jason to the ground as he took up post at the window, leaning out of it as you pulled up. you smiled up at the boy, folding your arms on your car as you looked up at him with a raised brow.

"you again?" you asked with a teasing tone and leo flashed his teeth at you.

"i knew you missed me."

"awww, and here i thought i was being all mysterious," you fake pouted and leo laughed, shaking his head as his fingers drummed against the counter.

"here you go, leo," piper mused with a bright smile, sliding your drink into his hold. leo subtly shoved her away as he took it, widening his eyes pointedly at her before spinning back around to you with a dazzling smile that basically had you swooning.

"one coconut mocha for the pretty girl. you need a straw?" leo asked, like he was supposed to, his fingers crossed behind his back that you didn't give a flying fuck about turtles.

"yeah, a straw would be great," you replied, smiling up at him as you inspected the drink. he silently cheered to himself, inspecting the cup that held the straws and making sure to grab a pink one. he blushed despite himself, presenting it to you like it was the most precious of metals.

"here."

"thanks!" you cheered, a little too excitedly, as you stared at the pink straw in wonder. you didn't even like the color pink, but knowing the connotation it held you couldn't help but internal squeal.

"anything else i can get you for today?" offered leo, hoping you'd ask for the world so he could give it to you.

"your number would be great," you replied, your confidence shocking the both of you. leo gapped for a few seconds, only coming back to life as his hands slipped and he would have gone falling out the window had jason not caught the back of his shirt.

"that's leo for yes. here," jason cut in, saving the poor boy as he handed over a napkin with leo's number printed on it. you laughed slightly, gently taking the napkin from the blonde boy.

"thanks! i'll be texting you later, leo," you told the boy, hoping to get at least one more response from him before you drove off.

"i won't leave my phone ever again, my pink straw girl," leo mused, basically melting onto the counter. you beamed a blushing smile at the boy and gave him a salute as you drove off, leo leaning out of the window to wave you off.

"get back to work, fireboy! we've got a ten car pile up, you lovesick fool!" percy barked into the shop, nearly dragging the boy out by his collar. and leo couldn't find it in himself to care as his phone buzzed, his hands desperately racing for it despite percy's pull on him.

you have one new message!

(822) 993-1670: hey, leo, it's yn. well, i actually don't know if you ever caught my name. the girl from dutch bros! like...two minutes ago. anyways, let me know if you want to catch a bite to eat sometime. based off this drink recommendation, i know you've got good taste!

new contact added: my pretty pink straw girl 💖

leo (cute broista🤭): yes! i'd love nothing more. how's tomorrow?

my pretty pink straw girl 💖: tomorrow's perfect!

leo (cute broista🤭): it's a date then!

my pretty pink straw girl 💖: i wouldn't have it any other way.

#THIS FOR MY WEST COASTERS ONLY LMAO WE GATEKEEP ON THIS BLOG FRFR #no but deadass if anyone is confused do not be afraid to as questions i will explain if needed!!#also catch the noah kahan song for the number lmao-#postcards from covey ౨ৎ #all my love ౨ৎ #pjo #hoo #heroes of olympus x reader #pjo fandom #leo valdez x reader #leo valdez #leo valdez x y/n #leo valdez x oc #leo valdez x you #heroes of olympus #dutch bros

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blckbrrybasket · 5 days

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✿ Songs that remind me of them

Outer Banks

- Kids by Current Joys

- Where’d All the Time Go? by Dr. Dog

- Structure by Odd Sweetheart

- What One Was by Her’s

- Pass The Dutchie by Musical Youth

- Me Gustas Tu by Manu Chao

- Word Up by The BossHoss

- Santeria by Sublime

Pope

- Looking Out For You by Joy Again

- Freaks by Surf Curse

- Could You Be Loved by Bob Marley & The Wailers

- This Charming Man by The Smiths

John B

- Come On Eileen by Dexys Midnight Runners

- I Get Around by The Beach Boys

- Back to the Old House by The Smiths

- Band On The Rum by Paul McCartney, Wings

Kiara

- Hell N Back (sped up) by Bakar

- Brazil by Declan McKenna

- Surfin’ U.S.A. by The Beach Boys

Sarah

- Two of Hearts by Stacey Q

- Dancing Queen by ABBA

- Pain by PinkPantheress

- Heart of Glass by Blondie

Cleo

- Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison

- Rhiannon by Fleetwood Mac

- Tonight, Tonight by The Smashing Pumpkins

Rafe

- Mr. Rager by Kid Cudi

- IDGAF (Yeat only)

- PRIDE. by Kendrick Lamar

- Flooded The Face by Lil Uzi Vert

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mediocre-shark-tales · 5 months

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Qsmp x Streamer reader (1)

Summary - A friend has asked you to join the QSMP to help fill some gaps in the lore and regain the viewership that qsmp has lost. So you get your very own event where most of the qsmp members finally meet you.

Warnings - None for this part

There is a chance for this to turn into a love trope of some kind but for now there is focus on fluffy platonic-ness

Masterlist

I sat down in my blue gaming chair and been to turn on my computer. Today I would be joining a new Minecraft world, one of my friends was an admin of this place. I had kept up with it mainly because I loved to watch my friend play their role, but I also had become friends with some of the streamers they already had in the world. I was a pretty well known streamer, definitely not anywhere near the level of most of them. However I was at a decent spot and I had the chance to meet a few of them occasionally. I hit it off well with Tubbo, Charlie and Philza. Through them I got to meet many more streamers and had gotten a collection of friends to stream with, however since I lived in the U.S.A, timezones made things tough. But I still made it work.

Anyways, my admin friend had asked me to be a new member of this lore and world simply because they needed someone to fill a few holes in the lore and it would benefit their time limit for the next bg lore drop. As most know they had just recently dropped the Purgatory double week bomb. After all the work that took and the time they had to use, now they needed to step up their game and make the next big lore drop. Of course they wouldn't tell me anymore than a summarized context of what my lore was going to be and also explaining why I was there.

If I was to summarize all of this better, I would say they needed me to help keep up the viewership or better yet the engagement. So they had more time to perfect the next lore event.

Absolutely nobody besides the admins knew I was joining the qsmp, I told no one. I had tweeted out after we had finalized the date and time for my entrance into the world. Telling my fans to clear their schedules during that date and time and big news was going down. Of course they began spamming that post with questions asking for more hints. I instead ignored the post and any questions regarding it from that day forth.

I typed in my password and opened up twitch, I had about 5 minutes left before I needed to start stream. So I quickly started up everything, me being me I had already pre-prepped hours in advance. My viewers would be given 5 minutes to join stream before I would start actually streaming. However while they danced to my stream starting soon music and replaying clip of sharks, I would be prepping on the qsmp.

Days ago my admin friend had kicked everyone off the qsmp so I could login and get my name changed. This way when everyone logged back on for the event today, no one could accidentally find out the secret before the event was over.

Finally it was time and I watched as my viewer count began to skyrocket, people screaming in chat that they have been waiting for today for forever. I smiled it was always fun to see my chat get excited about something like this.

I logged into the qsmp, everyone had just gotten kicked for the event. I was the only one besides admins allowed on the server right now. They set me up in my lore relevant area. Being a streamer known for my love for sharks, they decided to introduce me as a mer-person. Except instead of the mermaid one may think of, I was half shark. Similar to that older show named H2O, once I got into water I could choose to shift into my mer-form. My friend had done an amazing job creating this mod and making sure I was the only one who could access the powers but others could still see it.

Besides the obvious visual change, it also allowed me to breathe underwater and swim 5x faster than the others. Though foolish could keep up well with me seeing as he has his shark fin now too.

The Admins had me hidden on an island they built for this event, though they said I could keep it if I wish to make my home there. On this island, I would be caged up inside this little hut. Even though this hut was too small for anything really to fit in it, there was a secret hatch that led down to a hug basement where I was caged and kept. The idea was that I had been captured by pirates and caged away. So the members of the qsmp were now tasked with saving me from the pirates. of course the pirates were all played by admins that usually played the 'workers'.

