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wileys-russo · 20 days

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‘April fools!’ Arsenal dressing room/ field

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"kyra hurry up!" you hissed at the younger girl who was fussing about, tossing a boot at her head as it connected. "hey! thats not helping me go any faster dickhead." kyra huffed hauling it back as you ducked and it clattered against the lockers making both your eyes widen.

"nobody is coming." laia stuck her head out of the change rooms and gave you both a thumbs up behind her back, the dedicated lookout in this little mission.

"if we get caught in here all of this is for nothing." you warned, eyes darting to the door and bouncing nervously on the balls of your feet. "yeah yeah yeah just make sure nobody comes in then!" kyra rolled her eyes and turned back to it.

"come on ky lunch will be done soon!" you groaned quietly as finally kyra closed the last locker door with a click. "done! god relax you're gonna go grey." the australian teased ruffling your hair as the three of you collected the evidence and high tailed it out.

"whats our excuse again?" kyra stopped you once you'd disposed of said evidence, a hand on both of on your shoulders. "my hamstring was tight, we went to physio, nobody was there so you helped me tape it." you echoed, lifting the edge of your shorts to how the horrendous home taping job that solidified your story.

"that is so bad." laia shook her head at kyras efforts with a frown making you chuckle and kyra push at her shoulder. "didn't see you offering to help codi!" the australian rolled her eyes at the catalonian who shrugged.

"i only agreed to be the lookout." your friend reminded pointing her finger at the pair of you. "yes and if we get caught, you were never involved." you patted the taller girls shoulder condescendingly.

"good. now just don't look suspicious!" kyra poked at your cheeks as you smacked her hand away with a scowl, following after you as you grabbed your trays, the three of you sitting at different tables.

"what have you been up to?" you'd barely sat down at a table before leah appeared, dropping into the seat beside you and sending you a firm look. with a mouthful of food you rolled your eyes and lifted your shorts to show the taping job.

"who did that monstrosity?" leah scoffed eyes raking your leg as you swallowed. "kyra, we couldn't find the staff." you shrugged, stephs eyes narrowing now across the table at the mention of her own national teammate.

"you were with kyra?" steph questioned clearly suspicious. "yes. am i not allowed to hang out with kyra?" you shot back, squirming as leah pinched your leg, shoving your national captain away from you with a glare.

"the pair of you are nothing but trouble." steph shook her head as you scoffed. "steffy you told me to befriend her and make her feel welcome when she signed!" you argued, shoveling in another forkful of food, well aware your window of time to do so was dwindling.

"because you're both the same age and i wanted her to feel part of the team! leah told you the same about making laia feel welcomed." steph argued as you huffed and swallowed your mouthful.

"which i did. so what im hearing is i did what i was asked and the only people who seem to have any issues with it...are the two people who asked me to do it? makes perfect sense!" you rolled your eyes again.

"she makes a point." lia chimed in with a shrug as you shot her a grin, the swiss woman near always taking your side. "you would think that." leah groaned at her best friend who stole a tomato off your tray with a wiggle of her eyebrows.

thankfully the topic seemed to be dropped, you hardly contributing to the conversation as you busied yourself eating, ignoring the warnings that you were going to choke yourself as time dwindled down and the girls all started to group up and head to the media room.

finishing your food you returned your tray, following after lia and steph who'd kindly waited for you while you finished. a third person joined you, arm setting over your shoulder as she fell into step with you.

"you've done something today. what did you do?" alessia asked quietly, knowing you all too well having played alongside you for years now before she'd made the move to arsenal.

"nothing! why does everyone keep saying that?" you huffed trying to shrug her off but the taller girl didn't budge. "because you're a little shit, and you've been far too well behaved recently." alessia stated honestly with a snicker.

"god you pull a prank one time and get a reputation!" you groaned with a shake of her head. "one time!?" alessia scoffed in disbelief, tugging at your ear with a roll of her eyes. "alright, maybe a few times." you smiled innocently as the two of you entered the media room, kyra waving you down where she'd saved you a seat.

"not a chance." leah grabbed the back of your top and tugged you into the seat in front of her, sitting you beside laura as alessia sat down on your other side and you heard kyra groan as steph took the seat she'd saved for you.

without kyra or laia to chat with your attempts to distract yourself during the media briefing failed, leah having no problems shoving your shoulder in warning from behind anytime you tried to speak to those around you.

eventually you gave up all together, crossing your arms and sinking into your seat, alessia chuckling in amusement and you glared at her as she spoke quietly with lotte, leah of course making no move to tell her off.

you'd honestly forgotten all about your earlier activities by the time media finished and everyone started to head back to the change rooms to collect their belongings.

but you were swiftly reminded as now without many of the older girls around, all too eager to get home to bother with supervising you, laia and kyra fell into step on either of your sides, the three of you hurrying as to not miss any of the action.

you made it just in time, the first glitter bomb going off as laia subtly hurried to grab all three of your bags, the least suspect of your trio as you and kyra hovered by the door ready for a hasty escape.

as everyone was staring at a glittery vic and teyah in shock, alessia was the next victim opening her locker and getting a faceful of glitter, jolting backwards and letting out a cry.

but right as the three of them started to look around a change room filled with laughter for the culprit, things took a slightly less favorable turn.

you hadn't realised that steph had hung back to talk with jonas, lia offering to grab her keys and bag since they had plans to go and get a coffee and go for a walk with calvin after training, leah of course inviting herself as she stuck to her best friends side.

similarly caitlin had ducked off for a quick shower, katie stepping in to pack up her girlfriends bags for her so they could head off once she was done.

so right as alessia's eyes found yours and narrowed, jaw clenched and fists balled as she started toward you, the other two glitter bombs went off but did not hit their intended targets.

"april fools!" laia cheered happily not reading the room as kyra winced and you smacked your hand against your head, the catalonian looking at you both with a confused frown at your reactions.

now seven glitter covered woman advanced toward you, leah, alessia and katie looking particularly vengeful as you laughed nervously and felt kyra grab your hand.

"it was all her idea! codi run!" but you gasped as kyra used your interjoined hand to shove you forward, now grabbing laia and sprinting off to safety as you scrambled back to your feet.

"come on! its washable glitter its harmless, nobody got hurt!" you pleaded clasping your hands together and backing up as they continued to advance toward you.

