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ash-morse · 4 months

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{ JOSH HEUSTON, 21, DEMI-BOY, HE/HIM } Is that ASHLEY MORSE ? A SOPHOMORE originally from CHARLESTON, SC, they decided to come to Ogden College to study PRE-MED on an ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP. They’re THE HIMBO on campus, but even they could get blamed for Greer’s disappearance.

THE ESSENTIALS

TBD

CHARACTER INSPIRATIONS

elle woods (legally blonde) - chris traeger (parks and rec) - finnick odair (the hunger games) - aaron samuels (mean girls) - troy bolton (high school musical) - finn hudson (glee) - jeremiah fisher (the summer i turned pretty) - wally clark (school spirits) - amy santiago (brooklyn 99) - seth cohen (the oc)

TV TROPES

THE HIMBO, book smart, ditzy genius, endearingly dorky, lovable jock, dumb muscle, beautiful all along, in with the in crowd, more TBD

OGDEN COLLEGE 2022-2023

MAJOR:

Pre-Med with a Gender and Sexuality Studies Minor

EXTRACURRICULARS:

Lacrosse (Defenseman), Sailing Queer Alliance, Pre-Med Society

BASIC INFORMATION

FULL NAME: Ashley Morse

NICKNAME(S): Ash

DATE OF BIRTH: May 29, 2002

AGE: twenty

ZODIAC SIGN: gemini sun, leo moon, libra rising, taurus mercury, cancer venus, gemini mars

OCCUPATION: ogden college student

HOMETOWN: charleston, sc

NATIONALITY: american

ETHNICITY: anglo-sri lankan

LANGUAGE(S): english

GENDER & PRONOUNS: demi-boy, he/him (

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: pansexual

PHYSICAL INFORMATION

FACE CLAIM: Josh Heuston

HEIGHT: 5'10”

EYE COLOR: light green

HAIR COLOR + STYLE: dark brown curls, worn long

ACCENT + INTENSITY: TBD

TATTOO(S): none

SCAR(S): TBD

PIERCING(S): one pierced ear, thanks to link

GLASSES: no

CLOTHING STYLE: TBD

PERSONALITY

MBTI TYPE: TBD

POSITIVE TRAITS: extroverted, sociable, clever, practical, determined, goofy, determined, intuitive

NEGATIVE TRAITS: scattered, flighty, indecisive, two-faced, over-sensitive, inconsistent, closed-off, judgmental

SKILLS: solving a rubik’s cube in about 10 seconds, can tie essentially any type of knot that exists, doing a standing back tuck (he does celebrate the rare goal as a defenseman in lacrosse this way)

GOALS/DESIRES: TBD

FEARS: TBD

HOBBIES: TBD

HABITS: TBD

SMOKES? yes, weed at least

DRINKS? yes

DRUGS? yes - he injured his knee last year and has been lowkey using opiates to help him deal with it because he can’t be kicked off the lacrosse team and lose his athletic scholarship. he completely downplayed the injury at the time, and has been consistently trying to hide the lasting affects - before that, he wasn’t much of a hard drug user.

PLEASE EXPAND ON HOW THEY EMBODY THEIR CHARACTER TROPE: THE HIMBO

tbd

expanded personality tbd

CONNECTIONS

connection page tbd

RELATIONSHIP TO GREER: NEW FRIEND

Last year, when Ash showed up as a freshman, his newly developed looks and the confidence that went along with them found him blending right into the popular clique. While he was aware that these were the very people who would’ve ignored him in high school, he couldn’t help but go along with it with the slightest sense of awe. Maybe because he is friendly with both Kit and Jesse, he never had anything but positive interactions with Greer, actually getting along extremely well. They often goofed off together, Ash definitely someone that could bring out her more easy going side, though that could be said for most people he interacted with.

BACKGROUND

FAMILY:

SOCIAL CLASS: upper class/upper middle class

FATHER: TBD

MOTHER: TBD

SIBLING(S)? TBD

family page tbd

BIOGRAPHY:

ash was definitely more shy/reserved/closed off in his younger years - before going through puberty, he was skinny and felt so outta place in who he was, so he held himself back a lot and was very much one of the shy nerdy kids

there was definitely some bullying as well through middle school/early high school, which definitely didn’t help him feeling comfortable in his own skin

his personality started to come out a lot more once he began to feel more confident, and people realized he was a complete goofball, albeit one who is very pretty

he had a glow up around senior year of high school, and was suddenly much more welcomed into the popular cliques

not being one to hold grudges, ash became friends with a lot of the kids who were previously mean to him

when he came to ogden, he was instantly accepted in as a jock, and fit in with the quote-unquote cool kids. it was a shock for him, and he tries to hide his still very loud nerdy side so they don't realize he doesn't belong and kick him out

expanded biography tbd

SOME FUN FACTS

TBD

he has def like...concussed himself on his own locker at least once

thinks ollie is g!

#muse #ogdenintro

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sapphire-weapon · 9 months

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I think a cool idea for Ada and Leon's relationship to continue and grow would be for Leon to maybe try to get Ada to be a better person by using her skills for good, like for her to be persuaded to leave a life where she secures and steals dangerous virus samples and sells them to the highest bidder. A redemption arc somewhat. That way there's still something purposeful in Leon and Ada's relationship, there's some kind of development that makes sense. I say this as someone who hates the ship, for the same reason you alway pointed out, Ada is too reliant on Leon as a character.

At least I hope Capcom now actually give Ada a proper backstory or at least actual character development. Ada being a morally ambiguous character is already cool but it just needs to be explored further, show us more of her intentions and her objectives. Her thoughts and feelings on the life she leads. Character development! Give us a new game with her as a protagonist Capcom!!

Ada next protagonist for RE9!

with Ashley as a side protag like RE2 Leon/Claire lol (ok but lowkey that'd be cool af ngl I would preorder day 1)

I disagree, for the most part. If Ada has a redemption arc, it shouldn't go through Leon. It actually makes her lack of independence worse.

As they are right now, they're both just kind of cynical people going through the motions. There's nothing left for one to teach the other. For Leon to be the inspiration behind her redemption arc feels contrived as fuck, because nothing would have changed between their dynamic in order to catalyze that shift in Ada's thinking. It'd basically just be like... Leon nagged her until she gave in, because she has no agency of her own and is wholly reliant on him for everything.

I'd rather see Ada have a redemption arc on her own and then reunite with Leon and see where the dynamic goes from that point forward. A reformed Ada with a cynical Leon puts them at a role reversal from where they were in RE2, which then gives them both another opportunity to grow.

That having been said, I think it's too late for OG Ada. I've basically written her character off as a loss; there's nothing that can be done for her at this point that won't feel half-baked and shoehorned in, because the next appearance she has will probably be her last -- assuming she even comes back again after RE6. There's not enough time left to pull off a redemption for her; Capcom has to retire her sooner rather than later due to her age -- if they haven't already, since the concept of women aging seems terrifying to them.

