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URL MIXTAPE GAME

RULES: PICK A SONG FOR EACH LETTER OF YOUR URL THEN TAG THE SAME NUMBER OF BLOGS

Thanks for tagging me @themusesthrall!!

A: Agoraphobia - Autoheart

L: Losing My Mind - Angels & Airwaves

O: On Giant's Shoulders - Future Of Forestry

T: Temple - Parson James

U: Understanding! or Understanding the Mysteries of the Universe Via Spiritual and Sexual Awakening! - Sunbears!

S: Secret Worlds - The Amazing Devil

L: Lost in Time and Space - Lord Huron

E: Exeunt - The Oh Hellos

A: Atom - The Sonder Bombs

F: False Confidence - Noah Kahan

Honorable Mentions: Epic III - NYTW Hadestown, Exits - Foals, Terraforming (4-Track Demo) - Deal Casino

@rush-valley @flugelwhisper @what-if-angels @scientists-and-stars @coffeecakecafe @geno-haradan @count-thotticus @zomonro @weaselle @elitheradguy and whoever else wants to do it!

Hello!! when u get this put 5 songs you listen to, publish. then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers, only if you want to though!

I hope you’re having a good day!

I did this before but I'm not above sharing the music I like because it makes me happy :) thank you for the ask!

Spanish Sahara by Foals - been listening to this on repeat some days it's so good. Life is strange is at fault

Rule #21 - Momento Mori by Fish in a Birdcage - the vibes of this song are just really good, I enjoy it

Fragile by Cooper & Gatlin - this resonates with me sometimes

Itchin' on a Photograph by Grouplove - I just really love this song just its everything is so good

Howling by Noah Kahan - I don't know what to say it's just really good, kinda depressing but that's what I need sometimes

Who will be the MIP 2022-23? The editorial team has decided, see you in June!

Who will be the MIP 2022-23? The editorial team has decided, see you in June!

A start to the season is excitement, but sometimes also money placed on a foal that attracts us. Real money for those who can and who want, or simple predictions between friends or family, just to hear your mother talk about the son of Joakim Noah and Magic Jordan. In any case, this 2022-23 season is no exception to the rule and we therefore decided to reflect on a few existential questions for…

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This is Home - Kurt Sorge | SHIMANO from Ride Shimano on Vimeo.

Just downriver from Nelson, British Columbia, professional freerider Kurt Sorge has hand-crafted a compound that dreams are made of. Originally designed to progress his freeride career, Kurt's backyard has become not only a world-class proving ground for local freeriding hopefuls but also a way to reflect on the simple pleasures in life. After traveling the world for many years and competing at the highest levels, Kurt returns home to B.C. to find peace and solace in the mountains.

Really big jumps, a small cabin, and mountains as far as the eye can see are all Kurt really needs for his humble existence. Addicted to the unlimited hang time and vast mountainous terrain, it's clear that Kurt has found his place in this world. Huge trains on the backyard jumps, solo freeriding deep in the mountains, and a quick dip in the local creek, This is Home.

Directed by: Harrison Mendel Cinematography: Liam Mullany and Harrison Mendel 1st AC: Noah Dorsey Edited By: David Peacock Colour: Sam Gilling Sound Design: Racket Sound, Jason Chiodo VFX and Titles: Studio Dialog, Shelley Fried, Robb Thompson Score: Andrew Judah  Music: "What Went Down: Performed by Foals. Courtesy of Warner Music UK Ltd. By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing Still Photography: Sterling Lorence Special Thanks: Chiara Durfeld, Rick Schnieder, Garett Buehler, Jackson Buehler, Kris McMechan, Retallack Lodge, Phil Pinfold, Rylan Bokstrom, Viktors Vilk, Johnny Smoke, The Dude, Drew Buckets, The Sacred Ride

