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M A S T E R L I S T
hello!
welcome to my full masterlist. i hope you'll find something just right for yourself, and maybe you'd like to stay for more.
have a nice time reading,
mila xx
♡ Fade To Black ~7,3k words
YN loved Joel more than anyone ever. Joel was selfish and scared. They both made mistakes. It all led them to Bill's town and aftermath of what had happened, understanding something very important - love isn't always forever.
♡ ...deserved to experience ~4,3k words (part 2 to fade to black)
YN, Joel, and Ellie try to settle down in Jackson. Over the years, they have navigated their lives through all happy moments. Family expanded, and new feelings and roles were accepted. Joel has never been happier. Or is it just a movie?
♡ 10 essentials - social media - photographer!reader
Over the years YN did several photoshoots of Andrew for different magazines. When the pandemic began fans started to speculate. Finally, Andrew spills the tea during the '10 essentials' video and let people inside his life - very changed life.
♡ BRIT awards - slavic!reader ~7,2k words
After years of being together, six months of being engaged - YN and Harry are letting people know they're in love - it just happens to be BRITs 2023 award show.
♡ Easter Monday - slavic(polish)!reader ~1,3k words
Harry and YN spent their first Easter together. He wants to surprise YN with celebrating it the way she does in Poland - but Harry gets his knowledge from the internet, not the best source.
♡ Warsaw show - social media + blurb - slavic(polish)!reader
Harry plays one of the most important shows during the European leg of HSLOT - show where YN's granny is in the audience.
♡ to feel fulfilled - polish!reader ~ 3,6k words
During the day of the last Love on Tour show Harry intends to do three things: satisfy his fiancée, make granny's dream come true and put on the best performance for his fans.
♡ ...marry me? - polish!reader ~ 1,2k words
Harry is drunk and YN is the angel that he dreamt of.
♡ Let's play tennis! - social media - tennis player!reader
Harry's dating WTA no. 1 tennis player - YN YSN.
♡ Can't hear haters when you're slaying - social media - tennis player!reader
Harry and YN (WTA no. 1 tennis player) are still going strong despite all the bullying they receive.
♡ BLURB - YN and Harry go for a run in London - tennis player!reader
♡ My love, we were in Paris - tennis player!reader ~ 1,7k words
Harry surprises YN after her third win in French Open.
♡ Wimbledon - tennis player! reader ~ 0,9k words
YN lost at Wimbledon, but Harry is still proud of her.
♡ Winning - social media - tennis player!reader
In which YN won Wimbledon, people think they broke up and internet breaking.
♡ Daylight - social media - equestrian!reader
For filming Daylight MV, Harry needed some horse riding lessons.
♡ 'The Higgs professor' - social media - physicist!reader
After being sent a video of Dr YN YSN, explaining Higgs mechanism with Harry's music, Harry finds himself infatuated. Then he meets her at Oppenheimer's after party, and the rest is history.
♡ Dispersion - social media - physicist!reader - part 2
NYC is welcoming one of the most famous physicists, and things seem to look great. More physics in pop terms and more of the sweet couple. For some time.
♡ Fired? - social media - physicist!reader - part 3
The leak is hard on everybody, especially YN. Internet wants to fire her from Oxford. And Harry, Harry is like always there for her.
♡ Recommendations - social media - booktuber!reader
The new series on ynrecommends channel on YT caught Harry's attention. After some time, they are joined at the hip. As friends. Right?
♡ If he doesn't have books, don't sleep with him - social media - booktuber!reader - part 2
The rumours are swirling around Harry and YN on whether they are together. In their usual style, they are confusing, so nobody knows. Till, YN posts that one picture on her IG.
♡ Music videos - social media - famous!reader
Harry and YN have been together since 2013. And from the moment Harry started his solo career, YN is there, in the music videos, or behind the scenes. And if it's not her, it's one of their two babies. Soon to be three.
♡ Third baby - social media - famous!reader
Harry and YN have their third baby and some people still don't know how to behave around a breastfeeding person.
♡ Daddy's house - social media - famous!reader
New Pleasing drop comes with new ambassadors - quite little ambassadors.
♡ Love language - boyfriend!Harry
Harry's love language is physical touch, especially kissing you. Here are just a few types of them. !contains suggestive content!
♡ Kisses - boyfriend!Harry
After establishing their love language, YN and Harry are not shy about it. And YN loves smothering Harry in kisses after his first LOT show.
♡ Popstars - social media - popstar!reader
YN and Harry have been together for years. The problem is, even after being spotted kissing, they won't admit it at the beginning. Oh, there also is Judie and Teddy - their cute, little kids.
♡ Goldie - social media - swimmer!reader
Harry follows a competitive swimmer, YN on IG, and (lies you can imagine) it breaks the internet. YN attends his shows and their relationship just grows.
♡ Happy birthday, rockstar - social media - director!reader
YN's social media posts over the years wishing Joe a happy birthday. (part of an Action! series)
Harry x (ex)director!reader x Joseph Quinn
A story, where Harry and YN fall in love at Sign Of The Times music video set, challenge their relationship over the years, eventually fall apart and the aftermath of that break-up.
social media:
part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4 part 5 part 6
written parts:
▪︎ first date ~2,8k words
A short story about two people being nervous on their first date.
▪︎ tolerate it ~3k words
YN sees how much Harry is distancing. Confrontation happens, unfolding cascade of events and feelings YN has buried within herself. Is this the end?
▪︎ champagne problems (part 2 to tolerate it) ~3k words
YN thinks Harry wants to save their relationship after the argument they've had. He thinks that, too. But the definition of saving can differ.
▪︎ heartbreak anniversary ~3,4k words
Harry holds an emotional conversation with his therapist, and then his family. If it wasn't heart-wrenching enough, Anne and Gemma have some news to share - something to tip the scales at the breaking point.
a/n: headers are made by me. if use, please give credit.
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Mile & Apo: It takes two to triumph
IN THE GLITZY REALM OF entertainment, where talent often shines like a beacon, there occasionally emerges a pair of stars whose chemistry transcends the screen. Such is the case with Mile and Apo, two charismatic Thai actors whose TV show KinnPorsche has become a global sensation, watched by millions of viewers from Russia and India, to Poland and Peru.
The two have risen from relative obscurity to become the new ambassadors of Dior, mobbed by teenage girls when they arrived in Mumbai earlier this year to attend a Dior fashion show.
On the surface, the Thai series KinnPorsche seems to have thrown the rulebook of “How to make a hit TV show” out the window. It is a mafia story filled with surly men, bloody gang fights and epic shoot-outs – which, yes, is a mainstay of TV programming. But the radical twist is this: the two main characters are a mafia boss’ son (played by Mile) and his male bodyguard (played by Apo) who – surprise, surprise – fall in love with each other.
In the history of TV, there has never been a hit crime series centred on a gay plot. But when KinnPorsche debuted in April 2022 on Thai TV and global streaming service iQiyi, it almost instantly became the top trending title in neighbouring countries such as Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines.
Soon after, it claimed Europe, finding particular popularity in Poland, Turkey, Italy and France. Then it stormed its way into North and South America, where it was a top trending topic in the US, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador and Colombia.
No one – not even the cast and producers – thought the show would be this successful. It seems to have fed into some untapped market for female audiences who love action shows, but don’t care to see yet another threateningly perfect actress couple up with their fantasy man.
If you ask any fan what it is about the show that makes them sweat, swoon or quiver with delight, they’ll answer quite simply: Mile and Apo.
Double or nothing
At their photo shoot in Bangkok’s top restaurant Nusara, which overlooks the splendid temple complex Wat Pho, the models-turned-actors are in their element. They tailor their bodies and facial expressions instinctively for the camera, conveying a range of emotions, from sultry and mysterious to bright and playful. The slinky Dior suits, with their clean lines and minimal embellishments, don’t hurt either.
Mile (or Phakphum Romsaithong) and Apo (or Nattawin Wattanagitiphat) recently released their new film Man Suang in cinemas. It is a big-budget political thriller set during the 19th century reign of Rama III, replete with historically authentic sets and costumes.
Apo plays a traditional dancer who is recruited to spy in an elite club and uncover a plot to overthrow the order of the king. Finding a kindred spirit in the club’s taphon drummer (played by Mile), the two team up to stop the underground rebellion.
Speaking with the help of a translator, Mile, 31, explains: “We hope the movie reaches out to a wide audience. We wanted it to have both commercial and critical success, something that could show Thai history and culture to the world, but also be fun and entertaining enough to be a popcorn movie for the masses.”
Both actors note how T-pop (the shorthand for Thai popular entertainment) has been hyped as the next global sensation after K-pop and J-pop, following the massive success of Thai stars such as Lisa Manobal, Bright Vachirawit and Win Opas-iamkajorn.
“And it can happen,” says Apo, 29, also through a translator. “Thai people are very humble, gentle, hardworking and friendly. We can blend into any culture. If anything, Thailand has served as a melting pot for different cultures – just as Singapore has. Our culture can be easily embraced by the world.”
The duo believes that the global audience has transformed in recent times. “They’re now more welcoming of stories from different parts of the world, especially if those stories involve characters going on a journey to discover themselves and make themselves better, stronger, wiser and happier,” says Apo. “That’s why when I look for new projects these days, I look for the ones that carry the messages of self-actualisation.”
Mile concurs, adding: “I’ve always believed in ‘high risk, high return’. KinnPorsche was a risky proposition, because it took a mafia crime genre and placed it in the Boy Love category (a niche genre involving gay romance). But I believed in the project’s potential from the start – even if I never thought it’d become the cultural phenomenon that it is today. Its success has only strengthened my belief in ‘high risk, high return’.”
One-two punch
The road to success has been winding for both actors. Though born with the magnetic allure of leading men, they’ve had to work hard to secure roles over countless rivals, as strikingly handsome as they are. Having appeared in smaller parts before, it was the smash success of KinnPorsche – a show that almost didn’t get made because of funding issues – that catapulted them into not just the Thai limelight, but the global stratosphere.
Asked what Dior’s artistic director Kim Jones thinks of KinnPorsche, the duo laughs. Apo says: “We don’t know if he’s seen the show – we didn’t ask him. But we do know that our fans had been bombarding his Instagram account for a while, telling him about us, asking him to check us out, before he signed us up – well, at least that’s what he told us when we met him for the first time.”
“But for all you know, he could be binge-watching the series right now,” quips Mile, prompting another round of chuckles.
As the two men trade jokes in Thai, it’s clear that they share a genuine friendship. Their camaraderie is palpable, adding an extra layer of authenticity to their on-screen chemistry. Their behind-the-scenes antics and playful banter in candid posts have become fan fodder, launching thousands of TikTok videos and memes.
Mile says: “We’ve only become better friends in these past two-and-a-half years. We’ve become more synchronised, and our mindsets and energies are moving at the same pace. I can look at Apo and more or less understand what’s going on in his mind. We have small conflicts, of course – it’s normal among friends – but it’s usually something so minor, we can resolve it quickly.”
The best part of their friendship? Their shared love of dad jokes – that genre of silly, cheesy jokes with predictable punchlines that fathers supposedly love to tell their kids.
But Mile confesses: “I don’t tell dad jokes because I like them, to be honest. What I really, really want to tell are smart jokes, witty jokes… But I’m so bad at making jokes that they always come across as dad jokes, no matter how hard I try.”
Apo interjects: “Do you wanna hear a good dad joke?” Then, switching from Thai to halting English, he says slowly: “Hey you… watch where you walk… or you will… fall… into… my heart.”
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Finland is number one in Poland's Viral 50 💚. Slovenia is second by the way. And also Croatia, Austria, Switzerland, Cyprus, Armenia, Moldova, France and Czechia are all trending above Sweden and fit in top15. Which I think kind of shows how middle of the road their song is (I'm not going to say it's bad, because Loreen is a good singer, but it really kind of goes is one ear and out the other without leaving a trace), and that people want something more memorable and crazy from Eurovision.
It is kind of interesting that after watching both semis and the grand finale, I was able to kind of accurately predict who would be a qualifier, but the finale voting was one big mystery to me 😅. Why didn't Slovenia, Austria and Czechia get more points? Why was Germany lower than Poland? What is even happening in the heads of the juries?
But Finland is definitely going to be remembered. And I think Swedish commentators know that, and it really bothers them it's your country that captivated people hearts, and they turn offensive out of some wounded pride.
This new made me really happy ❤ Not only that Cha Cha Cha is number one, but in general that Eurovision is so relevant nowadays that it is able to make the competing songs (other than the winner and the country’s own entry) go viral. Tattoo was ofc viral in many, many countries even before the contest which is really not surprising seeing how it embraces the pop hit pattern and is ridiculously catchy, but seeing non-English songs even higher really warms my heart.
There are always going to be surprising results, but the running order and competition in the same genre do have an effect. Obviously I do not have the answers, and this is speculation only.
