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lineffability · 2 months

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The Serpent Files 🐍

chapters: 5/5 rating: M/E wordcount: 13.9k au: human, the magnus archives

summary: Aziraphale works as the head archivist at Eden Institute. Crowley has been supplying them with potentially cursed artifacts over the years -- until he himself gets entangled in a case that turns him from associate to client...

[ art credit and support credit and 1000 hugs to: @chernozemm my beloved ]

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“Ouroboros. Yes. The introductory statement is meant to be concise, though, akin to a title. You can describe the necklace in detail in your statement, Crowley. Also, I need you to state your name. It occurs to me I don't actually know it. I mean. I'm not saying I want to know your full name, or anything. Just, all these years– erm. You'd have to state it anyway. For formality's sake. We have a system.”

“Sure. So. Name's Crowley.”

“I… know that part. [sighs] Full names, please, throughout.”

“Ah. Anthony J Crowley.”

“I said full names, please. What's the J stand for?”

“Erm. Uh. Just a J, really. Thought it added a certain gravitas, y’know, flair. Je ne sais quoi. Makes people treat you serious, a J like that.”

“Uh. Alright. Well. Anthony J. Crowley, then. I suppose. Seriously? [clears throat] So. Please start from the beginning.”

“Mmmmhhhh wellll. I’ve been coming to Eden for, what, now, six years maybe?”

“I believe so. Yes.”

“Anyway, not like I go here often. We’ve met a handful of times, you and me, maybe nine, ten? I mean, it was ten times. I know. Uh. Not like I counted or anything. Just, coming here, it stays with you a bit, doesn’t it? All that occult shit. Which is why I come here, of course. I’m – what should I call it? A… supplier. Of sorts. I work with – this is confidential, right?”

“Yes. Internal use only. We don’t give out those files. Your words are safe with me. Erm. Us.”

“Good. Right. I work with the Doomsday Group. Can’t really talk about it much, but you’ve heard of them. Shady stuff, crime, theft, trade, religious artifacts, apocalyptic jazz, all that. Supernatural stuff, too, sometimes. Or claimed supernatural. You know I don’t believe in all that. Well. Didn’t. I didn’t believe in it. Now… uh, anyway. Sometimes we get those weird artifacts, right, apparently cursed, so I bring them to you, to, to check, or verify, or call bullshit. Or to lock them away, or whatever you do with them when you buy them off our lot. That’s how we met. Best part of this shit job, really, if I’m being honest. I didn’t ask to be– hm. Wish I could just– ngh. Confidential, right? Wish I could just be done with them. Run off. Can’t, though. But erm. Forget I said that, alright? Please.”

[pause] “You're rambling a bit, de- Crowley. Or should I, should I call you Anthony now?”

“Hell no. I mean – Crowley's fine. You've called me Crowley for years, haven't you? What, now you don't like it?”

“No, no, I do in fact quite – well, for propriety’s sake, the official documentation, I thought – nevermind. So, Crowley, while the background information on your…job is reasonable, might I politely remind you why you’re here? Please talk less about our personal relationship, or at least only insofar as it pertains to the case, and more about what happened to you since… since you put on that necklace.”

“Right. Righty-oh. S’ just, never been in this room before. The tape recorder, all that. I’ve only ever been here as a sort of… co-worker? Nah. You’re not my co-worker, you’re better than that. As a tradesman. So to be here as a client , it feels… surreal.”

“That is understandable. I trust you will muddle through, though.”

“Hey – remember the first thing I said when I came here? Today, I mean.”

[continue reading]

#good omens #ineffable husbands #azcrow #good omens fanfiction #my writing #inefficable #the serpent files

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elithemiar-blog · 2 years

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Making Friends

Tucker makes a hacking friend Babs (or Tim). Maybe they met on an online forum or accidentally hacking into a company (Dalv Co. for funsies). When their schedule allows it, they create false programs that their friend has to get in and out of, with "necessary information", the other then advise them on what was missed or how to do something better.

Unknown to Tucker or Babs (or Tim), they start slipping away from false programs and start hacking real companies again. Each thinks that the other doesn't know of the plan, to get help from an unlikely ally. Like Tucker believes he gets them to hack Vlad's personal files. While Babs (or Tim) believes they get Tucker to hack into Lex's files.

Both know that the other is skilled enough to get in and out without notice. Just harmless fun.

Both realize too late that they let something slip about their other life constantly. They think, they easily get away with a lie, but both take note of it and move on.

At some point, things take a nosedive when, Babs (or Tim), finds a shady government that has detailed records of the horrors of Amity Park through underhanded funding by the town’s mayor.

Tucker finds the cloning technology through Lex's files that is so very familiar to Vlad's.

Now both are questioning the very likely suspicions that their friend isn't exactly who they say they are.

Sam also makes a friend reluctantly, through an animal activist group. This kid she couldn't see herself ever getting along with, she finds him annoying, kind of on the shallow end, and sometimes unpleasant. Only because of their shared interests does she at least try to get along.

Damian finds this girl completely rude but at the same time understands when he hears an argument with her folks about a gala.

(Her parents followed her and is completely against this particular group. Telling her that this organization is underhanded.)

Both Sam and Damien then find exactly how bad this funded group is and where the money raised is actually going. They spread the word to other people who don't listen or don't truly care. Instead, they take it on alone.

Damien just wants to stab people, but Sam gets through to him about a way to take down the company without causing too much of a fall out that puts them in a scandal. (It wouldn't stop Sam, but Damien knows that Bruce wouldn't be too happy with a scandal).

Sam just needs Tucker's help with hacking.

Danny also makes a friend, more accidentally. With his friends being busy and not telling him why, and Jazz being busy with college thesis stuff. He goes online to find help with his book assignment of your choice (I'm a sucker for Jason and Danny interactions). He gets help by someone with a username that he relates too. He calls it a mood. That's literally how everything starts. It's thanks to Jason that Danny is passing English again.

However, one day, while online gaming, Technus takes over the game. Danny with quick information on what happened and spilling something about dead coming back to haunt the living and leaves to take care of something.

Jason now concerned, gets a hold of Babs (or Tim) to get information on whoever Technus is and everything about Amity Park.

Tucker has gotten to know Damien through Sam.

Now Danny needs help from Tucker to isolate Technus in a singular device for easier capture with the thermos.

Tucker amateurly keeps his program open for his friend to see the situation with Technus (they don’t need the repeated danger of him getting into satellites). His friend recognizes the danger and helps out sealing Technus and removing him from servers.

Jason, Babs (or Tim), and Damien are now aware that Amity Park where their friends Danny, Tucker, and Sam live isn’t exactly a safe environment and wants answers.

Could include:

Fenton's C+ parenting

One of the Batfam is Danny's twin or sibling

One in 7 people just look like him

Bruce attempts to adopt the 3 much to the chagrin of the parents

Each of the befriended Batfam's alter ego is Team Phantom's favorite

A lot of shenanigans with information and/or identities

Many WTF moments

Danger of Technus getting into the Batcomputer?

Not sure on how or if/when they meet. Writer’s choice.

#dp x dc #dc x dp #please tell me i have the dc characters right #i will not write dp x dc crossover #not intending to do daily posts #ideas just hit more than they should #there's already 3 more #please calm down with the trauma inducing meets

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still-a-morosexual-help · 2 years

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Okay so. I’ve been playing OB! And I just got to the part where they discover Mc is the descendant of Human Lilith

Now my question is, does this counts as (The Mc and 7 bros) if they are relatives? Like a long line of lost nephews? Is this a Zeus situation where all that logic goes out the window?

After that, I don’t see them as datable anymore.

I see them at the end of the story visiting Mc’s house and relatives in a family gathering or something. Like their son/daughter just went to Hell and came back with 7 more uncles, the parents since then just invites the guys over for celebrations and dinners!

I went with the idea of a datable sim, came out with found family. Fuck! I love it?

Boom! So I'm actually officially??? qualified to answer this question! I was raised Buddhist & was actually good enough at the whole theory/concept behind it that I got the batch prize for religion multiple times/years (weird thing to brag about but my list of things I can brag about is v small so lemme have this one damnit). And reincarnation is a big thing in Buddhism so *jazz hands* yknow

I'm gonna answer this in 2 parts & add a bonus part for a "what if" AU;

1. Is MC Actually Related to Lilith the Angel aka The Brothers' Sister Lilith?

The Answer: No.

• Lilith died after the war. It's very specifically said that Diavolo reincarnated her as a human.

