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lolahasmoxie · 4 months

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Merry Little Christmas (J.T.)

Look, it's me writing for someone other than Eddie!

TW: loss of a parent, all the feels.

(takes place in this universe)

Sad Kid check-in for those who are grieving this time of year. Take care of yourselves out there.

Jamie Tartt was many things. Footballer with a right foot blessed by god, a reformed prick, a beloved mama's boy.

He was also upfront and honest, so when you initially had told him your plans for the Christmas break, his response of "That's the saddest shit I've ever heard" hit hard.

The team was off until after the new year, so you had the time to return home. But holidays just weren't the same since your mom had passed away two years prior. So when Jamie asked what your holiday plans were, you said you would Facetime your friends and their kids, bake some cookies, get drunk on boozy eggnog, and cap the night off by watching Die Hard and eating Chinese food.

"No, there's no way I'm gonna let you stay here and have that be your Christmas."

"And how are you gonna stop me? You're going to be 200 miles away in Manchester?"

"Easy," he says as he flashes you a million-dollar smile. "Come with me."

You try to convince Jamie that there is nothing wrong with your plans, but Jamie is persistent. That's how, on December 23rd, you end up on a train with Jamie to return to his hometown. The train ride is quiet and less packed than you thought it would be. Jamie holds your hand the entire time, telling you everything he has planned for you.

Georgie and Simon meet you at the station, and when Georgie pulls you in and gives you a mother's hug, your heart physically aches. But you let her hold you, followed by Simon, before they usher the two of you into the car for the ride home.

Simon has a shepherd's pie waiting, and after you all stuff yourselves, Jamie takes you on a walk through his neighborhood. The streets are quiet as Jamie leads you by the hand to show you his old stomping grounds. When he kisses you under a streetlamp as the snow starts to fall, you think maybe this Christmas won't be that bad.

It's late Christmas Eve. Simon had made a fantastic dinner. All of you had worn colorful paper crowns and opened Christmas Crackers. You had beaten the pants off Jamie playing cards, and he had retaliated by trying to steal as many kisses from you as he could.

Now, it was almost 1am, and you are wide awake. You had quietly come down the stairs and taken a seat in front of the doors that opened onto Georgie's garden. The snow was falling again, and the world looked serene in the moonlight.

His heart breaks when Jamie sees you staring out the glass doors. He knew that things had been off with you, but he knew better than to push. Roy had told him to be patient, which was easier said than done. Jamie hated seeing you upset.

"If you're waiting for Santa, I'm afraid I have some news that might disappoint ya." You turned as Jamie approached you wearing a long-sleeved thermal and black boxer briefs.

"You should be in bed; it's late."

"Could say the same for you." he counters as he moves to sit on the floor behind you. He looks at you expectantly, and when he sees you give him a nod, he quickly wraps his arms around your waist and pulls you between his legs.

You sigh and let yourself relax into Jamie. There's a comfortable silence as the two of you watch the snowfall.

"I'm glad you came with me. And I know you've got something on your mind, but no pressure. Just tell me when you're ready, alright, love?"

Jamie softly runs his nose up and down the side of your neck as he holds you, and the tears that you've been trying to fight for days can't be held back any longer.

"Christmas Eve was my Mom's favorite, and it's the day I miss her most. We would talk and catch up, and I hate that she isn't here. I fucking hate it."

Jamie pulls you closer, hoping he can take some of the weight you're carrying. He's patient as he rocks you, moving to stand only when your crying has stopped.

"Come on," he says softly as he helps you to your feet. "There's my sweet girl."

"I'm all puffy and snotty." you quip as you wipe your eyes with the sleeve of your top.

"Still as beautiful as the first day I met ya."

"You're a liar, but you're sweet." His hands cup your face, and you let him pull you up for a kiss.

"Come on, I have an idea." You furrow your brow as you let Jamie lead you upstairs to the guest bedroom. His bed is simply not an option for two people, so he's joined you in the small guestroom Georgie and Simon had prepared.

"What are we doing?"

"You mentioned Die Hard in your original Christmas Eve plans," he says as he motions for you to climb into the bed. "So that's exactly what we're going to do."

"It's late. Are you sure?"

"I will consider it Christmas only when Hans has fallen off Nakatomi Plaza."

You curl into Jamie's side, and you are asleep before John kills his first terrorist. The snow outside starts to fall harder as Jamie watches you sleep. You lightly stir when he presses kisses into your hair.

"Merry Christmas, sweet girl."

#jamie tartt #jamie tartt x reader #jamie tartt x you #jamie tartt x y/n

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forabeatofadrum · 1 month

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Hello, hello, hello! Thank you @whatevertheweather and @shame-is-a-wasted-emotion for the tags!

Last week I "quietly" posted 吃了吗？, as part of Dancin' on that bamboo ceiling, aka the series that explores Asian identity in glee in order to sort of reclaim the Asian jokes. No tea with panda hair to be seen here! It's about how Asian food makes Tina realise how disconnected she is from her heritage and I swear, I didn't plan this at all when I wrote it last week, but I was in the exact same position today, cause my mum and I spent over 2 hours trying to find a Chinese hotpot restaurant without knowing how hotpot even works. Reality follows fiction, eh?

On to the fun stuff. I am working hard on Just Some Guy, and even I am surprised, because I had nothing for that fic for a year or so. Have six sentences of Matt:

The class ends abruptly because the Minotaur cannot keep order. I sigh. I am not a big fan of Greek, but I was really hoping to pick something up, since we have a vocab test next week. I am definitely going to fail now. I gather my books and follow the stream of students outside and I know I should be glad that Simon Snow and Penelope Bunce are safe and sound, but did they have to return during Greek of all classes? Goddamnit, Simon Snow.

Poor Matt. He actually tries to be a decent student.

And now, the weather: @quizasvivamos @coffeegleek @caramelcoffeeaddict @raenestee @tectonicduck @nightimedreamersworld @urban-sith @thnxforknowingme @captain-aralias @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @cerriddwenluna @bookish-bogwitch @confused-bi-queer @that-disabled-princess @special-bc-ur-part-of-it @larkral @cutestkilla @wellbelesbian @artsyunderstudy @martsonmars @facewithoutheart @shrekgogurt @rockitmans @bitbybitwrites @theotherhufflepuff @esilher @kurtsascot @blackberrysummerblog @nightimedreamersghost

#tagged in #six sentence sunday #anyway i really hope the hotpot will work out

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uh-velkommen · 2 months

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Young Royals Fan Exam Questions and Answers

*Note that the questions are asked in a different order every time

Which character primarily speaks English?

What does Simon wish for Wilhelm?

What animal sits in Wilhelm's snow globe?

Which of these scenes is NOT shown in seasons 1 or 2?

What color are the students lockers?

Simon's fish are named Oski, Olle, and what?

In which scene do Simon and Wilhelm share their first kiss?

What colors are in the Hillerska uniform tie?

Who gave the final speech of season 2?

What charm is on Wilhelm's necklace?

Why was Wilhelm sent to Hillerska?

Which cartoon character is featured on Simon's pencil case?

What does Simon like on his Spaghetti?

Where does Simon live?

Who is the head mistress?

What color are the lights in Wilhelm's bedroom?

What genre is the movie night?

What year was Hillerska founded?

What does Maddie yell in this season 2 scene?

Who gave Erik the snow globe?

Which horse is NOT Rousseau?

What is Simon's voice type?

What school does Rosh and Ayub go to?

What number is Simon's locker?

What does Wilhelm knock over in the music room?

Which is the correct statue stood behind Hillerska?

What does Wilhelm ask the royal court for?

What does Wilhelm find in Erik's jacket?

What does Wilhelm do to calm himself down?

Who had a kleptomaniac phase?

How does Stella cheat on her exam?

What does the outside of Wilhelm's bedroom look like?

What kind of hotdog does Simon get at the game?

What is Wilhelm's bad habit?

When will August begin his military training?