Slovenia qualified and 78 points is not a bad result at all, considering they also got points from 14 different countries. The withdrawing of North Macedonia and Montenegro likely had an impact on their total score. Before the grand final Slovenia was 23rd in the odds which is in line with their result of 21st place. In my view Slovenia was since the beginning always more of a fan favourite than a real contender. I once read a take saying that only diaspora and fans vote in Eurovision, which is supported by the fact that Joker Out got their highest points in the final from Croatia, Serbia and Finland (got to support Käärijä’s boyfriend 🥰)
Austria was hurt by the running order in the grand final perhaps more than anyone. It has been shown that the running order doesn’t affect the juries as much as the televoters, perhaps because the juries are required to watch the whole show from the beginning to the end while the regular viewers might miss the first few songs. Juries did raise Austria to the 8th place which is once again a great result in my opinion, for a country that usually doesn’t enjoy that much of neighbour support. In general despite the country it is really hard to place higher than around 15th place when opening the grand final – Belgium came 10th in 2016 but was only 16th in the televote. Other reasons for Austria's low televote score might have been the quality difference between first and second semi final, and the voters all gathering to support Finland when it became clear they were the only ones who could challenge Sweden.
Czechia got their second ever top 10 result, second best result ever and best result since Mikolas Josef’s 6th place in 2018, so I wouldn’t be disappointed at all. Perhaps they suffered having to perform between Finland and Australia, which is something I expected could happen.
Germany is one of the Central European countries that cannot trust their neighbours to support them, as we have unfortunately seen many times. In general, succeeding with a rock/metal entry in Eurovision is very difficult and rare, although there are a couple of exception which I probably don’t even have to mention. In March I got this ask and made a prediction based on how well rock/heavy entries similar to Blood and Glitter usually have succeeded in Eurovision (21st-24th place), so I’m not that shocked by their result. Sad of course, but not surprised. (I expected UK be last, but I guess they got some support points for being the host). My guess is Germany also once again suffered from being a direct qualifier (not having the same bond with viewers as semi-finalists do) and competing against Australia and especially Finland, who have similar-ish target audience.
As for Poland I need to remind that they have a huge diaspora – their highest points came from Ukraine, Ireland, Lithuania and United Kingdom. Most people who knew and cared about the infamous NF result were Polish viewers themselves and Eurovision fans, and neither of those groups can give negative votes. To Blanka’s credit we must admit that the performance improved massively since the NF and Solo as a light and campy female pop didn’t really have any genre competition, and it isn’t as divisive as metal or heavy rock is.
Juries are asked to focus their vote on 4 main sets of criteria:
Vocal capacity of the artist(s)
Performance on stage
Composition and originality of the song
Overall impression of the act
Regardless of how angry I am of the ridiculously high jury points to Sweden this year – and almost every year, really – I think they were pretty consistent with their ranking this year. We can argue about Cha Cha Cha being more original than Tattoo, but we can’t argue about Käärijä being weaker singer than Loreen or Marco. Juries always put more emphasis on the vocal capacity and singing skills than televote does. That is also why what the fans call “boring ballads” tend to be higher than campy uptempos and ethnic bops, because the latter rarely require expectional vocal techniques. My hot take is that juries are necessary to evaluate objectively the actual technical skills of the performers and prevent us from having to sit through another year like 2008 with Leto Svet, Baila El Chiki Chiki, Dustin the Turkey and Wolves of the Sea kind of atrocities.
I love the last chapter 🥺 Käärijä is the people’s princess 💗 I think @suspiciouslandlady put it best in this post. Sweden cannot take that all the attention and love is not directed at them. They cannot take that we are celebrated instead of them. They cannot take that their "former Eastern part of the kingdom" is acknowledged at its own right and not just as the lesser neighbour country. We are so used to being forgotten between Sweden and Russia, the weird Nordic that has their own strange language none of the others understand, always the oppressed, the underdog in contests and sports. We might have lost once again, but this time the world is on our side and the spotlight is on Finland. And that is hard for our neighbours to swallow.
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The Euro songs we have lost, part two.
Now the national final season has ended and so the carnage of the eurovision national final season has come to an end, where so many of people's fav songs didn't get into eurovision... which will still be an amazing show in Liverpool regardless. It's a diverse lineup, it should have something for everyone which is what it should be about, because eurovision is about togetherness and enjoying some music and the staging is probably going to be fire. It's going to be such a well produced show.
And while we did loose a lot of good songs that did not make it all the way to eurovision, we can always just bop to them on your playlists. Now we just celebrate all the songs that we lost and cherish them forever.
Benjamin - Hoida mut: One day I actually want one of these "slutty synth song in Finnish" to actually win UMK and go to eurovision. When will Erika Vikman return?!! but it didn't happen this year, just like it didn't happen for cicciolena or Kuuma jäbä. I adored this song from the very first listen. I love synth and 80s sounds so of course I was extatic about this. The live could have been better, but this was a bop and a half.
KUUMAA - Ylivoimainen: we got a lot of bands this year in eurovision, but not many of the good ones that I was rooting for. This song is maybe a bit too low-key and monotone both in the video and on stage. But it has a good beat and the chorus has been stuck in my head since the release. It's a banger on spotify.
Ruta Mur - So Low: Idk what europe has against synth this year, but pretty much non of those songs made it through to actual eurovision. For the last three years Lithuania has been in either my top 5 or top 10 in eurovision and I've been quite impressed by how much risk they've been taking. And So Low by Ruta Mur was a song I thought would be interesting and would stand out on stage in Liverpool. It's a lowkey song, but in a good way.
Silja Rós & Kjalar - Ég styð þína braut: A duet in Icelandic has always worked well for us (Iceland) in Eurovision, so the statistics were with us in this song. It's dreamy and beautiful and I feel like with a little polish when it comes to staging it could have flourished and stood out in Liverpool. It would have been more of a risk, added more to the lineup than Power did.
Celebs - Dómsdags dans: Ah, glimmerdómsdagsskrímslið my beloved. I love this song. To me it was the best song in söngvakeppnin and I would rather have picket it than Power because it is just more risky, it's more of a show on stage, it's more fun... which is what I want out of Eurovision.
Jann - Gladiator: The people of Poland has taste, but not the jury (as always, fuck the jury). This would have been different, it would have been a risk that was bold and would stand out. Jann is a promising young artist and I know that one day he will make it to eurovision... even if this is much more a song that maybe Ukraine would send than Poland. Hopefully one day he will just represent San Marino... or Poland can just get it together. This would have been a moment in Liverpool.
Filip Baloš – Novi plan drugi san: This is a better song than the one that won the Serbian nf final... but the other one had much better staging imho. So I am happy about Serbia's choices for Eurovision because I love good or interesting staging. But this one is great as well. Both would have added something to the final lineup.
Tone Sekelius - Rhythm of My Show: this was been a lackluster Melfest tbh and this song is just one of these nice melfest pop songs that are always in the competition and are just nice. Tone is really charming on stage and it was a really good performance even though she may not the best dancer. The staging does do so much for the song, which is a bit basic... but that's how many Swedish Eurovision songs are. Nice, basic pop that is staged very well. And I am not that mad about it.
Jon Henrik Fjällgren - Where You Are (Sávežan): If this was a Keiino track it would have been more charming of a song and just a bit... better. But I still really like Jon Henrik Fjällgren and his songs in Melfest, even if this one is my least fav of his entries. His part in the song is what makes the song not bland. But this is a little different, but still good Swedish pop, for melfest so I respect it. It's very Keiino-esque, but I don't mean that in a bad way.
Marcus & Martinus - Air: I don't really understand why these Norwegian twins were in Swedish national selection when they could have so easily destroyed the competition in Norway with this song. This is again, a really good, well produced pop song from the Swedish pop machine. It's well staged, it does get stuck in our head but it's nothing new. This would also have been good entry for Eurovision, but would have had no chance of winning. But who cares. Eurovision isn't all about winning. It's about enjoying the show.
Emil Henrohn - Mera mera mera: This was never going to get out of its semi, although I had my hopes up for andra chansen (which is no longer andra chansen). This is just such a Swedish schlager that might have had a chance in 2003… but not today. Songs like this, as much as I love them, don't do very well in Melfest. But for me this is the best song in Melfest after Air and Tattoo.
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I always find character playlists and character theme songs.so interesting, mostly cause I want to compare them. Like, how does the song pave the difference between how we see the character.
!!!! Yes it's so much fun to see how people interpret things differently and Apply
I know in my case... I mean I listen to music wrong (i.e. lyrics are the last thing that matter to me because i value melody, the quality of the vocals, the integration of the vocals with the melody, the general vibe, and then the meaning of the lyrics)
BUT ANYWAY
I've really enjoyed making my character playlists even though the way I perceive Hetalia characters is always changing because I like to associate music to things I like. I mean, RWBY is my favorite show for a reason (so... many... songs...). I like to imagine illustrations I could make or potential animatics that'll never happen because I no longer have storyboard pro and wasn't... great at boarding to begin with.
I think the ultimate reason that I like to collect songs that remind me of characters is nostalgia? A lot of my current music tastes stem from the music I was introduced to age ~13/14 watching "Hetalia Character Theme Song" videos with iMovie level editing of stolen fanart on the screen. I would loop those videos while I played minecraft, so some songs are just integrated into my brain with certain characters, even if I don't think they necessarily fit anymore
Anyway all that nonsense to say, I like to see the different draws people can get from the same song or the same character. No France, no China, or no Norway playlist are ever the same
When I make my playlists, I have either a certain genre or thematic words that help guide my thoughts on what song to put on the playlist. Some examples:
• Ukraine, I think my guiding words were "prairie," "strength/edge," "eldest daughter syndrome," "feminine rage," "hope," and "vulnerability."
• Poland it was "2000's girliepop (sparkle emoji)," "strength," "energy," and for some reason "surprise" comes to mind.
• Romano my words were "indifference," "pretty," "bold," "misunderstood," "underestimated," and probably "hope" as well.
• Norway was the first one I did and so they were more focused on setting rather than characterization, but I'm still happy with the playlist. We've got "mist," "forest," "ocean," and "quiet."
Strength and resilience are common themes. A lot of the genres are intertwined because I am... forever going to be stuck in my pop punk niche.
There are some characters whose playlists I'm not sure I'll ever be able to finish either because I don't have a good grip on their character in my head (Estonia; I do have a playlist for him, but it's all like... songs adjacent to Buddy Holly by Weezer and I don't want to do him or Estonia fans dirty like that) or my music taste just doesn't align with the character (Liechtenstein and N.Italy, though I forced myself to finish Veneziano because I want to try and get the main 8 + Canada done).
Sorry I kinda rambled!!!
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My thoughts about school (based on the Polish education system)
By unpopular demand, I decided to write it all down.
Disclaimer: it is not good, and these are only my opinions based on my being a part of it for 12 years and being a tutor for another 6.
tldr: it's fucked up. Don't let your kids go to public school in Poland and here's why:
An education system is a form of oppression where the teacher is the absolute authority, and you, as a student, can do nothing else but listen to them. Teachers are gods in terms of the subject matter they are supposed to teach you, as well as in terms of your rights and wrongs. They are the law that you have to obey and must not question. In other words: you have no rights as a student if the teacher says so.
Of course, there are some institutions like student spokespeople, but they are mainly teachers, and when it comes to a fight between a student and a teacher, who do you think the spokesperson will endorse?
Now that creates an unhealthy situation for both: students and teachers. Students believe they have no rights and are predetermined to do as other people tell them - that's an easy way to develop a very dependent society that will wait for permission to do anything. No development or progress follows. That is, for sure, a good thing if you want to take away other people's rights (I'm looking at you conservative parties from around the world).
Teachers, however, learn that their words are unquestionable, that they are better than others because they spend a couple of hours a day believing they are. That may be one of the reasons why the majority of people who decide to teach at schools are people who are incompetent to do other jobs and have plenty of internalized fears and complexes.
Now these teachers must teach these students things that are often too difficult for these young people or require the knowledge that they should have already learned but didn't because of other teachers who weren't able to teach them because of… yada yada yada
And the program is too vast, and there are no visible connections between subjects. E.g. Literature should correspond with history to properly show how some historical events inspired some of the books they must read (don't make me start about 'obligatory readings'). Or chemistry and physics should take from each other when talking about electromagnetism or something. And because of all that, these children and teens spend too much time at home doing the things they were supposed to do at school but didn't, and they don't have enough time for other things like hobbies or social development, which are so crucial in a proper growing up process.
Also, the children have to do so much additional work at home themselves: plenty of homework, studying for tests, pop quizzes and 'questionings', and (i told you not to make me start) obligatory readings.
That all creates a situation where frustrated adults try to work with frustrated children and adolescents. That sounds to me like a perfect learning atmosphere, doesn't it?
Now, of course, school is not only the arena of students-teachers discord but also of the relationship students have with each other. Public school enrollment is a hoax because since every kid has to go to school it's obvious they will find a place for them. So now the society of students looks like these:
What do you think: for whom is the school prepared? Everyone in this one standard deviation gap? I think it would be nice if that were true.
But what about the kids who are not so 'mainstream'? Not only those from pathological or problematic families but also those whose parents are lawyers and doctors and have enough money and not enough time for their children? What about above-average intelligent or disabled kids or those with other limitations?
I'll tell you what happens to them. Nothing. They are being left alone. They have 'special needs' so the school can do close to nothing for them. Some parents who care pay for additional classes - which leads to this kind of aberration that a 9-year-old kid has over 40 hours of classes a week. But children of those who can't afford it or don't care enough are being called off as problematic, and the school doesn't want to deal with them.