Remake Ada still has a chance to not have her character get written into the same corner as her OG counterpart -- but her redemption arc has to go through Wesker. That's basically how every good redemption arc happens: a threat becomes so urgent and powerful that it causes a character to wake up and go "oh, this is fucked, actually" and what starts as "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" eventually turns into "no, actually. I'm really on your side now. For good."

RE4make already started Ada down that path. She just needs to leave Leon behind and follow it. Then they can reunite.

But no sooner.

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caspercuta · 2 years

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𝙽𝚘, 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎, 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎, 𝙼𝚛. 𝙶𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀an independent, private writing portrayal of tatum riley from the 1996 horror classic, 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮. directed by ashley. survival au based, with original meta written by me. please read my rules below the cut.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝚋𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚕.

i.⠀as stated above, this is an independent and private writing blog. what does that mean? i am not affiliated with any other blog (i.e., exclusive to any one portrayal) and i only interact with mutuals. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND: tatum is a character from a slasher movie. there will be horror content on this blog, particularly fictional depictions of death, blood, and body horror. other heavy subjects tackled on this blog include: misogyny, survivor’s guilt, and ptsd. while i won’t block any minors from following me, please keep in mind i am over the age of twenty-one. i will not be writing smut on this account.

ii.⠀please, please read the bio page i have written up for tatum. she is a canon divergent portrayal and my tatum does not die as she does in scream.

iii.⠀if you’ve been in the scream rpc for a while, you may know me! i was @legacybait. my name is ashley, and it’s nice to be back. for those of you new to the fandom and/or don’t remember me, welcome anyway!

iv.⠀do not confront me on anon about any of my writing partners. if you’re concerned seeing a name i write with on your dash, come talk to me privately and we can talk. i do believe in deplatforming dangerous people in the community (p*dophiles, bullies). i read callouts that appear on my dash, but as someone that works night shifts, i’m not on for most of the day. there’s a lot that i miss going on in the rpc. i read callouts (as well as dnis) and take them into consideration, but that’s no guarantee i will or won’t follow someone.

v.⠀i have an atrocious memory. if you softblock me and i refollow, and that makes you uncomfortable? i am sorry. tumblr, as we all know, is a glitchy website. people often remake as well, and sometimes i don’t find out until weeks later. i’m going to assume one of these two explanations happened first, so if you don’t want me following you? please, hardblock me.

vi.⠀this is the last, but most important rule: i have horrible anxiety. plotting ... often flops with me. i’m trying to work back my restrictive boundaries, but please bare with me. i am a friendly person, but ooc conversation also drains me, and i may not reply for a day or two for mental health related reasons. my inspiration also wanes and flows, and i admittedly blog hop. this blog is going to be graphicless, iconless, and extremely lowkey. i will be primarily interacting with friends and/or blogs i have followed before from previous accounts. please respect this, and please do not hound me for replies or spam me with messages when i take some time to respond to dms. tumblr dms are the best way to keep in contact with me, as i do not check my discord often.

thank you for reading all of this! if none of these rules have turned you away, you can find tatum’s stats and canon divergent biography (under construction) here and here.

#𝙳𝙸𝚁𝙴𝙲𝚃𝙾𝚁'𝚂 𝙲𝚄𝚃⠀. . .⠀ooc tag .

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anarchistbitch · 2 years

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hihiiiiii

jhdskjahsd glad to see you enjoyed spy x family, it's so damn good, I would die for Anya, have some stuff i thought was great too dkjad

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im finally replying to eeeeeeverything so brace yourself lol

Simone Ashley real life disney princess?? Yes. couldnt agree more, HER EYES JESUS CHRIST HER EXPRESSIONS AHHHHH i admire anthony's strength and resolve bc i wouldve asked her to marry me right after that first meeting

i mean, daphne did try to interfere but her dumbass of a brother went and proposed to another girl, at that point they just had to let them be, it was a lost cause

i felt edwina's half sister right in my fucking gut, that one hurt so badly

i would guess that the carpet moved while eloise was throwing everythign around, but yeah, it was an awful scene to watch even tho we all knew shit was going to hit the fan eventually

did you get to finish watching cbaw??? at this point im a little confused as to what i had already replied and what i had yet to do so dksajhdjk sorryyyy

what book did emily remind you of?? ive been in a slump and im only now getting out of it by reading vermillion bird (i hope i dont jinx it by saying this cause rn ive only read one chapter ksdjf)

i watched shubh mangal zyada saavdhan a bit ago and it was so fucking hilarious, when kusum ran away with the jewels i could not stop laughing and had to pause the movie, that woman is seriously crazy, and ahhhhh the scene where aman and kartik are dancing before goggle's wedding was so much fun, i wanted to join in bc they just seemed to be having such a great time (ignoring papa Tripathi's homophobia) and the music felt so good too ahhhh it was great, so great

as of right now my friend and i are halfway through heartstopper and i just ahhhhh its so perfect oh my god, i do have to wonder why they decided to add imogen but im not too bothered by her, tao is such a drama queen and i love him bUT WHAT DID THEY DO TO WILLIAM GAO'S HAIR OH MY GOOOOOD NOOOOO my friend is fascinated by Tori (as she should be) jhfsjhf I refuse to believe that Kit Connor went to audition for Charlie, I just refuse to believe it, he literally looks like Nick was pulled out of the comic itself and he went to audition for Charlie??????

yoongi is such an icon and my inspiration in my life but i do have to laugh at him getting roped into these things jdhjdhksd gotta love him

idk if i asked before but are there any other kpop groups youre really into??

hmmm since you only watch anime youve been recommended, do you have a specific genre you prefer or just about anything?? also, have you heard of jujutsu kaisen and owari no seraph?? i think owari no seraph is a bit more low key but it's great, im def recommending them both as well as doukyuusei, that one is a gorgeous movie that i have probably watched a million times

hmmm, in the end this didnt really end up that much a monster of an ask so i wonder if i left out anything, do let me know please!

have a great day, eat plenty of delicious food and stay hydrated!!

tons and tons of love and hugs,

-M<3

hi hi HI first of all thank u for reccing sxf cause i LOVED it and i finished the manga today and i cannot wait for the animated scene where [redacted] happens

praying everyday for anya's back cause she has the biggest responsibilities more than anyone in the world[academia & world peace]

YOR & LOID!!! lowkey hope the author pulls an arc where they both find out what the other does but dont say anything so anya is just there like(←_←) (→_→)

i think one of the reasons i enjoyed s2 more than s1 was mainly cause the writing pulled a lot more inspiration from bollywood, like even the kabi khusie kabhi gham rendition??? lokwey showing off

also! i watched mina le's review of s2 and apparently the way mrs featherington is dressed is to show that shes from new money and doesnt have the "grace" of ppl from "distinguished" families 😒

and so many other things but i also watched a video about simone's makeup for the show and how the makeup actually looks good on dark skin instead of just looking like makeup and i thought that was neat

the half sister line was so gut wrenching but seeing edwina burst out in anger was kinda satisfying ngl. when rewatching the final episode i kinda realized that kate did always have the anxiety of being viewed as only a half sister and felt like she had to take care of everything to even be viewed as family

i like the character of theo but was fully expecting a queer romance line for eloise & penelope like i wasnt the only one who thought they were fully hinting at it??right??

