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lovlydovlyjaycie · 3 years

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Ævi - Frontlines

Hey again! This will be a continued series. The first Ævi series is in my masterlist and is only four parts. This is going to be a ongoing series, so there is going to be a lot more of Ævi to come. :)

Summary: Y/n or also known as Ævi has lived through varies of world events. Now it is 1941, she has excepted that some things cannot be changed so Loki has convinced Y/n to go to New York and live a normal life, a life Y/n always wanted. Or as normal it can be, because new introductions lead to events that didn’t go down in the history books.

Characters: Bucky Barnes x reader, Steve Rogers, Peggy, Loki, OC Vera

Warnings: Fluff, Violence, Angst, Me being sad writing this, we’re officially in Captain America the First Avenger now... So I guess spoilers? :( :( :(

Note: Omg.. When I tell you I have been dreading writing this part.. But like actually dreading.. Before I started writing this series I wanted it to be no more than 8 parts.. Just because of what is going to happen in this part it became a lot longer.. and now I'm sad

I'm already sad looking at the gif.. like fuckkkk

When I am writing and particularly writing about Bucky and y/n meeting again or them just being in love I always listen to Pirates of the Caribbean to the theme or Will and Elizabeth and I thought it would be good to share that with you guys. To get in the feels. Right now it jumps from POTC One day and the last minute or so from Drink up me hearties yo ho. I know it is so random, but I cannot get it out of my head.

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Part 12

Climbing this mountain was basically a death sentence. We all had to carefully go around to some kind of spot which would make it easy to get on the train. And let me tell you when Steve said that we had to go on a train yesterday I was not thinking we had to jump on from a mountain. No, I was thinking we're gonna hide somewhere in the train and jump out. So this.. This was not so great.

"This is a horrible idea." I said out loud. What if someone fell? I briefly looked down and I wasn't even able to see the ground. We all moved forward as carefully as we could with all the equipment that we needed to get on the train. Some stuff was really heavy, but luckily I didn't have to carry it. Not that I couldn't carry it, I just didn't want to.

"Oh Y/n, don't worry. What is a little adventure, right?!" Gabe said back. Not falling all the way down I thought to myself. As I was going for my next step I missed and almost fell down if Bucky wasn't in front of me and Gabe behind me. They both grabbed me and helped me get my footing back.

"I do think Steve is forgetting that not everyone here has some kind of serum running through their veins." Bucky said as he gave Steve a half pointed look. "We're almost there." Steve said apologetic.

And we finally got to a better more stable service. Steve helped all of us with the last few steps and everybody was setting up their things that we needed to get on that train.

"Here. I saw you didn't get a gun.. Again." Bucky told me as he handed me a handgun. "I'm fine with my.." I started. "I know you can fight well.. Really well with knifes. But I'd feel a lot better if you had this as well. And I know you can shoot, I remember from Coney Island." He said with a smirk. I shook my head and took the gun strapping it away.

"About that Steve." Bucky said as he turned around and walked towards the edge where Steve was looking out at the train track. "Is this some kind if payback, because I made you throw up?" They both moved out of the way for Dum Dum to shoot a rope down for us to slide down on when the train was here. "Now why would I do that?"

They were both trying to make light of the situation. I think we were all nervous for how this mission was about to go. We never jumped on a train like that. Or at all really. And we all had a very small window to get on that train.

I walked over to Gabe, he was listening to radio trying to figure out what was going to be on that train. "We were right. Dr. Zola's on the train." He told everyone. "Hydra dispatcher gave him permission to open up the throttle. Where ever he is going they must need him bad." Gabe continued. Steve and Bucky came to stand next to me. Steve nodded and put on his helmet, getting ready for the train.

I turned around and walked towards the edge. Bracing myself to basically zipline on a fast moving train. "We'll be alright, Doll." Bucky said as he put his hand on my shoulder. I looked at him and nodded. I had never felt this kind of nervous before. I gave him a quick kiss on the lips. Before we got interrupted.

"Let's get going, because they're moving like the devil." That was out warning that the train was here. Steve strapped his chain to the zipline. Bucky pushed me in front of him, so I was between Steve and Bucky.

"We only got about a ten second window. You miss that window, we're bugs on a windshield." Steve told us. "Great pep talk." I said under my breath.

I stood ready with my chain behind Steve. Oh boy do I wish I could fly right now. Dernier flagged his hand down and there went Steve down the zipline. I put my chain on as soon as Steve went down and felt Bucky briefly squeezing my shoulder. Then it was my turn and after it was Bucky's and Gabe's. The wind was freezing cold going down and it stung my face. That feeling was gone quickly, because it was time to let go and jump on the train. I found my balance quickly and looked behind me for Bucky. He landed safely as well. Now it was time to follow Steve. He had found a ladder down and we all got ready just incase someone decided to pop up on the train as well and fight us. After Steve gave the all clear we followed him in the train.

"I'm gonna go ahead and see if Dr. Zola is at the front of the train." Gabe yelled. We gave him the thumbs up before closing the door of the train. It instantly felt better not having that stinging cold going up into your face anymore.

I was about to go get my knifes from my back, but Bucky gave me a pleading look. He wanted me to hold the gun. He was obviously just as nervous as everybody else. I gave him I quick nod and took my gun instead, pointing it in front of me. We cautiously looked around for any threats and I looked around at the same time to see if by any chance the Tesserect would be on this train. Nothing as if yet. We walked over to the end of this cabin. Steve looked back briefly and then walked through the door opening for the next cabin. But before Bucky and I could follow the doors automatically slipped closed.

I quickly tried to pull on the door to see if it would open, but nothing. Then I heard gunshots coming from behind me. Bucky quickly stepped in action and started shooting at the offender. I pulled my gun up and did the same. "Get down!" Bucky yelled. I quickly took cover on the left side and he did on the right. Bucky kept firing upon them and one fell down. "How many?!" I yelled at him. There were bullets flying everywhere and I didn't have time to look yet at how many were firing at us. "THREE!" He yelled back.

I looked over and started shooting as quickly as I could to whatever movement I could see. Then I ducked for them firing at me. They had hit a thin pipe and it was making steam come out. I tried to look back and a bullet grazed next to my cheek. I got my gun ready again to shoot, but this time nothing came out. "Shit! I'm out!" I yelled at Bucky. I didn't have any extra bullets. But I had an idea. The pipe. I quickly leaped forward and pulled the pipe of the wall. "This is gonna be ugly." I said under my breath. Again I quickly looked up from my hiding spot and saw that two of them were also hiding on the left side behind boxes, but it wasn't really covering him.

The agent that wasn't well covered started firing at me and I ducked. I grabbed the pipe a little tighter and spun it in me hands once. After the shooting at me briefly stopped I quickly stood up and threw the pipe at the agent. And yes it was ugly, I hit him right through his chest to through the wall. He was hanging there and blocking the other agent from moving anywhere. This also distracted the agent that was hiding on the right and Bucky took that chance to shoot him and he fell to the ground.

This was my opening. I ran quickly to the other side of the train. I pulled the pipe out of the wall and the agent and hit the last standing agent in his head. Then I spun it around once more, quickly looking around if there were more agents hiding somewhere.

"They really need to teach the military whatever you know. Nobody would stand any chance." Bucky stated and I snorted at that. I am kind of cheating because I had a thousand years to perfect literally everything I know and wanted to learn.

"You ok?" He asked with a serious tone. I nodded. "You?" I asked him back and he nodded as well. We turned towards the door that had separated Steve from us ready to fight whatever came next. I was still holding the pipe, because I figured it worked the first time.

As we opened the door Steve came through. He had already successfully fought off his threat. "You guys ok?" Steve asked as he walked towards us. "We had him on the ropes." Bucky said smiling. Then we heard some kind of buzz. "GET DOWN!" Steve yelled as he pushed me and Bucky out of the way and held his shield up. Then a blue flash hit his shield but it reflected it towards the side of the train. Now there was this enormous hole in the train that instantly made it freezing inside.

Steve and I laid on the ground with the pipe I was holding earlier out of reach. Bucky instantly sprung in action and grabbed Steve's shield. He held it up and started shooting at the offender to no avail. That same buzzing sound came from the offender and shot at Bucky. "BUCKY!" I yelled. He got blasted back through the gap that was in the train. He luckily was able to grab on to something right away. Not caring what was happening around me I ran over to Bucky and reached out my hand.

I held on to the side of the wall but he was too far. He tried to reach out as well, but nothing was stable enough for him to reach forward more. I decided to climb down and reach for him again. "NO!" Bucky yelled. But I ignored him and climbed down further towards him. "TAKE MY HAND!" I yelled and this time he was able to reach for it. Bucky tried to move closer but his feet slipped down. He was only holding on to the railing with one hand and the other hand was holding mine.

"HANG ON!" I heard Steve yell from behind me. I looked over and Steve was climbing down as well. "GRAB MY HAND!" He yelled at me again. But before I could do anything the railing Bucky was hanging on to broke which made me fall with Bucky. "NO!" Was the last thing I could hear Steve yell before everything seemed to turn in slow-motion.

The speed of falling like this is something I had never felt before. It felt like all my intestines were floating around in my body and it made me feel sick. From the wind that was going past my ears I couldn't hear at first how Bucky was yelling. It was frightening. We were both holding onto each others hand as tightly as possible. I had to try and get us out of this. If the Bifrost was fast enough it could safe us both. "HEIMDALL! HEIMDALL! HEIMDA-.." Then everything turned black.

I felt cold. Freezing cold. It felt like all the air had been pushed out of my lungs and I had trouble getting air back in again. I slowly opened my eyes and it was dark out, but I could make out that I was somewhere between mountains and snow. I felt dizzy from just taking in what was around me. My whole body hurt, it felt like it had been put in a blender. I was trying to catch my breath and making my eyes focus better.

My breathing started to get better but my vision was not working. I started to rub my eyes hoping that that would help. As I pulled my hands away I decided to focus on that. They were covered with blood. I looked at my arms and saw that my jacket was ripped and also covered with blood. I quickly sat up and saw even more blood, but where was it coming from. I turned around to look at me and immediately saw Bucky. "No.."

I crawled over with tears in my eyes. "No.. no, no, no, no." As I came closer I already knew that he looked worse than I did. His back was turned towards me and I reached forward to turn him over. And as I did that I stumbled back. "Oh my God.." He was missing his left arm. Without even wanting too I saw his.. arm.. in the distance.