• Reincarnation, simplified, means that after a sentient being dies their soul is born again in the body of a whole new sentient being.

• Reincarnation allows a soul to live again as a whole new person with 0 ties to their previous life (unless the soul is born again within the same family). They may retain a couple memories from their previous life for their first 3-4 years of life* but that fades away eventually. They may hold on to a few characteristics but lots of unrelated people have the same characteristics so it's not a Big Deal.

* not sure how much I believe in reincarnation because it seems fantastical & a lot of this could just be childrens' brains being weird, imaginative and half formed but here's a few fun anecdotes of kids I knew talking about their "past lives"

01. My brother at age 3? would constantly tell us he was just staying with us till his real mother came to pick him up.

02. My cousin, an only child, would constantly tell his mother his older sister wanted him to change the lightbulb

03. There's one about my school friend (who currently may or may not hate me)'s little sister that I can't say because I'm lowkey scared she's got a tumblr account and on the 0.01% chance she sees this I might actually die so :D

04. I, till 4, apparently had a whole series of things I'd say about London of all places (I also constantly told one of my aunts not to sit in certain places cos there were ghosts already sitting there so I had a weird imagination so this should be taken with a boatload of salt); 1. Used to point at a very specific building and insist there was a similar one in London. 2. Talked about my dog Hiskie & how my parents? hid the both of us in the basement? when the police? were banging at our door - obviously we didn't have a dog or basement

• Lots of people see it as and call it "Rebirth" but I personally don't see it as that. You, the person you are & all that makes you up, dies. There's no second chance.* It's a way for your soul to live on but not you the person. Your soul gets to live on as a whole new person. You couldn't point at two strangers on the road and say "they're the same person" the same way you can't point at the person you were and the person your soul will become and say "they're the same person"

* In game, the brothers also see it as "rebirth" and as a second chance. They see it as Lilith surviving and living past the war. Which makes sense because;

• Rebirth/Reincarnation is not a phenomenon than occurs naturally in OM!. In OM!, canonically as seen in S2, peoples' souls are represented as candles that burn out. Once the candle burns out that's the end. Their soul is gone for good. Diavolo specifically uses his powers to stop this from happening to Lilith and to give her soul a second chance even if Lilith the person doesn't really get one. In a world where it's a known fact that once a person dies their soul is gone for good, finding out that your loved one, who died tragically and at a young age, 's soul got to live another life that was long and happy would be amazing. It would seem like that person got a second chance for real.

• A dog could die and the soul could be reincarnated as a human, who lives their life and gets married etc etc. This person is a human, not a dog in a human's body. (Though according to Buddhism you need to collect a lot of good karma to be born as a human & if you're a shithead your bad karma gets you demoted to an animal when you die* <- personally don't believe in this at all for a lot of reasons but mainly I know for a fact that there are animals living better & more luxurious lives than me so what is this bs?)

* 01. My grandma constantly told 5 yr old me that if I continued to blow spit bubbles I'd be reincarnated as a slug (this only made me blow more out of spite)

02. There's a saying? that you can tell someone who's pissing you off, which translated, basically means " I hope you get born as a dog in a shitty family" which I think is the funniest way you can tell someone to fuck off

TLDR;

* "human Lilith" probably looked nothing like Angel! Lilith, probably had a different name, canonically only remembered her life as Angel! Lilith when she died & her soul returned to its original state (she did have the soul of an angel though which probably affected her human body and which lead to MC's latent magic powers/why MC canonically doesn't seem to be 100% human/why MC's own soul is so shiny even though they're kind of an ass)

*MC is not related to the brothers' sister Lilith, so it ain't incest, if it were that means according to Buddhism everyone is always at a constant risk of accidentally participating in incest and beastiality which yeah....I'm not religious but good god would I fight someone who sees it as this

2. Are the Brothers & MC a Family - More Specifically A Found Family?

Answer: Yes.

• MC and the brothers are very much a family- more specifically a found family - something which is explicitly stated in OM! near the end of S2.

• Found families are as important as biological families. Their bonds are as strong, if not more so because they get the option to choose each other.

• But found families are gonna be messy because no one's gonna be actually related to each other & romantic and/or sexual chemistry can crop up. And that's normal.

• Depending on the found family, no one may take on more stereotypical family roles or certain people may rise up to take on those roles (eg: parental roles). With either of these types it's still pretty normal to date each other because they're not your real parents. Hell even normal friend groups have the "Mom Friend", that doesn't mean said friend can't date within their friend group.

• Most found families are friend groups who got closer and started seeing each other as family (it's also a very queer concept because lots of found families are queer people who came together because they couldn't get the love, acceptance & connection, all humans need, from their biological families).

• They're not "family" in the biological-related sense but rather in the "we care about each other above all else. we'll always have each others' backs. we'll call each other when we need help. we may fight but at the end of the day we love each other and will come together again". Again it doesn't mean they can't date within the group.

• In OM! however it gets Extra Messy because it mixes an adopted family and a found family. The brothers are a found family (the oddballs of the Celestial Realm who came together), but they're also an adopted family (adopted by Lucifer who saw them all as his brothers/kids) - the second part of this means they're actually brothers - they grew up together and are no different from biological brothers. None of them are gonna see romantic or sexual prospects in each other (with the exception of Asmo but that's just cause he's the personification of Lust + he always gets shut down by the rest).

• MC on the other hand is NOT part of their adopted family but IS part of their found family. MC's a stranger they met when they were all adults who became friends with them and who came to see the brothers as their (found) family and vice versa. This means MC dating the brothers would be completely normal and again not incestuous which I think is a lot of peoples' worry.

• The best example of a found family, with certain members taking on parental roles, that still has them dating/sleeping with each other within said found family is Community (the tv show which is getting a movie HELLO!!?!?). And this is an issue that community actually addresses in more or less detail;

Fucking watch this clip it's hilarious thank you

BONUS ROUND;

+ 1. What If MC Was Actually Related to Lilith the Angel; Would They Also Be Related to the Brothers?

The Answer: No.

• I've written a handful of human au! fics for the brothers and because of how short the time span in them must be, the whole descendent of a reincarnation thing doesn't work. Meaning I make MC a far off relation to OG! Lilith.

• For the answer to this question to be "No" you need to consider the background of two main points;

01. The Brothers & Lilith being an adopted family

-> Lilith & the brothers are canonically an adopted family. All the angels were created by God? presumably but they're not family/don't see themselves as family - the angels don't seem to practice family in the same way humans & demons do - I'm pretty sure the brothers are the odd ones out. Lucifer is the only one who refers to God as "Father" and Mammon canonically sees Lucifer as his dad. The brothers + Lilith are a family because Lucifer took them in one by one & referred to them as his family.

-> Am I saying being an adopted family makes their connections any less real or familial? No, calm down lemme get to my point.

02. MC's relationship with Lilith in this AU

-> MC (if MC was actually related to og Lilith) is a far off relation by thousands of years (my timeline between The Rebellion & S1 puts it at 5000+ years). Do you know who your blood relatives were 5000 years ago? Would you know who your blood relatives are 5000 years later?

-> To make up for the 5000 year time, in a human au MC would be a relative that's so far removed from your family that no one knows they or their own family branch even exists. It's doing a 23 and Me test & seeing you have some unheard of family line on the other side of the world. You're not gonna call them up and pretend to have some familial relationship with these complete strangers because not only will that be lowkey creepy, there's a high chance you won't even speak the same language.

