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1. olă, primeiramente eu gastaria de parabenizar o trabalho de vocês, eu gosto muito do blog e das postagens 😊

Eu estou procurando uma thread no Twitter, não me lembro muito da história, só algumas partes, mas eu lembro que o lan zhan estava apaixonado pelo wei wuxian e estavam juntos mas ele acreditava que o wei não sentia o mesmo por ele, por isso o lan se afastou do Wei, e após 13 anos o lan zhan se reincontra com o wei, com o lan sendo professor de musica do filho do Wel, e arrependido ele tenta reconsquitalo novamente.

Eu também me lembro que o lan xichen era o único que sabia onde o lan zhan estava, mas não passou o número para o wei.

Eu tentei achar a thread mas não consegui, gostaria que vocês me ajuda-se. Obrigado 😊 @silvanagomes87

(Google translated, let me know if any of it is wrong! - Mod C:

hello, first I would like to congratulate your work, I really like the blog and the posts 😊

I'm looking for a thread on Twitter, I don't remember much of the story, just some parts, but I remember that lan zhan was in love with wei wuxian and they were together but he believed that wei didn't feel the same way about him, that's why the lan moved away from Wei, and after 13 years lan zhan reunites with wei, with lan being Wel's son's music teacher, and regretful he tries to win him back again.

I also remember that lan xichen was the only one who knew where lan zhan was, but he didn't give the number to wei.

I tried to find the thread but I couldn't, I would like you to help me. Thanks 😊)

FOUND? A Little Late (But Can I Come Home Anyway?) by anobtra (animeobsessedtrash) (E, 31k, wangxian, JC/WQ, JYL/JZX, LXC/NMJ, modern, temporary unrequited love, angst w happy ending, fluff, smut, falling in love, running away, minor WWX/others, composer LWJ, teacher LWJ, role reversal, friends to strangers to lovers)

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2. I’m looking for a modern cultivation AU where LWJ needs to question a vampire so he goes to a shady club where humans go to get fed on. He finds WWX. I think someone also posted an AU where Wei Wuxian and he are hunting the same beastie, that traps you in an image of your home. WWX can’t be caught because he doesn’t have a home, so he pulls LWJ out of it the first time. Eventually the Lan reset their wards and accidentally revoke WWX’s invitation. WWX gets caught because Jingshi had become home @any-mouse

FOUND! hear the monsters calling home by sundiscus (M, 8k, WangXian, Modern AU, Vampires, Misunderstandings, Angst with a Happy Ending, Modern Cultivation, blood drinking (romantic), cross-posted threadfic)

SIMILAR! Chapter 3 of in any universe, you by sundiscus (T, 12k, WangXian, other characters noted per story, multiple AUs, summary and tags specified in each chapter!)

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3. Hi, I'm searching for a fic, and it might be difficult to find. I think I found it from one of the recs here, but a long time ago... All I remember is that LWJ was living with WWX in the Burial Mounds, and i think there were kids/disciples? And what I remember most is LWJ liking to look pretty, wearing more ornaments, not sure about make-up, but it was definetely against the Cloud Recesses' rules, and the other Lans got pissy when they saw him... Please help? <3 @yumehbby

FOUND! Unpack your heart by Terri Botta (Isilwath) (T, 22k, wangxian, 1st in series, canon divergenec, romance, everyone lives au, LWJ stays at Burial Mounds, not lan elder friendly)

NOT FOUND! Run Off The World by Sapphire_Roses (M, 136k, WIP, WangXian, XuanLi, SongXiao, Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies, Canon Divergence, Wēn Remnants Live, Flashbacks, YLLZ WWX, WWX Creates a Sect | Yílíng Wèi Sect, Sect Leader WWX, Married WangXian, Original Character(s), POV Outsider, Morally Grey Characters, (Do Take That Tag Seriously))

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4. Hi!! There is this fic I want to reread, it's post canon 5+1 ish (???) fic but I remember only one scene, which is in some female lan disciple's pov where she joined wangxian with other lan disciples on a nighthunt (and she was very happy to join cuz nighthunt with wangxian = good learning experience), it goes well but wwx gets some scraps on his hands (I think) and when it was all done and they were going to rest she sees how lwj kisses wwx's fingers, wwx swoons, the female lan disciples gets flustered over how sweetly in love wx are and wishes she would get a partner that would care for her the same way (or just wishes to find a love like that idk)

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5. Does anyone know about this fic in cql post canon where nhs gets wind of how wwx is traveling the jianghu, gets incredulous over why he isn't already married to lwj, gets mad at lwj for leaving wwx alone, then adopts wwx into the ginghe nie sect. It's kinda like that fic where Jin Ling adopts his dajiu into the Jin sect after he found him half dead in some inn in the Lanling territory, but with nhs basically. There also was scene where jc gets salty about wwx joining the nie's during conference in qinghe and before nhs could interfere lwj comes to the rescue and he and wwx clear out all misunderstandings. Thanks for your hard work!

FOUND! Story-Shaped by lingering_song (T, 13k, WangXian, NHS & WWX, Post-Canon, Chief Cultivator LWJ, Inventor WWX, Found Family, Mentioned Character Death, Alcohol, Protective NHS, WangXian Endgame, Not JC Friendly, Not particularly gentry sects friendly overall tbh)

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6. Hi!!! I hope you are all doing good! I need some help about finding this fix. LWJ is cursed to kill any demonic cultivator. When he saw wwx, he tried to attack him. I remember wwx ranaway fron gusu, going to burial mount to find a way to lift the curse then I think wwx saw people in it (they worship wwx). I also remember lwj chases after wwx to kill him

FOUND? all the broken things that I made by ilip13 (E, 43k, WangXian, Post-Canon, Established Relationship, Angst with a Happy Ending, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Lovers To Enemies, (then back to lovers I'm not a monster), Dubcon Kissing,Dubious Consent, But mostly not in the way you might expect - see notes for details, Explicit Sexual Content, Bondage, Flirting, Competence Kink)

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7. Hello! For fic finder, can you help me find a fic where WWX time travel to the past before massacare of lotus pier. It's a short fic that i only remember the part that close to ending. After the war, the jiang fight other sect to let WWX live in LP. He is depressed and only start smiling when a-yuan who just a newborn crying non stop and WWX volunter himself to try calm down a-Yuan. Since then he start healing. I think it has 4 chapters and YZY dan JFM lived (i'am not sure about this). Thank you!!! @idontknowwhattowriteforusername

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8. Hi, there a wangxian fic that i need help finding. I think they both were married, arranged, (i think 😅) and Lan wanji comes to live in Yiling/Burial Mounds. There were several children living with Wei wuxian and initially for a moment wanji mistakes them being Wei wuxian's kids. There's a scene where Wanji plays guqin for the kids every night... That's all I remember. If u could help me with it, I'd greatly appreciate it. ( Plz pardon my language. English is not my first 😁) @grrumpywoof

FOUND? and having a marvelous time by varnes (E, 108k, WangXian, Yúnmèng Siblings, Sound of Music AU, (i know!!! i know. stay with me on this.), Slow Burn, Mutual Pining, Family Feels, spies to lovers???, Protective Siblings, Sometimes You Just Want Your Dads To Admit They’re Your Dads, Angst with a Happy Ending) but there's no arranged marriage

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9. For the next fic finder, I’ve been looking for a wangxian fic where WWX goes to the Cold Spring, and LWJ ends up leaving WWX in the spring. Well, WWX ends either falling asleep or passing out, and LQR ends up finding him in the morning absolutely freezing. LQR takes WWX to the medical wing, and I believe WWX has to be resuscitated. Sorry if it’s a little vague. That’s the only scene I remember clearly. Thanks for all the help!

FOUND! Warming up (to him) by barisan (T, 9k, LQR & WWX, WangXian, Hypothermia, Cloud Recesses Study Arc, Temporary Character Death, Medical Inaccuracies, YZY Abuses WWX, JFM Bashing, pre-wangxian, Good Uncle LQR, Angst with a Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort)

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10. Hiii! I’m looking for a fic where LWJ joins WWX in the burial mounds, but it must be a canon AU where wwx lives, because this takes place after Nightless City, but LWJ has been punished with the discipline whip. He hides his injuries from WWX, who is super mean to him. But then WWX gets angry and throws LWJ against a wall, not knowing about his injuries. LWJ is hurt very badly, and WWX feels awful bc really he just wanted to push him away, not hurt him.

I also remember that the Wens were still alive, and LWJ brought a maid who helped him hide his injuries, and wwx was furious with her but promised WQ he wouldn’t hurt her.

I hope that’s enough detail! Thanks for everything you do!

FOUND! A Myriad of Blossoms by Itszero (E, 56k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Arranged Marriage, Forced Marriage, YL WWX, Hurt LWJ, Cruel wwx, he’s cruel until he’s not, Protective WWX, Caring WWX, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Angst, Eventual Smut, Bottom LWJ, Dark WWX)

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11. Hello! I'm looking for a fic set during the guest lectures.I believe there was a plot point about wwx getting taught by an old lan talisman teacher (who was an oc i think) that has a similar mischievous personality to wwx and uses a cane. There is a scene where wwx has been invited to the private section of the cloud recesses to test talismans with him and it is noted by one of the characters that wwx is sleep deprived. its a great genius wwx fic that im dying to reread @andrakeflare

FOUND? in the shadow of moonlit flowers by Reverie (cl410) (T, 56k, wangxian, LXC/NMJ, cloud recesses, NHS & LWJ friendship, developing relationship, LWJ pov, minor injuries, autistic LWJ, implied/referenced child abuse, aka YZY warning, genius WWX, light angst, hurt/comfort, WWX protection squad)

FOUND? �� Stunted, Starving Juvenility by TomatenMark (E, 623k, WangXian, WIP, Fix-it of sorts, Talisman master WWX, Not JFM Friendly, Study Arc, Getting together, Fluff and Angst, Engagement) I love being able to rec this fic, it's one of my favorites!

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12. Hello I'm trying to find a fic! It's a mermaid au where lan wangji is cursed to be a fish I believe? And he meets a mermaid wwx (I can't remember much other than the fact that there was gorgeous fan art for it too)

FOUND? Under every sky, in every way by naqaashi (M, 15k, WangXian, Curses, Curse Breaking, Soft WangXian, Love Confessions, Genius WWX, Angst with a Happy Ending, Feelings Realization, Idiots in Love, Getting to Know Each Other, Oblivious WWX, Happy Ending, Falling In Love, Golden Core Transfer Fix-It, Canon Divergence, Fluff and Hurt/Comfort, mermaid!lwj, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Fairy Tale Elements, Public Display of Affection, Shameless WangXian, Married WangXian, Good Sibling LXC, Accidental Voyeurism, Fix-It, Mythical Beings & Creatures, Mutual Pining)

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13. Hi!! This is my first time doing this so I hope I’m doing right. I am looking for this fic where people saw wwx’s diary or journal. They read it and they slowly regretting what they did to wwx and wens. I remember, wwx used blood to write with the word ‘Kill them’ (i think) in the last page of his diary/journal

FOUND? dormiveglia (in between sleeping and waking) by comforting_monachopsis (M, 13k, WangXian, XuanLi, Diary/Journal, Golden Core Reveal, Canonical Child Abuse, Canonical Character Death, YLLZ WWX, Oblivious WWX, Protective WWX, WWX Needs a Hug, Grief/Mourning, Burial Mounds Settlement Days, Sort Of, Dysfunctional Family, Family Issues, Thirteen Years of WWX's Death, Dead WWX, Angst and Tragedy)

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14. Hi hello, can you please help me find a wangxian fanfic wherein lan zhan was forced be remarried to a girl? (I'm not sure) after their marriage lan zhan rarely comes back to gusu because of that his relationship with his new wife is cold he don't acknowledge her and he doesn't talk to her, then wei ying comebacks lan zhan knows that this is his wei ying because he played wang xian, lan zhan brings back wei ying to gusu and wei ying finds out that he is married and was devastated

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15. Hello, I can't find a fic that is a retelling of svsss with mdzs characters that I've read last year. As far as I remember the fic was from wwx's pov, and there were a lot of interactions with 'the system'. The 'novel' is not the same one from svsss, but is mdzs itself; and wwx has to try to not die as the yllz(?) I think. @freetospreadwywings

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16. Do you know the fic where Sang Lan accompanies Child Wen yuan and a to LanLing Jin and Wei Wuxian intends to destroy the yin tiger tally while the wen siblings are giving the letter and Wen Yuan over to Sang Lan?