Just downriver from Nelson, British Columbia, professional freerider Kurt Sorge has hand-crafted a compound that dreams are made of. Originally designed to progress his freeride career, Kurt's backyard has become not only a world-class proving ground for local freeriding hopefuls but also a way to reflect on the simple pleasures in life. After traveling the world for many years and competing at the highest levels, Kurt returns home to B.C. to find peace and solace in the mountains. Really big jumps, a small cabin, and mountains as far as the eye can see are all Kurt really needs for his humble existence. Addicted to the unlimited hang time and vast mountainous terrain, it's clear that Kurt has found his place in this world. Huge trains on the backyard jumps, solo freeriding deep in the mountains, and a quick dip in the local creek, This is Home. Directed by: Harrison Mendel Cinematography: Liam Mullany and Harrison Mendel 1st AC: Noah Dorsey Edited By: David Peacock Colour: Sam Gilling Sound Design: Racket Sound, Jason Chiodo VFX and Titles: Studio Dialog, Shelley Fried, Robb Thompson Score: Andrew Judah  Music: "What Went Down: Performed by Foals. Courtesy of Warner Music UK Ltd. By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing Still Photography: Sterling Lorence Special Thanks: Chiara Durfeld, Rick Schnieder, Garett Buehler, Jackson Buehler, Kris McMechan, Retallack Lodge, Phil Pinfold, Rylan Bokstrom, Viktors Vilk, Johnny Smoke, The Dude, Drew Buckets, The Sacred Ride

These are all from DND playlists and most have ties to Other Fandoms: A Music Ask Game!

I got tagged by @redead-red!

You can usually tell a lot about a person by the type of music they listen to. put your favorite playlist on shuffle and list the first ten songs then tag others. No skipping!

I chose my On Repeat playlist and here's what came up:

Die Young - Sylvan Esso (a quintessential song for my mind blorbos but also for several characters I love!)

Destroy Everything You Touch - Ladytron (IYKYK but also... great song for an antagonist from our DND campaign that just ended)

Vendetta - UNSECRET, Krigare (>:D)

Mountain at my Gates - Foals (I LOVE THIS SONG FOR SO MANY REASONS)

And the World Was Gone - Snow Ghosts (This one follows me from fandom to fandom to...)

David - Noah Gunderson (I love the guitar in this)

Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Lorde (An all time fave cover)

King and Lionheart - Of Monsters and Men (Don't touch me. Another for the blorbos)

No Choir - Florence and the Machine (INCONSOLABLE this one really is The Dynamic and also deeply personally meaningful)

It Will Never Die - Murder by Death (<3)

My follower list on here is cozy enough that if you can see this, I tag you! Come join me!

Did anyone by chance screenshotted what artists noah follows on spotify?

I don’t have screenshots however I know some artists he did follow because either I already followed them or followed a few artists Noah follows because I thought they had a good sound.

Bad Omens (yes his own band lol), The Plot in You, I Prevail, Ice Nine Kills, Polaris, We Came as Romans, Make Them Suffer, The Word Alive, Dayseeker, Caskets, Asking Alexandria, NOTHING MORE, The 1975, The Weekend, Arctic Monkeys, Motionless in White, Knocked Loose, Billie Eillish, MCR, Post Malone, Rihanna, Ariana Grande, Pearl Jam, +++ (Crosses), PVRIS, Foo Fighters, Foals, HEALTH, Deftones, The Midnight, Nirvana, Beartooth, Cassyette, Architects, Evanescence, The Cure, Third Eye Blind, Holy Fawn, Run the Jewls, ERRA, Ghost Atlas, Phoebe Bridgers, Ethel Cain, The xx, Lana Del Rey, Linkin Park, Fleetwood Mac, Queen, FOB, Taking Back Sunday, Metallica, Sleep Token, Spiritbox, MOTHICA, BMTH, AURORA, Senses Fail, SAOSIN, ADTR and the music producers of Stranger Things.

He had a bunch of underground rap artists too.

This is all I can remember. Hope this helps anon!