"nobody got hurt...yet." katie warned seriously as your eyes widened and you tried to dart out of the room, but kyra's getaway scheme had worked as you didn't have enough time and hands grabbed at you, your body hauled up and over alessia's shoulder.

"hey hey hey where are we going!" you struggled in her grip, leah and katie following now as you were carried out of the room and everyone else hung back to shower.

"to the ice baths. we're gonna see if you can beat stina's record kid...seven minutes for seven victims seems fair." leah grinned as alessia kicked open the recovery room door.

"what come on its fucking freezing today and i did not act alone this isn't fair!" you groaned punching alessia's back before katie grabbed your hands rendering them useless as alessia piped up next, and you'd unfortunately forgotten she was your ride for today.

"and then you can walk home in the rain and think all about your beloved april fools."

#woso #woso community #woso x reader #kyra cooney cross x reader #woso fanfics #woso imagine #woso blurbs #alessia russo x reader #arsenal wfc x reader #leah williamson x reader #laia codina x reader

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natlacentral · 2 months

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Forget The Haters, Avatar Live-Action Star Elizabeth Yu Is Our Princess Azula

When Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbenderannounced that newcomer Elizabeth Yu was cast as Princess Azula, some fans of the original Nickelodeon cartoon immediately took to social media to complain. Some thought she looked too innocent to play the Fire Nation princess, an antagonist in the Nickelodeon series that takes place in an imagined world with people who can master and manipulate the different elemental energies of Fire, Water, Earth, and Air. Others lamented that her face wasn’t angular like Azula’s is in the cartoon, or that she looked too young for the part. (An especially odd critique considering, though never specified, Azula’s age is believed to be 14. Yu herself is now 21; she was 19 during filming.) But when it comes to the fan reaction, the young actor is completely unphased. “I’m a hit with the kids,” she jokes to Refinery29, adding that she doesn’t take it personally. “I think anybody playing this part would’ve gotten some kind of backlash.”

Yu is confident that when the show premieres February 22, fans will see the live-action show is doing more than recreating the cartoon. In the original, Princess Azula, the ambitious daughter of the Fire Lord Ozai (Daniel Dae Kim), doesn’t appear until Season 2 when she emerges as a new threat to the Avatar, the boy with the power to control all four elements and unite the nations against Ozai’s dictatorial rule. In this iteration, Azula is a recurring character, allowing fans to see her in a brand new light. “It’s an origin story for her,” Yu says. “It’s this foundation being laid out for a lot of things to make sense when we eventually pick up where we first met her in the original series.” So if you were worried Yu’s Azula had lost her villainous edge, don’t be. Yu describes her as “a girl boss,” but “evil.” Still, she says, “Azula is my baby girl, she’s my boo thing. I love her.”

Not only is she unbothered by the early reactions, she’s not at all nervous when thinking about how the show might be received by hardcore fans. Instead, the actor is more concerned with what her two younger sisters will think. The actor has seen Asian American representation grow from Disney Channel’s The Suite Life of Zack and Cody — “All I had growing up was London Tipton,” she says, giving a shoutout to star Brenda Song — to recent Oscar-nominated films, like her 2023 favorite Past Lives starring Greta Lee. As half-Korean, Yu is proud to be a part of this current shift. “The idea that my little sisters are going to be able to watch TV and movies, and the likelihood of them getting to see someone that looks like them is so much higher, is such a win. It’s so healing to know that we’re creating an industry where little girls — little anyones — can feel like that.”

The fact that Avatar: The Last Airbender stars Asian actors is arguably the new show’s biggest break from the original series. When the cartoon first premiered in 2005, it only featured a few Asian and Asian American voice actors, despite the fact that it took place in a world inhabited by mostly Asian and Indigenous peoples. When the beloved series was adapted into a widely panned live-action film, The Last Airbender (2010), the cast also remained mostly whitewashed, save for members of the Fire Nation, who were depicted as South Asian. Now, two decades after the original’s debut, Asians are finally getting a seat at the table. “It’s monumental,” Yu says.. “It’s so important to be able to see yourself in stories. That’s what storytelling is about.”

Yu’s confidence is impressive, especially considering Avatar: The Last Airbender is only her third credit on IMDB. She gives off the air of an old pro. And in some ways, she is. Born and raised in New Jersey, she’s been auditioning for acting roles since she was 16. She’s also been dating Stranger Things star Gaten Matarazzo since they were 15. They currently live together in New York City with their three cats, and she’s had a front row seat to his rise to global celebrity. Though she insists she has always tried to keep their careers separate from their relationship, she admits, “Getting to see someone with such a huge heart navigate this industry is the best advice that I could be given.” She adds, “We’re both still trying to figure it out, and it’s really cool to be able to do it together.”

She continued to audition throughout her last years of high school, though “it was a struggle,” she says. During her senior year, she debated whether or not to go to college or commit to acting full time. In the end, she stuck with her passion. Then, in December 2021, just months after her high school graduation, she booked Avatar. “‘Oh, thank God,’” she recalls thinking. “I’m doing what I should be doing.” She has since gone on to appear in the Oscar-nominated May December, opposite Julianne Moore, Natalie Portman, and Charles Melton.

It wasn’t until her fourth and final audition came around that Yu finally learned what role she was fighting for. “It was insane. I cried on the phone with my mom.” Months later, she was standing on the Fire Nation set next to the legendary Daniel Dae Kim in full armor and regalia, acting between bursts of flames. (“Before they’d call action, they’d be like, ‘Pyro!’ and the flames would ignite from these sconces on the walls. It was insane.”) And though she admits acting opposite Kim was intimidating at first, it was also pretty damn cool. “Who wouldn’t feel like the baddest bitch in the room sitting next to Daniel Dae Kim as Ozai?”

It sounds lucky, but her road to Azula had more than a few bumps. First, there was the fact that she didn’t know what project she was actually auditioning for. “They sent this completely fake, made-up storyline for this fake TV show. I was auditioning for a character named April,” she explains. After getting a callback, she hit the internet to do some sleuthing. “I became an FBI agent trying to figure out what I was actually auditioning for, because I was like, ‘Something about this does not feel real,’” she says. When she realized that it might be an adaptation of Avatar, a show she watched growing up, she couldn’t believe it. (“I was like, ‘No way. That is definitely not what I’m auditioning for.’”) Then there was the “minor car accident” that she got into right before her first callback. (She made it safe and sound and “did the damn thing!”).