FOUND? could be "When I'm gone" by qiankun_pouch which was deleted.

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17. Hi Mods!

I have this WangXian fic I really loved but forgot to bookmark. Can you please help me find it? I read it over a year ago, so I can’t remember much of the details.

But basically, it happened after a huge war and LWJ was injured. WY found him volunteering at something like a refugee camp (?) and LWJ looked so sad and broken. I can’t remember much. But I know there was a lighthouse and WY took him there and eventually they ended up living close to that lighthouse.

Thank you for all that you do! I appreciate this blog so much.

FOUND! All that is solid melts into air by huxiyi (T, 18k, WangXian, Angst with a Happy Ending, Growing Old Together, Breaking Up & Making Up, Post-Canon, Character Study, Getting Back Together) I know #17, it was a break up then make up fic and the summary had something of a proletariat revolution and there was a pretty animation with them at the lighthouse. and lan yuan cussed out Wei ying for leaving lan zhan 🫣

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18. Thank you for your hardwork! Can you guys help me find the fic where JC demanded WY to give his core (Im not sure about this but the story started with the surgery or the core transfer) but then something happened and JC died. The others don't want WY to come back to Jiang Sect then there's a scene where JYL said that WY should come with her for trial something as WY is the last one seen with JC before he die and Lan, Nie and Jin defended WY. Thank you!

Hauntcats' maybe?

FOUND! A Jealous Flower Tries To Break The Sun’s Silver Moon by Preludian_Staves (T, 21k, wangxian, canon divergence, not Jiang friendly, golden core transfer fails, angst w/ happy ending, slow build, hurt/comfort, getting together, courting rituals, WN & WQ live)

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19. Hi. It seems that I have lost another fic again. 👁️👄👁️ My brain is a wreck so I am back. Truthfully your blog has and will be the only thing that saves me. So I'm looking for a fic where A-Yuan can see ghosts (you see, I think that is the series name 🤔) So this is ancient cultivators time. He calls the ghost his mama and sometimes draws a family picture. He would talk to someone they cannot see. LWJ thought it was a bad spirit but y'know Cloud Recesses is a safe place spiritually, he thought maybe it was just an imaginary friend. If I remember LWJ couldn't see WWX and later on realized it was him because some of A-Yuan's description became very specific. Other people found A-Yuan creepy cause they can feel that he can see SOMETHING. 🤨 I remember from another fic in the series where it's JC's POV about A-Yuan seeing JYL, JFM and YZY in Lotus Pier. JC was creeped out but was later on like "yeah he's my nephew alright 👍" Thank you in advance to anyone who can find the link to it! 🫶 @fluffiestfluffer

FOUND! 🧡 Lan Sizhui Sees Dead People Series by darkbrokenreaper (T, 30k, WIP, WangXian, LWJ & LSZ, JC & LSZ, Canon Divergence, Fluff, Kid Fic, Hurt/Comfort, lsz sees dead people, Paranormal)

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20. I remember this fic where Yu Ziyuan left Jiang Fengmian and took Wei Wuxian with her, and I think it was Madam Yu/Madam Jin and JFM/ two others I think?? I could be remembering the pairings wrong, anyway I was hoping to find it again and maybe even other fics where Yu Ziyuan leaves and takes Wei Wuxian with her if there are any 😺 (also in a itmf)

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fitzrove · 20 days

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Reading heinrich heine stuff in three languages (just for fun) and. because Finnish is weird I thought this one poem was gay for a solid 15 minutes until I found the original LMAO. Like it's about an old king who "brought a young spouse", and the next verse is about a pageboy who "carried the silk train of [the/a] queen". And then the last verse is about how "they both had to die because they loved too much". I interpreted this as a somewhat creepy ancient greek sugar baby situation but the German original actually says that the king "nahm eine Junge Frau" and that the page "carried the silk train of the young queen". Anyway ajsjdjdj moral of the story be careful with translations and don't make hasty conclusions...

Maan kuningas on vanha, Sydän raskas on, pää harmaa on Tuo kuningas raukka vanha Toi nuoren puolison.

On paashipoika nuori, Siro kultapää, kevytmielinen, Ja silkkilaahusta kantoi Hän kuningattaren.

Kai tunnet vanhan laulun? Niin vienoon soi, niin synkkään tuo! Kummankin täytyi kuolla, — Oi, liiaksi lempivät nuo.

Es war ein alter König,

Sein Herz war schwer, sein Haupt war grau;

Der arme alte König,

Er nahm eine junge Frau.

Es war ein schöner Page,

Blond war sein Haupt, leicht war sein Sinn;

Er trug die seidne Schleppe

Der jungen Königin.

Kennst du das alte Liedchen?

Es klingt so süß, es klingt so trüb!

Sie mußten beyde sterben,

Sie hatten sich viel zu lieb.

#spam

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heartandfangs · 2 years

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I OWE YOU— PART FOUR.

GENRE Roommates AU, Playboy!Jake, Virgin!Reader, BestFriend!Heeseung, Heavy Smut, Slight Angst, Fluff (if you squint)

PAIRING f!Reader x Jake/Jayeun, f!Reader x Heeseung

WARNINGS 18+ ONLY, Arguing, Cursing, Possessiveness, Manipulation, Jealousy, Implied one-sided feelings, Unresolved/hurt feelings, Flirting, Slight slow-burn, Morally-grey characters, Sexual inexperience, Sexual tension, Anxiety, m!Receiving Hand job, Blowjob, m!Receiving Oral sex, Shower sex, Spit play, Cum play, Dirty talk, Pet names, Light degradation, Overstimulation, No aftercare, Dom!Jake, Sub!Reader WORD COUNT 3.6k

SUMMARY What’s life like when an aloof girl with a grumpy streak and a guy who’s the human personification of charm become roommates?

In which a kiss on the cheek turns into a kiss on the lips turns into more than you bargained for from your playboy roommate.

It wasn't until after Jake tries to kiss you again that you catch a hint of what's really been going on inside of his head.

AUTHOR'S NOTE

The steamy shower scene nobody asked for (ta-da)! This was almost going to be a thigh-fucking scene with a sweeter but equally desperate Jake, however, it didn't quite fit the current story. This was actually written to be included in part three but I think it would've been a bit too long. A Dom Jake does things to me, especially when he's typically so sweet.

As always, like/reblog this fic and leave me some feedback if you enjoyed it and want more! This is all I've got up my sleeve for now. ⚰️

TAGLIST

@skzenhalove, @axartia, @stbwe, @duolingofanaccount

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Masterlist

The world was pitch black behind your eyelids.

Then the sloshing of liquid made your ears twitch, followed by the sensation of being submerged in warm water by strong arms. An unfamiliar fragrant aroma filled your nose, and the sound of fizzing fully awoke you. You were resting your head against the back wall of the tub, warm candlelight glowing across your skin, and a colorful bath bomb swirling near your chest.

"What if I drowned?" you blurted out, meeting Jake's focused eyes as he sat outside the tub, gently running a washcloth over your skin.

He snorted, "That's what I should be complaining about."

Embarrassment heating your cheeks, you sunk deeper into the foamy bathwater, shooting him a sulky look. His dark hair stuck out in tufts, and you noticed where the sticky residue remained on his skin; you both really did a number on each other.

"Don't give me that look. It's the truth," Jake smiled, running his tongue over his bottom lip, tasting what was left of you.

You splashed water on his face.

He spluttered, shooting you an incredulous look, "That is bath bomb water, woman!"

"Shut up. You're crustier than me anyways," you swiped the washcloth from Jake's grasp and wrung it out. Slowly, you got on your knees and reached over to turn on the showerhead, soaking the cloth in fresh water.

"I'll just shower after you," he insisted, taking in how water dripped from your bare skin in the most tantalizing way.

You carefully sat back and leaned over the edge of the tub, holding his chin in place as you swiped over the expanse of his face and chest for a couple of minutes until you were satisfied.

Jake was quiet as he watched you, a bit taken aback at the gesture.

"Do you usually do this?" You asked, referring to the aftercare. You'd read about it, never experienced it yourself, though.

"…No. No, I don't."

You quirked a brow slightly.

"No, you just send girls off with your roommate's underwear and call it a day," you stated, scrubbing at his cheek.

Jake's fingers ran along your wrist, "You're not going let me live that down, are you?"

"Nope." Gradually, your gaze fell to his lap, "You're hard again."

Exasperated with himself, Jake ran a hand through his unruly hair and pulled away from you. "I can't help it. Just enjoy your bath."

"If I stay in here any longer, I'll get all pruny, so just use it. I'm gonna rinse off now, then drain the tub anyway," you insisted.

"Alright." Jake's eyes locked onto you as you stood up and tucked a damp strand of hair behind your ear, moving to stand under the showerhead.

It occurred to you that this was the first time you were completely naked in front of Jake. Hello again, anxiety.

Behind the partially closed shower curtain, you could hear him shimmying out of his clothing.

Ah, right, this was why you insisted on staying.

Calming your nerves, you inhaled the pleasant scent of the bath bomb but had an irritating hunch as to where Jake had gotten it. You guessed from one of his one-night stands; lazing around in baths wasn't really your thing.

It hadn't fully dissolved yet, so you gave it a spiteful kick, sending water sloshing.

"Having fun?"

You met his amused gaze over your shoulder and quickly turned your back to him, "Y-yeah, just give me a sec."

Thanks to the number of showers you've taken in the past 24 hours, the water bill would undoubtedly be higher than usual.

You pulled the drain lever, letting the colorful water slowly swirl in a spiral down the drain. Quickly, you pumped a handful of your body soap into your palm and stepped aside to make room for Jake, staring at the tile wall as you began to lather yourself up, feeling his eyes on you.

"…You sure you don't want to just finish up?"

"It's fine; I'll be quick."

Jake shrugged and stepped into the shower. When he brushed by you, the urge to take in his full figure was strong, but you refused to look at him at the last second. Even looking him in the eyes was too much at the moment.

After all, you'd never fully seen him nude. You tried really hard not to stare; you really did.

Yet part of you did want to catch a glimpse of him… it was only fair.

When he leaned over to face the wall lined with shower products, you stole your look, and you were far from disappointed.

Jake, as you knew, was all hard planes with the occasional curve in the right places; he was gorgeous to look at. His chest and abdomen were toned– the athlete put all of the everyday gesture drawing models that come through your studio classes to shame.

There was a reason you didn't stand a chance any time Jake made up his mind to pin you under him. Strength oozed from the physique he so easily hid under hoodies and long sleeve shirts; he was a sweet face with a wicked body.

Your eyes followed a pulsing vein near his love handles, leading down to a light trail of hair at the base of his cock. It stood flushed and hard like it was aching to be touched.

"You just going to stare?" Jake sent you a heated gaze.

You were caught.