im still putting off watching cbaw😭😭

emily reminded me of this one horror book called what moves the dead by t. kingfisher[i only read a bit but similar vibes yk]

duude my reading slump got so bad i ditched my goodreads challenge. ive been trying to get back on track but . life

YESSSS ANOTHER ONE FOR SMZS!!! smzs was so good right?? the train scene (the one where karthik helps aman board the train not them making out) is so fking iconic😌 another thing i loved a lot was the metaphor of the cauliflower for homophobia [like parents thinking that "saving" theyre kids from queer stuff is good for them but it causes more damage than they think]

heartstopper was literally the best like the montages , the flowers and leaves from the comics edited into it?? the cast?? the kiss in the rain?? yasmin finney[special mention cause her outfits were fire]

i fully believe that the hairstylist had some kinda agenda against tao cause what was that hair😭😭 /j

kinda wanna see kit connor's audition for charlie👀 and speaking of! charlie spring!! i looved joe locke's portrayal like thats charlie spring

ik that some stuff that idols say is to keep up their image but some of the stuff yoongi says doth impact me. like him saying that he doesnt want to rework songs because he has made peace with completions of projects is part of the process[im paraphrasing but its from the how well do bts know each other project]

bts is the only group that im a proper fan of like theyre the only group whose comebacks i tend to follow while im a general fan of other kpop groups if that makes sense? i'd love to have a few recs cause i usually only find songs from insta edits

just about anything! ive started both owari no seraph and jujitsu kaisen![put them both on pause for a while tho] u cannot tempt me away from vampire and fantasy settings lol oooh ive heard of doukyuusei and def moving it up my list!! thanks for the rec😊😊

guess the only monster thats gonna be here is the huge hug im enveloping u in then

ur wishes are too kind and i wish the same and more for u💜💜💜

love, hugs and everything cool(for the temperate and also swag😎),

yrs

#m for mwah! and mwah! and mwah

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emometalhead · 3 years

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Lover era Baz

#this was inspired by the meme Jeordie made and Rylie's comments about it via asks #sorry not sorry #so yeah it's Baz with the Lover eye heart and one of Taylor's Lover era award show suits #i'm lowkey proud of it #my only regret is not choosing a pic where I could've given him Taylor's knee high boots lol #might have to edit a pair on a different picture of him now... yeah I'm doing it #I'm giving this the lover tag for organization and I already hate that 😂😂#lover era #sebastian bach #ashley makes content #someone take away my phone

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randomfandomimagine · 3 years

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I think I'm doing this write (lowkey had to read the rules twice but..) can I have a gif imagine of Leon x Reader.

It's where the reader gets kidnapped with the president daughter ashley in re4 and leon saves her. Side note: lowkey want the reader and leon to be married in this ^-^

Ps: Cant wait for village ^-^

Hello! I’m really not inspired for this, so I’m going to have to turn this one down. I’m just pretty out of touch with Resident Evil, especially 2 (and I haven’t really played 4). Sorry!.

#requests #rejected requests #not inspired #non anon ask #non anon request #gif imagine request #re request #re gif imagine request #leon request #leon gif imagine request #selenacloud #ask

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inejkaz · 4 years

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i was tagged by @mollyweasly to answer the following 73 questions! thank you for tagging me steph ♥

on a scale of 1-10, how excited are you about life right now? i'm actually pretty content and the only thing that i'm rdreading right now is my upcoming finals so maybe 6!

describe yourself in a hashtag? #alwaystired

if you could do a love scene with anyone, who would it be? no one comes to mind but steph's answer was chris evans and i'd say the same tbh 👀

if your life was a musical, what would the marquee say? uh maybe "dumb bitch" or "chaotic mess" LMAO idk honestly my life isn't that interesting most of the time

what’s one thing people don’t know about you? that i'm lowkey depressed. most of my old friends know this but they don't rlly know how bad it makes me feel sometimes & i don't think i'll ever tell my college friends abt this except for one person!

what’s your wake up ritual? lay in bed for another 5-15 mins, check the time, and brush my teeth. next i'd either shower, workout, or attend online class

what’s your go to bed ritual? just on my phone looking at useless things and answering my friends' messages. i'll get tired soon so i'll just daydream and sleep. lately i've been listening to music to help me sleep!

what’s your favorite time of day? late night and early morning

your go to for having a good laugh? i love watching lip sync battles. my favorites are by emma stone, tom holland, anne hathaway & channing tatum!

dream country to visit? the UK! my cousin talks abt it all the time and now she's taking her postgrad degree there which makes me incredibly jealous 😢 but honestly i'm dying to travel europe as a whole!

what’s the biggest surprise you’ve ever had? probably when my high school friends bought me the doc martens shoes that i LOVE for my 17th birthday! i love them and miss them even tho many are not in touch with me anymore

heels or flats/sneakers? flats/sneakers definitely! i've never tried heels tbh i can only endure wedges and they alr hurt SO much

vintage or new? both

who do you want to write your obituary? probably my best friend!

style icon? taylor swift during the red era, noora sætre, orion carloto, ashley aka best.dressed!

what are three things you cannot live without? books, internet, family

what’s one ingredient you put in everything? salt

what 3 people living or dead would you want to make dinner for? taylor swift, chris evans, audrey hepburn

what’s your biggest fear in life? the unknown, anything horror & reptiles esp lizards (i can't stand reptiles AT ALL i'd literally cry and die if i have to touch one or sleep in the same room with one)

window or aisle seat? window

what’s your current tv obsession? haven't been watching any tv lately but i've been watching mukbangs on youtube a lot

favorite app? line (a messaging app mostly used by indonesians. i rlly like the stickers and themes i own lmao)

secret talent? i can play guitar just a lil bit

most adventurous thing you’ve ever done in your life? either drinking beers with my friends on a school field trip or not telling my parents that i went to the city alone during college just to hangout by myself

how would you define yourself in three words? introverted, chaotic, anxious

favorite piece of clothing you own? an adidas jacket that was on a 50% sale for international women's day!!!

a must have clothing item that everyone should have? black pants

a superpower you would want? invisibility and mind control!!!

what’s inspiring you in life right now? since i was a little kid, i've always been inspired by my cousin. she's my role model!

best piece of advice you’ve received? to literally BELIEVE in yourself

best advice you’d give your teenage self? don't be so self-aware bc everyone's busy with themselves, make more friends, cherish your time in school more

a book everyone should read? harry potter series, the raven cycle

what would you like to be remembered for? for being a good, positive person

how do you define beauty? beauty is whatever that evokes a positive feeling out of oneself i guess!

what do you love most about your body? my eyes

best way to take a rest/decompress? skincare, listen to soothing music, drink a warm beverage, watch smth that's easy to watch, and just sleep!