How does August wear his ring?

How long has Boris had his watch?

Who is Rickard?

What did Wilhelm call the king of Belgium?

What game does Boris have on the table in his office?

What do you do when the royal family passes by you?

What scandal did Stella plan on having at the royal jubilee?

What does Simon have on his keychain?

What does Sara's mom cook for her birthday dinner?

What did Simon want to improve on for the rowing team?

What is Frederika's horse named?

What do the girls drink mulled wine out of?

What city is pictured above Micke's couch?

Madison makes the heart bounce like what?

What score does Sara get on her math test?

Answers below the cut:

Maddie.

To have a nice Christmas.

A frog.

A boy getting his head shaved.

Green.

Felle.

The hallway outside of the movie room.

Blue and red.

Wilhelm.

A cross.

Because he got in a fight.

Garfield.

Ketchup.

Bjärstad.

Anette Lilja.

Red.

Horror.

1901.

Fuck the patriarchy!

His grandfather.

A horse gated out in a field.

Tenor.

Marieberg.

36.

A drum.

A man holding a discus.

Two Poke bowls.

A cigarette case and a lighter.

He rubs his chest.

Felice.

She writes the answers on her thigh.

A plain green field.

Boiled (they were out of grilled).

Biting his nails.

Autumn/Fall.

On his Pinky.

40 years.

August's mom's boyfriend.

Rudolf.

Chinese checkers.

Step aside and smile.

A nip-slip.

A middle finger.

Pabellón.

His stamina.

Indigo.

A shampoo bottle.

A bridge (San-Francisco?).

Badminton.

B+

#young royals #young royals fan exam

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tsintotwo · 1 year

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[59 Hours, Part 4. (Part 3 here.) Jake (Sweetbitter) x Reader. SMUT. NSFW.]

Hour 26

Jake’s eyes go wide when he re-enters the apartment and sees the booty you managed to collect, ‘Wow.’

‘Yep’, you nod, proud. ‘This will last us a day, at least.’

‘How did you even-‘

‘Just talking to people, Jake. Maybe you should try that sometime.’

Jake shakes his head, smiling faintly and half-holding up his hand, ‘Why bother when an expert is clearly in the scene?’

You roll your eyes, then notice his empty hands, ‘How far did you make it?’

‘Not much.’, Jake says, taking off his coat and gloves, ‘It’s not just snow. Debris, stuck vehicles, emergency workers setting up boundaries. You really couldn’t have left today.’

You told Jake there was no more food in his fridge, and that’s actually something you should think about if you’re gonna be stuck in here for who knows how much longer. You should also have emergency supplies like flashlights and batteries. Jake said he’d go outside and take a look at things, see what he could do or find. He did that, you went downstairs.

You had noticed the big sign outside his window for the Chinese takeout place in this building. Not that they’d be open, but they would definitely have some kind of a pantry, and there could still be people.

You were lucky. It’s a small family-owned place, and they live on the floor above the restaurant. (Naturally, Jake is completely unaware of this bit of useful info- you thought.) They prepare a lot of things beforehand, and were glad to be able to make use of some of that food by readying a few dishes for you. You brought up boxes of Chinese takeout. And a couple of candles which they gave you from their home, for free.

Jake and you both make some phone calls. You call home and talk briefly with your mom. You don’t know why you don’t exactly tell her about Jake. You mention the neighborhood and say, ‘I’m with a friend here. I’m safe.’. Your mom doesn’t ask anything further, as you knew she wouldn’t. You’re just a thing to check off from the list of things she’s supposed to worry about, and the easier that’s done, the better.

You talk with work, they reassure you that you can come in after things get sorted out with your situation. You also try calling your airline, trying to get an update on when flights might be resumed, but those helplines are jammed, and you give up after holding for fifteen minutes.

As you hang up, settling yourself more comfortably in your couch (you might just have to take this thing home with you), Jake walks in, grinning. ‘Howard’s freaking out.’, he informs you, as if you’re supposed to know what that means.

‘Who’s Howard?’, you ask.

‘Our manager.’, Jake comes and seats himself on the floor where your feet would be if you didn’t have your legs curled up.

‘Why’s he freaking out, and why are you so happy about it?’, you reach out and take off Jake’s beanie that he put on before going out. It’s a strangely familiar gesture that you don’t think twice about until you do it. After last night, seeing him at his worst, taking care of him, sleeping in his arms, you feel close to him. Maybe that’s… wrong? You don’t know. But it’s true.

Consciously or subconsciously, Jake must feel the same way because he doesn’t react to it at all, as if it’s the most normal thing in the world for him to be sitting at your feet, talking, and you taking his hat off. ‘Anything that loses the restaurant precious cents makes Howard freak out.’, he runs his fingers through his hair, making it stick out even more in the process, ‘And he’s an asshole, so his predicament is my joy.’

He sees the expression on your face and smiles wryly, ‘Yeah, I’m calling someone an asshole. That should tell you something.’

‘Why are we talking about him, then?’, you move on the couch, coming a little closer to Jake, ‘Tell me about your friend, instead. Simone. Did you talk to her?’

‘Yeah, she’s fine. She isn’t like me. She has things sorted out.’ There’s a reverence to his words that’s just a tiny but out of place while talking about a friend. You probe a little more, and Jake tells you about how each other were all they had for a long time, then a brief summary of Simone's bad marriage with a French winemaker, her moving back, working together at the restaurant. ‘Howard might be manager,’, Jake grins again, ‘but Simone is the one they’d never get rid of. The place would fall apart. Even Howard couldn’t function without her.’

Honest truth is- you don’t like the picture that’s emerging of this woman. You can’t decide if the reason is some kind of bias on your part- Jake talks about her in a glowing way that’s still (very, very stupidly) making you jealous. But even setting that aside, as you look at Jake sitting on the floor talking about Simone now, messy hair, big smile, blue eyes shining- he looks like a little boy. That’s what you really don’t like, how this person seems to have the effect of making him… smaller, somehow.

‘Did you tell her about me?’, you ask, and Jake’s smile disappears.

‘She doesn’t need to know all my business.’, he stands up, walking towards his side table, reaching for his cigarette pack.

That, or maybe she wouldn’t approve, you think.

Hour 28

Jake lends you a fresh towel, and after a quick shower you’re back at your couch with your laptop on your lap. You can actually get some work done from here. You really don’t need to, but there’s this simmer of permanent anxiety that seems to have laced your very bones long ago, and whenever you’re not doing anything somehow, it surfaces. You need to be doing things, or everything will fall apart. You know it doesn’t make sense, but that’s how you feel, and you can’t stop.

You try to explain this to Jake when he raises his eyebrows at you trying to work. You can hear yourself, halting and haphazard, and you’re not at all doing a great job of getting the point across (because, what even is the point?). You’re afraid that he’ll make a cutting remark that’s going to make you feel even more stupid. But he just nods like he understands you. Then he picks up a book, and comes to sit near your feet again. Leaning back against the couch, his head beside your knees, he stretches out his legs on the floor, and quietly reads his book.

Hour 29

When you eventually manage to notice just how comfortable the silence between you two is, it startles you. And it’s not only that, it’s this sense of familiarity. Whenever you’re not typing, your hand reaches out, your fingers finding their way into Jake’s hair, getting entangled, playing. It’s something you’ve always loved doing with a guy’s hair. He doesn’t protest, and you think he enjoys it, leaning into the touch. Jake fidgets a lot, and the nearest thing to do that with are your feet. He rests his hand on one of them, absent-mindedly he traces lines there that send shivers up your leg. When he moves, your hand falls down from his head over his shoulder, resting on his body. Jake switches his book to his other hand, reaches up, plays with your fingers. You don’t know how all of it feels so natural.

Jake is moving more now, and you realize what it is after too long- however comfortable it looks, sitting on the floor mustn’t be, not really. ‘Hey,’, you tell him, feeling very guilty, ‘I’ll move.’. You close your laptop, ‘Sorry. I’ve been totally hogging this couch since I came here. I’ll go sit at the table.’

