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#i really wanna know if this is some PR thing like do they have notes!?!!
ultfreakme · 3 months
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DID DALLAS LIU JUST SAY. START SHIPPING ZUKKA. I-
I AM GOING TO-
ZUKKA CONFIRMED???????????
He's hilarious like Mai and Suki are right there, they have been cast, Yue is also right the fuck there and these two went "nope, all in on the queerbait train."
I hope they keep it up LMAO
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meangirls-imagines · 2 months
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Forever Will Last
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Description: reader and reneè hit a bit of a rough patch after the vanity fair oscar party.
WARNINGS: 2,677 words of angst and happiness and fluff. reader plays for the us women's soccer team and angel city. guest appearances by christen press, tobin heath, and ali krieger.
y/n's heart broke as she saw the video. 
"towa bird and reneè rapp make their red carpet debut as a couple" 
as she sat on their couch, medal in hand, she felt her heart shatter into a million pieces. she had just gotten back from winning the gold cup and opted out of celebrations with her team in hopes of celebrating with her girlfriend.
she was going to propose to reneè that night. and now here she was, almost shattering her phone with how strong her grip was on it. she never really understood why adam never liked her, but she never thought it would go this low. 
he had proposed towa and reneè be in a pr relationship so that way the world didn't find out about her and y/n. plus, it would help launch both towa and reneè's careers. y/n didn't really have a choice, having to agree to the stunt. a little piece of her died every time she had to see towa and reneè close. 
she had composed herself enough to get up and pack some things. the season was starting soon and she still had training to go to. she grabbed all of her essentials for that and some extra clothes, finding the ring while packing. tears stung in her eyes as she put the little box on the bed. 
she found a piece of paper, deciding to leave reneè a note instead of a text. she took a deep breath, leaving the note on the bed and leaving. as she got in her car, she looked back at the house that once felt comforting to her. now, it just felt empty and hollow. 
she got in her car, having a destination in mind, and left without looking back. 
reneè and towa stumbled in the house hours later, towa laughing at the blonde who tripped over her dress. reneè had drank a lot but had sobered enough before she arrived home. "reneè, get yourself together. you don't wanna wake your girl up." reneè nodded and her and towa hugged before the girl left. 
reneè tiptoed to the bedroom, ready to take this dress and makeup off before melting in her girlfriend's arms. she missed y/n so much at the party. all she wanted was y/n to be with her, showing off her hot, soccer playing girlfriend. she and adam had gotten into a fight before she had left for the party, the man taking her away from watching her girlfriend play in the gold cup.
he had even gone the extra mile and held reneè's phone for her so people would actually believe that she wanted to be there. her and towa had enjoyed themselves, but even her friend could tell that the blonde didn't wanna be there. 
as she opened the bedroom door, she found the room empty. her heart dropped as she spotted the letter and the ring box on their bed. y/n was nowhere to be seen. she looked in their bathroom. 
nothing.
their guest room. 
nothing.
the blonde was on the verge of tears. her girlfriend was nowhere to be seen. she spotted the note once again and with shaky hands, opened it, tears finally spilling down her face. 
reneè,
i never thought i would do this.
before i say anything, i want you to know that i love you with every fiber of my being. 
but i can't do this anymore. i can't sit back and watch someone else get to show you off as theirs. i don't think i was ever okay with the idea but if it helped you skyrocket into stardom, i just went with it because i wanted to see you succeed. the world deserves to see you shine. which is why it's so hard to have to let you go.
i feel like an anchor. like i'm holding you back. you deserve to shine, stargirl. just not with me.
i wanted to be with you forever, but i guess forever wasn't meant for us. 
you deserve better reneè, and i really hope you find it.
i'll always love you.
shine on stargirl.
y/n
reneè was sobbing, leaving tear marks over the already dried ones on the note. she had no idea y/n felt like this. she couldn't imagine how the girl felt seeing her and towa do things that she wanted to do with reneè. 
reneè opened the ring box and sobbed harder at the beautiful diamond ring inside. she turned her phone on to call and notifications began pouring in, breaking reneè's heart even more.
her little brother had texted her a play by play of the gold cup final, expressing his excitement to see y/n again after her game winning goal. her parents had even texted her about the game. she went to twitter and saw the highlights of the game, sniffling as she watched y/n make the game winning shot to eventually win the final. she cried again when she saw a picture of y/n holding the cup and the gold ball awarded to her.
she immediately called alyah, telling her to come over. 
y/n sighed as she trekked up the familiar path to a familiar front door. she knocked three times and waited for the person to answer. the door opened, revealing christen press. she took one look at y/n and pulled her into a hug.
christen had a gift for knowing when her adopted daughters needed a hug. as soon as the older woman's arms wrapped around y/n, the dam broke. she began to sob in the woman's arms. hearing the commotion, a worried tobin heath and ali krieger came around the corner, their hearts breaking at the girl crying in christen's arms. 
tobin went to grab the bag y/n dropped as ali guided the two into the living room.
the women had no idea what had made y/n cry like this, but they were going to get to the bottom of it. quick.
back with reneè, alyah and reece had made it and were both consoling the blonde. she had since changed into one of y/n's national team hoodies and sweats. "reneè, have you tried calling her?" reneè shook her head, not saying much as she fiddled with the diamond ring on her left hand. alyah sighed, looking at reece for help.
the boy sighed and leaned forward. "nae, did y/n tell you how she felt about the stunt?" the blonde nodded. "the day adam brought it up, she expressed her concerns about it. i took them to heart but adam just brushed her off." alyah sighed. reece continued. "have you seen some of the videos fans make of you and towa? because if i didn't know you, i would think you're dating towa."
reneè looked at him confused as he pulled out his phone, opening TikTok.
video after video, reneè began to understand. if she saw videos like this of y/n and one of her teammates, she was sure she would react the same. alyah, while also seeing the videos, had tried calling y/n, but no one was answering. she just hoped y/n had the same support system that reneè had at the moment.
after explaining what she had been feeling and what was the breaking point, y/n waited for the older women to speak. tobin spoke first. "well, i think you two need to sit down and talk about how you feel and if reneè is open to finding a new team. i don't think she should work with someone that wants her to not be herself." the other woman agreed. 
ali took y/n's hands in hers. "y/n, listen to me. you cannot let that girl go. she makes you so incredibly happy and i don't want you to lose that happiness. you and reneè were made for each other. please do not let her go." y/n laid her head on christen's shoulder. "i just don't want to hold her back from her full potential. she deserves the world and i'm not sure i can give her that."
the women's hearts broke at the girl's words. after y/n's last breakup, they had seen how the girl had closed in on herself, her insecurities being blared to the public. when she met reneè, they saw a sliver of the old y/n back. they didn't want her to close back in on herself after she had worked so hard to overcome that.
back with reneè, after much talking with alyah and reece, she knew what she had to do. she grabbed her phone, calling adam. 
"we need to talk."
the nwsl season opener had come to quick for y/n's liking. angel city was playing bay fc for their home opener. y/n had been staying with christen and tobin for the remainder of the offseason. she hadn't talked to reneè since that night, but christen had been keeping up with the blonde for y/n. the girl was shocked when she learned that reneè had fired adam and gotten a new manager. 
christen and tobin had tried to get y/n to talk to reneè but the girl wouldn't budge. she stood by her choice to let reneè be the star she was meant to be. as the team took their places in line, y/n stood next to ali riley as they read off the rosters for the opening game. the woman rubbed y/n's back gently. "you okay joey?" 
y/n chuckled at the nickname. ali had given it to upon their first meeting. "yeah. i'm fine. just nerves." she didn't wanna tell the older woman she wished reneè was here to cheer her on. the defender smiled at her and they took their places on the bench, ready for the game to start.
reneè smiled at the usher who scanned her ticket as she stood off to the side, waiting for her brother, parents, alyah and reece to join her. her new manager, julie, had joined them too. reneè had fired adam on the grounds of being too controlling of her life, and she found julie shortly after. 
after explaining the situation she was in, julie had immediately gotten with towa's manager and released a statement explaining that their relationship was no more than a stunt and that they are very close friends and collaborators. renee's fans had blasted adam on all socials about what happened and were very much in support of reneè. 
the blonde had decided that she wasn't going to let anyone get in the way of her getting what she loved. and she loved y/n and wanted to spend the rest of her life with her. 
so, diamond ring on her hand, and one of y/n's jerseys on, she and her group walked to the vip section of the stadium and waited in anticipation for the game. 
obviously, with cameras in 2024, people began to notice the blonde sitting pitch side with her family. people took pictures and posted them on socials, speculating.
@reneefan2: ARE RENEÈ AND Y/N TOGETHER? BE STILL MY HEART
@y/nisthegoat: GUYS I JUST SAW RENEÈ RAPP AT THE ANGEL CITY GAME AND GIRLY HAD ON A Y/N JERSEY AND A VERY INTERESTING THING ON HER LEFT RING FINGER!! OMG
@reneerappnews: Reneè Rapp spotted at the Angel City home opener, sporting a y/n y/l/n jersey. *photo attached*
@uswntfan13: guys. reneè just took a picture with my friend and when we asked who she was here for, she just smirked and said "my baby." OH MY GOD??
come halftime, the entire stadium and world seemed to know that reneè was at the game, except the person she was here for. y/n had never really been the person to check her phone during halftime but some of her teammates were and when they saw reneè here, they all shared a knowing look, deciding not to tell y/n.
after the halftime pep talk, the teams made their way back onto the field. at about the 65th minute, y/n made her way to the ref to sub in for sydney leroux, who happened to be wearing the captain's band. the crowd started to scream louder as the hype video for y/n began to play on the jumbotron. 
reneè noticed and pulled out her phone to take a picture. as they showed y/n getting ready to sub in on the screen, she snapped the picture, posting it to her instagram story with the caption "captain, my captain ❤️". she locked her phone and began to watch the game, tracking y/n intently.
at around the 85th minute, angel city got awarded a corner kick. with the score being 0-0, the home fans watched in anticipation to see if this was going to end the game or send it into extra time. y/n paced around in the box, waiting for the right moment. 
ali riley put her hand up, signaling the kick, and shot the ball into the box. y/n jumped, and thanks to her jumping ability, headed the ball into the back of the net, scoring. 
the stadium went wild, as the team huddled around y/n, screaming and cheering. they all got back into position and played the last few minutes of the game before the final whistle blew, signaling the end. the stadium erupted as the players shook hands and did their laps around the stadium.
as y/n was signing a young girl's jersey, christen came up behind her and hugged her. "i'll take over here, there's someone who wants to see you." y/n nodded and hugged the little girl and turned to walk back in the direction christen came from. as she walked, she noticed tobin standing next to someone but y/n couldn't see who. 
as she got closer, she recognized that blonde head of hair anywhere.
reneè.
the girl stopped walking and looked at reneè in shock. she wasn't expecting the girl to be here, of all places. the blonde had finished her conversation with tobin and spotted y/n standing a few feet off, frozen in shock. the blonde smiled and walked the remaining distance to y/n stopping a few feet in front of her.
"hi." y/n shook herself out of her shocked state to answer. "hey." 
reneè took this as her opportunity to speak. 
"i'm so so sorry baby. i should've known to shut that shit down before it started. i thought you were okay with it and i was wrong. and when i came home that night and you weren't there, a piece of my heart went with you. and then i saw the note and the ring." at the mention of the ring, y/n's eyebrows shot up to her hairline. she then noticed the diamond sitting on reneè's left hand. 
reneè noticed what y/n was looking at and smiled. "yeah. i found the ring. and reading your note helped me realize what i had to do. i did have some help." she looked back. y/n followed her sight and saw reneè's family, alyah, reece, preath and ali all standing off to the side, bright smiles directed at y/n.
y/n gasped as reneè took the ring off her finger, gently grabbing y/n's hand and placing it in her palm.
"will you ask me?" y/n blushed as she slowly got down on one knee.
"reneè, i never imagined proposing to you while all sweaty and gross from a game but here we are. from the moment we met, i knew you were the one i wanted to spend the rest of my life with. you bring light into my world, filling it with joy and laughter. i cannot imagine a future without you by my side. that being said, reneè mary jane rapp, will you do me the honor of becoming my wife?"
reneè had tears running down her face as she nodded. "yes! a million times yes!" everyone around them cheered as y/n stood, sliding the ring back on reneè's hand. reneè leaned in and kissed y/n so passionately, it was like the rest of the world disappeared around them, letting them have their special moment.
twitter the next day erupted at the post of one picture by the official USWNT instagram page: 
reneè rapp and angel city forward y/n y/l/n are ENGAGED! we wish the couple nothing but the best as they enter this next chapter of their lives! welcome to the family, reneè!