• To make it easier to understand in our human lifetime perspective: Lilith and the brothers are part of a family where everyone was adopted by Lucifer (with only Satan being his biological son & only Lucifer being "God's" biological son). Lilith passes away and eventually the brothers meet MC who they befriend. Almost a year after they meet MC they accidentally discover that MC is a "so far off there's basically a 5000 year gap between us" relation of Lilith's. There'll be a lot of feelings involved, because Lilith's yknow dead, but after that's all dealt with in the grand scheme of things nothing's really changed. Lilith & the brothers' not being blood related didn't make them any less of a real family BUT Lilith & the brothers' not being blood related combined with how removed of a relative MC & Lilith are from each other means that there's no actual familial connection between MC & the brothers - they're not gonna look at each other and see their new sibling or something similar

Overall;

☆ Yes, MC & the brothers are a found family. It's one of my favourite things about OM! and one of the biggest reasons I stuck with this game for 2 1/2 years now (when a couple months is my usual attention span for games). OM!'s also the only dating sim ik of that pushed off the romance for one whole year (in game time) just so they can establish the found family aspect of it (ik there are lots of really good queer dating sims now - shoutout to The Arcana my love - but OM! is the queer dating sim for me)

☆ No, MC & the brothers aren't actually related and they don't see themselves as being related either

☆ Yes, MC can have romantic/sexual relationships with the brothers, it's nowhere near incest

☆ If you don't see the relationship between MC & the brothers as romantic then that's completely okay! While the events push the romantic aspect the main story lets you reject them and be only friends/family AND there are 7 more LIs available (though they are side characters & only get more screentime starting from S3)

☆ Here's more posts I made about Lilith that are related;

* I had about 3 more answered asks about Lilith's Reincarnation but I can't find them because the tagging system on tumblr is shit and I really need to make a masterlist of all my posts before I lose my mind trying to find a relevant post. Anyway this ask goes the most in depth about all of it so*

Lilith, Her Lover & Reincarnation

Lilith & MC's Story Relevance to One Another

Lilith and Her Other Descendents

☆ Here's me being shameless, in my self promotion, with a Lilith centered fic;

Speaking to Myself

7 brothers seek comfort from the grave of their long lost sister, a human lives and breathes just floors above them

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thedarkmistress16 · 1 year

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Yandere!RPF Headcanons: HJ Edition

There aren't enough of au!yan!rpfs out there. There is so much fictional drama potential here and someone needs to deliver it. Anyway, typical yandere warnings here- talk of theoretical kidnapping, violence, sexual acts, obsession, all that jazz.

Yandere!Hugh Jackman (Insp. from Deception)

If your interests even slightly align with his, YOU. ARE. FUCKING. DONE FOR. There ain’t no way in hell he ISN’T going to snatch you up if you’re this compatible.

Like to sing? Calls you his little songbird and encourages you to sing songs he thinks suit you or that complement your range and tone of voice. Does his vocal exercises with you and pushes you to further master it, even doing viral duet covers on occasion.

Into show business? All the connections he can offer from theater to film to television, but mainly encourages the higher-ups to be your co-star when you’re casted or as a future candidate. He'll be disappointed if he's not involved, but still encourages you from the sidelines.

Health enthusiast? You’re tagging along with his film and normal regimens and so is he with yours, switching off when appropriate.

Even if you don’t share any hobbies or likes, he’ll still get attached in some way. A small thing like your smile or the way you hold yourself, even, can reel him in.

You captivate him enough where you’ll catch him looking your way. He'll either pretend you didn't see him or send you a grin or a wave depending on how confident he feels about pursuing you.

Living your life alone isn’t an option. You’ll either accept him trying to take it slow with invites to dates and later moving in with him as his girlfriend like a normal couple, or let yourself be kidnapped and stuck in his home if you say no too many times. There WILL be a relationship, but he hopes he doesn’t have to do it the hard way.

When he kidnaps you he will play it off like you two are joking and having fun being carried bridal style. In reality, your protests hold more weight than he'll let anyone in on. He'll go as far as carrying you fireman-style in broad daylight to his car, without giving you any restraints or sedatives as you try to yell over him at the drive-through window. His sure-fire attitude and control over the situation shoots you down immediately, and the seriousness and hopelessness of your predicament hits you full force then.

Doesn’t mind the press, honestly, as long as they know you’re taken and not to mess with either of you. It’s why you’re usually with him whenever you go outside.

Knows how to put up this facade of a genuine, heartfelt guy for the world, mainly because he’s never become this obsessed until you. This front is even put up for you, to make you believe he’s a normal guy, until push comes to shove.

This changes when you try to leave or cross him, or someone involved with you in some way ticks him off. His behavior will become a little concerning with how possessive he becomes. If the person or you doesn’t stop or shut up, it will be more clear that alpha man Wolverine is going into berserker mode. He hates showing this side of himself when you’re around, filled with tension as he makes sure you’re safe, and then stalking off to calm himself down before trying to comfort you.

Doesn’t need a blunt instrument or an explosive gun. His body IS the weapon. Look out, rivals, he WILL punch them to death if angered enough.

Gets mad when you fight him and try to escape. Just wants you to be happy here with his doting and attentive self. He may get loud and grip your arms tightly, but he'll never hurt you more than that. He hopes that when he comes off with enough of a threatening presence that you'll back down and drop it.

Very perceptive. He can read through your lines as well as your expressions, no matter how good you think your acting skills are. He simply pretends to believe you before confronting you later. Is hurt that you don’t trust him enough to show how you’re truly feeling.

If he ever does let you go outside on your own to do things like see your friends, which is rare, expect to be intensely stalked by him and your phone to blow up every two seconds the whole time.

Will absolutely install cameras in every inch of his home to make sure you’re safe as he’s traveling the world for his job. Will sometimes send you tickets to visit him, which is never a suggestion.

Slightly into more private intimacy than eating at a fancy restaurant concerning date nights. Tucking into a home-cooked meal with you curled into his side and the TV on as background noise is just as indulgent.

Has moments of desperate cuddles, but does give you space most of the time. A lot of shared moments involve sitting together or you on his lap or some other part of his body. Seldom are you ever sitting across from him unless he just wants to analyze you and smile brightly for a cute reaction; that’s too much space between you for him to handle most of the time.

Struts around the house in different levels of nakedness out of his own enjoyment, but also to get a rise out of you. Hopes you find him more attractive this way and that it lets your guard down, so you give him more time and affection, perhaps encouraging you to do the same.

Indifferent toward sex. Partakes in it, but it isn’t necessary nor does he feel like doing it all the time. This is the one subject he completely respects your boundaries on.

If you aren’t into it, he won’t touch you in those ways ever again and will go relieve himself of any tension away from your eyes and ears.

If you don't specify clear boundaries, he’ll slowly push for more in very subtle and exploratory touches, such as hands on clothed hips gliding toward erogenous zones and later under clothes on those direct spots, caressing and softly pinching all the way. Accompanied by featherlight kisses that soon grow more passionate, of course. Will stop when you ask him to in a serious voice or if it looks like you aren’t into it- especially if he’s not particularly horny that day- and won’t do whatever made you uncomfortable again.

If you are clearly into it, he’ll be on top of you for the first few times, getting out all his frustration and over the moon at finally having you, before letting you take the reigns; putting his trust in you and noting all the things you like and dislike for the future.

He wants at least one child with you, and might push for one insistently the older he gets and especially so if you’re sexually active. When you do have a child, he wants both of you to share the joy and burdens. You’re partners, which makes you equals as well.

Will end up proposing when he realizes you're pregnant so expect to be refitted for your dress constantly during the planning and proudly displaying a bump in your wedding photos.

Prefers dogs, but may settle for a cat if you really want one. Just always keep in mind to balance the attention.

Just wants you to live a happy and fulfilling life just with him only (and hopefully a kid or two).

#moi writing #he can't just sing like that in deception and not fuel my fascination for yans and my creativity like this #hugh jackman #hugh jackman x reader #yandere x reader #yandere #yandere hugh jackman #am i the first one to do a yan hj tag? XD #yandere hugh jackman x reader

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tickles-in-ficland · 2 years

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Green Green Dress

Summary: The reader lands the lead role in the new “Tick Tick Boom!” movie and her lead co star finds out something about her.

Warnings: None. Just fluff.

Pairing: Ler!Andrew Garfield Lee!Fem reader

Word Count: 2,027

You’d never thought this day would come. You had been cast in your dream role. You would be working along side Andrew Garfield in the upcoming movie musical “Tick Tick Boom!” You loved musicals your whole life and hoped one day to end up on broadway. This was not a bad way to get your name out there though. You were even more excited to work along side an actor you greatly admired.

It was the first day of rehearsals in the studio, and you were excited, but extremely nervous.

You and Andrew had hit it off right away. The director has asked the two of you to get to know one another in hopes the chemistry would build and show on screen. It worked. The two of you had become the best of friends.

You walked into the rehersal space to see Andrew already there, unpacking his bag.

“Hey!” you shouted across the room, with a wave and smile.

Andrew’s face lit up when he see you. “Hey bug!” he said running to scoop you in his arms and twirl you around.

The first time you two met, you were wearing a red coat with black dots on it, and Andrew joked you looked like a ladybug. The nickname stuck ever since.

You let out a string of giggles as he spun you in a circle.

“Ahandrew! Put me down!”