Closing his book, Jake lets his head fall back so he can look at you, and the sudden blue flash of his eyes is such ocean-deep, it makes your heart stop for half a moment. ‘We’ve been through this, stupid.’, you rebuke yourself, ‘Will you freaking stop, or not?!’

‘What are you talking about?’, he says, relaxed, voice a bit thick with the previous hour’s unuse.

Not. That voice is sexy. Oh, God.

‘You sitting there.’, you say, You’re not comfortable.’

‘Yeah?’, he sits up and turns around, ‘So why do you have to go?’

He comes up on the couch beside you, and it fits you two perfectly. You set your laptop down on the floor, then you’re snug together, with his arm around you and your head against his shoulder. As you settle in, he pulls you even closer, and you’re half on your side now, and he brings in his other arm to hold you against his body.

‘Jake-‘, you start saying, and he’s not smiling, and he’s not scowling- this is a look you haven’t seen.

‘Shh.’, he doesn’t let you finish, ‘It’s nice.’. Contentment, that’s what is on his face. It is nice, it’s much more than nice, and you give into it, letting your arm fall on his chest, curling into the hug.

Hour 30

In Jake's arms, you can feel his steady heartbeat, his chest rising and falling gently, you can hear both your quiet breathing and nothing else. You’re so close, and it’s so intimate, this, it makes you feel like you have a wad stuck just below your throat. This moment, the whole last hour, the whole morning, in fact- the easy conversations and easy comfort, when did you have that last? Did you ever have this? You almost marvel at the fact that there must be so many people in the world who get to feel this way every day. It seems too big for that, too novel, too impossible.

And it’s impossible now. It’s an illusion. Jake is not that guy for you. He can’t be. And this moment is a lie. You didn’t stop yourself yesterday until it was too late, you can’t make the same mistake again. So you look up at Jake, open your mouth to say something, and you aren’t even sure what you were going to say, but he speaks before you.

‘Listen.’, he says, ‘I’m gonna tell you a couple things. I am the worst person to give anyone any kind of advice, and I’m not doing that. But I’ve seen some stuff… lived some stuff. So, just-‘, he stops, gathering his thoughts, then starts again, ‘I’ll try to keep it short. One- the shit about your mother? Be glad that you still have her with you. I know it sounds patronizing, or even like- what’s that stupid word? Gatekeeping. That I don’t have a mom, therefore you don’t get to feel bad about yours no matter how fucked up the situation is. It’s not that. Just- my mom, she had this too- depression, or was she bipolar, I don’t know, don’t remember, but she walked out into the ocean.’

Your breath escapes in a rush- you didn’t know this. Just that she was dead.

‘Yours is still sticking around. And she’s doing it for you guys, however badly. So, just- you don’t even have to be thankful, just remember that.’ Jake continues. ‘And two- the stuff about your ex? It changed you, and I get that, but if you make it permanent, you’ll suffer.’ He adjusts your bodies so that he’s leaning towards you a bit more, directly looking at your face, ‘Trust me, I’m not saying this because you wouldn’t sleep with me. Fuck whoever. But it won’t mean something every time. Even if you think it did, even if they say it did, it won’t. And if you don’t know that, that’s worse.’

Jake looks into your eyes, says, ‘Sometimes the meaning is pleasure. Sometimes the meaning is two people getting through a bad day together. I suppose sometimes it’s love. As long as both parties are on the same page.’ He stops. Then looks away and laughs suddenly.

‘I don’t know why I’m trying to teach you lessons. Like I’m some fucking sage.’, he shakes his head. The he brings his eyes back to you. ‘Thank you’, he says, ‘For last night. I’m lucky you were here. Could’ve frozen to death if I was alone.’

‘So we’re even.’, is the only thing you can think of saying. You were overwhelmed by his words, advice, whatever- you haven’t processed them fully yet.

‘Again’, he smiles, and without any malice, disapproval, ill-intent, it’s such a beautiful smile. The soft light through the window lights his face, adding a sheen to his dark hair, a liquid sparkle to his eyes. ‘You’re beautiful’, you think, then you realize you’ve actually said it out loud. Your brain filters aren’t working so well right now.

‘What?’, he’s caught off-guard and lets out a surprised half-laugh. You think you hear a tiny hint of embarrassment in it too, and oh, oh you’re in trouble, because this makes a stupidly intense kind of affection bloom in your chest.

‘You’re beautiful’, you murmur again, reaching out and touching his cheek.

Jake doesn’t say anything, and as if in a trance, you trace your fingers on his face, on his forehead, cheeks, jaw. His eyes close, and you gently run your thumb over his eyelids. You touch his lips, soft and warm, and you don’t think anymore, you can’t- you reach up and kiss him.

He gives into the kiss instantly, and it’s not like last evening, not hungry and urgent. It builds slowly. He offers his mouth up for you to take it however you like- he matches your pace, your rhythm.

You climb onto his body. His arms are tight around your waist as you kiss his face- every place you touched and every inch you didn’t touch on there with your fingers- you kiss. Your mouth goes to his ear; he gasps as you explore with your tongue. You bite his earlobe, tasting the metal of his earring, hearing his breathing get heavy. You make your way down, kissing the side of his neck, his throat as his head falls back. He’s breathing open-mouthed, his skin hot to the touch, and there’s a sense of quiet but desperate anticipation in him. It could have been a puzzle to you, but the clarity is blinding- you know it because you’ve felt it for so long. He feels lust, yes, but also longing. For someone to take their time with him like this- not with games and powerplays, just with affection, appreciation… love. You could never put this want, this longing into words, ever, but you know it like you know your own name.

So you take your time. You help him take off his shirt. You run your palms over his body - neck, shoulders, arms, chest, stomach. Then you kiss him everywhere. He lets you, breathing ragged, throaty groans escaping him as you reach low and kiss along the low waistline of his pants. You’ve almost slid off the couch- he pulls you up and flips you so he is now the one half on top of you. He kisses you then- the same way, taking his time, tasting you, savoring every square inch. His mouth seems to scorch you, and you’re shivering as he kisses your face, mouth, the underside of your jaw, your throat, your neck, your shoulder, the roughness of his stubble shooting sparks of added pleasure along your skin. He takes off your shirt, then your bra. He puts your nipples in his mouth, sucking on each one, doing some kind of swirly magic with his tongue that makes you whimper. Then his mouth goes lower and he does the tongue thing in your navel. You shudder, moaning, your back arching, the coiled heat between your thighs getting unbearable. You can’t do this slow anymore, you want him, you want him right now.

Clenching a fistful of his hair, you pull up his face and kiss him, desperate, and he understands, he half-carries you to his bed as you hold onto him for dear life, you can’t stop kissing him for a moment. Clothes come off in seconds, and you’re breathless as you watch him pull on a condom on his naked, stiff erection. He enters you slowly, his face above you, eyes locked with yours, and when he starts feeling too big too soon, you close your eyes, pull him down and kiss him again as you move your hips, helping him slide in deeper. He’s panting as he moves inside you, and you thought you didn’t like when men make too much sound during sex, you were supposed to have known that about yourself, but now you realize you were exrtremely wrong. You do, you do like Jake’s sounds, you fucking love them, his shuddering gasps for breath mixed in with deep, short groans that he tries to swallow that turn into rough, helpless grunts- they make you crazy, and his rhythm inside you, faster and faster, is making you see stars, and you’re close, and he’s close too. His body tenses suddenly, muscles straining, and he opens his eyes, looking at you. You nod, and with his final few strokes, deep and rough, you come together. You pull him onto you, holding him tightly as you convulse, your nails digging in on his back, muffling your scream against his shoulder while he groans against yours.

It happens, glorious, then slowly, it’s over. And now you panic.

It starts deep in your stomach, the familiar feeling, dark, nasty. It’s done, and now you’re nothing. You’re worthless. Trash. Useless. Meaningless.