Just as Jake slid his hand around his cock, you gripped his shoulders and turned him around. He got doused with a spray of water, his tight ass now in clear view of your sight. "I— ah, uh, I…."

Jake's shoulders shook as he giggled at your awkwardness. "What are you acting all shy like a virgin for? You're the one that wanted to stick around even though you knew I had a hard-on."

You bit your lip. Your silence was more telling than any honest response you could've come up with.

Jake glanced over his shoulder, "Are you…?"

"So what if I am?" The question came out sounding a little more touchy than you intended.

Something suddenly clicked in Jake's brain. The conditions of your encounters involving much more clothing than he'd typically prefer made sense now. People had different definitions of a virgin, but if you attributed it to not having had penetrative sex, he'd respect that. Although in his mind, he still considered you relatively inexperienced based on his time spent with you.

"There's nothing wrong with that— It just explains a lot, and I don't mean that in a bad way."

Ah, of course, it explains a lot.

He felt your grip on his shoulders falter. Jake turned around and tugged you under the warm water with him by the wrists.

"Do you want to touch me?"

"Why are you asking–"

"Because you're still here, in the shower, completely nude– with me."

You averted your eyes, "Way to make a girl feel self-conscious."

"Don't know why you feel that way when you're so gorgeous. Not that you need me or anybody else to remind you, beautiful." Jake's eyes bore into yours as he held you close by the waist, letting you feel the girth of his hard cock press between your thighs.

You gasped lightly.

Sometimes Jake missed the mark, and other times he knew exactly what to say. This time around, it was the latter.

It was a shame you were terrible at receiving compliments, but your shy yet pleased expression had Jake grinning.

"We're wasting so much water right now."

"I think it's okay to spoil ourselves once in a while. We're always so busy..." He gently swiped his thumb against your lip, back and forth.

"How do you like it?" You asked to distract him.

He dragged fingers across your jaw, "… Rough and sloppy, like a certain someone."

Heat flooded your face. "I meant for getting jerked off—"

"I said what I said. But for you—" Jake wrapped his hand around yours and slid your grip along his cock, "Just play around. Do what you think feels right."

Gosh, he's thick.

"You have to tell me what feels good," you insisted.

"I will," he brushed away your damp locks from your face rather affectionately, "Use both hands."

His cock was lightly veined upon closer inspection, similar to his hands. Beautiful, really. Now you wouldn't be able to keep yourself from always associating the two upon seeing either.

Not that you were planning on seeing his cock again after this… Right?

"Can't believe you made me come without even touching me," he marveled about earlier.

"Yeah, how's that supposed to work? I know you don't like me that much; you hate my anti-social guts, after all." You smeared the precum from his slit around his pretty pink head, making his breath hitch.

You liked the sound of that. Your mouth was beginning to water at the sight of his slight reactions to your touch.

He smirked at you, "Not at all, ___. I think I'd love being in your guts."

"You're such a pervert."

"Mm, says the girl jacking me off. Try going a little faster, baby girl," he urged.

Warm water cascaded down both your bodies, and it hit you how intimate this situation you'd gotten yourself into was. Things were moving so fast; you were both spinning out of control, and the kicker was that you've been here before.

Something within you was at odds with the deviation in your relationship with Jake. His consistent ploys for your attention and his snide comments concerning Heeseung. His unexpectedly possessive nature and how he's trying to make it up to you after trespassing your boundaries all had you terribly confused.

It all started with the kiss; the moment he let you have your way, everything else snowballed.

It occurred to you that you had a fuck boy bending over backward for you, and you still didn't know why. It's not like you had much to offer him in the realm of sex with your lack of experience, but Jake kept coming back for more. Was that normal for him?

Even though you were roommates, well acquainted with each other's lifestyle, you didn't really know him, not like you thought you did.

There was something you were missing because it just didn't add up in your head. He was clearly incapable of upkeeping a proper relationship with how he lived his life. With the isolated way you lived yours, love was seemingly unattainable.

His twisted actions as of late could arguably be proving otherwise…

However, petty things like manipulating you and desperately striving for your undivided attention at the expense of your trust… that wasn't love. You had learned that the hard way long ago.

Lucky for you this time around, you weren't interested in it– not from Jake.

Jake brought your hands to a stop. His finger that tipped your chin up to look at him drew you out of your thoughts. He looked at you curiously, like he desired to know what was going on in that head of yours.

"Sorry. I was just thinking, it's too bad we don't have any lube lying right now. I don't want to chafe you."

He pressed his thumb between your lips, "Wanna try using your spit?"

Your brows raised, but you found yourself nodding.

Jake gently guided your head down to his hard cock, "Go for it, baby girl."

You tried to gather the saliva in your mouth before parting your lips, allowing it to drip off your tongue onto the length of his cock in thick strands.

"Fuck— don't just let it dribble out of your mouth like that," Jake growled.

Your head shot up in embarrassment, "Why? What if I miss—"

Jake shoved you against the wall, pressing his body against yours. You felt his heavy erection twitch deliciously against your stomach.

"Because it makes me wanna kiss you. Makes me wanna shove my cock down your throat and make a mess of you."

His honesty caused your core to clench in want.

Jake pressed his forehead against yours, rivulets of water spilling down his features. He wore such a conflicted expression, eyes flitting to your lips.

"Don't kiss me."

Jake blinked and slowly pulled away from you. You hadn't realized those words were coming out of your own mouth.

He quickly turned stoic, just like he had when you cruelly renounced your kiss earlier in the heat of anger. An unsettling feeling churned your stomach.

You felt the need to explain yourself, "We did kiss last night, but I told you I didn't want it to mean anything. Even though you changed your mind and kissed me, I know it was just– it was nothing. Then today happened, but I know that commitments aren't your thing in the first place and if you think kissing can lead to attachment…"

Then I don't want to fall for someone like you.

"I see."

Jake leaned in close, lips ghosting against your ear.

"If that's how it's going to be," His fingers slowly closed around your throat, pulling a startled gasp from you, "Get down on those knees, princess."

His tone was cold as he bit off that last word; Princess. You didn't care for the name. It lacked the warmth and familiarity you'd grown accustomed to from Jake. Like a switch had flipped inside of him.

It scared you, but it also deeply aroused you.

Knowing what was about to take place, you obeyed, dragging your hands down Jake's waist and his firm thighs to steady yourself as your knees hit the ground.

"Jake, I—"

"Enough talking; let's put that mouth to good use. Open wide and stick that tongue out for me."

You hesitated for a moment before revealing your tongue to him. Satisfied with your obedience, Jake spat sharply into your mouth, your eyes immediately rolling into the back of your head at the way his thick saliva mingled with yours.

"Yeah, you love that, don't you?" He mocked.

He guided his cock to your lips, letting the head rest against your tongue; your jaw wasn't used to the stretch as you accommodated his size.

"The underside is very, very sensitive…"

Immediately, you began to rub your tongue back and forth, the texture of your tastebuds sliding against his erection and the pearls of his precum. You felt slick trickle down your thighs, nipples aching at the provocative taste of Jake.

He held back praise, biting down on his lip.

"Use both hands, and breathe through your nose. Don't swallow your saliva; keep that mouth nice and wet for my cock," he commanded.

You rubbed your thighs together as Jake's hands tangled into your soaked locks, and he began to piston his hips into the tight cavern of your mouth. His thrusting was shallow at first, and you reckoned he was being considerate of your inexperience, but he gradually picked up the pace, his frustration overcoming his regard for you.

When he felt your teeth brush the topside of his length, he stopped to lightly smack your cheek.

"Wider," he reminded sharply.

His reprimand caused you to adjust your jaw and spread your knees even wider as well, your thoughts turning to mush.

While bobbing your head and swirling your tongue, your hands worked firmly along his cock, trying to recreate the same pace he demonstrated earlier when you gave him a hand job.

It seemed to work; Jake was panting above you, lips parted and brows furrowed despite his eyes being hooded in ecstasy. His hips stuttered messily at the sight of your lovely lips stretched over his cock.

You were a fast learner.

He admired how the water caught on your lashes in the prettiest way and spilled down the curves of your breasts and thighs. Jake's hands itched to touch your body, almost wishing he had you grinding down on top of him so you both could pleasure each other with your eager mouths while he gripped at your soft flesh.

But knowing your knees would be bruised for him only ignited the wild fire he harbored for you.

For everything, you were; inexperienced and callous, yet terribly down to earth and irresistibly charming. Sexy, without even realizing it– adorable, when you opened up to him about the things you were uncertain about, the things he was experienced in. He loved seeing these different sides of you and was desperate to change your one-note perspective of him.

Jake realized he'd been doing a shit job of that, especially now as he fell into his other persona– the side of him that sought to dominate what he couldn't have. Currently, he conducted the only type of situation in which he had a facade of control over you.

Ah, and you were letting him.

You wanted him to ruin you.

The messy sounds of his cock sliding into your throat echoed off the damp tile walls. Time had slipped away from you two in the heat of the moment; you were becoming lightheaded.

"Do you actually think I'll come at this rate?" Jake challenged.

The water blurred your eyesight and made it even more challenging to breathe at a steady pace, but you were determined to make him come. A muffled noise of opposition from your throat vibrated against his leaking erection.

"C'mon, princess, I don't know if this will cut it. Haven't even heard you gag on my cock yet–"

You cut him off, stuffing him as far down your throat as possible, relaxing your muscles and flattening your tongue. Your eyes fluttered shut, tears spilling down your cheeks at your inability to breathe or talk. Spit bubbling against his shaft, you gagged around him but held deathly still.

Breathe through your nose, girl.

Jake groaned loudly as his cock pulsed against the deepest part of your throat, and he nearly lost it when you swallowed, constricting tightly around him. You did it repeatedly, your nails scraping down his thighs in the most delicious manner. Instinctively, you began to knead at his balls, remembering you read somewhere that it felt good.

"That's it— Fuck!" His rough voice sent shivers across your skin, "Show me that tongue–"

He pulled you off his cock and tipped your saliva-coated chin up towards him, his other hand pumping himself furiously in front of your face. You took a deep breath and swept your tongue back and forth against the corners of your mouth in anticipation of his load.

Jake looked so far gone as he struggled to keep his sights trained on you, suddenly bursting across your tongue in thick, creamy spurts. Your first impression of his cum was hot, a little heady like your own, but utterly intoxicating to your senses.

The way Jake brazenly moaned your name as he came made you want to grind against his leg to relieve the pressure on your throbbing clit. His familiar groans triggered memories of those sleepless nights spent eavesdropping on him and his partners through the thin walls of your bedrooms, but this time around, you didn't need to tune out another's moaning.

His fist eventually stilled as he squeezed the last drop of milky cum from his slit with a heavy sigh, fingers dripping with his release. This enthralling sight of Jake losing himself to pleasure is what you missed out on when you rode his face.

Jake nearly stumbled, but you pulled his hips forward and slipped his cock back into your mouth to nuzzle your nose into his pelvis despite his whimpers, exactly how he made you suffer. He caressed your hair, caught up in the overwhelming sensations you were inflicting upon him.

"Oh my god— Yes, baby girl, yes—"

He watched you ease off his cock, oh so slowly, lips barely sucking as your tongue left every inch of his sensitive cock coated in saliva and cum. Jake wondered where the hell on earth you learned how to do such a thing.

You pressed a kiss to his glistening tip and rested your cheek against his thigh, gazing up at him as you did so.

"Fuck," Jake's voice broke as he leaned over, drawing your face close to his. He was going to kiss you; you could see it in his eyes.

Then Jake stopped, just inches from your lips. You held your breath.

He released you from his grasp.

After rinsing himself off, you remained silent as he exited the shower, leaving you on your knees. Chill air seeped into the steam filled room before the door slammed shut.