favorite place to view art? galleries, but i've only been to one sadly

if your life was a song, what would the title be? maybe "paradox" or "misunderstood"

if you could master one instrument, what would it be? piano! but it's expensive and not portable so if i'm being realistic, it'd be guitar

if you had a tattoo, where would it be? in the back of my neck! also maybe on any of my fingers or below my ribcage

dolphins or koalas? koalas

what’s your spirit animal? deer!

best gift you’ve ever received? doc martens shoes given by my friends!

best gift you’ve given? i think i wrote my friend letters to open when she's in different moods once

what’s your favorite board game? monopoly

what’s your favorite color? pink, purple, yellow, monochrome

least favorite color? i just dislike bright obnoxious colors

diamond or pearls? diamonds

drugstore makeup or designer? both, but i mostly can't afford designer anyway so..

blow-dry or air-dry? both

pilates or yoga? i've never tried any actually

coffee or tea? both, but i'm leaning towards tea

what’s the weirdest word in the english language? can't think of any right now..

dark chocolate or milk chocolate? milk chocolate!!!

stairs or elevators? elevators

summer or winter? winter

you are stuck on an island, you can pick one food to eat forever without getting tired of it, what would you eat? burgers!!

a dessert you don’t like? basically i won't like anything with fruits

a skill you’re working on mastering? photoshop i guess? i'm planning to learn coding too now that i have the time!!

best thing to happen to you today? probably finishing my gifset! but honestly, i was supposed to be studying lmao

worst thing to happen to you today? i didn't study lmao

best compliment you’ve ever received? i don't think it's anything that memorable so i can't really think of one

favorite smell? jasmine

hugs or kisses? both

if you made a documentary, would it be about? space, mythology

last piece of content you consumed that made you cry? i get a little teary eyed if i come across a touching content on instagram/twitter tbh lmao. but i'd say the last movie that made me cry so bad was her (2013)

lipstick or lipgloss? lipstick

sweet or savory? savory

girl crush? emma watson

how do you know your in love? don't think i've ever been in love, i've only experienced like a very long crush so...

a song you can listen to on repeat? there are a lot... but for now, woman by mumford & sons and anything by taylor swift

if you could switch lives with someone for a day, who would it be? taylor swift!!!

what are you most excited for about this time in your life? i've just been enjoying editing for tumblr a lot, i haven't really posted consistent content in my 10 years of being here so that's been fun. i also want to learn coding and become an overall healthier person by working out regularly & eating mindfully! honestly i'm trying to build my confidence and become healthier, both mentally and physically

tagging: @dianaprincie @cllianmurphy @cinderllas @edgarallan @rosamunqpike @gamoora @nataliamaximoff (sorry if you've done this before, feel free to ignore!)

#this took so long!!!!!#tag games

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creativexjourney · 4 years

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2, 7, 17 and B, E

((How easy is it for your character to laugh?

It is super easy to get him to laugh! They enjoy life a lot, and aren’t afraid to show it! He doesn’t laugh very loudly, and he chuckles more often than full out laughter. But he does it often.

What triggers nostalgia for them, most often? Do they enjoy that feeling?

Home and seeing sets of twins being close. It’s a coin flip if he will enjoy it or feel bad about it any time. Like he loves his childhood, and looks at it fondly, but with the state he left things in with his sister, and with how he’s starting to grow as a person, he’s struggling to see it as happy memories, and more something he wishes he could have now, but is worried he won’t be able to again. If that makes sense.

Are they easily embarrassed?

Yes. He’s more easily embarrassed as Wyatt than Sawyer though. Part of that is just a lack of socializing, and part of it is he was taught to always have the perfect public image, so when he gets thrown for a loop, or struggles he gets extra embarrassed. Since Sawyer is practically a nobody still, he has more freedom as her to mess up or be awkward without having to risk lasting embarrassment

What inspired you to create them?

There are a couple parts to Wyatt’s creation. Wyatt himself was a baby one of my previous muses had with another person’s muse. We decided to have the kids be twins and each mun one if they got old enough to be more than props. Well, a couple years later, I started finally watching the xy anime, and fell in love with Showcases. Like I loved Contests since Hoenn, and I cried when they were taken out of the games, but I l o v e d Showcases in the anime, with the exception of one thing. Why is it a girl’s only competition??? It makes zero sense. They showed in the past boys in the pokemon world loving performace arts with contests. The only differences was that there was no battles, and that there was a variety show esque section? So I decided to make a boy muse that wanted to be a Performer, and that dressed as a girl to do it a la Ashley getting into Erika’s Gym, but more long term. At the same time as I decided this a bunch of my RP friends were like “hey, we’ve been playing these muses for a few years, and a lot of them are in long term relationships, why don’t we have a ‘verse’ where they’re all aged up. I only had a passing interest in this, since I don’t like verses. They confuse me and stress me out (I’m working on it). But when I pitched my idea of a boy Performer to one of my friends, they were like “Oh we should age up our twins with everyone else, and you can use Wyatt for that!” and I agreed. I lowkey wish I hadn’t, so I could have a bit more freedom with his creation and interacting with his family (especially now that half of his family is no longer active), and I still have to deal with verses because I am still planning on playing his uncle as he was 15 or so pokeverse years ago, and I debated completely remaking him rather than bringing him back, but I didn’t because I already had fcs and a blog for him. So now I’m trying to decide where to go with him.

Are they someone you would get along with? Would they get along with you?

We would probably get on each other’s nerves tbh. I don’t really have much to add to that. He’d probably do what he wanted whether there were things to be done or not, and if i had to do things alone and someone was there doing whatever without even offering to help, I’d likely become sassy, and then he’d sass back.))

#KeiTalks #I Want to Become the Me that I Like the Most ✦ About Wyatt #fxrestvitch

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angrylizardjacket · 5 years

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self-same mettle

Summary: "I love my sister more than anything in this life; I will choose her happiness over mine every time."

A/N: BIG WARNING; August Reid, who you may remember from the main story, child groom tw, though nothing comes of it he's still creepy and predatory. Okay so I just wanted to write a little something from Oscar's perspective in the High School AU. Let me know what you think!!

{AYDTD}

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Oscar's always been a romantic at heart, always wanted to be the star of his own Mills and Boone novel ever since he was sixteen and found his mother's stash while hunting for Christmas presents. It had been painfully straight, right when he'd been discovering the delightful world of loving men, but he was invested enough in the romance that he didn't care.

In 2017, at the tender age of 19, he discovers the author Chuck Tingle, and despite the fact that he's technically now a literature student, this ridiculous, gay erotica makes his heart happy in ways he can't quite articulate.

The point is, he knows August Reid, because he's his dad's drinking buddy and fellow professor, but Oscar doesn't think of him much until he takes the man's class. Ash, who's fifteen and who spends weekends at the local art gallery down the road, has always been far more artistically minded, Oscar's always been more drawn to words, but he takes August's Art History class on a whim.