"Ok, Bucky. Wake up please. Come on." I said as I came closer again and put my hand on his cheek. It was cold. "Come on Bucky please." I pleaded with him. His chest was not moving. I put my fingers on his neck, looking for a pulse, but there was nothing. I shook my head. "Come on please!" I let out a breath before putting my hands on his chest. I had never done this before, but if I could heal a bullet wound.. I.. I have to try this. My hands started to glow it's golden and white glow.

"Come on! Work!" I scolded myself tears falling down my face. This glow looked pathetic. I needed to heal his whole body, but it was not getting bigger, the glow was not spreading. "Work!" I shook my hands briefly and tried again. I looked at Bucky's face to see if it was doing anything, but he laid still. "PLEASE!" I yelled up at the sky. But my glow stayed the same. I put my hands on his cheeks. "Please.. Please wake up Bucky.. I need you." I whispered. My tears fell down on his face, rolling down his cheek. It felt like a piece of my heart was gone. This can't be it.

"Bucky.. I can't do this without you.." After a moment my hands stopped glowing. It wasn't working... I.. I failed..

I don't know how long I had been sitting here. I think it turned light at some point then dark and now it was light out again. So maybe two days. But I wasn't sure. It might have been the clouds. I really couldn't tell anymore.

After a while I had moved so Bucky's head was laying in my lap. He was so cold. His.. His body was frozen. I was making myself go crazy with the things I should have done. I should've gone for the shield. I should've said that the whole train thing in general didn't sit right with me. I should have called for Heimdall earlier. The Bifrost never even came.. Did he not hear me?

My tears had stopped falling down my cheeks a little while ago, but I couldn't stop crying. Steve must be devastated. He was still out there somewhere. He was all alone and probably still trying to fight Hydra. And I still need to get the Tesserect I thought to myself. I let out a shaky breath and it sounded like I heard something in the distance. I saw some movement. And for the first time in a long time I felt like a scared little girl. I wanted to hide behind my parents and let them dealt with whatever confrontation that was coming.

Not knowing what to do I hid. I hid like a coward behind some rocks that could give me cover.

The people came closer. There were five of them holding guns. "Nimm ihn." One said as they came closer to Bucky. I shook my head and started to bang it against the rocks behind me. I'm such a coward. Do something. But I was frozen in my spot. They exchanged some words quietly before picky Bucky up. Now I felt my tears coming back. I failed. I failed Bucky. I failed Steve. But Steve I could still help. I had to help Steve. I had to try.

I looked back carefully trying to give Bucky one last look and for a split second it looked like his chest was moving. But I shook my head trying to get that thought out of my head.

"I'm sorry." I said quietly. I pulled my dog tags out of my shirt and held them tight. Taking a deep breath as I stood up and started walking the other direction.

"I love you. Now. Tomorrow. and Forever."

With every word I said I took a deep breath. And as I said the last word I put the dog tags back in my shirt and started running. Steve needed help.

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nadineeb · 3 years

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Hey, it’s Nadine and this is my first blog!

Welcome my dear readers to my first blog post! I want to extend my arms to all of you for reading this blog and the future ones. I’m delighted that I found this platform on the internet which makes me give a stand and voice on things that matters to me and the people around me. All the blogs that I will post here at Tumblr are only my thoughts and opinions. If we don’t have the same stand regarding a matter, feel free to exit. I believe that we all have the right to express ourselves with utmost freedom we can have. I hope we all vibe together. -XOXO, Nads <3

Allow me to introduce myself to the blogging world!

I’m Bernadine Bayangos, a teen from a small town in Isabela, Philippines.

A LOT of people I met outside Region 2 and in the upper part of Luzon, they always tell me “Where is that place?” or sometimes, “Isa - what?? I haven’t heard of it before! It really is a place huh?”. Hearing these things I don’t know how to react to be honest.

Most of the time I try to explain where it is but sometimes, I just shrugged them off because some of the people especially those I met who came from well-known cities offend me. They ask me if we got a mall here or just the random, common sense questions.

Let me tell you, yes, we’ve got malls here where we get our stuff from our day to day living. I felt so lucky that we still have to shop at the farmers’ market. It’s available and open anytime of the day. We can find cheap-priced things and foods that are essential to our daily lives. Some grocery store-bought vegetables cost a fortune unlike in the farmers’ markets.

Well as for clothes, I usually go to Manila every month but since it’s locked down, I order online. The Internet + my love for clothes really make a huge difference especially now that we’re locked down in our areas and can’t travel that far.

I grew up with my family and some extended relatives which are way older than me - my grandparents. I learn my instincts from them - self-defense, way of life, how to be smart, and most importantly, my virtues. That’s also explains why I’m a bit talkative.

I want my Tumblr to be my avenue to express things to others which I cannot do since face to face chatting with your dear friends is not really advisable at this moment.

One of my favorite things to do back then and now, is to read books. I can remember when I was like 6 to 12 years old, when we go to Manila, I could never go back here in the province without the 4 big bags of books and school supplies that I bought from a famous bookstore. Thinking of it now, I quite made my dad go broke. Yikes!

Feeding my love for learning, I’m always a girl that is curious about a lot of things. If I’m not satisfied, I will surely ask about it. Though now, that I’ve grown so much, I refrain myself from asking now that I can solve issues that affects me.

I also love travelling! When I’m somewhere near the ocean or the mountains, I feel that I’m at peace. Not much of a city girl, that I’m tired of being it since then. My favorite place to visit here in the Ph is Cagayan de Oro and its nearby towns. The Dahilayan Adventure Park which has the longest zipline in Asia. You can also visit the Del Monte pineapple plantations and see acres of pineapples while eating a medium-rare steak at their restaurant. If you’re also fond of adventures in line with having to see the beauty of nature, I highly suggest to visit this place!

The people, they are heartwarmingly hospitable. In the hotel we stayed, Limketkai Luxe hotel, the accommodation was amazing. Also, I love to stay there every time because when mom and dad leave me for meetings, there’s a backdoor and an overpass which leads to the entrance of the shopping mall. How I miss!

Cagayan de Oro also holds a special place in my heart because as what I’ve said earlier, I’m fond of reading books whether it is online or a hard copy one. I’ve read the Montefalco Series on Wattpad by Jonaxx, the author, I’ve fallen in love with the place immediately. I feel like one of the main characters whenever I go to CDO.

When I travel I always tend to adapt to the cultures of the place I’m going. It’s a sign of respect to the. Being able to mix in with the crowd is a great advantage for me in the future especially that after I finish my studies, I want to go abroad to master my skills. That’s why I’m always day-dreaming at things that may be going on for the next few years of my life.

After 10 years, I will be 26 by then, I suppose I’m with my family in Australia by then. I’m working as a business associate while studying law at one of the prestigious schools in Victoria. From then, I can continue to work at the Parliament of Australia in Melbourne. I may still be single by that time, busy building my career, and play with my cats at home after a stressful day.

This is me at the Parliament.

Let’s talk about the 2019 Corona Virus disease that had struck our world last months. I can say that it’s getting a lot worse that I had imagined. I know that our scientists have done great work in finding solutions to this. Money isn’t everything once you’ve get a hit by this virus. I myself can prove that.

I have this auntie who is a doctor and she’s very successful in her field. She even had one of the biggest shares at a hospital but then things got out of hand, she had the disease. There’s nothing she can do except to lie down her bed, get better, fight for it so that once she gets better, she can continue curing her patients.

My grandfather’s cousin, a former senator of the Philippines, also died from this virus. I’m proud to think that he had served our country well, but I’m devastated that he had to die this way, I didn’t even saw his last moments nor his dead body. He is immediately cremated and left the hospital bill with millions of pesos.

This shows that even the strongest person, the most kind, the rich, the nobody – can’t get away if we all are not taking care of our own health. We should love our body more! Think about ourselves more!

Before this pandemic, I did not have this realizations yet. I realized that more than taking care of our body, we should express to our loved ones how we care and love them dearly. We never know when death comes our way. Yes, we do know that we can’t escape it but the thing is, we know that it’ll happen and we can’t accept the fact the God will take them soon. I think that’s the problem, we, people, tend to just shrug it off and don’t make the best out of someone that we love because they will stay, what we can’t accept is that they will stay but not forever. That is why we have regrets.

(one of my best times before this outbreak)

Indeed, life is short as they say. If you’re dealing with your what ifs’ I recommend you don’t. Just make it happen. If you don’t, you’ll spend your life thinking about that `what if’s’ it’ll only make your life nonsense. So for me, I’d rather do it. If it fails, stand up again, fix yourself, and go on. Instead of letting yourself not doing it because of what might happen on the way. Your happiness depends on you. Choose it. Don’t wait for the things to happen right before your eyes. Act on it and make it happen.

My first blog is a bit long now and I’m getting emotional, I’ll have to say goodbye for now. I’ll see you on my next one. Ciao!