And sure, students have different problems than 'my mom pays extra for me to learn to swim and yours doesn't' with each other, but I'd like to stress how bad one's socioeconomic status influences their children's life.
So I have gone with the 6-3-3 system (12 years of education divided into three levels - three schools) and now it's 8-4 and let me tell you how devastating for your mental health that was. Every 3 years you had to take an exam that your whole future depended on. Every 3 years you had to change your school and your friends and get used to a new environment. And the moment you started to feel stable again you had to do it all over again. The current system isn't any better but for entirely different reasons (one of them being taking the same program and not adjusting it to the new 8-4 years division).
That all being said, I have been tutoring young people for the last 6 years (16 kids, aged 5-19) and I am terrified seeing what is happening at schools. 'My children' are being called liars, even when they're not lying because the teacher wants to prove a point they're problematic. What kind of authority are they, then? Within my social circle, not one of my friends who are still at school nor my friends' kids doesn't have a problem with school. They don't want to go there, they are scared of their teachers, they skip school or classes, they have several mental issues and one of them tried to kill herself.
So don't tell me I'm overreacting when this topic arises. I have seen an intelligent, beautiful 15-year-old girl locked up in a mental hospital because she could barely go to school every day. I'm not overreacting but several millions of people are underreacting and I don't want to fathom where this is going.
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Build the Streets of Barcelona
by W. Eric Martin I primarily use Chrome as my browser, and I tend to have lots of tabs and windows open, thanks partly to having Google Earth integrated in the browser so that every time I open a new tab, an image pops up showing some part of Earth that I would otherwise have likely never seen, such as the Korgalzhyn District in Kazakhstan— —or Francois Peron National Park in Australia— —or Zug in the western Sahara— I'm unlikely to find myself in Zug or the Korgalzhyn District, so while I know they're places where humans can visit and might live, for the most part these images strike me as abstract works of art, the colors seemingly modified to intensify the saturation or contrast. The scale is often a mystery, leaving you to wonder what sort of vessel could fit between those islands in Kazakhstan, or the lighting creates an optical illusion, with Zug being a giant crevasse instead of a mountain. My thoughts are very different, though, with this image of Barcelona: The human impact visible in this image is striking, with each block containing dozens of homes, apartments, and businesses, each building holding generations of people, this frame containing ten thousand stories. I marvel at it for both what's visible and what's happening out of sight, and someday, yes, I might make it to Barcelona to walk these blocks myself. This image came to mind again when looking at the cover of Barcelona, a 1-4 player game from Dani Garcia for 1-4 players that Board&Dice will release before the end of 2023. Hey, now I can learn more about what this part of Barcelona actually is! It's the mid-19th century. The city of Barcelona is the most densely populated city in all of Europe. Shortly after the old city walls were finally destroyed, Ildefons Cerdà, who is now considered the inventor of urbanism, presented the plan for the creation of the "Eixample", the expansion that Barcelona so desperately needed. Its construction began in 1860. In Barcelona, you will take on the role of builders in 19th-century Barcelona who are working on the new expansion to the city. Your main goal is to construct buildings to accommodate the citizens who want to leave the old city, and in the process, you will also build streets, create tram lines, and build public services. You may even decide to explore "Modernisme", a new architectural and arts style that has been gaining popularity among the rich. Prototype Barcelona is played over a variable number of rounds interrupted by three scoring phases before a final scoring phase. Every round, each player takes a single turn consisting of two or more actions, a building phase, and then preparation for their next turn. At the end of the game, the player with the most points wins. • In other Board&Dice news, the company has launched a Kickstarter campaign for Teotihuacan: City of Gods – Deluxe Master Set, a giant box that collects everything for Daniele Tascini's Teotihuacan: City of Gods — all of the expansions and promos, along with alternate art versions of many game elements and hundreds of wooden components, not to mention separate playmats and a fifth player expansion and a "beauty pack" of just wooden bits for those who want to bling their current thing. The project has collected a quarter million US$ is less than a day, and all of the pledges deliver in October 2024, so you'll need something else to do in the meantime. Perhaps you could check out this image of Warsaw, Poland and ponder why we have so few games about trains in Poland...
https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/146691/build-streets-barcelona
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My thoughts about the JESC 2022 songs. Part 4:
(This will be in order of release of...YKW, screw this intro, you already know the drill. And also sorry for the delay, had some things to do)
🇦🇲 Nare "DANCE!":
"Qami Qami" from Maléna was something mystical and ethereal beyond anything heard and seen during the Junior Eurovision 2021 at Paris, France. The voice was soothing and still catchy, with a mix of techno and pop vibes that made their way to our hearts, giving the song enough soul to get its very well-deserved victory at said contest.
And by rule, the host country can't just relax completely by just making the plans for the next year's event. They have to show their own potential in a good or better way than last years' song, and if possible, host the JESC twice in a row! (This is not a drill, it happened at 2019 and 2020 in Poland after Roksana Węgiel and Viki Gabor won the contest at 2018 and 2019 respectively)
So what's the best way for Armenia to show they can still be one of the strongest contestants in this year's JESC? Of course, raising the bar Malena left for the next singer. And they did it with Nare and her song "DANCE!":
If you hear this song after listening "Qami Qami", you'll see the glow-up Armenia's quality made for their JESC songs: From a calm and ethereal song to a groovy and techno disco room hit that not only invites everyone to dance and enjoy the moment, but also tells everyone the host country is ready to give us an spectacular number at their own JESC edition, if not winning twice and giving Armenia their third victory!
I know it is virtually impossible for a host to win the contest in these recent Eurovision editions, but let's face it, Nare has the strength to make this idea true! Even if they get a Top 5 place (as my main guess for her despite my wishes for her winning JESC), it would show how incredible they made this song!
🇺🇦 Zlata Dziunka "Nezlamna (Unbreakable)":
Before I get to the final song of JESC, let me speak things clear:
I am aware of what is happening in Ukraine. I heard and sometimes still hear the news about the sorrowful and hard situation they got into at this year's beginning. And even if I would prefer to be neutral about it as I live at the other side of the world, I can't deny I feel sadness for them, and some wishes for this situation to end in a good way for them and the other countries regarding this trouble. Like, I know why people are a bit sceptical about certain countries regarding their decisions about this event, but let's be clear (and this also talking for the possible absence of some of the previous champions during the announced Champion Number at the JESC, and not those with understandable personal/situational decisions like Maria Isabel): Not everyone from those countries represents the decisions and ideals of their governments. Some of them want this to stop at once, and some of them are not related or interested to participate in this event. Peace is a wish not only for Ukraine, but also the entire world.
With this said...I knew and considered from the beginning Ukraine would choose sending us a JESC song related to this situation. And they didn't disappoint in a good way. Zlata Dziunka was the one chosen to represent the country at Yerevan with "Nezlama"
And while the first version of the song revealed at the national finals was something "not enough" to shine among the other JESC entries, the final revamp made it get stronger, in message and melody: Alongside the fact you don't need to search too much for the music video's meaning if you are aware of the actual situation, the vocals singing the English-Ukrainian lyrics got both more majestic and poignant than the original entry. Add this the genuine feeling transmitted by Zlata and the more-than-just-clear meaning put on the lyrics, and this song gets you in the feelings even if just for a little.
While in my dearest opinion, I see this getting a Top 10 or 5 placement in the contest, I'm sorry, but I could be happy or at least enjoy it if "Nezlama" manages to get the victory of the contest, one that would be heartful.
//semi-venting
And yes, I know some people would not be so satisfied with this luck event and more after how they perceived Kalush Orchestra's "points landslide" victory at the adults' ESC. I know and I understand Chanel and Sam Ryder had more potential to be the winners and one of them would have gotten 1st place in a normal situation, but getting to the point of shunning Kalush and Ukraine itself for an "undeserved victory" is not the way to solve things. I would've been angry if I was in Spanish and British fans' shoes, of course, but we don't have to ever forget this: even if one country or other wins the contest, every or most artists are still LEGENDS even without the trophy! Sam Ryder is a recognized artist at the United Kingdom even at 2nd place. Chanel's musical career is on the go even at 3rd place. People still dance to Moldova's catchy train song and Give That Wolf a Banana even if they weren't in Top 3. Heck, even in Bolivia, Rosa Linn's "Snap" is a hit in every pseudo-mall and urban places around the cities, and she didn't need to 100% win the contest to make her song a hit! And I don't need to tell the situation with most ESC 2021 songs: They are still legends to remember and talk about during any ESC infodump or chatter, despite their final placement.
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And with this final post, my Junior Eurovision 2022 song list personal opinions are finished. As I said, each one has its own potential and soul, and they can shine, some of them already becoming candidates for a victory! This is promising to be one of the most energetic JESC editions ever!
Best of luck for everyone!
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All blood sweat and tears songs
ALL BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS SONGS MOVIE
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The song was unveiled on October 10, 2016. BTS, otherwise known as Bangtan Boys, is made up of the following artists: You can call it a renaissance, or the newest version of… but it is simply Blood Sweat and Tears at its best“.“Blood Sweat & Tears” was released by K-Pop boyband BTS. What endures today is the evolution of that concept… along with an amazing roster of the most talented and entertaining musicians we have ever had.īS&T has never stopped touring. The most commercially successful version of the band was in fact, our second line-up. Over the years more than a one hundred and seventy-five musicians have flowed through the ranks of the various iterations of the BS&T. These are the ideas that formulated the concept of BS&T Horn arrangements were not an afterthought, they were fully integrated into the songs themselves, some written by band members and others that would come from many different resources. Instead of incessant whiny guitar interludes, we would have improvised, spontaneous jazz solos. “Blood Sweat and Tears was born from a selfish notion that we could combine the sophistication and musical skill level of jazz music with the energy and universal appeal of rock vocal music. What The Hell Happened To Blood, Sweat & Tears In the coming months I’ll keep you posted on this and other progress made with the documentary and the exasperating and exhilarating treasure hunt. New leads are being generated and followed. Like any good detective, I’m not giving up on this case. Was it destroyed, knowingly or unknowingly? Might it have been discovered in a dumpster by an unknown collector who’s kept its existence a secret ever since? Or is the footage sitting in the far corner of some storage facility, mis-filed, mis-labeled, and/or unclaimed? We’ve chased down leads through subsequent owners, archives and storage units, to no avail. The production company and post production house both closed in 1970/71. The primary challenge of this treasure hunt is the passage of time. And, finding that footage has become an obsession with me. That’s a big one in the “found” column, to be sure, but what remains “lost” are the 65 hours of rough footage. A poor quality copy had been posted on YouTube, but we managed to find pristine prints buried in a storage facility here in Los Angeles last June. Curiously, that version was never officially released. A 53-minute program was ultimately completed, intended to be syndicated to television stations around the world.
ALL BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS SONGS MOVIE
The original intention for that footage was to make a 2-hour film for exhibition in movie theaters, but somewhere along the way that idea was abandoned. Multiple sources confirmed that 65 hours of film were shot during the 26-day journey through Yugoslavia, Romania and Poland. Our rough cut editing process has just begun and I’m really excited about what this documentary will be when finished.Īt the heart of our film is footage shot by the documentary film crew that accompanied Blood Sweat & Tears on its groundbreaking tour behind the Iron Curtain in the summer of 1970. With the help of many people, including members of BS&T, the film’s creative team has accumulated an extraordinary collection of rare and unusual film, video, photos, slides, recordings, private travel journals, government documents and behind-the-scenes information with which to tell this remarkable and compelling story. But perhaps the most enjoyable part of being a filmmaker is the “treasure hunting.” What this entails is not unlike the forensic research done in detective shows such as CSI and LAW AND ORDER.
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“Created with the full cooperation of Blood, Sweat & Tears,” reads a press release, “the film will overflow with great music, international political intrigue, compelling human moments, humor, and fresh insight into this strange never-before-told story.”Īugust 2021: Directing, writing, and producing a documentary are, in equal measure, exasperating and exhilarating, stressful and stimulating, irritating and inspiring. The upcoming documentary What The Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears? will finally tell the band’s complete story, using 65 hours of unseen footage shot on the band’s infamous Iron Curtain tour, which was much more complicated than most fans understood at the time. They were never able to regain the lost momentum and their fortunes rapidly waned throughout the Seventies. Thanks to the ongoing Vietnam War, it was a time of maximum distrust in government and the tour sparked a huge fan backlash. For a brief moment in time, Blood, Sweat & Tears were one of the biggest rock bands in America, scoring giant hits like “You’ve Made Me So Very Happy” and “Spinning Wheel,” winning a Grammy for Album of the Year - despite facing off against the Beatles’ Abbey Road - and playing a triumphant set at Woodstock.īut at the pinnacle of their fame in 1970, they went on a State Department-sponsored tour of the Iron Curtain nations Poland, Romania, and Yugoslavia.
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2020 is finally coming to an end, and we can’t say we’re disappointed about it. It sure has been a long way for everyone, yet some artists had a lot on their plate. Take a look at Louis Tomlinson’s year. As complicated as 2020 has been for him, he still unlocked achievements and outdid himself in the best way. So let’s take a look at how Louis Tomlinson made 2020 his year, let’s go!