[PREVIEW 2022] Nos albums et films les plus attendus de 2022 ! 💿🎬✨ ALBUMS : JANVIER 15/01 : Molly Nilsson - Extreme 21/01 : Boy Harsher - The Runner OST 28/01 : Beirut - Artifacts QuinzeQuinze - Vārua EP FÉVRIER 04/02 :  Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There Animal Collective - Time Skiffs Mitski - Laurel Hell Los Bitchos - Let The Festivities Begin! Cate Le Bon - Pompeii 11/02 : Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You 18/02 : Beach House - Once Twice Melody Metronomy - Small World Blue Hawaii - My Bestfriend’s House EP 25/02 : caroline - caroline MARS 04/03 : Nilüfer Yanya - Painless 18/03 : Yumi Zouma - Present Tense 25/03 : Aldous Harding - Warm Chris Barrie - Barbara AVRIL 08/04 : Father John Misty - Chloë and the Next 20th Century Wet Leg - Wet Leg Et ceux bientôt annoncés de : Arcade Fire, Desire, Fishbach, Foals, Frank Ocean, Moodoïd, Mount Kimbie, Muddy Monk, Phoenix, Romy, Saint DX, Sinead O’Brien, Tess Roby, Toro y Moi, Vampire Weekend, Warpaint, Jimmy Whispers, The xx… EXCLU : Interview de Black Country, New Road à venir ! 🌟 FILMS : Sous réserve de changements : JANVIER 03/01 : ‘The Green Knight’ de David Lowery (Amazon Prime Video) 05/01 : ‘Licorice Pizza’ de Paul Thomas Anderson ‘Mes frères et moi’ de Yohan Manca 12/01 : ‘Ouistreham’ d’Emmanuel Carrière ‘Vitalina Varela’ de Pedro Costa ‘Jane par Charlotte’ de Charlotte Gainsbourg 14/01 : ‘The Tragedy of MacBeth’ de Joel Coen (Apple TV+) 17/01 : ‘Spencer’ de Pablo Larraín (Amazon Prime Video) 19/01 : ‘Nightmare Alley’ de Guillermo del Toro 26/01 : ‘Un monde’ de Laura Wandel ‘Nos âmes d'enfants’ de Mike Mills ‘Une jeune fille qui va bien’ de Sandrine Kiberlain ‘Adieu Paris’ d’Edouard Baer FÉVRIER 02/02 : ‘The Souvenir Part I’ et ‘The Souvenir Part II’ de Joanna Hogg ‘Red Rocket’ de Sean Baker ‘Introduction’ de Hong Sang-Soo ‘Arthur Rambo’ de Laurent Cantet ‘H6’ de Ye Ye 09/02 : ‘Great Freedom’ de Sebastian Meise ‘The Innocents’ d’Eskil Vogt ‘Vous ne désirez que moi’ de Claire Simon 11/02 : ‘Bigbug’ de Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Netflix) 16/02 : ‘Un autre monde’ de Stéphane Brizé ‘Piccolo Corpo’ de Laura Samani ‘After Blue (Paradis sale)’ de Bertrand Mandico 23/02 : ‘Les Poings desserrés’ de Kira Kovalenko ‘Ils sont vivants’ de Jérémie Elkaïm MARS 02/03 : ‘Rien à foutre’ d’Emmanuel Marre ‘Viens je t’emmène’ d’Alain Giraudie 09/03 : ‘Petite Nature’ de Samuel Theis ‘Soy Libre’ de Laure Portier 16/03 : ‘L'Histoire de ma femme’ d’Ildiko Enyedi ‘Moneyboys’ de C.B. Yi ‘Medusa’ d’Anita Rocha da Silveira ‘A plein temps’ d’Eric Gravel 23/03 : ‘De nos frères blessés’ de Hélier Cisterne ‘Plumes’ d’Omar El Zohairy 30/03 : ‘Retour à Reims (Fragments)’ de Jean-Gabriel Périot AVRIL 06/04 : ‘Contes du hasard et autres fantaisies’ de Ryusuke Hamaguchi ‘Employé / patron’ de Manolo Nieto ‘Libertad’ de Clara Roquet 13/04 : ‘Et il y eut un matin’ d’Eran Kolirin ‘Face à la mer’ d’Ely Dagher ‘Toute une nuit sans savoir’ de Payal Kapadia ‘Le Dernier Piano’ de Jimmy Keyrouz ‘Apples’ de Christos Nikou 20/04 : ‘Murina’ d’Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic ‘Qui à part nous’ de Jonás Trueba 27/04 : ‘Hit the Road’ de Panah Panahi MAI 04/05 : ‘Nitram’ de Justin Kurzel 11/05 : ‘The Northman’ de Robert Eggers ‘Suis-moi, je te fuis’ de Koji Fukada 18/05 : ‘Fuis-moi, je te suis’ de Koji Fukada 25/05 : ‘Clara Sola’ de Nathalie Álvarez Mesén JUIN 15/06 : ‘Sweat’ de Magnus Von Horn ‘Jusqu’ici tout va bien’ de Quentin Dupieux JUILLET 20/07 :  ‘L'Année du requin’ de Ludovic & Zoran Boukherma AOÛT 03/08 : ‘Nope’ de Jordan Peele SEPTEMBRE 14/09 : ‘Chronique d'une liaison passagère’ d’Emmanuel Mouret DÉCEMBRE  14/12 : ‘Avatar 2’ de James Cameron Et ceux bientôt annoncés : ‘Eureka’ de Lisandro Alonso ‘Asteroid City’ de Wes Anderson ‘Cow’ d’Andrea Arnold ‘The Whale’ de Darren Aronofsky ‘Disappointment Blvd.’ d’Ari Aster ‘Irma Vep’ (série) d’Olivier Assayas ‘The Last of Us’ (pilote de série) et ‘Monica’ de Kantemir Balagov ‘White Noise’ de Noah Baumbach ‘Les Herbes sèches’ de Nuri Bilge Ceylan ‘Coma’ et ‘La Bête’ de Bertrand Bonello ‘Don Juan’ de Serge