Somewhere in your brain, you know it’s past trauma projecting itself into the present. You try calming yourself down- stop it, it’s not the same, not the same situation, the same guy- but is it all that different? What did Jake tell you last evening? Didn’t he tell you-

‘Hey,’, Jake’s voice is gruff. He’s looking at your face, and it must look pathetic, because he sounds concerned, ‘What’s wrong?’

‘I-‘, how do you say what’s wrong? Doesn’t he know? He’s the one who’ll go away now, do something more interesting, forgetting that you exist. ‘You-‘, you swallow, ‘You said I’m not worth-‘ He said that, and still you threw yourself at him not a day later. He must be laughing in his mind right now. Oh god, you’re so stupid! You better not cry, you better not cry, bitch-

You can’t finish your sentence, but it doesn’t take Jake a second to know what you’re talking about. He seems to understand everything. ‘I didn’t mean it.’, he says simply. ‘Hey.’, his voice is stronger, commanding your attention. You listen to him as he takes your face between his palms and says, slowly, ‘I’m not your boyfriend.’

This is what he said last evening too, and it still means that- that he’s not your boyfriend. But now it- he- also means something else- he’s not that ex boyfriend you had, it’s not that thing happening again.

So you take it in, and you sigh, that darkness dissipating slowly, and Jake doesn’t go anywhere. He lies there with you, one arm loose around your body, and the meaning that you were searching for? Maybe sometimes it’s just two broken people trying to heal each other a small bit.

[Update: Part 5]

#sweetbitter #jake #jake x reader #jake x you #jake x oc #sweetbitter fanfic #fic #fanfic #tom sturridge

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bizarrequazar · 1 year

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GJ and ZZH Updates — February 12-18

<<< previous week || all posts || following week >>>

This is part of a weekly series collecting updates from and relating to Gong Jun and Zhang Zhehan.

This post is not wholly comprehensive and is intended as an overview, links provided lead to further details. Dates are in accordance with China Standard Time, the organization is chronological. My own biases on some things are reflected here. Anything I include that is not concretely known is indicated as such, and you’re welcome to do your own research and draw your own conclusions as you see fit. Please let me know if you have any questions, comments, concerns, or additions. :)

[Glossary of names and terms] [Masterlist of my posts about the situation with Zhang Zhehan]

02-12 → Gong Jun posted three photos of himself from after the filming the Hello Saturday episode that aired the previous day. (Maybe don’t open the link in public... 😂) Caption: “Willing to gamble and admit defeat! I, Xu Si, will win it back sooner or later!” This was reposted by the Rising with the Wind Weibo account. He also posted these to his Xiao Hong Shu, caption: “This cream cannon I don't believe it’s not a trap!” and to his Instagram, caption: “Have a great weekend!” Fan Observations: - The Instagram post was just a few seconds before 11:05, possibly aiming for but missed the kadian. - The cream cannon caption is actually MORE suggestive in Chinese as 炮 is slang for a hookup / quickie. - CPFs on the Chinese side publicly only made innocent comments about these photos (ex. a samoyed covered in snow), possibly to avoid him taking them down. 🤣

→ The Instagram posted a video of “Zhang Zhehan” playing guitar. Fan Observation: This was the song that the guitar chords photographed in post a couple days earlier were for. That post said that people would hear the song “in a few days,” leading whalers to falsely believe it was referring to Zhang Zhehan appearing at the VIP event. This false belief was also heightened by the Shanghai airport photos spread by Lao Ahyi the previous week.

→ The brand’s VIP event was announced to be cancelled (to the surprise of no one), citing “accidents and safety issues” and promising mailed gifts to those who bought tickets. The cancellation notice was not linked through the brand’s official page, and only people with the link were able to view it. People who contacted the venue, Ansa Conference Center, did not recieve confirmation that the event had ever been booked. Whalers proceeded to blame CPFs and Gong Jun for the cancellation, because of course they did.

→ Kangshifu posted a photo ad featuring Gong Jun.

02-13 → The fifth stolen song was released on western streaming platforms under the English title Lost Glacier. This is the song previously referred to as Running to Meet You and When the Glaciers Disappear, which Zhang Zhehan sang part of during a livestream on 2021-08-03, the same song that was then sold on USBs by the brand last July. The credits listed on it name 樂天 as the lyricist despite Zhang Zhehan having said Tang Tian (唐恬) was the lyricist.

→ Hogan posted an image of an ace of hearts with the text “H For Heart Romance comes with the ‘heart’” (1129 kadian) Caption: “The romantic 【Gong】 performance is about to begin. Please check your special invitation letter, and meet #HOGAN Global Spokesperson Gong Jun# @ Gong Jun Simon with love, witness a romantic heart trick, see you there on 2.14!”

→ Whalers gathered at the event venue with flowers that were quickly removed. Soon after, a man referring to himself as Ansa Conference Center’s chairman came out and addressed them, saying that the event had been cancelled because “procedures” had not been completed, then changing his story to it being that a “competitor” had called the city “60-70 times” to complain about the event. It’s quite obvious from the [video] that he had only a loose understanding of the situation and was primarily trying to avoid a disturbance. Additional Information: - The Shanghai MCT did not recieve any complaints about the event. As well, 60-70 calls in a day is not an extraordinary number that would result in his claims of pressure from police to cancel the event. - Last year Ansa Conference Center was fined 200k RMB for unauthorized use of the names and images of government bodies. Just in case you’re curious how clean this guy is.

02-14 → The Legend of AnLe Weibo posted a video of Gong Jun and Dilireba’s characters. Caption: “The lights are curling and sultry, and the time spent with love is long. I wish those who are in love have deep love and good days, and go with you and never leave.” Legend of AnLe got on hotsearch.

→ MARRSGREEN posted a photo ad featuring Gong Jun. Caption: “The romantic confession comes from you Raise a glass of MARRSGREEN, and express your love to the person you want to see @ Gong Jun Simon~ This Valentine's Day, MARRSGREEN will go with you in both directions [ie. reciprocate]”

→ Fresh posted a photo of Gong Jun. (1129 kadian) Caption: “With @ Gong Jun Simon Junjunzi, every day is Valentine’s Day! In this festival of love, let’s have a sweet date~”

→ Hogan posted a photo ad featuring Gong Jun. (1129 kadian) Caption: “The romantic 【Gong】 performance has officially opened. The magician @ Gong Jun Simon ... [is] making a romantic debut for a love anniversary date. Don't blink, #HOGAN Global Spokesperson Gong Jun#'s Valentine's Day special magic is about to begin.” Within the same minute, they also posted a commercial featuring Gong Jun for their Valentine’s Day shoes. Caption flavour text: “The lights came on, the eyes focused, and a heartbeat happened quietly.”

→ Kangshifu posted three photo ads featuring Gong Jun.

→ Gong Jun posted a vlog of his photoshoot on 02-03. [subbed video] Caption: “Let me perform a slip-perryyyyyy performance for everyone~“ [quoted translation] Twelve minutes later, he commented on it: “BGM: Last Call ---Hudson Thames [shiba inu emoji]” The other BGM used is PoPiPo by Lamaze-P.

→ Hogan posted three behind the scenes photos from the earlier ads. Caption: “Romantic flashback, undiminished. Freeze #HOGAN Global Spokesperson Gong Jun# @ Gong Jun Simon's heart-pounding moment, and explore the secrets behind the romantic 【Gong】 act.”

02-15 → #JunZhe trended on Twitter.

→ Fresh posted a photo ad featuring Gong Jun.

→ The clothing company Brioni posted a previously unreleased photo of Gong Jun from his 01-13 Esquire photoshoot.

02-16 → The Instagram posted photos of the brand’s new umbrellas and a video of “Zhang Zhehan” playing guitar. This was quickly deleted, then reposted with only a longer cut of the video. The video claims to be for Xiao Yu’s birthday, which is in October.