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chemicallady · 3 months
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I WANNA FEEL LOVE AGAIN
Part 1 ; Part 2 ;
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Couple: Noah Sebastian x Fem!Reader
Content Warning: I made a little homage to three fanfiction I really love! I leave you to find the references ;)
Taglist: @ada-clarence , @badalmondzzzz , my wifey @starsomens , @raventherockstarhippie @blacksoul-27 , @somewhere-diamond
Summary:  This is just cute. I swear.
But you never promised me to be wiser of better.
Time flies.
Two years passed by so fast that you almost didn't notice. At first, your job was not demanding at all, compared with the rest of the crew. You have to accompaning Noah or any other member of the band to attend the interviews, most of them for radio stations. Taking notes for integrations on their website. Keep an eye on publicize enough any tourdates or merch drop, find sponsor for bigger venues and check at the end of the day if the guys need something for the day after.
You had to spend a lot of your time on the band socials, especially instagram and twitter, which you have always shared credentials with your brother and the rest of the band. You also create their TikTok and take care about the creation of fun contents.
It was way easy before the release of Death of Peace of Mind. After the beginning of 2022, you were on the road more than at home. A lot of famous hosters started to ask for an interview with Noah. All the lights switched on the future promise of rock music when Just Pretend became one of the most used/listened songs on TikTok.
And now, in the middle of the summer of 2023, the band is still rising. More money bring more responsabilities, the necessity of arranged a better shows, bigger interviews, more publicity, more interaction through the socials.
Everyone has to work the double, you included. Speaking with radio manager and small magazine specialized in all metal subgenders was a thing.
But now the band is too huge to stop at this level. And you werent trained enough for all this pressure, but it started to grow on you month after month, tour after tour. You are the guardian of Noah's schedule. You are not charming enough to compete with others PR, but since the crew is more similar to family meeting than a serious ansemble of professionals, you became competitive.
Hard work got big results like the european tour with Bring Me the Horizon. Oli wanted Bad Omens to open for him but you were the one who put all her soul and time on the project. On the papers. Because behing any tour there is a mountain of burocracy, sponsor phone calls and publicity. You had to team up with Matt, Miles and Davis so many times that at some point, that it's like having more than just one older brother.
From june 4th, the last day on tour, you are on vacation. You have nothing to do with music creation or audio/video sound checks. You just need a laptop, a lot of patience every time you scroll your emails, and the fantastic mojito your neighbour Brianna makes. A good reason to work on your balcony, along with the sound of the ocean, is her company. You don't have many friends but she is amazing. She moved from Minnesota after the shutdown, and she is an actress. Small roles, but as she always says, small roles bring bigger ones.
《 and it would have been ever better if my prick boyfriend didn't show up and basically assaulted the casting director》
You have heard this story at least ten times, but it's still amazing how boys can be idiots. 《 Why are you still with him? He's a bomb ready to detonate, Bri》 , you know that your concern will not help her in resonate, but you can't shut up.
《 I can't afford either the apartment or the car and you know that, y/n. Also, he is not that bad when he's sorber.》
《 But he never is! 》 you place the now empty glass on the outdoor table, disappointed in seeing her almost offended expression. It's a fortune that Matt isn't around. He has to deal with Jim at least twice a week. 《 You're my friend, Bri. The only one unrelated to my job..... I can't sleep over this situation anymore. I can help you. Move in with me and Matt, take care of my plant and Lucifurr for me while we are on tour. We don't want you to help with the rent. You just need to tell that dick to fuck off.》
《.... but he drives me to every casting》
《 and he's the reason no one is picking you in a very first place. This relationship is too toxic》
《 y/n I think you're crossing the line.》
《 He's gonna kill you one of these days!》
You both muted for a couple of seconds, the now tense air between the two of you being thick as a wall. Yeah, you cross the line but like Matt, you're no good in resonate with people who don't want any help. And like Matt you can't stand injustice, not at this rate.
But you know that you have to excuse yourself, simply it's hard to find the right words. You are not going to apologise for speaking your mind, but just about the way you did it.
《 y/n? Are you ready?》
A raspy voice catch you off guard. It's already seven??
《 Shit, Noah. I'm outside》, you yell in response, before turning again towards Brianna. She already reached the empty glass and without a word, and she comes back to her apartment. 《 C'mon Brianna. I'm sorry, just-for the fuck sake.》
Noah is standing right next to you when Brianna shut the door loudly.
All you can do is sigh out loud - a bad habit you inherit from the tall man on your side - before bringing your hands to cover your face in frustration.
《 What's going on, here?》 He asks , munching a candy.
《 I don't understand women.》
He gives you a funny look. 《 Damn, that's the real deal, man. Not the chicken/egg question, or what's our purpose on earth.... but why you girls act so weird. 》
《 Shut the fuck up, Noah. Not now.》
Your relationship with Noah also changed drastically in the last two years. It required some time and a ton of patience, but he open up to you and from thenon, you became a sort of confident of him. In return, he is the one you call when things are not going well. It was a bit embarrassing, the first months, but your friendship now is stronger than youve ever immagined. You feel like you can tell everything to Noah without being judged. Sometimes he laughs at you, of course, but he knows when a situation has to be manged seriously.
He cares about you with all his heart.
He doesn't aspect nothing in return, but he is dear to you on a level than only your brother have always been.
And he knows you deeply, that's why it is so easy for him to detect how worried you are.
《 Do you think he beats her? I mean, Steve is a scumbag, but I can't figure him being actually that violent. He is always too high to have some form of coordination.》
Since his arrival - Noah has the keys of the apartment so he can come and go as he pleased, especially when both you and matt are not in town and someone has to take care of Luci- Noah asked you questions on Brianna's situation.
He knows you're concerned and he also can't pretend he is fine with your neighbors yelling at each others on daily basis.
《 I don't know but he is getting more and more jealous. She told me he's sabotaging her auditions, now.》
Noah takes a sip of the iced tea you offer him, before grab your hand on the surface of the counter. 《 Start to call the police on them, when they argue. Maybe you're right. He is not beating her yet. But he could start.》 You nod slowly, thanking him with a soft smile. 《 By the way, do you feel okay? Wanna postpone our date?》
He loves to joke around with you, because he knows how this helps in rising your moral.
You pretend to get offended. 《 I would never, ever decline a date with you. Let me change in a more adequate outfit.》
《 take your time, the limo's driver can wait downstairs.》
You giggle, before leaving him in the kitchen, reaching your room for a quick change. In five minutes you're ready: a ponytail, red joggers and a tank top.
《 Ready to run, pretty boy?》
《 I'm always ready, chicken butt.》
Noah has never told you the real reason why he has taken the work out so seriously, but you're glad he did, because you joined him on his program and honestly, you feel at your top right now. It's not a matter of aesthetics, but you feel healthy. You are less tired at the end of the day, and you can endure the - at least- 15 working hours while Touring. Back at home, it became a habit of the two of you going out for a run daily during the sunsets since Noah is not an early bird and you'd rather work in the morning.
The place you chose is on the street that runs alongside the beach in Malibù. One of reason why you got used to LA is also the precious view of the ocean while the sun sinks in it and paints the sky in gold.
There is a small beach, hidden in the stunning nature of the Pacific Coast, that has become your spot. Every day you reach that beach, stretch a little and then go back to your apartment when usually Noah showers before leaving.
Today is a Saturday and even if you don't have big plans, Noah sometimes takes his chances on a Saturday night. Even God took a day off on Sunday, right?
《 It's the red hair?》
You ear him chuckles while you bend, grabbing the tip of your toes to stretch your back.
《 No red hair as far as I can recall》
《 So... the girl you helped at that dive bar?》 You rise again, bringing your arms to the sky 《The one who broke up with her cheating boyfriend? Or maybe your neighbour? I like her. I remember you told me she was so happy when you sent her our merch.》
Noah pushes you a little, making you loosing your balance while a giggle leaves your lips. 《 You're making me look like a fuckboy!》
《you are a fuckboy, always surrounded by beautiful women. And don't look at me like that! I know you like it that way!》
Noah is young and awesome. You got a crush on him in the beginning of your partnership. It's more than obvious that he has a significant number of choices when he wants to spend a night out.
This used to hurt you a bit, but the feeling of jealousy or envy - you still don't know what it was - disappeared in the moment you realised what you have.
All this girls can have noah for a night or two.
You can have him fully, you can call him in the middle of the night if a guy screws on you and Noah will bring you to buy ice-cream to McDonald's. You two can talk for hours about the absolute nothing or regarding the most difficult life choices.
You can mocking him, make him laugh in the golden light of the dying sun, in this very moment.
And that's more than enough.
Maybe you and Noah are not meant to be lovers, but he is your person and you are his. Like twin Flames, that doesn't matter how far they are.
They always burn bright.
《 I don't know, I was thinking for something casual. Like Netflix and chill.》
Lucifurr jumps off the sofa in the moment he hears Noah entering in your apartment. Your cat totally ignores you and starts to purr to the tall man that interrupts everything to kneel and cuddle the black ball of furr.
Satanic animal...
《 Then you should text the neighbor. She is the sweetest of yours hooks up.》
《 Then I can simply ring the door on my way back.》
《 Call her, Noah. Don't be a prick. The world doesn't revolve around you. Maybe she is planning to go out.》
You can hear him sigh in his annoying way. 《Can I shower here, anyway? I smell bad.》
《 You always smell bad.》
《 Am I???》
You exchange a glaze with him and immidiatly know its time to run. In the moment he leaves Luci alone, he is following you around the house while you yell for help. But matt isn't back yet, so you're on your own. As soon as noah reaches you (very soon, his legs are longer than yours), he huggs you tight, trying to put your head under his armpit.
《 NOAH STOP IS DISGUSTING!》 , you try to defend yourself hitting him on his back and between his legs with small slaps.
《Ei! Low blow! Don't slap my nutts!》
《 Don't sweat on me, you piece of-》
A yell interrupted the both of you, follow by a long cry and some smashed dishes. Noah realise the grip on you and sighs deeply looking at the wall that divides your apartment from Briannas one.
《 Is it always like this?》
《 almost every day, now.》
And there is something that broke in your cracking voice that completely shattered Noahs heart.
《 let's call the cops》, he says with a soft voice, hugging your shoulders. 《 I'll stay. We can watch a movie togheter.》
You look at him in surprise while he is reaching his phone. 《 and your date?》
《 you're my date》 , is the cheeky replay. The both of you smile, and you need a second. Not only because you're worried about brianna, but also because these small situations make you feel.... weird on your feelings towards noah.
You don't want to admit it, but a real date would be all you desire.
....but at what cost?
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armoricaroyalty · 3 months
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𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐄'𝐒 𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 / ❛ boy crazy ❜ part two (@nexility-sims)
When Zofia walked into a room, everyone noticed. It might have been the enormity of her hair or the constant noise of her rings and bracelets or else the overwhelmingly sweet scent of her favorite body mist, but she was captivating in every sense of the word. Hannah had been jealous of her, once upon a time. It would have been impossible to grow up with her without any jealousy: next to Zofia, everyone became shabby and dull. Ranks didn't matter at all, no title or royal honor could ever compete with that kind of natural charisma. Hannah loved her, but there had been days when she'd hated her, too. Now, though, she was only grateful. When Zofia walked in, nobody noticed the rest of them slipping out.
read part one here
author's note: @nexility-sims and I have been working on the zofia/rui romance since....early 2022? some time in 2021? since #rufia has completely dominated 2/3 of our joint brain power for years, it seemed fitting to finally let them out of our DM's to celebrate Love Day Valentine's Day. Happy V-Day, everyone!
Transcript under the cut.