He chuckled but set you on your feet, kissing your cheek. You fixed your shirt, now full of wrinkles.

“Sorry bug. You ready?” he asked.

You nodded. The two of you went over the steps for a few minutes by yourselves before the choreographer Alex walked in. He sighed putting his stuff down before turning to the two of you.

“Sorry I’m late you guys. Are we ready to get started?”

You both nodded and Alex turned on the music and you all got to work.

******

“Okay Andrew, now for this next part you’re going to spin Y/N away from you and bring her back towards you as you shake your hips like this” Alex demonstrated the move.

Andrew watched intently, nodding in understanding.

Alex then turned to you. “And Y/N as he pulls you back his way you’re going to shimmy backwards like this” he said showing you your move.

You nodded. “Alright cool.”

You started to get into position but Alex put his hand out to stop you. “No, not yet.” he said. “Andrew, as she shimmies backwards you’re going to approach her with your hands out like this.” Alex said his hands in a jazz hand stance. “And run them gently from her under arms down her sides. From there we’ll move on to the next verse.”

Your breath caught in your throat. You were incredibly ticklish and you worried it would ruin the dance. Or that anyone would find out. It wasn’t exactly something you broadcasted.

You nodded nervously before getting into position. A few steps before that particular movement you took the wrong step. Apologizing you took a deep breath before going back to the starting position. When you reached that portion of the dance and Andrew’s hands lightly traced down your sides you let out a quiet giggle and jumped back.

Andrew raised his eyebrows in concern, but slight amusement. “Are you okay Y/N? I didn’t hurt you did I?”

You shook your head. “No not at all! Just rehersal jitters I guess. Let’s keep going.”

But again, when that move happened, you jerked away with a giggle. Andrew’s eyes lit up with mischievous. He’d figured it out. Shit.

“Y/N…. are you…. ticklish?” he asked his eyes twinkling.

Your face turning a deep shade of red you shook your head. “No, of course not.” you said with a pained smile trying to hide the truth but Andrew wasn’t buying it.

“Somehow, I don’t believe you.” he said approaching you with a smirk.

“Guys! We need to focus.” Alex said snapping the two of you out of your little cat and mouse game.

Andrew chuckled. “Sorry man. We’re ready.” he said.

You breathed a sigh of relief. Especially when Alex decided to move on to the next verse, stating you’d go over it again another day.

****

After several more hours of grueling rehersal, you grabbed your bag, waved goodbye to the boys and headed out the door.

You heard heavy footsteps behind you, causing you to turn around and see Andrew waving you down.

“Hey Y/N! Great rehersal today bug!” he said pulling you into a warm embrace.

You giggled. “Thanks, I appreciate it. This is all so new to me.”

Andrew smiled. “You’d never know it. You’re a natural.” he said

Your smile grew wider. “Thanks buddy. That means a lot.”

“I have some free time this evening if you want to go over the script?”

You smiled nervously. “Yeah, sounds great. What time?”

Andrew looked down at his watch “Uh, 5? Does that work for you? I don’t about you but we both stink.” he said making a face.

You giggled, nodding in agreement. “Some more than others.”

Andrew’s eyed widened at your cheekiness. “We’ll miss thang you aren’t smelling so hot yourself.”

You took a quick whiff and made a face. “Ugh. You’re right.”

You turned to throw your bag in the car when you felt two hands taser your sides.

“HE-HEY!” you yelped spinning around to a grinning Andrew. “What was that for?!”

“I’m not ticklish!” he teased in a mocking tone.

You narrowed your eyes at him playfully. “No. You just caught me off guard.”

“A huh. Whatever you say darling. I’ll see you at 5.” he said with a smirk before heading to his own car.

You climbed in your car, cheeks flushed. You shook your head with a smile before turning the ignition on and headed home.

*****

As the time to 5 o’clock got closer you got even more nervous. You were comfortable around Andrew now, but the nerves still got to you. You didn’t want to screw this up. This was your one chance to make it and you wanted to make a good impression on everyone.

Before you knocked on the door, it swung open revealing a smiling Andrew.

“Hey Y/N! Come on in.” he said moving aside to let you step in the door. “Can I get you anything to drink?” he asked

“No thanks.” you said shaking your head. “Thank you though.”

Andrew nodded, sitting on the couch and patting the spot next to him. “Come. Sit. Do you have your script?”

You slapped your forehead in frustration. “I knew I was forgetting something.”

Andrew chuckled. “No worries. We can share mine.”

You sat next him, leaning in to see the page he had open. “Okay so what scene are we going over?” you asked.

Andrew took a sip of his water, as he went to answer but completely missed his mouth sending water dripping down the front of his shirt.

You covered your mouth to try to suppress the giggles bubbling in your throat.

“Smooth move ace.” you said in a teasing tone.

“Shut it.” he said but a hint of a smile played on his face. “Alright, so I was thinking….”

The two of you rehearsed for a while. Andrew turned the page and put his arm around your waist and pulled you closer to him as instructed in the scene. When you let out of breathy giggle, he turned to look at you with a smirk.

“What was that?” he asked raising his eyebrow.

“N-nothing.” you said.

“Nu uh.” he said pulling you tighter. “So this is nothing?” he said now intently wiggling his fingers gently into your sides.

“N-nohope.” you said desperately trying to keep up the facade.

“Interesting.” he said playing along. “How about this?” he asked as his fingers skittered across your ribs.

“Ihi dohon’t know wahat you’re tahalking abohout!” you said giggles now pouring out of your mouth.

With a toss of the script, Andrew pushed you gently onto the couch, and pinned your arms to your sides.

“Miss “I’m not ticklish” he said with a chuckle. “I have a hard time believing that.”

Before you could open your mouth to protest, he launched a full fledged attack on your sides, squeals of laughter filling the room

“OKAHAHAHAHAHAY! IHIM SOHOHOHORRY!!!” You screamed in laughter. “IHIM TIHIHIHICKLISH! NOW LEHEHET ME GOHOHOHO!”

A wide grin spread across his face. “But why would I do that bug? You’re so adorable when you laugh like this.”

His fingers digging into to each rib over and over, constantly switching sides before you could block the next one.

“PLEHEHEHEASE AHAHAHANDREW! DOHOHON’T!”

“Don’t what?” he asked innocently, knowing you were walking right into his trap.

“Tihihickle me-NO WAHAHIT!”

“Don’t mind if I do!” he said with a boisterous laugh.

“Nohoho!” you screamed in laughter. The sensation was overwhelming but you were having so much fun, you didn’t really mind.

“l still haven’t found your worst spot yet, bug. Is iiit, here?” he asked dancing his fingers across your neck.

Eliciting a string of giggles you shook your head.

“Nope. Not there I guess. How about….. here?” he said squeezing the muscle above your knees. While that produced a hearty laugh, that wasn’t it either.

“Wow not there either huh? I wonder…..”

Taking it deep breaths while he had temporarily paused the torturous tickles, you looked at him with pleading eyes.

“That’s cute Y/N but I’m still gonna find it.” he said taping his chin as if he was thinking hard.

“Oh! How about here?” he asked before rapidly squeezing the space where your thighs met your hip. Your ear splitting shriek into a deep belly laugh told him he had found it.

“NAHAHAHAHA!” you squealed in laughter, desperately kicking the couch behind him trying to escape. “NOHOHOT THEHEHERE!”

“Aw but this is so fun!” he said with a deep chuckle. “I think I’m gonna start calling you giggle bug. You have the cutest laugh.” he said in a teasing tone which was driving you crazy.

“I CAHAHAHAN’T! STAHAHAHAP!” you said weakly hitting his arms.

Realizing you were tapping out, with a breathy laugh, Andrew climbed off you and helped you sit up.

“You alright giggle bug?” he asked giving you a slight shove with a cheesy grin.

You were still giggling, brushing the phantom tickly sensation off of you.

“Thahat was sohoho mehehean!” you said crossing your arms, trying to appear upset but the twitch of a smile gave you away.

“I know, I know!” Andrew said with a laugh holding up his hands in defense. “It’s not my fault you’re so ticklish. But you did that to yourself. Lying never works out for anyone.” he said with a wink.

You snorted. “Yeah yeah.”

“Besides…” Andrew said leaning towards you with a mischievous grin. “I didn’t hear you tell me to stop until the very end so something tells me you didn’t completely hate it.”

Your face turning bright red, you shoved him away with a smile. “Shut up. “

Andrew chuckled and put an arm around you. “It’ll be our secret. At least I know how to cheer you up or you’re being sassy and need to be taught a lesson.” he said with a wink.