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tswiftandtsn · 5 years

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TSN x Lover Album Breakdown

So I see Lover as the album about Mark & Eduardo finally making up honestly, ala The Social Network 2, while also touching upon what happened in The Social Network

I Forgot That You Existed - Eduardo @ Mark after he got his fucking money

(HOW MANY DAYS DID I SPEND THINKING HOW YOU DID ME WRONG (EDUARDO) I FORGOT THAT YOU EXISTED AND I THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD KILL ME BUT IT DIDN’T (EDUARDO), IT ISN’T LOVE IT ISN’T HATE IT’S JUST INDIFFERENCE (BOTH OF THEM) Got out some popcorn as soon as my rep started going down, down, down, laughed on the school yard, as soon as I tripped up and hit the ground, ground, ground, and I would've stuck around for ya, would've fought the whole town, so yeah, would've been right there, front row, even if nobody came to your show (THE CHICKEN INCIDENT) But you showed who you are, then one magical night (DILUTION),

Cruel Summer - Okay but like that was a cruel summer, but this is like the anthem for when Mark & Eduardo first got back in touch like

(Devils roll the dice (Mark), Angels roll their eyes (Eduardo), WHAT DOESN’T KILL ME MAKES ME WANT YOU MORE, I'm always waiting for you just to cut to the bone (EDUARDO TO MARK), And if I bleed, you'll be the last to know (EDUARDO TO MARK), I'm drunk in the back of the car, and I cried like a baby coming home from the bar, said I'm fine, but it wasn't true (EDUARDO TO MARK) I don’t want to keep secrets just to keep you (MARK TO EDUARDO), And I screamed for whatever it's worth "I love you," ain't that the worst thing you ever heard? (LITERALLY, BOTH OF THEM WOULD SAY THIS DUMB ASS SHIT), HE LOOKS SO PRETTY LIKE THE DEVIL (AGAIN BOTH OF THEM WOULD SAY THIS ABOUT THE OTHER)

Lover: LIKE WE’RE IN LOVE AND ONE DAY WE’LL GET MARRIED MARKWARDO WE HAPPY AGAIN

THE MAN: WOULD BE MARK

I WOULD BE COMPLEX, I WOULD BE COOL (MARK), I’D BE A FEARLESS LEADER, I’D BE THE ALPHA TYPE, WHEN EVERYONE BELIEVE’S YOU WHAT’S THAT LIKE (MARK), I’M SO SICK OF RUNNING AS FAST AS I CAN (MARK), AND I’M SO SICK OF THEM COMING AT ME AGAIN (MARK AND ALL HIS FUCKING LAWSUITS), THEY’D SAY I HUSTLED PUT IN THE WORK, THEY WOULDN’T SHAKE THEIR HEADS AND QUESTION HOW MUCH OF THIS I DESERVE. WHAT I WAS WEARING IF I WAS RUDE. COULD I BE SEPERATED FROM MY GOOD IDEAS AND POWER MOVES (OKAY BUT LIKE THIS WAS MARK DREAMING OF HIM ENDING UP ON TOP LIKE FUCKING WHAT HE WAS WEARING AND IF HE WAS RUDE)

THE ARCHER: SAD AND SCARED MARKWARDO more in depth version on my blog

I THINK HE KNOWS: THIS IS THIRSTY MARK

I think he knows, His hands around a cold glass, Make me wanna know that, body like it's mine (Mark), He got that boyish look that I like in a man, I am an architect, I'm drawing up the plans, It's like I'm 17, nobody understands (MARK, EDUARDO THE SWEET LOOKING BRAZILIAN AND HE IS THE ARCHITECT OF FACEBOOK), Wanna see what's under that attitude (Eduardo’s attitude), I'll make myself at home, and he'll want me to stay, I think he knows, he better lock it down, or I won't stick around (EDUARDO: MARK BETTER PROPOSE SOON OR I’LL SMASH ANOTHER LAPTOP), Lyrical smile, indigo eyes, hand on my thigh (Mark’s indigo eyes!)

Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince: MARKWARDO SAPPY SADNESS

I counted days, I counted miles to see you there, to see you there, it's been a long time coming (SINGAPORE IS FAR AND THEY SHOULDA BEEN TOGETHER A LONG TIME AGO), It's you and me, that's my whole world They whisper in the hallway, "She's a bad, bad girl" The whole school is rolling fake dice (MARK AND EDUARDO AGAINST THE WORLD, MARK IS A BAD BAD GIRL), My team is losing, battered and bruising, I see the high fives between the bad guys, Leave with my head hung, you are the only one Who seems to care (FUCK THE WINKLEVII), and I don't want you to (Go), I don't really wanna (Fight) Cause nobody's gonna (Win), I think you should come home (EDUARDO MOVE TO PALO ALTO PLEASSEEEE)

Paper Rings:

The moon is high like your friends were the night that we first met (DUSTIN WAS FUCKING HIGH THE NIGHT THEY FIRST MET), Went home and tried to stalk you on the internet (MARK ENERGY), Like the shoulder that I gave you in the street, Cat and mouse for a month or two or three, Now I wake up in the night and watch you breathe (WHEN EDUARDO FIRST DIDN’T WANT TO MAKE UP WITH MARK), Kiss me once 'cause you know I had a long night (Oh) Kiss me twice 'cause it's gonna be alright (Uh) Three times 'cause I've waited my whole life (JUST YES), I like shiny things, but I'd marry you with paper rings (MARK ENERGY HE LIKES SHINY ELECTRONICS AND MARRYING HIM WITH PAPER RINGS IS HIS ENERGY), Darling, you're the one I want, and I hate accidents except when we went from friends to this (MARK AND EDUARDO YESSSS), In the winter, in the icy outdoor pool, when you jumped in first, I went in too (PALO ALTO GOTS POOLS, ZIPLINE SCENE) I'm with you even if it makes me blue which takes me back to the color that we painted your brother's wall (MARK IS COLOR BLIND ALL HE CAN SEE IS BLUE, EDUARDO HAS A BROTHER 0.0) Honey, without all the exes, fights, and flaws we wouldn't be standing here so proud (THEY STRONGER NOW), I want to drive away with you, I want your complications too, I want your dreary Mondays, Wrap your arms around me, baby boy (EDUARDO ENERGY IN FIX IT FIC)

CORNELIA STREET

I rent a place on Cornelia Street (MARK’S PLACE IN PALO ALTO), We were a fresh page on the desk, filling in the blanks as we go (THEY STARTED OVER), And I hope I never lose you, hope it never ends, I'd never walk Cornelia Street again (YEAH), And baby, I get mystified by how this city screams your name (PALO ALTO SCREAMS MARK’S NAME) And baby, I'm so terrified of if you ever walk away (MARK TO EDUARDO), Jacket 'round my shoulders is yours (SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECHING THE NORTH FACE JACKET), We bless the rains on Cornelia Street (RAIN IN PALO ALTO HAS TO BE BLESSED CAUSE IT HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN EVIL), Back when we were card sharks, playing games I thought you were leading me on, I packed my bags, left Cornelia Street, Before you even knew I was gone (EDUARDO) But then you called, showed your hand I turned around before I hit the tunnel (MARK SHOWED HIS HAND AND <3), I hope I never lose you, hope it never ends (MARK AND EDUARDO), That's the kinda heartbreak time could never mend (MARK AND EDUARDO), Sacred new beginnings That became my religion, listen (THEY WATCHED IT BEGIN AGAIN)

DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS: THE DILUTION SONG

Saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts, Flashbacks waking me up I get drunk, but it's not enough ’Cause the morning comes and you're not my baby (EDUARDO), I look through the windows of this love, even though we boarded them up (STILL CAN’T HELP BUT WATCHING ONE ANOTHER), 'Cause I can’t pretend it's okay when it's not it's death by a thousand cuts (EDUARDO), I dress to kill my time, I take the long way home, I ask the traffic lights if it'll be alright, They say, "I don't know" And what once was ours is no one's now I see you everywhere, the only thing we share Is this small town (EDUARDO AND MARK IN THE SAME CITY DURING THE DEPOSITIONS), You said it was a great love, one for the ages but if the story's over, why am I still writing pages? (THE STORY AIN’T OVER YET THE SOCIAL NETWORK 2), My heart, my hips, my body, my love, tryna find a part of me that you didn't touch gave up on me like I was a bad drug (MARK DITCHED HIM LIKE A BAD DRUG AND TOUCHED HIM EVERYWHERE), Our songs, our films, united, we stand Our country, guess it was a lawless land Why are my fears at the touch of your hands? Paper cut stains from my paper-thin plans My time, my wine, my spirit, my trust Tryna find a part of me you didn't take up Gave you so much, but it wasn't enough But I'll be alright, it's just a thousand cuts (FACEBOOK WAS THEIR COUNTRY IT WAS A LAWLESS LAND, MARK’S HANDS, EDUARDO’S TRUST, HE TOOK SO MUCH AND EDUARDO GAVE SO MUCH AND IT WASN’T ENOUGH, THERE WERE SO MANY CUTS)

LONDON BOY:

But something happened, I heard him laughing I saw the dimples first (MARK’S FUCKING DIMPLES), And then I heard the accent, they say home is where the heart is, but that's not where mine lives (MARK HEART EDUARDO’S ACCENT AND HE’S IN SINGAPORE NOW :’( ) He likes my American smile, like a child when our eyes meet (EDUARDO LIKES MARK’S AMERICAN SMILE LIKE A CHILD WHEN THEIR EYES MEET),

SOON YOU’LL GET BETTER:

I know delusion when I see it in the mirror (EDUARDO), I just pretend it isn't real I'll paint the kitchen neon, I'll brighten up the sky (EDUARDO), Soon, you'll get better, You'll get better soon, cause you have to (EDUARDO TO HIMSELF), But who am I supposed to talk to? What am I supposed to do. If there's no you? (EDUARDO THINKING OF MARK), This won't go back to normal, if it ever was It's been years of hoping, and I keep saying it because, cause I have to (EDUARDO YEARS AFTER THE DILUTION)

FALSE GOD:

We were crazy to think, crazy to think that this could work remember how I said I'd die for you? (EDUARDO) We were stupid to jump in the ocean separating us Remember how I’d lie to you? (MARK), And I can't talk to you when you're like this, staring out the window like I’m not your favorite town I'm New York City, I'd still do it for you, babe (EDUARDO), They all warned us about times like this They say the road gets hard and you get lost (YEAH BIG MARKWARDO VIBES), When you're led by blind faith, blind faith (EARLY FACEBOOK DAYS), But we might just get away with it, religion's in your lips, even if it's a false god We'd still worship, we might just get away with it, the altar is my hips even if it's a false god, we’d still worship this love (EDUARDO AND YEAH), Hell is when I fight with you, but we can patch it up good, make confessions and we're begging for forgiveness (VERY THEM), Daring you to leave me just so I can try and scare you (MARK)

YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN:

MARK AND EDUARDO’S FUCKING DRAMATICS SEE MY WHOLE BREAK DOWN OF IT ON MY BLOG

AFTERGLOW:

THE MARK APOLOGY

I blew things out of proportion, now you're blue, put you in jail for something you didn’t do, I pinned your hands behind your back, oh, thought I had reason to attack, but no (MARK DILUTING EDUARDO), Fighting with a true love is boxing with no gloves, chemistry 'til it blows up, 'til there’s no us Why'd I have to break what I love so much? It's on your face, and I'm to blame, I need to say (I MEAN EDUARDO’S FACE DURING THE DEPOSITIONS UGHHHH THIS MARK), Hey, it's all me, in my head, I'm the one who burned us down, But it's not what I meant, Sorry that I hurt you I don't wanna do, I don’t wanna do this to you (Ooh) I don’t wanna lose, I don't wanna lose this with you (Ooh) I need to say, hey, it’s all me, just don't go Meet me in the afterglow (MARKS APOLOGY), It's so excruciating to see you low just wanna lift you up and not let you go (MARK TO EDUARDO), I lived like an island, punished you in silence (MARK) Went off like sirens, just crying (EDUARDO), Tell me that you're still mine, tell me that we'll be just fine, even when I lose my mind (LAPTOP SMASH MUCH) I need to say Tell me that it's not my fault, Tell me that I'm all you want (EDUARDO TO MARK) Even when I break your heart, I need to say, Hey It’s all me (Mark)