CHEF | Aren't long nails against dress code, anyway? SERVER | [laughs] Girl, I don't give a fuuu— SERVER | You wanna know who else is wearing acrylics tonight? CHEF | [bored] I dunno, who? SERVER | Oh, nobody, just the Princess Zofia. CHEF | [gasps] CHEF | Shut. Up. You actually talked to her? What was she like? SERVER | She's fucking gorgeous. Like, obviously, but up close, she's even more beautiful. CHEF | Yeah, yeah, but what was she like? SERVER | Okay, so I didn't actually talk to her because she was all over her new boyfriend. They were like, so into each other. It was so sweet. CHEF | Really? I heard it's just a PR relationship so people will think she's over Sigis. SERVER | No way! They're obviously crazy abut each other. You can't fake— UNIDENTIFIED MAN | [offscreen] EVERYBODY OUT! HUGO | What, do I gotta say it again? All of you, clear out! HANNAH | [sighs] Please excuse us. HANNAH | My cousin and I need somewhere to speak privately. Will you please excuse us for a moment? CHEF | ??? SERVER | [shrugs] HUGO | ...anyway, did you see it? HANNAH | See what? HUGO | That stupid little hair flip. He did it a million times. HANNAH | He's growing it out for her. HUGO | Really? Hard to believe, he's so fucking vain. HANNAH | She told me she asked him to grow it long. [deep, beleaguered sigh] She thinks it's sexy. HUGO | What, are you for real? HANNAH | Oh yeah. She's always had a thing for guys with long hair. HUGO | ...huh. HANNAH | Anyway...what's your take? Personally, I don't see what she sees in him. HUGO | [snorts] He's better than Marshall. HANNAH | That's the world's lowest bar. Subterranean, in fact. HUGO | So what are we going to do? HANNAH | He's not a dog, we can't just run him off. HUGO | Well, you can't, but maybe if I— PIDGE | [offscreen] HEY! What are you two talking about? PIDGE | ...and why are you hanging out in the kitchen? ARTHUR | ....hi. HUGO | [icily] Farrier. HANNAH | It's late, Pidge. What are you still doing up? PIDGE | Uh, excuse you. Mama said I can stay until midnight. ARTHUR | ...you two aren't talking about Rui and Zofie, are you? HUGO | ... HANNAH | ...no. PIDGE | You two are such LIARS! PIDGE | Both of you are judgy control freaks! I thought he was really nice. HUGO | He could barely string a sentence together. ARTHUR | I mean...Armorican is his third or fourth language, isn't it? HUGO | Whatever! He gives me the creeps. HANNAH | Well, she says she's in love. HUGO | [scoffs] In love? They've known each other for six months. PIDGE | So? What if it was love at first sight? HANNAH | [exasperated] Pidge— HUGO | Just ignore her, she's fourteen. PIDGE | For your information, I'm fifteen. And I'll be sixteen in May, sooo— HUGO | Yeah, a baby— ARTHUR | Can I remind everyone that Zofia is twenty-two? She's an adult, she can make her own choices, and this is none of our business. HUGO | You're right, Farrier. It's none of your business. HANNAH | [offscreen] Hugo, enough. PIDGE | [mouthing] Rude. HANNAH | Arthur, what was your read? ARTHUR | I don't know, and I don't want to form a judgment until I've actually gotten to know him. He seems...fine? On par with the other guys she's dated. HANNAH | [sighs] "On par with all her other boyfriends" is the entire problem. HANNAH | I just don't want her to get hurt again. This happens every time, you know? She falls hard and fast and then the guy turns out to be a scum-sucking lowlife. PIDGE | [laughs] Hellooooo, what about Van? He was— HANNAH | Probably thw worst of all of them. Trust me, Pigeon. He's...he's no good. HUGO | [jokingly] You see, baby bird? That's why you're not allowed to date until you're thirty and why Hannah's gonna join a convent— PIDGE | No way, that's not fair. HANNAH | [tiredly] Hugo, shut up. No one asked. PIDGE | Yeah, Hugo. No one asked. ARTHUR | Look, I think we should at least give the guy a chance. HANNAH | [sighs] I guess we owe her that much. PIDGE | Guys, I actually talked to him, and trust me: he is like, sooo nice. HUGO | ... HUGO | I bet I could take him. PIDGE | Hey! Hannah, did you hear what he just said—
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vampyrsutton · 1 year
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Spring Heat
Summary:
Hawks misses a meeting and Dabi goes after him to some interesting results.
Ao3 Tags:
Mating Cycles/In Heat, Breeding Kink, Sex Pollen, Aphrodisiacs, Sort Of, Quirk Shenanigans (My Hero Academia), Quirk Misuse (My Hero Academia), Mentions of Sex Work, Multiple Orgasms, Background Relationships, Mating Bites, Mating Bond, Anal Sex, Dabi | Todoroki Touya Has a Big Dick, Dabi | Todoroki Touya Has Genital Piercings, Soft Dabi | Todoroki Touya, For a second, Dirty Talk, Degradation, Takami Keigo | Hawks Acts Like a Bird
Notes:
Day 2 of DabiHawks Week 2023!
NSFW Prompts: Spring Heat/Breeding
"Hawks! Open up, dammit, we had a meeting!" Dabi yells as he bangs on the hero's sliding glass door, panting from climbing the fire escape up to the penthouse stupid rich fucker. When he's met with silence despite being able to see the ugly ass coat draped over the uncomfortable couch. "Oi! I know you're home!"
A feather comes rushing down the hall and for a second Dabi thinks he's being let in, but instead, the damn thing locks the door.
Oh, fuck that.
Dabi curses as he digs in his pockets, smirking when he pulls out some safety pins for when he gets a new rip in his coat. Dropping into a crouch, it takes him seconds to pick the same lock the feather had just turned and throw open the door. "Nice try, birdie, but I had to eat somehow!"
There's a quiet curse from down the hall before what Dabi knows to be the bedroom door slams shut and pisses Dabi off further.
"HAWKS!" He yells, stomping down the hallway only to stop when he hears a whimper. "Hawks?" He asks softer this time.
"Not tonight, Dabi." Hawks slurs . Why is the bird slurring??? "Not for the next week really."
Dabi scoffs to hide anything that might resemble concern. "And you couldn't have sent a text why?"
"I-…I got a little sidetracked. Won't happen again." Hawks sighs with none of his normal PR laughter present.
Dabi narrows his eyes, alarm bells sounding in his head at Hawks allowing him to hear anything that could be seen as weakness let alone actually sounding weak. "Wanna explain what's going on?"
There's another whimper before it sounds like Hawks is forcing himself to talk. "Not really…it's physically hard to explain."
Dabi hums, pulling out his phone to Google something. "This have anything to do with Spinner locking him and Shiggy in his room?"
The surprised squawk Hawks lets out answers his question before Hawks can even try to deny it. "No- it's- uh-"
"Do you want help, birdie?" Dabi cuts him off with a sigh. "Shiggy didn't actually get a chance to give us any direction before he was dragged away to be a cock sleeve so I've got time. The meeting was more out of boredom than an actual job."
There's silence for a moment then some shuffling before a gold eye glare out of a crack in the bedroom door. "You edged me out of boredom?"
Dabi snorts, not expecting that reaction before smirking lazily. "Can do it again on purpose if you want?"
Even if he'd planned to snap at him, Dabi can see how the hero's pupils pin at the thought. "…Maybe later. Get in here."
Dabi holds up a flame to pause the feather that comes racing at him. “You were going to postpone the meeting a week. Is that how long this lasts?”
Hawks pouts at being stopped but nods. “Five days with usually a two or so day recovery.”
Dabi nods, putting out his fire to pluck the feather from the air. “Give me half an hour to meet up with an old contact. My stamina’s pretty good from before the League, but I’m not making it five fucking days without some help.” A small smirk. “Get a few rounds out to make it easier on both of us until then?”
Hawks’ face does something complicated, but his horniness ultimately wins. “Can I use the feather to fly you back?”
Dabi grimaces, but nods. “I’ll have him cancel out the motion sickness too.” He decides, heading back down the hall quickly with the feather still in hand as he gets out his phone. “No snooping.”
“Doubt I could if I wanted to.” Hawks sighs, already heading back to his nest.
The sounds of chirping moans have already started up by the time Dabi reaches the door and he makes it back down the fire escape in record time. Luckily, his contact was working something nearby and Dabi curses at not being able to use it to blackmail the heroes later, but he’d prefer to stay on this contact’s good side so he agrees to keep quiet.
Within twenty minutes, Dabi’s had his refractory period and motion sickness turned off for the next week and a half, and is thrilled to learn an old colleague was there as well who could put Dabi into a similar state as his birdie with a single kiss.
“Have fun, sweetie, ~” The petite girl giggles, patting his cheek as his pupils dilate. “Hopefully he doesn’t live too far.”
Dabi’s already having trouble with any thoughts outside of fucking someone, but manages a smirk as he holds up a feather. “I have a ride.”
“That explains the motion sickness request.” His former pimp chuckles, ruffling his hair. “Stay safe. If he does anything, let me know. I’m sure I can dig something up.”
Even the touch to his hair has him leaning in with a sigh before he shakes his head to clear it. “Thanks, guys. See you in a week, Angel.”
That was the downside of her quirk is she had to kiss you again to turn it off, but Dabi was fine with that if it meant he wouldn’t die trying to help his birdie.
He makes it outside before he heats his hand up a bit to get Hawks’ attention and the feather twitches before he sees two larger ones darting through the sky to scoop him up under his arms and rush him back to Hawks’ balcony. He, thankfully, doesn’t feel like throwing up, but it's still disorienting as he stumbles back into the hero’s living room.
Luckily, all it takes is hearing a single chirped moan from down the hall for Angel’s quirk to rear back to life and almost makes him fim fall over with the wave of arousal that hits him.
Fuck, the things he does for this idiot.
He must not be moving fast enough for Hawks’ liking though because he sees the feathers once again in his vision and doesn't even get a chance to try and tease the hero before the feathers are zipping him down the hall and removing his clothes along the way. Within seconds, he’s naked and being dropped into a nest of blankets with a predatory trill sounding beside him and going straight to his already aching cock.
Shit, that was a hell of a quirk.
“You smell like other people.” Hawks chitters angrily.
Dabi fights through the fog in his head to answer. “Sorry, birdie. Val’s quirk relies on smoke and Angel was apparently working so I got a little help from her too.”
“How does hers work?” Hawks pouts.
Hmm, he’s cute when he’s jealous.
“A kiss.” Dabi shrugs before smirking as his eyes rake up Hawks’ own naked form to land on his bared fangs. “I’ll be more than able to keep up now if you wanna make me forget her.”
That’s all the prompting Hawks needs apparently to descend upon the villain with a hungry kiss that leaves them panting as the quirk sears through Dabi’s veins at the contact.
"Fuck, I forgot how strong that was." Dabi gasps when Hawks finally lets him up for air. His hand immediately shoots out to yank Hawks back down when he tries to move away at all. "Get back down here." He actually snarls, bringing Hawks to rest between his legs so they can grind against each other while Dabi swallows every little chirped moan that tries to escape. "Fuck…"
Hawks has to agree as having a willing potential mate in his nest has his heat crashing into him full force like he hadn't just cum his brains out waiting for the flame user to return and nothing about the villain is helping. If anything, everything about him is only making it worse as almost too hot hands grip his hips, a pierced tongue dominates his mouth, and every rung of that god-forsaken Jacob's Ladder rubs against his cock as Dabi jerks his hips to grind against him. He's once grateful for the thick scar tissue covering the villain because his talons digging into his shoulders and his fangs keep catching on a scared lower lip which only seems to spur Dabi on more. With the all-encompassing heat consuming Hawks inside and out, he doesn't notice how easily he's been worked back to the edge until a hot hand is using their pre-cum to stroke them together and Hawks lets out a low croon when the sudden attention almost does him in.
"Plea-Dabs, please. Close. So close. Just a little more. Plea-Fuck!" Hawks almost shrieks when Dabi heats his hand just a little more and bites near his collarbone hard enough to definitely leave a mark and shit Hawks hopes he leaves plenty of those as a few more strokes of this sends him barreling over the edge and spilling all over Dabi's cock and stomach. He doesn't even get a chance to come down or worry about cum getting in the villain's seams because Dabi doesn't stop, using the cum like lube and speeding up with a curse as he tries to work himself over the edge too.
"Fucking shit, you look so good losing control in my hand." Dabi groans, rutting his hips against the hero's sensitive cock and enjoying the sensitive chirps. "Can't wait to have you crying on my cock. Gonna look fucking beautiful."
The dirty compliments have Hawks' wings puffing up in embarrassment but the attention combined with his heat has his arms shaking as his dick tries to get hard again. "Da-bi, please~ Too much." He whimpers despite his bird brain's protests to get the villain inside of him as fast as possible for eggs he doubts he can even have if the Commission had anything to say about it.