Bozon ‘Ecole de l’air’ de Robin Campillo ‘Decision to Leave’ et ‘The Sympathizer’ (série) de Park Chan-wook ‘Babylon’ de Damien Chazelle ‘The Brutalist’ de Brady Corbet ‘Infinity Pool’ de Brandon Cronenberg ‘Humane’ de Caitlin Cronenberg ‘Crimes of the Future’ de David Cronenberg ‘Disclaimer’ (série) d’Alfonso Cuarón ‘Tori et Lokita’ de Luc et Jean-Pierre Dardenne ‘Avec amour et acharnement’ et ‘The Stars at Noon’ de Claire Denis ‘Pinocchio’ et ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ (série) de Guillermo del Toro ‘Frère et sœur’ d’Arnaud Desplechin ‘La Nuit où Laurier Gaudreault s’est réveillé’ (série) de Xavier Dolan ‘Blonde’ d’Andrew Dominik ‘Stranger Things 4’ (série) de Matt & Ross Duffer ‘Incroyable mais vrai’ et ‘Fumer fait tousser’ de Quentin Dupieux ‘Second Tour’ d’Albert Dupontel ‘Tár’ de Todd Field ‘The Killer’ de David Fincher ‘Men’ d’Alex Garland ‘L’Innocent’ de Louis Garrel ‘La Lune crevée’ de Philippe Garrel et Jean-Claude Carrière ‘Moussa’ de Romain Gavras ‘Barbie’ de Greta Gerwig ‘La Zone d’intérêt’ de Jonathan Glazer ‘Savagery’ de Miguel Gomes ‘Armaggedon Time’ de James Gray ‘Bones and All’ de Luca Guadagnino ‘Earwig’ de Lucile Hadzihalilovic ‘Shining Sex’ de Lucile Hadzihalilovic, Sion Sono, Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, Bertrand Mandico et Kleber Mendonça Filho ‘Un beau matin’ de Mia Hansen-Løve ‘Where to Land’ de Hal Hartley ‘May December’ de Todd Haynes ‘The Lost Daughter’ de Joanna Hogg ‘Le Lycéen’ de Christophe Honoré ‘Twisted Strings’ (série) de Hou Hsiao-Hsien ‘Prayers for the Stolen’ de Tatiana Huezo ‘Bardo (or False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths)’ d’Alejandro González Iñárritu ‘The Actor’ de Duke Johnson ‘Blossoms Shangai’ (pilote de série) de Wong Kar-Wai ‘Memory Police’ et ‘lQ83’ (série) de Charlie Kaufman ‘Mektoub My Love : Intermezzo’ et ‘Mektoub My Love : Canto Due’ d’Abdellatif Kechiche ‘Broker’ de Hirokazu Kore-Eda ‘Poor Things’ et ‘Pop. 1280’ de Yorgos Lánthimos ‘Apollo 10 ½’ de Richard Linklater ‘The Way of the Wind’ de Terrence Malick ‘Conan La Barbare’ de Bertrand Mandico ‘Ferrari’ et ‘Tokyo Vice’ (série - pilote) de Michael Mann ‘L’Envol’ de Pietro Marcello ‘La Favorite’ de Maïwenn ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ de Martin McDonagh ‘Occupied City’ de Steve McQueen ‘Empire of Light’ de Sam Mendes ‘Three Thousand Years of Longing’ de George Miller ‘To the Edge of Sorrow’ de Christian Mungiu ‘Les Cinq diables’ de Léa Mysius ‘The Orphan’ de László Nemes ‘Kock at the door’ de M. Night Shyamalan (prévu pour 2023) ‘Molly in the Darknet’ de Gaspar Noé ‘Oppenheimer’ de Christoher Nolan (prévu pour 2023) ‘The End’ de Joshua Oppenheimer ‘Triangle of Sadness’ de Ruben Östlund ‘Peter von Kant’ de François Ozon ‘Die Glücklichen’ de Christian Petzold ‘Acide’ de Just Philippot ‘Flee’ de Jonas Poher Rasmussen ‘Le temps d’aimer’ de Katell Quillévéré ‘Polaris’ de Lynne Ramsay ‘Showing Up’ de Kelly Reichardt ‘La Chimera’ d’Alice Rohrwacher ‘The Dark Half’ d’Alex Ross Perry ‘Passages’ d’Ira Sachs ‘The Curse’ (série) de Benny Safdie et Nathan Fielder ‘In Front of Your Face’ de Hong Sang-Soo ‘Master Gardener’ de Paul Schrader ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ de Martin Scorsese ‘Kitbag’ de Ridley Scott ‘Un petit frère’ de Leonor Séraille ‘Bora Bora’ d’Albert Serra ‘Limbo’ de Ben Sharrock ‘La Colline parfumée’ d’Aberrahmane Sissako ‘Kimi’ et ‘Full Circle’ (série) de Steven Soderbergh ‘The Fabelmans’ de Steven Spielberg (prévu pour 2023) ‘Flux Gourmet’ de Peter Strickland ‘Women Talking’ de Miriam Toews ‘Anatomie d’une chute’ de Justine Triet ‘Young Sinner’ de Paul Verhoeven ‘Dune : Partie 2’ de Denis Villeneuve (prévu pour 2023) ‘Families Like Ours’ (série) de Thomas Vinterbeg ‘The Kingdom Exodus’ (série) de Lars Von Trier ‘Ripples of Life’ et ‘Mr Crane Is Back’ de Shujun Wei ‘Human Flowers of Flesh’ de Helena Whittmann ‘Revoir Paris’ d’Alice Winocour ‘I Am Going to Kill You’ de Nicolas Winding Refn ‘The Son’ de Florian Zeller ‘What Happens’ d’Andrey Zvyagintsev EXCLU : Interviews de Joanna Hogg et Shujun Wei à venir ! 🌟 A&B