The ache in your jaw and body was real. Who knows how long you'd been kneeling there. The pressure in your knees was relieved when you shifted your weight to stand up, leaning against the wall.

You washed Jake's release off your skin along with your own arousal from your thighs, then shut off the shower, not even wanting to think about the utility bill. As you stepped onto the bathmat and wrapped your body in a towel, something on the countertop caught your eye.

Your missing phone lay on the surface; the screen had collected condensation from your and Jake's time spent together. He had hidden it from you this entire time, yet that was far from the most shocking thing out of all that had just happened.

It was the way he looked at you before he nearly kissed you like he was…

You were unable to finish the thought.

Somehow, a hollowness in your chest made itself known.

What have you done?

You tapped the screen to reveal an unread message from Heeseung, and suddenly, you couldn't have wished for that Saturday evening to come any faster.

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brooklynislandgirl · 9 days

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Start a book club with, read a book to, hit with a book : Close between The System, Raylan, Phil Coulson

Three of a Kind || Accepting {{tagging for reasons: @silverjetsystm, @goodlawman, @tangleweave }}

Beth might be a little tipsy after her third sea-breeze in about half an hour, and maybe she giggles a little too loudly from behind her hand when Jay asks the question. The bar isn't packed yet and so the music is mellow and the dim interior is a respite from the bright hospital lights that she's been dealing with for the last fifteen hours. She leans into Jay and rests her head on her hanai-sister's shoulders, spanning one hand out and waving slowly in panorama in front of them. "Pictcha it. Manhattan...sometime in da las' two weeks..." Yes, she just made a Golden Girls reference. "F' a book club? Hones'ly goddah choose Moon-Moon. Steven got exquisite taste in literature, while Jake got alla sarcastic comments on da side but sittin' in his cab he got plenny time t' read, an' mebbe dat give Marc sometime t' chill out. I t'ink da man really need a time to take brea'd an' jus'...stop for a while, you know wha' I mean. Plus if it jus' da five of us, den we can make da meetings easy, you know?" She purses her lips aside for a moment and ponders the other two men mentioned. "Read a book to? Probably Uncle Phil. Man's an incredible boss. Nevah have someone so intent on protectin' an' supportin' his team but I swear I nevah see him take a vacation, or even be late for work. If all t'ings remain true? Den he probably doesn't even really take time to eat propah, or rest at night, so I'd cheat. Small kine use of Life...tiny hanging effect t' make him drowsy an' den I'd read t' him. Probably from: Captain America: Avenger, Hero, Icon... or Captain America and da American Journey, 1940-2022." She giggles again and pulls back only to fix Jay with The Look. The one that says she knows what's going on and that they will have to discuss that very soon. "An' finally, dat leave Raylan. Who is very pretty, by da way." Yep, there it is, the confirmation nod. "An' I hit him wi' da book f' not tellin' me you an' him are seein' each oddah outside of any work relationship I can faddom, which mean he nevah aks me if it okay to aks you out. Now it's possible you did da aksin' but you're fastah dan me, especially wi' Time an' Correspondence, so...moral of da story, he gets smote...an' you owe me anoddah drink." A pause. "How did he get into Shield, anyway?"

#Mahalo!Stoat <333 #My Hanai-Sister|Jayden Morgan #The Janissary and the Gardener|Jay and Beth #Hooked on the Silver Screen|MCU #Agents of SHIELD|Subverse #{{sorry about giving Raylan a new au lolololol}}#Grey-Coated Morning|Raylan Givens #Uncle Wine Dad|Phil Coulson #More than Brick and Mortar|The System

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This post I like a lot showed up on Facebook’s memory feature and I’d like to share it here:

Two things:

1) This meme is hilarious and I love it.

2) Thinking about how the "Disney-fication" of fairy tales has heavily altered how we perceive them. Disney's business model has basically been predicated on finding an existing story, sanitizing it to make it as cute and wholesome as possible to maximize your potential audience, and diving into the profits like Scrooge McDuck. And, like, cuteness is fine. I tend to think of Disney's adaptations of fairy tales completely separate entities from their source material because the themes and artistic intentions are so divergent. If a fairy tale is a grapefruit, Disney's version of it is a pamplemousse La Croix. You get the idea.

Like, an example you could easily point to here is Pinocchio. The original Collodi story isn't exactly heartwarming (Spoiler alert for a book published in the 19th century: Pinocchio is a puppet who runs around town being a dick and he gets lynched at the end). It was meant as a tongue-and-cheek "be good or suffer for it" sort of cautionary tale. Hans Christian Anderson's Little Mermaid has dark and religious overtones that are also got left on the cutting room floor. Disney's version has a very "love conquers all" message about it. Anderson didn't agree with this, like, at all. The story comes by love as suffering and sacrifice. Anderson's mermaid doesn't just exchange her voice for legs, she endures the pain of being stabbed every time she takes a step, and in this version, her love is unrequited. Her despair isn't necessarily rooted in her not being human, it's because she doesn't have a soul because of this and won't be able to see her prince in heaven. The ending is the mermaid giving up her life in a Christ-like sacrifice to save the prince, and she's rewarded by being turned into a benevolent spirit who can attain a soul if she spends the next several centuries helping mankind.

Oh, and Collodi's grandson actually sued Disney because he was so mad about how unfaithful the Pinocchio adaptation was. "Moral copyright infringement." Gasp. Drama.

They seem kind of repulsive given our sanitized children's media diet, but gothic tones like these are pretty standard in old folklore. Fairy tales are layered and pretty dark sometimes, but this is a means of giving children a symbolic template for understanding the world. Research at a children's cancer clinic found that fairy tales served as a helpful tool for children to cope with their stressors and anxieties. The darkness of fairy tales can actually offer a light to children confronting adversity. But the cultural treatment we give to fairy tales no, post-Disney, strips them of their complexity

A psychologist named Susan Darker-Smith found that young girls who identified with Cinderella or Belle were more likely to end up in abusive relationships as adults, through her work interviewing domestic abuse survivors. Interpret this however you'd like.

I'm not trying to cancel Disney here or anything. These stories are, like, fine in a vacuum. But it's crazy how much the Mouse Behemoth has altered our perception of folklore because, like, let's be honest, those stories aren't giving children tools to navigate real life problems. Which was, um, the original point of children's folklore. Preparing kids for the darker aspects of adulthood in a consumable way. And there's a lot of inertia here – when Disney released films in the 70s-80s with darker tones, like The Black Cauldron, they were spectacular box office failures. The "Disney Renaissance" was basically a massive course correction back into the blanched and saccharine.

It's really something. Anyway, I hope das kinder are having fun with Hodenverstümmelung. They're better off for it.

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Hyperfixation Corner: The Three Brides of Alain Prost

before he was the chauffeur for the ceo of brazilian fascism, nelson piquet was a regular formula 1 quote-giver. to be fair, and don't let the guy know i said it, some of them were undeniable facts - "golf is a sport for old people," in particular, is probably written somewhere in the bible - while many others show us we shouldn't have been exactly surprised at his lack of moral fiber. there is, however, one quote that stands out against many as it could easily be true as it could just be another wattpad fanfic from the same author of "i was better than senna" - the claim that alain prost ruined three marriages.

today, in this special of hyperfixation corner, i try to give you all the evidence i have gathered over the years on whether alain fucked so hard he would ruin the holy instition of matrimony for bants or not.

the claim the first bride: bernadette cottin the second bride: catherine bleynie the third bride: madame x

The Claim

Over the years, Nelson has claimed repeatedly that Alain's modus operandi was to become close friends with someone so that he could sleep with their wife, since this was the only way he could pull chicks since he's, quote unquote, "ugly". I swear to God, I've listened to and heard this sentence so much I could tell it to a doctor after hitting my head BUT until relatively recently, it stopped at "he did this to three people in the paddock" and BITCH. TO WHOM?

Enter Lemyr Martins, a Brazilian writer and photographer who has covered our participation in F1 from Fittipaldi to Barrichello, writing a good chunk of books while he was at it. One of those was "Os Arquivos da Fórmula 1" (The Formula 1 Files, in English), published in 1999 and basically filled with stories from his time of coverage. It contained some small interviews with drivers as Lemyr went through the eras, and at some point Piquet, who had already featured quite a bit in the book, decided to talk a bit about his resentment of Brazilian media's lack of standing up for its drivers. You'll find, though, that the point gets lost so surprisingly quickly you'd think Nelson invented DRS here, 12 years before the real deal.

Look at the difference between French newspapers and ours. How they preserved, for instance, Alain Prost. He is a latte* kind of guy, super political, who has never driven a bad car. But he has always had the backing of his press, something we've never had in Brazil. This Prost wasn't ethical at all in his private life. He ruined the marriage of Didier Pironi (Ferrari driver), Gérard Larrousse's marriage (former driver and Larousse-Lola's team owner) and Jacques Laffite's (French driver), but the French newspapers didn't write a single comma about it. He had the nerve, he would start going to his friends' houses, wouldn't come out and then he'd fuck the wife. That's what he did to Pironi, to Larrousse and to Laffite. But I even think he had to act this way to get something because he is really ugly. I took the piss out of Prost the day he changed the shards of teeth he had for veneers and went out smiling to the world. He would circle around the track not to run into me. He spent half a season running to avoid smiling at me.

* in this context, latte (café-com-leite in Portuguese) means he is a small, weak, bland kind of guy.

I know all of you want to unpack the last few sentences here, and so do I, but we need to stay focused. We got names: Jacques Laffite, Didier Pironi and Gérard Larrousse. From these, one we can tell for sure it was true, one for sure it is fake and one… is inconclusive. Let's start with the juicier of them all.

The First Bride: Bernadette Cottin

Jacques Laffite was Alain Prost before there was an Alain Prost. Now, I'm not saying he was as talented, because the difference between six Grand Prix wins and four WDCs is considerable, but he was a Driver Superstar in France anyway - and still is, considering only Alain and René Arnoux won more GPs than him. Six years Alain's senior, Jacques drove from 1974 to 1986 in F1, basically alternating long stints between Williams and Ligier, a French team. He decided to retire from F1 after suffering a very grisly accident during the 1986 British Grand Prix, where he broke both of his legs.

Piquet had a point in saying the French press wouldn't write a single word on this all because I simply can't find much on the whole thing, so forgive me for my lack of sources. The earliest mention I could find of Jacques' love life was in this Motorsport Magazine article from October 1981. In it, you can find a reference to a girlfriend, named Bernadette, to whom he was linked from 1967. This Bernadette is, in fact, Bernadette Cottin, who would later become Laffite-Cottin after getting married in November 1977.

I'm sick and I can't be arsed with photo edits this time, so here is a Getty pic of Jacques and Bernadette (left) with her sister, Geneviève and her husband, Jean-Pierre Jabouille

Bernadette and Jacques were the real deal, as soon after their wedding they had two kids, Camille (1978) and Margot (1980). While I can't pinpoint for sure if there were rocky times between them during their time together, Bernadette was around the paddock somewhat often, as you can see from pics of the couple double dating on a few occasions. When Jacques had his career ending accident, Bernadette was there to nurse him back to health.

Double date with The Rosbergs, 1983

Bernadette and Jacques together after his accident, 1986

Now this is the part where it becomes a bit of oral history - and I bet it was oral alright for Alain and Bernadette. Again, it hasn't been written in detail, so none of this can be attested for sure, so don't sue me. Alain and Jacques were homies, like apparently on the level of business partners and, even more serious in the world of F1, golf buddies. While I can't for the life of me find out what they were business partners in, exactly, there are enough pics of them interacting to be able to assert they were mates alright.

I had so many other pictures I could choose and yet....