ME!:

They’re happy in their individuality now there’s a more in-depth look on my blog

It’s Nice to Have a Friend:

Lost my gloves, you give me one (Mark) "Wanna hang out?"(Eduardo) Yes, sounds like fun (Mark) Video games, you pass me a note (What Kirkland fic doesn’t have them playing video games?) It's nice to have a friend (Best Friends), You've been stressed out lately, yeah, me too, something gave you the nerve to touch my hand (Classic Markwardo fic move), Call my bluff, call you "Babe" Have my back, yeah, every day, Feels like home, stay in bed the whole weekend (Mark)

Daylight:

My love was as cruel as the cities I lived in, everyone looked worse in the light There are so many lines that I've crossed unforgiven, I'll tell you the truth, but never goodbye (MARK ENERGY), I don't wanna look at anything else now that I saw you, I don't wanna think of anything else now that I thought of you I've been sleeping so long in a 20-year dark night and now I see daylight (EDUARDO), Luck of the draw only draws the unlucky and so I became the butt of the joke (EDUARDO ABOUT THE DILUTION), I wounded the good and I trusted the wicked, clearing the air, I breathed in the smoke (Mark wounded Eduardo and trusted Sean, trying to make Facebook stronger he ended up hurting Eduardo), Maybe you ran with the wolves and refused to settle down (Mark ran with the wolves (sean) and refused to settle down always working still), Maybe I've stormed out of every single room in this town (Eduardo storming out of Facebook), Threw out our cloaks and our daggers because it's morning now it's brighter now, now (They’ve resolved their issues now), And I can still see it all (In my mind) (Their past is their past and it’s still there but they’re stronger), All of you, all of me (Intertwined) I once believed love would be (Black and white) But it's golden (Golden) (Eduardo thought love should be simple and easy and no fighting) And I can still see it all (In my head), back and forth from New York (Eduardo having to fly back and forth, and them being apart) I once believed love would be (Burning red) But it's golden (Mark believed love was nothing but passion but he discovered it was more complex) You gotta step into the daylight and let it go, just let it go, let it go (They had to let go of their issues and focus on the fact they were meant for one another)

#the social network #tsn #tsntswift #markwardo

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anth-seeing2019 · 4 years

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Assignment 2

Maggie Hicks

Tradition is greatly important to maintain and follow as a counselor at Camp Ernst. My coworker Sam H has been a counselor at Ernst for 4 years. When I asked him what he thought about counselor specific traditions, he replied that he “[sees] them around everywhere. Like, half the stuff we do and say would get me stares back at school.” I asked him to name some specifics, and he pointed the clothes we were both wearing, with him in pajama pants and a Halloween sweater and me wearing pink crocs, wolf shirt, sweatpants, and pink bucket hat. “…i still wear these most places,” he said about his own choice of clothes “but camp is where I started to dress like this because instead of people shunning me … it is celebrated for being weird.” While doing my observations that day, I realized just how strangely counselors dress compared to the sorority sisters we were sending off the zipline. We see the ugliest clothes we can find and put them together in a way that's almost like a competition. It is the most physical form of expert Vision we have as counselors but in no way the only one.

the way counselors communicate, verbally or otherwise, is very unique and contains a lot of jargon that is unintelligible unless you have the context and understanding of the situation, which can only be obtained after working as a counselor. While working in the kitchen, I was told to take camelback to deliver the giraffe key to RUG in the valley (go down the road to take the paper towel machine key to the girl's bathroom on the other side of camp). Its a straightforward request to me, but without having worked as a counselor at camp Ernst, id have no clue what that means. I sat down with two more of my coworkers, Brien and Mirja. Mirja had only started working at camp the past summer and told me how confused all the terminology made her. “Someone told me that they caught two campers ‘purpling’ once, and seemed confused at how I was confused,” she told me. “How was I supposed to know that meant they were kissing?” Brien agreed with how its a language all of its own sometimes. “it makes sense to people that have worked [at ernst] for years because it gets passed down starting from the time you're just a camper. I use words here at camp daily that I never use outside of camp. Well, except for the sayings that slip through sometimes and are just greeted with blank stares” This type of job-specific language is something that can be found in Karen Strasslers study of Indonesian photography, Refracted Visions. Only those who could afford cameras could, in turn, became photographers during the early days of photography. These people who had studios, often Cantonese immigrants, formed their own culture with hierarchy and language that from an outsider's perspective would not make sense (Strassler 81). Because of how closed the group was, it became its little world in many cases, much like how camp is its own world while working.

Finally, the way we behave at camp and have to observe our surroundings is notably different than how most counselors hold themselves outside in the “real world”. while working on the top of the zipline, id see my coworkers behaving as if the people we were sending off were 10, and not in their 20s. the expectations we have to set for ourselves are fairly visible, with heads constantly on a swivel and ensuring that nobody is wandering off or doing anything wrong, the way we converse with nonstaff, how we hold our bodies and how certain people have seniority over another. We look for specific actions in nonstaff that may be indicative of trouble, and can often interpret situations in ways that we wouldn't while not using the viewpoint of a counselor. Spike and Elias are two more of my coworkers, and they agreed that certain behaviors and phrases that would be said by campers are more investigated by counselors than outside camp. Spike told me how she had to report cases to CPS even after the smallest red flags, because of the training we receive. to protect children at camp, anything at all that can be interpreted as suspicious must be reported, even if it does end up being harmless or a false alarm. Elias worked with older kids in the summer and told me how he “had to watch them like a hawk. Even if [he] figure[d] that they aren't being serious, [he had] certain actions that [he had] to watch out for that [he didnt] think [he paid] attention to outside here.” in Charles Goodwin’s article Professional Vision he wrote of how the police in the Rodney King trial were acquitted because they framed the defense from the viewpoint of the officer, and nitpicked the video of the assault. This is similar to how counselors interpret situations in ways that are different from people who don't work as a camp counselor.

Goodwin, Charles. “Professional Vision.” Cato At Liberty, American Anthropologist, Sept. 1994.

Strassler, Karen. Refracted Visions: Popular Photography and the Indonesian Culture of Documentation in Postcolonial Java. 2003.

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littledonkeyburrito · 6 years

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My neopets account is old enough to drive

1. Why are you at home? Because it’s 2am and I’m not working tonight 2. This time last year, were you single? Sort of, leaning towards yes

3. What are you listening to? "Big Tings” by Skindred 4. Do you think someone is thinking about you right now? Nope 5. Are you a big fan of thunderstorms? Yeah, that’s one thing I missed when I was living in Spain - tropical thunderstorms

6. Is there anyone you would do anything for? Sure 7. When will your next kiss be? Depends if I end up going on that date tomorrow night and how well it goes. Otherwise idk, sometime in the next month probs. 8. Are you satisfied with what you currently have in life? Yeah. I’d rather be living in a different country but I can deal 9. Do people ever think you’re older/younger than you actually are? People usually think I’m younger, like 16. 10. Have you ever liked someone way older than you? Yeah but he liked me too so it worked out fine 11. How many texts are in your inbox? I don’t text except to the work phone. I prefer messenger/whatsapp. 12. Who last left you a wallpost on Facebook? First thing that came up on my page was Patrick who tagged me on a screenshot of when I said “I don’t know anything about politics but I sure am drunk and have opinions”. That counts. 13. Assuming you have various kinds of electronics (phone, camera, iPod, etc.), are you currently charging any of them? Laptop is currently plugged in. 14. How are you wearing your hair today? Messy. Got out of the bath and towel dried it. Didn’t bother combing or styling because I’m going to bed soon. 15. What are you eating/drinking? Chips and Pepsi 16. What will your outfit be today? Was wearing a stripey shirt and jeans earlier. Now in my jimjams 17. When’s the next time you’ll be traveling somewhere (anywhere) and where will you go? Maybe going out on a date tomorrow night. If not, will be hanging with a friend. Maybe at my place, maybe out at some bars. Also working on Sunday night.

18. Do you ever sit indoors and wear sunglasses or a hat? Sometimes wear sunnies inside at work because I’ll be staring out the window the whole time.

19. Are you putting off doing something right now? If so, what is it? Nope. I do what I want.

20. What’s the most daring thing you have ever done? Idk, probably moving to a foreign country on my own and barely knowing the language.

21. Do you like playing video games? If so, what do you usually play? Currently playing Horizon Zero Dawn on PS4. Whenever my PC is working again I’ll eventually finish playing Dragon Age Inquisition.

22. Are you sitting in front of or by a window? What can you see out there? Blinds are closed but all I’d see is the construction site next door.

23. Do you ever dance to the song playing in your head? Sometimes

24. How long have you had an online presence for? I think my first account was on Neopets. I just logged into that old account (god knows how I still remember the password) and the account was made in 2002. So, 16 years ago. Oh my god my neopets account is old enough to drive

25. If you got a chance to go to space, would you? Depends on the situation but yeah probably!

26. What’s something we do every day but they don’t depict in movies? The cleanup after sex. Okay not really every day but still. They always just roll over and go to sleep. Like, bro you still got a condom on your dick, and you’re just gonna sleep like that??

27. Do you enjoy travelling? Definitely

28. Where’s the most beautiful place you’ve been to so far? There are many beautiful places I’ve been to. Although I think I have to give an honourable mention to the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco for being so beautiful that I was actually speechless.