My stream timer ended and I started up my screen to play for the best experience my viewers were gonna receive. I wanted to keep them in suspense so I had made my own mini lore like message. It started off with the sound of a typewriter as text showed up of screen. "Todays stream will be a little bit different, for the first few minutes you will experience the perspectives of other streamers." Tubbo, Philza, Foolish and Niki's current streams all popped up for them. I had found a way to show their live streams while also adding having my sounds and text play for my viewers. "For an easier experience choose a streamer to watch for a bit, you'll know when is best to come back. Otherwise you can stay, however the live stream on the screen will switch every 5 minutes." I watched as my viewership went down, most people choosing to watch from a specific streamer instead of my way.

I smiled and on a separate screen I pulled up all 4 streams, I would switch between them on my own accord until they got close enough to me. This would help entertain myself since I couldn't do much right now, besides exist in this 1 by 2 block fish tank.

I watched Phil's stream first, he had just logged back into the server. "Hello new people, turns out today some new lore is happening? The admins said that some crazy stuff had been set up, like another event." He was about to teleport somewhere as the members who had logged on today were all wanting to meet up. But the admins had instead teleported them to the movie theater. This spooked him but he quickly recovered of course. "Oh hey fit! Do you have any idea what's going on today?" I smiled to myself as I watched them begin their little theorizing huddle. Tubbo had joined them in seconds, he had been itching for some changes recently and was overly-excited.

There conversations were cut short by a qsmp worker walking in playing a loud noise to get their attention. Phil had walked over expecting to be given a book to read, how ever this time the qsmp worker had been given a sign to hold. This sign was enlarged so everyone could read the words 'sit down'. In seconds everyone had their own seat and went dead silent.

The screen turned on and a short video began. It had the same animation style as the purgatory video. They watched as Minecraft pirates rode through a storm on their pirate ship. Seconds later they could see the pirates pulling up a fishing net, but they couldn't see what was in it. The shot changed to an over the shoulder shot with the viewer following the captain, before it showed his face. Watching as his face slowly turned upward into a menacing smile. In the next shot, you could see the ship had docked up to a small island. The captain and his crew walking towards this small hut. One crewmate held a shark tail fin over his shoulder, it looked lifeless. However in the next second there was lots of movement from it, multiply cremates running to help that helpless crewmate. The video ended a a really short shot of an arm grabbing out onto the sand. Then text appeared on the screen "Please save me.." written in red with my coordinates right under it.

"Quick get those cords!" I heard Phil yell as he began to type the coords in chat. Within seconds 5 different members had typed them in chat. After that the group was off, lead by Philza. I watched as Niki, Foolish, Tubbo, Fit, Phil, Bagi, Mouse, Pac, and BBH all began racing out to my location.

Within another 5-10 minutes they had found my island, as they came closer they realized all the pirates were on the island. Phil instantly took over the role of diplomat, trying to talk to the pirates. "We are here for someone, they told us they needed help. Will you do this the easy or the hard way." Of course within seconds they were battling the pirates. It didn't take long as the real fight was meant to be with the captain. That admin was killable however it was gonna take some work from the members, this admin could also spawn random enemies. It took a few more minutes before they killed off the admin, at this time I saw my viewership begin to rise again. I knew they would figure it out, so I toggled off the live streams and turned on my view. They could see my screen and my face-cam now. I smirked at my chat as they went crazy, but I just stayed quiet and showed them my character in third person. This of course just set them off even more as this was completely new to the server.

I heard the voices of my friends getting closer to my room, "Wow this place is actually huge down here! Look treasure!" I heard turbo yell. I unmuted myself in the proximity chat, however I was attuned to sound like I was behind a few walls and such. This way it would sound like I was actually in a tank. I yelled into the mic, with this auto-tuning, I would have to yell to be heard. I would only turn it off when they broke me out of the tank.

"Help! is some there!" They went silent before I heard Phil again followed by Fit. "Yes we are here, where are you!?" "Over Here guys!" The door across the room finally opened and all the members poured in. "Y/n! OMG is that you!?" I heard different people yelling my name as they came closer to see me. "Yes it is, now would you mind breaking me out of here!?" Fit instantly began breaking the glass, water and myself poring out now. "Hey Y/n! nice to see you again but one question... where are you legs!?" Foolish asked. I smiled as I got the message along with everyone else about how the next bit was lore related. "Well you see, I'm a mer-person. No not the classic mermaid you might think of, I'm not part fish. Instead I'm part shark, if you couldn't tell by the shark tail and shark like features I have." When I was in mer-person mode, I also had a dorsal fin on my back. "However seeing as I'll need to be on land you will probably see me more like this." I hit the t button on my keyboard and seconds later my mer form had been toggled off. I heard gasps of wows and awe all around me.

Another message from the admins told everyone that was it for the new lore today, as in that would be all I was allowed to say. Not necessarily that my lore was actually finished for my newly joined status. More was to come of course.

"Wow so we are like the shark people here!" Foolish yelled. I laughed. "Yeah I guess so!" Then I heard another gasp. "Oh my gosh y/n you need to come meet the eggs!" Niki said louder than usual but not yelling. I smiled. "I would love to meet them!" I was told they had left them behind in the hint that they would have to fight something. You know, gotta keep our children safe and all.

While all of the members got into their boats to leave, I instead turned my mer-mode back on and began to swim back with them all. Of course I had to explain how I could breathe underwater and swim faster when I was in this form.

Swimming onto the shore, I turned the mode back off and followed everyone up to spawn. All the parents left, promising to be back quick with their corresponding kids. Basically I was left alone, but pac had decided to stay back to keep me company. I hadn't met him yet so I was glad to get to know someone new. "So do you know everyone here?" I looked at him in game. "Yes and no, like I have met the majority of people on this server before, but I'm only really close with a few of them. But that is only because we hit it off so well when we met that we immediately added each other on things. You know what I'm trying to say right?" Pac nodded in game. "Yeah that makes sense, well I hope we can become good friends too!" I smiled wide, "I'm sure we will Pac." A moment passed and the eggs started to show up.

Smiling faces filled the group again as I met a chatted with all the eggs that were currently online. I surprised most of them by being able to read their signs without the translation device. When I was younger I had decided to learn Spanish and later on I began to learn German as well. The drive to learn German only intensified when I met and became friends with Niki. I am a fast learner so while I wasn't quite perfect, I was at least good.

When Talulah began to play her flute, I danced along with it. Later I would hopefully get to drop the hint that I loved to play instruments too. Which is how I became friends with Wilbur, so hopefully I could befriend his egg too. This brought up the question of when I might get to see him online, it's hard to tell with that man. Especially since he's such a big deal now in the music world with his band.

Either way, I was so glad to have joined this server. I could wait to help move the lore along in a cleaner more flowing way. I especially was excited to have a new way to stay in touch with my friends, make new friend, and hang out with them too.

To be continued...

#qsmp #qsmp tubbo #philza #wilbur soot #qsmp tallulah #qsmp foolish #qsmp chayanne #qsmp fitmc #nihachu #qsmp bbh #qsmp pac #empanada #x reader

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toasttt11 · 4 months

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gold medal

January 5, 2024

Kensington saw the puck go across the ice and knew they had just won the gold medal, she didn’t know if it was her screams in her ears or her teammates or both, but she skated over jumping on top of all her teammates at the goalie net.

The rest of the team all jumped over then bench skating over to meet all of them.

The whole team was jumping up and down onto of each other, smiles across everyone’s faces.

Kensington felt someone pull on her shoulder turning to see a grinning Gabe, Kensington laughed as they lunged at each other the same time hugging tightly.

Ryan skated over jumping on top of both of them shaking them, “Let’s go baby!” He was shaking them and yelling like crazy.