Well. After Jacques recovered from the broken legs, he decided to give a go to competing again, mainly focusing on DTM and the 24 hours of Le Mans. However, he also liked to dibby dabby on the Paris-Dakar Rally, and word on the street is that when he got home earlier one year after flopping, he caught Bernadette and Alain together. Genuinely struggled to pinpoint the year here as people accuse it of happening either in 1989 or 1990, BUT there are two points to consider:

In that period, the Dakar rally usually happened in March (1988, 1989) and in 1990 it literally started on Christmas day. If you consider Alain had a limit to being a slag and he spent Christmas at home, that leaves 1988 and 1989 available only. From those two years, the F1 season started April 3rd in 1988, while in 1989 the first race happened on March 26th. While it looks like Alain would have more free time for Bernadette in 1988, he went to check their activities out in that year as you can see here:

Another point is that Sacha Prost was born on 30 May 1990, which means that Alain and his first wife, Anne-Marie must have been together at least until September 1989 for her to get pregnant. I'm not saying that it is completely impossible for him to have been caught, then forgiven by the lady wife, then they had a band-aid baby before deciding to separate for good but it is less likely than Alain and Bernadette being caught having an affair later than 1990 and the following separations ensuing. Therefore, I have to call bullshit on the Paris-Dakar story for now.

Either way, the fact is that Bernadette and Jacques officially divorced in 1992, also known as the year that Alain Prost spent out of F1. While Alain and Anne-Marie remained officially married until 2017, Alain and Bernadette started living together and had a child, Victoria, in 1996.

According to Prostfan, they still live together in Switzerland, so at least there's that. And hey, time heals all wounds, as Alain and Jacques have occasionally mingled over the years after the whole deed was done.

Playing cards together on a train in 1998... Like girl Victoria was just two back then, I don't know how no one threw punches there.

A bit more "recent", 2013 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. That I can understand, it's been over 15 years at that point and they're both balding and grey by then.

Was Nelson right? Yeah, probably. While no one can tell for certain, it's the one story that's passed around with more detail, so….

The Second Bride: Catherine Bleynie

So. This is a funny one. I mean, sort of, if you have a weird sense of humour.

It was April of 1982. Didier Pironi was, at the time, doing REALLY well. Professionally, he was at the top of the world, driving for Scuderia Ferrari, which is even better than winning as we all know. On a personal level, he was about to get married to his girlfriend, Catherine Bleynie. In fact, they were in a bit of a hurry, since Didier was about to race in a fortnight. Didier and Catherine didn't know it yet, but this was the end. Why? Because the race was in fact, the 1982 San Marino Grand Prix.

Catherine and Didier on their wedding day, 14 April 1982. I lack the explanation for the chef guard of honour.

Just two weeks later, Pironi fought on track with Gilles Villeneuve and won the GP. He also fought with him off track, and Gilles swore never to talk to him again. He kept that promise alright, as he died in an accident during the qualifying for the next race, in Zolder. Needless to say, this was a bit of a headfuck to Didier who was forcibly linked to this disastrous turn of events for the rest of his life, even though he wasn't to blame for it (and neither Gilles, we've already been through this). Just a few months later, in August, it was Didier's turn to retire from the sport after an accident that almost had him need both legs amputated. Naturally, he was emotionally sensitive after going from championship frontrunner to retiree in less than a year, so he really relied on the support of his partner…. Véronique Jannot.

I? What?

Now, if you were paying attention, then you know that Didier had just got married in April, to Catherine. Yet, it's August and he's with a whole other woman doing covershoots about his accident. What happened?

Well, we have no clue. Streets say he cheated, streets say she cheated, but again, the French media sweeped it under the rug and all we know for sure is that by July of 1982, Didier and Catherine were on separate paths. In fact, Catherine was about to live lavish on the jetset, also featuring on many high society events and magazines with her boyfriend, French legend Alain…………………..

……… wait for it…………………

Delon.

ENOUGH!!!!!

I shit you not. Catherine's rebound guy was fucking Alain Delon, whom she dated for 3 years from 1985. Catherine and Alain weren't strangers, in fact they met 14 years prior when Catherine was a wee intern for a couturier who designed clothes for him. However, they only became friends after meeting again on a flight to Rio de Janeiro in 1982. Catherine was off to see Didier race while Alain was off for a festival with his then wife, Mireille Darc. Considering the three year gap and the fact Alain had another girlfriend before making it official with Catherine, it doesn't sound like he was responsible for the doom of the Pironis. However, it does make it hilarious imo as it means that Nelson Piquet mistook Alain Prost with Alain Delon. Like.

The two Alains together at the 1990 Japanese Grand Prix. In case you are confused, Alain Prost is on the left

Imagine being so Frenchphobic you think these guys are the same person somehow? Amazing. A clear L for Nelson Piquet on this one.

The Third Bride: Madame X

Two wives down, one to go. The reason I saved this one for last is that I just don't fucking know what happened here, ok? I don't even know the woman's name, let alone if they really banged or not! You see, Nelson Piquet claimed it was Gérard Larrousse's wife, but in some versions of the story it's a random untitled senior Renault executive who got cucked.

Alain and the guy he supposedly cucked, Gérard Larrousse, during their Renault tenure

Here's what we know: Alain had already managed to get close to the WDC with Renault twice, getting to 4th place in 82 by only a 10 point difference to Keke Rosberg, the champion. Renault were the pioneers of turbo engines, but hadn't managed to master its reliability, which makes it even more astonishing that Alain still managed to contend for the championship when he had 16 DNFs in two seasons. When you consider that each season had 15/16 races back then, my guy literally had one full championship of retirements with Renault at that point.

Obviously, it was getting embarrassing and all parties vowed they wouldn't act like fools in 1983 and to be fair, they solved the reliability issue, for Alain at least. In fact, Prost was doing well in the lead, followed by Piquet and the two Ferraris (<3). This meant nothing to the team though, as inside the boxes the turmoil was so great that it led to Alain's Mercedes being burned at his home by Renault workers after he criticised the team. He ended up moving to Switzerland and got turned off the whole thing. Four races to the end, my guy crashed into Piquet while trying to overtake him in the Netherlands and the lead went down the drain with two turbo failures in two of the other races remaining, losing the championship to Nelson "Prost Whistleblower" Piquet himself.

As a good Frenchman would, Alain took the defeat with the grace of a giraffe walking on a slippery ice rank, and proceeded to talk shit to the press:

The team was torn apart in every way. Instead of leaving it to competent men, the decisions were taken by the upper management [...] Renault did everything not to win the championship, because they were scared of winning anything at all.

Damn. Who hurt you Alain ?

To be fair to him, Renault had factually ran out of money to keep developing the car in 1983, according to Bernard Dudot, an engineer for the team at the time. Back then, Renault was fully in the ownership of the French government, the inventors of bureaucracy. So, while there was no budget cap and Renault was a constructor with an endless amount of cash in comparison to other teams, there was just no way to expand the budget in the middle of the season. Prost was sacked mere two days after his defeat in Kyalami and the sore comments were attributed as the official reason… but were they?

Dudot says that "The truth remains that he made some mistakes that contributed to our loss." The Holland accident is the key moment, but this doesn't take away from the fact the other two DNFs were mechanical failures and that he had only been out of points in three other races, spending most of the time on the podium. Like sure, he wasn't invested in Renault after getting his car burned but he was still very much down to win a championship and his form showed it. So the reason couldn't be individual mistakes because they were seldom there, especially knowing he lost the championship lead literally in the last race.

This brings us to the conspiracy theory that I mentioned at the start of this section. The lore is that Alain got caught banging the wife of then team principal Gérard Larrousse, who only didn't sack him then and there because it was the middle of the season. The story is still embellished, depending on the source, with the fact that this all supposedly went down during the 1983 Dutch Grand Prix and this is why Alain crashed into Piquet. He was such a pile of nerves he made an uncharacteristic mistake. Still, the story changes a lot and I've even seen claims that Alain screwed the wife of the Renault CEO at the time, so it genuinely sounds like an urban legend. Still, it is worth noticing that the people working in F1 are, first of all, major gossipers, so if Nelson was openly talking about it, it means at the very least that it's a Known Story in the paddock (or at least it was back then). So, while I can't say for sure it's true, I guess only the people involved can say for sure if it's false.

To conclude, did Alain Prost wreck three marriages as Nelson Piquet claimed? No, just one. Two, tops, but we lack enough information on this. As much as Alain fucks, he doesn't fuck that hard, he is just French. That's what they do. Either way, I needed to get this out of my chest so that I could forget about it for a bit. I'll keep looking for info on Gérard Larrousse's wife because this is the one we know the least about, if any of you have any info on the subject feel free to share with the class! In the meantime, screw you guys, I'm going home.

PS: Here's the video of Alain trying to bag a fourth wife, in the shape of Jean Alesi's then girlfriend in 1991:

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I have to stan a man who isn't scared of his reputation!

#hyperfixation corner #alain prost #nelson piquet #<- this one is for the black list #fuck them racists!#I went insane but it was worth it because I got some old René Arnoux tea on the way so #this might be a peak shitpost truly

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SO IT BEGINS!!!!! (but actually this time)

WHATS POPPINGGGGGG I FINALLY POSTED THE PROLOGUE (which some of u may have already read) AND FIRST CHAPTER OF MY BIG OL BAGGINSHIELD FIC IVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR YEARS!!!

the reason i had to wait so long was bc i wanted to post it on the last day of november (bc thats when the story starts) and guess what??? my little countryside town this morning looked exactly like how i described the shire with the frost!!! lovely :3

ANYWAY heres da link!!

It Takes Two Fools (5864 words) by foolishthunder Chapters: 1/? Fandom: The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield, Gimli/Legolas Greenleaf, Kíli (Tolkien)/Tauriel (Hobbit Movies) Characters: Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield, Frodo Baggins, Gandalf (Tolkien), Sauron | Mairon, The Company, Other Tolkien characters, Some of the Fellowship Additional Tags: Eventual Bagginshield, Unofficial Parentshield, Child Frodo Baggins, Child Sam Gamgee, Gandalf the Morally Grey, Journey across Middle Earth, The One Ring is Bad News, Emotionally Constipated Thorin, disaster duo, Gold Sickness (Tolkien), Sauron Being an Asshole, Mind Manipulation, too much artistic license now sauron is basically a camp disney villain???, i wrote half of this as a sad company-starved teenager in the pandemic and it shows

Summary: After ten years of lost contact, Thorin turns up on Bilbo’s doorstep with an awkward greeting and a dire warning. Upon learning about Gandalf’s uncharacteristically sinister plans regarding the One Ring, the Hobbit and Dwarf-King decide to take matters into their own hands. But are their hands fit to carry the ring? (Spoiler: absolutely not). alternative synopsis: bilbo and thorin fuck about with an evil ring that exacerbates thorins mental illness and gives them marital problems

#my fic #bagginshield

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helloooo Afhiri sounds SO lovely. can you tell me more about how they feel at the start of act 1 about her predicament with the tadpoles, her companions, etc etc if you want!!

it might be cruel to say that they're pretty damn simple . actually no its not ive decided theyre pretty damn simple. literally wakes up and has a panic attack because where is flute?? where flute?? WHERE. FLU TE? flute was no where to be seen (depression). a very sad clown exploring this ship literally with minimum interest because flute :( flute :( this is a child who has lost their autistic hyperfixation toy.

lae'zel is hot. the sword scene is hot. hiri has immediate gay panic and forgets flute for 2 whole seconds. asks lae'zel if seen flute. lae'zel doesn't even know what a flute is.. smh. sticks around because was told to. does whats told (for now........ ominous.) so to start lae'zel is literally party lead this clown is NOT a protagonist (for now...... no im not making that joke twice)