“I’m going to, ah...” Harry continued, his brow scrunching in concentration as he stood up and began to gingerly maneuver his legs over the bench. He wobbled a little too far to the left, and Louis found his muscle memory was too quick, hand shooting out to catch Harry by the elbow.

“Careful children,” Louis called over his shoulder, teasingly. “Newborn foal, coming through.”

“Don’t let him near the good china,” Noah warned.

Louis smirked at Harry, and for a moment, he thought about not saying it; after all, it had been the prelude to one of their nastiest rows ever.

Then again, he reasoned, fifteen years was hardly too soon… right? He felt that tiny bit of sharpness on his tongue as he met Harry’s eyes and quipped, “Or near any more of my mum’s antique vases.”

“Jesus, really?” Harry swore, his eye roll only half as exasperated as the one he’d given Louis that night, in what had still been their living room, and made so much softer now by the way the corners of his lips twitched upward in amusement. He repeated the words that had once sounded so barbed, but now only made Louis want to giggle. “I said I was sorry.”

“I remember that!” Noah cut in, eyes wide, pointing at Harry accusingly. “You were totally going to make us take the heat for that, Pop!”

“I most certainly was not.”

“Really?” Louis said, doubtfully, finally taking his hand away from Harry’s arm now that he had two feet safely on the grass. “Because, as I recall,” he said, crossing his arms over his chest. “You were pretty silent, standing behind me for a very long time while I threatened to take away the kids’ flip phones.”

“Well,” Harry defended, clicking his tongue flippantly and shrugging. “We were already on the brink of divorce.” The grin he and Louis shared then was wild and bright as he said, “The kids should’ve totally taken that one for the team.”

Louis nodded, thoughtful and impressed at Harry’s logic, as the two of them started to walk towards the house. “You’re right, actually. They really should’ve.”

“Mm. Might’ve saved our marriage.”

“See, I know you’re joking,” Noah said. “But like…”

“Um,” Jo called out to them.

“I think the world you’re both looking for,” Stevie said to her siblings, her voice already made tinny by the distance, “is ‘ouch’.”

🌴More from the GAPT AU.