As for what big names she hopes to work with next, Yu is open for whatever comes her way. For now, she’s got her eyes set on a not-yet-confirmed Season 2 of Avatar, which she hopes will include Azula’s time on Ember Island with her brother Prince Zuko (Dallas Liu) as well as some of her character’s famous lines. “I’m really excited to go into a second season and finally do these iconic line reads that Azula has,” she teases, adding, “I quote them all the time to myself. There’s this one scene in the original where she says, ‘Do the tides command this ship?’ And she’s basically threatening this soldier that she’ll throw him overboard if he doesn’t do what she says. It’s just so badass.”

Live action or not, Princess Azula will always be badass.

#natla #atla #elizabeth yu #azula #article #refinery29

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literallysomeusername · 3 months

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HI CODY NATION, HOW ARE WE FEELING RN?????? (heads-up that this may be loud-)

#wwe #royal rumble #royal rumble 2024 #cody rhodes #loud warning #just to be safe :]#ANYWAYS FJABFJWJKFNKWBFKWBF WE'RE EATING GOOD

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jazzyjj · 11 days

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I'm sorry, these are just my random 11 pm thoughts but watching Cody do his promos, I've always thought the promos superstars do where they are completely alone, no one to bounce off of(no faction and no tag team partner), and no one ends up coming out and they're either talking about whatever feud they're in or just idk talking to the crowd were kinda strange. Like sir/ma'am who are you talking to, bring somebody out pls.

And I've noticed it the most on Cody's last promos cause like for sure we're in the transition period to the draft so they probably don't wanna start a feud when everybody's place hasn't been decided yet. But dude, man's is just speaking random shit into the cosmos. Who are you talking to? Paired with the outfit which I will address in a minute, it feels like a president is addressing the nation.

Like Dwayne, where tf are you dude? Don't come out to start shit and then disappear into the night and leave Cody to meander and just give "hi, how are ya, have you met my friend Jey" promos. Y'all are fucking this man before he's even able to get on his feet. Now goofy fans are saying he's boring, and yeah the promos are a little meh cause there's not much content to them for him to talk about so he's essentially keeping up appearances. But honestly if they had told us the champ was resting and had him come back the week of the draft, started the rock stuff, drafted them both to the same brand that week, and kept it movin, we would have been gucci. Yeah some fans would be dicks and be like where tf is he, he's supposed to be here blah blah blah. But Idk to me it feels better then giving promos about mostly nothing of importance because they can't start the things of importance yet.

Anywhore, onto the suits.

Cody constantly dressing like he's running to be a Senator cracks me up. I just scrolled through several tiktoks of him y'know being casual backstage, an interview, his reality show and in every, single, one, he's in the suit. Like a lot of the time I'm like "He got that shit on tho😗" other days...

Put 👏 Something👏Else👏On👏Neeooowww

Anyfuck, that is the end of my late night ranty rant.

#I love roman but I do want the man to succeed even if hes not the flavor for me y'know #just as a wrestler who's been putting his soul into this feud for 2 years #the rock #cody rhodes #wwe #monday night raw #wwe smackdown #rant post #random rambles

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khadijha · 2 years

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native 101: how to spot a pretendian

[when speaking of indigenous people i’m discussing ai/an]

first and foremost, this is not to be taken (by non-natives) as permission to then label people native, or not native. this is simply a guide to help you guys discern, at least a little bit better, when we say someone is a pretendian and what that actually means.

tldr: the way they identify themselves (“native american” with no nation; top pretendian nations, etc.), the connection and history they have to their people / nation (this includes reconnecting / “new” natives), how well known “natives” =/= being native, and a brief mention of “looks” and/or word of mouth being the only deciding factor in being “native” (booboo stewart, kelsey chow, etc.), is how real indigenous people can quickly pick out a pretendian in the crowd.

there are plenty of indigenous people in the rpc, so feel free to ask me for more indigenous blogs you can use as a reference. i hope this guide provides you guys with some more insight and understanding; so you can stop asking us the same question, with differing fcs, every other week.

i’m going to put this disclaimer here, so i don’t keep repeating myself later on. if you’re not indigenous, your opinion does not matter when it comes to pretendians, blood quantum, “looks”, etc. but, if you have updated information on a faceclaim (whether they are or are not a pretendian) please send it! education is key.

the steps below does not mean that every single person doing these things are a pretendian! (example: a common pretendian nation is cherokee. malese jow is actually cherokee!) everybody keeps asking “how we know” so i figured to let y’all know what we work through and look for.

how do they identify themselves?

a lot of the time, pretendians will do one of two things.

one. they won’t ever name a specific nation. how many “native” people out there just call themselves native american? they don’t give any other factors, they don’t elaborate, they just leave it as that. for the most part, indigenous people will always give their nations name. we take pride in where we come from and are outspoken on our nations. even cody christian, for example, who has not played a native character and is extremely “not native looking” has his nations listed on his own website. any time you google “cody christian ethnicity” it will come up. so it doesn’t mean natives have to talk about it 24/7 to “be” indigenous, but it simply starts at naming a nation!

two. give the top pretendian tribes. care to take a guess? correct! cherokee! blackfoot is also a popular one, as well. it’s less often you catch a pretendian going for smaller known tribes. i personally think it’s because it’d be easier to look at tribal records and quickly find out they’re not apart of it, but maybe these pretendians just don’t know other nations! any time i hear somebody claim cherokee it’s like an immediate eye roll. (did y’all know there’s also different bands of cherokee?) the biggest culprit would be kelsey chow, who claimed eastern band! the nation themselves had to come out and say there is no record of her. but that was after she’d already taken native roles, where others were boasting about her indigeneity. being known for “being native” does not make you native! case and point.

two contd. speaking of claiming “lesser known” tribes, that still doesn’t give pretendians a pass! could also be you believe them because they’re not as well known. like julia jones claiming chickasaw and choctaw, tyler blackburn claiming comanche, etc. this isn’t an end all be all when people claim well known nations vs not well known ones, but just something to keep in mind! when looking to see if someone is pretendian, we don’t just look at one thing, like this, it’s a combination of basically everything in this post. so don’t let the nations fool you! it’s just one piece of the puzzle.

i will be talking a little later on about people who are known for being native and how harmful that impacts actual native people down below.

how do they connect to their nation?

are they from the rez? do they have traditional clothing? are they actively reconnecting (and what does that look like)?