29. What’s something cool about the city/town you live in? River got sharks

30. Is your style feminine, masculine or somewhere in the middle? Masculine side of neutral

31. Do you usually carry a backpack, a shoulder bag or something else? I don’t carry a bag unless I’m at work and then it’s a duffel bag, or I’m travelling then it’s a backpack

32. What smell brings back a memory for you? Woodfires make me think of winter at my grandparents’ house when I was a kid, even though we never had fires there. Also sawdust reminds me of my dad’s workshop

33. When was the last time you went in the car past midnight? Couple of nights ago when I last did a nightshift 34. Who was the last person to message you? Maggie

35. What did you do today? Played PS4, Maggie came over, went to Dan Murphy’s, watched some Will & Grace, had a bath with a lime coconut bathbomb and now all my skin is lovely and smooth 36. Why did you last laugh really hard? Okay so I bought a pack of tiny squeaky rubber pigs online and I have an ongoing treasure hunt in my apartment with Maggie. We re-hide the ones we find. Anyway, I laughed a lot when she adjusted her position in the beanbag and the piggy under it squeaked 37. Would you be able to name everyone you kissed? Nah, I’ve kissed one or two people I don’t know the name of 38. Where is the last person you kissed? No idea 39. What color shirt are you wearing? Navy blue 40. Did you have a fling this summer but it didn’t really go anywhere? I only had half a summer because I moved back from europe. I slept with an ex a few times. Does that count as a fling? Probably not. 41. Why did you kiss the last person you kissed? About to bang 42. What was the last thing you bought? Bottle of rum and a case of beer 43. Ever kissed anyone with a nipple piercing? I have no idea. Maybe..? 44. What about a lip piercing? I don’t think so 45. Nose piercing? Again, I don’t think so but it’s possible 46. Have you ever kissed someone who had a boyfriend/girlfriend? Lmao yeah made out with both of them 47. Did you like kissing the last person you kissed or the one before that more? The one before 48. Ever made out in a pool? Uhh I don’t think so? 49. When was the last time you went shopping for new clothes? Do you remember what you bought? I bought undies and singlets a couple of days ago. Not as glamorous as you were expecting I’m sure 50. What sort of compliments make you feel the best? An acknowledgement of something I put effort into

51. What would you say to a twenty year old version of yourself? idk she was pretty much already on the right course 52. Name a few things that make you happy? My lil squeaky pigs drinking/hanging out with friends making plans to travel again 53. If you were going camping for a few days (or to a fancy hotel for those that dislike camping), who would you want to bring with you? Friends that would actually enjoy the camping 54. How long have you been living where you are now? Is this somewhere you intend to stay for a while, or is a move in your future? I’ve been in this apartment for 5 months. I’ll renew for a second year so long as they don’t try to bump the rent up too high. After that idk. I want to move overseas again at some point 55. What was the last thing you put away? I put the towel back on the rack 56. When was the last time you were near a large body of water? I was along the river the last shift I had 57. How much time do you spend in your bedroom? Only when I’m sleeping 58. Do you secretly like to go grocery shopping? No, I put it off until I basically have no food

59. Breakfast; yay or nay? I have vegemite on toast before work but if I don’t have a shift I forget to have breakfast 60. What’s the most creepy experience you’ve ever had? Nothing in particular comes to mind 61. Yay, you’re going out on a date! What do you wear? Fuck I hadn’t even thought about that -_- 62. What’s the last movie you saw in theatre? Was it good? It was either Antman or Deadpool 63. On average, how long would you saw your on the computer per week? When my desktop is broken (now) I usually just use my phone. Laptop is pretty slow. 64. Do you like your music loud? No 65. If you had to lose one of your five senses, which would it be? Smell 66. Would you rather have no computer or no cellphone for a week? Computer. 67. What’s you favourite thing to have for dessert? I don’t really eat dessert at home. I just eat whatever I’m in the mood for whenever. I guess sweet stuff I usually go for timtams or a nutella sandwich 68. Do you tend to straighten or curl your hair more? Neither 69. What’s your favourite summer sport? Sitting inside with the AC blasting. 70. Can you dance, or do you just completely fail at it? I cannot dance. 71. Do you get nervous when you’re about to get a haircut? Yes! And I don’t know why 72. Choose one: Hanging out at the beach, or playing some winter sports? SKIING 73. What’s the coolest place that you ever been to? What’d you do there? Oh man I’ve seen some cool shit. The roundhouses in Tulou village in China were rad. Varanasi in India was a weirdly spiritual experience and I am very much not a spiritual person. Ziplining through the jungle in Panama was fun. Sagrada Familia in Barcelona was super cool in the afternoon with the sun coming in through all the yellow/orange windows. And I’m sure I have more to see in the future 74. What’s the earliest time you ever had to wake up? Was it hard for you? I often wake up at crazy times for work so there is no “earliest” because it loops back around to late 75. What radio station do you listen to most? I have 97.3 playing in the car 76. Whenever you take pictures, do they always end up posted on Facebook? The good ones go on instagram

77. You have unlimited money, what do you do with your life? Travel indefinitely. Pay for friends to travel with me. Give away money. Basically just do whatever I want and hope that nobody tries to kill me for my money. 78. What was the last thing you spent under $5 on? Hmm I have no idea. I can’t think of anything recently. According to my bank statement it was the icecreams I bought from Woolies a couple of weeks ago when I was with some friends 79. How many times have you cried in the past week? None, I don’t really cry 80. Have you ever used your cell phone as a light source in the dark? I need it to see if there’s anything in my mailbox. For some reason I always check the post when it’s dark. 81. Is there anything written on the shirt you’re wearing? “Max Rager” it’s the energy drink from iZombie

82. Where were you living in 1997? I think my family and I had just moved to australia 83. How was your first kiss? eh 84. Do you still talk to the person you shared it with? No 85. How long has it been since you showered? I showered this morning and had a bath a couple of hours ago 86. Have you ever dated someone who had kids? Not dated 87. Have you kissed someone 4 or more years older than you? Several 88. How about younger? Not that I’m aware of 89. Were your parents married when you were born? No 90. Are there any candles in the room with you? No, I don’t like candles, they make me anxious 91. Does the last person you kissed have tattoos? No 92. Do you live within 20 miles of where you were born? Nooooo. more like 10,000 miles 93. Has anyone seen you naked in the last week? Nope 94. Where was your current profile picture taken? In a camping ground in southern Spain. I was visiting my dad’s friends

#other potential titles:#I don’t know anything about politics but I sure am drunk and have opinions #in my jimjams #honourable mention to the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco for being so beautiful that I was actually speechless #My lil squeaky pigs

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the-real-d-sandman · 6 years

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OK TLJ impressions, there be big spoilers below

I loved it and it seemed like everyone else at the theatre did too. People were “ooing” and “ahhing” and I even heard a “holy shit”. It was immensely enjoyable. Visuals were spectacular, with the notable exception of some out of place aesthetics and forced CGI. That being said, because I liked the thing as a whole, Ima point out the things I didn’t like below.

I think there’s too much funny in it. A little funny is good, but the first scene is just a joke, literally. They turn Hux into a joke, he has no serious scene in the entire movie. “He’s a clown now. Deal with it.” By extension, theyre turning the FO’s command structure into buffoons and have completely ruined the thing the Empire had with Tarkin and Piett and others, a sense of a cruel and ruthless machine of an empire that would be a force to be reckoned with even without a Sith ringer.

They also introduce Snoke, but than, unceremoniously kill him later on, and it leaves you thinking, “what? That’s it??” He was made to be the bigger bad, akin to the Emperor in the first movies, but really draws the short end of the stick in this. They really want to focus on Kylo as the new Sith. We don’t even find out who snoke was. He’s just a nobody and a HUGE plot hole. Where did this immensely powerful, if not slightly overconfident sith lord come from?

But I feel like Kylo’s all over the place now. He’s meant to feel unstable, but a lot of his lines are just... Dry? I liked how they were making him out to be the Chaos of the Dark Side, what happens when you let anger and hate rule you fully, that with it comes extreme power, but you begin to lose yourself with it. Now... you don’t really know what he wants. He doesn’t feel like he wants power like Vader, or to rule like Sidious. His biggest aspiration seems to be “be Rey’s best bud”, but he doesn’t seem like he’s trying very hard.

I’m hoping that he only told Rey that her parents were nobody as a lie. I mean, it’s ok, I guess, that it sorta goes into what I think the last movie will be, that almost anyone can be a jedi, but it feels like a cop out, like they couldn’t think of a way to placate everyone so they just said “youre all wrong, there’s nothing there”

The new character is out of place. I don’t even remember her name, honestly. The actress did okay, but the character feels forced and it feels like if she’d been removed, the movie woulda flowed a bit better. Also, she’s now a love interest and that feels horribly forced. (almost like they want to turn away all the Poe/Finn fans hmmmmmm??)

The casino planet scene felt bad. It literally felt like it was satirical, like it was from spaceballs (they even arrest them for ILLEGAL PARKING). They didn’t try hard enough to star wars-ify it, and it felt like they just CG’d some aliens into a real casino. It was there to try and flesh out the new character, but it failed to me.

The OTHER “new” character also felt like he didn’t belong. He shows up and is talked about in a way that makes it seem like we should get to know him and maybe like him, but, he’s just some douche who betrays them anyway.

Phasma shows up and she has a fight this time before being removed from the story unceremoniously again. Will she return for a second time? Who fucking knows.

Yoda. Yoda. He shows up and its... not good. Maybe it would’ve been better if they used the puppet, but I don’t think so. He’s got 10 lines and they’re all bad. I think a better alternative would’ve been to bring in Ewan Mcgregor to be Obi-Wan. It would’nt be as lore acceptable, but it would’ve made for a much better scene. Give Obi and Luke some actual human-like interaction before he evaporates from the story.

Speaking of evaporating. Luke dies in a weird way. I was confused by the whole “force-hologram” thing. Why? he jut died anyway. I think a better thing would’ve been to have him come in in his old X-wing (which they TEASED US WITH) and have him die in the same way Ben died in A New Hope. Kylo cuts him down, turns and he’s just a robe. That would’ve been much cooler. Also, the hologram thing takes the epicness away from the previous scene, where luke survives a withering barrage of laser fire.

BB-8 does too much, I think? He takes the piss out of the other characters, like he’s the only one who’s actually capable. He saves the day at least 3 more times than finn does.

Finn has a heroic suicide scene, but not really. They tease us with the heroic sacrifice, but it was outta nowhere anyway, and give us another heroic sacrifice from new girl, who than professes her love for finn before passing out and almost being deaded. Weak as hell.

Leia has a scene where she uses the force, which could’ve been dope AF, if not for the fact that it looks fucking terrible, like she’s being slowly pulled along a stiff zipline. You can almost hear the pulleys in the background.