Malex Fic - Show me the foothold from which I can climb

Another fic from the beautiful words prompt list.  I love how these prompts indulge my need for happy, future Malex. This one was request by @prouvaireafterdark.  I reread the prompt after I finished it, and I think it went a little left of center.  This may be a habit of mine, but hopefully the addition of a little Belmanes will make up for it. 

Show me the foothold from which I can climb on AO3

Summary: Kilig (Tagalog) - the thrilling feeling of butterflies in your stomach when something romantic happens.

Title from “Mountain at My Gates” by Foals

Michael walks back from the kitchen carrying three beers.  He passes one to Max before joining Alex on the couch and setting the other two on the coffee table.  He watches the door for a few minutes, slumping back when it doesn’t open.  “How long does an ‘evening stroll’ take?” he asks Alex with a sigh.

“It hasn’t even been ten minutes.”  Alex places a hand on Michael’s knee, stilling a leg he hadn’t realized he was bouncing.  “I swear you’re more nervous than Greg.  You know she’s going to say yes.  You’re happy about that, right?”

“Yeah, you know I am.”  It’s true.  Michael had been thrilled when Greg told him and Max he planned to propose at their next family dinner.  Greg wanted everyone there to celebrate, but he also wanted to ask Isobel privately so he’d taken her on a walk between dinner and dessert, leaving the rest of them to wait.  He looks around the room, Kyle and Rosa are watching something on her phone, Maria and Max have Liz laughing over stories about the Wild Pony’s wilder customers.  Michael is the only one feeling antsy.

Alex taps his leg, drawing his attention back to him.  He doesn’t say anything, just watches Michael patiently and waits for him to speak.

“I’ve been thinking about Noah, about Iz and Noah,” he finally admits.  “He was everything Isobel wanted, and he adored her.   We thought she was lucky, finding someone who loved her so much he never questioned anything.  Should have known better,” Michael snorts, remembering how naive they had been.  “But at the time, I was really happy for her even though it made me feel like I didn’t have a place in her life anymore.  Even though I was jealous of what they had.”

Alex squeezes his leg in support.  Michael knows he understands because they talk now, they share things.  Alex knows that no matter how hard Michael tries, he’s never been able to keep his love for Isobel and Max completely free of resentment.  He listens without judgement, taking away any guilt Michael feels about it.

“Max and I were both so fucking miserable, you know.  We’d lost the people we loved, lost them partly to protect her, and it seemed like Isobel just walked into this perfect relationship.  It made Max sad, but I was angry, angry that she didn’t even know how much I gave up for her, and all she cared about was being seen with the right people to help Noah’s career, and I was never going to be the right people.  Despite that, it gave me hope to see them together.  I thought if after everything she’d done, Isobel could be happy, maybe someday I could be too.  Turns out it was all a lie.  I don’t even mean Noah,” Michael laughs at the irony.  “If you ignore the fact that he was a mind-controlling secret alien serial killer.”

Alex inclines his head, “It’s a lot to ignore, but okay.”

“What I didn’t see was Isobel was pretending all the time.  No matter how much she thought Noah loved her, she always had to hide parts of herself, big, important parts.  She could never trust that he would still love her if he knew the truth. I hated how much she changed, I felt like I lost my sister, but she was still there.  She just got so good at hiding I didn’t recognize her.”

“That’s exhausting,” Alex says, the weight of understanding noticeable in his voice.

“Yeah,” Michael agrees, taking Alex’s hand. “She doesn’t do that with Greg.  She never hid who she was from him, hell, she basically flaunted it, and he fell in love with her, all of her.  Seeing Isobel, the Isobel I know, happy and loved, I don’t want her to lose that.  Which is a stupid thing to be worried about when Greg’s proposing right now.”

Alex doesn’t say anything, just shifts so he is facing Michael directly.  Michael knows he is thinking about what he said, working his way through Michael’s words before responding.  The silence used to drive him crazy, make him think Alex was ignoring him, and he’d keep talking, saying shit he didn’t mean just to get a response.  But now he gives Alex time, trusts Alex to be honest when he is ready to speak.

The hand Michael isn’t holding comes up to cup his face, and Alex gives him a smile so gentle he has to close his eyes for a second. “You have that, too, Michael.  You don’t have to look to Isobel to know what love looks like.  You are loved exactly as you are, because of everything you are.  You never have to hide anything from me.  I hope you know that.”