In the end, the bird wins.
"Inside. Please. Want… Need you…inside." Hawks forces out, having a hell of a time talking. "Need your cock…your cum…dammit need it…so b-AH-d! DABI~!"
Dabi lets out a sound that almost sounded like a growl as he abandons their cocks to grip Hawks' hips and lift him off his lap with a strength the hero didn't know the skinny-looking villain possessed. He was almost tempted to send a feather to turn on the lights for a better look, but then he's having to dig his knees into the bed to not fall and the smirk tugging at staples tells him that's exactly what the flame user wanted as a hand leaves his hip and suddenly he's being guided down on pierced cock and letting out desperate chirps along with the moan. His feathers almost ache with how hard they're trembling and a low chuckle that makes his poor cock twitch doesn't help.
"Da-bi…" Hawks croons when his ass meets the villain's hips. "Big…please…"
"Please what, birdie?" Dabi pants, turquoise all but gone from his eyes as they rake over the whimpering hero on top of him. "Gonna have to be specific. There are so many things I could do to you after all. So many things I want to do to you." A wicked smirk as a hand moves from the hero's hips down to his rim stretched around the villain's cock. "And you'd let- no beg me to do every one of them, wouldn't you?"
Hawks feels his face flush red as he pictures all the things the villain could do to him, especially with whatever Dabi let someone quirk him with. "Yes, please." He breathes out desperately, bracing himself when deceptively strong legs adjust to dig somehow unscarred heels into the nest. "Anything."
There's a mean chuckle before hands return to his hips and Hawks caws out a moan as Dabi starts fucking up into him in earnest. He knows the original plan had only been to cancel the recovery period, but the addition of the other one makes Hawks glad he listened to the villain when he was ordered to make himself cum when he was away because Dabi seems to be just as feral as Hawks feels and he's sure he would break otherwise. As it is, feeling the piercings catching on his rim and grinding against his insides has Hawks feeling desperate and he's sure not taking the edge off would have him actually losing his mind as his talons dig into healthy and scarred flesh alike.
Dabi curses, loving the added sting of the hero's talons and the blonde's already abused hole clenches around him. Based on the desperate bird song and distant look in gold eyes, he's not sure there's any thought in that head other than getting off. It makes Dabi feel rabid and he's grateful he kept up his training as his abs and thighs strain in their efforts to continue fucking up into the bird who is too far gone to be of any semblance of help, but that's fine by Dabi as it allows him to essentially use Japan's Number Two hero as nothing more than a fleshlight. He's pretty sure that's what they'll be reduced to by the end of the night , let alone week , is nothing but animals using each other for pleasure, but they can worry about that at a later date.
Right now, Dabi can feel his balls tightening with his need to cum, and can see red features shaking with approaching overstimulation. Dabi can already tell this won't be his only round, but maybe he'll be nice and let Hawks lay down for the next one.
He gets the mental image of Hawks with his ass in the air and face pressed into the bed as wings twitch against the covers next to him while Dabi pounds into him from behind, and he groans as he decides that's his next plan.
"Shit, birdie, I'm close. Gonna fuck this load up into you and get your face pressed into the sheets before it even has a chance to leak out. Fuck another load into you like the bitch in heat you are and maybe then I'll let you call a shot, hmm?" Dabi nearly growls, abs tensing as he nears the edge. "How does that sound, pretty bird?"
"Yes, please." Hawks coos needily. "Breed m-" His eyes widen when his brain catches up with his mouth and he flushes halfway down his chest in embarrassment. "I mean-"
He's cut off by a guttural groan and his own chirping as his plea sends Dabi over the edge and cumming hard inside of Hawks with something akin to a growl. It makes Hawks coo, momentarily satisfying the more avian part of his brain before he squawks when he's suddenly empty and being flipped on his front with a manically grinning villain pushing back in behind him. Hawks doesn't really even get time to process his new position or the sudden realization that his literal ass is in the hands of a mass murderer before Dabi's splitting him open on his cock once more and melting whatever brain he had managed to salvage.
"Dabi~!" He croons, talons digging into his sheets now as Dabi makes good on his promise to not let anything leak out of him. "Please, more, please, anything just fuck me please~"
"Come on, birdie, it's only round two, are you really this desperate to be treated like a whore that you'll let a villain throw you around and use you like a cocksleeve just to get your ass filled? That desperate to be treated like nothing more than a breeding bitch you'd let anyone stick their dick in here, wouldn't you?" Dabi chuckles darkly, running his thumb along Hawks' stretched rim and prodding like he's going to push it in just to watch Hawks' wings puff up. "Want me to breed you? How lucky for you I have the connections let me do just that. I'll fuck you so full you'll look pregnant by the time I'm done. Have you so strung out on my dick, you'll never want to leave. Be begging to be my good little cock warmer when we take over and your precious hero society is left in ashes." Hawks' hips start twitching so he takes that as his cue to move. "Tell me, Hawks, what do you think the public would say if they could see what a little slut I've made of you with only one round? Of their precious number two begging to be a villain's cum dump? Bet they'd be lining up to take their turn."
Hawks moans, long and broken as Dabi fills the room with the sounds of skin slapping against skin and growls absolute filth in his ear. It has his bird brain crooning happily, the thought of such a good mate using him and stuffing him full of cum, but the last statement has him chittering grumpily. "Nooo~!" He whines, wings shooting out to hold Dabi hostage when he misinterprets and tries to pull away. "No others…just mate."
Dabi blinks slowly, brain trying to process a literal model saying that about him, but then the hero must get impatient because a feather trails over healthy skin to relight the fire in his belly and he curses before moving again. "Shit, okay. I can work with that." Dabi grunts, grabbing slim hips to start abusing the hero's hole. "So the most thirsted-after hero in all of Japan wants to be my personal cum dump." He hums now in amusement. "Well, how am I supposed to say no to that? Don't worry, pretty bird. I'll make sure to stuff you nice and full so not even a plug will be able to hold it all in. You'll probably have to go to one of your fancy hero interviews and sit there trying to blush at the feeling of cum running down your leg and knowing who you let put it there before you come back to beg me to fuck another in there." His grin turns even more wicked as he grips the bases of his wings to watch the hero melt into putty before looming over him to whisper in his ear. "Fuck you so good, you won't ever have to question whose side you're on because you know the Commission can never give you what you need. Can never fulfill what you're truly made for which is showing me your cute little hole so my piercings can brand it as mine ."
Alarm bells go off in Hawks' head as he vaguely registers the villain admitting to knowing he's a spy, but the rest sounds far too good to argue as he chirps and moans. Maybe it's the grip on his wings sending his bird brain further into the gutter, or maybe it's that he's known what side he's actually on for a while now, but as far as he's concerned right now, that sounds like exactly what he wants as he cranes his neck to give the flame user access to it despite knowing he doesn't have the same instincts. "Yes, please, fuck me, breed me, use me, yours, please Dabi, ple~"
His begging is cut off with a loud moan as Dabi does exactly what his bird brain was hoping for and lunges forward to dig blunt teeth into Hawks' shoulder and make the hero's brain lock him in as his permanent mate. The rush of endorphins has him cumming hard onto the sheets beneath him before he's cooing happily when he feels Dabi cum inside him soon after.
In a moment of post-nut clarity, he really hopes Dabi meant even half of that because trying to get it broken would be a pain. Thankfully, he doesn't seem to need to worry because Dabi hums happily as he flops back and manhandles Hawks to lay on his chest, the back-to-back orgasms seeming to sate him for a moment.
"Sorry about that pretty bird, her quirk takes you down to base instincts so I hope that was okay," Dabi mumbles as he satisfies his need to nuzzle Hawks' hair.
Hawks trills happily before fighting words to his tongue, "'M good…bite made us mates though…"
"Hmm, what does that mean for hawks?" Dabi hums, sounding a bit more cautious.
"My hawks…it mates for life…I can get meds though if you don't wa-" Hawks yelps now as the thought makes Dabi's hands heat up on his back before the villain hisses out an apology.
"Sorry, no I'm fine with it if you are." Dabi sounds a little embarrassed now but won't let Hawks move his head from his scar-covered shoulder to see. "Only if you drop the spy shit though."
Hawks winces but lets out a light chuckle. "About that…I haven't given them information in…months." He admits, wiggling back with a whine when he feels cum trying to leak out. "Can you go in again? Leaking."
Dabi blinks in surprise at the bird's admission before he can't help but snort at the request, rearranging them a bit so his half-hard cock can mostly hold it all inside. "Dirty bird."
Hawks lifts his head to blink at him slowly before smirking wickedly. "It's only day one."
Dabi's face pales as he finally thinks with the right head long enough to realize what he's gotten himself into. "You're going to be more cum than hero by the end of this."
Hawks snorts, but trills happily, going back to nuzzling his new mate. "Hopefully."
Out of all the dirty things Dabi had just said, he doesn't know why the hero saying that is what ends up embarrassing him, but he feels the need to hide his face in fluffy blonde hair the best he can. "…I'll do my best then.
There's another happy trill as feathers start flying out of the nest for water and washcloths, both finding themselves too exhausted to actually move for now, but knowing both are necessary.
In the end, this isn't how either planned to properly win the other if ever, but they had to admit it fit them. A crazy start to a crazy relationship.
Yeah, that sounded about right.
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mishapocalyse · 1 year
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hii!!¡ ✨so i hav an idea for a request!!¡ and it just came 2 me but yegh I wud love if u cud do a lil sumthin wiv female reader wher ur at the fairground? mayb tryin rlly hard 2 win a game so u can get a huuge teddy n who else shud come along but soldier boy himself n he wins it 4 u n ofc ur starstruck!!🤩🧸✨ idk mayb he's ther 4 publicity prob but do whatever i luv ur writing so hav fun n run wiv it lol💕🍭 tysm bby!!✨υ´♡⁠ ﻌ ♡⁠`⑅υ
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Three in a Row and You Can Get The Girl
Description: You wanted that giant teddy bear and you were not going to leave the fairground until it was yours. It really helped when America's masked crusader comes to your aid.
Pairings: Soldier Boy x Reader
Warnings: Soldier Boy is his own warning, language. Sweet, toothache cuteness
Note: This request is another fave and I love it so much. My heart yearns for sweet Soldier Boy. Also to add--some do not understand the idea of fan fiction and how you can ultimately change a bit of the character's personality to your liking. That is the entire idea of fan fiction. Yes I know Soldier Boy is as a whole-a butt, and is overall written as a terrible person. However, I like to think that in the presence of women- from what I have seen from small parts of the show, he had some potential to be super sweet to women.
Also...I can do what I want.
"Ah, I'm sorry pretty lady, but you need about five more wins if you're wanting the 62" teddy." The service worker at the ring toss stand politely told you, as you deflated, a bit disappointed.
You stepped to the side not wanting to get in the way of others, but you were seriously eyeing that teddy for yourself.
You had come to the fairgrounds alone since your date had stood you up for the third time this week.
You didn't care though. You only knew the guy a few months.
Besides, you were at the fair, having fun. Riding rides, eating the amazing food from some of the vendors, and playing the games with such confidence that probably by the end of the night you will win that huge teddy.
Hopefully.
"Wanna try again? " The service work from the ring toss said.
You thought about it for a second before nodding and putting away the container of food you had gotten earlier. Stepping up to the plate, you readied yourself for yet another round of ring toss.
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Soldier Boy huffed, pinching the bridge of his nose.
"We are so sorry that this happened. We had no idea that Homelander would be here. He didn't even book a venue-" The super soldier held up a hand to his PR committee.
"Shut up-just shut the fuck up. Christ on a cross, I need a fucking minute." With that, he stumbled out of the tent and out towards the rest of the fair.
It was supposed to be his publicity "Welcome Back" stunt, but the caped dickhole had to come and ruin it. Soldier Boy grumbled as he walked around, trying his best to collect his thoughts before he did something stupid. Rounding a corner, he stumbled into the rows of games.
"Ah, you almost got it honey! I'll let you try one more time for free okay?" Soldier boy heard loud and clear.
Then his eyes landed on you.
You were leaning forward trying to throw the rings on the bottles in front of you. You would get a couple and lose on the last throw. It was always the last throw with those things.
"Sorry sweetheart. You played a good game! Maybe next time you'll win the big guy. I mean, you could get it in a different way- if you know what I mean" You smiled sweetly in return until he had said that last part and you immediately frowned.