You rolled your eyes, but smiled at him. “You’re the worst.”

“Maybe, but ya love me.” he said batting his eyelashes in an exaggerated manner. “Ready to actually go over this next scene.”

You nodded with a slight giggle. “Yeah, let’s do it.”

The rest of the evening the two of you actually got some work done and felt confident about the next days rehersal.

Andrew led you to the door. “I’ll see you tomorrow, giggle bug.” he said planting a soft kiss on your cheek causing the heat in your cheeks to rise and the butterflies in your stomach to go wild.

“See you.” you said with a small smile and a wave.

He shut the door, and unbeknownst to you, also had a red faced smile on his face. The next few months was going to be an experience of a lifetime and neither of you could wait.

#marvel tickle #mcu tickle #ticklish reader #avengers tickle #tickle fics #andrew garfield #andrew garfield tickle #andrew garfield x reader

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nuatthebeach · 1 year

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Oh, I hope you don’t mind but I’ve got multiple ships for the ask game:

1) Ginny x Michael

2) Ginny x Dean

3) Ginny x Harry (can’t exclude my favourite pairing)

4) Harry x Cho

5) Hermione x Victor

6) Hermione x Ron

7) Ron x Hermione

i need to crack my knuckles for this one. (and i don't mind at all!)

ALSO I APOLOGIZE FOR GRAMMAR/SPELLING ERRORS, I JUST WROTE AND POSTED

Ginny x Michael

first puppy love! it's cute that they met at the yule ball, especially when ginny was basically treated as last option that even neville ended up settling for her. at least michael saw her, ya know?

house unity! prideful gryffindors teaming up with prideful ravenclaws is quite the combo, but they did it.

ginny trusted michael enough for him to join the DA. that means something, people.

Ginny x Dean

both exceedingly artistic and creative. ginny can write, dean can draw; together, they'd make the best comic books known to man. move aside, marvel.

dean is such a nice dude, as we see from the way he respects harry since day 1 all the way up to DH while the trio were eavesdropping. even tho harry swooped in and "stole" his girlfriend freshly a week later. ofc, this niceness can be to his own detriment (helping ginny through the portrait hole), but still.

they're sexually attracted to each other. the way they were snogging fiercely in the corridor that ron and harry caught them in is proof enough. it was certainly enough to trigger harry's chest monster when ginny and michael couldn’t.

Ginny x Harry

you would think that two hotheaded, stubborn, impulsive people would clash tremendously, but interestingly enough, they don't. at least from the few scenes we've seen. like when ginny told harry off in the lucky you scene, or when harry told ginny the hbp book is nothing like tom's diary. he was thoughtful and learned his lesson.

similar interests. they both believe that quidditch is more than a game, and for personal reasons too. for harry, quidditch is like a reprieve from his trauma, and for ginny, quidditch is something that empowers her and gives her independence.

values and humor. the former is obvious: they value family, love, the greater good, fighting for what's right, all that jazz. and for humor, we have the iconic pygmy puff scene and all the cute looks throughout the books, just to name a few examples.

Harry x Cho

again, house unity! we love a good gryffindor branching out to other houses ship.

harry was pretty attracted to her? like, she was his first crush. for three books. he didn't know much about her, yes, and when he did, there were problems. but physically, it's a different story.

their ship name is charry! which, c'mon, i hate to say it, but it rolls off the tongue a bit better than another ship we know *cough cough*

Hermione x Victor Krum (*we're ignoring the age difference)

victor pining after hermione is so cute. he's such a brutish man, but he's also so emotionally confident in himself? i can see why hermione picked him over a certain someone. (during that TIME.) and she was the person who he would miss the most, so it was real. for him, at least.

it came out of fucking nowhere, and that's fucking brilliant. the levels of irony in this pair: hermione not giving a fuck about quidditch and ron being OBSESSED with krum. you just can't top that.

they've kept in touch! that's pretty wholesome, ngl.

Hermione x ...wait, i'm confused. you said ron x hermione in the next one, so... did you mean Hermione x Harry? if so...askfjsdlkfjsdlkfj

Ron x Hermione

frictional best friends to lovers. they drive each other insane, but it's practically foreplay for them. they enjoy making each other pissed off. which, couldn't be me, but it seems to work for them.

ron remembers her so much. he defends her during the troll scene in ss, the slug scene in cos, thinks about her when she's taking a million classes in poa, stands up to snape for her, and those are just in the earlier books. plus, when he cried after he killed the horcrux in DH, thinking of her? or when harry pointed out that maybe dumbledore gave him the deluminator because he knew that ron would come back? or his speech when he did come back? i lowkey teared up a bit too.

they're extremely passionate people, but in a the-other person-can-relate sort of way. like, they both get jealous when they see each other with other people. which, yeah, is not necessarily great, but it's relatable, ya know? it's not like they can accuse each other for things they do themselves.

#THIS WAS SO LONG HOLY SHIT #ginny x michael #ginny x dean #ginny x harry #harry x cho #hermione x victor krum #ron x hermione #ask game

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denimbex1986 · 5 months

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“I don’t remember ever not thinking I was going to be an actor,” says Cush Jumbo. We’re meeting to talk about her new role in Shakespeare’s legendary psychological drama, Macbeth, in which she will star opposite David Tennant. Has she always wanted to act, I ask? “This is just what I do – I’m not that good at anything else.”

When it comes to Jumbo, “good” is an understatement. The star of The Good Wife has played many formidable stage roles, appearing in Phyllida Lloyd’s groundbreaking, all-female version of Julius Caesar at the Donmar Warehouse in 2012, She Stoops to Conquer in the same year at the Olivier Theatre, and opposite Hugh Jackman in The River on Broadway – to name a few. A personal favourite for me was her star turn as the titular role in Hamlet at the Young Vic two years ago, which stopped me in my tracks.

But it was when Jumbo decided to not just act but create – writing and starring in Josephine and I, a play about the jazz sensation, political activist and international icon Josephine Baker, in 2015 – that she garnered real, critical acclaim. Josephine and I catapulted Jumbo towards scoring the iconic, whip-smart female role she has now undertaken: Lady Macbeth.

Despite being offered the role several times, Jumbo didn’t feel the set-up was right – until now. “One of the biggest things I’ve learnt over the last 10 years is: don’t play opposite a man, if you’re not sure whether that man is going to mess with your mental health,” she tells me. But the right timing, the safety net of acting opposite Tennant (a close friend) and the vision of director Max Webster has been a magic combination, giving her the confidence to take on this venerated role.

In this production, Webster has chosen to put the marriage at the centre. “He believes Macbeth is a play about a couple suffering with psychosis after losing a child,” says Jumbo. In order to create a sense of intimacy, the production employs the use of headphones, through which the audience experiences binaural technology that creates an intense and unnerving 3D sound world. I’m excited to see how this technique might help to amplify the sense of inner monologue that Shakespeare is so good at creating.

Lady Macbeth and Jumbo are alike in one sense, at least: they both want to be heard. You could call this serendipity, but Jumbo thinks of it more as destiny: “It’s quite amazing how the universe gives you things when you need them,” she says. Jumbo’s ambition with her performance is to change perspectives of this much-maligned anti-heroine. “Her name has been dragged through the mud,” she explains. “If she were male, she would’ve been seen as a flawed hero.” She’s determined to give Lady Macbeth’s character new meaning, and to prove her as one of Shakespeare’s smartest creations.

Jumbo is looking forward to a busy period, Macbeth aside. She has demonstrated her entrepreneurial spirit with Criminal Record, an eight-episode crime thriller that she pitched, co-executively produced and will star in, which will debut on Apple TV+ in January 2024. It’s an exciting time for the actor – and there’s no doubt that, both on stage and screen, Jumbo is one to watch.'