Will looked over seeing his three best friend and skated over jumping onto the three knocking the all four of them onto the ice.

The four laughed happily as they hugged on the ice having literally just had one of their dreams come true.

“Oh my god, we really did that!” Gabe laughed in disbelief.

Kensington let out a shocked laughed rolling over to lay her back straight onto the ice.

Will and Ryan laughed together seeing Gabe and Kensington both laying down comfortably on the ice and shared a look standing up, Will grabbed Kensington by her waist and Ryan grabbed Gabe’s hands pulling them up.

The team lined up and all were dancing to the music as they were given their gold medals, and all went back to the blue line.

“And now ladies and gentlemen, please rise and remove your hats for the national anthem of USA.” The commentator spoke through out the arean.

The U.S.A. team all linked arms as the music of their national athem started and the whole team was belting out the lyrics with wide grins adorned on their faces.

Will gently knocked his head againt Kensington’s head, who was standing next to him, Kensington looked up at Will and knocked her head against his head laughing as they continued to sign the song loudly with their team.

Kensington was grinning the whole time and was vibrating with excitement as the team watched Rutger get handed their trophy and turned around coming towards them and lifting it into the air.

The who team jumped on top of each other, jumping up and down as the whole rink was covered in gold confetti.

The whole team was on a giddy high as they all but skipped their way back to the locker room, hollering down the hallways.

Kensington could feel herself losing her voice from all the screaming, especially as they all huddled together to scream together oh mama don’t you cry.

Kensington sat at her stall having slipped her jersey and pads off leaving her in a black sports bra, Gabe threw an arm around her shoulder pulling her into the photo with him.

Will and Ryan leaned over from the other side getting into the photo.

Ryan ended up getting up and jumping into other peoples photos of and Gabe walked away leaving just Kensington and Will sitting next to each other.

Will raised an eyebrow at her making her giggle but nod and she reached into her stall pulling her phone out and open her camera and hood in front of them as Will help up both of their gold medals, Kensington and Will both smiled at the camera as she took the photo.

Kensington posted the photo onto her story before getting changed out of her equipment and changed back into her light purple suit.

Kensington headed back to her and Gabe��s hotel room deciding to shower first as Gabe was seeing his parents and her parents couldn’t make it to the tournament.

Kensington threw on a multi colored striped sweater and a pair of mom jeans before getting out of the bathroom letting Gabe head into the bathroom. She sat at the desk finishing her hair and putting on a lightly layer of mascara and some lipgloss and putting on the rest of her jewelry that she took of her the game, she slipped on her a pair of boots and played on her phone until Gabe was done.

Gabe finished getting ready and Kensington and him headed out of the room and headed to the karaoke bar that was close by and was meeting up with their teammates and any of their girlfriends or siblings that came with them.

It seemed like Gabe and Kensington were one of the last people to walk into the bar seeing some of their teammates alreadly very drunk.

Gabe and Kensington walked over to where Will and Ryan were talking with a few of their teammates talking.

Kensington slid next to Will nudging him with her elbow and Will looked over smiling at her.

Kensington looked over seeing Ryan already looking very tipsy and he stood up and dragged Drew up to the stage and put on We are never getting back together by Taylor Swift and the two started screaming it into the microphones.

Kensington let out a laugh making sure to pull out her phone to flim the two especially as they started dancing on the stage together and Drew dipped Ryan.

The whole bar was filled with their group and everyone cheered for Ryan and Drew’s performance and then Rutger and Gavin went up next.

Kensington ended up walking away from the team after almost everyone had already went onto the stage for the karaoke and went to the bathroom.

Kensington walked out for the bathroom when she finished and saw Will leaning on the wall, “Willy?” Kensington titled her head curiously wondering why Will was waiting outside the bathroom.

“Hey Gray,” Will looked up smiling at the sound of her voice, he saw the questioned look, “I uh didn’t want anything happen if you went to the bathroom alone so i waited outside.” Will sheepishly explained not wanting to anything to happen to her.

Kensington felt her face soften and her heart squeeze in fondness for her best friend, she leaned on the wall next to him and nudged him gently, “Thank you.” She appreciated that he cared enough to wait for her.

“Always.” Will softly smiled looking down at her, Kensington looked up at him and saw the way Will’s eyes flickered down to lips and he leaned closer, Kensington nervously bit her lip but leaned in slightly.

Kensington let out a nervous breath at Will being so close to and she could just feel his lips brush hers and suddenly a very drunk Ryan was putting his arms around them both as he was hollering loudly and Kensington and Will both pulled apart quickly and Kensington looked away immediately feeling her heart beat rapidly in her chest and Will kept his eyes on her.

Kensington let Ryan drag Will and her back to their team and she sat right next to Cutter, who gave her a concerned look seeing her look panicked, “You alright Singy?” He put at arm around her and looked at one of his favorite teammates and the girl who had become like his little sister over the last few years.

Kensington shook her head and rested her head on Cutter’s shoulder and closed her eyes, getting the comfort of an older brother from Cutter, especially since she had known him for years know and he is one of the older players she is closet with.

“Will almost kissed me.” Kensington whispered quietly to Cutter, still in shock she almsot kissed her best friend and maybe the person she has been crushing on but has been trying to get over it.

“Oh.” Cutter’s eyes widen and looked at her, “What happened?” Cutter had seen Kensington when she realized she had a crush on Will but he knew she didn’t want to risk her friendship with him so she had been trying to get over her crush.

“Ryan interrupted us.” Kensington whispered playing with her bracelets.

Cutter slowly nodded and he could see she didn’t want to keep talking about it, “Do you want to go back to hotel?” He also knew she had a really early flight the next morning as she had to get back to New Jersey.

“Please.” Kensington softly whispered. Cutter stood up with her keeping his arm around her shoulder as they said goodbyes to a few of their teammates and walked out of the bar, not seeing Will look at them with a sad face and dejected frown.

Cutter walked Kensington the quick walk back to their hotel and he walked with her up to her hotel room, “Are you gonna be alright?”

Kensington looked at him and wrapped her arms around him needing a hug, “I will be.”

Cutter gently wrapped his arms around her and letting her hug him as long as she needed.

Kensington eventually stepped back and gave him a small smile, “Thank you.” She turned around and headed into her room.

She took a deep breath before getting changed in a purple sweatshirt and sweatpants set before starting to pack up her bags before her flight in the morning, she set her alarms and headed into bed wanting to get as many hours as she could before having to get up early.

 Kensington was so deep asleep she didn’t even hear when the door opened and Will was helping a drunk Gabe into the room, Will helped Gabe lay on his bed and covered him with the covers.

Will started to walk out of the hotel room and looked at Kensington, he walked over pulling the blanket up around her and he leaned down pressing a very gentle kiss to her forehead, “I’m so sorry gray.” He looked at her regrettably once more before walking out of the room.

January 6, 2024

Kensington woke up hearing her alarm and quickly shutting it off, she looked towards the windows seeing it still pitch black out side and the sun still down.

She got out of bed and headed to the bathroom and got ready real quick.

She slipped on her black high top converses and packed the rest of her stuff into her suitcase, she zipped the suitcase up and grabbed her backpack, slipping it onto her backpack and rolling her suitcase out of her hotel room.

Kensington headed down to the lobby and waited for the taxi to take her to the airport.

Kensington sat in the Taxi watching the asleep city as they drove to the Airport.

She thanked the driver before grabbing her bags and walking into the airport, she went through Security and walked through the Sweden airport to her gate. She had some time before her flight and headed to the Starbucks getting an Ice Matcha and a breakfast sandwich before waiting by her gate.

Kensington boarded her flight and put her suitcase in the overhead before sitting in her window seat, she grabbed out her headphones and pulled out her journal. She slipped her headphones on and started her playlist and looking out the window as the plane was about to takeoff.

Kensington spent most of the eight hours either listening to music or working on one of her songs in her journal and before she knew they were already landing in New Jersey.