“I do,”  Michael leans forward so his forehead rests against Alex’s shoulder.  Alex slides his hand from Michael's face to the back of his neck, massaging gently.  Michael sinks into the motion, anxiety and tension bleeding away, leaving the grounding sense of contentment and belonging he’s only ever felt with Alex.

Trust Alex to figure out the source of Michael’s discomfort before he did.  Michael is so used to ignoring and shoving away the small part of him that resented and envied Isobel in equal measure, that he didn’t notice when his feelings changed.  He longer sees Isobel as this example of what could be if only he were better or more deserving of love. Now he hopes Isobel finds with Greg what he and Alex have, that she realizes how special that kind love is and knows to hold on to it.  

Michael has never been confident in his own happiness, never thought anyone would look at his life and think it was something worth having.  He and Alex weren’t perfect, but they’ve worked hard to move forward and build something lasting and beautiful.  Michael can be proud of that, can wish that for his siblings without apology.  Once he lets that feeling settle inside him, any remaining restlessness fades. 

“You have that too, you know,” he looks up Alex, wishing he had the words to explain how falling in love with Alex at seventeen had changed his life and learning how to love him now was the best thing he’d ever done.  He thinks of the ring he has back in the airstream, barely hidden since he spends his night at Alex’s, at their, house now.  Isobel would kill him if he asked Alex to marry him at what is about to become her engagement party, but with the way Alex is looking at him, eyes full of love, steady and confident, it’s hard to hold the words back.

Alex kisses him, just a soft press of their lips, but it’s enough to keep Michael rooted in the present.  He licks at Alex’s lips, hoping to deepen the kiss when he hears the door open.

Michael turns and sees Greg and Isobel standing just inside the door.  Greg is beaming, and Isobel holds up her left hand to show off the ring she’s now wearing.   It’s not expensive or flashy like the one Noah bought her, a simple band inlaid with turquoise and coral, but Michael knows she will cherish it especially once Greg tells her it was crafted by an artist from the Reservation who’d been helped by and knew Louise.

He meets Isobel’s eyes across the room and smiles, but doesn’t get up.  He let’s Liz and Maria rush to her, hugging her and letting her show off her ring.  He watches Max clap Greg on the shoulder and shake his hand before pulling Isobel closing and kissing the top of her head.  Alex wraps his arms around Michael, content as well to wait to offer their congratulations.  They will have plenty of time to celebrate.  For now Michael leans back into Alex’s embrace and imagines what it will be like to see his ring on Alex’s finger.  He doesn’t think Isobel will want a long engagement, but if she does, he has a feeling he’ll beat her to the altar.

Peaky Blinders Playlists:  Tommy Shelby: (spotify) 

1. Red Right Hand - Nick Cave 2. Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes 3. Criminal - Harry Hudson 4. Broken Boy Solider - The Raconteurs  5. Pressure - Until the Ribbon Breaks 6. Iron - Woodkid 7. Ballad of a Thin Man - Bob Dylan 8. I’m a Wanted Man - Royal Deluxe 9. Make a Little Money - Royal Deluxe 10. Soldier - Fleurie 11. The Wizard- Black Sabbath 12. Birmingham - Foxlane 13. One for the Road - arctic monkeys 14. River Styx - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 15. Don’t Sit Down Cause I Moved Your Chair - Arctic Monkeys 16. Lazarus - David Bowie 17. Bad Habits - The Last Shadow Puppets 18. Beat the Devil’s Tattoo - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 19. Arabesque - Coldplay 20. The Darker the Weather - MSSIO 21. Number One -Portugal. The Band  22. Stigmata - grandson  23. Out of the Black - Royal Blood 24. Dance Little Liar - Arctic Monkeysi 25. Everybody Gets High - MISSIO 26. The Hills - The Weeknd 27. Hurt - Johnny Cash 28. Cigar - Tamino 

Tommy x Alfie: (spotify)