There's a certain draw to the whole teacher/student fantasy, and August looks kind of like an older Richard Madden, still angular and defined, but greying at the temples, the prelude to an extraordinary silver fox. So Oscar let's himself daydream, and take the follow up class, and look forward to the weekends where his dad's friends would come over to smoke cigars and play cards. August Reid was nothing if not polite, always smiling and kind and happy to see Oscar, answer his questions. Oscar knew he was married, thinks he probably has a kid, and so he was happy to keep his daydreams to himself. He thinks there's something romantic about quietly unrequited love.

However, it takes a year, once Ash has matured more, not a lot, but enough to catch August's interest, for the rose-coloured glasses to be ripped off. August takes an interest in her; when he and the rest of their father's colleagues came over, he would make a point to stop and check in with Ash, encourage her interest in Art, both physical and theoretical, and even suggest research for her, or upcoming exhibits he thought she might like. It's harmless, at first.

Talk of art turns to compliments, her taste in things, her outfits, how she wears her hair, the colour of her eyes. Ash seems to start looking forward to his visits, and something about it doesn't sit right with Oscar.

"He's just, Oz he's so cool," she was smiling, blushing a little; she had a crush, it was plain as the nose on her face, "and he said he could get us tickets to the Renaissance exhibit in Glasgow next month, how awesome is that?"

August starts calling her Miss Ashley, a joke that started since she still had a habit of calling him Mr Reid - because she's a fucking highschooler, it's how she's been taught to address teachers - Ash delights in it, straightens her posture a little when he says it. August makes a habit of petting her head fondly when she does. It makes Oscar's stomach turn just a little. August shouldn't be looking at his little sister like that, she's just a child.

Their father seems blind to it, tells Oscar 'don't be ridiculous, he's just being kind' and when he goes to mum, she just brushes him off, insisting that August is lovely, that he's so in love with his wife, and that Ash is just excited to have someone who understood her.

"A little schoolgirl crush is harmless, Oscar, dear; weren't you singing his praises not too long ago?" It's meant with a wink and a nudge, like perhaps Oscar's jealous, but his mother can be so dense; it's not the same at all. He's an adult, and Ash is a child, and yet he's not the one August is giving leering looks to when he thinks no-one's looking.

It's not that their parents don't love them, it's just that they don't particularly care. They're trapped in a loveless marriage, too self absorbed to care about those that can take care of themselves.

So Oscar takes it upon himself.

Oscar's never understood art like he's understood literature, never been able to make it make sense in the same way, but that doesn't matter. The point is, on Sundays, when his father's colleagues come over for tea and cigars and cards, Oscar's started taking Ash to art galleries across the country.

"But August is-"

"It's the impressionists, Ash," Oscar takes her hand with a grin, practically begging her, "come on they have the Water Lilies," he enthuses, and Ash's expression softens.

"I do love the Water Lilies."

Because he can't tell her what he's really doing, because she's sixteen and thinks she knows everything and the idea of telling her that August has any sort of feelings towards her, even if he explains why that's creepy and wrong, is probably the worst thing he can do to discourage her. So he distracts her, and is careful to never mention him if he can help it, or steer the conversation away if she brings him up.

She's his best friend. She's always been his best friend, but in an abstract, sibling sort of way, but it doesn't take long for the two of them to become legitimate best friends. He listens to all the drama of her highschool career, and her ideas for sculptures, and anything else she wants to talk about, and in turn he tells her about whatever he's reading that week, whatever poetry ideas he's been riffing with lately, and complains about pretty straight boys in his lectures.

Oscar may be a poet, but neither he nor Ash could hold a tune to save their lives, and so of course they sing along to Ash's Spotify playlists at the top of their lungs whenever they're driving. There's three weeks where she plays the Hamilton cast recording on repeat, and Oscar finds himself muttering it under his breath in class.

He works nights, and Saturdays, to afford all these day trips, and his family think he's so diligent, studying and working so hard, and on his day off he spends it with Ash. He keeps local for a few weeks, a few months actually, and surprises her with a trip to the West End for Christmas.

She talks about August less and less as time goes on. Though she does ask about it, in a roundabout way.

"Why're you spending so much time with me?"

They're having lunch in the park across from a gallery somewhere in Ireland. Oscar packed jam sandwiches.

"I don't understand this art shit like you do, but it's good to find inspiration from all mediums, you know?" Oscar smiles, takes a big bite of his sandwich, and watches Ash wrinkle her nose.

"You sound so pretentious," she snorted, shaking her head, "but whatever, I'm not gonna complain, you're the one paying."

"And I like spending time with you, biscuit." His voice turned overly sappy, as did his grin, "I love you." Oscar reached out and ruffled her hair, and Ash squawked, batting his hand away.

"I love you too, ya muppet, but if you wanna hang out we can just do something lowkey, or like, close to home."

She takes him at his word, which is good because he's being honest, but she seems content with their routine. Sometimes they go bowling, or to the library, sometimes they go op shopping, or to the movies, but they never miss a week.

She's his cheerleader at poetry readings, his tour guide at art galleries, and his favourite person at all times. His father's a literature professor who stopped truly engaging with her about her love of art once he stopped understanding her, and his mother was a Type A accountant who was just disappointed she wasn't interested in something employable. So Oscar was her cheerleader at art competitors, her enthusiastic student at art galleries, and ends up being her best friend and quietly, her favourite family member.

August asks about her, according to their father, but Ash's brief infatuation with him seems to have died down.

"Do you have a problem with me, Oscar?" August asks almost a month after Oscar's started spending Sundays with Ash, and maybe their father's told August what's happening, maybe he's noticed Oscar glaring at him whenever he saw the professor, but either way, he's so painfully kind when he asks that it's a dead giveaway; August knows something's wrong.

"Stay the fuck away from my sister," Oscar, kind-faced, bright eyed Oscar, snarls. He's 6'3" and never more thankful for his height as he towers over August.

"I'm simply showing an interest in her, she's an art enthusiast, I'm an art professor, don't worry-"

"I don't give a shit; look like the innocent flower but be the fucking serpent under it, right?"

"I don't understand what you mean? Does your father know you feel this way? Does Ash?" And it doesn't sound like a threat, it sounds like a very genuine question, but Oscar wants nothing more than to punch him in his stupid, angular nose.

"Does your wife know you spend weekends ogling underage girls?" Oscar fires back, and August's expression sours considerably, his mouth closed in a tight, humourless line. "Yeah, dad knows, not that he gives a shit," Oscar sneered, "but if you go near my sixteen year old sister again, you smarmy creepy -" his voice dropped very low, expression dark, his hands balling into fists by his side.

"If your father's not bothered by it I don't see why you should be, I haven't done anything wrong, but you're throwing around some serious implications here," August gives a blithe smile, "Ash is an incredible young woman I'm simply encouraging her passion."

"August Reid, I need you to know that I'm not threatening you," Oscar said calmly, "I'm promising you; I'll fucking kill you."