Soldier Boy didn't know what he was doing, but before he know it he had walked right up to the stand and wrapped his arm around you instinctively.
"Howdy there darlin'. Been looking everywhere for you. Which one are you trying to get?" They way you stared at him made him feel a different type of way. The service worker stumbled over his words while Soldier Boy placed a twenty dollar bill onto the counter.
"I got you, Princess." he says as you continued to rack your brain around what had occurred.
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"Uh, good game...sir." Soldier Boy plucked the giant bear off of the hook and held it towards you. You grinned as you hugged it.
"I'm taking both of these--show some goddamn respect to the ladies. Get fucked." Soldier Boy said as he plucked another bear off of another hook to carry and to give to you later.
You had thanked him profusely and stumbled over your words. You told him he did not have to do any of that.
"I wanted to. Saw the way you looked when you tried your hardest to win that stuffed animal."
"It was pathetic." You finished his statement with a laugh.
He chuckled along with you.
"Not exactly. Thought it was mighty cute if I'm being honest." He reached over to pat your head.
"Hey! Soldier Boy! We need you for photo-op! Where the hell have you been?" The two of you looked at each other, before Soldier shook his head.
"I have to get going. Mind taking my place with the other big guy?" He asked holding out the similarly fashioned teddy bear.
You nodded quickly as you reached out to grab the bear from his hands.
"What was your name again?" He questioned, not yet letting go of the bear in his hand.
"Oh, I never told you my name, It's Y/N. Y/N L/N. You?" A spark in eyes appears as he lets go.
"The hero name is Soldier Boy, you probably already knew that. But you can call me Ben, Princess." Smiling a goofy smile you shake your head and wave your goodbyes. Turning, you could hear him call after you.
"Meet me at the concession stands near the Funhouse later! Wanna' win some more things for ya'." You gave him a thumbs up, as you finally decided that maybe, just maybe, getting stood up was not such a bad thing to happen as you had thought.
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TTPD thoughts (under a read more because it's long)
There are no bad songs on this album (reread this point every time you want to scream at me while reading this), but I will be starting with my most "negative" (because none are like truly hateful, just "not for me" category of negative if that makes sense) thoughts and working my way to positive.
I think this is an album that is very Taylor and, in a lot of the songs on the standard edition, in a way that is not personally relatable to me. Like despite being a "I can fix him" girl (in general, not the song lmao) it is in a very different way than is on the album and the way that is on the album (the whole "you're all just haters so fuck off" at anyone who criticises you or your partner aspect mostly lmao) grates me at times, I won't lie. And as someone who listens and picks her fave music based on relatability, the standard edition of this album is quite low on my rankings because of that. Like it has high highs for me and I will talk about that, but the lows for me are arguably the lowest lows of any album from her and songs that realistically idk if I'm going to listen to unless I have all my music on shuffle and they come on. Like the standard album is very clearly into songs I love and songs that I find meh and could have done without, even if I understand why others love them.
"I wanna snarl and show you just how disturbed this has made me" Girl please make this album one day. I know you love your mainstream success but I promise I will find a way to stream it enough to keep it up. Like I know a lot of people feel that this is that album, and I recognise (and appreciate) that that is because of the bluntness on certain topics, but as I have said about people who call this album weird (affectionate), mainstream disturbed/weird and regular disturbed/weird are two different things and I truly live to see the day that Taylor goes all out ngl.
I won't talk too deeply about who each song is about because again, I mostly listen to music for relatability so don't really care, but I will say that I think that far less of the songs on the album are about Matty as what people are making out. I think a mixture of stereotyping, PR over the years and the deliberate vagueness of the album has some of ya'll automatically assuming that drug mention = Matty. Realistically I genuinely only think that (from the standard version) fresh out the slammer and i can fix him are about fully about Matty with but daddy I love him being a mix of an idea rather than a person (first half) and Travis (second half), the alchemy being about Travis and the rest being about Joe in a way that is deliberately vague/obscured to make it sound like it could be about Matty.
As a related note to that, I think that the two most interesting things about the standard edition is the way that she consistently refers to her longest relationship as a short time and the way that she deliberately muddies the songs so that it's difficult to tell if they're about Joe or Matty as a way to show 1. that you can't really tell one story without telling the other and 2. If everyone is being honest, both the beginning and end of both of those relationships were very similar, and not in good ways at that. And I say that without judgement because people are people and no one is perfect you know? But these two aspects really make me want to like the standard edition more than I do because 1. I think her referring to her time with Joe as a short but impactful time in the grand scheme of things is among the most mature things she's said about a relationship and particularly stands out among the deliberate childishness spoken about and shown in certain songs and 2. without giving tmi, the idea of not being able to tell one love story without another because they are so intertwined, even if they don't seem related on the surface, is something I relate to deeply with two past encounters of mine. But the differences that are there just aren't for me.
I have seen others say that they wish that we got the story of Joe and Taylor's last two years together rather than what happened over last year, and in many ways (and obviously in the most "I know I'm not entitled to it, it's just my preference way") I agree but this is what we got so I'm going to focus on that without the expectation of something else. Like I will not let "what I wanted more" ruin what we've got because what we got is still good and I've fallen down that rabbit hole before and just made myself miserable.
Taylor implying or otherwise rolling with the thought that there were no gel pen songs in the standard album is so goofy (affectionate) because girl, I can do it with a broken heart is right there lmao.
I feel something, but I'm not sure what, about her use of 'manic phase' in the prologue, 'asylum' in who's afraid of little of me and seemingly (we will circle back to this when the music video comes out but given the other stuff I think it's safe to assume) asylum imagery in the music video as a response to people's criticism. It is a very mixed feeling and I am still trying to figure out how much of the bad comes down to this fandom as opposed to it objectively (because like it's clear that mental health is a main theme on this album and I don't want to discredit that) because as I have spoken about before, this fandom cannot be normal about sensitive topics to the point that I'm not scrolling until hype for this album goes down.
Ironically enough given the history of jokes/comments I and others have made, I do think Florence got the better feature and wish Post Malone got a more upbeat song and larger part lmao.
Much like how I liked the 3am edition of Midnights more than the standard version, the bonus 15 songs are the stronger part of this album for me this time too. Where the standard felt like a mixed bag of meh and amazing with no in between, the bonus tracks all felt good to amazing and with the exceptions of maybe I look in people's windows and so high school, are all songs I could see myself listening to consistently. I also don't think it's a coincidence that most of these songs are Dessner songs because out of her consistent producers lately, he has definitely been my preferred one lmao.
It also makes me very excited for debut and reputation's rerecordings because it's clear that they're on her mind.
I'm likely going to make a separate post about the songs individually, but a friend who brought a different edition told me today that the manuscript feels like the actual end of the album and I agree completely and so was glad to see that despite not putting all the previously known about bonus songs back to back (which is a super interesting choice and while I don't think we'll get it, I'd love an explanation for that and why these songs were specifically chosen for physical media!), Taylor still chose that as the closer. It also sets my heart on fire as a RED girlie lmao.
As per always, as a physical media girlie, I do hope that we get a cd/cd set with all the songs at some point lmao.
As of right now my favourites (no psychoanalysing me given I said that I listen to music based off of relatability tho lmao) are the title track, my boy only breaks his favourite toys, so long London, who's afraid of little old me, loml, I can do it with a broken heart, the smallest man who ever lived, the black dog, imgonnagetyouback, the albatross, Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus, I hate it here, Cassandra, Peter and the manuscript. And like I said, at least most of the rest of the bonus tracks are ones that I could see myself listening to frequently as well so that's like 2 albums worth of music for most artists nowadays and I am definitely not complaining at all despite any other feelings I have towards this album lmao.
Anyway I'm sure more will come to me in time, but right now that's where I'm at, especially because it's almost midnight here lmao.
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Analyzing The Jess Interview [Part One]
Note: I can't stand her voice so I used auto-generated captions to read what she was saying but even when the captions were clearly wrong and I listened to her I couldn't understand her much better because of how she speaks a lot of it's very slurred together so this was the best I could do.
The first thing she says is that she's in Antigua with a client named Mara:
...so I am here to you know manage the project and yeah -Jess
That's how she speaks as a project manager? Even if it's a secret project, fine, can't she explain more about what she does or how she's managing the project? This is like a lawyer saying "I work at this legal firm where I'm a lawyer". Which can cover an extensive range of things seeing as how lawyers do a broad range of things. In my experience, most people within an area of expertise will not hesitate to give you specifics of their job duties even if they can't tell you the rest because of "confidentiality".
Also, she's only following one person named Mara from her account (a celebrity hairstylist) and Mara does not follow her back. So....same Mara? Different Mara? Did she completely make this up? Who knows.
I danced um from when I was very small so I did ballet and contemporary and I never wanted to be a professional dancer but I wanted to be a dance teacher so that's what I thought I would do um I went to a performing arts college um because I did acting as well...so yes so I always wanted to to go into dance teaching um and it was kind of always it that like. -Jess
She does say "UM" a lot, which is very odd for someone who also held so many jobs in PR and marketing which would require her to speak to the press or the public considering this is an extremely unprofessional way to speak. Ignoring that, let's look at all she said here.
She did contemporary ballet, but she never wanted to be a professional dancer she wanted to teach it (for some reason she never explains) and she also says she went to a performing arts college because she also did acting. She never says what college or where this happened. Seems like she's just checking off random boxes. Also, it should be noted that ballet is pretty much widely known for being full of people with eating disorders. [source]
There was never anything else I kind of considered the police for a minute and then was like no um so yeah...and actually I applied to be a PCSO when I was like 18 didn't get in and I think that's for the best - Jess
So she also wanted to be a police officer, going as far as to allegedly apply but not get in (If this even happened who knows). How do you go from ballet when you are young, to wanting to be a dance instructor, to applying for the police academy? Does this woman have any clue who she is or what she wants to do or is it all a lie? I mean she's even brought up the fact that she did acting at this performing arts college as well. What happened to that?
I was academic but it was mainly like creative it was dance and drama and I did textiles and things like that um and it really was only when I was tilling out my Ucas form that kind of out of nowhere I was like maybe I wanna get into fashion -Jess
So far we have, ballet, acting, police officer, drama, textiles, and out of nowhere fashion. Of all things. Which she goes on to admit that she'd never done before. She says she'd done textiles before (but doesn't really elaborate on what she did or what that even means) but not fashion. Still she describes this as something she did completely at random for no reason just because she wanted to and had no experience in whatsoever.
I spoke to like my dance teachers and it was actually one particular dance teacher that was like "why don't you go into fashion university?and if you decide that isn't the right career for you like dance will always be there..." -Jess
As I am to understand per her explanation, she'd never been interested in fashion before, ever, then suddenly wanted to get into it, and then one of her dance teachers said she should do it. Even though according to her she'd danced her whole life. What exactly would make this instructor tell her that she should go into fashion when she even admits herself that she never had any real interest in it before or had done it? Why not encourage her to keep dancing since she was already so good at it or whatever? Does this make any sense to anyone? It's like she gets bored every 5 minutes and picks a new career.
Everyone of course wanted to go to London College Of Fashion but I had kind of only really discovered it so to speak -Jess
She didn't know of the London College Of Fashion but she also knew that everyone wanted to go there but knew nothing about fashion and decided to apply anyway because suddenly she wants to go into this line of work. The "business end" of things not design. Keep this in mind for later.
She says they only allowed 50 people into her course that she was applying to which was fashion management and this is out of thousands of applicants, she says, but somehow they chose her out of all those people (even though she openly admits she had no experience in this or connections or any actual reason they should have approved her into this program). She also says that her specialism was in marketing.
I only wanted to go and work for Levis in Brussels...so I was like that's it I don't wanna apply for anything else -Jess
She goes on from there to explain that her Uni says that she wasn't going to get the internship and that she had to apply for something else because she didn't have the experience to warrant Levis hiring her but she insisted that was the only place she wanted to work. Then magically somehow she got in.
A woman with no experience in fashion, marketing, any sort of anything, miraculously got this internship after also miraculously getting into a fashion uni when she never had any interest in fashion before applying to the uni. Hell, she says she didn't even know about LCF before that point (even though she clearly did because she said everyone wanted to go there).