She eventually got off the plane and walked through the airport and got into a uber to take her to Jack’s apartment.

She walked through his apartment building and got to his apartment and knocked on the door waiting, not sure who would be in the apartment and who is already at the Arena.

Jack opened the door looking pretty down but the second he saw his sister he smiled happily and pulled her into a one armed hug as his other arm is in a sling.

“I’m so proud of you Sunshine.” Jack pressed a soft kiss to the side of head, having watched almost all of games during the WJC, and watched her gold medal game with Luke, Quinn and their parents. They all were really happy for her but sad they couldn’t have been there for her.

“Thanks Jacky.” Kensington voice was very quiet and raspy as hugged him, sighing in relief to see part of her family for the first time since thanksgiving as she also spent the holidays with her team in Sweden and not with her family.

“How’s is it?” Kensington softly asked as they pulled apart and headed into his apartment, she didn’t have a chance to see his game only got told he was hurt and wasn’t playing tonight.

“Been worse.” Jack grimaced unhappy about being injured again.

“Well, if you can’t play for a little awhile, i have room for visitors.” Kensington softly whispered her voice still raspy from all the screaming and yelling. She also knew Jack doesn’t do great sitting alone when his team goes on road games and she is only a three hour drive away or a quick flight.

“I like that.” Jack smiled wanting to spend some time with his sister and that may be the only positive about being injured, “Luke and Quinn headed out a while ago and Mom and Dad have left a few minutes ago. So if you want to change or something but we can leave whenever you’re ready.”

“I’ll change.” Kensington nodded and she headed down the hallway with her bags to the guest room she always stays in. She put her suitcase down and zipped it open pulling out her outfit and she grabbed her makeup bag.

She put on a pair of loose blue jeans and a thick grey sweater, a multicolored scarf and her tan ugg’s. She put on very light makeup and grabbed her phone walking out of the room to the living room where Jack was waiting.

Jack looked up at the sound of her waking into the room, “Ready?” Kensington nodded and headed to the front door as Jack slipped on his black coat, “Uh Sunny, so i’m not supposed to drive..” Jack trailed off looking at his sister.

“That’s ok.” Kensington smiled shaking her head and held out of her hand letting Jack giver her the car keys.

They headed down to the parking garage and Kensington hoped into the drivers seat as Jack got into the passenger seat, she started the car and started driving to the Prudential Center.

Jack showed her how to get into the player lot and she pulled into his spot. They walked into the Arena and Jack led them through the hallways, “You don’t mind if it’s just us, because i can take you to Mom and Dad.”

Jack having gotten two seat in the press box and hoping to be less seen there and their parents had gotten a suite with the friends and family that came out for the game.

“With you.” Kensington softly whispered not minding waiting to see her family especially because all of them were free tomorrow and are going to spend the day together and she knows the suite is packed with friends and family and she’s exhausted and can barely talk so she really doesn’t want to be in a suite filled with people.

“Alright Suns.” Jack smiled swinging his good arm around her shoulder pressing a kiss to the side of her head.

They walked to the press box and sat in the seats seeing the teams already warmed up and about to do the puck drop.

Kensington leaned her head onto Jack’s good shoulder as the puck just dropped and the players started lining up for the game to start.

The two watched the game, with no score in the first period and the second period ended in 4-2 with the Canucks leading, the third period started and and both team scored two more times and the game ended 6-4, with the Canuck’s winning against the Devils.

Jack groaned dropping his head as the game ended and hating that they lost against the Canucks.

“Well looks likes Quinn has another win.” Kensington giggled seeing Jack dramatically groan. Jack and Quinn keeping score of all the time they played against each other, who won and or who lost.

Jack and Kensington got up and started the walk down the locker room where they saw some of their family.

Ellen felt someone hug her side and she looked down seeing her daughter, Ellen smiled wrapping her arms around her, “Oh my love!”

“Hi Mama.” Kensington whispered hugging her mother tightly.

Ellen reluctantly let her daughter go, Jim wrapped his arms around his daughter and tightly hugged her.

Jim smiled down at his youngest and before letting her greet the rest of their family and friends that were there.

“Hi Liv.” Kensington whispered as she hugged Olivia.

“Hi Kens.” Olivia fondly smiled having grown quite close to the young girl.

“Sunnyyy!” Luke cheered happily as he rushed forward and picked his baby sister in a big hug and spun her around.

“Lu!” Kensington held onto her brother as he spun her around.

Luke gently set her down and pressed a kiss to her forehead, “Hello miss gold medalist!” Luke proudly teased her.

Kensington softly laughed, “Thank you.” She pressed a kiss to his cheek before seeing Quinn walking out of his locker room and perked up seeing her big brother as she hadn’t see Quinn the longest out of her family.

She quickly lunged at him wrapping his arms around him and resting her head on his chest.

“Hello Sunshine.” Quinn smiled hugging her back gently and contently closing his eyes as he held his baby sister. Quinn wrapped an arm around her shoulder and walked to the their family.

Kensington smiled seeing her family all together something that doesn’t happen often.

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estrella soto is a twenty five year-old figure skater in new york, u.s.a. they were brought under richard’s care when they were only five years old. they are known as the lookalike because they are lithesome but also disillusioned.

𓂅 * ⋆ BASICS .

FULL NAME. estrella luciana soto. MEANING. spanish , “ star. ” NICKNAMES. ella , ellie , este , ells , she accepts any and all variations. AGE. twenty five. BIRTHDATE. seventh of march in the year nineteen eighty. PLACE OF BIRTH. tuscon , arizona. WESTERN ZODIAC. pisces. GENDER IDENTITY. cis woman , she & her. ORIENTATION. demisexual , biromantic. NATIONALITY. american. SPOKEN LANGUAGES. english and spanish. OCCUPATION. professional figure skater. CURRENT RESIDENCE. an apartment in greenwich village , nyc that she shares with her occasional skate partner turned roommate turned situationship , brando(n).

𓂅 * ⋆ PHYSICAL .

HEIGHT. five foot , one inch. BUILD. petite , fit , lithe - particularly on an ice rink. FACE CLAIM. jenna ortega. HAIR. dark brown , an almost black that reaches below her shoulders with curtain bangs to frame her face. generally worn in loose curls and half up , half down styles that can be easily pinned up for skating. EYES. big , round and warm brown… in a word , doe-like. NOTABLE FEATURES. aforementioned doe-eyes , various scrapes and bruises from missteps on the ice , long lashes and a dark scattering of freckles across her nose and cheeks. SCENT. wild strawberry , pink jasmine , patchouli and amber , reminiscent of miss dior cherie. TATTOOS. a little butterfly on her left shoulder blade. PIERCINGS. two lobe piercings on each ear in addition to an orbital on her right. DOMINANT HAND. ambidextrous but favours her right.

𓂅 * ⋆ PSYCHE .

MYERS - BRIGGS. enfj-t , the protagonist. MORAL ALIGNMENT. neutral good. TRAITS. balletic , disillusioned , driven , guarded , haunted , independent , keen , resilient , rueful , tender. QUIRKS. remarkably flexible , she bites her lip in thought , toys with jewellery when uncomfortable , never fails to keep a neat manicure and rests in stances one might recognise to be ballet positions. VICES. a true workaholic , she maintains a very healthy lifestyle but does occasionally drink and smoke socially.

𓂅 * ⋆ INTERESTS & HOBBIES .

INTERESTS. choreography and dance , theatre of every variety - lincoln centre is a favourite of hers for their opera & ballet seasons , classical music and most recently , the cold case of winifred woodrow. HOBBIES. fitness , theatregoing , cabaret club nights and uploading free dance skating routines onto ( a newly launched ) youtube - brando choreographs and then they perform them together for funsies. SPECIAL SKILLS. an accomplished dancer who still practises ballet to this day , remarkably high endurance and muscle memory due to her training and profession , uncanny ability to internalise her feelings.