→ A photographer posted previously unreleased photos of Gong Jun from We Are The Champions.

02-17 → Kangshifu posted a photo ad featuring Gong Jun.

→ Gong Jun flew from Shanghai to Thailand, reportedly for a magazine photoshoot. Fan Observations: He was wearing an ace of hearts sweater similar to a shirt previously worn by Zhang Zhehan as well as there was something hexagonal in his pocket. It was also noted that it was quite cold outside yet Gong Jun chose not to put on a jacket, possibly to keep the sweater visible. (Quite interesting compounded with the ace of hearts in the earlier Hogan ads imo.)

→ Hogan tweeted three photo ads featuring Gong Jun.

→ Madame Tussands Shanghai posted a video teasing that they will be featuring a wax sculpture of Gong Jun. No date yet.

02-18 → #GongJun, #WordOfHonor, and #TheRealZhangZhehan trended on Twitter, the latter two after an anti was discovered to be making posts about the show while intentionally removing Zhang Zhehan, resulting in people celebrating his performance en masse.

→ Kangshifu posted a photo ad featuring Gong Jun.

→ The first eight episodes of the adaptation of Priest’s novel Mo Du suddenly released with no promotions. This is in response to the NRTA loosening censorship restrictions, and a number of other dangai dramas are expected to follow in quick succession. Antis have unfortunately been using this as an opportunity, including by saying that Gong Jun will now have to deal with increased competition.

→ The Let’s Farm Weibo account posted a short clip of Gong Jun’s guest appearance from this week’s episode and a longer preview of him in next week’s. [subbed cut]

→ Word of Honor very suddenly appeared at the top of Weibo’s entertainment hotsearch, disappearing again after a short period. The tag was proliferated with anti and Zhang Sanjian material, with people noticing that CPFs’ posts including the real Zhang Zhehan were continuously reported and removed from the tag. These removed posts were still visible in Gong Jun’s tag, indicating that it was not the work of solos. It’s suspected that the hotsearch, the mass removing, and the Zhang Sanjian promotions were being paid for. At the time of this post, most of the anti and Zhang Sanjian material is no longer in the tag and fans have filled it with normal positive content.

→ Gong Jun appeared in a video sending birthday wishes to Justin, whom he’s appeared in several variety shows with (including the previous week’s Hello Saturday.) This was shown at Justin’s birthday concert.

Additional Reading: → Flora’s daily fan news → 02-22, next Wednesday, is the anniversary of Word of Honor’s start-of-airing. For those on Twitter, the hashtag #2YearsWithWordofHonor is planned to be used for celebrations, and Sekiei has set up some related themes for the #TheRealZhangZhehan tag. A Twitter space is also being held this evening to talk about the anniversary. → A late 🍬 addition to last week: In behind the scenes footage released of the Hello Saturday episode, Gong Jun’s Rising with the Wind costar Zhong Chuxi asked him for advice about a knee injury she sustained while filming the drama. He asked if she had hemarthrosis, a symptom that Zhang Zhehan has had with his knee.

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#Zhang Zhehan #Gong Jun #Word of Honor #woh cast #There's actual woh news in here for once I'm justified in using those tags #lld timeline

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Interests Intro

I know I’m making a big assumption that anyone cares about what content I’m consuming, but when I hyperfixate on something, oh boy will I never shut up about it. So, to spare my friends and family from my extensive rants, I will be posting here about it. Feel free to not read any of this and get to the juicy stories on other parts of this blog, but to get a comprehensive view of my life as an asexual person, read ahead to see what content catches my interest!

Disclaimer: there will be a lot of discussions of old emo and pop punk bands in this section, and no I will not apologize for it.

That being said, here is a list, current to Nov 2023, of a bunch of stuff that I'm into:

Music - format: Artist {favorite album and/or “song”}

Fall Out Boy {Folie à Deux - “(Coffee’s For Closers)” and American Beauty/American Psycho - “The Kids Aren’t Alright” and Save Rock & Roll - “Miss Missing You”}

Sleep Token {Take Me Back To Eden - “Euclid” and “Chokehold”} Who gave them permission to include the lyric “So if your wings won’t find you heaven I will bring it down like an ancient bygone” in “Euclid” ??? Gives me goosebumps every time I listen

The Vaccines {“I Always Knew”}

Troye Sivan {There pretty much isn’t a song of his I don’t like, so I will just say that my favorite from his new album is “Still Got It” and I will always listen to “10/10” from In A Dream}

Wasia Project {“Remember When”}

I listen to a smattering of Kpop and Jpop bands: Official Hige Dandism, Gen Hoshino, Eve, The Oral Cigarettes, BTS, and Red Velvet

TV/Movies

Hell’s Kitchen (Maybe this makes me a bad person, but I love watching Gordon Ramsey yell at people at the end of a long day)

Heartstopper (because I am basic)

New Girl (a classic)

Red, White, & Royal Blue (also because I am basic)

Young Royals (because sometimes you need to witness a love story that will shake you to your very core)

DreamWorks’ Voltron: Legendary Defenders & She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (they are a set and no I will not be taking criticism on that)

Video Games

Five Nights at Freddy’s (I know way too much about the lore of this series. It's borderline a problem.)

Oxenfree (I haven’t played the second one yet but the first one has a very special place in my heart)

Pokémon (I’m a Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl stan but I understand that is probably an unpopular opinion. I just really love Luxray, okay?)

Books!

Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse: The original Shadow & Bone trilogy and the Six of Crows duology. The magic system is really unique and I love how Bardugo writes her characters.

Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

The Simon Snow Trilogy by Rainbow Rowell

Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz. This book (and the sequel) always destroys me emotionally, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.

The Rook by Daniel O’Malley: The only adult science fiction book series I enjoy reading

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao: It’s like Pacific Rim combined with Chinese folk stories. It’s so cool.

#Interests

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camelliakindalove · 7 months

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A little index of my (more popular) fics in case you're interested 🥰

Memory Lane (Carry on by Rainbow Rowell)

(13,338 words, 11/13 chapters)

“Spit it out,” I snarl. I’m not angry at him, but at the unfairness of the universe for making me love someone who hates me.

“I don’t understand. Have we met?”

Simon is spelled and loses his memory. Baz has to help him get it back. But he knows that Simon getting his memory back means that he'll hate him again.

The Constellation of Us (Good Omens by Neil Gaiman)

(Around 3K words so far, 3/? chapters)

Crowley and Aziraphale sleep together for the first time, the fic takes place the next day. The morning doesn't go as planned when Crowley runs into someone unexpected in an alleyway, altering the course of their lives forever.

When Crowley mysteriously disappears. Aziraphale is left to ask himself if what they had was truly love.

He Loves Me Not (Wayward Son (Simon Snow Trilogy) by Rainbow Rowell)

(1,137 words, 2/? chapters)

Baz is convinced that Simon stopped loving him a few months ago. So when he comes down with a bad cough and is diagnosed with Hanahaki disease he decides he's not going to tell Simon. Plus a road trip to America will solve everything, right?

Hanahaki Disease (花吐き病 (Japanese); 하나하키병 (Korean); 花吐病 (Chinese)) is a fictional disease in which the victim coughs up flower petals when they suffer from one-sided love. It ends when the beloved returns their feelings (romantic love only; strong friendship is not enough), or when the victim dies. It can be cured through surgical removal, but when the infection is removed, the victim's romantic feelings for their love also disappear

Anddddd drumroll please a fic I started middle school and decided I would publish many many years later.

The Marauders (Harry Potter by She Who Shall Not be Named (aka JK Rowling)

(8,862 words, 10/? chapters)

Remus, James, Sirius and Peter start their fifth year at Hogwarts. Angst ensues.