I got an internship at Vivienne Westwood...I just emailed them...so I basically got an internship with Vivienne Westwood -Jess
Her entire explanation about how she got this internship was that she just emailed them one day and they gave her the internship. With little to no experience in anything other than I guess she had been an intern for Levis and she claims that at some point she wanted to be a stylist so she interned with some stylist but didn't like it. From all of that non-experience, she somehow got an email to contact Vivienne Westwood and then they gave her the internship....what? Then she says she did the internship, left Vivienne Westwood, and then she got a job somewhere before even graduating. At that first job, she got a phone call pretty much immediately from Westwood and their PR team had a job interview opening and wanted to interview her.
She says that she had stayed friends with her bosses from the internship and they remembered how great she was so they pushed her forward to getting the job. She also didn't want to live in the UK she wanted to move to America she tried to get a job with Westwood offices in L.A but that didn't work out. She says she didn't feel like she could "grow" at the company. She says at that job she made a bunch of contacts with people and celebrities and decided she wanted to get into PR and celebrity management, skipping over, you know that whole scandal she was involved in with Vivienne Westwood.
So basically I left them moved on to another role and that was I'd like to say PR and celebs working in that role and that naturally then stepped into looking at management -Jess
All of this is very vague and weird, that she loved working for the company but also felt that she couldn't grow there so she wanted to leave? She tried to get a job in America but they didn't give her the job and then she brushed shoulders with some celebrities. Except she was already in PR because she was doing PR for Vivienne Westwood but she talks about this like she wanted to get into PR when the entire reason she was hired in the first place was a PR job which she even said. Once again, I'm confused.
Then she goes on to tell her story about how she met Machine Gun Kelly which is even more bizarre.
Um so I me Machine Gun Kelly when I was at Vivienne Westwood, so it's like totally rogue how it all happened....I was like Oh my god this guy's sick and like he looked great and I've got to dress him... -Jess
I don't know why this was something she thought at all because as mentioned previously, she interned with a stylist but didn't like it and said styling wasn't for her so she quit that internship now suddenly she wants to be a stylist for Machine Gun Kelly even though her job at Vivienne Westwood had nothing to do with styling or celebrity management she was the senior press officer for their PR.
So I found this random email that I honestly couldn't even tell you who it was at the time I found this email and I was just like hey like I word at Westwood and I really like Machine Gun Kelly's Music um let me know if you're ever in London or if I can dress you for anything -Jess
What we are looking at here is complete and utter made-up nonsense. This is definitely not a truthful story. Clearly, she met MGK somehow because they follow each other on IG (though he's never publicly acknowledged her nor did he ever like or comment on one of the many posts about him on her account either). She only has one weird photobooth photo with him which looks to be at some party and she put the tag for MGK over herself because that makes sense, I guess?
What I don't understand here at all is how she was not a stylist, never wanted to do anything in fashion when it came to design, interned with a stylist and hated it, worked for PR for Westood but also apparently didn't work for PR even though that's what she was hired for and then found a "random email" and got in touch with MGK and he loved her so much that they became besties forever when he came into London and she met his team.
Whatever this story is, it's leaving out a bunch of details or was made up on the spot because really analyze what she's saying here and everything she's said so far and how none of it makes sense. These things just keep randomly happening to her by chance or coincidence because she's "so great" that everyone just "has to have her" and she's offering job services to people that she doesn't even do but they hire her for it anyway?
Anyway this interview is ridiculously long and I'm not going to cover it in one post but if you can't see all the red flags just from this first half of it...I don't know why. It's so odd and contradictory. The way she speaks is entirely unprofessional and nothing she says is even half way believable. I don't know why the woman interviewing her didn't call her out on any of it or ask her to elaborate more but if this is the story she's telling people about herself. how did she ever get hired to do anything for anyone in the first place?
Stay tuned for part two. Link to the interview is here if you want to confirm for yourself she said all these things.
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marchsstuff · 10 months
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Tumblr is home
Why ?
Well here no one has met each other not even once but they are so connected, it's starts with those random reblogs,notes,a bit stalking:P and bam you are friends,mutuals for life. Later on you talk and find huh we have so much in common or waoo where were you bro my whole life vali vibe. Nothing much you just have people here that no matter what happens kuch bhi koi kaand ho ya faltu anon kai lafde ya life mai koi dikkat agr unhe pata chala then tuh bhai sb bhid jainge haha some peacefully, some with very colourful words:P but the main thing they are there having your back no matter what.
Honestly the people here know you much better than people you're with. If you post some vry sad or depressing content they will just check in with you like sb thik ? Kuch hua bta hum hain !! Or messages like heyy i m here of you if wanna talk or not and that's it after that they give you the space sometimes knowing that koi hai that is enough. If you're posting something happy like you got the college you wanted or cracked some exam or finally overcame that writers block n wrote something after a long time dude they are going to be there cheering you up supporting giving and wishing you the best dil se just pure feelings some with words some with reblogs but there always.
This has always been a kind community plz don't fuck that up for others. Don't spread hate you have opinions fine sabki hote hain but atleast have a decency of using your words correctly bro. Words have a tendency to stick till very end, you don't know ki apke judgements aur opinions doosre ko kaise effect krte hain. You have some issue with someone wtf unse baat kro what is this with sharing it with puri duniya. I haven't been here that long or interacted much but i have seen that people coming on anon really just fuck with your mind i mean bhai aapko kya "they can do whatever they want do you know them... that's ryt you don't". If someone is posting something sad then people are like you are spreading negativity bhai itni dikkat hai na just freaking unfollow kon keh ra dekhne ko tumhe.
Tumblr has been a place for lots of people who first started from here be it writers, poets,singers, dancer , you just name it the reason bcz there was always something supporting understanding about it.
Hence spread love and if you know apke opinions sai koi effect ho ra just talk to them ho sakta baat krne sai he sort ho jae and bhai koi zaroori nhi hai sort he krna hai dikkat hai na then ek block ar unfollow button hai tumblr pr use it. Don't make this a place where people have to actually want to leave that just ain't right.
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georgegraphys · 15 days
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Warning: Self analysis, might be biased, personal thoughts
Everything wrong with Mercedes' social media team (+ PR)
Before this, I just wanted to acknowledge how hard they've been working as a team in such a tough position, dealing with the hates, etc. I perfectly understand that every team has different ways of social media management and PR strategy that can't be compared to one another. But I feel like I need to talk about what are the things I felt wrong and maybe give some of my thoughts or insights with it.
1. Content
Okay. I've talked about this before and anon said "They might be forced or ordered to make such contents. This and that yadda yadda and in the end they may not have much choices to make except follow their superiors" I just wanna yes. Yes it could be like that but let's talk about the overall content that has been put out now.
Objectively speaking, Mercedes' social media team's achilles heel is probably the fact that they could not force one party to do the same amount of social media PR as George does. It is perfectly understandable that LH might not want to do those things because as you age or progress in some sport, you get tired of doing those PR shits and I don't blame him. It is tiring and sometimes stressful.
But I also feel like there is a lack of creativity? and I don't know where it came from. Could be from themselves, being too lenient and relaxed for the past few years because they're drowning in success and fame and did not feel the need to expand more in terms of social media strategies OR they could be restricted by their superiors too which is understandable. It is also important to note that these things might happen because all these times, Mercedes fans are mostly there for one person so as time goes on, the team starts making contents that are specific only to that niche. And they might not feel the need to branch out of there to attract general team fans outside of that niche, which explains why some might call Mercedes' contents cringe, boring, etc.
Before George, I feel like none of the drivers are open to doing friendly contents to what other teams did. It's fine since it could be counter measured by lots of other strategies but again, they didn't and the reason for it could be lack of willingness or creativity or superior words. Ever since George came, they started picking up those trends and contents to do with George and that honestly helps because George is really PR flexible to those contents but at one point, it ended up not being too useful as the effort was kind of one-sided. These kinds of things had to be a collective effort from both sides.
I do not blame any of the drivers. The other one might feel fed up or just want to relax without having to do that stupid BS (It is tiring). I just feel like Mercedes could've handled that better with better strategies but they either let it happened or it was the superiors that were in the way of improvements or something. I don't know about that but it could definitely be handled better
I had hopes for 2025. Hopefully, with the new line up, we could see a fresher side of Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team in terms of PR and social media strategy than what has happened in the past years. It would totally be exciting to see how the social media team and PR team would work with the new driver in 2025.
2. The involvement of the reserve drivers and juniors.
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Mick Schumacher, ever since he entered the team as a reserve driver in 2023, has helped a lot in content making. He lessen George's burden a lot and i'm very thankful for his involvement and how he has been such a great guy in Mercedes' PR ways. He even participated on some PR campaigns like those of Monster Energy and Tommy Hilfiger.
But as there is a new reserve driver now in 2024 which is Frederik Vesti. I feel like Fred should be pushed equally like Mick does. No hate or anything but the team b&w photoshoots for example. I'm pretty sure at that moment, they are aware already of Fred becoming the new reserve driver but my question stands in "why is he not participating in those stuff?" like photoshoots or content making. And this is not only social media team's work but also PR team.
I feel like Fred should be included equally. Photoshoots, interviews, contents or whatever it is. I feel like now that they have two reserve drivers, they should work on equally treating them. I am perfectly aware that they are working on Fred slowly and consistently (hope that continues) but I do hope Fred got the chance to participate more in the future. And that would not just be advantageous for Fred but also for Mercedes because more people=more fame 🤣🤣.
And for the juniors part, I do see Doriane and Kimi getting more push in 2024 from the team as a junior. A part of me wished that last year, Paul and Fred got the same treatment. For their wins, for their points and involvement in content. Although those things are in the past, I hope what they are doing now with Kimi and Doriane could be improved and could be more consistently and equally applied to all their juniors. They should give some spotlight to Alex Powell too tbh. He did a great job at F4 UAE this year, scoring several podiums and wins. I hope they do improve in terms of equalization 😁.
3. Internal Dynamics of the Team
I think we all joked a lot about "oohh the grussell hater admin is at work today" or "oohh the gr63 lovers admin logged on today" and while it can be funny and stuff. If seen from a professional standpoint, it is very unprofessional.
"Why Ari? Are you sure it isn't just you overreacting?" No. Nope. These things aren't supposed to show. Internal dynamics aren't supposed to be readable the public. When it comes to this point where the public can know "who" is logging on, can get a grasp on the 'split' of the internal team dynamics, these all screams unprofessionalism. You are not supposed to know these things as a fan nor you are not supposed to let the fans/public know about these things if you're the employee. For these things to show blatantly means there is a lack of synchronization amongst the team and unprofessionalism.
Social media is about bragging. It's about building and retaining personal branding, promoting yourself, telling yourself and gaining attention. And that's what a corporate social media does too except it wasn't for themselves but for the brand and the company. As a social media admin for a company, you should not be known as admin 1 or admin 2 or admin 3. Because in doing your work, you are under ONE ENTITY to represent the company. One social media account means one entity no matter how much admins there are. And to be able to do so, they need synchronizing with one another. This is done so their actions remains equal. The equal actions reflects on professionalism and integrity.
To let an internal dynamic seep through how a social media account is working is kinda unprofessional especially when you can tell the admins' preference. That should not happen because it's a TEAM man.. a TEAM's social media account that's not supposed to show. Preferences, bias and stuffs 😭. BIG NO. They honestly need a fix on how they manage those stuffs so it doesn't seep to the general public knowledge. Being nosy to a company's dynamic is one thing but letting the public be aware of your company's dynamic is ANOTHER.
No one wants their company name stained because if you flop, they flop, well except if they did shitty things like RBR's TP but these internal dynamics such as who likes who or who sides with who, shouldn't be seen by the public. It should be kept under the sheets and be dealt with inside. For them to be noticed is a problem with unprofessionalism. I do hope they can synchronize more regarding these things, put up some T&C, be more strict, and improve this part.
4. Content planning
First of all, I am perfectly aware that this is a very subjective topic. My opinion can differ than yours and i am aware that how a team plan it's contents differs from other teams. I will not criticize nor scrutiny but I will just give my insight on what i found wrong and what they could do better (from my opinion of course).