Louis Tomlinson Released His Debut Solo Album Walls
After four years of anticipation, and a good two years of teasing, Louis released his debut album, Walls, on January 31st. The record received positive critics and fantastic feedback from his loyal Louies. From the party anthem ‘Kill My Mind’ to the emotional ‘Two Of Us’, with a few sweet escapes such as ‘Too Young’, not to mention the punchy ‘Always You’, the album brought the fans everything they had hoped for. In addition to that, Louis stole our hearts with heartfelt and sincere lyrics that only he has the secret of. Magic.
Louis Started His Worldwide Tour And Gave His First Solo Show
Louis started his worldwide tour in March before it got interrupted. Touring was what he had always been looking forward to, ever since he’d decided to start a solo career. Louis had expressed the exciting feeling and positive stress that he feels right before going on stage. Luckily enough, he had the time to perform twice in Spain at the beginning of March. His first whole solo show took place at Razzmatazz, in Barcelona, and reunited around 2000 fans (sold out). An hour and a half of musical bliss, a performer who shares a lot with his fans, and an incredibly talented band. What else?
Walls Went Number #1 In 53 Countries And Worldwide Upon Release
Louis Tomlinson made 2020 his year in the charts too. He always had a dedicated fandom, and that’s no surprise. However, he seemingly wasn’t expecting the global success of his debut album Walls. Indeed, it went number #1 on iTunes in 53 countries upon its release on January 31st, including the United Kingdom and the major part of South America. Not only that, but the album also climbed the iTunes Worldwide Chart to reach #1 in a matter of hours. Legends only.
Louis Released The Music Video for ‘Walls’, And It’s A Masterpiece
January 16th revealed the final single off Walls, the album, which was none other than the title track itself. Louis described it then as his proudest song on the album, with strong influences of Oasis. A few days later, on the 21st, Louis blessed us with the music video, shot in Morocco by Charlie Ligthening. The camera follows Louis through the Sahara desert and traces his path through a ballroom and dancing crowds. Some other scenes show him surrounded by masked people, or behind four silhouettes that he identified as his four former bandmates. The Easter eggs, the quality of the video, and the suit (yes, the suit, don’t you lie) made it a fans’ favorite, for it now counts more than 12 Million views.
Louis Reached 1.4 Billion Streams on Spotify
It looks like the fans’ streaming parties paid off this year. With only one album, four other songs, and remixes or edits, Louis reached the milestone of 1.4 Billion streams on Spotify this year. Additionally, he also made it to 4 Million followers on the platform. The numbers speak for themselves, and the achievement is huge for an artist who only received little promotion for a debut album, stopped on its way due to the pandemic. Here’s to his first billion, and some more soon! Overall, Louis knows he can count on his devoted Louies to increase the number of streams significantly with new challenges, the way they did it in December with #12DaysOfWalls. (Original idea by @miss_always_you).
He Launched Only The Poets Internationally
If you’re a Louie, there are big chances that this name rings a bell. Only The Poets, a band coming from Reading in the UK, literally skyrocketed this year. After their first performance as Louis’ first act on stage at Scala in February 2020, their popularity started increasing. And Louis confirming them as his first European act only made it better for them. They continued their year with live-streams, private Zoom calls, and pre-listening sessions of their singles with fans. They ended it with a social distanced show in Banbury and a Zoom Tour in a few European countries and South America. And the mutual support Louis and these lads give each other is heartwarming.
Louis Decided To Part Ways With Syco
This one is for the fans. After ten years of collaboration with Sony’s label, Syco, Louis decided to part ways with them for a new adventure. He officially announced his decision with a tweet on July 11th that took no time to break the Internet. Soon enough, hashtags related to the news trended around Twitter, other artists, and radios congratulated him on his decision. Louies celebrated with funny memes and GIFs but made sure to surround Louis with love and support through it all. Now we wait (for the new label announcement).
Louis Didn’t Only Postpone His Tour, He Made It Bigger
Another proof that Louis Tomlinson made 2020 better. Not only did Louis pursue his dream and goal to tour, but he also grew it out. After postponing the tour three times, the newly announced European dates include a few more stops, including Reykjavik (Iceland), Warsaw (Poland), Prag (Czech Republic), Vienna (Austria), Zurich (Switzerland), and an additional date in Paris (France)! The shows sold out in less than 40 minutes, making it more than 15,000 tickets purchased. Due to the high demand in Zurich, the venue changed and 500 more tickets went on sale! In Argentina, a wild mobilization of fans on Twitter led him to open the whole Movistar Arena in Buenos Aires. Some additional tickets went on sale for the Chilean show as well. And guess what? They all sold out.
Louis Was Crowned Artist Of The Summer With 13 Million Votes
Still, doubting that Louis Tomlinson made 2020 his year? A radio station from Philadelphia, @965TDY, launched a Twitter award ceremony last summer to crown an artist ‘Artist Of The Summer’. Many polls, 13 Million votes, and 26 Billion points later, Louis was elected and was all over Twitter thanking his fans for their dedication. Louies had acquired the absolute record of 26 Billion points thanks to their votes on the radio station’s website, and thanks to their mass voting parties. Another proof that Louis and his fans are unstoppable altogether. The support is always undeniably strong, and so is the bond between the artist and the fans. Happy days.
Walls Magically Rises On The Itunes Charts In October
Indeed, nine months after its release, a new wave of fans bought the album on iTunes and made it rise in the charts. The magic truly happened after @UpdateHLD (a Twitter update account), reminded new fans to purchase the album if they had not already. Considering Louis gained a certain amount of fans during the global lockdown, the initiative went successful, and soon enough, Walls was climbing the charts just like it did on January 31st. As incredible as it seems, it even received its first #1 on the USA iTunes chart. Louis didn’t miss on thanking his fans for their continuous support, expressing how amazed he was by the chart climb.
Louis Offered An Online Live-Stream Show, #LTLivestream
Early December, Louis announced his first live-stream show from London for December 12th, entitled #LTLivestream. He promised a very special show, hosted by the platform Veeps, and didn’t lie. The general sale for the tickets (of course) crashed the website, making everyone panic. Louis then confirmed that the tickets were unlimited. The show was as incredible as originally announced, with an orchestra, fans participating through a digital wall, and a new haircut that conquered the fans. The numbers later revealed that Louis had sold over 160,000 tickets. #LTLivestream is the most sold live-stream for a male solo artist in 2020. Being the generous philanthropist that Louis is, he has given the $2.8 Million raised to many charities and his touring crew. The charities benefitting from the funds are FareShare UK, StageHand, Crew Nation, and Bluebell Wood. And they wonder why we love him.
Louis Surprised His Fans With A New Song Called ‘Copy Of A Copy Of A Copy’
Last but not least, after spending a year on a rollercoaster, Louis revealed a brand new song during #LTLivestream. He had been hinting at it through a teaser for the live-stream and via a cryptic tweet that made everyone think he was referring to ‘Copy Of A’ by Nine Inch Nails. However, he proved everyone wrong during the show with a brand new song. ‘Copy Of A Copy Of A Copy’ reminds us of the general sound of ‘Walls’ (the single), and stole everyone’s heart and soul once again. Immediately after the show, the fans asked Louis when the single would be out, to which he replied that he wasn’t sure about it being one. The disappointment faded away when he said it remained an option and would put it on the second album. We’ll take that.
And that, folks, is how Louis Tomlinson made 2020 his year for us! We have so many memories of Louis this year and can’t pick a favorite! What would be yours? And what do you think is yet to come from Louis next year?
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Måneskin: No one should feel exluded (interview for onet.pl)
Please forgive me any mistakes. It’s 2 am.
"Our image is a form of expression. We stand behind everyone who gets hurt. People shouldn't judge anyone because they can hurt someone a lot," say the members of the Måneskin. The group recently won the Eurovision Song Contest and will now perform at the Polsat Sopot SuperHit Festival. "We want people to understand our message being "no one should feel excluded," they add.
-Måneskin won the 65th Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam with the song "Zitti E Buoni"
-The group's sound is defined by musical eclecticism - from rock through rap, hip hop, reggae to funk and pop. All of this is linked by Damiano's phenomenal voice
-"We can be very proud of ourselves, because we owe our success to hard work" - say young musicians who came to Poland, where they will perform during the Sopot SuperHit Festival
Q: Congratulations on your big success at Eurovision. Were you surprised or the rumors that you are the favorites calmed you down a bit?
Victoria: We were nervous until the last second. Until the end, we did not believe that we could win. We are not a typical band that can take first place in this competition.
Damiano: Ethan's face said everything (laughs).
Ethan: Exactly. No one should have doubts that the win surprised us (laughs).
Q:After the competition, it was huge buzz about a glass that you broke. Has this "scandal" stopped shocking your fans?
Damiano: I hope so! We didn't understand at all why everyone was so surprised that we broke a glass (laughs). In fact, we were well aware that rumors like this always set the biggest fire. It's just part of our popularity.
Q: How did your friends react when you told them you wanted to participate in Eurovision? This is quite an unusual idea for a rock and roll band.
Victoria: We never took the Eurovision Song Contest lightly. We did not even think that our style did not fit there. For us, the most important message was that rock and roll never died. For two years we have been constantly trying to prove to everyone that guitar sounds are timeless
Many people threw obstacles at our feet and told us that we had no chance to be successful. We went to Rotterdam and showed them that we are capable of anything!
Q: So plan to conquer Eurovision was well thought out?
Victoria: Of course! That is why we performed at the San Remo festival. It was the beginning of our evil plan (laughs). Later we went to Eurovision and proved that even at such a mainstream concert rock'and'roll will be the top! I guess we did pretty well.
Q: But you probably did not expect such popularity. There are huge crowd in front of the building where we are talking. On TikTok, your music breaks records of popularity. Are you ready to conquer the world?
Damiano: I don't want to seem very cocky(*tricky to translate, "cocky" or not very modest"), but we've always dreamed about it. Of course, we did not care about fame, but we wanted our music to reach the widest audience possible. We really did everything to get to this place. We can be very proud of ourselves because we owe our success to hard work.
Q: Meetings with fans must be very enjoyable experience.
Damiano: It's really crazy. We love our fans and hope that there will be more of them over time.
Q: Many countries in Europe are very conservative. Your image may still shock many. What would you say to your *?(*tricky again. literall translation - opponents, but i think "people who are against you" fits better)
Damiano: First of all, I would like to emphasize that we do not feel like people who would dictate anything to someone. Image is a form of our expression. Of course, we stand behind everyone who gets hurt. People should not judge anyone because they can do great harm to others. We will not change the world overnight. However, as people whose music reaches so many people, we know that we can change reality a litlle bit.
Victoria: We want people to understand our message is, that no one should feel left out. Our image has no boundaries - which is why it may still shock some more conservative audiences. Let's be honest - how is a man with painted nails different from a woman?
Q: Måneskin performing at the Pride Parade - a dream for many of your fans. Would you agree to play on one?
Damiano: Of course! It would be a great honor for us! We are aware that a large proportion of our fans are members of the LGBT community and we are very proud of it.
Victoria: It's stupid that some bands still ashamed of Parades. After all, i'ts a great honor.
Q: Let's change a subject for a moment. Today we are in Sopot. The seaside capital of music in Poland. Have you had the chance to lie on the beach?
Victoria: Are you kidding me! We got here about two hours ago. We don't have time for anything. We say this almost every day, that it would be fun to do a little sightseeing in the places we visit during our promotional tour. We are going back to Milan soon, so Poland is the last stop of our adventure.
Q: Well, you are going on another tour in a moment. Tell us what we can expect at your concerts. I understand that the performance at the festival in Sopot will be just an innocent announcement (laughs), and we will see your true face at Open'er Park?
Victoria: Our concerts we are definitely crazier.
Damiano: We missed performing on stage. We haven't been able to perform for a long time due to the coronavirus pandemic. That is why we are really grateful that we can play at such festivals as the one in Sopot. This is another part of the plan we mentioned earlier (laughs).
Q: You won Eurovision. If, however, you took second place, who would you give the "crown" to?
Måneskin: Ukraine!
Damiano: I think Go_A did more or less the same as us. They showed all of Europe that rock music is still crashing the system! They didn't try to please anyone. They were themselves and this won the hearts of many fans.
Q: Vicotria, there are only guys in the band! How do you feel as the only woman surrounded by gentlemen?
Victoria: Great! I can't imagine our band looking any different. We are a wonderful family and we support each other every day.
Damiano: We understand when Victoria has her moods (laughs).
Victoria: Stop it! I feel no different from you. I'm just a member of Måneskin. I don't feel any different!
Ethan: Besides, everyone knows that I am the real woman in the band (laughs).
Q: If you weren't making music, what would you be doing?
Ethan: Music. There is no force in this world that prevents us from making music.
Damiano: Exactly! We are musicians who do not see each other in normal work.
If I couldn't make my own music, I would probably be a producer who would come up with melodies for other artists.
Victoria: Or we would teach to play instruments. People need to understand that music is part of our lives and we cannot imagine that there could be a reality in which we do not create.
Q: You are traveling a lot now. You are in a different city almost every day. What was the craziest thing that happened to you on this tour?
Måneskin: SWEDEN!