SHADOWHEART IS HOT... absolutely ignores lae'zel to free shadowheart. literally dumbass tries to pull the door off. lae'zel ends up being the one like "maybe u should look around if u INSIST on saving this HALF ELF." frees shadowheart :) oh my god you have an autistic hyperfixation too?? your rock is so cool!!!!!!!

the flute is not rescued. please F's in chat for the lost flute of afhiri's childhood. her father made her that flute and it's DEAD. AND THERE WASN'T EVEN TIME FOR A FUNERAL.

the first thing they do after hoarding all of the fish on the beach like a little goblin creature is find gale's portal. shiny. Oh My God is that an arm without a body? that is Soooo cool...... high fives. they free him of course!!! used bard Magicks to calm that shit down and free the silly man. she finds him SOOO silly. he is such a silly little guy. his lil expressions and hand movements are SO funny. she wants to get acting classes from him so she can be just as funny and then she'll rank up in Clown. she's sure of it. (he is a clown to her. a truly excellent clown. there's real talent..........)

after that she gets knife throat by astarion :( not very nice of you :( i would have given you money if u wanted :( oh not a robbery? OH WE'RE WORM BUDDIES? friendship acquired :) they genuinely don't have any more thoughts rly at the start because he is mean and she doesn't understand its mean and looks at him stupidly like a dog who cannot understand the new word u just said. tilts head :)

their friendship stat is SO high all of a sudden. this clown has had NO friends their entire damn life (weirdo coded) and suddenly they've got SOOO many best friends oh my god they're so excited for the campfire stories hehee :)

next is oh my godd its the hot. gi..gi... Girlfriend? :) no its gith u stupid clown. get pied. ANYWAY tells the tieflings some absolute BULLSHITERY. this clown is So good at lying (this is a positive. their moral code is kinda messy.) and frees lae'zel :) shadowheart doesn't trust lae'zel but how can you Not when she's Also Green? I'm Green? You're Green? Da Ba Dee

after that its oh my god is that A GOBLIN? never seen a goblin before. finds them extremely cute. they're also kind of green (positive). and A WARG? can i PET IT? No? It'll eat me? bite off my hand? chew up my suit? this is supreme sadness. wait- flute still gone. that's supreme sadness. ALSO WYLL IS FUN!!!! wyll gives her fairytale hero prince vibes and is absolutely fascinated and thinks as a bard should sing of his tale because hes so cool (please don't trust them. they will make him sound like a fool.)

hearing about the spooky scary teeth-ling from wyll is super!! exciting!!!! a devil?? fought in devil war?? fire?? death?? epic story . we must find out more (not to kill. to talk to. must have some REALLY COOL STORIES!!!) very easy to convince wyll not to kil- OH MY GOD HOT?? HOT? ?? literally hot. this is the most Supreme Gay Panic. afhiri never thought about girls (or boys) like this before. none of the Lads give the Panik.. but these girls are a little too much (fainting vibes) also karlach is so fun :) daydreams about karlach throwing her like a javelin into battle

the tadpole though :/ they don't know!! everyone keeps saying. bad! evil! bad! removal! death! kill! and they're like :/ idk guys.. worms are kinda cute. u ever seen a worm do a lil wiggle on some mud? its so cool.. i wish i was a worm..... everyone is concerned. do not trust them with decisions (they trust them with decisions. they are All stupid.) they name the worm. the worm is named little buddy. it's not creative. it's not a name. but this is Little Buddy and she talks to her little buddy sometimes. she even wrote it a song. (she doesn't consume more little buddies. that's weird.. this is HER little buddy and those are OTHER little buddies. there's only one little buddy for her....)

extra: GUARDIAN. oooohhhhh my god .. never seen someone soooooo CLOWN. (this is false. guardian looks nothing like a clown. theyre projecting HARD. guardian plays along because this is clearly going to work better than being Hot and Mysterious). trust them explicitly (reminder: not smart), treats like another Best Friend like the squad. gets sad they don't ever join them in camp for her performances. does private performances sometimes :)

DOUBLE EXTRA: the possession.. of Flute 2.

a daring tale of (gale takes some of the squads money and buys them a flute. cannot bare to see the sad puppy dog eyes any longer.) AN INCREDIBLE ADVENTURE OF PERIL AND DANGER... THERE WAS GNOLLS AND GOBLINS AND MAYBE A BEHOLDER!!!!! gale.. an incredibly brave adventurer.. this is going in his next song

#ask #astarien #need yall to know i try so hard to get across their Vibe in how i type LMFAOOO #i am so excited about clown :)#i hope u enjoy clown!!!!!!!#she/they #oc afhiri

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Lost, but Not Forgotten: The World’s Applause (1923)

Direction: William C. de Mille

Scenario & Titles: Clara Beranger (more about Beranger at the Women Film Pioneers Project)

Camera: L. Guy Wilky

Sets & Costumes: Paul Iribe

Studio: Famous Players-Lasky (production) & Paramount (distribution)

Performers: Bebe Daniels, Lewis Stone, Kathlyn Williams, Adolphe Menjou, Brandon Hurst, Bernice Frank, Maym Kelso, George Kuwa, James Neill

Status: presumed entirely lost

Synopsis (synthesized from magazine summaries of the plot):

Corinne D’Alys (Bebe Daniels), f.k.a. Cora Daly, is a theater star who has “taken the Rialto by storm.” Unfortunately, Corinne also has a desperate hunger for publicity. Her manager, John Elliott (Lewis Stone), who also happens to be in love with her, advises her to be more sensible about her career. A famous artist, Robert Townsend (Adolphe Menjou), has become enamored with Corinne, and wants to paint her portrait. Despite John’s warning that Robert wishes only to “see more of her,” Corinne sits for the portrait.

Robert plans on throwing a party to celebrate finishing the painting but declines to invite his wife, Elsa Townsend (Kathlyn Williams). Elsa comes to her husband’s studio anyway and finds the portrait and a pearl headdress that Robert is going to gift to Corinne. In a jealous rage, Elsa takes a knife to the painting and then to her husband—fatally stabbing him. Elsa also happens to be John’s sister and she calls him in a panic to help her. John arrives at the studio in secret and helps Elsa escape the scene. Meanwhile, Corinne and the guests begin to wonder where their host is, and Corinne then finds the body of the painter.

John convinces the police that Corinne is innocent. Corinne leaves town to avoid the storm. Unfortunately, John then becomes the primary suspect, as he had a notable fight with his brother-in-law months prior. When John is arrested, Corinne returns and confesses to Elsa that she feels morally responsible for Robert’s murder. Elsa then confesses to committing the murder herself. It’s implied that Elsa commits suicide via “the watery route.”

Now that both John and Corinne have been cleared of suspicion, they are free to marry and Corinne has lost her appetite for publicity.

Transcribed sources & annotations below:

Moving Picture World, November 11, 1922

News from the Producers

Conducted by T.S. da Ponte

Changes Titles of Two

Three new titles have been chosen for as many forthcoming Paramount pictures.

William de Mille’s recently completed production from an original story by Clara Beranger, in which Bebe Daniels, Lewis Stone, Kathlyn Williams and Harrison Ford have the important roles, has been permanently titled, “The World’s Applause.” “Notoriety” was the title originally chosen, but when it was found that another company had a prior claim, it was changed temporarily to “Paths of Glory,” which in turn has now given way to “The World’s Applause.”

Mary Miles Minter's latest picture, just completed under the direction of Charles Maigne and adapted from Stephen French Whitman's novel, "Sacrifice," is to be called "Drums of Destiny."

"Racing Hearts" is the title chosen for the new picture Agnes Ayres is just starting under the direction of Paul Powell. This is a story by Byron Morgan, author of the Wallace Reid automobile racing pictures, and Miss Ayres has the role of a race driver who goes in and wins a thrilling speed contest when the regular driver fails to show up.

Both "Drums of Destiny" (titled "Drums of Fate" on release in 1923) and "Racing Hearts" are also lost films.

Exhibitor’s Herald, January 20, 1923

REVIEWS

BEBE DANIELS IN

WORLD’S APPLAUSE

(PARAMOUNT)

A fascinating story of the life of an actress who unwittingly becomes involved in a murder mystery which almost brings about her downfall professionally. Lavishly presented, very well acted and directed in William deMille’s best style. Length, 6,528 feet.

An original story by Clara Beranger provides Bebe Daniels, Lewis Stone, Kathlyn Williams, Adolph Menjou and others with a suitable vehicle in which to display their talents. There is good story interest for the most part, with good surprise value and considerable dramatic suspense in the contest of wits between the detectives and John Elliott and his sister.

Lewis Stone plays the role of Elliot and gives an unusually convincing and consistent characterization. The director, author and producer are to be congratulated upon securing Mr. Stone’s services for this part. Miss Daniels appears in the role of an actress who is a hound for publicity, and the moral of the story shows how ready the public is to condemn these children of the stage. Kathlyn Williams has the role of Elsa Townsend, wife of an artist in love with the little actress, who in a fit of jealousy kills her husband. A difficult role, but played with restraint and conviction. Adolphe Menjou is the artist. Bernice Frank was the maid; Mayme Kelso, secretary to the actress, and George Kuwa, valet to Townsend. James Neill was Elliot’s valet, while Brandon Hurst played James Crane, owner of a string of newspapers.

Corinne d’Alys, popular Broadway star, poses for Townsend while he paints her portrait. On the day he is to display the painting he gives a party at his studio. As the guests assemble, Mrs. Townsend comes to the studio, discovers a valuable pearl headdress which her husband is to give to Corinne, and the portrait of the actress. In a fit of jealousy she strikes him down and leaves the studio with her brother, John Elliot. The discovery of the dead artist throws suspicion upon the members of the party. Corinne telephones to her affianced husband Elliott and he succeeds in convincing the police that she is innocent. Crane takes a hand in the investigation, however, and dogs Elliott’s footsteps. A confession from Mrs. Townsend finally clears Elliott and the little actress, and she no longer seeks the world’s applause, but is content to settle down with John.

The Film Daily, February 2, 1923

A Typical DeMille Entertainment With the Usual Atmosphere

William DeMille Prod.

“THE WORLD’S APPLAUSE”

Paramount

DIRECTOR…William DeMille

AUTHOR…Clara Beranger

SCENARIO BY…Clara Beranger

CAMERAMAN…L. Guy Wilky

AS A WHOLE…Consists of situations and atmosphere intended to provide visual appeal but that is as far as it gets

STORY…Artificial and quite theatrical; flavored with sensational bits that will make it popular with a certain crowd

DIRECTION… Very good as far as production goes and usually handles story with good judgment but ending is too long arriving

PHOTOGRAPHY…Excellent

LIGHTINGS… Good

PLAYERS… Lewis Stone and Bebe Daniels featured with Stone doing his usual good work and Miss Daniels a suitable but not beautiful Corinne d’Alys; others Kathlyn Williams and Adolphe Menjou

EXTERIORS…Few

INTERIORS… Many elaborate settings

CHARACTER OF STORY…Star seeking publicity is cause of man’s death at the hands of his jealous wife

LENGTH OF PRODUCTION… 6,526 feet

Probably because there is a moral to it the unpleasant bits in “The World’s Applause” will have to be excused but it does seem unfortunate that they have to wade so deeply into scandal and sensation providing incidents in general, to get to it. Before you finally learn the lesson of this film—that success is not measured by the amount of prominence you attain—you are treated to some mighty intimate scenes in which a popular stage favorite is the sensuous, central figure. She is very deliberately sought by a famous portrait artist, a married man, who plans his seduction in elaborate style. Of course he has a studio establishment which figures prominently in his scheme and the very innocent young moth runs headlong into the flame heedless of the warning of her manager, who really loves her. The aggravating thing about these petty publicity seekers is that you are expected to accept their sugar-wouldn’t-melt-in-their-mouth attitude for the real thing.