And maybe he doesn't believe Oscar would legitimately harm him, but he sees it's not a fight he's going to win. August leaves Ash well enough alone after that.

At the start of their Summer break, before Ash is due to start her second last year of high school, their father gets a job in England, their mother gets an excuse to leave her loveless marriage, and Ash and Oscar get a choice. Oscar knows without even having to ask that Ash will stick with him. He also knows that in two years, if she's still here, she'll end up studying under August and his father's other creepily complicit friends. Oscar's playing the long game to keep his sister safe when he announces he'll be going to England with their dad.

He lies, says he doesn't mind transferring courses and maybe retaking some classes at this new university, makes sure he's nothing but positive when he talks about the move, and Ash, add expected, joins him. It hurts to leave the life he's building himself, but he knows it's what's best for Ash.

Adjusting to a new life is difficult, and some weeks they don't end up spending Sunday together. Oscar let's himself relax, takes time for himself, and starts to build new relationships, new connections in this new situation he's found himself in.

Here, he didn't have to worry about Ash so much. She was still his best friend, but now she could just be a teenager without a creepy professor leering at her and grooming her. Though quietly, Oscar was just glad she still wanted to spend time with him; she still goes to his poetry readings, still wants to go on day trips with him, and she's starting to get to know his new friends little by little.

Meeting Freddie is like getting hit by a freight train; they're both taking a Creative Industries subject as an elective, and they get partnered together. Freddie is intense and warm in equal measure, a lover of cats judging by the pins on his bag, he's always drawing or doodling something on his notebook, and he writes songs. Oscar adores him from the moment he meets him. He's always busy, always on the move or at band practice, but he seems to like Oscar well enough, so the two of them start having lunch together a few times a week.

Freddie thinks Oscar's selfless when he learns about everything that had happened back in Scotland.

"Picking up and moving your whole life just to make sure she's safe," Freddie shakes his head, "you're a Saint, you know that?"

"She's my sister, I couldn't not do it," Oscar laughs a little self consciously, but Freddie just seemed endeared.

They're messaging almost every day. Freddie sends draft song lyrics and selfies with his cats and Oscar will send bits of poems and shitty angled selfies or photos taken by Ash. They both live busy lives, but they keep up with each other without even trying.

[I've got a cat named Oscar, you know?]

[I didn't actually. You really like me well enough to name a cat after me 😂😜]

[har har I've known the cat longer. sorry to disappoint. 😘]

He's so caught up in his new life and his new friends, and Ash seems so happy with her new school, especially their art program, that it takes Oscar a while to realise how painfully lonely Ash was. She's always been introverted, always focused more on her projects than on the people around her, but when Oscar realises that person she talks most about is her physics tutor, it hits him that she doesn't actually have any friends her own age here. She likes his friends well enough, one even got her a fake ID if she might ever need it, but she had none of her own.

"How was school?" They've been here for about three months, and finally things have maybe started to look up.

"Fine; we're starting sculpture making in art," Ash said offhandedly, rolling her eyes; she already spent time outside of school making sculptures, the idea of being graded on it now seemed trivial, "this one dumbass spent like twenty minutes negotiating with a teacher about whether he can also make a second sculpture for fun." Ash's voice was flat, unimpressed.

"Sounds like someone you'd get along with-"

"He wants to make a dick."

Dick Sculpture Guy turns to Fucking Roger, and Oscar starts to hear more about him, because Roger's always seemingly causing a scene and Ash is endlessly annoyed with him, though she once let it slip that she thinks he's rather hot, and Oscar, though he's never brought it up, will never forget it.

Until he gets a call on Friday afternoon, from Ash, in tears, asking him to come to the school.

She's surrounded by the pieces of her broken major work when he arrives, and there's a tall, dark haired guy checking up on her. This is Brian, the tutor he's heard so much about. He's thankful, but comforting Ash is his first priority.

Brian leaves, and together the siblings piece together her work. The school gets locked at five, and they're there until the very last minutes. Once the bust is sitting up on one of the desks at the edge of the room, Ash sniffles only a little bit.

"I'll paint the cracks gold."

"Kintsugi," Oscar adds, nodding sagely and Ash actually beams at him, "see, I listen to you, biscuit."

He suggests they go to Freddie's gig to take her mind off of it, though it's also because she's been asking to meet Freddie for a while now, but he's always been busy. However, things don't go as planned when not only is Ash's tutor part of the band, but Fucking Roger is too. Fucking Roger who's sculpture exploding made Ash cry.

Ash is adamant she's going to kill him. Oscar doesn't stop her. She disappears around the end of the bar after Roger, while the rest of the band - Freddie, Brian, and some kid called John - hang back.

Ash decidedly doesn't kill Roger, and actually ends up enjoying her night, which Oscar's glad for. That being said, he's a little bit distracted; he's quickly discovering that Brian might be the loveliest person he'd ever met. Brian's an astrophysics student, a guitarist, a tutor, and he took the time to check up on Ash; Oscar hasn't been seriously romantically interested in anyone since high school, and he's only met Brian today, but damn if there wasn't definitely a crush forming.

They play good music, and Ash seems to have a good time, and he tells himself that that's all that matters.

Days go by, weeks go by, the siblings keep going to Queen's gig's, and Fucking Roger turns to just Roger. Oscar messages Brian and Freddie that Ash might have a crush and Freddie sends back a wheezed voice message saying that Roger probably does too, but that he's stubborn as hell and would never be the first to admit it. Something warms in Oscar's heart at that. Slowly but surely, between Roger and John, Ash is finally making friends her own age.

Ash deserves a normal-ish crush on a normal-ish boy, and Oscar will do anything to encourage that crush. So they go to gigs, and Oscar wiggles his eyebrows at her when Roger's got an arm around her between sets, and Ash turns as red as her hair. But Brian's got a hand on his thigh where they're sitting near the door, and it feels weirdly normal, and kind of the best.

To see Ash smiling and happy, everything was worth it. It's all worked out, though he knows he'll never stop worrying about her, not that he'd want to.

#borhap #roger taylor #roger taylor x oc #brian may #brian may x oc #queen #aydtd #the angry lizard writes #child grooming tw

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So, I finished another essay!

5.Is there a myth about nonbinary people that annoys you the most?

Other people have covered the more common ones (eg “we don’t exist”), so I’ll go with more of a lowkey misconception: Nonbinary does not mean gender-neutral. It is not perfect neutrality, balancing carefully in the middle of a linear spectrum of gender, never having a single male/masc or female/fem coded preference. It just means not a man or a woman!

So you can be nonbinary and, say, have long hair and love makeup and use she/her pronouns, and you can be nonbinary and have long hair and love makeup and get misgendered as a woman on a daily basis and use he/him pronouns because it makes you feel nice (and to fuck with people). So while titles like “Mx” and pronouns like “they” are great as defaults, they aren’t the official ways to refer to all nonbinary people—just ask individual people what they want, and answers will vary wildly!