Victoria: There were some crazy events during our visit to Sweden. Security services had to close the entire street because so many fans showed up outside our hotel.
Damiano: At one point, the police were called and they had to control the crowd.
Q:Now you are going back to Italy. Does that mean fans can expect even more new music soon?
Damiano: We are currently promoting us the mini-album "Teatro D'ira. Volume 1", but you are right, when we come back we lock ourselves up in the studio and work on new music. However, we don't want to reveal anything because that would spoil the surprise for our fans.
Victoria: We need time. We don't want to feel pressured because then the music will lose its value.
Damiano: Be patient.
#måneskin#maneskin#maneskin interview#damiano david#damiano maneskin#victoria de angelis#victoria maneskin#ethan torchio#ethan maneskin#thomas raggi#thomas maneskin#my translation#forgive me any mistakes#i'ts 2 am#i'm going to sleep#goodnight
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Prisoner - Bucky Barnes
a/n: hi everyone! i am really excited to share this with you, because this one was written for a writing challenge! it is part of @wkemeup ‘s 9k writing challenge and it’s the first time i take part in anything like this with a Bucky fic! not that i have many but im sure more is about to come lol! let me know what you thought after reading!
prompt: Character A is possessed/controlled and attempts to harm Character B. [B] refuses to fight back in fear of hurting [A].
pairing: Bucky X Reader
warnings: blood, violence, mind controlling, just the usual jazz lol
word count: 7.8k
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Bucky and you were a pair made in hell. Only that he is the only one out of the two of you who really went through the deepest and darkest corners of it while you were basically just waiting in the lobby, as you like to say it.
He wasn’t the only person HYDRA had plans with. Being an orphan from the age of four, you didn’t have the life you probably deserved. Abducted at the age of twenty, you lived in cells and labs for years before they gave you the serum, turning you into a super solider, with determined plans to turn you into a kind of winter soldier 2.0, eventually wiping your head like his and turning you into the perfect assassin. Only that before they could start with the torture, you were rescued by none other than Captain America during a raid on one of HYDRA’s secret bases.
The Avengers gave you shelter when you had absolutely nothing left in life. Your previous life was long forgotten, almost entirely non-existent, all you had is the safety these extraordinary people were offering you, that you took more than willingly.
You were there when Bucky was captured, still very much fighting with his own conscious. You were in the building when Zemo triggered him into being a murderer again and he broke free, fought his ex best friend, saved his life and then disappeared again. You often found yourself thinking about how you’d be just the same if you weren’t saved. How you’d be out there, used as just a toy to end lives.
You never had to go through the process of ripping this side of yourself out of your head, because they never succeeded with you. But Bucky didn’t have it as lucky as you did. When Shuri contacted you that he was awake from his hibernation and they were working on wiping the winter soldier out of him, you didn’t hesitate to drop everything and be there for him. You didn’t know him that well back then, but you felt like you shared a deep connection through the torturous things you had to go through. You were there for him until he finally became entirely himself. No more winter soldier, just Bucky.
The two of you have tens of missions together behind your back at this point. Partners in work, friends in life, that’s what you are. And in your dreams?
Definitely lovers.
Now as you are rotting in a dark and musty cell somewhere in the middle of Poland, you are starting to regret you never really told him how you feel. You had so many chances to come clear but you were too afraid of rejection and the possibility of ruining your strong friendship and most importantly partnership that you chose to keep it all bottled up inside you.
It might have been days or hours since they locked you in your cell, you wouldn’t know. You lost track of time and you’re not expecting to see the daylight anytime soon either. Are they looking for you? Or do they think you died? No one was around you when you were abducted and there were no signs left behind that would have let your team know you survived. There was a massive explosion near your location in the raid, anyone would easily think that you were caught in the middle of that.
Does Bucky think I’m dead too? Has he given up on me?
You’re starting to think you’ll never find that out. Just like how you’ll never find out what it’s like to grow old, have a home that’s not just a room in a facility, spend your days with your hobbies rather than trainings and missions.
As the thick metal door opens and a creak of light breaks the heavy darkness in your cell, you look up at the man who walks in. If your hands weren’t cuffed with fucking vibranium cuffs, you would easily kill him in a heartbeat along with the three bulky guards he brought with himself.
“It’s time to make a use out of you,” the man grinned before two guards grabbed you by your arms, dragging you out of the cell, taking you God knows here. Probably to your death.
“You have to check twice,” Buckly growled upon hearing Agent Hill’s report from what was found at the scene. Or what was not found.
“No signs of Y/N were found, Bucky. But that explosion was so massive, it wiped out everything in it’s close radius. If she stood close to that…”
“But what if she didn’t?!” he snaps, barking at the innocent agent. The room falls silent, no one dares to speak up against Bucky’s raging anger. Fury steps forward and places a hand to the upset soldier’s shoulder as a soft warning to control himself. Bucky takes a deep breath before looking over at Fury, no longer determined to rip anyone apart who wants to argue with him.
“Let’s all calm down and see what we can do. Do you think she survived?” Fury simply questions him. Bucky taps on the panel and a map of the location pulls up on the big screen, showing a little red dot at the places where the team members were located last before the explosion.
“Her last location was far enough of it for her to survive,” he explains pointing at your dot.
“But if she moved just a little closer—“ Hill starts again, but she quickly silences herself when Bucky shoots her another warning look.
“I think she was captured. We can’t just assume that she is gone that easily,” he insists, refusing to even think about the possibility of you dying in that explosion. That’s just simply not an option for him.
Fury stares back at him hard, searching for something in his eyes before he finally nods.
“Alright, let’s get on the case. We need to find out where they could be possibly hiding her.”
Bucky breathes out in relief as the team gets down to work immediately. This is not the part he can help with, he sucks at technical things, so now he is left with just the painful wait until a lead pops up and he can come to your rescue.
The gym is eerily quiet without your bickering. He always trains with you and it’s been one of his favorite things to do. The two of you liked to race in everything and thought you both knew he was faster and stronger, he always let you win a few times, giving you the chance to tease him about being second after you.
But now as he is punching the heavy bag on his own, he wishes he could hear one of your snarky comments about his lopsided moves, because he still hasn’t entirely gotten used to the uneven strength in his hands.
“If she is really out there, I’m sure she is doing fine.”
Sam walks in, his steps echo in the empty room and though Bucky stops for a moment, he doesn’t look at him, just keeps punching the bag.
“She is tough, Bucky. She can take care of herself.”
“Not when she is outnumbered by a dozen,” he growls back. “I know she is tough, but sometimes that’s just not enough.”
For a long time Bucky thought Steve is the only person he can work with as partners, but he had to realize that he had a special bond with you through the tortures you both had to go through and sometimes he felt like you were the only one who understood him truly. Even though your brain wasn’t washed like his, you were close to it and it gave you a great understanding of what he had to go through.
But it wasn’t just about the trauma. As you grew closer to each other you easily became friends, really good ones for all that matters. Bucky loved spending time with you on and out of missions as well. He finds your humor a little dark but quite entertaining, he likes how you are more social than he is so whenever you need to work with someone else you always take the role of the communicator, building a bridge between him and others easily. He loves how much you care about others, how you show your appreciation for your loved ones in the tiny details as making breakfast or baking their favorite cookies. He loves the way you smile whenever he messes up something and you have to take care of it eventually, he loves the way you laugh at his lame, old jokes, he loves how you always fall asleep on horror movies and he loves…
He loves you.
For years he thought he would never feel this way again for anyone, because it’s so raw and human, he thought it was wiped out of him when he became the winter soldier, but you proved him wrong. And now he wishes he told you how he felt, because if you won’t return, he has to live his life knowing you never knew how much you meant to him.
Tossing and turning in his bed, he stays wide awake, not able to even close his eyes when he knows you are out there somewhere, because you have to be. He refuses to nurse the thought of you gone for even a second. You’re qualified, the best fighter he has ever met and he has this feeling in his gut that you made it out of there alive. Maybe you knew the explosion was about to happen. Maybe you ran the opposite way before it was too late. Or maybe you found shelter, or simply was just knocked out of the impact of it and they captured you.
So many possibilities that are way more better than the fatality of your death.
Kicking the silky sheets off his body, the ones he deep down hates because it’s way too smooth against his skin, something he still has a hard time to grow accustomed to, he pulls a hoodie over his head before creeping his way out of his bedroom, down the hallway until he reaches yours. He stands still at the door, a sense of anxiety washing over him as he thinks about what’s inside. Not that it’s the first time he is here, he has spent endless nights in your room, the two of you talking and laughing as you showed him your favorite movies he hasn’t seen. You often bought a big bag of snacks for your movie nights and the two of you sprawled across your comforter, your legs sometimes touching, or there was this one time when he let you braid his hair.
“You should come to missions like this,” he remembers your teasing as you ran your fingers through the neat braids running along his head.
“And give the boys another reason to tease me? No thank you,” he chuckled.
“Another? What do they tease you about?” you asked furrowing your eyebrows as you popped a gummybear into your mouth.
You. It was you they teased him about and how obvious his feelings for you are. Seemingly everyone saw how you looked at each other but you and him.
He twists the silver doorknob before pushing the door open, part of him hoping to see you curled up under the sheets, snoring lightly and peacefully, but the room is terribly empty without your presence.
Everything is just the way you left them. The abandoned workout clothes hanging from the edge of the hamper, your running shoes under the window, your journal lying on your nightstand with a pen on top and his favorite… a framed picture of you and him on your bookshelf with all your favorite romantic novels stacked neatly on the shelves.
Bucky steps closer, his hands hidden in the pooch of his hoodie as he stares at the photo. It was taken a few days after the two of you returned from Wakanda, Bucky was finally free from the winter soldier and it was probably the best few days of his life. The two of you decided to take a trip to London before returning to your duty, a place you always wanted to see, but never really got the chance. It was just the two of you, taking some time away from the avengers, SHIELD, all the bad in the world, pretending like you’re two normal people for just a weekend before returning to your duties in New York. The photo was taken when you returned from the getaway, Steve took it in the gym, the two of you sat at the edge of the boxing ring after a killer fight. It was a simple moment, his arm stretched behind you as you leant against his side. The glow from your alone time was still apparent on your faces, neither of you felt happier in life before, or not at least in the last decade.
His vision blurs as he runs a finger through the frame, a sharp pain stabbing in his chest as he watches your bright smile and rosy cheeks. He never thought he would feel this way about anyone, not after everything he went through, but you proved him wrong. You showed him how much more human he still is that what he thinks of himself and you might not even have realized it.
Too restless to go back to sleep, Bucky storms out of your room, carefully closing the door behind him before going down to Tony’s office, determined to make himself useful. He can’t just sit around and wait, he needs to feel like he is doing everything he can.
When the first rays of the sun shine above the horizon and the first agents arrive for their shifts, He has already gone through an immense amount of security tapes from all around the world that had even the slightest match through the face recognition system with yours. None of them turned out to be real, but he never gave up.
“Barnes, were you here all night?” Tony asks in awe when he finds the long-haired avenger with his eyes glued to one of the screens, watching yet another tape.
“Not all night, but… for the majority, yes,” he nods without even sparing Tony a look.
Any other day Tony would tease him for maybe finally doing something useful, or not only using his fist in a case, but not today. Everyone on the team knows how much you mean to him and how hard it is to not know where you are. So he just nods, places his coffee down to the desk and gets down to work without a word.
Soon enough the rest of the team joins them and everyone is working together to find even the slightest lead. Every other minor case is put aside, you are their priority.
The more time passes by without anything found, Bucky feels like a part of him is dying more and more. Hopelessness and fear is taking over his already messed up mine, but he is still holding onto the light and that small little feeling in his gut that you are still out there somewhere. And then they find a lead.
“We’ve got a match!” Nat beams from behind her screen and everyone gathers around her as a series of blurry photos play in front of them, showing a group of men carrying a clearly unconscious person to a minivan before driving away. The quality is definitely not the best, your face is also half covered by your hair, but your uniform gives you away. It really is you.
“Where and when was this taken?” Bucky asks in a hurry.
“Last night, outside of Krakow. We have one last coordinate for the van,” Nat informs the group as she brings up a map, a red dot signaling the last spotting of the same van.
“There’s a closed off military based near,” Steve chimes in, pointing at the map a few miles away from where the pictures were taken.
“Alright, suit up everyone. Guess we are going to Poland,” Tony announces and a moment later everyone is running off to get ready for takeoff.
The ground doesn’t feel that bad anymore. It’s wet and there’s gravel here and there, the coldness is not too comfortable either, but you are getting used to it. Probably because it makes you feel things and that’s important to you now. In times when you often lose contact with your own body and mind, feelings keep you grounded and they remind you of who you are.
Last night you finally found out who caught you and it wasn’t a pleasant surprise. Aziel Nowak is a name you’ve already heard before, but not in the best way. The guy is totally crazy and if that’s not enough, he is kind of a genius as well. These two never sit well with each other and you knew it was just a matter of time before you had to face him, but you didn’t think these would be the circumstances.
Nowak’s father, Aleksander was a well-known scientist in the circles of HYDRA, he was one of the assholes responsible for wiping Bucky’s head, unfortunately, his own creation brought his death upon him. Bucky killed him during a raid, all while Aleksander was trying to trigger him, but Bucky was faster than him and shoot him in the head before he could get the second trigger word out. Aziel swore to seek revenge for his father’s death and made it clear that his big plan is to take out every avenger one by one, but all during completely destroying Bucky in every possible way.