#fanfic #ao3 #good omens #angst #ineffable husbands #aziraphale and crowley #carry on #tyrannus basilton grimm pitch #simon snow #baz x simon #aziraphale x crowley #marauders #harry potter #wolfstar #my wips #Cameliakindof love

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hannahhook7744 · 2 years

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Descendants in the Heroes and Villians part 1;

Summary; this is part of a revised series I did awhile back for my 'Twist in their tales' ouat and descendants crossover set in the heroes and villains verse. There will be more in the future.

🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

Hero and Villians verse Jonas! He's still the son of Lewis (one of Captain Hook's men) and Morganna (Urusla's sister) but things are slightly different in this relam. Instead of working for Captain Hook in this relam, Jonas's dad works for Blackbeard who is in charge of the Jewel/Jolly Roger here and treats deckhand!hook terribly. Which Jonas resented him for and it was one of the reasons Jonas ran away-- taking the other kids of the ship (Harry) with him. Jonas's mother never turned evil here and neither did his aunt, so they stayed the princesses of the Posideon's kingdom. Which lead to Jonas and the other kids running to them, and by extension, Jonas's cousin, Uma. He soon became the quartermaster and 4th in command of Uma's crew, who run the rebellion against the evil snow white as pirates.

Heroes and Villians verse Claire! Claire is the child of Claudette and an unknown man. She's Gil's cousin turned pirate who runs around with Uma and her crew and She's the ship's carpenter. She is the one who passes information Gil provides them onto Uma and Harry. She is very helpful in the rebellion and hopes to help Gil escape from his life as a noble hunter so that he can join their crew along with his secret lover, Prince Chad. The locked away son of Evil snow white and evil charming.

Heroes and Villians verse Bonny! She's the daughter of Bill Jukes (a pirate who is apart of Captaina Hook's crew in the main relam and who is apart of Blackbeard's crew in this relam) and a tavern wench. She ranaway for similar reasons to Jonas with him and never looked back. Like all of the kids, Uma has earned her unquestioned loyalty. She is the physician/medic of the crew.

Heroes and Villians verse Gonzo! He's the son of Joashmee Gibbs and an unknown woman who have both passed, and he grew up with Uma, since she's the daughter of his father's missing captain. She has his loyalty before either of them could even talk and that's not gonna change anytime soon. He's the boatswain of the lost revenge's crew.

Hero and Villians verse Desiree! She's the daughter of Shaun Yu and Su Daji (or Daji for short also in case if you didn't know: Daji is a villainess from a Chinese novel called "The Investiture of the Gods") and because of this, she is very versed in magic and warfare in both her original relam and in this cursed one. In both relams, she ran away from home with her brother Simon and turned pirate. But instead of joining Hook's crew at a young age Like she did in the 'a twist in their tales ' verse, she ran across Uma and joined her growing crew. Uma earned her loyalty by showing the humanity that both of Desiree's parents and many pirates lacked. She is the gunner of the ship and she is very skilled at it.

Hero and Villians verse Squeaky and Squrimy! They're the twin sons of first mate Mollie and her husband, William Smee, who died in the heroes and villains relam after getting on the Queen's badside. Their brother, Sammy, was forced to join the queen's army to protect them and ended up dying, leaving them alone.. Uma soon found them and made them apart of her crew. They're the powder monkeys/cabin boys of her crew and they do their job well, following their Captain's every order. They, like every other member of Uma's crew, hope to overthrow the evil snow white and her knight Charming so that their son can become king and fix what his parents' broke. And if he ends up with Gil, than who are they to complain?

The lost revenge and her crew. She's Uma's ship and home to Uma's crew.

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moondirti · 1 year

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literally about anything!!!!! i want to pick your genius brain apart 🤩

you flatter me too much 🥹 one of these days it’s gonna get to my head. anyway, this is from cigarettes out the window!

You grimace and shake your head until they temper down to bemused grunts.

Then —

“You don' drink?”

It’d been a while since he’d spoken, his voice seeping like molasses onto snow. You think of the backyard maple popsicles from girlhood, your mom on the porch, drunk as she watches, uninterested.

“No,” You chortle. “Dangerous when I’m loose lipped.”

I am the number one perpetrator of not thinking ahead when it comes to my fics. I don’t outline unless it’s a multi chap so when I sit down to write one shots like this one, I just spit some pretty words on a page and see where it takes me. The first segment of ‘cigarettes’ — where scout is smoking and simon comes in — was all aimless until I got to the flashback where she mentions her love of flavoured water and Chinese food (which he remembered, d’aw).

when i wrote the throwaway line of maple syrup snow candy, it was meant to be an inside joke for myself because i grew up in canada and it was something we just did. but reading it over, it felt kinda out of place, so i created a lil insight on why scout might not drink (in that her mother was a drunk) to round out the point of the scene.

that’s where the fic really took shape for me. i started writing her with the whole housefire, drunk mother and sick father backstory in mind and it just so happened to tie in really nicely with her addiction to nicotine. uno, how traumatised individuals avoiding observed bad habits only to indulge in different ones is a common behavioural pattern. it then became a fic centring on addiction in every capacity.

this might seem kinda rambly but the point is, this is oftentimes what my process looks like. i just hit a eureka moment midway through and the piece takes on a whole new meaning (which is why i always say, u can’t write anything good if u wait for it to happen upon you.)

#thank u for letting me word vomit babe i have a lot of thoughts at all times #༄dee answers #darling moots #༄dee rambles

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countessofravenclaw · 1 year

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The 2022 writing Advent calendar: Day 3

3. Visiting Santa's Village

So, some of you may know that I am in fact a Fin. And Finland is famously known as the place Santa Claus lives. So I of course had to write about our favorite skaters visiting the real Santa Claus Village at the Arctic Circle close to Rovaniemi.

“Olette siis menossa tapaamaan pukkia? Oh sorry. Väärä kieli. You are going to go visit the good old Santa?” Taxi asked said as Gastón, Nina, Matteo and Luna got into his vehicle, with broken but understandaple English.

“Yes, that is correct.” Gastón answered to him as he got to the front seat. Four of them plus Ambar and Simon, who were coming in the taxi behind them, had flown to Rovaniemi yesterday and now they were continuing their journey to their actual destination Saariselkä. But they were making a small stop first, since Luna had insisted, to the Santa’s Village.

“You are the first tourists I have had this week, which is very surprising.” The driver kept talking, while turning the cars radio on a music that sounded like Christmas music in Finnish started playing. “The two weeks before Christmas, I was just driving japanese and chinese tourists back and forth. So tell me, where are you coming from?”

“Buenos Aires,” Matteo piped up from the backseat.

“Latin America? That is a first in my cap. You speak very good English, but I could swear you had a British accent.” The driver pointed towards Gastón, and he shared and quick glance with Nina. Matteo and Luna already liked to make fun of the fact that he and Nina pretty much spoke English with British accents. That was what happened when you had lived over five years in England.

“Our, no, WE are so excited go here… or was it there.?” Luna stumped through a sentence in English. “Was it alright?” She whispered to Nina in Spanish

“It was fine.” Nina whispered back.

“Well my friends, here we are.” The car started slowing down as a huge amount of light up structures came in toe view on the side of the road. Since it was 8:45, they had wanted to be there at the opening time, it was still dark. “Joulupukin Satukylä, or well, to you, Santa’s Magical Village, or whatever it is in Spanish. Have fun!”

“He was really nice,” Luna said as they waved their taxi driver goodbye and stood at the gate waiting for Simon and Ambar. Their taxi came five miles later.

“Was your driver very talkative?” Matteo asked theme as their car also drove away.

“No, didn’t say a word,” Ambar answered while putting her gloved back on. Simon already looked like he was freezing after being in the cold outdoor air for two minutes.

Well, it was -15 degrees celsius. It was cold. Having lived through many London winters, Gastón and Nina were much more used to actual below freezing temperatures than anyone else. Luna, Matteo, Simon and Ambar not so. Luna and Simon, having lived in Mexico most of their lives, had never even seen snow in their lives.

“Ours actually was,” Matteo continued.