not every native person has grown up in their culture, that’s not what being native is, but there still should be some sort of connection to them! an example of a native person who did not grow up in the culture and has since been reconnecting is kristin chirico who is cayuga and seneca! kristin has actively been taking the steps to connect to the cayuga and seneca people for the last few years and is very outspoken on that fact. other people have actually grown up in their nation (doesn’t necessarily have to be on a rez, but has had that close contact with their family and people). like kiowa gordon, martin sensmeier, quannah chasinghorse, khadijha red thunder, malese jow, cody christian, etc.

being native doesn’t equal growing up around native people, i want to make that clear. there is a lot of different avenues to be connected to one’s indigeneity, as listed above! but it’s important to see what real connection looks like when we brings up others who have no real connections because they’re pretendians. an example being tinsel korey - from twilight! she played sam’s wife. her real name is actual harsha patel and she’s indian (from india!). she’s claimed for so long that she was indigenous (she finally landed on claiming ojibwe, but has also previously claimed mohawk, cherokee, and cree) yet she had no active connection to the nation she claimed, she didn’t try to reconnect, she didn’t have ancestral grounds, etc.

there are many ways to be native. don’t mistake not being super connected / outspoken as them being fake or not “native enough” and don’t think anybody who is loud about being “native” in hollywood is. context is vital.

well known “natives” =/= being native.

please don’t then go ask “well so-and-so said they’re native and they’re an actor so does that mean they’re lying?” not necessarily! pay attention! get a grip!

kelsey chow, julia jones, tyler blackburn, and blair redford are just some of the ~popular~ pretendians around. but at one point, many thought that they were entirely indigenous. notoriety, getting indigenous roles, or just presenting yourself that way (to seem cool, to get jobs, to... idk) doesn’t mean somebody is inherently indigenous. in my pretendians masterlist, i have even more names there that you might not even realize aren’t native, as well as the phrase “it’s not about who you claim, it’s who claims you.” this doesn’t mean if you can be enrolled in a nation (i.e. blood quantum) but if there’s any record of your ancestors being apart of that nation! or you actively being apart of it / reconnecting.

for example, cody christian isn’t super outspoken on being indigenous, nor has he taken (as far as i know) any native role. that’s his own choice! this isn’t about that. you see him and you see a white man. but his mother grew up on the reservation, so did her parents, and so on. he is claimed by his people, even if he isn’t extremely vocal about it. he doesn’t need to prove that to you, it’s simply inherent. meanwhile, kelsey chow ran up and down hollywood screaming she was eastern cherokee. she then got cast as an indigenous woman (based on her words of being indigenous) and the eastern band said hold up! not on my watch! and explained they did not claim her.

you don’t need a specific blood amount or look to actually be indigenous. you need that ties to your culture and nation (no matter how far back it is) to be indigenous.

booboo stewart (looks).

firstly. he can choke. hollywood stop casting booboo the fool stewart as your indian fav challenge.

secondly! read my post about him here.

booboo stewart is quite possibly the most harmful pretendian there is. he’s made it so far on the notion he’s native. it’s just words. he’s made no effort to connect to his people, to be apart of the culture, but on top of that! they also haven’t claimed him. i’m not sure why they haven’t come out and said he is or is not apart of their nation. i wish they would! he’s taken multiple, countless, numerous roles from real native people.

his “looks” are the only thing he has going for him. he’s an asian man! he’s got small eyes and high cheekbones but non-natives are so stupid they think that means he’s a redskin! this is why we’re so vocal about looks not being important to be considered indigenous. because people see someone with ambiguous features calling themselves generokee and run with it.

i don’t want to write a dissertation on him, but he’s been silent on native issues, not speaking up or spreading awareness, and actively taking roles away from indigenous people. he’s not taking any asian roles the way he’s taking native roles, even though his mother is entirely asian, and he has never spoken about his culture or people apart from “being” native american. i’m not even sure if he, himself, has ever named a nation or if blackfoot got tossed around.

this man is a menace and it’s on sight for anybody who is a booboo apologist. thank you and goodnight.

conclusion.

thank you for reading all of this! send it to your friends, spread the word. i’m not taking any more excuses after this.

i want to end this by saying, again, this does not give non-natives a pass to cast judgements on others for their indigeneity. this can be used as a tool to help distinguish why we call someone a pretendian, or for people to come to us (after reading this) because they think so-and-so is a pretendian because of what we look for! do not go around saying someone is or isn’t indigenous unless a native person has already said so. now, we ask that nobody come to us inquiring “why” we say x, y, z is a pretendian. we’ve laid it all out for you. you don’t have to understand, that’s not your job, but you do have to listen to us about our issues. neewe! thanks.

let me know if you have any other questions i can add to this guide. i’m not sure what non-natives want to know, or don’t know, or are confused about.

#ref: native.#FINALLY! i've been sitting on this for so long #trying to finish and i quickly did so so if i left anything #out or something doesn't make sense please let me know!#native 101.

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live-laugh-loverpool · 1 year

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Liverpool Group Chat 12

We won a freakin' game of football Red, how are we feeling?! 😁😁😁

Tags: @millythegoat, @alissonbecksfan234, @rubybecker-rb2, @moomin279

I love me some good angst but it feels good to write comedy again

Harvey: HOW ARE WE FEELING FOLKS?! 🥳🥳🥳

SarcasticMilner: MO SALAH I COULD KISS YOU

EK11: You probably shouldn’t, I’ll set you on FIRE 🔥

Boss: MY BOYS

CaffeineBrain: Did you SEE his moves out there?! Jurgen you were on 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Boss: Nobody touches MY BOYS and gets away with it 😡. 😡. 😡. 😡. I could’ve smacked him for that

SarcasticMilner: I would’ve if I could

Ali: Hey Merry, you went back to your old chat name

SarcasticMilner: It’s simple and concise

Harvey: And ancient 😏

Boss: 🤣. 🤣. 🤣. Never change, Harvey

DutchDaddy: MY BOY CODY you have made the nation proud

Cody: Can I get a hug now

Ali: OF COURSE

TheGreekScouser: Where’s Bobby? He did amazing 🔥🔥🔥

SiSenor: HERE I STAND IN THE LIGHT OF DAY !!!!!

Flaco: LET THE STORM RAGE ON!!!!

Ali: THE COLD NEVER BOTHERED ME ANYWAY!!!