#Cush Jumbo #Macbeth #Donmar Warehouse #David Tennant #Max Webster #The Good Wife #Julius Caesar #She Stoops to Conquer #The River #Hugh Jackman #Hamlet #Josephine and I #Criminal Record #AppleTV+

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picapicamagpie · 1 year

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Time to spill some more headcanons all over the place below v v

🪶Cadence cannot cook for crap, while Klaus is quite good at it. He resolves to teach her after horrifyingly learning that she lives mostly off take aways and ready meals

🪶Birds don’t taste spice, so Cadence regularly eats the spiciest of food unknowingly. Once Klaus teaches her how to prepare salads, he regretfully learns this

🪶Cadence is your typical insecure mess who tries to hide it behind her ego. Raised in a less fortunate family, she dreamed of Redshore as if it were a fairy tale. It falls apart quite spectacularly when she gets there as she always pushes for more. Most everything she does is out of a desire to be loved, though she often self-sabotages her own efforts as she feels undeserving. She takes the message of “achieve your dreams!” too literally and will often stop at nothing to get what she wants, often at the expense of others. Klaus ends up being the only one she couldn’t throw aside. I think Klaus just doesn’t mesh well with a perfect adorable sweetheart, he needs someone as “problematic” as he is. Cadence is elegant, determined, and sophisticated, but deep down she is manipulative and cunning, but even deeper down she has a good heart. Mostly. Like Klaus, it just takes a while to reach it

🪶Proboscis monkeys are great swimmers so Klaus used to be into swimming, back in his prime

🪶The reason Klaus is so hard on his students is multifaceted - he had a strict upbringing himself and truly believes this is the only way to get good. He also had to retire as a dancer early, becoming a choreographer instead. I’m 50/50 on whether he’s hard on his students out of jealousy, or out of desire to see them take the opportunities he never got. Maybe a mixture of both

🪶Cadence and Klaus often go to museums, ballet, and opera together. Cadence can’t really get into opera but she tries to enjoy it for Klaus. I think they would absolutely do something snobby like wine tasting together. They both love classical music, and Cadence also likes jazz

🪶Klaus was particularly hard on Johnny because, in his eyes, Johnny had not earned his place there. All the other students, like Ryan, had trained hard to get into his class while Johnny was there simply because he’s in tight with the boss (Buster, who himself was in tight with Jimmy at the time). Additionally, dance - the craft he dedicated his life to - was being treated like something easy and rather trivial; “here’s this kid who’s never danced in his life, but he can learn it all in a couple of weeks!” I imagine Klaus felt his craft was being insulted, but couldn’t take his anger out on Buster or Jimmy at risk of being sacked, so Johnny got his wrath. (I’m not excusing how Klaus acted, because it was unprofessional af, this is just how he might have seen it)

🪶Both of them were bullied in their youth. Klaus was for his appearance (his size and his nose), and Cadence for being poor and magpies being... generally disliked birds. Magpie supersition/stereotypes range from being sneaky thieves, to murderers, to some places believing the magpie is literally the devil in bird form

🪶Cadence absolutely hates costume jewellery (when glass is coloured to look like gemstones). Probably because the thought of something cheap and commonplace imitating something expensive and valuable hits a little too close to home?

🪶Klaus is extroverted but fine with his own company. Cadence is also extroverted but more insecure, needing the company of others more often

🪶Klaus doesn’t open up to people easily and his grumpy attitude is how he is most of the time; Cadence sees his softer side only because she’s known him for over a decade, the two having been co-stars

🪶Cadence doesn’t actually hang out with the Moon troupe that much, she mostly hangs around rehearsals to watch Klaus teach

🪶Klaus and Cadence bring out both the best and worst in each other. They each inspire the other to do better and be better animals, but they’ll also egg each other on. I imagine that when Klaus was upset about Johnny, Cadence was 100% “oh yeah you have every right to be upset, I would be. You should do something about it.” Or if Cadence is upset, Klaus will be like “you should try to steal their role” and Cadence will be all “yeah you’re right”

🪶The prejudices around magpies continue to bother her, and though she loves Klaus, she worries that their status as an interspecies couple will effect their future e.g. adopting kids

#long post lol #cadence #sing #sing 2 #sing oc #sing 2 oc #self ship #self insert #klaus kickenklober #sing headcanons

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jmflowers · 1 year

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Cataloguing this life again cause I kind of can’t believe it’s mine. Sometimes I feel as though I haven’t done enough, or I’m not good enough, or like people are lying when they say I’m worth anything. But then I have days like today and it’s an oh. I’m capable.

So, todays project was called a “White’s Day”. My Cinematography profs make it happen at the very end of the final semester for students in my program at the college. Basically, they get a bunch of cinema quality gear for us to work with and give us a day to execute a short film shoot, adhering to a schedule of their making. It’s designed to be exhilarating and stressful and just a lot of fun. Tons of learning.

We got our script a week ago and broke down four scenes across a bunch of different teams - there’s about 40 of us in our final semester. I missed the production meeting, but a classmate reached out and asked if I was interested in joining him on the direction team. So, I was given a scene and had to break down how I wanted it to be executed.

Planning for it involved working through my pages - my scene had “3 7/8” (which means just under 4) pages - and deciding what sort of moments I wanted to emphasize, where tension could be added, and how I wanted the scene to feel. From there, I sat down with my co-director and we talked through the logistics of the blocking; where characters needed to be and why and how they would move through the scene. I wrote all these notes into a shot list and took them into a meeting with my DP.

DP, DOP, or Cinematographer are all just names for the person in charge of making the visuals happen for the director. I hand picked my DP because he’s a classmate I’d really been wanting to work with and hadn’t yet (and he has such an incredible eye with a camera). That was one of the best choices I made. He helped me transform my logistic vision into a storyboard and then into some of the most beautiful shots I’ve ever been a part of.

We brought that plan onto set this morning. I’d begged the production team to shuffle our schedule and put my scene first, as it was the longest, so we started the day in our location. It took a long time to get set, since we’re a team of students trying to corral each other. As director, I basically had to stand back and watch as they figured out the dolly and set up lights and all that jazz - director isn’t allowed to touch a thing. I was, however, allowed to watch the clock and see my allotted time ticking away.

In the industry, overtime happens a lot. You learn quickly that you must adapt as fast as possible. So, as time ticked away, I started mentally going through our planned shot list and began cutting what we wouldn’t need for coverage. This is where I was so glad to have a DP who was comfortable working with me; our rapport is good and so we pivoted quickly as a team (which can’t be said for other teams, who argued when in similar positions). We stripped our plan down to what was necessary and would allow us to still do the couple of shots we just knew would be fun to execute.

I also was doing all the normal director stuff we think of when we hear that word: communicating with actors about what I wanted, calling action and cut, choosing which shots I wanted and how to frame them. Lots of staring at a monitor and then giving instructions.

And we managed to wrap our scene on time. Despite not rolling until 27 minutes after our plotted start time. Despite a hold for some sound interference. Despite some elaborate dolly moves. I am so impressed with myself and my team because we pulled it off!

I am so grateful that I had the people I did working with me. I am so glad that my co-director is a kick ass focus puller and that he stepped up into that role at the last minute - I don’t know anyone else who could’ve done his job at the F-stop we were at. These guys made me look soooooooo good and our scene looks amazing and we all had so much fun doing it.

The final product of this is something I am going to be so proud to have my name on. I feel like I proved myself today, to my peers and my profs and myself. I am capable. I can do this.

And I can have the time of my life doing it!

#film and television production life #college project #one more week until I graduate #my head hurts so bad and I’m so tired but I feel so proud of myself

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Today’s compilation:

The Chill Pill 2000 Trip Hop / Downtempo / Pop / Breakbeat / Deep House / Dub

I seriously *cannot believe* that this double-disc comp isn't on Discogs, you guys. You'd think that they'd have nearly every electronic release in the world indexed on there by now since that's been their specialty as a music database since jump, but they somehow missed this one. And it's from a label that's a subsidiary of Sony, for fuck's sake!; not some random-ass, low-budget, barely existing label no one's ever heard of! Plus, it has Portishead, David Byrne, Suede, Primal Scream, Jamiroquai, Björk, Kylie Minogue, Leftfield, and the Happy Mondays on it! Those are all huge names! I mean, how do we still not have a full accounting of someone like Björk's discography of appearances on Discogs in 2022?!? Humanity has failed us.

Anyway. Throw this one on the rather large pile of excellent big label chillout collections that came out at around the turn of the millennium. Seems like every major record company put at least one of these things out every year while trying to cash in on the chillout CD craze and this is yet another shining example of all that relaxing, loungey bliss 😌.

But don't let the Eastern-looking statue on the cover fool you; there's nothing that's really Eastern about this thing at all. What a slight majority of this is though, is a showcase of trip hop music in many of its different forms, from the magically chunky and silly electro-funky kind, courtesy of frequent Beastie Boys collaborator Money Mark, to the dramatic and cinematic orchestrally dubby kind by Björk and David Arnold, to more varyingly poppy strains from Kylie Minogue's "Breathe" and Moodswings' early 90s new agey oasis, "Spiritual High," that features Chrissie Hynde on lead vocals and was partially co-written by Vangelis and Jon Anderson from Yes.