“Hmmm, I thought that the Finnish people are known for not really talking.” Ambar pondered, “Or at least there was something about bus stops, when I did the research.”

“Hey! Are we not gonna go in?” Luna was jumping on her feet. Maybe because she was cold, or because she was so excited.

“I am ready to some hot chocolate.” Simon said still shivering, “Or that Glugo stuff. I am freezing.”

“I think it was called glog, they call it glögi.” Nina said as they walked in. She had pulled up the map of the village on her phone.

“Simon, you are cold because you have not closed you jacket all the way,” Ambar scolded Simon and fixed his zipper. “We are not in Argentina anymore.”

“So, apparently this is the line for the Arctic Circle,” Nina read from her phone as they stopped in from the a row of stone pillars.

“Hey! I AM ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD!!!” Luna had already jumped over the line already.

“Luna! Wait for us!” Matteo yelled as the other jumped over the line as well.

“Well, now we can cross that off our bucket list…”

“Oh noh guys…” Matteo suddenly started looking around. “Where did she go? Guys, I have lost Luna.”

Everyone looked around. Luna really had vanished, even when she had just been waiting for them at the other side of the Arctic Circle.

“How do you lose Luna?” Gastón asked trying hide his slight amusement. “She was wearing literally the whole rainbow. We are surrounded by snow, the will stand out”

“I don’t know,” Matteo shook his head.

“Okay,” Ambar said, not sounding concerned at all. Well, it would be Luna, if anybody, who would get lost in a forgrein Nordic country. Not to mention in freezing temperatures. “Raise your hand if you are surprised?” No one raised their hand

“OMG, SO CUTE!!!” All of them turned their head towards the noise.

“That has to be Luna.” Simon said.

“Lets go,” Ambar nodded, “Before we get kicked out of here because Luna was terrorizing an elf.”

Soon enough Matteo, Simon, Ambar, Gastón and Nina found Luna at the husky yard.

Luna was taking patting a head of the dog that was sitting next to the fence, and talking animatedly with the employee there, who was in fact wearing an elf costume. The poor elf was looking very confused.

“Luna! Finally we found you.” Matteo was first on Luna’s side. “What are you doing?”

“I was just asking them how many dog they have, and can we take on home.” Luna looked Mattei innocently, “So Newton has a friend.”

“Luna, first, we are not getting a dog, our lives are way too busy. And second, they don’t understand Spanish,” Matteo gestured towards the elf.

“I apologise for my wife, she just gets so excited sometimes. How many dogs do you have?” Matteo asked in English

“We have seven at the moment.”

“Thank you!” Matteo took Luna by the shoulders, “Come on. Let’s go see Santa.”

Just to set the record straight here, Simbar, Gastina and Lutteo are all engaged and Newton is Gastón and Nina's dog, if anyone was wondering

#2022 Writing DCLA+ advent calendar #Soy Luna #Simbar #Gastina #Lutteo #Santa Claus #Christmas #Santa's village

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hitchcock-winter · 2 years

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Chinese editions of Simon Snow: Part 1 of 2

So my wonderful girlfriend decided that she wanted to read @rainbowrowell 's Simon Snow series, because she knows it's my favourite. She thought getting the Chinese versions would be a faster and easier read, and I obviously benefit entirely from this decision.

Initially, I was excited to just get a hold of these stunning covers, but I'm fascinated by translation and it turns out that there's so much to say about these editions.*

The titles

I'm obsessed with these choices, to be honest. Not only did they decided to give the series a name, but the original titles do not resonate to the general Chinese audience so they all have brand new ones:

The series: The Son of Prophecy

Carry On: Burnt Forest (or essentially, what's left in the forest after being burnt)

Wayward Son: Exile Desert

Any Way the Wind Blows: Silent Battlefield

I'm gonna leave that without comment, but I'd love to chat about it with people!

All of the titles have 4 characters, which is a deliberate and popular aesthetic choice in Chinese.

The covers

You know those little mini black jackets in the pic above? They use those to give a quick sales pitch for the books. The Carry On book, for example, says, roughly, "Magic school roommates + mutual pining nemesis = to love or to kill??".

Carry On:

Wayward Son:

Any Way the Wind Blows:

This book is so big they decided to break it into two. Though the covers are exactly the same, they've differentiated between them with characters that translate roughly to "top" and "bottom":

Additionally, the AWTWB came with a first edition bonus mini folding screen of all three covers:

An interesting choice the artist, Marlowe Loop, made was drawing Baz shorter than Simon. I have a theory as to why, but I don't want to speculate without any proof here so dm me if you're curious.

To be continued...

This post ended up being way too long, so stay tuned for Part 2, where I'll talk about the text itself. (Be sure to check the original post for the link to part 2 when it's live!)

*I'll be talking about the translations, but please note that I can't read Chinese myself, and the gf grew up in Beijing and typically reads simplified Chinese rather than the traditional in these books. Our translations are rough.

#carry on #carry on rainbow rowell #simon snow #simon snow series #baz pitch #simon snow editions #carry on editions #餘燼森林 #預言之子 #any way the wind blows #awtwb #wayward son rainbow rowell #wayward son

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nekodream · 1 year

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I was with taz who wanted to borrow money to pay rent. I went in my wallet and opened a small emergency packet of paper I made with about 2 quid in coins. I also gave him a tenner. I had a stack of 50 pound notes in said wallet

Got weird after. Was walking down the ginnel. Snow looked to be ahead a few inches of me but itt was mist instead.

Something about being at a Chinese waiting for food. The dogs sat on the waiting bench with me. Simon became my mum who made up excuses to one of the Chinese people walking into the kitchen about freckles jumping up on them. Wiwlly curled into a corner on bench. Phone calls from Chinese, I remember the word sifu. On the second call I said dandan and they said ok. Don't think they knew I was already there.

Earlier I dreamt I was at a party with mickey Vicky loz and a few others. I was with Vicky and loz to begin with then went over to the next house to catch up with the rest of the group. Mickey was asleep and so were the others but when I went in they all woke up and we ate chocolates and brownies and I was gonna grab a strawberry pie thing but they ran out. People got typsy but I didnt drink cos I don't IRL right now. I enjoyed it

Something weird about theatrical Simpsons episodes. Maggy was grown up maybe

Something about being back in high scool but having room to dorm. The receptionist was where I used to wait for form. It was Vicky my old boss. She told me my room number but forgot it and when I went back she was gone. The bell had rung so loads of students were moving about. I asked one (loads were holding the keycard around their necks) where to get them replaced but none knew. So I had to squeeze pasy people when trying to get to the original main reception. When I did I saw my old primary school helper teacher (the one who played Rayman) and asked her. She said my room was at "Birmingham " but I didnt know where in the school that was. I was getting really upset and asked her to show me. She guided me towards the geography corridor

When she did I had a small false awakening. There was some kind of sharp needle like object between my front teeth. I pulled it out. A phone rang. It was a scam call about getting cheap books for 2.49 or something with a British guys voice. Then an electronic tune played like a radio ad

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forabeatofadrum · 10 months

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Hello and a happy El WooWoo to everyone, but more importantly, a happy birthday to Simon Snow!!! 🥳🥳🥳 Thank you @blackberrysummerblog for the tag.

I have a long post, actually. I am surprised myself, and also, it is not about my thesis (🤯) for a change. But anyway, a few weeks ago, I wrote a post about the Glee podcast And That’s What You Really Missed and about how they discuss Asian racism in the show, and how it resonated with me. Good ole @thnxforknowingme reblogged it and it got some traction and I liked reading everyone’s tags. At the end of the post, I mentioned that I started writing a fic/character study to sort of “reclaim” the weird shit that Glee put its Asian characters through. It’s about Mike, Tina, Blaine, Wes and an original character.