𓂅 * ⋆ BECOMING A WARD .

tw : teenage pregnancy, child abandonment and implied endangerment.

it became a regional news story. statewide, people seemingly fascinated by how any parent could dream of abandoning their child, let alone in such a callous fashion.

estrella had only recently turned five when her not-much-older-than-teenage parents dropped her off at kindergarten one morning only to fail in picking her up again later that day. try as teachers and later, police sergeants might, there was no getting ahold of them. with little known and much speculated, many would soon arrive at the conclusion that the young couple had fled the country to start anew, leaving behind the small daughter they’d come to look upon as an unwanted burden.

one such person, who took immense pity on the girl, was a connection richard held at the newly-launched CNN. an attentive news reporter by the name of julian esparza was keenly aware of the philanthropist’s efforts to offer up his home to young individuals in need of safety and stability and recommended richard meet with little estrella as soon as he could. whatever it was that richard saw in the five year old girl that day ( likely the spirit and semblance of his long lost daughter ) caused the man’s heart to bleed and within a week the paperwork had been signed and estrella was on the way to her new home.

𓂅 * ⋆ LIFE AS A WARD .

being not only one of the earliest wards to arrive but also the very youngest of them all, estrella’s status as baby sister of the house never really strayed from the stereotypes. spoiled and resilient, she was a paradox amongst the wards in how she seemed to possess the least agency but carry the highest status.

it’s a unique sense of imposter syndrome, she summises — bearing the unfathomable weight of another’s lost girlhood. cursed princess with her whole life ahead of her, she was a little girl walking so unknowingly into the tall shadow of the daughter who’d come before. from the very beginning, richard had never been particularly shy in how he doted on young estrella. freely showering her in the paternal affection the past had robbed them both of and to a little girl who’d been abandoned by her own parents, being made to feel so wanted was all she could have dreamt of. he was her father in all but name.

outwardly, she was a precocious and spirited young girl, all pink cheeks and toothy grins, perpetually in awe of those she shared a home with, their varied and abundant talents drawing her wide-eyed wonder. until she took to the ice for the first time, you’d see her following fellow wards around, hoping to catch a glimpse of whatever it was they were up to before being told she was too young or too small and relegated to sitting on the sidelines. it was a pattern of behaviour that, although adapted, would follow her until she left woodrow.

for try as she might, amidst the attention from richard she so enjoyed, the wards did not warm to estrella the way she hoped they would. their caretaker’s favouritism for the surrogate daughter he’d found in estrella had planted the seed of resentment and in turn, stifled and isolated her entirely. it was in this eventual seclusion that she learnt the value of independence and began throwing herself into skating completely, suddenly glad for the chance to thrive all on her own the way she’d watched the other wards do.

she grew reticent, internalising all she felt for the sake of whatever semblance of a family she still wanted to cling to. the same would eventually be said of the response estrella had to an equally crushing realisation… that she’d never quite compare to a dead girl.

the rosy retrospection of childhood had begun to fade. estrella can’t ever pinpoint a specific moment in which things changed for them but gradually, over time, when she would come to meet richard’s eye… her heart sank. in the midst of reminiscing, she could feel he wasn’t looking back at her at all but rather at winifred… or whatever semblance of his daughter he’d long been projecting onto estrella. it was an all too painful revelation, one that haunted her from that point on.

more than anything, estrella wanted to escape her own skin. flee from any part of herself tied to the woodrow daughter who had so mysteriously disappeared that bleak midwinter night. this striking resemblance that had changed her life and been the cause of all her woe. had anyone accepted her for who she truly was?

despite the fierce independence she’d adopted, estrella still found herself clinging to the father she’d once known him to be. looking on in rumination, she’d wonder ( at length ) if his love for her was at all genuine… never once risking the inevitable confrontation out of fear for the loss that would follow. instead, keeping it bottled up once again. distancing herself little by little until she was out and away in the world — determined to be known as more than ‘the substitute daughter’, ‘the favourite’ or ‘the lookalike.’ her own person, at last.

although she was never too far away… and when richard called, she could do nothing else but gladly answer.

𓂅 * ⋆ AESTHETIC .

distinctly feminine, very gabriella from high school musical core with her wrap cardigans and ballet flats. though as an athlete, she’s an athleisure girly through and through. leotards, leggings, matching sets. day-to-day, she really favours layers that she can easily take off and put back on during training. the odd tracksuit here and there. even if it’s warm outside, you’d usually see her with a puffer jacket on hand because the rink is so cold. on more formal occasions, she opts for mini dresses and heels to help give the illusion she’s taller ( weeps in 5’1” ) and accessorizes with a sweet bow or two in her hair.

you’ll always see her wearing her charm bracelet however. it was a present from richard when estrella first joined her skate club and each time she’d compete, he’d add a charm. they’re all stars, in honour of her name.

𓂅 * ⋆ EDUCATION .

estrella was homeschooled throughout all her time at woodrow. as figure skating became more and more of a serious pursuit, it seemed easier to contain her schooling to the house. less distractions that way. her coach was certainly in favour of it. perhaps it was the people pleaser in her, the ‘perfect daughter’ of it all but she also maintained straight a’s too. it came as no surprise when she applied to richard’s alma mater of kingsbury college and got in on a skating scholarship. the real twist being that she soon deferred in order to commit to her sport full time and has yet to return to kingsbury to finish said degree.

𓂅 * ⋆ EXTRACURRICULARS .

figure skating, also known as her entire world. estrella had been a baby ballerina prior to being taken into richard’s care and he quickly accommodated for that love of hers with a continuation in lessons. however by the second winter she spent at woodrow house, he was soon introducing her to the frozen pond on the grounds and she took to skating it like a duck to water.

other pursuits include literature, musical theatre and classical music. their occasional outings as a ‘family’ to see operas and ballets very much inspired her.

𓂅 * ⋆ THEIR LIFE NOW .

estrella only left woodrow house three years ago and even then, living in-state meant she was still a fairly regular visitor. she’d moved into the city in order to be closer to her skating club, other rinks she frequented and transport for national and international competitions. being only a three hour drive away however, meant most national holidays were spent there at richard’s side, the odd special occasion and long weekend too.

in nyc, she shares a modest apartment with brandon, better known as brando. they used to skate together at the same club before he recently retired to pursue choreography at a nearby dance studio. there’s always been lingering romantic tension there but most of all, he’s her biggest cheerleader and a helpful objective party regarding all things woodrow.

all the while, estrella’s been forging her own destiny. she’s been competing internationally at the top of her discipline for years at this point. ( a writing guide on figure skaters advised not to go into specifics about competitions bc it’s a lot so, i won’t but let’s just say she’s a pretty decorated athlete and represented team usa at the 2002 winter olympics in salt lake city and was in the midst of training for the 2006 games before richard’s death. ) what she loves most of all though is getting to step out as herself. on the ice, the only narrative being spun is the one she creates. it’s a level of control she enjoys ( and dreads giving up upon her return to woodrow house. ) whilst she came to woodrow house seeking a family, she left seeking visibility and acceptance and in skating, estrella truly found that.

#wrhq.intro #it’s been 84 years #might add a graphic at a later date but i just wanted it out!!

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‘cause tramps like us, baby, we were born to run

by stellarpoint (pettifogger)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationship: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson Characters: Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson, Robin Buckley, Jonathan Byers, Wayne Munson, Jeff (Stranger Things), Bruce Springsteen Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Post-Canon Fix-It, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Eddie Munson Lives, Pre-Relationship, Getting Together, Slow Burn, Not Actually Unrequited Love, Secret Crush, Gay Eddie Munson, Bisexual Steve Harrington, Bruce Springsteen References, Song: Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen, you guys have no idea how excited i am that those are established tags, Inspired by Music, First Kiss, POV Alternating, Requited Love, Happy Ending, Eddie Munson is Whipped Words: 9,308 Chapters: 1/1

Summary

Realization #1: Steve is wearing a costume. He’s dressed as Springsteen on the cover of Born In The U.S.A. The album cover is staring at Eddie from the stack of records by the speakers, and he flicks his eyes between the cover and Steve, almost laughing at how obvious the resemblance is. Immediately after that, revelations two and three slam into him like an eighteen-wheeler. #2: Bruce Springsteen is kind of hot. #3: Steve Harrington is really hot. A fourth and much louder thought echoes through Eddie’s brain: oh, shit. (Many months ago, I wrote a tumblr post about Steve Harrington being a Bruce Springsteen enjoyer. This fic is about that.)