But this Corinne d’Alys spoils it all, or the title writer does it for her, when she admits that her would-be lover will give her everything but “a narrow gold band.” The titles, incidentally, are very bad. There is one in which the true lover warns the girl that the artist wants her to pose for him so that “he can see more of her.” The titles are quite off color in many similar instances. This one particularly seemed to strike the Rivoli audience as a thoroughly fine humorous touch.

William DeMille is following closely in the footsteps of his brother, Cecil, when it comes to making pictures with plenty of pictorial appeal and colorful atmosphere. In this respect the picture is interesting and should satisfy. From a story angle, it is all a matter of taste. Where they like theatrical, sensational stuff, it is all very nice but where they want clean, wholesome stories, it may be different.

Bebe Daniels handles the role of Corinne adequately but she never gives the impression of being sufficiently beautiful to have “The World’s Applause.” Lewis Stone is always capable but deserves a more sensible role. The cast, on the whole, is suitable.

Story: John Elliot’s new star, Corinne d’Alys, is swept off her feet by sudden success. She accepts the attentions of Townsend, an artist, the husband of Elliot’s sister, who paints her portrait. Townsend is accidentally killed by his jealous wife and Elliot is arrested. His sister, realizing Elliot loves Corinne, commits suicide, leaving a confession which clears Elliot and cures Corinne of her craving for publicity.

One of those negative reviews that makes you want to watch a movie more, eh? Moralizing and misogyny on full display! Phew.

The Moving Picture World, February 1923

“World’s Applause” Released January 21

William de Mille, Paramount producer, departed temporarily from his custom of filming stage dramas when he made "The World's Applause," which was on the Paramount release schedule of January 21.

This is an original story by Clara Beranger, who has written the scenario of all of Mr. de

Mille's recent photoplays. Bebe Daniels and Lewis Stone are the featured players in a cast which Mr. de Mille considers one of the best he has had in his long career as a producer.

An ultra-modern note is struck by Miss Daniels in her costumes, it is reported. In each succeeding scene she wears something different from the preceding one, and although Mr. de Mille never allows his photodramas to descend to the level of mere fashion shows, this feature of "The World's Applause" is certain to intensify every woman's interest in the picture, Paramount says.

Variety, February 1923

WORLD'S APPLAUSE

Paramount picture presented by Adolph Zukor. William DeMille production, featuring Bebe Daniels, Lewis Stone and Kathlyn Williams in story by Clara Beranger.

At the Rivoli, New York, week of Jan. 28.

Corinne d'Alys..........Bebe Daniels

John Elliot........Lewis Stone

Elsa Townsend...Kathlyn Willams

Robert Townsend, her husband…Adolphe Menjou

James Crane...Brandon Hurst

Maid to Corinne...Bernice Frank

Secretary to Corinne.........Maym Kelso

Valet to Townsend..George Kuwa

Valet to Elliot......James Neill

“The World's Applause" is a screen treatise on theatrical publicity and exploitation with a twist that a certain theatrical personage's craving for newspaper "notices" and the desire to be the talk of the town boomerangs viciously when she is indirectly implicated in a murder mystery.

The theatrical personage is Corinne d'Alys (born Cora Daly), who has "taken the Rialto by storm," but who is counselled by her manager-lover (Lewis Stone) to cease her craving for the world's applause and deal seriously with her work. This is momentarily disparaged by her

with ensuing developments taking the audience rather interestingly through the usual five-reel span.

It starts with Robert Townsend, an artist who has "arrived" (Adolphe Menjou), becoming enamored with the favored and favorite footlights beauty and honoring her with painting her portrait for the annual Parisian exhibition. Townsend is married to the sister of John Elliot, the impresario, and a parallel situation develops of Townsend slighting his wife for Corinne, and

Townsend interposing himself between the actress and her suitor, Elliot.

At a studio party in Corinne's honor to which Townsend did not invite his wife, the latter enters

through the private studio door and, enraged at her husband's nonchalance, slashes the portrait and stabs the artist fatally. She telephones for her brother, who also enters unbeknown to the guests in the outer rooms. Both slip away, but not without being seen by a newspaper

publisher, whose testimony implicates Elliot, who shields his sister. Elliot is arrested on first degree murder charges, but is absolved when his sister confesses to Corinne. The sister runs away, and there is a suggestion she commits suicide via the watery route.

Not much to the story, but rather deftly handled by DeMille in his customary pretentious manner—never lavish but always in good taste. The captioning is pithy and bright, and such leaders as "the public always believes the worst about an actress" is good lay propaganda for the profession.

Miss Daniels sports a nobby collection of clothes to excellent advantage. Mr. Stone is a sincere opposite, who also has the ability of really acting when called upon. Miss Williams, too, accounted for herself handily.

The picture pleased at the Rivoli

Abel

Cine-Mundial, April 1923 p. 218 & 239

EL APLAUSO DEL MUNDO

(The World’s Applause)

“Paramount” — 150 metros

Intérpretes principales: Bebé Daniels y Lewis Stone. Colaboradores: Kathryn Williams, Adolphe Menjou, Brandon Hurst, Bernice Frank, Maym Kelso, George Kuwa y James Neill.

Argumento de Clara Beranger. Dirección de William DeMille.

Argumento

Corina, actriz, tiene sed insaciable de publicidad y se muere por ver su nombre en letras de molde, bien grandes, aunque sea a costa de escándalo, sin escuchar los consejos de su empresario, Elliot, que la ama. Los periódicos mezclan a la joven en un lío en el que ver un famoso pintor que le está haciendo su retrato. La noche en que el artista va a celebrar con un banquete la terminación del cuadro, se presenta en escena su mujer, disputan, y en un acceso de rabia, la consorte se apodera de un cuchillo para destrozar la pintura y, accidentalmente, mata al artista. La homicida es hermana de Elliot y éste trata de salvarla a to-

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NUESTRA OPINION

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da costa del presidio. Llega hasta a asumir la responsabilidad del delito, cuando las sospechas recaen en su contra, por causa de un disgusto tenido, meses antes, con su cuñado. Pero, justamente cuando la policía va a detenerlo, la hermana confiesa su crimen y Elliot y Corina, sus nombres limpios de mancha, se casan.

Tengo debilidad por Lewis Stone como actor. Quizá por eso me haya gustado tanto esta película, de impecable dirección. Por causa de la reducción de los escenarios, se concentra el interés en el tema y eso añade fuerza dramática a toda la obra, aunque el argumento no tenga, ni con mucho, excesiva novedad. Si se sujeta la película al análisis, se corre el riesgo de dejarla maltrecha. Prefiero, pues, dar sólo idea de lo que a mi me pareció. — Guaitsel.

Translation:

Lead actors: Bebe Daniels and Lewis Stone. Supporting actors: Kathlyn Williams, Adolphe Menjou, Brandon Hurst, Bernice Frank, Maym Kelso, George Kuwa and James Neill.

Scenario by Clara Beranger. Direction by WIlliam DeMille.

Scenario

Corina, an actress, has an insatiable thirst for publicity and would die to see her name in lights, even at the cost of scandal, without listening to the advice of her manager, Elliot, who loves her. The newspapers mix the young woman up in an imbroglio with a famous painter, who is painting her portrait. On the night that the artist is going to celebrate the completion of the painting with a banquet, his wife appears on the scene, they argue, and in a fit of rage, the wife seizes a knife to destroy the painting and, accidentally, kills the artist. The murderer is Elliot’s sister and he tries to save her from prison at all costs. He goes as far as assuming responsibility for the crime, when suspicion falls on him, due to a disagreement he had with his brother-in-law, months before. But, just as the police are going to arrest him, the sister confesses her crime and Elliot and Corina, their names clean, get married.

I have a soft spot for Lewis Stone as an actor. Maybe that’s why I liked this impeccably-directed film so much. Because of the limitation of settings, interest is concentrated on the theme and this adds dramatic force to the whole work, even though the scenario isn’t very excessively novel at all. If you subject the film to analysis, you run the risk of dealing damage to it. I prefer then to give only the outline of how it seemed to me. — Guaitsel.

Photoplay, April 1923

THE WORLD’S APPLAUSE—Paramount

CLARA BERANGER seems to have dramatized the recent newspaper headlines. An idol whose fame has been built upon publicity gets involved innocently in a murder and the aforementioned publicity turns out to be a boomerang, demolishing said idol. Tritely told by William de Mille, who isn’t living up to early expectations. Bebe Daniels is pleasant enough as the idol.

Presumably, this writer is alluding to the Mary Miles Minter / William Desmond Taylor scandal from February of 1922. Kind of an interesting assumption given that, at the time, Minter was still under contract with Famous Player-Lasky, the same company that produced The World’s Applause.

The Story World and Photodramatist, April 1923

The World's Applause

With the excellent theme of regeneration after a terrifying experience, William De Mille slices his emphasis a bit in the story of The World's Applause; though he presents a warning to all actresses or public servants who, in their greed for applause, get themselves talked about in the wrong way, he misses the hole by a few inches because Corinne D'Alys is not the one to pay the piper most heavily. Even though she claims she is morally guilty of the murder, I found it

difficult to believe her regeneration more than skin-deep, possibly because the suggestion of the suicide of the physically guilty but wholly justified wife fades so quickly into the scene of Corinne's future happiness.

In lieu of convincing plot to express his theme, Mr. De Mille has resorted for public appeal to the tinsel more often found in a C. B. de Mille production—to lavish sets and to gowns for Bebe Daniels as daring and gorgeous as any of Miss Swanson's. For admirers of this young actress, the picture will doubtless be more or less satisfying, but contrary to dramatic principles, to the opposition have been given the histrionic opportunities

It is many pictures since I have seen such an amusing lothario as the unfaithful husband; but pushed too far by his desperate wife, he rises to the breaking point very naturally. The development of the battle of their wills into one of physical violence and murder deserves high

praise as an example of loss of mental control at the moment of physical contact. The stellar role from the dramatic angle is that of the neglected wife—excellently portrayed by Kathlyn Williams. The story revolves around her problem of protecting her home and retaining her

husband's love. It is she who struggles and suffers through her hasty deed, and in the end sacrifices herself that her brother and the foolish enticer of her husband may be happy.

The weakness of the plot is early evident for the first big dramatic scene does not include the supposed lead. While Corinne is in another room with the guests, the artist's wife declares to her husband her intention of being present at the dinner to celebrate the completion of his portrait of the actress. When her husband urgently remonstrates, she seizes a knife and in the old sensational manner slashes the portrait. He seizes her hand, the exasperated animal rises in her, and she plunges the knife into his side. Horribly frightened, she phones to her brother; he assists her to escape and later denies all knowledge of the crime.

Meanwhile the supposed lead, growing tired of waiting, opens the door on the body of the artist. The guests, sensing a scandal, leave Corinne to enjoy the notoriety her desire for applause has brought upon her. The brother is suspected and his and Corinne's financial backers withdraw their support. Instead of remaining to fight it out, Corinne leaves town. The brother is arrested, and his sister is torn between her love for him and her fear of prison bars for herself. When Corinne returns, she goes to the wife and claims the moral guilt.

In a rather confused manner the story rushes through the confession of the wife and the suggestion of her suicide to the inferred regeneration and future happiness of the actress with the recently bereaved brother. Odd thing, poetic justice! Frankly this picture is not up to the De Mille standard; its appeal is to the more superficial emotions and through the eye rather than through the intellect or heart of the discriminating spectator. It is not the clean, wholesome picture I had anticipated.