Mercedes' content planning in 2024 have improved significantly than last year. They have been more consistent in terms of pushing George and doing their contents. But of course, a part of this wouldn't happen if it weren't for Feb 1 😀. There are several problems within how they work on their content planning (in my opinion) last year and I'm going to point out on it. And this is exhibit 1
Exhibit 1: Repetitive use of content materials
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The George double is a funny cute one if you look at it for the first three videos. And honestly for contents like this? Three is the maximum. But they do EIGHT. EIGHT CONTENTS. And that is just over usage. That is just too much. You are feeding the general public the same contents 8x. They will get the ick. Besides, as time goes on, the contents are no longer funny and looks like it was forced. It lacked the original creativity when they first made it and as their objective has differed now that they had to 'milk it out' several times. Their first objective might just be "oh creative content" but afterwards it's just "how to milk more from this" and that's where a content loses its fun.
I understand that some people might find these enjoyable to a certain extent but the amount of similar contents Mercedes came to do in the end? Too much. And it also gets affected by how they post the content irregularly. It would've been a delivery if the content were to be made weekly or it became some kind of series. That would be more entertaining honestly instead of just dumping the same contents again and again all at once. People get bored so fast and if you just dump all of the same ones at once, it's like eating 30 of the same croissant at the same time. You get sick of it 🤣
Exhibit 2: The Unequal Portrayal of George Russell
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I think I don't need pictures for this. But we all know how "George meme" or "meme guy" has been a thing for George. In a sense, I do acknowledge how it has been a good material for damage control (judging by how fast his image recovers post SIN23), to boost marketability/popularity, and to gain a solid base to attract new fans or the general public.
But it all went wrong when Mercedes milked too much out of this and portrayed George unequally compared to his teammates and even, his own TP who shouldn't even get that much spotlight. At this stage, it could be detrimental to his image and career as a public figure and a team's representative to the sponsors.
Mercedes' brand image for years now has always been the big guy brand. They don't do transitions and it has always been constant. So therefore, they attract big guy brands too like IWC, Puma, Tommy Hilfiger, Marriott Bonvoy, etc. They don't have McLaren-esque google or lego sponsors. And I understand that the approach with George memes were also probably an effort to reach the general audiences and branch out but it gets too much.
"Where did it get detrimental?" When it's overused and when he is portrayed as only the meme guy and not others. LH gets portrayed with his success and serious contents. Toto Wolff got a birthday edit, a proper one at it and is portrayed as a successful alpha man that brings his team to its peak (he didn't). All this while George can't have his 100th Grand Prix poster edited well. The moment they put an effort on him last year was if it's his meme. It is honestly DAMAGING for him. Because it might lead or have already led people to view him in a two dimensional way. Just George the meme guy not George the driver. And this part honestly contributes a bit as to why his crash in AUS23 is used as a joke and is laughed upon. Why? Because his team has been so comfortable, so supportive, and encouraging of people making jokes about George that people lessen George to just a mere JOKE when he is not. This is honestly damaging and sad. His TP is built with a better image by the social media/PR team last year. While George has the most effort put on him when it comes to his memes.
Then again, not only to fans, this could also be damaging to his image in front of sponsors. I've said earlier about how Merc sponsors are big guy sponsors. They are serious brands. They don't just recruit George as ambassadors just because George is a driver for the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team. 'How do you know Ari?' Look at Monster Energy and George. They don't fit. That's why they never did campaigns together and that's why they left and only decided to maintain a collaboration with Lewis. Puma, Tommy, Mercedes Benz and IWC collaborated with George because they viewed him as someone fitting to represent their brand. But what happened if George's image changed because of how his team has been portraying him and encouraging such acts? They could've dropped him. We've seen actors, idols and artists in real life getting their career wrecked after an overexaggerating wrong portrayal that changed their image. That could've happened.
"Ari, don't be too hard on them" I don't curse on them chill.. I am perfectly aware that this is not their sole decision maybe and I am perfectly aware of how this helps George too. But in a way, some of their moves are just wrong and could be damaging to George's career. And it is actually crazy to think that they still do such George's double and memes content up until Feb 1. If Feb 1 were to not happen, it could continue until now. There is no denying that part of the reason why the admins have been taking George seriously is because of what happens on Feb 1 and that is just so WRONG. There are tons of other approaches that you can use to milk out popularity/reach/marketability from these things without an overexaggeration, over usage, and not setting the limits to how the public views their driver. A team's PR and social media is also heavily responsible for the image building of their talent because the image their talent built reflects to the sponsors they retain and attract.
These all could be small, funny, unserious things but there are people whose career changed because of those small, funny, and unserious things.
Lastly, I give the biggest kudos to the people in the social media and PR team who have been doing their work well for George. And i am so proud to see their overall improvement. I hope to see that continues consistently. Not only for George but for Fred, Kimi, Doriane, Alex Powell, and whoever George's teammate is in the future. I hope they don't re-do their mistakes and continue to work their best. Don't forget to appreciate these guys regardless of the team's result. They are the front to the public's perception and feedback. It must've been hard for them too. But if they do something wrong, you can correct them in the right, proper and polite way without bashing them.
This whole thing is my opinion and insight to what I see wrong and what they can improve. Feel free to agree to disagree. Feel free to talk in my asks if there are other things I miss or if you wanna share your opinion.
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You think it will last till October? Damn Chris is screwed…I’ve been team pr since the beginning and with more and more facts i’m 100% this rs is fake as hell but all this trolling, her terrible behaviour, racism, cultural appropriation…It is the worst period of being a chris stan i swear. Even with being team pr I’m already fed up and don’t wanna be his fan anymore bc now he associated only with trash (hello portutrio), anxiety and mess. Every new photo os him, project or appearance doesn’t bring any happiness into me. I feel nothing except for exhaustion. I’m sorry but Chris is not the greatest actor of all time who has only good project. He is a good actor but his fanbase is the only thing that make him popular. Without his fans and their support no one needs him. It is sad but it is truth. I am not even sure that after this shitshow fans that feel like i do will feel any interests towards him
Yes, unfortunately, acc. to my dream it seems like this mess will go on longer than we expected. And I fully understand your fellings about this mess. It is very draining.
There are some other important signs as well and it involves Alba's movies coming out later this year, Amelia's Children and Borderline. She needs promotion and exposure for them.
We have also discovered some interesting links to why promotion of Ameila's children might be important and it is because Wild Bunch has boarded sales of Amelia's Children.
Point to be noted there has been no set release date of Amelia's Children. It is set to release sometime later this year but we don't know when. I think it will not end until Amelia's Children doesn't get released and the best way to promote Amelia's Children rn is through Alba and her pr rs with Chris.
So logically also, I don't expect this pr ending soon. I can be wrong though. We will see.
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https://www.tumblr.com/ballplayersxo/732566555741831168/anybody-got-tea-on-the-current-spurs-they-used-to?source=share
i came across this ask which ill give my first shot at answering in my own way cause im a spurs fan! and girl all i can say is i wish there was more tea to report on 😭😭 not to say that theres zero drama going down in san antonio.. ive always asked myself: theres so much nba tea floating around but so little on my guys?? but now i understand that drama doesnt happen as regularly bc gregg popovich has more control over these niggas off the court than you would expect. in other teams its not really a common thing for coaches to hold players accountable for non basketball related things but id compare pop/the organization to a teacher/school because in a way they operate as figures of authority (similar to college-style basketball). its tougher to find spurs drama since he keeps the younger guys on a tighter leash after learning the hard way from tim duncans messy ass divorce/tony parkers cheating scandal but i assure you tea is there even tho its harder to find. i do agree with anon that sochan and vassell look like hoes but idk if we'll ever get to know that (unproven rn) side of them aside from speculation by who they follow on insta. including jeremy whos the most active on socials, all of them trained to move in silence + being a small market + tight pr means less reports but yes there is some tea and hottakes id like to spill although its not much
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speaking of primo hes an ex spur but josh primo signed a new contract after joining the clippers and proposed to his (white) gf (story in attachment above). congrats her ig he has the face of a child whos balls havent dropped yet AND is a sex offender 🤷🏾‍♀️
context for everyone who doesnt know: primo was waived (even after he signed a contract extension apparently) because he flashed his ugly d*ck to a team staff member and then claimed he did it bc he had mental health issues. after primos babyface was sued by his psychologist (the woman he flashed) he was waived without so goodbye to his creepy ass. (on a personal note i really hate how "mental health" is used as some excuse for these sorts of things. like this nigga seriously thinks theres any valid excuse for flashing his tiny pp at women?? especially the woman whos job was helping out his "mental health" shit in the first place?? foh). it had way less info than an event like the kpj case but i think the lack of it is a testament to the spurs pr so there could be other stuff in the bg we as the public simply dont know abt
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on a more positive note ik julian champangie has a gf. shes makes frequent cameos on his insta and vice versa and have been together since high school. also i dont have the link but i clearly remember another anon in an old post here claimed that sochan is bi and follows trans women but ill put that to sleep since its false. being bi isnt 100% out of the question obviously (literally anybody can be bi without us knowing. looking at you dwight.) but theres no real evidence besides: omg look he dyes his hair and has an aesthetic he must be bi!!! i think people see a nigga who has an eccentric sense of style and instantly wanna jump to label him but nawww ive seen his following on insta 😂😂 anon was confusing "trans women" for TONS of polish/british/american (all white) insta thots. hes a cutie but it wouldnt be farfetched to assume hes not into black women. yall he aint bisexual hes biracial 😂😂
https://x.com/RTNBA/status/1691153501299134464?s=20
unrelated: sochan rookie hazing wembanyama during the offseason was kinda funny tho
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https://youtu.be/1VZykbSv7nk?feature=shared
dejounte and jaina are always on and off afaik lmfao girl secured some big bags. anyways dj talking about his experience with the spurs was insightful for me. i wasnt aware before there was alot of clash between ghetto behavior and how the organization wanted him to behave but frankly im not surprised by it
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not really gossip related but stories of irl players ive encountered:
(retired spur) i met david robinson at church when i was really young. i remember being scared of him at first cause he was so tall lol but i remember him sitting down to shake my hand and my parents taking a picture of us. its kinda embarrassing since it has the vibes of a baby crying on santas lap but funny nonetheless 😂😂
got an autograph from demar a few years back. it was quick and we didnt talk much since he had to leave after but he was cool when i asked
the only current spur ive met is devin vassell in a random encounter at the gas station (this was last yr). i recognized him but wasnt sure how he was gonna react to being approached for an autograph/photo but he was really sweet w it. i asked him where he was headed to & he said the gym but joked after that, a nap at home with his dogs lol. the names of his two dogs, iirc he told me: donovan and ace. very warm, he has a pleasant voice and smile too, if hes a longtime spur he should join our broadcast team once he retires lmao
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thank you for coming to my sas analysis despite my team lowkey tanking right now. have a great day owner, ill go back to lurking now, god bless you.
lmao anon thank you for this, i appreciate when you guys send long asks about things you care about!! but the josh primo case was definitely something that never made much sense to me. like why would he do that? i just can’t comprehend the thought process. it was a thing here in canada and a bunch of people were talking about it cause i know people who used to play with him. it’s getting weird. idk where to start with dejounte and jania but they’re both very annoying and belong with each other tbh. & gay/bi allegations are everywhere it’s crazy. lmao this was interesting overall though
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ultradeducing · 11 months
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dakota | nonbinary | they/he | 19 | indigenous
about + dni + byf below cut to avoid clutter
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this is primarily a bsd blog (NOT manga spoiler free i am up to date on the manga and will likely talk about or reblog it and i will likely ONLY tag the newest chapters for spoilers when they release (as bsd manga spoilers so you can blacklist on chapter release days) so if you are not caught up or are anime only my blog is not spoiler free) but probably assorted stuff too (posts i like or find funny basically) where i'll probably reblog mostly and maybe make some posts myself. i might post art too but only if i don't think someone will post it creditless on instagram /hj. i will likely just use this to view content and stuff though i'll be honest i'm mostly a passive reblogger sort of tumblr user
dni if (censored to not show up in the search i don't wanna deal w these people and if you are one of these people do not bother i am not entertaining you hope that helps) you are a pr*shipper, tr*nsmed, bigots in general i somewhat doubt theres some t*rf or racist perusing a bsd blog but just in case, a m*ri defender, shippers and/or defenders of things such as fukur*n/d*zaku/od*zai and other brands of weird ships
byf i am not a discourse blog because that's so draining but sometimes i will post my opinions on things if i feel like it. i might talk a lot about bsd because of the autism i have a lot to say (not necessarily and probably barely discourse stuff ftr just random shit i think about you never know really). my blog is again not spoiler free! i keep my ask box closed because ive gotten too many weird asks in the past and i am simply not giving anyone the chance for my own comfort. please please please do not randomly dm me it isn't personal or unfriendliness it just is very uncomfortable for me. and i do promise i dont talk so stingy in actual conversation i just like to lay down my boundaries cohesively. also just to note i don't really mind if you interact w my posts (reblogging etc) but i don't feel particularly comfy actively interacting with anyone under 16 or over 23ish because it's just not a lot in common with anyone else. i also use tone indicators and appreciate them being used also (not every sentence or anything but when it might be vague otherwise. it saves us all a little stress!!). somewhat relatedly i tag common triggers and flashing lights with the format "cw: [trigger]" so you can make sure it's blacklisted — i will try to use every variant of the trigger's word if applicable (i.e. "cw: flashing" and "cw: flashing lights")!
that's all i think sorry it's longwinded 🫶
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sexysaltine · 11 months
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Pharrell Williams at Louis Vuitton: i have thoughts
I was pleasantly surprised by the collection and of course I love a spectacle but I just can't get past the celebrity of it all.