CaffeineBrain: Bobby I couldn’t love you more

EK11: Agreed. I’m sure going to miss you

Ali: DON’T REMIND ME 🥺🥺🥺

Flaco: Look, Ali got a clean sheet, I played amazingly and Bobby got a goal. Perfect day for Os Três Brasileiros 🤩

Cody: Where’s Darwin?

Darwin: Here I am

TheGreekScouser: If only Thiago could see this 🙃

Boss: I’m sure he did

Thiago: I did and you were so HOT out there, Kosty

TheGreekScouser: 😊😊😊

SarcasticMilner: Greek have no filters 😒

Harvey: Neither do you 😒

EK11: Guys stop fighting

SiSenor: JESUCRISTO get a room you two

Cody: Then what do we say about you and Flaco?

SiSenor: 😳😳😳

Darwin: Hey I’ve got a new song

CaffeineBrain: Let’s hear it!! 🎤🎤🎤

TheGreekScouser: 🎚️🎛️🎙️PRESENTING THE MAIN MAN DARWIN!!

RobbotheScot: That’s right lad

Darwin: 🎶THREE STRIKERS RAN INSIDE ANFIELD🎶

Cody: 🎶AND THEY TOLD ME I DON’T NEED TO WORRY🎶

RobbotheScot: 🎶SEVEN GOALS CAME WITH A CLEAN SHEET🎶

SiSenor: 🎶NEVILLE KICKING A CAN DOWN THE CONCRETE🎶

TheGreekScouser: 🎶AND MAYBE SOMETIMES🎶

DutchDaddy: 🎶WE’VE GOT IT WRONG BUT IT’S ALRIGHT🎶

Flaco: 🎶THE MORE THINGS SEEM TO CHANGE🎶

Ali: 🎶THE MORE THEY STAY THE SAME🎶

Darwin: 🎶OOH DON’T YOU HESITATE🎶

sm17: 🎶MO PUT YOUR RECORDS ON🎶

Ali: SADIO EMOJIS CANNOT DESCRIBE HOW HAPPY I AM TO SEE YOU

sm17: Are we surprised? 😒 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Harvey: FINALLY HE GOT YOU JAMES

Darwin: 🎶TELL ME YOUR FAVORITE SONG

SiSenor: 🎶YOU GO AHEAD, WHIP YOUR SHIRT OFF!!!🎶

Boss: 🎶. GO AHEAD, WHIP YOUR SHIRT OFF!!!🎶.

Boss: 💀. 💀. 💀.

Cody: 🎶SAPPHIRE 🔥 AND FADED JEANS🎶

RobbotheScot: 🎶I HOPE YOU GET YOUR DREAM🎶

SarcasticMilner: 🎶JUST GO AHEAD, PUT YOUR SHIRT ON🎶 (there are children watching, Mo)

sm17: 🎶You found your right foot somewhere, somehow🎶

EK11: Love you guys 😁

SiSenor: Same bro same

Ali: GET IN HERE EVERYBODY

Boss: GROUP HUG!!!!!!!!!!

Boss: P.S. extra big hug to whoever can give my baseball bat the directions to that idiot’s onager

CaffeineBrain: 😳😳😳 You’ve got a little too much firepower in you today

Boss: No such thing as that when it comes to MY BOYS

SarcasticMilner: And Dad Mode™️ has been activated

sm17: I told them you could get us back on track today, boss

EK11: 🎶Jurgen said to me, you know🎶

SiSenor: 🎶We’ll win Apex League, you know🎶

Ali: 🎶He delivered what he said🎶

TheGreekScouser: 🎶I’m so glad that Jurgen is a red🎶

CaffeineBrain: We all think the same way, Kostas 😉

Boss: …😊.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2024

The Light in the Darkness

Cody Strawser (Ohio, USA)

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God." - Philippians 4:6 (NIV)

"When I was young, I slept with the light on in the bathroom down the hall because I was afraid of the dark. The light would shine into my bedroom, and I would hear the calming sound of the fan in the bathroom as I drifted off to sleep, feeling safe. Whenever the bathroom light wasn’t on, I felt anxious, and it was much harder for me to fall asleep.

When Paul gave the command not to be anxious, he had greater reason to worry than does a kid who is afraid of the dark. He was in prison for proclaiming the gospel to the nations, and he was unsure of what his future held. In Paul’s moment of uncertainty, he chose to focus his attention on the One who calls himself the light of the world.

When we aren’t sure of where we are headed or how God will lead us, we can choose to trust in Christ and focus on the illuminating grace of his presence. Christ’s light can guide us through the often tumultuous waves of life." Place your faith in God and He will lead you where you need to go at all times. Place the worry on Him and back away for it to be handled.

TODAY'S PRAYER

"Dear God, help us to worry less and trust you to guide our steps." Amen.

"Philippians 4:4-7

4 Be glad in the Lord always! Again I say, be glad! 5 Let your gentleness show in your treatment of all people. The Lord is near. 6 Don’t be anxious about anything; rather, bring up all of your requests to God in your prayers and petitions, along with giving thanks. 7 Then the peace of God that exceeds all understanding will keep your hearts and minds safe in Christ Jesus." Rejoice and be glad in it, that is a verse we have all heard. So just rejoice! Bless you! Joe

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hoagmaster · 9 months

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Cody's Mission: Impossible Revisit

Several days ago I finished up the latest marathon building up to a new release. Although this one was a new entry that didn't seem like a bad idea from the jump: Misson: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One.

We've been getting a lot of part ones lately that pull the move of "Hey, we're stopping the movie in the middle of the climax. Hang tight until the next one!" So I have some thoughts about how this one did it.

I first got into these movies in 2015 in the buildup to that year's entry and because Now Playing Podcast was covering them. I credit that podcast for getting me to watch more movies and to try and engage with them more when I can, along with other stuff since.

Anyway, on with the recap and a few sentences about each one.

Mildish spoilers await maybe?

Mission: Impossible - Here we go with the one that started it all in the mid-90s, which come through in a nice quaint way. This is the entry that feels the most like a spy movie with plenty of slow, quiet moments and an overall focus on espionage rather than spectacle. But the tense scenes we do get, such as the crew breaking into the CIA to steal the coolly-named NOC List, are some of the most entertaining and enjoyable I've seen. A strong start to the series and one I will continue to revisit.