They introduce a character that you hate immediately, but than youre supposed to not hate her anymore, but they don’t give you enough time to sort out your feelings before she heroically sacrificed herself. Her costume is also badly out of place. It’s supposed to feel like she’s not a military type, but it turns out she’s basically Leia’s apprentice. It’s confusing. She’s confusing.

You know what? I still left satisfied though. The visuals, with the exception of the above mentioned problems were spectacular. Crait was spectacular. They utilized the openess of Star Wars possibilities to create an amazing back drop to remake the Hoth fight (although it doesn’t feel as tense and epic) which was beautiful. The lightspeed ship collision was PHENOMENAL. Someone behind me in the theater had an orgasm as it was happening. I almost cried because of how stunning it was.

From a character perspective, Luke’s development is great. It shows that, despite learning so much after the first movies, he was still naive, he was still just a boy, and he was still scared of the force and what it did to his father, that, despite being such a legendary jedi, he wasn’t himself prepared to see all the force was and could be and could do to people.

My favorite scene and what got me choked up was actually the Scene where the Falcon is leading the tie fighter thru a chasm on Crait. Just, you hear that familiar music, and it brings you back and it’s amazingly timed.

#star wars the last jedi #star wars #the last jedi #luke skywalker #rey #finn #poe dameron #bb-8 #kylo ren #snoke #leia #spoilers #the last jedi spoilers #sandman reviews

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megatraven · 7 years

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Clolyalilinette on a trip to your hometown

why they would ever want to go to the great state of New Jersey, idk, but here we go :D (Takes place in Cape May, New Jersey which is my fave place in NJ)

Edit: I fixed some stuff i didn’t notice last night!!

Chloe and Lila want to know why exactly they’re at the beach in New Jersey when they could’ve went to Italy, or to Chloe’s family’s beach house in Nice.

Marinette shrugs and points at Alya

“My pen pal from Quebec said their family comes here every summer and I wanted to see why, so sue me,” Alya says, sticking her tongue out

“You suck.” Chloe sticks her tongue out in return

Alya flips her off and Marinette giggles into Lila’s shoulder

After the initial “why the fuck are we in New Fucking Jersey?” they settle into the house they pooled their money to rent for three days.

It’s a pretty decent sized house, albeit old. There’s a screen porch that Chloe and Marinette adore because the furniture is really cute and they get to look at the garden right outside without getting bugs all over them

They unpack some of their necessities and when they’re all content, they head out, making sure they have enough american money

The sun beats down on them while they walk the boardwalk and beach

“This sand is awful, it actually hurts my feet to walk on,” Chloe complains, scowling at the sand littered with broken shells.

“Aw, Chlo, do you want me to carry you?” Marinette teases

“Yes, Marinette, yes I do.”

“I didn’t mean-”

“Well, that’s too bad, babe. Turn around and lemme on.”

“Oh my god. Fine.”

Once Marinette is holding Chloe piggyback style, Lila turns to Alya and waggles her eyebrows

“So, how about-”

“Don’t even think about it, Rossi. You can keep your shoes on if you can’t handle it.”

“But Alyaaa!”

“No buts, sugar.”

“You’re a butt.”

“You love my butt.”

“That’s beside the point.”

After being denied a piggyback ride, Lila suggests going on a horse and carriage ride the next day

She tells them she made sure to look it up before they even came, and that this particular company is known to treat their horses with respect and care.

They all agree to go on one

They go through about half the shops on the boardwalk except for ones that smell weird and sell mostly clothes

“You’ll never get that smell out of em, best to shop elsewhere,” Mari says

everytime they stop to get something to eat one of them isn’t hungry until everyone else has already eaten

they buy a few water bottles and bags of chips before going to walk the beach one last time before they head to the carnival

When night falls they walk to the carnival grounds and get Way Too Much Funnel Cake

Except for Marinette who eats what the others can’t and still wants more

“She’s not even fucking human,” Lila groans, draping herself over Marinette’s lap

“She’s a god dammed sugar goblin.” Chloe drapes herself over Alya’s lap and discreetly wipes her face on Alya’s legs

Alya knows she’s doing it but doesn’t really care because her girlfriend is so fucking cute

“I’m convinced that when she was a baby, her parents gave her sugar water to drink instead of milk because I can’t conceive any other possible explanation for this.” Alya slumps forward, propping her head on her hand.

“You’re all just weak,” Marinette laughs, running her fingers through Lila’s hair before peppering her with kisses.

Chloe, Alya, and Lila all say, “Shut up.”

There’s a cheap and pretty lame zipline that’s on a flat surface and Marinette and Chloe both go on

Mari is on one side and Chloe’s on the other

They pull back as far as they can go before flinging themselves forward

They do not get near enough to kiss

and Marinette is too short for her feet to touch the ground so she just hangs there while Chloe inches closer to her

Alya and Lila are cracking the fuck up and so are Chloe and Mari by the time Chloe presses her lips to Marinette’s

There’s also a rock climbing wall and all of them really want to go on and race each other

there’s only two harnesses so they decided to compare times

Alya is victorious with Lila a close second

Chloe and Marinette grumble about it but give their girlfriends each a victory kiss

It soon comes to their attention that there’s an actual zipline

Marinette and Chloe push each other out of the way to get in line first and in doing so let Lila get in line first

“I’ll trade you three kisses to let me ahead of you,” Chloe practically shouts.

“I’ll trade you seven!” Marinette counters

“I’ll give you ten,” Alya offers, and laughs when Lila agrees

Marinette and Chloe pout a little, but Alya kisses their pouts away

They eventually run out of things to do and head back to their house

Lila is convinced the place they’re renting is haunted.

She pulls up the webpage of the horse and carriage ride and says the route they’re going on is the Haunted Trail, where the driver will tell them all the spooky stories of certain places and houses and frantically points out that their house is on the route

“Listen, darling, just because our house is on that route doesn’t mean it’s haunted,” Chloe says, trying to sooth her

“Yeah, and even if it was, we’ll protect you from the ghosts,” Marinette says with a wink.

“Well, they might, but I’m setting up cameras because now I wanna see.” Alya cackles when Lila throws a pillow at her face.

They all get ready for bed, and even though they go to sleep in separate beds, they all wind up in Alya’s before sunrise.

When they get up, Lila screeches about the door being wide open

“I CAME IN LAST AND CLOSED THE DOOR AND NOW THAT FUCKER IS WIDE OPEN WHAT THE FUCK”

“Girl, chill, someone probably got up to use the bathroom and forgot to close the door.”

“No, you know I’m a light sleeper, I would’ve woken up!”

“Maybe you slept walk and opened it- you do do that sometimes.

“Ugh, I’m telling you this place is haunted!”

Lila mutters about no one believing her at the dining table while Marinette prepares breakfast

“Shit, um… I forgot to get a few things, I’m gonna go down to the nearest shop to see if I can’t find any of the stuff,” Mari says

Alya calls out that she’s gonna come with, leaving Lila and Chloe alone in the house

Chloe eventually comes down and says she’s gonna go outside to look at the garden

Lila waves it off, smiles when Chloe gives her a kiss, and then waits

About five minutes in, she hears the door to the porch open in all its squeaky glory

“Chloe? Coming in so soon?” she calls out, but doesn’t get a response.

The door closes, she hears it close, and her pulse quickens.

“Chlo? Babe?”

And it squeaks open again. She gets up, cautious, and goes to stand in the hallway leading to the door. It swings shut, and she can see nobody’s there.

She rushes over to it and looks outside, and she can see Chloe’s ponytail bobbing around outside of the porch’s screen.

“What the fuck…” she mutters, and closes the door and makes sure she closed it.

Content that she did, that it’s truly closed, she starts walking away

and promptly freezes when it squeaks back open.

“Oh fuck, no,” she says and runs out the front door to the side, where Chloe is

Chloe looks up at her quizzatically. “What’s up, love?”

“Chlo, this house is fucking haunted, I swear to god. You have to come see this.”

She grabs Chloe’s hand and drags her back into the house, to the hallway with the door.

They stand there for several minutes before Chloe finally breaks and asks, “What are we looking at?”

“Th-the door! It kept closing and opening, even when I made sure it was shut! You didn’t hear it?”

“Nnnno?”

Lila stamps her foot. “I’m gonna get proof, then. Go back outside.”

As soon as she sees Chloe back outside, she watched the door, but it doesn’t open.

“You’re an asshole,” she tells it, flipping it off and turning away.

The door squeaks open and she spins on her heel. “Ha! I knew I wasn’t crazy!” It shuts. “I knew-”

“Knew what, babe?” Alya asks as her and Marinette walk in.

“This place is fucking haunted!”

Alya and Marinette exchange a look.

“You guys don’t believe me?”

“Not without proof,” Alya says, and takes out a camera from her fanny pack. “But maybe we can get some.”

“I do actually believe you! But there’s nothing I can do, so I think it’s best to just roll with it, you know?”

Lila sighs. “Fine.”

“Great! Now I’ll get us some breakfast whipped up for reals, okay?”

“Yeah…”

“Alright.” Marinette kisses her on the forehead and that’s that.

When they’ve had breakfast, they go out to sit on the beach until the time they planned to go on the horse and carriage ride

Alya is the best at finding whole shells and spends most of her time with her legs in the water

Marinette heard from some passing people from Quebec that if you dig where bubbles come up after water hits, you could find crabs

she only manages to find and dig up one, but it rather pleased with herself

Chloe lays back to sunbathe

until Lila hoists her from the ground and runs into the water with her

Chloe screeches the whole way, but then she’s laughing and trying to pull Lila underneath the water with her

Alya tries to get Marinette into the water with them, but she mentions she’s a little scared of the ocean, having never been

Each of them promise they’ll be there for her if anything happens

comforted by her gfs, she agrees to come out and ends up loving it

Carriage ride time!!!

They don’t understand everything the coachman is saying, but it’s all fascinating nonetheless

they ride past their house and Lila asks about it

“Oh, that one? They call it the Hope House. That’s about all we were told about it.”

Marinette pats her on the knee and smiles comfortingly.

“But of course, most of us always say it’s called that ‘cause anyone who lives in it ‘hopes’ they’ll leave it alive.”

Lila has a mild freak out and it takes the combined comfort of all three of her girlfriends to calm her down

“We’ll only be there for one more day, lovely,” Mari tells her.