#steddie #steddie fic rec #oneshot #5-10k #getting together #slow burn

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Back side:

Some details - behind the Iron Curtain:

Made in Hungary with the original price:

Catching Up With - inner paper cover:

Black Celebration with But Not Tonight at the end (USA edition):

Blue vinyl (German edition):

Violator in French and the new edition inside:

Duplicates:

This is my DM vinyl album collection - so far. I also collect 7" singles, you can read about it in another post. These albums released in the "original" year in different countries like West Germany, U.S.A., France, Yugoslavia and Hungary. It shows well the age of Depeche Mode that some of these countries are no longer exist.

Original DM LPs are rare if I don't want to order them from eBay for a fortune and uncertain delivery. I must be lucky - and I was. I bought them from a website where buddies like me sell their used items, a guy regulary sends me e-mails about his duplicates, I'm really appreciated. There is a second hand music recording shop not far from my flat, I remember I went there first time in October to buy MFTM in blue version (haha, now I know how rare it is). The shop was crowded, sellers were busy, I was a bit nervous. One of the customers asked loudly over the LP heap "So where is that Depeche Mode you talked about?" I turned there, he was given MFTM by the shop owner. "I leave it here for now, someone will really need it" - he said and I went to him for the vinyl "I was coming exactly for this album, I'm not kidding. I'm buying this" - we were laughing, the owner said this LP had arrived to the shop 17 minutes before I got it.

Or I just find them in my mother's potato cellar (!) where my sister left them in the early 90s: the Hungarian version of MFTM, and Violator by Virgin Records. I had to wash some black mold off them… I found the original price sticker from 1987 (280 HUF - today it would cost 15,000 HUF) and Violator has sticker at the front in French "L'album inclus Personal Jesus & Enjoy the silence". These were my first DM experience in my childhood when I was prepearing to a music high school and I learnt all of those strange songs on piano.

Unfortinately two important studio albums are missing yet from the 80s: one of my favourite, Some Great Reward, I'm sure we will find each other one day. I could've bought Speak & Spell but only the American version, too much differences, I prefer the other one. My Black Celebration is American too, that means you can find one more song at the end of B side, But Not tonight - this song has never released in Europe. I also love my Catching Up With, because the cover is wow (I mean hot), and the inner paper cover is full of photos, this way they promoted the band in the States. This singles collection released only in the USA, this is the American version of The Singles 81→85 with 4 differences. And I need SOFAD and it' singles, I'm afraid it's gonna be a difficult advanture.

Basicly I don't want to keep 2 or more versions of the albums, beside MFTM Violator is duplicated in a funny reason. I went to Müller shopping soaps and while I was standing in line at the checkout and I got a sight of vinyls next to puffed corn. "What if there is DM?" There was. Violator, new edition that you can order all of the albums in any time. This was my very first DM album, I just couldn't leave it there, my heart was beating loudly. After this I've decided to collect original vinyls only, because they have souls. Decades ago someone bought it and listened to is with joy and perhaps he or she was in love with someone and went to a concert or a flat party and they were dancing… When I hold these old, crumpled albums in my hand I can feel the past. It makes me so happy.

A Broken Frame 1982 Made in Yugoslavia (Jugoton)

Construction Time Again 1983 Made in West Germany

Catching Up With Depeche Mode 1985 Made in U.S.A.

Black Celebration 1986 Made in U.S.A.

Music For The Masses 1987 Made in West Germany (blue vinyl)

Music For The Masses 1987 Made in Hungary (Gong)

Violator 1990 Made in France (Virgin)

Violator 2016 (new edition - Sony)

#DM #Depeche Mode #Dave Gahan #Martin Gore #Andy Fletcher #Alan Wilder #blogger #vinyl collection #my post #not only pics #sry for my bad English I don't like to use translator

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John Bulloch Souter - The Breakdown (1926)

The Breakdown is a strikingly accomplished painting. Yet it was the subject that caused controversy, as the painting depicts a black saxophonist, sitting on a shattered classical statue of Minerva, the goddess of music, while a naked white woman dances to his music. The woman appears to move as though in a trance, totally abandoning herself to the music, and her discarded clothing and shoes are visible in the far corner of the composition. Within days of its exhibition, the British Colonial office contacted the Royal Academy to request the removal of the picture for 'reasons of state, not art' and 'in the interest of the empire.'

Souter claimed that his painting was intended to 'to illustrate the tendency nowadays for Jazz influence to permeate our daily lives,' and this was true, jazz was beginning to filter through into wider cultural life and in many circles the radical change this represented, towards freedom and a breaking down of strict social norms, was met with celebration and enthusiasm. Yet, at the same time, the British Empire, and the wider racism it represented, were obviously felt to be under threat, and the incident was featured in news stories as far as the U.S.A., India and South Africa and records made of society figures making comments such as, 'it would make ruling our natives difficult.'

As cultural researcher George McKay explains, the idea of Jazz had become at this time a catch-all for wider concerns about new social freedoms in the post-war era, as well as the perceived instability of the empire; everything felt to be 'disruptive, chaotic and dangerous,' could be located within this scene, and thus read either positively, or negatively, into the picture. We can even read Souter's title as part of the dichotomy around the reception of jazz; on one hand the freedom it represented, but on the other the suspicions around its subversive nature. The very term 'breakdown' could be referring to a musical concept, or in a wider sense, the breakdown of the established order.

Most surprisingly, some of the British music establishment reacted strikingly negatively, the editor of Melody Maker, spoke out on the picture on behalf of the whole music scene, claiming 'We jazz musicians … protest against, and repudiate the juxtaposition of an undraped white girl with a black man,' the picture represents a 'perversive danger to the community and the best thing that could happen to it is to have it … burnt!' In fact, Souter did destroy the original painting following the outcry, but kept his original drawings and studies. The subject and painting obviously remained important to him, as much later in his career, he painted a new version, which he dated 1926-62, acknowledging the time that had passed. (source)

#John Bulloch Souter #scottish art #1920s

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[ 박성훈 ] THE WAY THINGS GO ꒰ P.SH x F!READER

02. #HybeBaddies!

PARK SUNGHOON ˚. ᯇ @Dance

love his 02z (jake & jay) friends for life, like those are his day ones. it was hard for him while y/n was away but only for about a year, he thought he should forget about the girl so he can focus on his studies and dance.

LEE HEESEUNG ˚. ᯇ @Music

heeseung has a pretty popular youtube channel where he makes covers of songs and occasionally releases originals! sunghoon met him when he was just entering hybe, the two became fast friends!

PARK JONGSEONG / JAY ˚. ᯇ @Fashion

his pronouns are U.S.A 🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸. owns a fashion brand online, sick of bitches gatekeeping him , he needs to make it in the fashion world! he also posts guitar covers on youtube so he’s pretty popular from that too!

SIM JAEYUN / JAKE ˚. ᯇ @Physics

always gets asked why he choose physics as his major , he js rlly likes it…no one understand why. he’s pretty tiktok ‘famous’ everyone js thirsts over him and his accent, we love that!

KIM SEONWOO / SUNOO ˚. ᯇ @Cinematography

he’s pretty popular for the films he has released while still being a student! he has won student film awards and such! jane and dew feature in a lot of his movies together so he’s pretty close to them.