1. Timefighter - Lucy Dacus  2. A Little Death - The Neighborhood  3. Money Power Glory - Lana Del Rey 4. NFWMB - Hozier  5. I Love You, But I Need Another Year - Liza Anne 6. Feeling Good - Muse 7. One for the Road - Arctic Monkeys 8. Arsonist’s Lullaby - Hozier 9. What Kind of Man - Florence + The Machine 10. Wolf Like Me - Anna Calvi 11. The Longing - Imelda May 12. Religion - Lana Del Rey 13. My Boy Builds Coffins - Florence + The Machines 14. The Jeweller’s Hands - Arctic Monkeys 15. Dinner & Diatribes - Hozier  16. 505 - Arctic Monkeys 17. I Can’t Go On Without You  - KALEO 18. Civilian - Wye Oak 19. Howl - Alexandra Savior 20. Criminal - Harry Hudson 21. Snake Oil - Foals 22. Baby Did a Bad Thing - Queen Kwong 23. Pressure - Until the Ribbon Breaks 24. Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High - Arctic Monkeys 25. The Hills - The Weeknd 26. Easy Money - Nick Cave

Alfie Solomons: (spotify)

1. We Move Easy - Welshy Arms 2. Animal - Bedflower 3. Ain’t Supposed to Rain - Welshy Arms 4. Sleep - Royal Blood  5. Low Lays the Devil - The Veils 6. Figure it Out - Royal Blood 7. No Rest for the Wicked - Lykke Li 8. Way Down We Go - KALEO 9. David - Noah Gunderson 10. Bitter End - Rag N Bone 11. Villains of Circumstances - Queens of the Stone Age 12. Two Evils - Bastille 13. Lazarus - David Bowie 14. Cold Cold Cold - Cage the Elephant 15. Legendary - Welshy Arms 16. Bury Me Face Down - grandson 17. My Propeller - Arctic Monkeys 18. Incantation - Moses Sumney 19. I Love You, But I Need Another Year - Liza Anne 20. Bad Things - Rayland Baxter 21. Arsonist’s Lullabye - Hozier 22. Free Animal - Foreign Air 23. Blood // Water - grandson 24. Wish - Anna Calvi 25. Arabesque - Coldplay 26. What Kind of Man - Florence + The Machines 27. God in the House - Nick Cave 28. Heart of a Dog - The Kills 29. Wolf Like Me - Anna Calvi 30. Wicked Ones - Dorothy 31. The Jewelers Hands - Arctic Monkeys 32. Ain’t No Grave - Johnny Cash

Day #4: BAP's Diamond For You - Noah  -  Traditional Arab Foal Le Fire

Who will be the DPOY 2022-23? The editorial team has decided, see you in June!

Who will be the DPOY 2022-23? The editorial team has decided, see you in June!

A start to the season is excitement, but sometimes also money placed on a foal that attracts us. Real money for those who can and who want, or simple predictions between friends or family, just to hear your mother talk about the son of Joakim Noah and Magic Jordan. In any case, this 2022-23 season is no exception to the rule and we therefore decided to reflect on a few existential questions for…

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i was tagged by @timotheechalamed (THANK YOU SM 😊) to list my top fives for some things.

five favorite books:

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett (for this only, this is a book.)

Emma by Jane Austen

Pál Utcai Fiúk (The Boys of Paul Street) by Molnár Ferenc

five favorite drinks:

coffee

water

water

water

water (what can i say i’m an exciting human being)

five favorite songs (right now):

Tomorrow’s Dust by Tame Impala

Corvus by Recondite

beanz by Kasabian

Fine Mess by Interpol

In Degrees by Foals

five favorite quotes: ah man i’m SO not a quote person it physically hurts

“In an instant, all will vanish and we'll be alone once more, in the midst of nothingness.”   – Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

“After another moment's silence she mumbled that I was peculiar, that that was probably why she loved me but that one day I might disgust her for the very same reason.”   – The Stranger by Albert Camus

“That's it, I guess. Just go on living, whether you feel like it or not”   – The Seagull by Anton Chekhov

“Perhaps this is exactly why our ancestors wiped out the Neanderthals. They were too familiar to ignore, but too different to tolerate”   – Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari

“Mióta éltem, forgószélben / próbáltam állni helyemen. / Nagy nevetség, hogy nem vétettem / többet, mint vétettek nekem.” (eng)   – Íme hát megleltem hazámat... by József Attila

five favorite people fictional characters:

Loki (Marvel)

John Murphy (The 100)

Fiona Gallagher (Shameless)

Frank Castle (Marvel)

Eleven (Doctor Who)

aaaaand I’m tagging @plaidhug, @stephensking, @harry-strickland, @aannatar, @happycrowley, @nalle, @kidyouhavenoidea, @rommipullo and @kierenwalkered (feel free to ignore if you’ve already done it) + also anybody who sees this and wants to do iiiit!