“That’s one day too many,” Lila mutters, but drops it.

That night, they decide to stay at their house to relax and hang out.

They play silly card games and make funny jokes

Lila forbids scary stories

They tell funny stories instead!!

The night passes without any ghost scares, and Lila feels refreshed

That day they visit the rest of the boardwalk that they hadn’t seen

All of them but Alya buy bags of shells

Marinette purchases a hermit crab because she feels bad for their living conditions

The others all have to stop her from buying every single one

Her puppy dog eyes make them crack so they each get one

They finish up their shopping and then go to catch a ferry ride for their last night

Mari’s never seen a boat so big in her life

They keep taking ferries until the sun sets, at which point they all huddle together at the railing of the ship and hold hands

They know things have been a little difficult sometimes, but in that moment, everything was worth it, to just be together in that moment

The next morning, after Lila has another scare with the porch door, they pack up their things and head back to the airport so they can finally head home

#miraculous ladybug #chloe bourgeois #alya césaire #lila rossi #chlolalyanette #marinette dupain-cheng #ml #mari #alya #lila #chloe #my fic #fgbrfgb this is way longer than i wanted #and i still didn't put everything i was going to in

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bostonchungschwa · 7 years

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so here it is, my hard of hearing Ryan fic!

saddeningamountofredgummiebears submitted:

( https://goo.gl/AZ2yCn - Link to AO3)

Ryan was born with only 60% of his hearing. It isn’t much, but it’s enough to warrant him having a grand total of seven surgeries for it between the ages of four and eleven to get tympanostomy tubes put in. They worked wonderfully at the time, but eventually kept falling out and did nothing but cause Ryan’s eardrums to shrivel up like raisins. (Yes, raisins, as much as he hates comparing a part of his body to a raisin, that’s the what Ryan’s doctor used to describe it so he figures he now has no choice.)

Ryan doesn’t necessarily mind being hard of hearing, it makes it a little easier to shoot weapons on a daily basis and it means he can’t hear Gavin’s annoying voice in the living room when he’s eating in the kitchen. The rest of the crew however, don’t know about it (Ryan doesn’t want to appear weak in any way) which does sometimes cause an issue.

“Rnwrginswmm… With?” As always, Michael pops in with a prime example of his hearing, or lack thereof, being a problem. Ryan turns around to look at Michael where he’s standing with Gavin, Jeremy, and Jack a little ways from the couch where Ryan was currently sitting.

Ryan made sure he was looking at Michaels mouth before asking, “What was that?”

“Isid wreging swmm, didyouwan cm with?” Michael repeated, though it didn’t do much help to Ryan as the lad was mumbling a bit, prohibiting Ryan from being able to read his lips at all.

When Ryan first joined the crew, the others were prone to mumbling there words a bit. Not bad enough to where an average person couldn’t understand what they were saying, but bad enough to the point where Ryan had to clue what they were saying because he can’t read people’s lips if they don’t enunciate. Luckily, his reputation as the Vegabond was scary enough that when he yelled at them to stop mumbling it quickly became a habit to pronounce their words a little more exaggerated around Ryan. Occasionally, however, they forgot.

“If you’re going to fucking mumblr then don’t even bother talking to me Michael,” Ryan bit out a tad angrily. Michael barely even flinched, the others no longer being scared of Ryan in the slightest, before saying his question for the third time now.

“Sorry. I telling you that we’re all going swimming and we wanted to know if you wanted to come with,” Michael made sure to move is lips with each sound and Ryan finally understood what the hell it was he was asking. Ryan had to think about the question for a bit. Swimming has never been his favourite thing and thinking back on it, it has probably been over a year since the gent has been to a pool.

He took a look at the four standing in front of him, the three lads in swimming shorts (Gavin’s having the union jack printed on them, Jeremy’s being that god awful orange and purple, and Michaels just being plain red) and Jack in one of her many floral print bikinis. All of them were giving him pleading looks. None of which were working until he looked at Jeremy standing on the end.

And Ryan is well aware of his inability to say no to Jeremy. Especially when said lad was looking at him with his big eyes and puppy dog pout on his face. Ryan let out a huge sigh before grumbling out a ‘fine’ and heading towards his room to change.

(He decidedly ignored the faint whoops of hooray’s he heard as he went down the hallway.)

He was almost finished getting ready, just needing to grab a clean towel, when he heard the bedroom door open and looked over to see Jeremy grinning.

“I’m really glad that you’re coming,” he whispered, hugging Ryan. Ryan returned the smile and gave the lad a quick kiss on the forehead before moving out of his grasp to grab a towel from the bathroom.

“Yea well you should feel lucky. I usually hate swimming,” Ryan attempted a joking tone but as usual Jeremy saw straight through it and heard the slight nervous tone underneath.

“Why do you hate swimming? It’s just water, and plus you take baths all the time it’s practically the same thing just cold water and without soap,” there was a huff of laugh from Ryan as Jeremy said this, and he grinned even wider at the achievement.

“It’s not the water that’s the problem. I’ve just never found it fun,” Ryan gave a small shrug of his shoulders as he pulled a towel out of the cupboard and turned back to look at Jeremy who, unknowingly to Ryan, had followed him into the bathroom.

“Well if you’re just in a normal pool I guess it isn’t always fun. But Geoff’s pool is sick, dude! He’s got a waterslide, and a zipline, and we can do flips off of the diving board, it’s tons of fun with all that stuff,” Jeremy explained excitedly. His smile quickly disappeared however when he saw the small frown his words pulled from Ryan. “What is it?” He asked concern lacing his voice.

“Nothing it’s just…” Ryan trailed off.

“Just what?” Jeremy held out the word just and poked Ryan’s middle a bit, trying to get the gent to tell him what was wrong.

“I mean yea all that stuff is loads of fun when you can actually do them,” there was a small look of jealousy in Ryan’s eyes when he said that, but if you asked him about it he’d deny it to dying day.

“What’s stopping you from doing them?” At this point Jeremy had a small frown on his face and was looking at his boyfriend with nothing but worry and determination.

“Well, the thing is…” Ryan paused for a moment, taking a relaxing breath and leaning in to Jeremy’s touch at his sides, “you have to go underwater to do all that stuff which is like, the only thing at can’t do.”

“You can’t go underwater?” Jeremy was understandably confused by the statement. Ryan only gave a small nod in answer. “Why can’t you go underwater?”

Ryan paled a bit at the question and gave out a small whine as he hid his face in Jeremy’s hair. Jeremy held his boyfriend closer and rubbed his back slowly, immediately recognising the fact that the reason is obviously sensitive to Ryan.

Ryan, not wanting to hide it from Jeremy but also not wanted to tell anyone, took a huge breath before rushing out, “I’mhardofhearingandmyeardrumsarelikeraisinsandsoican’tgetwaterinmyearsbecausethenIcouldgocompletleydeaf.”

“Ryan, babe, love, buddy. You can’t yell at all of us for mumbling even slightly, and then mumble yourself. It’s a bit hypocritical,” Jeremy’s voice was sweet even when saying the sarcastic words.

“Right, I know, sorry. It’s just difficult to say is all,” Ryan pulled back a bit to look at Jeremy’s eyes, and tightened his grip on the lads hips a little. He took a few more deep breaths before repeating himself slower, “What i said was, I’m hard of hearing. Have been all my life and I had to have some surgeries because of it as a kid. Now, however, my eardrums are damaged and all shriveled like raisins so they can’t stop liquids from passing through and into my middle ear. This means, I can’t go underwater because if I do get any kind of liquid in my ears I would not only lose more of my hearing, but I could potentially go completely deaf. It’s also why I always yell you guys for mumbling because then not only can I not hear what your saying, but I can’t read your lips either.”

After the words were out, Ryan looked nervously at Jeremy. The shorter man in the only person outside of his family that knows about Ryan’s hearing loss and he’s nervous about how he’ll respond to it. There’s many ways Ryan has thought about how the other guys would respond to finding out about his hearing.

What Ryan never expected was for Jeremy to chuckle a little before pressing a small kiss to Ryan’s lips. Ryan happily reciprocated the kiss, for a moment forgetting what they were talking about in favour of the way Jeremy’s lips tasted like cherries from his chapstick, before remembering and quickly pulling back in confusion.

“Wait why did you laugh then kiss me? That doesn’t make sense,” apparently Ryan’s confusion was funny because his question only made Jeremy laugh again.

“Because you’re the big Vagabond, feared by all of Los Santos. Little do they know, your a dork who wears dad jeans and can’t hear for shit. Like who are you?” Jeremy’s eyes were shining in amusement as he said it, but all Ryan could focus on was that Jeremy was pressing himself even closer, and he didn’t react badly in any way. Ryan couldn’t let the dad jeans joke get a pass though.

“Says the guy who calls himself Rimmy Tim and makes everything he owns fucking orange and purple. Like what the hell Jeremy?” Ryan teased back as they walked back out to join the others and take the elevator down to the pool Geoff had built into the loft.

—

Ryan has never necessarily minded being hard of hearing, considering in his line of work it rarely ever became a problem. When it does become a problem however, he knows that his boyfriend Jeremy will always be there to help him. Ryan may have been hesitant to tell him, still doesn’t want to tell any of the others, but he’s definitely happy that he did. Now, whenever one the guys mumbles a little bit, Jeremy discreetly finds a way to repeat back to Ryan so he knows what was said. If he doesn’t quite hear a bit during one the heist briefings, Jeremy always fills in the gaps for him. Ryan no longer has to come up with excuses on his own about why he has the tv up so loud, Jeremy always being there with a quick ‘shut the fuck up Gav’ with the tone that gets the message across without sounding mean, something that only Jeremy can seem to do.

Ryan decided it’s nice, having someone else know. Especially his boyfriend. It’s definitely not because Jeremy purposefully whispers all the things Ryan used to miss in his ear when they’re having sex. Definitely not, that has nothing to do with it. It’s simply because Jeremy’s the most important thing in his life, and it’s nice knowing that Jeremy now knows everything about him.

Well except his total kill count. But nobody knows that, not even Ryan. So that doesn’t really count.

this is so good!!!!!!!!! i love it thank you so much!!!!!!

#submitted fic #fake ah crew #jeremwood #disabled crew #submission #saddeningamountofredgummiebears #i love this so so much!!!!!!!!!!!