YANG JUNGWON ˚. ᯇ @Photography

a ncity resident. a pretty popular photographer on twitter, his photos have gone viral over apps like tiktok , pinterest , and twitter ofc. he takes promotional photos for sunoo’s films so he is also pretty known for that as well.

NISHIMURA RIKI ˚. ᯇ @Year11

hater before human 💯❗️literally a dance prodigy…one of the best dancers at Hamlin Arts. He’s from Japan but he currently lives in the Hamlin dorms whilst his family still live back home due to the fact that they own a well respected dance studio.

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Tagged by @thiamsxbitch @ykthefancyclamwiththepearlinside

Are you named after anyone?

not that i know of.

When was the last time you cried?

Um.. 😶 fkfkfkf last night.

Do you have kids?

No.

Do you play/have you played any sports?

Yes. I horseback ride and I used to dance.

Do you like sarcasm?

I love it. The more the better.

What do you notice about people when you meet them?

Eyes.

Eye color?

I have one brown eye and one green eye. I am not allowed to put that in my ID so I had to go with hazel on my license.

Scary movies or happy endings?

Scary movies.

Any talents?

I can sing and I like to compliment myself on keeping up with updates with my writing 😆.

Where were you born?

New York, U.S.A

Hobbies?

writing, listening to music, reading, movies, and I like to hike.

Pets?

A cat.

Height?

5 feet and 6 inches.

What are you favorite school subjects?

English and art.

Dream Job?

Working for myself. Maybe someday.

Tagging @wolfboy88 @disasterpenguin @maplesyrizzup @outcastpack @transdunbar @mmoosen

#ask games #tag games

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tonightillbeonthathill · 6 months

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Radical manager against conservative artist: Jon Landau / Bruce Springsteen, Cover me. Landau loved its modern sheen

'The times are tough now, just getting tougher This old world is rough, it's just getting rougher Cover me, come on baby, cover me Well, I'm looking for a lover who will come on in and cover me'

"Radical manager against conservative artist: Bruce Springsteen was indifferent to the track from the start, often outright hostile to it. It struck him as too light, too pop, too obvious. These were among its virtues, Jon Landau insisted, and anyway, none of that belied the intensity with which Bruce whipped home the crucial line: “Wrap your arms around and cover me!”

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Bruce Springsteen: Cover Me (Live at LA Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA - September 1985)

"Meantime, a friend of Landau’s, record executive David Geffen, asked if Bruce would be interested in writing a song for Donna Summer, who had just been signed to Geffen’s label. Summer was recording her first album with producer Quincy Jones, who was hot off making Michael Jackson’s Off the Wall. There was even some talk of Bruce and Donna performing a duet. It was an intriguing idea: the King of Rock and Roll recording with the Queen of Disco. Bruce wasn’t entirely certain how he wanted to proceed, but he did write a song. While in the studio with Bonds, he gathered the E Street Band for a demo session. When Jon Landau heard the result, a song called “Cover Me,” combining Springsteen’s rock combustion with a sledgehammer version of the typical Summer dance beat, he smelled a hit."

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"While making Born in the U.S.A., this conflict centered around one song, “Cover Me.” Landau says he knew the song belonged in the next (rock) album the moment he heard what was supposed to be nothing more than a tossed-off demo. Bruce was indifferent to the track from the start, often outright hostile to it. It struck him as too light, too pop, too obvious. These were among its virtues, Landau insisted, and anyway, none of that belied the intensity with which Bruce whipped home the crucial line: “Wrap your arms around and cover me!” Although the song was closer to pop than rock—and in its rhythms closer to postdisco dance music than either—it had a stinging guitar solo. Landau loved its modern sheen; Bruce knew its value—he’d created it, after all—but he wasn’t sure what it said about him. The more anachronistic shape of his soul and rockabilly-based tunes was secure and comforting. In all their discussions about the album, Landau kept dredging up “Cover Me” and Bruce kept kicking it back under the rug, radical manager against conservative artist."

Dave Marsh

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Bruce Springsteen - Cover Me (from Born In The U.S.A. Live: London 2013)

#bruce springsteen #songwriting #springsteen #music #love song #rock #pop #cover me #manager #jon landau #Youtube #artist

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lovesongbracket · 1 year

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Reminder: Vote based on the song, not the artist or specific recording! The tracks referenced are the original artist, aside from a few rare cases where a cover is the most widely known.

Lyrics, videos, info, and notable covers under the cut. (Spotify playlist available in pinned post)

At Last

Written By: Henry Warren & Mack Gordon

Artist: Etta James

Released: 1960

Originally recorded by: Glenn Miller and His Orchestra feat. Pat Friday & John Payne, 1941

A song originally written in 1941 by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren and originally performed by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra for the 1941 movie Sun Valley Serenade, this ballad found its greatest success in the hands of the late Etta James in this 1960 recording. The tune became James' signature song. The song is featured on several “best of” lists, including inclusion in the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry and induction into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.

[Verse 1] At last My love has come along My lonely days are over And life is like a song (Oh, yeah, yeah) [Verse 2] At last The skies above are blue My heart was wrapped up in clover The night I looked at you [Bridge] I found a dream that I could speak to A dream that I can call my own I found a thrill to press my cheek to A thrill that I've never known (Oh, yeah, yeah) [Verse 3] You smiled, you smiled Oh, and then the spell was cast And here we are in heaven For you are mine at last

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Dancing in the Dark

Written By: Bruce Springsteen

Artist: Bruce Springsteen

Released: 1984

The first single off of Springsteen’s seminal album Born In The U.S.A., this track was written two years after most of the other songs on the album. Producer Jon Landau thought the new album lacked a guaranteed hit and pushed Springsteen to draft one more song. The two men got into a brief altercation, after which Bruce wrote “Dancing in the Dark” about his ‘difficulty writing a hit single and his frustration trying to write songs that will please people’. Its music video contains an early appearance by actress Courtney Cox. It also helped introduce Springsteen to a younger audience, setting the stage for a seven-single run of top 10 hits from the album. “Dancing In The Dark” became Springsteen’s highest charting single the Boss has ever had, spending four weeks in the #2 position of the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1984, held from the top spot by Duran Duran “The Reflex” and Prince “When Doves Cry”. It also spent six weeks at #1 on the Mainstream Rock chart. This single is also Springsteen’s only to be certified platinum.

[Verse 1] I get up in the evening And I ain't got nothing to say I come home in the morning I go to bed feeling the same way I ain't nothing but tired Man, I'm just tired and bored with myself Hey there, baby I could use just a little help [Chorus] You can't start a fire You can't start a fire without a spark This gun's for hire Even if we're just dancing in the dark [Verse 2] Messages keep getting clearer Radio's on, and I'm moving 'round my place I check my look in the mirror I wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face Man, I ain't getting nowhere I'm just living in a dump like this There's something happening somewhere Baby, I just know that there is [Chorus] You can't start a fire You can't start a fire without a spark This gun's for hire Even if we're just dancing in the dark [Bridge] You sit around getting older There's a joke here somewhere, and it's on me I'll shake this world off my shoulders Come on, baby, the laugh's on me [Verse 3] Stay on the streets of this town And they'll be carving you up all right They say, "You gotta stay hungry" Hey, baby, I'm just about starving tonight I'm dying for some action I'm sick of sitting around here trying to write this book I need a love reaction Come on now, baby, give me just one look [Chorus] You can't start a fire Sitting 'round crying over a broken heart This gun's for hire Even if we're just dancing in the dark You can't start a fire Worrying about your little world falling apart This gun's for hire Even if we're just dancing in the dark [Outro] Even if we're just dancing in the dark Even if we're just dancing in the dark Even if we're just dancing in the dark Hey, baby [Outro Saxophone Solo]

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#at last #etta james #dancing in the dark #bruce springsteen #polls #poll tournament #poll bracket #tournament #bracket #lovesongbracket #round3

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sweetiesicheng · 1 year

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now playing : misaki’s profile

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stage name : misaki

birth name : hyunjin misaki kang

pronouns : she/her

position : main dancer, visual

birthday : december 25th, 1999

zodiac sign : capricorn

nationality : japanese, korean-american

sub-unit(s) : performance

instagram : @ kanghm

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misaki facts !