6.Is there a nonbinary celebrity you look up to?

I do love Ashley Wylde. She’s one of those people who just has a calm, loving, inspiring vibe to everything she does.

Also Gerard Way. I have no idea if Gerard Way identifies as nonbinary (he’s been open about struggling with gender and uses he/they pronouns, but also hasn’t actually come out as anything), but he’s certainly played a big enough role in my life to merit a mention here.

7.If you’re out, how did you come out?

I dumped a picture of my genderqueer pride socks in the groupchat with no further context and then went to bed. People were slightly confused. (Advice: Use your words, not your socks)

8.Is there a gender-related pun you like?

What are a snake’s pronouns? He/him/hiss

#nbnv #personal #the blue ones are just little sillies #dinner was at a german restaurant so no cooking occurred tonight

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https://soundcloud.com/aryrimich/smoke https://youtu.be/ys8tsSrP2NY

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yoo do you have any hcs of the bellas sexualities? or unique things that they do

sexualities

beca - I personally headcanon beca as a lesbian, but I wholeheartedly accept bisexual beca as well!

chloe - pan! “I love love.”

stacie - generally doesn’t like labels, but if asked will say bi

emily - bi bi bi (I also support ace emily)

aubrey - a big ol’ LESBIAN

(gonna add the other bellas just cuz why not)

cynthia rose - our token canon lesbian

amy - straight

lilly - pan (I hc she had a crush on beca)

flo - bi (her and chloe probably fooled around once or twice and i lowkey ship her and cynthia rose what a power couple)

ashley - lesbian

jessica - lesbian

quirks

beca gives little voices to inanimate objects all the time (i.e. her little stapler “you can do it beca!”)

stacie is always chewing gum

beca scrunches up her nose if someone’s making fun of her/she’s embarrassed

emily always has random bruises on her legs and she literally doesn’t know where they come from

chloe has the loudest laugh, complete with snorts usually

emily has a small collection of stuffed animals

beca zones out a lot

aubrey bites her nails

chloe always makes exaggerated faces. it’s so easy to tell how she feels about something

chloe and aubrey both cry during most disney movies (aubrey will never admit it)

emily never goes anywhere without at least a pen, you never know when inspiration will strike

aubrey has an obsession with sticky notes, so does stacie

beca and emily both will tap out the beats of songs that are in their heads, and pretty sure all of them have a super bad habit of humming whatever song is in their head

#headcanons #~#thats all i can think of rn #also i truly believe amy was the only straight bella ok not just for the irony of her saying 'well one of us has to be a lesbian'#kxndrick snxw #ask

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The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Monday, January 11

Cordy leveling her crossbow at Harmony: "Well, Harmony, aren't you just about the most weak-willed, soft-brained..." Harmony: "Huh-uh. Doug says those kind of comments are self-growth inhibitors. I tune out mental roadblocks."

~~Disharmony~~

The Sunnydale Herald is currently looking for some new editors! Contributing to the Herald is a great way to get your Buffy on! For more information, send us an ask (on Tumblr) or post a reply to this post (on Livejournal or Dreamwidth). You can also message Rahirah directly.

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Tunnels of a Restless Mind (Buffy, T) by Cookies_and_Chaos

Remind Me Why I'm Here Again (Buffy, Cordelia, G) by Cookies_and_Chaos

[Chaptered Fiction]

Friends, Enemies, Lovers and Everything In Between, Chapter 1 (Willow/Xander, M) by Jacob_M_Bosch

And the Devil Will Drag You Under, Chapter 6 (crossover with Dexter, Faith/Debra Morgan, M) by frogfarm

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Distant Thunder, Chapter 32 (Spike/Buffy, NC-17) by Axell

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A (Mostly) Comprehensive Guide to the End of the World, Chapter 29 (Spike/Buffy, NC-17) by Annabellee

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Digital drawing inspired by girlpire's fanfic "Friday" (Spike/Angel, worksafe) by Biscaynian

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Welcome to the Hellmouth, The Harvest by Reverse Angle

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Killed by Death by JustDaggers

Killed by Death by Flunking the Written

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Discussion of 6.03 "After Life" (cont'd) by Taake, Faded90, AlphaFoxtrot

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the Mayor’s ascension form is the most disappointing thing ever by Shiloh_Moon and others

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On my latest rewatch and I'm starting to think I'm actually Team Both... (Bangel and Spuffy) by Lozbear91

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Franny’s Top 10 Mainstream Country Songs of 2020

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tl;dr: A selection of script excerpts from a video on Franny’s YouTube channel called “My 10 Favorite Hit Country Songs of 2020″. This isn’t everything she had to say about those songs ofc, just excerpts. I ain’t writing all her thoughts lmao

tw: mentions but no detailed discussion of death and abortion

INTRO: Susadei*, hello, and welcome to my channel, where I, Franny Sor Robinson, share my opinions about music on the internet.”

*susadei is the informal way to say hello in Khmer, Franny’s first language

TOPIC INTRODUCTION: It is almost Christmas, which means! It’s time to start my end of the year roundup. I made videos every December talkin’ about my top 10 favorite...fill-in-the-blank. This year, we’re going to start with my Top 10 Hit Country Songs of 2020. And before you start typin’ [cuts to Franny wearing Cornelius’ glasses and one of Laszlo pretentious artist scarves, black and white] “Ew! I came here to find of hipster shit!” [cuts to Franny wearing one of Petunia’s jackets, black and white] “Where’s the BANJOS!?” [color restored] that’s the one I’m recording next so hold on.

As always, this list is in no particular order, because I believe that music isn’t something you rank on a linear bad, worse, worst, good, better, greatest scale.

RULES: Now, the rules!

The song can’t be one I had a part in “So if I co-wrote it, if it’s my song, or I featured on the track, it’s out.”

No carry-overs “If I mentioned it in my 2019 list, it can’t be on this list.”

Spread the love

“Only one artist repeat is allowed, I get one double dip but other than that, it has to be a new artist.”

Beyond those rules, that’s really it. So without further ado, let’s get into it.

10. Love You Like I Used To by Russell Dickerson

Number ten on the list is one that, actually, surprised me. To me, Russell Dickerson is...well. I’m all about positivity on this channel, talkin’ about other artists. But. He’s solidly part of mainstream Nashville, y’all know my thoughts on the Nashville music industry.

It’s still -- I mean, it's a mainstream country song and was always meant to be, so it still follows the formula but it’s creative. It presents like a breakup song at first but right before the first chorus, you find it’s actually a love song. The first verse starts with

‘I've always loved you, oh, but something's changed’ but in the chorus you get [and she plays it on her piano, that her camera and microphone are set on and sings it] ‘I don't love you like I used to, this gets better every time you kiss me like this, it's stronger the longer I'm with you-’ and I think that’s a creative thing to do with a song.

Like I’ve said before, I don’t hate every single pop country song, and I think there is value in and a place for, pop country. What I do hate is the vapid, formulaic trash that Nashville keeps pushing. So when a song like this that has the made-for-Nashville-radio arrangement but actually does somethin’ creative lyrically, I see it for what it is. And it’s good. It’s good.