And we've also got plenty of non-trip hop stuff too, like a pair of deep house cuts from Dubtribe Sound System and The Beloved, the latter of which is a late 80s Ibiza-flavored remix by Danny Rampling; Primal Scream's "Higher Than the Sun," another Ibiza-sounding one that was produced by ambient house duo The Orb that's transcendently experimental and features on PS' 1991 landmark album, Screamadelica; back-to-back slices of acid breakbeat from Endorphin and Leftfield; and Brazil's Deodato delivering a nine-minute, early 70s jazz-funk take on Richard Strauss' late 1800s composition that was used as the theme music for 2001: A Space Odyssey, "Also sprach Zarathustra," whose abridged single version actually peaked at #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 😮.

Yet another fantastic turn-of-the-millennium chillout-type comp to sink your teeth into. A little more eclectic and retrospective than most. Check out other big label chillout-type comps I've dug into over the years here, here, and here. All of them are mostly on a similar type of vibe, but there's really not much overlap in selection between them. So if you've never really taken the plunge before, consider the totality of these posts to be your little chillout starter pack 😎.

Highlights:

CD1:

Bob Marley vs. Funkstar De Luxe - "Sun Is Shining (Sand in My Shoe remix)" Morcheeba - "Blindfold" Moodswings - "Spiritual High" Portishead - "All Mine" Money Mark - "Push the Button" Dubtribe Sound System - "Loneliness in Dub" Eumir Deodato - "Also sprach Zarathustra"

CD2:

Suede - "Asbestos" Primal Scream - "Higher Than the Sun" Jamiroquai - "Destitute Illusions" Alex Gopher - "The Child" Finley Quaye - "Even After All" Björk feat. David Arnold - "Play Dead" Kylie Minogue - "Breathe" Endorphin - "Solar Flare (Disaster Area remix)" Leftfield - "Storm 3000" The Beloved - "The Sun Rising (Danny's "Love Is..." mix)"

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1983

Epic year for my music .A number of releases this year that set the format for “college radio”. You got REM, violent femmes, U2, new order, X, Billy idol, tears for fears, eurythmics, talking heads

A banner year for Pop music. Thriller got released late 1982, so that was a mainstay,then in 83’ a 24 y/o New Yorker named Madonna released her self titled debut album, Lionel Richie with a record that had five top 10 hits, Billy Joel- his top record-innocent man, U2, journey

Rock ‘n’ roll was more 60s rockin than 80s synth rock. x, quiet riot, ZZ Top, David Bowie, the police, Genesis, U2, Rolling Stones, motley Crew, and Def Leppard starting the hair metal bands.

And got some hard ass punk rock with acts like Bad Brains & Suicidal Tendencies…ALL I WANTED IS A PEPSI!!!!

Still fresh 40 years later

- [ ] Violent Femmes - ROY..recall being a freshman(1988) in high school and hearing Blister in the Sun for the 1st time. One of those music memories that easily outduels Alzheimer’s Disease

- [ ] Talking heads- their seminal release Speaking In Tongues

- [ ] Madonna - self titled. This record changed pop music . You got thriller released late 82 & then madonna in summer of 83 with 4-5 sure 🔥 hits.

- [ ] REM: Murmur. Debut which may be one of my fav REM records. 80s REM>>>90s REM

- [ ] John mellencamp- uh huh!! Has 4-5 classic American songs. Jackie O is a subtle highlight

- [ ] Bowie- let’s dance. Post Berlin trio, it’s Bowie crossing to middle America with songs like Let’s Dance and Modern Love..Stevie ray vaughn and Niles Rogers on guitars

- [ ] ZZ Top - eliminator. Straight up blues Texas rock.

- [ ] U2: War - full on rock n roll masterpiece with guitar driven politically charged songs.

- [ ] U2: Under the Bloody Red Sky- introduced Red Rocks to the world outside of CO. A truly majestic place that hosted the greatest over the decades. More on red rocks during 2013 year in review

- [ ] Genesis - genesis. Departing the DnD world of prog rock I believe made them better artists. Def richer ($$$) ones. Mama, illegal alien, That’s All…HITS!

- [ ] The Police: Synchronicity (A&M). Don’t know if ever listened to it cover to cover . The 4 hits off the record are all back to back midway through the record. Murder By Numbers a great last song.

Revisits and new finds

- [ ] ESG- come away with ESG. Damn! This sounds like a 2024 Z-ster release that would get a 8.5+ on pitchfork. 80s club music (find of the year)

- [ ] Cure - Japanese Whispers. An early-ish release w a couple solid goth/synth tracks

- [ ] Liquid liquid - tremendous! Funk, punk, hip hop. Contains the “Cavern” the original white lines

- [ ] Replacements -hootennanny. Lots of noise between a few good tracks. Sounds like they just recorded everything they did and put it out in this record

- [ ] Keith Jarrett - standards Vol 1. Trio s dejenette and Peacok. Got bias here. I’m a big Keith Jarrett fan & this is one have the best trios of all time and jazz, in my opinion.

- [ ] Def leopard - pyromaniac ..gotta give it props for 3 solid rocking songs (foolin, Rock of Ages, Photograph

- [ ] Lionel Richie- can’t deny the power of his pop R&B. 5/8 songs were top 10 hits

Random and Wierd shit!!!

- [ ] Lou reed. Finding out he just explains his daily life in NYC ..in song fashion. He’s got 30+ records over 30ish years. High Quantity will even lead to a low to moderate sum of quality.

- [ ] Daniel Johnston - hi how are you. Like WTF?!?!

- [ ] Rolling Stones - undercover. One of the stones worst albums. Though I’m not a stones fan. Title track only one worth a dime

- [ ] Billy Joel- innocent man. Pop stuff is good, doo wap 50s stuff is 💩 doo doo

Didn’t get to:

- [ ] X: More Fun in the New World (Elektra)

- [ ] Richard Thompson: Hand of Kindness (Hannibal)

- [ ] Eurythmics

- [ ] Billy idol- renal yell

- [ ] Yazoo- you me

- [ ] Bad brains - rock for light

- [ ] Quiet riot - mental health

- [ ] Tears for fears

- [ ] The fall-

- [ ] Omd

- [ ] Earth wind fire -electric universe

#1983 #best in music #year end review

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FULL NAME: Halia Vasilyevna Markova (aliases: Halia Marker or Marshall) GENDER & SEXUALITY: Cis female || Demi-romantic demisexual ETHNICITY & SPECIES: Russian-Filipino American, Siberian decent. || Immortal BIRTHPLACE & BIRTHDATE: Brooklyn, New York, September 21, 1901

GUILTY PLEASURES: Walking around her lodgings in her undergarments while drinking whisky and smoking giant cigars.

PHOBIAS: Drowning, open water, abandonment

WHAT THEY WOULD BE INFAMOUS FOR: If it weren’t for history’s nack for focusing almost exclusively on men and Leon Reid's connections, Halia would be in the books for crimes of arson, murder, and bootlegging. If her past and her immortality were not something to be covered up, she would have worked her way up in the music business and had been noted among other colored singers through the jazz age.

WHAT HAVE THEY/WOULD THEY HAVE GOTTEN ARRESTED FOR: If it hadn’t been for her gang-mates, the neighborhood boys through her youth cast out by racist American views, our girl would be arrested for: several accounts of arson, breaking and entering, theft, murder accomplished through organized crime, the production, trafficking and selling of illicit goods (alcohol).

CHARACTER YOU SHIP THEM WITH: Halia was once affianced to a young man named Henry O'Ryan, but a few months after he came home from the war their relationship ended. She has many friendships but I haven’t really had a chance to have her break past friendship barriers. She loses confidence in herself when faced with romantic intent, so haha.

CHARACTER MOST LIKELY TO MURDER THEM: Florian in the WWII thread probably- he’s got the the best chance.

FAVOURITE BOOK GENRE: Detective, mystery fiction

LEAST FAVOURITE BOOK CLICHÉ: “And the lived happily ever after…”, lazy writing in her opinion.