Stuck in a clear tube, one that was built specially for super soldiers, you stood in his lab as he got everything ready for his master plan with you.
“The winter soldier was full of flaws,” he started to explain to you, working behind his computer while you couldn’t do anything to stop the madness. Even if you could break out of the tube, you were terribly outnumbered with the hoard of guards in the room, all of them armed and ready to rip you apart. It would have been a suicidal mission.
“The trigger words take a lot of time to enlist and sometimes, we just don’t have time for that. We need our soldier instantly, in a push of a button, if I might add,” he smirked and you almost gagged. He was a lowlife, disgusting middle-aged man, completely out of touch of reality, wrapped up in his own head with his ridiculous misconceptions and twisted view of the world.
“But fear no more, I have a better solution,” he grinned at you, holding up a tiny chip between his fingers and your jaw flexed. You didn’t know what it was, but you had guesses. “Spent years working on this little thing and now I can finally test it out and you get to be the lucky one to do it. Start the gas,” he ordered and a moment later some kind of gas started to fill the tube up. Your pathetic attempt to escape was cut off shortly when you felt your whole body freeze as you inhaled the gas. You just stood there, completely no control over your own body. The back of the tube opened with a hiss once the gas cleared out from around you and you felt a sharp stabbing at the back of your neck. You couldn’t even gasp, you were as frozen as a statue, unable to defend yourself and you truly felt like it’s the end. You wish it was though.
Nowak implanted the chip into your spine and you could feel the wires cling into your nerves, melting into your body like a parasite. A single tear rolled down your cheek as your wound was closed off.
“This is going to be so much fun,” Nowak smirked when he walked into your sight again. He had a control panel in his hands and as he pushed some buttons electricity bolted through your whole body and you completely lost control over your actions. Your body moved without your consent, arms and legs acting without your brain actually telling them.
You became a prisoner in your own body.
The night was spent fighting with Nowak’s best guards as he tested out his new toy: you. He could control your whole body thanks to the chip and while you were screaming and shouting in your head, there was no escape. He made you into his ragdoll and there was nothing you could do against it.
He switched the chip off when you were thrown back into the cell. You sobbed for hours probably as you tried to get the thing out of yourself, blood was dripping down your back, but you had to accept that it was too deep, clinging onto your spine, you couldn’t get it out with your bare hands.
Now you are lying on the floor and try to remember who you are, because you’ve been feeling like you lost touch with your true self. The only thing that has been helping is remembering your favorite memories.
It makes your heart flutter when you realize that most of them have Bucky in them. Your most favorite? The time you spent in London. Those days are the closest and dearest to your heart and now you just wish you could go back in time for even just an hour. Strolling down the streets like any other tourists without a worry in the world, watching the city lay in front of you as you ride the London Eye or walking along the River Thames. You felt so normal, so happy, sharing your time with the man you probably love the most in the whole wide world.
“I could live here,” you sighed when the Big Ben came into view above the brick buildings.
“It rains too much here,” Bucky furrowed his eyebrows at you, his arm brushing against yours.
“I like the rain. Love the smell of it, love how refreshing it feels after it,” you chuckled.
“And what would you want to do here?”
“I don’t know,” you shrugged. “Maybe I would work at a library. Or a café!”
“You want to be a barista!” He chuckled, smirking down on you. “Is this why you wanted Tony to get a fancy espresso machine?”
“Well, not just because of this, I just really like good coffee,” you smiled up at him. “What, do you not like my coffee?”
“Oh, I do. You make the best in the tower,” he nodded.
You could always talk about anything and everything with him. He understood you so well and you liked to think it worked the other way as well. That you were just as important to him as he was to you.
“Bucky.” His name falls from your lips like a desperate plea, as if you could summon him and he’d be here any moment to rescue you. But nothing changes and you are still on your own.
You’ve been wondering if this is how he felt when they made him to be the winter soldier. If he went through the same struggle or if it was worse. He said he doesn’t remember everything he did, as if sometimes he just completely disappeared in his own head, but other times live vividly in his memories.
You remember everything too. The chip has no control over your mind and thoughts, it works as another brain that takes over control in your body, caging your mind in your own head while it works your body.
A siren rings through the building and you gasp, your head snapping in the direction of the metal door. You hear orders in a foreign language and running footsteps somewhere down the hallway. Pushing yourself up you move to the far end of the room as you hear someone approaching your cell. Before the lock clicks on the door, you feel the familiar electricity run through your body and you breathe out before you lose control over your body again. You stand up, not because you want to, but because this is what they ordered. The door swings open and Nowak walks in.
“Guess your little friends figured out where you are. It’s time to show them my masterpiece.”
The military base is pretty lively for a closed off one. As the team is approaching the complex they inspect the possibilities they have to get inside.
“Alright, we have to be smart about this. Nowak is a psychopath,” Tony announces when the quinjet is nearing the base. “Barron and Natasha, we need a diversion. Banner, you stay here and only come in if it’s needed,” he starts and everyone nods along. “Wanda, the same goes for you as well. Listen to the call word and be ready to interfere. Sam and I are going to clear the main building, try to find Nowak. Barnes, Cap, you are tracking Y/N down. Everything clear?”
“As daylight,” Steve nods as he grabs his shield from the side.
Once the quinjet touches down, everyone goes their own way, going along the plan they discussed. Nat and Clint do well with the diversion, a great amount of guards and soldiers are drawn in their way as Tony and Sam make their way into the main building of the base.
“Where should we look, Buck?” Steve asks his friend as they hide behind one of the quarters. Bucky looks around, inspects the place and nods towards a building that’s clearly powered with a lot more electricity for whatever reason, Thick cables running inside, snaking under the doors, pouring extra power inside. Steve nods and once the way is somewhat cleared out, they head inside.
They take down the few HYDRA agents that try to get in their way as they run further into the building without even breaking a sweat. They easily reach the lab and it almost feels way too easy.
“Something is not right,” Steve says as the two of them walk into the empty lab, curious inspecting all the machines and equipment they have absolutely no idea how to work.
Bucky’s eyes fall on the tube in the far corner of the room and walking closer he gets an eerie feeling and he can already picture you trapped inside, the thought making his stomach churn.
“Anyone found Nowak yet?” Steve asks through the com.
“Negative,” Nat grunts back in the middle of her own fight.
“Haven’t seen the fucker either,” Tony answers and Steve sighs.
Just as Bucky is about to head to the door that leads out of the lab at the other end from where they entered, the sliding door opens and they both get ready to fight whatever is about to come into sight. But neither of them were expecting you to walk out.
“Y/N?!” your name falls from Steve’s lips as he lets his shield down, staring back at you confused. But you don’t answer, just stop a few feet away from them, staring blankly ahead of you and Bucky swears he was on the verge of fainting from his anger, because he knew those eyes all too well, because he used to see them in the mirror.
“Y/N, what did they do?” he whispers desperately, a hand reaching out to you, but it’s quickly cut off when you grab his hand and easily throw him over, his back contacting the floor with a painful thump.
Hell breaks loose fast as you start fighting them off, using the advantage of their shock upon seeing you, working against them while they try to make you remember them.
“Y/N, it’s us! We don’t want to hurt you!” Steve growls when he saves himself from one of your hits, his shield coming between the two of you.
I know! I know it’s you, but I can’t do anything! You scream in your own head, unable to even form the words. You’re a prisoner in this body you thought to be yours, but it betrayed you.
You never fought both of them before at the same time, but now that it’s happening, you’re surprisingly good at it, handling two super soldiers at the same time when one of them has a vibranium arm while the other one keeps throwing a vibranium shield at you, though it’s clear they aren’t giving their best, afraid of hurting you even though you’re in killer mode right now and determined to rip them apart.
“Do you think they did the same to her as they did to you?” Steve asks out of breath when you throw them against a wall and return to fight Bucky.
“It’s something else. Look at the back of her neck!” he growls when you throw a punch in his way that he catches with his metal arm, holding your fist tight as you keep pushing it and this moment of pause allows Steve to take a look at you from the back.
“Oh shit,” he breathes out.
Yes! Take this shit out and I’m free! You scream, but no one hears. Your fist frees from Bucky’s grip and you kick him in the stomach so hard he snaps against the desk behind him and wasting no time you jump right at him, the fight continues.
“If anyone finds Nowak, don’t kill him. We’ve got Y/N and she is being controlled by something,” Steve explains through his earpiece before throwing his shield in your direction right when you’re about to attach your hands to Bucky’s neck. It hits you in the side and you fall to the ground grunting.
“Don’t fucking hurt her!” Bucky growls at him, but Steve gives him a look.
“She is trying to kill us, we have to do something!”
You’re on your feet fast, already charging at Steve and it catches him by surprise, he stumbles back as your knee collides with his stomach, a punch thrown at his pretty face.
“I see Nowak!” Tony’s voice comes through the earpieces, but they don’t have the chance to celebrate, because you’re kicking their ass big time.
When you want to launch yourself at Steve again, Bucky’s arms wrap around your waist from behind and he pulls back, pushing you away, making you stumble, but you’re back on your feet quickly. Your eyes meet and you want to touch him so badly, run into his arms, tell him how happy you are to see him and that he was the only thing that kept you sane, but instead, you throw yourself at him, fist colliding with the side of his head.
I’m so sorry, Buck!
“We’ve got Nowak!” Tony announces and Steve sighs in relief.
“Does he have something like a remote or controller?” he asks while you and Bucky are at each other’s throat. You throw him to a desk and drag him across it, papers and equipment flying everywhere before he ends up on the floor groaning. You have the perfect chance to throw a punch in again, but you turn around and run back towards the door you came through.
“He has a controlling panel, do you think it’s connected to Y/N?” Tony asks.
“Very much likely, but please hurry up, she is trying to run away!” Steve begs as they both start to chase after you in the labyrinth of hallways. You’re footsteps are echoing on the checkered floors as they are trying to catch up with you. You take a left turn and get out of their vision just for a split second. As they get around the corner they immediately freeze when they find you standing there, a gun pointing right at Bucky’s head, a deadly, but still rather blank expression in your eyes.
“Shit,” Steve breathes out.
“Y/N, I know you are in there,” Bucky speaks up.
Yes! I’m here! I’m here Bucky!
“The controller is locked, but we are working on it,” Tony announces through the com, but it doesn’t help their situation right now. If he can’t unlock the controller, you are likely to shoot them both if they don’t do something. As you stare back at your two friends, you are using everything in you to try to get back the control over your own body, but it’s like you’re just silently screaming in an empty, locked room.
“I know you hear me. Please, try to fight it off. I know how hard it is, but if anyone can do it, it’s you,” Bucky continues and if only you were in charge of yourself, you’d already be sobbing at the broken expression he is staring back at you with. Your finger is on the trigger and you can feel your muscles trembling.
“Buck, we need to disarm her,” Steve tells him, but he shakes his head.
“No. We can’t do that without hurting her and I’m not doing that.”
Oh Bucky! That’s the only way now!
“She is gonna shoot, Bucky. We have to do something!”
“She could have already fired. She is fighting it off, I know it.”
“Or maybe it’s just whatever it is inside her messing with her head as Tony is trying to break the controller.”
“Y/N, sweetheart, I know you can do this. I’m not gonna hurt you, you can fight it!” Bucky continues, ignoring Steve’s words, who stands behind him with his jaw flexed.
I can’t do it, you need to knock me out! I’m not strong enough to do it!
You are trying everything you can and you are already holding your finger back, you would have already pulled the trigger if it wasn’t for your resistance somewhere in this cage. But you just know you’re not strong enough to stop yourself forever, they will need to disarm you, there’s no choice.
You stare back at Bucky, his forehead and left cheek bloody from wounds you gave him and he probably has a few bruises under his leather jacket as well, all because of you. Nowak made you hurt the person you love the most and now his life is being threatened. You know he won’t fight you, he will not try to disarm you, he would rather take the bullet than cause pain to you, more than what he already did during your fight.
The gun trembles in your hand as you’re desperately trying to gain your control back, sweat beading on your forehead, your chest heaving.
“Stark, we are running out of time!” Steve warns him through the com.
“Just one more second!” he answers, but you’re afraid you don’t have that much time.
“Y/N, please!” Bucky begs, a single tear rolling down his cheek and you can feel your own heart breaking at the sight of him. You can’t believe it’s because of you, you are causing him pain when you swore to work to see him his happiest in his life.
Your jaw flexes and you are on the verge of breaking, the tiniest light flashing in front of you as you keep pushing, trying to take back control, but then you feel like losing again. It all happens so fast, you can barely process.
You know you’re about to pull the trigger, you can’t stop yourself, but just as you are about to do it, Tony’s voice rings through the com.
“We got it!”
In a blink of the eye, the invisible grip that’s been keeping you tight vanishes, the cage opens up and suddenly you feel yourself come alive again as the most painful, deafening and desperate scream rips from your throat, the gun falling from your grip before you collapse on the ground in complete shock of everything that went down.