Mission: Impossible 2 - This one seems to be the most divisive for all the impulses of director John Woo coming through along with Tom Cruise's ego being in full force in 2000. He wants you to think he's the coolest person on screen at all times. But all the over-the-top spectacle honestly makes me laugh more than anything. Maybe the most quotable movie of the bunch with all the slow-motion gunplay, explosions, and motorbike antics you could want. I like this one a lot.

Mission: Impossible III - We took a few years off for other stuff before this one drops in 2006. The star is a bit more fine with everyone else doing stuff and Phillip Seymour Hoffman gives us the best antagonist of the series with his calm, intimidating demeanor that gives the impression he's in control in every scene even when he's not. It also has perhaps the most visceral moment in the series with one character's end, so that's something. This one is certainly enjoyable, but maybe lacks that one detail to make me hold it up like the others.

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol - And now we get to dropping numbers and picking up subtitles of varying lengths! We still have some cool spy stuff in here, seen most prominently when going into the Kremlin, but this is also when the series begins to focus on spectacle above all else. And I daresay it might be better for it, because the Burj Khalifa sequence with the climbing and the running might be my favorite bit in the entire series. It's noted for being the one where everything goes wrong, which we've all felt!

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation - The original stopping point for my marathon ended on a high note with a ridiculous action bit on a plane that also works as a slow burn with the opera sequence and bits of espionage. But then we get to the submerged tunnel and subsequent car and motorbike chase and the action escalates until the end. Lot of fun that maybe in retrospect makes it my favorite movie of that year.

Mission: Impossible - Fallout - My first series revisit was capped off in 2018 with what was really my favorite movie of that year. The sequences like the HALO jump, brutal bathroom fight, big car chase and the other chase that led to the star breaking his ankle are just the tip of the iceberg. But it also packs an engaging plot that, even on this rewatch with some time away, got me more than once. All that stuff makes the two-and-a-half hour runtime fly by and, showing my hand, make this one my favorite to date.

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One - I'll say up top that I'm hesitant to give a full evaluation because as seen in the title, it's a part one. We have not gotten the full story. I felt this way about Fast X and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse from earlier this year. The second one could totally botch everything and sour me on it! But unlike those two movies that pull the "stopping the movie mid-climax" stunt I mentioned before, this one feels like it does have a definite end that just also has a set-up for the next one. The action remains as fun as ever even if some of it doesn't feel as "grand" as some of the earlier sequences. That said, the one bit that's seen in all the ads, when pulled off in the full context of the movie, made my crowded theater go silent for a good five seconds. It was a rad moment, and the movie is rad. The newly begun (and justified) strikes might impact the timing of the next one, but I'm down if it helps the people making these things get better pay and treatment!

Thus wraps up my latest mission. As I do with each series go, I like to cap off with my ranking of the series. This one feels a bit distinct because unlike most series where I find one or two clunkers, this is a series where I like every entry and love quite a few of them. Hence, this might actually be my favorite movie series ever!

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Mission: Impossible 2

Mission: Impossible III

Anyway, time to see series is up next.

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Story of My Life (Part 1)

Allow me to introduce myself; My Name is Marvin McCalebb Jr and given to the bad hand life dealt me; My Story really begins in 1st Grade when I didn't have very many friends but for the ones I did have from My Hometown: Gary Wayne Roberts and Malcolm Smith, they showed me that they're My Brothers and they had My Back through any and everything. We've been friends for over 20 years, ride or die. You know? Now that I have established who My Friends are, now I gotta fast-forward the clock to Middle School and talk about some not so great times where I met some not so great friends. The First Person I actually met in Middle School was a girl named Brianna Dixon and she knew a heavy set kid named Ruben Flores, and it was cool I guess... Then I met this blonde dumbass dude named James Cody and this dude hated me since day one. Besides he was one of those Aryan Nation White is Right kind of Person and then he faked being a friend towards me, this is when I learned that when people hate you, there's no changing how they feel. So I didn't know at the time I had met his younger sister Hanna in Elementary School around 4th Grade, I mentioned this because it'll become important later. From 4th Grade to Middle School I had to go to a different school being that they wouldn't accept me at the school in My City. So back to Middle School; I didn't really hang out with James like that in school because I was very aware that he didn't like me at all and Ruben's dumbass tried to make us be friends (even tho this guy is a White Supremacist and so is his family) I didn't really start hanging out with James until I got to High School and I don't know maybe their friends accepted me (or maybe they rejected me) but aside from that: Ruben was dating Hanna. I was dating this girl from California that was way better looking than any of the girls that Ruben and James have ever dated combined and maybe that was the foundation of their hatred and jealousy towards me but I never acted better than them or anyone in any way. I've always tried to be a good friend to them despite their resentment towards me. And as many favors I've done for them; Ungrateful enough, they never returned and to this we remain uneven. While I was dating Audrey from California, Ruben informed me that he was breaking up with Hanna. Days later Hanna called me and she asked me out, to do the right thing: I broke up with My Girlfriend from California and dated Hanna for 2 years. When I dropped out of School, little did I know; her brother was going around school saying I was beating his sister (which was a straight lie, I don't hit women) most of my so called "friends" believed that little lie. And My Question to them is; so you helped that little Momma's Boy destroy My Life in High School? But the reason he lied about me is because I was with his sister and that was the best revenge against me. I do have a 14 year old Son with her, but I can't see him because she took him out of state because they don't want him knowing that his father is black and they don't want him knowing that he's black too. Talk about meeting a Family that's in The Ku Klux Klan, that's crazy but it happened to me.

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Eye on SD Unified

Projection Wars in San Diego Unified

The teachers union-backed liberal educator Cody Petterson holds a ten point lead over conservative charter school founder Becca Williams in the race for San Diego Unified’s District C board seat. On Friday, he declared victory in a Facebook post, writing that he’s excited to begin to help lead the district.

The race devolved into a heavily funded partisan slugfest in the final month, with the teachers union spending for Petterson and a conservative super PAC backing Williams. Petterson’s backers highlighted Williams’ opposition to the district’s mask and vaccine policies and portrayed her as a cowboy hat wearing MAGA Republican and COVID conspiracy theorist. Meanwhile, Williams’ supporters depicted Petterson as a social justice activist who would continue leading SDUSD down a path to failing schools.

For both Petterson and Williams, that partisan turn was no surprise. But while Petterson was relieved of the shift, especially given the Democratic lean of the district, Williams hoped it wouldn’t come to that.