TALENTS OR POWERS: Halia can proudly flaunt her singing voice, but is much more shy about her passions for painting, or baking. The latter two talents are so time consuming that she can never find a chance to indulge or practice. She also has a talent for playing the violin, but because of old memories of her mother and father, she only plays for herself || When it comes to powers Halia has the ability to manipulate heat, though she cannot make fire out of nothing. She is immune to any form of heat and can heal when her wounds are exposed to flames. Unbeknownst to her, however, death through drowning would make her demise permanent.

WHY SOMEONE MIGHT LOVE THEM: Her sense of humor and loyalty make her kinda cute. She’s very patient and is the type of person to drag you back home to be tucked in bed, or sit by the toilet with you if you got drunk out of your wits. She isn't the most confident flirt, so if she starts to flirt and it is reciprocated she will get very flustered.

WHY SOMEONE MIGHT HATE THEM: She is a very good liar and she lives a life held up by many webs of lies. Halia does not take joy out of it, but unless you already know about her age, powers, or past don’t expect the truth until you’ve earned it.

HOW THEY CHANGE: After living through war after war and losing loved ones repeatedly Halia becomes better at letting go and living out of other people's shadow. After Leon Reid's death in 1929, after the stock market crash, she learns not to believe in the sunken cost fallacy (i.e. just because someone has been in your life forever, doesn't mean you should continue with toxic relationships of any sort). She eventually learns how to make friends genuinely without trauma bonding, or becoming co-dependent.

WHY YOU LOVE THEM: She’s honestly a badass grandma stuck in the body of a 20-something year old. She’d be the ultimate hipster lol

#about halia.#farewell my queue.

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#6- ELVIS | Warner Bros | Director Bazz Luhrmann| Co-written by Sam Bromell, Jeremy Doner, and Craig Pearce - Growing up if something was really white and kinda corny you can best believe I was into it. So I fell in love with the girl crazy, but clean-cut Elvis of the movies like Fun in Acapulco, Blue Hawaii, King Creole and Viva Las Vegas which is on my Letterboxd List of Movies I Can Watch Again and Again, but I didn’t realize this was all part of America’s censoring and taming of the young, rebel, hip swinging, black eyeliner wearing Elvis. The Elvis who grew up in an all-black neighborhood, revered gospel music, was good friends with the likes of B.B. King (Kelvin Harrison Jr.) and other early Jazz/Blues musicians. I always assumed he heard their records and appropriated the sound, but it would seem he came by it naturally, due to his upbringing.

I didn’t even know that he had two choices – go to jail for indecency or join the military. Why is America called “The Land of the Free” yet sh*% like this happened all the time, and still can happen if we’re not very vigilant.In terms of Baz Luhrmann films, I’ve only seen Moulin Rouge and The Great Gatsby. I wrote a comparison between the 1974 version starring Robert Redford and Luhrmann’s Leo DiCaprio version that became my most viewed posts for 5 years running. I was in favor of the original; yet, I don’t hold that Baz Luhrmann’s just too much bias that most critics seem to have. In fact, I’d like to praise him when it comes to his latest film Elvis, for giving the iconic crooner the razzle dazzle he and his life story deserves. And I’m not alone as it was given a 12 min standing O at the 75th Cannes Film Festival!

The film gets going with a bang of diamond-encrusted logos and spinning kaleidoscopic of Elvis and Vegas in frames with loud music and just a sense of the excitement that surrounded Elvis Presley in his heyday. I like being brought into a movie of this nature this way, it prepares you for being taken on an entertaining ride and that’s what we get. And yet, there are many scenes played out emotionally and fully. In NO WAY is the movie choppy or overly edited or too glitzy. It’s just the right touch of bling. And for the most part, after the opening scenes, it’s a linear story starting with Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks) on the touring circuit with a good o’l boy singer Hank Snow (David Wenham). It’s Hank’s son, Jimmie Rodgers Snow (Kodi Smit-McPhee) that starts playing a record newly popular with the kids in town. They first tell him to shut it off, assuming the singer’s black, but when Jimmie apprises them of the fact that Elvis is white, you’d swear they CGI’d dollar signs in the Colonel’s eyes and off he goes to capture lightening in a bottle.This is how Luhrmann and his team of writers decided to frame this story of Elvis Aaron Presley, through the eyes of his avuncular, manipulative, greedy, “snow-man” of a manager, Colonel Parker, who nobody ever really knew.

He speaks with an accent that seems like a mix of Dutch and German behind a practiced southern drawl. He admits to being akin to a carnival barker and a spin doctor, yet Elvis trusts him with his life and livelihood practically his whole career. Hanks is not right for this part, prosthetics, fat suit, accent, none of it is enough to convince you he ever should have been cast. Thankfully, there is no better person suited to play Elvis than Austin Butler. It’s his movie to carry. The young actor does more than just nail Presley’s singing voice and stage presence; he goes far beyond an impersonator to a place of kinship. Rami Malki was very good as Freddy Mercury, Taron Egerton did a fantastic job in Rocketman, Jennifer Hudson tried her best as Aretha Franklin, but Austin Butler puts them all to shame!

#Elvis #Elvis movie #baz luhrmann #austin butler #top 10 list

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DANNY PHANTOM

You and me and our best friend makes three - AO3 Series

- Remedy (NSFW) - Race ya! - Party like you are dead: First Act | Interlude | Second Act | Encore - Never judge a book by its cover (JLxDP crossover) - Hidden identities? Never heard of them (BatmanxDP crossover)

Gilbirda’s Phic Phight 2022- AO3 Series

- What could have been: why don't you love who I am? | I hope you know we had everything | I want you to hurt like you hurt me today - Piece by Piece - Danny loses his humanity with every Wail - The man with a thousand faces - Amorpho backstory

Short fluffy prompts

- Everlasting Trio: “You’re unbelievably cute when you’re tired.” - Dead Serious (DPxDC crossover, DannyxDamian): “Believe me, I will never be tired of you.” - Everlasting Insomniacs (DPxDC crossover, Everlasting Trio x Tim): “You’re unbelievably cute when you’re tired.” - Anger Management (DPxDC crossover, JazzxJason): “I think I know what that smile means.”

BATMAN CROSSOVERS

Danny Arkham Security Guard AU - AO3 Series

Mondays, am I right? | Employee of the month | Can’t have shit in Gotham | How to confuse a Bat | Clown around and find out

Safehouse - Jason adopts Dani

Dance with me? - Jazz/Jason meet at a gala: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

Can’t help falling in love (with you)- Jazz and Jason are magically married by a ghost: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5

BatPham server Summer event: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

Family - Anger Management adopts Billy Batson, de-aged Danny and Dani.

Deal - Danny dies at the hands of the GIW and Jazz hires Red Hood to kill them all

Queen Regent - Danny is underage and appoints his sister as King in the meantime. She is summoned by the JLA.

Custody Battle - Anger Management cuddle after winning the custody of Danny against their neglectful parents.

Untitled - Short ficlet. Red Hood, Batgirl and Red Robin come to an Arkham breakout to find that the Fenton siblings already took care of it.

Death’s kiss - Death flirts with Jason every time he is close to dying.

Bluejay - Anger Management soulmate AU ficlet

Movie Night - short and soft Anger Management ficlet

Drunk Summonings - Jason summons the Queen Regent Jazz in a drunken dare

Another Harley Quinn - sequel to The After.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder - Dead Serious (DannyxDamian) ficlet tattoo parlos/flowershop au

The Wonderous Beauty of the Statuesque Scarlet - Tall!Jazz Anger Management fluff and vibes

The Interview - Lex Luthor and co. attack the JL the day Jazz has a important interview with them.

Weightless - A cute Jazz/Jason scene of them kissing in a pool.

Gil’s DPxDC Week 2022 fics:

Day 1: The Vampire Bat - Vampire!Jazz, short anger management ficlet. Day 2: The Impostor - Jazz impersonates Red Hood Day 3: The mystery of the giggling cape - There is someone giggling under Batman’s cape. Is not a Robin. Day 4: The After - sequel to Deal Day 5: Chapter 4 of Cant help falling in love (with you) Day 6: 101 Salvations - The Talons imprint on Danny like little ducklings Day 7: I’ll cover you in Moonlight - Gala fic, tall!Jazz and werewolf!Jazz, anger management

Gil’s DPxDC Disney Week 2023 fics:

Day 1: What a man can do - POTC AU. Jayroy (Elizabeth/Will) and Jazz as Jack Sparrow.

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#writeblr #gil writes #fanfic #fanfiction #danny phantom #danny phantom fanfiction #danny phantom fics #fanfiction archive #dpxdc #dp crossovers #dp x dc

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