“Get it out! Get it out! I can’t do this!” you scream, your nails scratching the back of your neck once again, trying to reach the chip, but you’re just breaking your own skin once again, blood dripping down your back.
“Hey, it’s alright, sweetheart. We got you. You’re gonna be fine!” Bucky falls to his knees, cradling you into his arms as you sob into his hard chest, hands gripping the fabric of his jacket tight as your salty tears soak your cheeks, your whole body shaking.
“I’m so sorry! I’m sorry, I’m sorry!” you repeat, shaking your head as if you were trying to get rid of the memories, but they are still there, you still know what it’s like to be a prisoner in your own head but at least now you are with Bucky and that brings you the peace of mind you’ve been seeking all along.
“You don’t have to be sorry, it’s alright. You’ll be alright, sweetheart, you’re safe with me now,” he murmurs into your hair, his arms holding you so tight it’s starting to get hard to even breathe, but you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You cling onto him as if your life depends on it and in a way, it really does. Bucky gathers you into his arms as you keep mumbling your apologies and begs to make it stop even though you are not being controlled any longer. He carries you to the quinjet as he keeps murmuring reassuring words into your ear, telling you that everything is going to be alright now. You are in good hands.
You don’t let go of him on the way back and he doesn’t seem to want to do it either. Curled up on his lap, you let yourself fall into a shallow slumber as his fingers are dancing up and down your back, keeping you close to his chest, the feeling of finally being home taking over your senses.
Arriving back to New York you are helped off the jet by Bucky or course as he walks you to the med bay where Dr. Cho is already waiting for your arrival.
“Don’t worry, Y/N. We’ll fix you up,” she smiles at you as you are expected to let go of Bucky, but your head snaps back in his direction in panic, hands grabbing onto his anxiously.
“It’s alright, I’ll be here waiting for you. My stupid face will be the first thing you see when you wake up,” he jokes, his tired eyes fixated on you as you hesitate to let go of him, but eventually do it.
Keeping his promise Bucky stay outside as long as you are under Helen’s hands, not able to even drag him away to change clothes. The only thing he can make himself is dragging his ass to the nearest restroom to at least wash the dried blood off his face, but he quickly returns to his previous spot.
It turns out removing the chip is a bit more complicated than anyone thought. The micro wires are so deep in your nerves, Dr. Cho has to be careful if he doesn’t want to paralyze you with just one wrong move. Five entire hours pass by before the chip is finally out of you, before they place you in one of the rooms until you wake up from the anesthesia. Bucky is right by your side, holding your hand soothingly as he waits for you to open your eyes again. When he sees your eyelashes fluttering, he holds his breath as your eyes open and you adjust to the light and the view around you.
“Hey, sweetheart. How are you feeling?” he softly asks, gently brushing a strand of hair out of your forehead.
“Like… I just fought against two super soldiers,” you breathe out in a joking manner that makes him chuckle. You’re back and he missed you more than he could ever express.
As you let out a long and heave breath, you feel everything coming back to you and you can’t stop your sobs and the tears falling from your eyes.
“I’m so sorry, Bucky,” you gasp and he is quick to leap forward, one hand holding yours while the other one cups your cheek as he makes you turn your head towards him.
“No, no, no. You have nothing to be sorry about, Y/N. You did everything you could, you fought it so well!”
“But I hurt you! I didn’t want to hurt you, I was screaming inside my head, but I just couldn’t stop!” you sob shaking your head.
“I know, it wasn’t your fault! Please don’t think for a moment anyone blames you!” he begs, his bright blue eyes glued to your pained face as you fight your tears back. A hand moves to the back of your neck, feeling the wound where the chip used to be.
“Is it gone?” you ask in a whisper.
“It is. Helen took good care of you. You’re free now,” he smiles and you feel a wave of relief washing over you right away. Your body is yours again, finally.
“I didn’t think I would be myself again,” you admit, your voice slightly shaking. Bucky’s heart breaks at your words, but remains silent as you carry on. “I kept thinking of memories that feel the closest to me and it was the only thing that kept me sane. And I realized that the dearest ones are all with you, Bucky.”
His lips part at your revelation as his heart is beating fast against his ribcage. He has been waiting for this moment to come for what feels like eternity and now it might become his reality.
“When I thought I would never be the same again, I just thought about… you. That I don’t get to see you again, when I always wanted to spend all my days with you, Buck.”
“I want to spend all my days with you too, sweetheart,” he breathes out, leaning closer until his face is only inches away from yours. “I hated the thought of you being gone without ever telling you how I feel.”
“How do you feel, Bucky?” you ask in a trembling voice.
“You are my everything, Y/N. You are my best friend and everything beyond and I was such a fool for not telling you before this, but the thought of losing you made me realize that I have to stop being a coward,” he chuckles with tears bubbling in his eyes. You reach out and cup his face in your palms, your thumb running along the dark circles under his eyes and you wonder if he even slept a moment since you’ve been gone.
“We were both idiots, don’t beat yourself,” you chuckle softly, making his mouth turns into a grin before he leans closer and his lips finally press against yours, capturing them in a sweet, so-good-to-have-you-back kiss you’ve been dreaming about for probably way too long but at least since London. It’s soft and gentle, filled with the promise of many more to come. Thought you’re trying to stretch it as long as possible, a cough is heard from the door and you both pull back, turning your attention at the rest of the team standing there, all of them happy to see you again, or maybe to see the two of you finally taking the step they’ve been waiting for to happen.
“I guess you are feeling better now, yeah?” Nat smirks as she walks further inside, giving your shoulder a gentle squeeze.
“Much better,” you admit with a shy chuckle. “Thank you for the rescuing, guys.”
“It’s the least we could do,” Sam smirks at you.
“And Barnes would have gone nuts if we didn’t find you so that was also quite motivating,” Tony jokes nodding towards the man by your side, who is still holding your hand as if you could disappear any moment.
“Steve, I’m sorry for trying to hurt you,” you breathe out at the sight of the tall blonde man, but he just shrugs with a warm smile.
“It’s alright. At least now we know that you could easily kick our ass at the same time,” he jokes nodding towards Bucky, though you all know they were holding back, not wanting to hurt you. You still remember the look in Bucky’s eyes when you held him at gunpoint. He could have easily disarmed you but it would have cost you at least a broken arm, yet he refused to lay a hand on you and believed that you could control yourself again.
When the team is gone and it’s just the two of you again in the room, Bucky sits at the edge of your bed, his fingers playing with your hand over the white sheets as you let yourself fall into the sense of safety again.
“You should have disarmed me, Bucky,” you tell him, breaking the silence.
“I didn’t want to hurt you.”
“I could have killed you,” you retort.
“I know,” he nods, his lips pressing into a thin line. “But I just couldn’t cause you any more pain.”
“The fact that I was hurting you was already a pain, Bucky. You should have just knock me out.”
“Would you ever do the same to me?” he questions and though you open your lips to answer, you realize that he is right. You would have never hurt him on purpose, not even if he was back at being the winter soldier. You could have never hurt your sweet Bucky, the man that means more than anything ever in your torturous life.
“See? How do you expect me to do it then?” he smiles softly. “But it doesn’t matter, you are free now. It’s all in the past.”
“It still broke my heart, seeing you like that.”
“I can only say the same,” he breathes out, his eyes softening on you. “I wanted to help you so bad, but I couldn’t…”
“You helped me a lot,” you smile at him, brushing a few loose strands of hair out of his forehead. He smiles back at you and through his ocean eyes are still looking tired and a little bloodshot, but there’s a tiny little glimmer in them, something you’ve seen before, it was the most apparent when Shuri was successful at ridding him from the winter soldier and you also saw it in London. You’ve been seeking this little shine for a long time and you’re happy to have it back.
“We should go on a vacation,” he suggests, his smile growing wider with each passing second.
“Oh, I didn’t know avengers had vacation days,” you tease him.
“They do, as much as they want,” he nods grinning. “Where would you want to go? Do you want to go back to London?” he questions as he brings your hand up to his lips, kissing your bruised knuckles.
“Mm, we should go somewhere new,” you purse your lips. “I’ve always wanted to see Amsterdam.”
“Then Amsterdam it is,” he chuckles before leaning closer he kisses your lips gently with a promise of a bright future together.
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as long as we have each other
Summary: While on a mission, something unexpected happens to Bucky.
Pairing: Bucky Barnes x reader
Word count: 2,359
Warnings: Canon typical violence, mention of illegal weapons dealing, blood. This is the first time I'm posting something that I've written, and I'm very nervous. I feel like that should be a warning 🙈
A/N: Hi! This is for @wkemeup 's 9k writing challenge - Character A cleans Character B's wounds after a rough mission. [A]'s fingers linger over scarred muscle as they finish wrapping the bandage.
Congrats on 9k Kas!! Also, thank you to @thefanbasewhore for proof reading!!
divider credits to @bwbatta
After coming back from a two week long solo mission in Warsaw, you were just about ready to take a nice long bath and sleep for a week. As you walked off the quinjet, it was no surprise to see a certain metal armed super soldier waiting for you with his arms crossed.
As you close the space between you, his eyes rake over you from top to bottom to check for injuries. “I was starting to think your mission would never end,” Bucky says, smirking down at you. “And by the looks of it, I think you thought the same thing.” “Shut up,” you respond with a halfhearted glare. His smirk melts into a gentle smile as he pulls you into his arms. “I missed you,” Bucky replies as he buries his face into your neck. “Two weeks is too long to go without seeing you.” You hum in agreement as your hands travel to his hair. After a few moments of standing tangled together, you break the silence. “As much as I’d love to hug you forever, I’m dying to get out of this suit.” Bucky pulls out of your embrace, kisses you on the head, and gently takes your hand. You let him lead you through the compound towards your room, but before you’re able to make it past the kitchen, you’re interrupted. “Oh! Y/N, Barnes!” Tony exclaims, “Just the people I needed to talk to.” You groan just as Bucky responds. “Can it wait, Stark? Y/N just got back from Poland.” “Unfortunately,” Tony replies, “I need you both to Brazil tomorrow.” “There’s a guy who has been harboring stolen SHIELD tech since the incident at the triskelion, and he finally popped back up on our radar,” he elaborates. “You can’t send someone else?” You inquire, your lips turning down into a frown. “I’m afraid not,” Tony sounds apologetic as he responds. “I need all hands on deck for this mission. I’m even pulling Steve out of retirement.” Tony winks at you. “Luckily for you,” he continues, “This mission requires us to stay at one of the fanciest hotels in Río.” Tony glances at his watch before adding “I need you two in the briefing room by eight am tomorrow so we can go over the details before we depart. Until then, go rest Y/N.” You take a deep breath and nod as Bucky agrees.
As you finally enter your shared room, Bucky jokingly says “We should have snuck in through the back way.” “It’s fine,” you tell him dejectedly. “Tony would have found another way to contact us. It is what it is.” Your long bath would have to wait.
As you rush to take a quick shower, Bucky returns to the kitchen to make you something to eat. When he comes back, you scarf down the leftovers as Bucky takes his turn in the bathroom. By the time you’re finished, Bucky is all ready for bed. While you brush your teeth, he takes the opportunity to climb into bed and check his phone. When you walk out of the bathroom, you can’t help but take a minute to admire your boyfriend. Although he looks very attractive sitting in bed shirtless, your heart flutters at the peaceful look on his face. Bucky has been through so much, but with you, he’s totally at ease.
You’re broken out of your reverie by Bucky’s soft voice. “Hey,” he says with a gentle smile. “C’mere, doll.” You crawl into bed and let Bucky pull you into his arms. As you lay your head on his chest, Bucky idly traces random patterns onto your back. Just as you’re starting to drift off, his voice pulls you back. “How are you feeling about the mission tomorrow?” “Honestly,” you drowsily respond. “If Tony is okay with giving us all the details the day of, it should be pretty easy.” Bucky hums in agreement. “Why?” you continue. “You’re not worried about it, are you?” “Oh, no!” Bucky denies. “I just wanted to make sure you aren’t worried about it since you aren’t getting a break.” “I’ll be fine,” you say, pretending to be annoyed. “If my boyfriend will be quiet so I can sleep.” Bucky laughs and kisses your forehead. “Okay, okay!” he yields to your teasing. “Good night, sweetheart.” As you start to fall asleep, you sleepily respond. “Good night Buckaroo. I love you.” Just before you drift into unconsciousness, you hear Bucky’s quiet voice. “I love you too, doll.”
The next morning, when you arrive in the briefing room, Tony is too chipper for eight in the morning. While you would rather be in bed, he seems as if he’s already had two cups of coffee (at least). Bucky appears to be neither tired, nor overly energetic, while everyone else falls somewhere in between.