9. One Night Standards by Ashley McBryde

I’ve actually had the pleasure of co-writin’ a song with Ashley before, so seeing how well this song’s done this year-- how well she’s done this year -- it’s been great.

This song’s about a woman laying down the ground rules for a one night stand and I love. this. song.

A lot of people find this song sad, but I don’t think there’s anything sad at all about a woman owning her sexuality. I think this one line, ‘can’t you just use me like I’m using you’ makes people think it’s a sad song. Maybe it is! But like...I had casual sex all the time in college. I was absolutely using my one night stands for some meaningless, easy sex, and I knew they were using me for sex, and it was fine.

It’s fine, that’s what a one night stand is. And to me, it sounds like she’s just here for some sex, and the guy’s like, trying to have conversation and do things “right” like offer his phone number, and she’s like, in the words of the great philosopher, Ke$ha, ‘just show me where your dick’s at.’ And I appreciate that.

8. I Called Mama by Tim McGraw

It might be because I’m seven months pregnant, and my son is starting university next fall, and my mother lives on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, but this song has started to make me cry so I can’t really, like, listen to it very often. But I think it is one of the most beautiful, honest songs on country radio this year. It’s a gentle ballad about not putting things off until it's too late, that starts off with a friend calling the narrator to tell him about the death of a friend, which leads to a phone call home to the narrator's mother.

This song makes me think about myself, and my mother, and one day when my son is living on his own, my son and old lady me.

The part in the second verse, ‘I can always hear her smile when I call, I just called to tell you that I loved you, I was missin' you and dad, and home, that's all’ -- I cry 1 out of 3 times. Probably. I miss my parents a lot. And I hope my son will miss me and call just to say he loves me and his father when he’s all grown up. The song makes me think about my family and my place in it.

7. Starting Over by Chris Stapleton

This is another one that I feel on a personal level. It’s this positive ballad featuring his wife, Morgane, talking about how much they love each other and their desire to go through life’s bullshit together. And it just makes me think about my husband, and how much I love him.

It’s another one I can’t listen to often, I get all misty-eyed. I can’t listen to love songs even when I’m not pregnant, I just call my husband like “I love you” “are you crying” “No!”

6. What If I Never Get Over You by Lady A

This was one of my honorable mentions of 2019 so it doesn’t count, it’s allowed. Charles Kelley and Hilary Scott’s voices together are just - ugh, god, they’re chef’s kiss, perfect. And I...think this song is just about as good as Need You Now as far as their longing, breakup songs.

I like how there isn’t a big beat-you-over-the-head climax moment because this song does not need one, it wouldn’t be right. Like, there is one but it’s not like ‘BAM’ there’s the climax! It’s very natural. It was a return to the rich, smooth sound of the band’s earlier hits and that’s the Lady A stuff I really loved. Even their fun stuff like Lookin’ For A Good Time and Love Don’t Live Here, from the earlier days, I prefer those to the overproduced kind of….made-for-radio stuff that snuck its way into their catalog over the years. Sonically, it seems like they’re returned to what makes them great together and I’m happy to see it.

5. Bluebird by Miranda Lambert

At number five on the list is Bluebird by Miranda Lambert. This whole album was on my best albums of 2019 list, and I am thrilled that Bluebird became a single. Miranda is a modern day legend in country music and this album especially just keeps proving it.

Musically, lyrically, everything about this song works. The twists she makes on common metaphors in the English language like ‘when life gives you lemons’ instead of making lemonade she mixes them in her drink, they’re clever. I adore Miranda, it ain’t a secret, I’ve said as much to her gorgeous, gorgeous face, and it’s great seeing the songs from this album, including Bluebird, get the love it deserves.

4. One Beer by HARDY and Lauren Alaina

One Beer is a song about a teenage pregnancy, which. We all know my experience with that, but if you don’t, click here [points off to the side, and a card pops up that will link you to a video titled I Got Pregnant When I Was 14 #shoutyourabortion #endthestigma]. It kind of reminds me of Kenny Chesney’s There Goes My Life from...2000...2004? Is it? Wow, I’m old.

Lauren Alaina’s voice is flawless, as always, and HARDY’s word play strikes once again. For my followers that didn’t grow up with English as their first language -- is this a thing in other countries, or is this an American thing? My UK, New Zealand, et cetera followers, comment down below if kids did this where you’re from too.

Anyway, if a boy and a girl were so much as friends in like, first grade kids would tease you with this specific rhyme like, Joey and Sarah sittin’ in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G first comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a baby in a baby carriage --- and in the song, HARDY plays on that with ‘A boy and a girl and a three on the tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G, first comes lust then a shotgun marriage, six months later comes a baby in a carriage’ and just love that kind of clever wordplay shit.

3. I Wish Grandpas Never Died by Riley Green

I first heard this song when I was in The States, driving around with Dan[iel Maitland] and it was on the radio, I thought it was some breakup song. But then the last line of the chorus hit me ‘I Wish Grandpas Never Died’ and I just start bawling and Daniel’s like ‘don’t get your tears on my new car seats!’

Love you too, Dan.

It’s a beautiful song. Sad, but you can also tell he really loved his grandfathers, who’ve both passed away. He’s written several songs inspired by one or both of them. It’s a good song, good writing, I like how lowkey it is musically. And it’s honest songwriting that I wish country radio still had more of.

2. Gaslighter by The Chicks

After over a decade away from the music scene, my queen are BACK! Gaslighter was an amazing return and the rest of their album did not disappoint. Now, I don’t think the album was purely a country album, which I talked about in my full album review you can find here [points to the side, where a card pops up linking you to the video], but it is an album that I thoroughly enjoyed that included country songs. They experimented with this album, I love to see it. Let artists experiment without shaming them 2020! Anyway, the album does have lots of country songs and Gaslighter is one of them.

Natalie Maines’ vocals are, as always, everything one would hope they’d be. They all looked great in the music video. It was a great middle finger to Natalie’s ex-husband, Adrian Pasdar. God, I bet it was fun to write.

I love writing songs about Dan’s divorces with him since I don’t have one to write about. Keep getting divorces Dan, endless content. [cuts to a video of Daniel Maitland acting like she said that in person to him and he goes ‘rude.’]

Stream The Chicks. Natalie, Martie, and Emily could stab me and I’d apologize to them, but the thing is, they never would. They’re too nice. They’re so nice. Collaborate with me again please, please, I love you. [mouths call me]

1. Die From A Broken Heart by Maddie & Tae

This song was another one of my honorable mentions in 2019, and I’m kicking myself for never properly talking about it until now. I’ve loved Maddie & Tae since Girl In A Country Song and Die From A Broken Heart is just -- god, it sounds so familiar.

Like, it sounds like I did talking to my mother about getting my heart broken when I was younger. It’s honest, vulnerable songwriting that I can’t get enough of.

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