Tina and the OC’s story is about being adopted into a white family, Mike’s about moving to America from China as a young child, Blaine’s about being biracial and Wes’s about being the child of immigrants. As my post also said, I haven’t touched that fic since 2018. I did share some snippets of it before, here on my blog. You can find them here and here. But for this post (😉) I am opening this document again to post this:

“You learn to live with it,” Mike always says, “You start to accept casual racism from your friends.” And it’s true, but it still stings every now and then.

Mike and Tina always joke about the ‘Asian’ ‘Other Asian’ thing, but why does Coach Sylvester have to group them together like that?

Why do people always assume Mike and Tina are secretly related? Puck’s jokes about that aren’t funny anymore.

Mike knows Tina doesn’t like it when people say that they’re both Chinese.

Tina isn’t a ‘Geisha’, and people aren’t even willing to listen to her when she tries to explain that she’s Korean, not Japanese- and yes, Geishas are Japanese.

Mike and Tina are pretty sure they can eat with a knife and fork and Rachel can stop putting chopsticks in her hair.

Not gonna lie, this is good. I don’t wanna come off as conceited, but I had a rough time picking out a snippet. There are so many moments in this document (promptly called “Tina”) that are still so relatable. Also, I gave Wes the username GavelMan92. I don’t know if I will ever finish it. I can see from the document that I am writing this as a couple of standalone chapters, not one big fic, so maybe I can post some finished parts, although there is still a chronological order somewhere.

What do you guys think? Even if you aren’t a Gleek (hewwo Snowbazzians!), would you read an uncompleted fic that consists of vignettes? Or would it be better to publish all chapters separately and then add them to one series in AO3? I have written a bullet point fic for my SJAEU with this idea in mind: so that I can add later chapters out of order in a series. Even though I haven’t added anything to the SJAEU series yet (oop), it is an easy possibility and I have also been thinking about posting my Sense8/Glee AU in this way.

Ah, choices, choices.

And now, the weather. It’s calm after the storm. Yes, there was a storm in the Netherlands: @quizasvivamos @blurglesmurfklaine @coffeegleek @esperantoauthor @otherworldsivelivedin @caramelcoffeeaddict @sillyunicorn @bazzybelle @dragoneggos @raenestee @tectonicduck @nightimedreamersworld @urban-sith @thnxforknowingme @captain-aralias @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @takitalks @justgleekout @cerriddwenluna @tea-brigade @ivelovedhimthroughworse @moodandmist @whogaveyoupermission @bookish-bogwitch @confused-bi-queer @aroace-genderfluid-sheep @ionlydrinkhotwater @1908jmd @wowbright @special-bc-ur-part-of-it @larkral @chen-chen-chen-again-chen @cutestkilla @nausikaaa/@wellbelesbian @artsyunderstudy @martsonmars @facewithoutheart @shrekgogurt @boyinjeans @rockitmans @bitbybitwrites @whatevertheweather

#tbh i have stuff to say about my thesis and about ljubim te but i don't want this to be too long #tagged in #wip wednesday

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Holidays 1.5

Holidays

Apple Howling Day

Avian Day (Pagan)

Carnival begins (Old Bohemia)

Eve of Wonder

Fair Deal Day

FM Radio Day

George Washington Carver Day

Get on the Computer Day

International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival (Harbin, China)

Joma Shinji (Kamakura, Japan)

Kappa Alpha Psi Day

Little Cold begins (Chinese Farmer’s Calendar)

Monopoly Game Day

Mr. Ed Day

National Bird Day

National Ellen Day

National Screenwriters Day

National Second-Hand Wardrobe Day

Night of the Magic Camel (Southern Syria)

Review Your Wrestling Holds Day

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day (Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney; Australia)

Tucindan (Serbia, Montenegro)

Turn Up the Heat Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Can Opener Day

Granny Smith Day

National Keto Day

National Whipped Cream Day

Sausage Day (UK)

Strawberry Day (Ichigo No Hi; Japan)

Take the Cake Day

Independence Days

Monarchy of Craztonia (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Avian Day (Pagan)

Befana (Ancient Roman Goddess)

Charles of Mount Argus (Christian)

Feast of Poseidon (Ancient Greece)

Festival of Kore (Greek Goddess of Good Fortune & Zeal)

Festival of Lares Compitales (Ancient Rome)

Festival of Pyrotechnics

Gerlac of Valkenberg (Christian; Saint)

Hayao Miyazaki (Jayism)

Hoots the Owl (Muppetism)

International Sarcasm Day (Pastafarian)

John Neumann (Catholic Church)

Ludwig II Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lycurgus (Positivist; Saint)

Mungday (aka Hung Mung’s Day; Discordian)

Nones of January (Ancient Rome)

Old Christmas Eve

Pope Telesphorus (Christian; Saint)

Simeon Stylites (Latin Church)

Trettondagsafton (Epiphany Eve; Sweden)

Twelfth Day of Christmas

Twelfth Night

Twelve Holy Days #11 (Aquarius, the lower limbs; Esoteric Christianity)

Twelvetide, Day #12 (a.k.a. the Twelve Days of Christmas or Christmastide) [until 1.5]

Ullr Festival (Norse)

Umberto Eco (Jayism)

Verbal Abuse Day (Pastafarian)

The Voyage of Hathor to See Her Seven Sisters (Ancient Egypt)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Lucky Day (Philippines) [4 of 71]

Perilous Day (13th Century England) [4 of 32]

Prime Number Day: 5 [3 of 72]

Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [4 of 60]

Premieres

All My Children (TV Soap Opera; 1970)

Armed Forces, by Elvis Costello (Album; 1979)

Cavalcade (Film; 1933)

Chica Chica Boom Chic, by Carmen Miranda (Song; 1941)

Come Dance with Me!, by Frank Sinatra (Album; 1959)

Giasone, by Francesco Cavalli (Opera; 1649)

Greetings From Asbury Park, by Bruce Springsteen (Album; 1973)

Lion Down (Disney Cartoon; 1951)

Lyrical Ballads, by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Book of Poetry; 1798)

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (TV Series; 1976)

Nixon (Film; 1996)

The Shannara Chronicles (TV Series; 2016)

Stop! In The Name Of Love, recorded by The Supremes (Song; 1965)

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Novel; 1886)

Tiger Trouble (Disney Cartoon; 1945)

The Tortoise and the Hare (Disney Cartoon; 1935)

Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett (Play; 1953)

The Wiz (Broadway Musical; 1975)

Today’s Name Days

Emilia, Johann (Austria)

Emilijana, Gaudencije, Miljenko, Radoslavl (Croatia)

Dalimil (Czech Republic)

Simeon (Denmark)

Lea, Leana, Liia (Estonia)

Lea, Leea (Finland)

Édouard (France)

Emilia, Johann (Germany)

Syglitiki, Theoni, Theopemptos (Greece)

Simon (Hungary)

Amelia (Italy)

Sīmanis, Zintis (Latvia)

Gaudentas, Telesforas, Vytautas, Vytautė (Lithuania)

Hanna, Hanne (Norway)

Edward, Emilian, Emiliusz, Hanna, Symeon, Szymon, Telesfor, Włościbor (Poland)

Sinclitichia, Teona, Teotempt (Romania)

Andrea (Slovakia)

Amelia, Emiliana, Juan, Simeón, Telesforo (Spain)

Hanna, Hannele (Sweden)

Apollinaria, Teon (Ukraine)

Ladarius, Ladd, Laird, Lamont, Lane, Tania, Tanya, Tatiana, Tatyana, Tawni, Tawnya, Tia, Tiana, Tianna, Tonya (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 5 of 2023; 360 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of week 52 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Beth (Birch) [Day 12 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Dōngyuè), Day 14 (Gui-Hai)

Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)

Hebrew: 12 Teveth 5783

Islamic: 12 Jumada II 1444

J Cal: 5 Aer; Fiveday [5 of 30]

Julian: 23 December 2022

Moon: 98%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 5 Moses (1st Month) [Lycurgus]

Runic Half Month: Eihwaz (Yew) [Day 12 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 16 of 90)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 15 of 30)

#calendar #Holidays

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