“I’m glad, frankly, that both the voters and the media … were able to clearly see this was always political,” Petterson said. “School boards are inherently partisan. They’re nonpartisan in the sense that on your ballot designation it doesn’t have your party, but they’re clearly not nonpartisan in larger political sense and electoral sense.”

Williams viewed the union’s depictions of her as disingenuous and even filed a cease-and-desist order against what she said was the union’s false advertising. She also complained that at times she felt like she was running against school board member Richard Barrera, who was vocal in his opposition to her.

“The problem when you try to blow a dog whistle in a community like ours is that we hear you loud and clear and we reject that kind of agenda in our schools,” Barrera said. “People in our community support our teachers, support our schools, and believe in a positive vision for our schools and reject the efforts on the part of some to drag our school board races into divisive national politics.”

But for Williams, Barrera’s stance is pure projection.

“Their messaging was Trump, Democrat versus Republican, COVID conspiracies and abortion,” she said. “I don’t know how you could get more of a national platform than that. We ran on this is a corrupt local board and this is a local problem. We’re running against the last decade of failed leadership.”

Despite the race briefly tightening, by Thursday, Petterson’s lead widened again and Williams felt more discouraged about her chances. She said she’d expected later vote dumps to favor her, a reversal of a longstanding pattern of Republicans voting early in San Diego. But on election night, she said she was still proud of the campaign she ran, controversies and all.

“I feel really good about everything we did,” Williams said. “Look, we ran in a district that Cody should have won by 20 points. It’s pretty amazing the kind of things that went on in this race in terms of (the teachers union and Barrera) beating the shit out of me, in terms of partisan politics and stuff like that. And we really held our own.” *Reposted article segment feature from the VOSD titled “Pandemic Politics Produced Mixed Results in Local School Board Races” by Jakob McWhinney, November 14, 2022

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i used to hear a simple song / that was until you came along / now in its place is something new / i hear it when i look at you 🎻

#toh spoilers #HELLO RAEDA NATION HOW DO WE FEEL #raeda #toh raeda #raine whispers #eda clawthorne #toh #the owl house #anyway im thinking abt raeda NONstop this week .. blows the dust off my art blog #lyrics are from i hear a symphony by cody fry btw!#edit: BTW . send me owl house doodle requests ;-)#my art

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Okay, I must know: is there any fallout in the main Fett household over the eldest Fett child getting dip-kissed on national television? How'd the parents take it? How'd the SIBLINGS take it? The ones who don't know yet, that is...

ADI!! DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS!! (You do, I screamed at you about it a lot). WELL. Now you can see what I was screaming about.

This is set almost IMMEDIEATELY after the Coda and goes from there. Implication of spicy but nothing happens on screen. All warnings for the main fic still apply.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~ They didn’t really sleep, the night they won the World Series.

There were too many parties and celebrations for that. They’d been swept off the field, eventually, to an event center rented - apparently - on the chance they won, decked out with their team colors and full of cheering people and already smelling of champagne.

They’d had time for a quick shower, first, and his hair was still wet by the time they reached the celebration.

Some of his family had been there, but, based on the voicemails he’d gotten - Ben had listened to them for him and shook his head as Cody heard distant shouting, muffled - he’d known some people would be missing.

He’d expected it, but it still hurt, walking into a room and finding his parents, Boba, and Omen missing.

“Congratulations, man,” Rex said, when he made his way through the crowd, pulling Cody into a hug. “And I’m sorry about--our parents.”

Cody shrugged. What else could he do? It was hardly a surprise. He’d spent a few years trying to nudge their parents towards a more understanding place, but they’d already mostly cut contact with him over his decision to room with Ben.

He’d almost come to blows with his father over the way Jango referred to Ben, apparently unable to use his name, not when there were so many slurs right there waiting. They hadn’t really spoken more than a few words to each other since then, but Cody--

Had wanted his family at the game, had wanted to share the moment with them, and they’d taken the tickets when he sent them, attended each game in the series, even though it meant Boba and Omen missed some school.

“It’s alright,” Cody said, because he’d made his peace with it, and he wasn’t sorry about kissing Ben, wasn’t sorry about the swooping memory of being kissed, or proposing or--

Boil and Waxer made it through the crowd, then, hitting him like a wave, all hugs and backslaps and shouting. It was--a relief, that at least they were happy for him.

They’d already known about him and Ben, though, figuring it out on their own during one of their summer-time visits to Cody’s place after they moved out; his parents had refused to let any of his younger siblings come visit, like they were afraid that Ben’s sexuality was catching, or something.

Cody shook that thought aside, held onto his brothers, and relished what he had.

Eventually, the party spilled out onto the streets and across town and up into their hotel room, shrinking to encompass just the two of them. They fell together on the huge bed in the room - someone had gotten their things moved to the Honeymoon Suite - and made love with the drapes flung wide open and the sunrise coming in behind Ben’s shoulders.

After, Ben flopped down beside him, still breathing hard, and asked, after taking a sweet kiss, “Are we going to hyphenate?”

“What?” Cody asked, starting to feel the exhaustion that had been lurking behind the sweet adrenaline for the past…well, nearly twelve hours.

“Our last names?” Ben asked, grinning at him.

Warmth spread out all through him in a rush and he opened his mouth, not sure what he planned to say, before his phone started buzzing on the nightstand. He groaned, rolling to get it with a pang of regret.

It was one of his aunts. He thought about not answering, but, well.

Better to get it over with quickly.

The call didn’t last very long. When it was over, Ben handed him a cup of water, and said, “I’m sorry.”

“Their choice,” Cody said, taking a long drink and flopping back onto the mattress. “You want to try to sleep for a few hours?”

When he woke up, he had…a lot of texts. He ended up blocking a lot of the numbers, watching his connections to his extended family shrink and shrink.

Not all of them were bad. In fact, more than he’d thought were…supportive. Congratulations, both for the win and for his relationship. He wondered how many of them meant it, how many of them were only trying to maintain a good relationship with his money.

He did find one from Bly - currently overseas on a trip he’d begged to take - that just said: so, ben’s off the market, then?

He sent back, taking a sip of his coffee and hoping it helped with his headache: I will hit you with a bat.

I’ll take care of him while ur in jail for battery, Bly sent back, only seconds later, and then, right away, congrats man glad he’s finally going to make an honest man out of you can i stop pretending i don’t know that you’re super in love now?