Picture Play Magazine, May 1923

The Screen in Review

“The World’s Applause.”

If you are a young actress who will do most anything for publicity, this film will be a lesson to you. Otherwise it will be sheer entertainment, cooked up by William De Mille and charmingly acted with Bebe Daniels as the publicity-mad star and Lewis Stone as her manager. The story has really original twists in it and is directed with humor and restraint. Its only flaw is the incredibly silly subtitles. I don’t understand how Mr. De Mille let them get by in one of his productions which always bear a certain imprint of good taste and sophistication.

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What Gordon Smith said about Mike being pissed off with Saul because he knows Jimmy’s just trying to prove his brother right about him, kills me completely

wow yeah i knowwwwww, that scene in s4 when jimmy calls him up about the hummel scheme & mike just cuts completely through his bullshit and goes no but i'm sorry about your brother.... absolutely Deranged!! bc you know it means he was not taken in by the saul persona for one second, even in brba & even when he's threatening to break his legs – he's still seeing the pathetic little lawyer who used argue with him about stickers!!!!

also always so wild to me when i remember that mike and chuck actually met, like what is mike's TAKE on that whole clusterfuck!!! soooooo fascinating to me that they basically have opposite approaches to their family members dying: mike defines himself by matty's death & getting revenge (perhaps even moreso because he blames himself for it), whereas jimmy immediately starts eliminating every reaction and emotion he could possibly have to what chuck did bc he's experiencing similar amounts of anger & guilt but there's no one he can take it out on but himself – and chuck, who's gone

like imo jimmy is so so transparent about how he's (not) dealing with chuck's death but mike is one of the ONLY ones to call him on it! he even tells him that the scam shouldn't be jimmy's type of job any more than it's his – and then of course hard cut to s5 & the next time they work together is when jimmy's gotten himself in soooo far over his head w/ lalo 🙃

kinda an interesting parallel to his relationship with nacho; mike warns hin every time he tries to solve his salamanca problem that he's only going to make it worse + then lalo escalates the stakes so much mike can't help him any more 💀 but like as more clever people have pointed out, mike admires nacho for working so hard to ensure his dad doesn't have to take the bribe that mike feels so guilty for forcing matty to take

whereas with JIMMY what's so so fun is that mike actually sees him at his best in the first scheme they ever pull together (the kettlemans) – and then watches him deteriorate into the worst version of himself over the course of the show. like, he had a million dollars in cash right there in front of him! no one would know he took it!! but he makes the most moral choice he'll make for the entire show (apart from saul gone, i suppose) and gives it back to fix the kettlemans' mess – not to make chuck proud of him or to help kim (well it does a little but that's not Why he's doing it per se) or to assuage his guilt but just cause it's the right thing to do!!! he even returns the bribe, just like mike so desperately wishes he could've done! if you were mike & this guy you watched undo the same mistake you're most ashamed of came up to you like a week later talking about how he regrets not making that mistake, OF COURSE you'd do your best to stop him from pursuing this life & go a little insane when you couldn't!!!!!

anyway. uh. what was the question? oh yeah i think mike sees this version of his younger self who COULD have chosen better but ALLOWS himself not to, bc he's Doomed By The Narrative (chuck's voice in his head) to never be anything better than slippin' jimmy + i think it undermines the story he's been telling himself about that one defining moment that doomed him (because the reality is you CAN choose better! at any time you can make the right choice & face up to the consequences!! maybe you can't escape the past but you can walk off of the bad choice road! if it sucks hit da bricks!!!) + i think by brba all he sees when he looks at saul is a cloud of Contempt & Pity, so no fucking wonder he ended up trying to break his legs 🙃

#sorry for word vomiting all over your ask but i hadn't rotated this relationship all the way around in my mind yet #& turns out i really needed to 🤪#anyway yeah that “he loves me really” parallel post was soooo choice thanks for making it <3 #bcs #asks #cauldronofmorning #also i always take forever to reply so soz #really fun that bcs has turned brba into mike looking at jimmy looking at jesse like why isn't this guy i've projected my younger self onto #making better choices??#even tho that's why they projected onto them in the first instance 🙃#anyway.#long post

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imaginedrago-ss · 26 days

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ask game 18 9 38

18 do i believe in ghosts or aliens

dont believe in ghosts but aliens r definitly out there cmon even in our solar system theres probably life in europe

9 story abt my childhood

so every year in middle school when tge national olympiad was coming up da teachers wld let me skip religion class & music class & so on bc i had 2 do practice problems for da olympiad right so i ended up going 2 the "lab" which in our romanian school was this tiny room da size of a pantry taht didnt rven have a window it only fit 2 cupboards filled w chemical substances dead animals in jars and so on, & 1 desk where it was usually me, tgis other physics olympiad kid (u guys may know him as "my catholic friend"), & da lab assistant lady who wld show us pictures of her baby nephew on her phone it was a very nice vibe in there yk occasionally i was alone in taht room & id go on youtube on da school computer & play some green day id feel like tge biggest boss. anyway like i said i was very comfortable there szo 1 day when i was leaving i was saying goodbye 2 da substances & i got kinda close 2 tge sulphuric acid & the lab assistant lady said "hey dont touch that" so i picked it up & waved it thru tge air while i went 'yeag i definitly wont touch it fr" yk & her only reaction was "haha yeag good" & now i realize she wasnt looking at me & i shldve just put taht shit back but it was szuch a tiny room i was certain she was seeing me and was in on the bit so i just kinda left w it. & in da next class my deskmate said smth stupid i dont even remember but i went "bro i will kill myself right here right now" & i dramatically took out da sulphuric acid container from my bag and took the lid off & toasted it 2 da deskmate and was preparing 2 drink i was actually ready 2 drink some 2c what happens but da teacher saw & i got in sm trouble lmao i had 2 apologize 2 da school principal in front of my mom. & tge moral of the story is mayber i was a prep but i was never a poser fr

38 favourite song atm

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tgis 1 it makes me feel very smart bc now i understand all da words when at le start of tjis year tge only thing i cld say in hebrew was shalom

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seven-stars-in-his-palm · 5 months

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hey y'all its been seven hours im not done with the writing lets talk a good omens x ofmd crossover becquse im fucking AMAZING

aziraphale: passenger/medic on a british naval ship. at the beginning of ofmd, he'll be on the Twin's ahip, i forgot what his name was but he's a twib ANYWAYS. aziraphale's the resident Guy, the person you go to for things like advice or medicine and shit. he's kept about because he's useful, and even the other soldiers think he's too polite. but he keeps thr ships blessed, so its okay. his current assignment is to keep the navy in check and make sure they get to heaven, which isssss WOW harder than he expected. he's hanging by a thread. when he becomes part of crew, he starts being the soundboard. like stede but better /hj. he takes turns with telling everyone stories, helps improve the food supply, ACTUALLY KNOWS HUMAN MEDICAL PRATICES, likes watching the relationships aboard foster, looks for new books on raids, etc. just being a Good Vibe. they dont know he's magical, but i feel like frenchie and buttons (or the swede, i always mix those two up, its the one who turned into a bird) would be Onto Him, because they're the most magically paranoid/proficient. he's very like stede, but somehow a more tolerable aura. the crew is wary, especially cause he's british, but they'll be fine.

how aziraphale gets into the story: at the veryyyyy beginning. its during the forced tea party of s1 ep1, as he happened to tag along on the little dingey with the Twin and his men. he REALLY likes the revenge from first glance, and has a good feeling about the group of pirates they've landed upon. but things go awry! the Twin is stabbed thru the eye! but when stede proclaims he did it, aziraphale is ONTO him. the existencial crisis and trama exhude from him. he decides to see this through--and becomes one of the Revenge's hostages semi-willingly. but stede also likes aziraphale--even if he's british--and decides to be chill with him though he' still "texhnixally" a hostage. they bond verrryyyyy quickly, and soon (by like the end of episode 2, when the other hostage is tsken by izzy and the rest) is assimilated into the Revenge's crew. this is good, because heaven can tell that there's gonna be such a juicy moral dilemna with stede hehehe. lets get this bitch to stay good okay?? yeah. yeah this is gonna be fine....

crowley: like with most of these crossovers, crowley happened across blackbeard's crew. he was dayum, they get around and im bored af, lets do this. kinda like with stede (but not strong enough to satiate it) ed thinks he's a breath of fresh air and therefore keeps him around even if he's never seen crowley Kill anyone (they always make miraculous escapes). no one knows he’s a demon but he 100% has that record in pirate community. calling him the devil and the tempter and how he has a silver fucking tongue and shit like that, it follows him EVERYWHERE. not much more about him other than the basics like personality, except it 1000000% has long hair, wears black like the rest of them, and is oddly british. he's not army tho, so its okay. rebel 🙌

WAIT EDIR: maybe crowley can hear on the republic that Izzy’s looking for those naval men and THEN join Blackbeard’s crew. Like solely just to get aziraphale back. hmmm…..

how crowley enters the story: crowley hears about aziraphale's interception when blackbeard and da crew learn about the Revenge ravaging the navel ship. "damn it, i gotta go save my angel." he REALLYYYYYY wants aziraphale back and gets pretty antsy about it because he had no idea what he was ngl, turns out he was on the FUCKING SEA the whole time. (he also hates that he joined the british army but whateva, he dont know it wasnt voluntary.) they meet on the republic of pirates when stede's almost hung and shit, crowley is in Rampage Mode, aziraphale is in Pissed Mode because they're attacking their Fucking Ship, stede is Dying, ed is Doing His Thing and such. thinking about making aziraphale and blackbeard fight and aziraphale wiping the floor with him or smth. aziraphsle would also be the only one to notice stede and cut him down early and protect him during all the chaos, which would probablyyyyyyy get blackbeard on his ass and probably try and kill him which would not work out with ANYONE, anddddd you know. first impressions change shit. the point stands: ed is on, romance is a foot, and aziraphale and crowley are on the same ship. wahoo! and now that ed's on the path to become softer, hell's like AYO KEEP HIM ON HELL'S SIDE and now crowley's got an excuse to stay. i mean, he and aziraphale Could employ the Arrangement, but they were technially different assignments, and this crew looks like they're having the funnest fuckig fun and they feel so genuine. might as well stay...like they say--keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. and by that it means living on the same ship. also it deadass looks like they need miracles to keep together or they'll fucking sink. lol

and the reason why this is important is because that season 2 ends up HELLA different, and season 1's adventures alter a tad, with both crowley/ed's infamy and aziraphale's encouragement for stede to become a real pirate and Miracle Employing. so yay crossover achieved! I THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT THIS CROSSOVER ALRIGHT, SO MANY OTHERS HAVE TOO BUT FUCK

also btw here’s some canon divergences I can already imagine:

- aziraphale and crowley being present during the ‘you wear fine things well’ episode (can’t remember what happens Exactly, but I do know). aziraphale with ed and stede while crowley is helping frenchie and olu with their pyramid scheme. they both contribute wahoo!

- lucius is the ship marriage counselor and he’s onto these guys. he’s watching. Waiting. Advising

- when the whole act of grace shit happens, Aziraphale’s like FUCK IT and before ed can proclaim it he just snaps all of the enemies to sleep. he’s sheepish about it. everyone freaks the fuuccckkkkkkkk out even tho he saved them and shit Happens. it probably results in someone clubbing him over the head in panic and then Everyone Else Panics More. I can see it in my mind. this changes a lot of things canon on. ough

- munity is either much more prevalent or tampered down a lot. no in between. either mutinies left and right or they’re content. hm

okay that’s really it. Back To Writing Hell

#good omens #our flag means death #crossover

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