> misaki was born in long island, new york.

> misaki is half japanese and half korean.

> misaki goes by her middle name instead of her first name. however, she does not mind if people call her by her first name.

> misaki has been a trainee under pledis since 2014.

> misaki was supposed to debut in a girl group under pledis in 2020, but the debut never happened due to internal problems and due to the coronavirus outbreak.

> misaki officially joined seventeen in april 2023 with their 10th mini album "fml".

> misaki is able to speak korean, english, and japanese. she can understand some chinese from a childhood friend.

> misaki is a former gymnast. she started when she was six and competed across the u.s.a. until she auditioned for pledis entertainment at the end of 2013.

> misaki started dancing when she was five at a studio in her hometown, but she was more focused on gymnastics rather than dancing.

> misaki auditioned for pledis by dancing to "because of you" by after school and "the boys" by girls generation. during her audition, she had to rap and sing too and was complimented by the recruitment team for her natural talent.

> as a trainee, she started to learn how to produce music with woozi as one of her mentors.

> misaki is known to be very quiet, so sometimes she'll wander off on her own. the guys and staff members try to make sure that someone is with her at all times so she doesn't disappear.

> misaki is really shy at first, but she opens up once she is comfortable enough.

> misaki is really bad at contacting others through her phone because she keeps a lot of her notifications off. she had to compromise with s.coups to keep seventeen and other staff's notifications on.

> misaki's favorite activities are dancing, watching videos/tv, shopping, and sleeping.

> misaki does not know how to swim.

> misaki participated in several pledis artists's performances prior to her debut as a backup dancer.

> misaki takes classes at different dance studios when she has the opportunity to do so.

> misaki's favorite seventeen songs are: "fallin' flower", "hot", "cheers", "crush", and many others.

> misaki's favorite "going seventeen" episodes are the "don't lie" series and "catch stock."

> she lives in a dorm with s.coups, joshua, and the8. update: she lives alone now since the others moved out, but all of the members visit her as much as possible. (author note: arrangements based off of a previous dorm arrangement).

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to be updated as needed

last update : 05/31/24

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astra-galaxie · 1 year

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“An elephant?! That’s so cool! I like penguins!” - Milagros Santiago

Biographical information

Full Name: Milagros Santiago

Nickname(s): Mila

Gender: Female

Status: Alive

Age: 6 (season 3)

Birth: 2010

Race: Human

Nationality: Puerto Rican-American

Origin: Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A

Residence:

McMurdo Station, South Pole

Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A (formerly)

Profession(s): Penguin Enthusiast

Family:

Alondra Santiago (mother) (deceased)

Unnamed father

Camila Martinez (adoptive mother)

Unnamed grandparents

Carmen Martinez (aunt)

Sanjay Korrapati (cousin)

Affiliation(s): McMurdo Station

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Height: 3’5”

Age: 6 (season 3)

Weight: 40lbs

Eyes: hazel

Blood: A+

Hailing from Baltimore, Milagros Santiago is a young girl with caramel skin, hazel brown eyes, and bouncy curls of long black hair. With her favourite colour being purple, she wears a dark purple parka with matching boots, black snow pants, a lilac hat, scarf, gloves and darker lilac earmuffs.

Synopsis

McMurdo Station’s unofficial penguin expert, Milagros, is the adopted daughter of Camila Martinez.

She is a curious young girl who loves asking questions to learn about new things. She loves science and learning about biology, physics, chemistry, and weather patterns. But she's also a big fan of fantasy novels and can easily get lost in an imaginary world as she reads her favourite books.

Milagros lost her mother at a young age. She doesn't remember much about Alondra, but she remembers her singing lullabies to put her to sleep and having princess tea parties with her and Auntie Camila. She's lucky to have recordings of her mother, and her favourite ones are the videos of Alondra singing and dancing with her as they reenact the dancing scenes from fairy tale movies.

After Alondra passed away, it was just her and Auntie Camila in their little apartment. The place seemed cold and empty without her Mommy, but soon, their family became bigger. She and Camila moved into a rental house close to Camila's parents, and Milagros loved visiting her new grandparents. Her Mommy's parents also visit from Puerto Rico, and while she only sees them a few times a year, she still treasures their time together.

A few weeks after her sixth birthday, Camila announced that she had been offered a job in Antarctica and Milagros was invited to come along. Despite the cold weather, the girl was ecstatic to move to the South Pole. She couldn't wait to see her newest favourite animal, penguins, and make lots of new penguin friends.

Several weeks after moving to Antarctica and befriending the penguins, Camila informed her that Auntie Carmen and her team would be visiting them. Milagros was excited to show Carmen and her friends around the station and penguin reserve but was even more excited to meet her new cousin Sanjay.

After Camila had been cleared of murder, she and Milagros took the Bureau out to visit the penguin reserve. Milagros introduced the penguins to the team by name and taught the humans everything she knew about the animal. While she might still have a lot to learn, she felt proud of herself as she saw everyone smiling and listening to her ramble.

But after a few days, Auntie Carmen, Sanjay and the Bureau needed to leave. Milagros didn't want them to go, but she knew there were bad guys out there they needed to take down, so she didn't try to stow away on the plane. But she still made Auntie Carmen and Sanjay promise to take pictures and get her souvenirs from everywhere they visited.

Months later, near the end of The Darkest Hour, Milagros and Camila returned to celebrate the defeat of SOMBRA alongside the rest of the Bureau's family and friends.

Story Information

First appeared: Death Below Zero

Trivia

Inspiration for her came from Encanto. Her name means miracle (miracle candle), and her Puerto Rican heritage comes from one of the movie’s (also one of my favourite) music composers being of Puerto Rican descent (Lin-Manuel Miranda)

Her stuffed penguin, Pip, was a gift from Camila when she told Milagros they were moving to Antarctica. Milagros sleeps with Pip every night and claims he keeps her nightmares and the cold away

When living in Baltimore, Camila takes Milagros on weekly trips to the cemetery to visit Alondra’s grave. Milagros updates her mother on everything that happened during the previous week and sometimes brings along things to show the grave

Once they return from Antarctica, Milagros plans to bring her scrapbook to her mother’s grave so that she can tell Alondra all about her adventures and penguin friends

She loves dressing up as characters from her favourite movies, especially princesses. Sometimes Camila will dress in matching costumes

Mila hopes that she'll be able to convince Sanjay to dress up with her for Halloween so they can get extra candy for their matching costumes!

She enjoys visiting the beach to build sand castles, swim, play in the waves, and take the pets Camila fosters for walks

Whenever they have a new pet to foster, Milagros makes them a bow or bandana to wear. Each one uses a different combination of fabrics, so no two bows or bandanas are the same

Her favourite animals to foster are dogs, cats, birds, and lizards

She also likes when they get to pet-sit people's fish. It's fun to watch them swim around in the tank

She was born without the lower half of her legs from just below her knees. She has prosthetics to help her walk, run, swim and dance

Grandma Martinez makes her special socks/sleeves in fun patterns that fit over her fake legs to cover the boring metal and plastic

Her favourite ones are the flower pattern socks that make it look like her legs a wrapped in flowers and the sparkly ones because she likes the way they shimmer in the light

Disclaimer: Character design was created using Rinmarugames Mega Anime Avatar Creator! I have only made minor edits to the design! Background courtesy of CriminalArtist5

Links to my stories:

The Case of the Criminal (Ao3/Wattpad)

Killer Bay (Ao3/Wattpad)

Where in the World are the Killers? (Ao3/Wattpad)

#criminal case #astra's ocs #my ocs #criminal case save the world #carmen martinez

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