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I guess I'm just one of those pretentious snobs that thinks celebrities shouldn't just be given jobs in fashion. They aren't fucking qualified. People go to school for this, put in a lot of work. It's one thing to do a line, like beyoncé's ivy park, where it's kind of like having a ghostwriter do your memoir, a celebrity puts their name on it but there's a design team doing most of the real work with the celeb advising. Having a celeb be creatively in charge of a heritage brand? That is a whole different story.
It's the same ick I have for people who call themselves designers but don't know how to sew. You have to understand how clothes are constructed in order to design, and you should have some actual experience in the fashion industry if you wanna be a creative director.
but apparently not i guess, if you're famous enough.
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And we'll never know exactly how much of what we see on the runways is designed by Pharrell. We'll never know if he just contributed a few basic ideas or if he actually fully embodies the role of creative director. The PR will always do whatever it can to make it look like Pharrell is fully committed to this and doing the work. This is a big job, one that comes with an immense amount of pressure and stress. This is a job that can have a dire effect, sucking the life out of some, or sending some to rehab (marc jacob's for example, former creative director of LV) and working people to death. Pharrell has really no risk involved in this, if he crashes and burns he will be absolutely fine and no one will really remember that weird time when Pharrell tried to be a fashion designer.
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There's also a lot of Chanel referencing... Like of course there is, it makes sense but i'm not happy about it. Just anything related to Chanel at this point gives me an ick. Pharrell was a face of Chanel under Karl Lagerfeld and the two constantly collaborated so it makes sense that that style would be engrained in his aesthetic as a designer.
However purely from an aesthetic perspective, Chanel has been doing what Chanel does since the 80s when Karl took over. They've been doing the same fucking thing stylistically for forever. So why do we need more of that? Why bring that into an unrelated heritage brand that neither Coco or Karl ever had anything to do with. Why flood the luxury market with the same stuff your competitor is not only known for, but constantly criticized for, causing them to be labeled as boring or outdated? Does the world need more Chanel suits? because I think if someone wanted a Chanel suit, they would just go to Chanel.
Aesthetic aside, let Chanel fucking die already. Both her and Karl sucked and we should stop ignoring that.
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All that being said I was pleasantly surprised by the collection. Camo of any kind is not for me but there is a customer for that. The accessories stood out, as they should for a brand like LV. and if Pharrell knows how to do one thing it's put on a show and that he did. It was a star-studded massive production and those are fun.
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please do share unpopular opinions (or just opinions in general) about CALM ty in advance 💕💕🥺
Okay, I'm not sure if my opinions are unpopular but let's go.
We start this off so fucking strong, Red Desert is hands down their best album opener, i love how this has Ashton written all over, the drums in it make me feel like I'm riding a horse while running away through the desert, the harmonies, the buildup, everything about it, amazing. Then we move on to no shame and the "fuck the industry but god i love it here", the lyrics in this paint such an entertainer, I live for the applause thing, buried in some of their cooler melodies to date in my opinion. Old me is the ultimate "everything i did and everything that happened to me made me who i am and i have to live with that whether i like it or not" and i love it so much "had to fuck it up before i really got to know me" that turns into a "had to fuck it up before i let you get to know me" that's life for you right there, some of their most meaningful lyrics. And we get to easier. I have a complicated relationship with studio easier, I think sonically the vault version fits 5sos so much better than the studio version, but I got to admit, current me eats the studio version of this song up, the drums that sound like they're being played with a pipe, the high notes thrown flawlessly all around, the synth layer in the guitar, the vocals, the bass you can feel in your soul, the catch lyrics, honestly, very nice song. Also, again, who told Luke he would never change?? And then we get to teeth, "we're toxic but i love every second of it", the bass alone in this song is enough to drive me feral, but everything around it builds up beautifully, the lyrics, the guitars, the drums, the high notes, great song all around, "late night devil put your hands on me and never never never ever let go", amazing, blew me away from the first time i heard it, i remember saying i wanted that tattooed on me the day it dropped. Then we move on the mandatory song about sex, wildflower. "the song is about abundance" sure Calum, sure. One word for you, HARMONIES. Also love me the mandatory Calum solo song we get every album. It just makes me happy. And now we're done with side A. I feel like this album has a very clear division, and I don't know if its because by the time it came out we had heard the first 6 songs or if its because the division is actually there.
Side B begins with Best Years, look, I think its a cute song, i like the vibes, i like the guitars, but it just doesn't stand out to me, its not bad, its not good, its just there, but i gotta give it to it "I wanna hold your hand while we're growing up" is exactly what I want out of love. Then we move on to not in the same way yet another "we're toxic but I'm loving every second", this song has THE best bridge 5sos has ever written, I don't care, I'm right, also "we fuck and we fight and you call me a psycho", the pre-chorus, chefs kiss, the way it just perfectly describes the being trapped in a cycle, and the way that's exaggerated because the guitar in this is the exact same the whole song, you're just cycling through two notes over and over and over, but we are still getting an insane buildup around the bass and the drums, ugh, talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same. Then we move on the song that made me wonder if I can make a song my whole personality, everything about lover of mine is perfect, the only bad thing about it is that it ends, the piano in the beginning, the acoustic guitar riff all around, the electric guitar riffs sprinkled in, Luke's voice, the harmonies in the back, the way we just have the strings until the drop of the drums for the second verse and the way the drums complement the melody, also, when Calum comes in, I get that he likes his high notes, i get it, but his lower harmonies always drive me crazy, and in this song in particular when he comes in I just lose it, the second pre-chorus and chorus of this are everything to me and then the outro when we get the piano back, ugh, i wish i could listen to this song for the first time again, cuz it changed me as a person.
Then we go to thin white lies, love me a good song that's completely built around the bass, the instrumentation in this song is insane, honestly, the bass, the guitars, the beat, mindblowing, and the lyrics "I don't feel your love and i don't ask too many questions" "these empty sounds and endless stories so tell me what i wanna hear" the way its just "this relationship is slowly killing me but i need to pretend a little longer so keep lying to me". Lonely Heart, this song, the way its just the guitar riff and Luke's voice, and then it just drops for the chorus, the harmonies, the little ohs and ahs in the back, the drums only bridge, that leads to a just one guitar and a high note and the drums kicking in again, ugh, gets me every time, and don't get me started on the lyrics, "I'm bad for you and we both know it, but stay with me anyway," excuse me???????? "Can i have a second chance can i have another dance can i start another life with you" excuse me????????????????? And we go from this to high, like way to kick me when I'm down. The play with words on this song fascinates me. "I think that my heart was built to last more than a night" "I know I'll never meet your expectations, but the picture that you paint of me looks better in your mind" excuse me did they really need to write this???? And the melody is pretty much just the guitar riff and harmonies and that makes such an interesting sound. And it makes the album end in such a contrasting note to red desert, since red desert revolves around the drums, honestly, amazing closer.
And now we get to the bonus song, my little love, kill my time. I strongly believe there are like, 5 different romance movie plots hidden in this song, one of their biggest strikes of genius in storytelling, it just paints a picture, honestly, if I'm really into it llwhen I'm listening, I can see the movie playing in my head, and the 80s pop feel???? AMAZING. The guitars, the synth, the beat, the song not really ending, just fading out, ooof, one of their best songs in my humble opinion, "stained hearts trying to find a home looking for something real" yeah.
Solid album all around, a bit chaotic and not at all cohesive, but it works.
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cartoon-buffoon · 22 days
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Decided to write a bio thing because I'm bored + I wanna establish some boundaries here so uhh- here's some stuff about me Cartoon Buffoon aswell as other things if you wanna know!
Who am I?
Hello! I'm Cartoon Buffoon and I write stuff and like cartoons, there's a chance you've could of read my stuff if you read one shots on AO3 that feature Oswald The Lucky Rabbit since I have a tendency to write fluffy content relating to him, and angst on occasion (some of my stories are 18+ tho yet more on that later). I'm simply a buffoon for cartoons is all. I love old animation from the 1920s-60s yet I also do indulge in more modern stuff as well.
Identity
I'm bisexual🩷💜💙(leaning towards men) and aromantic 💚🤍🖤.
My gender is uhh... Complicated? I don't know what I am although I currently identify as gender fluid although I do refer to myself as trans as well🏳️‍⚧️.
Pronouns are He/She/They/anything else really! Toon is usually the nickname I'm most comfortable with online.
One last thing I should note about myself is my horrid mental health and terrible anxiety, I do struggle with emotions and such so I have a tendency to be vulgar and "edgy" although I always try to be polite to anyone I meet. I suffer from a cataclysm of other issues mentally as well although I still try to be nice and funny to make up for this.
Things I'm into/fandoms I'm in.
My interests lie in old cartoons however I do dabble in other stuff, my interest and hyperfixations go in the following order:
—In The Dark comics/Skitzo the 1920s killer bear
—Oswald the lucky rabbit
—Felix the cat
—Rubberhose animation in general
—the furry fandom
—Trevor Henderson's creations
—FNAF
—FNF/Newgrounds and it's culture in general
—Sonic The Hedgehog
and some other stuff although I can't really think of more currently yet those are my TOP interests
Hobbies
Although I'm horrible at all these things I do enjoy the following activities
—Writing fanfiction
—Drawing
—collecting plushies
—over analyzing media
DNI LIST
Gonna make a DNI list because I don't wanna interact with weirdos. Pretty basic list as well, if you're any of the following please kindly leave me alone.
—pr*shippers
—Z**philes, p*dophiles, anything of the sorts
—people who promote hate speech like N*zis, homophobic people, transphobic people, anybody who in general hates anybody for their sexuality gender orientation, race, etc (I'm apart of the LGBTQ+ community and I'm not white at all, this shouldn't have to be said that I don't wanna interact with someone who hates me)
Final Things
I suffer from a lot of stuff as such I use fiction to cope, quite a few of my writings are a bit self indulgent in the angst sad to say. One such thing I suffer from is hypersexuality and I do write 18+ fanfiction involving my favorite characters to cope (I write smut, to put it bluntly) although I do try to be a genuine writer and a few of my works demonstrate some sort of semblance of competency. For obvious reasons I'm not gonna talk about my non-respectable NSFW works on here although they do exist on my AO3 and I feel like I should at least acknowledge them. In my writings I also like to capture the magic of old cartoons in their humor so if you read my stuff you'll notice a trend of me trying to write or mimic rubberhose gags through words and detail.
I'm also a multishipper and a giant simp for fictional cartoon characters and technical self-shipper. I'm making note of this as some people are uncomfortable with this for some reason? The characters I simp for also align with my interest in rubberhose characters like: Skitzo the 1920s Killer Bear, Oswald The Lucky Rabbit, Felix the Cat, The Cartoon Cat, The Cartoon Dog. Anything that's black and white and has that asthetic is something I'm interested in, and each of my interest holds a character I'm attracted to like FNF/newgrounds having the Tankmen, or Super Sonic from Fleetway's run of Sonic comics.
The ships I like are usually gay in nature but I do like straight ships too, I'm also a big fan of crack ships aka characters that wouldn't logically be together although I look at canon and say "nuh-uh, I can make this cute". I ship Oswald with any and nearly every toon (expect for Mickey for obvious reasons) and I'm the proud captain of the SkitWald ship aka Skitzo the killer bear and Oswald.
To sum myself up: I'm mainly a lover of the obscure or forgotten while trying to create works or content to bring attention to my favorite things while also just trying to keep myself together physically and mentally.
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