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stylesbicon · 7 years

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ok here we go a Voltron camp counselor AU because I have no self control and I have years of personal experience and nostalgia to use here

It’s a camp for LGBT youth (we’re talking like ages 6-12 or something) because honestly nobody in Voltron is cishet anyway

It’s a small camp so there’s 4 cabins at a time: Red, Yellow, Green, and Blue

Keith has the cabin of older boys and Pidge has the older girls. Lance has the non-binary kids and Hunk has a cabin of co-ed little kids.

Shiro is their director but the kids just think he’s the fun guy who shows up sometimes and goofs off with them, like he’ll let them grab onto his arms and he lifts them up and wow he’s so strong

The counselors kind of hate Shiro because he riles their campers up right after they’ve calmed them down and then he leaves and they have to deal with them alone. He seems to have a knack for showing up right before lights out

Coran is the fun guy that hangs out at the nurse’s station and makes the kids stop crying when they overreact (”You fell from a tree, young camper? Well let me just fetch the bone saw and you’ll be right as rain in a tick!”)

Allura is the activities coordinator

Each of the counselors have a favorite activity that they like to show off in.

Lance and Keith are really competitive about archery, but everyone knows Lance is best at that. When all of the campers have had their turn he gets them to cheer on a Counselor Shoot-Off. The kids are pumped to see Keith go up against Lance but he hates it because he loses every time.

Hunk likes tie-dye. He’s the best at making patterns and folding the shirts so they turn out just beautiful. Even Atomic Bomb ends up looking cool when he does it (”Alright guys, so if you want Atomic Bomb you’re gonna throw me your shirt and we’re gonna crumple it up and put rubber bands all over randomly and just see what happens!”) Sometimes kids will come up and ask for hearts or double-spirals and he handles it like a pro. One time a kid asked for a guitar and Shiro still doesn’t know how he pulled that one off.

Keith is actually really great with the horses? He knows all of the horses by name and they always whinny when he comes by. He’s really good with calming down horses and kids both when they’re nervous and he’s so good at picking out the perfect horse to match a camper’s personality for trail rides. Also he’ll get on his own horse and show off his tricks for the campers- sometimes he’ll challenge Lance for payback and beat him epically

Pidge loves high adventure activities. She can harness 5 kids a minute and somehow manages to belay kids twice her size on the rock wall without getting pulled into the air. She’s never had a single camper or counselor beat her time at the high ropes course and she gets almost as excited as the campers to go on the zipline.

Shiro uses his talent for randomly showing up places during water activities. He makes the biggest splashes off the water slide and the campers love to see how many of them it takes to launch him in the air off the blob. Also he always manages to be in a canoe with the camper who ends up flipping it.

All of the cabins have different themes?

Red is actually an old airplane that got bunks put in. Everyone thinks it’s super cool but it’s actually the hottest and stuffiest of the cabins because there aren’t a lot of windows, but the Red campers think being hot is worth sleeping somewhere Cool.

Green is a treehouse which is really cool except that it is the one cabin with the Rat Problem. The campers don’t usually notice but on weekends between groups Pidge is always chasing them away and setting traps. One time she found a bunch of rat babies in her pillowcase in the middle of the night and ended up in Lance’s cabin for the weekend because she was not gonna be dealing with that.

Blue is the newest cabin with electricity and a built-in bathroom. There’s even a heater for cold nights and Lance loves to wave it in everyone else’s faces. The drawback is that it’s the furthest cabin from the dining hall and a lot of the activities but pretty much everyone staying there thinks it’s worth it.

Yellow is a giant canvas tent but it’s Really Cool. The campers always feel like they’re having one giant sleepover campout and Hunk will have all the campers bring their blankets to the middle for a cuddle pile while he tells them a story before lights out. His stories are the best and he knows just how to make stories about the other counselors sound just realistic enough that they’ll be asking Pidge the rest of the week if she can really fly or if Shiro really got abducted by aliens

This post is already long but there’s SO much more where this came from so let me know if you want to hear more

#voltron #ovc #vld #camp counselor au

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Adventure Travel & The Inspiration You Gain

Adventure travel

Adventure travel is something I always dreamed of, but never really knew what it was. I never dreamed of wandering the streets of far off destinations as a kid. My dreams had more of a focus on clandestine operations or sports orientated championships. I grew up in the suburbs of Minnesota were normalcy was a complacent disease.

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The more you resisted the harder the walls you banged your head on became. My peers, friends and family guided me towards the American dream. College then a reputable job that would eventually lead to family and a mortgage. None of these choices were negative. They just weren’t necessarily appealing to me. I couldn’t articulate why or select the verbiage needed for you to understand. I just had no desire to pursue that path. It had nothing to do with money, ambition, sacrafice or resources. It had the allure of boredom.

Choices

Without knowing my choices, or realizing there were even choices I started down this path of normalcy. How was I suppoed to know that I could travel the world by way of the restaurant industry? How was I supposed to know that being a ski bum would make the world my playground? I didn’t grow up with any globetrotting neighbors. My family wasn’t made of money.

In fact we barely had enough money for school supplies, camping, fishing or hunting. Our vacations never left the state let alone states. How was I supposed to know how to break the trend? Everyone in my life was pointing me down the same road. How could all of these people be wrong? Why am I the only one with any concern about that path?

We grow up latching onto acceptance. Our peers influencing our choices. Our parents supervising our decisions. Mass media pervasively pursuading our preferences. Its difficult to stray from the pack so I chose conformity. This lead me to a series of dead end jobs, and forgotten times at a variety of college campuses. I was spinning my wheels stuck in neutral.

What was I supposed to do, and how am I supposed to do it? Financial aid covers the cost of school, but not the cost of life, food or fuel. A job doesn’t cover the cost of school, and delivers nothing close to adventure. I was infected with normalcy and set my sites on a cure. Since medical school wasn’t one of my enrollment campuses I had no idea where to begin. Since none of my peers could relate to my constant boredom who could I turn to? I had a disease that warranted no public outcry like aids or cancer.

How Alaska Changed My Life

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Scouring the internet for anything that would allow me to deviate from this failing “American Dream” produced marginal, but temporary cures. Until Alaska came calling. Mentally anything with the allure Alaska was presenting would have been equally as attractive, but the connection is what changed my life forever. Which is often true for long term travelers. Its not the places that you hold dear in your heart. Its the people you meet in that time & place that will forever shape and mold you. When Alaska came calling I was submerged in “clandestine” daydreams set on joining the French Foreign Legion. Whether I chose to recognize it or not I was suicidal, and so absorbed in the moment that I was unaware of the adventure I was on.

ALASKAN CONNECTION

I had no expectations of Alaska other than it seemed like an exotic adventure that I couldn’t wait to tell others. I had never been to Alaska. Never read about Alaska. I had no expectations because I knew nothing about it except its location. It seemed very unlikely that anyone I knew would ever be able to say, “They had an adventure story from Alaska.” Which was my only concern. A story or an adventure from some far off exotic place that no one in my circle could ever relate or duplicate. Everything about my reasons for going to Alaska were superficial & materialistic. Two things Alaska was going to eradicate from my persona.

When you have no knowledge, expectations or experience disappointment isn’t an option. When a friend destroys a dream its devastating, but when a stranger becomes a friend its magical. Alaska was a wizard that brought 30 strangers together to become life long friends. Nothing we did was extraordinary. Nothing we said was enlightening, and nothing we accomplished was unique. But everything about it was magnificent. Alaska was life changing because it gave me the opportunity to connect with strangers on a level I never knew.

Alaska Adventures

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The entirety of it all was so new that everything became an adventure. Walking a mile to work surrounded by mountains erecting out of the ocean diplaying whale tails slapping on the surface as you pass by a hundred seasonal waterfalls was an adventure. Ziplining through the trees with the eagles over the feasting bears below was an adventure. Becoming raging alcoholics on the beaches of Ketchikan with thirty strangers about to become my friends was an adventure. Camping in a moss covered forest that I’d never seen before was an adventure. Travelling to this strange land to play a game of yuker with my Michigan roommates was an adventure.

Every day was a new experience & new exposure to culture, personalities, mentallities and activities. It was a job that was challenging, rewarding and frustrating on a daily basis. It was a way of life that revved the RPMs & held my interest.

Strangers had connected with me. Held similar interests, and exposed me to a variety of life changing ideas. Concepts that continue to influence my life today, and shape my future. Before my Alaska Adventure Travel I would have never considered the mountains to be my home, or ski resorts as my playgrounds. The idea to drive to the end of South America found its conception while adventure traveling in Alaska. While Alaska was my breeding ground for my adventure travels yours may be Thailand, Ohio, New Zealand, Brazil or London. It doesn’t matter the path or the destination to find your connection, but that you do find your connection. Acceptance deletes confusion, frustration and uncertainity. Adventure begins when your planning ends. Time will not stand still, and will not hold any grudges. Let delay be your only regret, and follow your dreams.

What do you really want do with your life

I say this with confidence because I was were you are now. Searching and seeking for answers. Everything seemingly unobtainable or impossible. Nobody to relate to, or everyone pushing you in a direction that seems illogical. The answers are out there, and only ambition or creativity can find them. I have been traveling the world by way of dead end jobs since 1998. You can too. Work your way around the US. Start in the West, and work your way East. Slow travel your way from big cities to small mountain towns following the seasons you enjoy.

Would you rather work to fulfill someone else’s dreams, or to fulfill your dreams? Long term travel has so many variations there is no way to define them all. There is equally no way to have a universal way of funding your travels. You can save up a bunch of money, or you can start traveling today. Pick a destination and go. Friends and family will support you. Jobs and housing are everywhere. There is no right or wrong answer here. Credit scores are temporary. Happiness is all that matters. Are you happy now? What would make you happy. If your reading this travel blog I doubt its a bunch of monthly obligations you struggle to meet.

Adventure travel’s definition is nowhere near solidified, and quite open to loose interpretation. My definition of adventure travel is easily obtainable if your ambitious enough. Travel is travel, and adventure is adventure. If your doing both, and your happy whats wrong with that picture.

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Share in the comments below about your life changing trip. What made it so memorable, or life altering? What do you hope to encounter on your big trip? Travel is a classrom everyone should enroll in for at least one semester if not two, and I would encourage you to choose the destination you know nothing about. Set no expectations, and let your adventure unfold naturally. The best advice I could give any new traveler is to pack light, be open, and let the places you visit change you.

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