Yeah, Cody sent, his heart doing something odd in his chest, go ahead, you have my permission.

Cool, Bly sent, we’ll celebrate when i get back.

“How’s it shaking out?” Ben said, coming out of the bathroom and toweling at his hair, stark naked in a way that made Cody mourn the days when he thought a hangover was a faint pain in his head and a little queasiness.

“As expected,” Cody said, and Ben winced on his behalf, coming over and leaning down to hug him from behind, body radiating warmth from the shower. “I’ve heard from most of my brothers, though,” he added, exhaling, “And they’re all--hold on.”

He murmured the last as his phone started ringing, Omen’s number popping up, which meant Boba was probably there, too. Ben stepped away, moving to his suitcase to grab clothes as Cody answered and said, the words having become near automatic, “Morning, listen, if this is to--”

“Cody,” Omen said, over the line, voice wavering through the interruption, and Cody tensed down his spine, because he knew all the tones used by his siblings and this one was full of worry. Before he could ask what was wrong, Omen blurted, over the line, “I’m a girl.”

Cody blinked, opened his mouth, and then--she started crying, terrible, choking, hitching sobs over the phone line.

“It’s alright,” he said, because--it seemed the more important thing to get out of the way. “Hey, that’s, Omen, that’s--”

She started crying harder, and Cody stood up, feeling--unsure what the fuck he was supposed to do to make it better. He had no idea where she even was, probably down in Texas, again, that was where the family had moved last and--

Abruptly, the crying stopped on the other side of the line, and, a moment later, Boba said, “She doesn’t like that name. You could--if you could call her Meg?”

“Of course,” Cody said, automatic, trying to process everything quickly enough through the haze of his hangover. “Meg--that’s. Tell her that’s--a very pretty name. And that I’m sorry--I didn’t know, I--”

“It’s ok,” Boba said, not sounding pissed about it, which was something. Ben came to stand beside him, an arm curled around his back. Cody reached out, blindly, and took Ben’s hand, getting a comforting squeeze right away.

“Listen,” Boba went on, quietly, “we, uh. Dad and Mom. They were both. Really angry. After the game and--all the way home on the plane and--they were saying--stuff about you. And Ben. And--Meg--she got angry and told them. About her, and--”

Cody flinched, because he’d taken - in a way - the coward’s path. He’d come out on national television and there was something horrifying about it, but it had also been far away from his family. “Is she okay?” he asked, panic lashing into his gut. “Are you okay? What’s--”

“We’re fine,” Boba said. “We’re--they said they were going to send her--somewhere, so we left. I went with her.” Of course he had. Boba had always been ready to start a fight on--her behalf. “We’re at - at one of my friends’ houses. Fennec. Her parents say we can stay for a while. But, uh, I don’t know--we don’t know what to do, now, and we thought--”

“I’m coming to get you,” Cody said, because what else could he say? Ben already had his phone in hand, looking up airlines because he was the best--

“Yeah?” Boba asked, and his voice wavered, some of the surety going out of his voice. “Really?”

“Really,” Cody told him, Ben tilting his phone so Cody could see with an arch of an eyebrow. Cody nodded and watched Ben put two tickets in the cart. “Send me your friend’s address. And - and tell Meg it’ll be fine. It’ll be okay.”

He looked over at Ben, again, when Boba hung up the phone, saying he needed to go check on Meg.

Ben paused in the middle of pulling clothes on, just watching him, and Cody blurted, still feeling as though he’d caught a pitch in the side of the head, “I have a sister.”

He’d always wanted one.

“Congratulations,” Ben told him, gently, and then, just as softly, “get dressed so we can go make sure she’s okay.”

Cody worried, extensively, through the drive to the airport and the plane ride to Texas. They weren’t, comparatively, that far away, which was some small measure of relief. They had a car waiting when they landed - Ben had arranged it, at some point, just taking care of the details - and Cody bounced his leg up and down the entire drive across town, holding onto Ben’s hand.

The house they arrived at seemed nice enough. Two stories. Stucco. Scrub grass around the yard--

Cody walked up the pathway to the door with his pulse beating against his ears. He’d been worried, through their trip, about his parents finding this place first and doing--something. Causing trouble, somehow.

But he didn’t recognize the other vehicles in the driveway, and Boba had sent no worried texts or calls for help. He stood on the front porch - there were a few planters full of succulents around and a large swing to one side with red pillows covered in embroidered flowers piled on it, and Ben put a hand on his back, and said, “Breathe.”

Cody sucked in a breath and let it out slowly through his mouth. He raised his hand and, drawing in another breath, rang the doorbell.

“What if--” he started, and then the door opened.

Boba stood on the other side, pretty much as tall as Cody these days, with a mop of dark curls and a tight expression around his eyes that eased a little as he pulled the door wider. Boba jerked forward, squeezing him in a tight hug, and then saying--

Something.

The words buzzed together, but Boba drew them inside, anyway, down the hall to a brightly lit kitchen where--

Meg was rising from a chair, smoothing down the front of the--flowing, billowy skirt she was wearing, white fabric with brightly colored flowers around the hem. She’d apparently bleached her hair out - it was a darker golden color than Rex kept his - and stood there with her hands clenched in front of her stomach, wearing a blouse and a little wrap around her shoulders, eyes darting up to meet his and then away again.

“Are you okay?” Cody asked, the first thing that occurred to him, and she made a hiccuping sound that turned into tears, time freezing into place for a terrible instant before she lurched forward and took two stumbling steps to fall into him.

“Sh,” he said, feeling inane, aware of Boba and Ben both lingering close by as he curled an arm around her shoulders and then the other. “It’s alright,” he said, because he was going to make sure it was okay, he’d--they had the money to--to take her and Boba in, and if his parents didn’t like it, well, he had the money to fight it in court and--

“You’re not mad?” she gasped, after a moment, from near his shoulder.

“Of course not,” he told her, because how could he ever be mad at her or--

She started crying harder, and he looked around desperately for some help. Ben was on the phone in the corner, talking fast and quietly, no doubt figuring out more about what they needed to do next, and Boba stepped closer and just leaned against them, hugging them as well.

“It’s alright,” Cody told them both and meant it.

#my writing #bush league snippets #bush league #the baseball au #i had so many feelings about this and worried i'd never get there with meg but!#in the end #it did get there

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