“Antonio Silva is the guy we’re looking for,” Tony begins by showing everyone a picture of the man you need to find. “He is originally from Campinas, Brazil.” Tony takes a moment to pull up a picture of the map. “Based on our intell, he is planning on making a sale tonight in São Paulo.” “You said he has stolen tech?” you inquire. Steve takes the opportunity to speak up. “He actually worked for SHIELD before it fell. Well, hydra technically.” He turns to Natasha. “Did you see his name anywhere in the files you released?” Nat shakes her head. “No. I don’t think he was important enough to have in the files.” “I guess that explains why he turned on them and stole tech,” Sam laughs. “Either way,” Tony directs everyone’s attention back to the mission briefing. “He’s planning on selling to black market weapons dealers at the ten year anniversary gala of the hotel, and we need to stop the sale, arrest Silva, and capture the weapons dealers.” Tony pulls up a map of the hotel. “Steve will be disguised as a bartender, and Sam and I will be flying above the hotel, should anything go south. Y/N and Barnes, you two will be disguised as a mob boss and his wife looking to purchase some weapons. As soon as you make contact, make the arrest. Natasha, I want you floating around the room taking inventory of the weapons dealers in the room. A team of agents will be joining us to assist with taking people into custody should they not be compliant. Since Silva has the weapons in storage somewhere, as long as we have him and the dealers in custody, taking back the weapons should be easy. We just need the guy who knows where they are. Does anyone have any questions?” A series of no’s are heard as everyone responds. “Then everyone go pack, and be ready for the quinjet to take off in an hour.”
The flight is relatively quiet, interrupted only by Sam giving out some last minute instructions. However, as soon as the jet lands, everyone is thrown into go mode.
By the time you make it to the hall where the celebration is being held, the party is in full swing. You watch Natasha silently slip into the room in total spy mode. She glances over at you and nods slightly for you and Bucky to make your entrance. You make your way to the bar for the next few minutes as you watch Nat float around the room.
After about ten minutes, she walks up to the bar and asks Steve for a drink, discreetly informing you that all of the weapons dealers are here. Steve signals for all of the agents to fall into place as you and Bucky turn to approach Silva. Before you make it to where Silva is, he takes one look at Bucky and bolts. That’s when all hell breaks loose. Agents start drawing their guns left and right, while the dealers begin pulling out their weapons to fight back. As the gunfire starts, Tony and Sam join the fight, shield flying, while Bucky takes off after Silva. As soon as you know that they’ll be fine without you, you take off after Bucky. Once Bucky and Silva are in your line of sight, you can tell that Bucky is struggling. It’s apparent that Silva has found some way to disable Bucky’s vibranium arm. As Bucky does his best to fight one handed, Silva punches him in the nose before pulling out two knives. Before you can reach them, you watch in horror as Silva thrusts a knife into Bucky’s thigh, while slicing at his throat with the other knife. Bucky barely dodges the second blade, but not before the tip catches his collar bone.
As soon as you get to them, you tackle Silva to give Bucky the chance to reset his arm. You’re able to block a few of Silva’s attempts to stab you, and kick the knives out of his hands before Bucky joins the fight again.
When it’s apparent that you and Bucky have the upper hand again, Silva pauses. “I really didn’t want to do this to you Barnes, but you left me no choice.” Before you have time to wonder what Silva is talking about, he continues.
“Sputnik.”
Before the word is even out of his mouth, Bucky goes rigid and keels over. As he collapses, your whole world collapses with him. Shock, confusion, and panic roll through you as Steve arrives just in time to handle Silva. You rush to Bucky’s side, and as you find his steady pulse, your anxious heart settles just a little. There is chaos all around you, but you don’t have time to care as you focus on Bucky. As soon as Silva and the dealers are in custody, Sam and Steve help carry Bucky back to your hotel room. After they leave, you take the opportunity to pull out your first aid supplies. Just as you’re finishing collectiving everything you need, Bucky begins to regain consciousness.
“What happened?” His confusion is evident, even in his groggy state. “I’m not entirely sure,” you tell him, hesitantly. “Silva said a word and it was like it just flipped your off switch.” Bucky stays silent as you carefully help him sit up. “I need to clean your knife wounds,” you say gently. “Which means we need to get you out of your tactical gear.” Bucky helps you undress him to the best of his current ability, but he seemingly can’t let the situation pass without playfully making light of what’s happening. “You know, this would be a whole lot more romantic if you lit a few candles.” You snort in response and reply, “It would be a whole lot more romantic if you weren’t bleeding on the sheets.”
Once Bucky is stripped to just his boxers, you help him lean back against the headboard. Bucky silently watches as you pull out the butterfly bandages and antiseptic wipes. You’ve done this so many times that you don’t even bother to tell Bucky that it might sting. He knows the drill, but that doesn’t stop you from doing your best to be gentle. During his seventy years of being tortured and brainwashed, too many people have been rough with him and have treated him harshly. You know he’s not fragile, but you can’t help but pretend that each gentle touch will replace each bad memory of painful touches. Bucky doesn’t flinch as you wipe the cut on his thigh with the wipe. He simply watches as you move to apply the butterfly bandages in the absence of stitches. You wrap the cohesive bandage over the wound and around Bucky’s thigh, but you both know it really doesn’t matter. His wounds will stitch themselves together within a day or two anyway. As you move up to clean the cut just above his left collarbone, your eyes trace the marred scars where metal meets flesh. After you clean and bandage the cut, you let your fingers lightly trail over the scars. You follow the trail of your fingers with soft kisses before looking up to meet Bucky’s eyes. The way he’s looking at you could only be described as adoration, and he gently grabs the back of your neck to bring you in for a kiss. The kiss is soft, but no less toe curling. Like Bucky is using the kiss to convey the way he feels, without knowing how to put those feelings into words. When you break apart, you’re reminded that you need to tend to the small cuts and bruises on his face. You wipe the blood off and apply the antiseptic onto some of the smaller cuts before moving on to the bridge of Bucky’s nose. After cleaning the wound, you smile slightly as you run your finger down his nose. The action makes Bucky scrunch his nose slightly, and you laugh lightly at his reaction. The silence is comfortable and you’re both at ease with each other enough to not always require words.
You help Bucky settle into the bed before cleaning up the first aid supplies and moving to the bathroom to get ready for bed.
As you finish up in the bathroom and climb into bed, Bucky breaks the lingering silence. “I’m not sure what happened earlier.” You can hear the concern in his voice. “I thought Shuri removed all the trigger words, but apparently there was a fail safe buried deep in my head.” You ponder his words before responding. “We can start looking into it tomorrow. I can call Shuri and see if she has time for us to go see her.” “For right now,” you continue, “let’s just rest.” Bucky nods before tilting your chin up so your lips can meet. He kisses you softly and slowly before pulling away. “I love you.” He tells you with conviction, like he doesn’t know what might happen tomorrow. “I love you too, James Buchanan. Whatever happens, we’ll figure it out together.” Bucky smiles slightly while pulling you closer to him. You may not have all the answers, but you have each other. As you both drift off to sleep, that’s enough.
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Pt 2 Spooky x adoptive daughter
Spooky's Pov
Me and Cesar are sitting in the hospital waiting room waiting on the doctor to tell us about Kiara. The ambulance got her to the hospital just in time and the doctors had to emergency surgery on her. I just pray that she be ok. I called Ray, Kiara's boyfriend Alex, and Isabel.
I told Isabel that I'll keep her updated while Ray and Kiara's boyfriend Alex are coming to the hospital. Cesar let his friends know what happened and said that they're on the way. I even called Sad Eyes's girlfriend Mia from a private number and told her to let Sad Eyes know that his niece has been shot.
Then Ray came running in the waiting room saying
"Is she ok?"
I sighed shaking my head saying
"I don't know yet, we're waiting on the doctor to let us know something"
Ray shook his head ok as he looked at me upset and asked
"What happen? Who did it?"
I looked down at the ground saying
"It happened so fast, me and Kiara was talking to Cesar in the house of how he was put off and we was telling him that it's time to change his life around so he agree to come with us to Poland. So we decided to have a drink before we left , we went outside walking to the moving truck to get something to drink real quick and while I'm on the phone with Isabel and Cesar was in the house then we saw this car suspicious so I hung up the phone. Next thing you know, Kiara push me on the ground screaming look out as I hear gunshots go off. When the gunshots stop, I see Kiara on her back bleeding badly like my heart literally dropped to my stomach seeing her like that"
I looked at my dad upset fighting the tears that was trying to come out and said
"I can't lose my daughter, I can't lose her, she motivated me to get my life right so it can be right for her regardless if she's not my blood daughter, I love her with my whole life like this is a hurtful feeling knowing that my daughter is fighting for her life during surgery right now"
Ray put his hand on my shoulder comforting me and said
"I know, She's going to be ok, she's a fighter"
I sighed as I continue waiting for the doctor to get done with Kiara's surgery. Then Kiara's boyfriend Alex came into the waiting room along with Cesar's friends as Alex sat next to me saying
"Is she ok?"
I sighed looking at him and said
"I don't know yet, we're waiting on the doctor to let us know something"
Alex nods his head ok as we all waited for the doctor to give us an update on Kiara. Then after some hours, a doctor came into the waiting room and said
"Family of Kiara Diaz?"
We stood up from our seats as the doctor looked at us and said
"Who's the father of Kiara Diaz?"
I raised my hand saying
"I am"
The doctor looks at me and say
"The surgery went well"
Everyone sighed a breathe of relief as the doctor continue talking
"We was able to get the bullets out, luckily it didn't hit or damage any internal organs so she should have a speedy recovery" giving me a comforting smile.
I let out a sigh of relief looking at the doctor saying
"Thank you so much Doc, can we see her?"
The doctor gave soft smile as she say
"Yes, you guys can see her, she's awake and alert, Follow me"
So we all follow the doctor to Kiara's room.
Kiara's pov
I'm laying in the hospital bed after I just had emergency surgery looking at the tv that was on low volume while a nurse was checking my breathing and my pressure when I hear a soft knock on my door as the doctor that did my surgery pop her head in saying
"Kiara, you have some people they'll like to see you" as she open the door showing my dad Oscar, Cesar, my grandpa Ray, and my boyfriend Alex standing there. My dad, Cesar and my boyfriend walked over to me in a rush while the others came into the room. My dad gives me gentle hug being careful saying
"I'm so glad you're ok, you had me so scared when I saw you on the ground bleeding, what were you thinking?"
I looked at him as tears start to form in my eyes saying
"I couldn't let you get hurt, I just couldn't Dad, you literally worked hard to better your life after the gang especially when mom could give birth at any time, I couldn't let that be taken away from you like that, I love you so much dad.
My dad looks at me with tears in his eyes saying
"Oh mija" placing a soft kiss on my forehead.
I smiled as my dad said
"I love you so much even if you're not my blood daughter, I still love you sweetie. You're the reason that I better my life, you know that? I wanted you have a good childhood and live your dreams, I'm so glad to have you as my daughter" smiling at me
I gives him a soft smile as I looked over at Cesar who was trying not to cry, I grab his hand and said
"Don't cry Ces and don't even think about saying it's your fault cause it's not"
Cesar gives me a sad look as he say
"But it is my fault Kiara, you almost died today, I thought lost you"
I gives Cesar comforting smile saying
"I'm not going anywhere beside who's going to beat your ass in Call of Duty if I'm gone?"
Cesar chuckles as he gives me a soft hug and sat down in a chair.
Then Monse, Ruby, Jasmine, and Jamal came over to me giving me a soft hug being careful as Monse looks at me with a soft smile saying
"I'm glad you're ok Kiara, you scared us when Cesar called saying you got shot"
I give her a soft smile as I say
"I know, I know but I'm ok now"
I notice Ruby trying not to cry causing me to grab his hand saying
"Ruby, don't cry"
Ruby looks at me with tears in his eyes and said
"Kiara, we almost lost you today, you're like a sister to us, you even helped us get back to talking and being friends, you was there for us when we was feeling down. If you would've died, our lives would have been so terrible without you"
I gives him a soft smile saying
"I'm ok now, i promise I'm not going anywhere, beside who's going to keep you guys in check, my dad already had enough of you guys craziness"
Everyone laughed softly as I continue talking
"Well I'm ok now you guys head back home and get some rest for school tomorrow ok?"
They nod their heads as they gave me hug and headed home.
Then Ray came up to me giving me hug telling me that he was glad that I was ok and never to do that again cause I almost gave him a heart attack. I laughed softly telling him that it won't happen again no time soon.
Then my boyfriend Alex came up to giving me a peck on the lips holding my hand saying
"You missy scared me, I thought I lost you"
I lifted his hand placing a soft kiss on it saying
"I'm not going anywhere, I promise" giving him a peck on the lips causing him to smile.
I looked at Alex saying
"Oh Alex this is my dad's brother Cesar and my dad's dad Ray, Cesar and Ray this is Alex my boyfriend"
Cesar stands up looks at him and say
"Nice to finally meet you Alex, you better be treating her right"
Alex looks over at me smiling then back at Cesar saying
"I am, I wouldn't dare to hurt her, I love her so much to do that, She's the light to my universe."
Ray looks at him walking up to him getting in his face which made Alex nervous as Ray said
"You better treat her right or I'm coming after you, I will hunt you down and hide your body in abandoned building where no one will find you" causing me to gasp looking at Ray and say
"Stop, you're making him nervous see?"
Ray chuckles looking at him saying
"I'm just teasing"
Alex let out a breathe of relief calming his nerves down. All of sudden we hear a knock on the door as the door opened and walked in my uncle Antonio aka Sad Eyes. My dad looks at my uncle Sad eyes saying
"Antonio, what are you doing here?, you're going to get in trouble with the gang if you is seen with me"
My uncle Sad eyes looks at him saying
"Oscar you know we still care about her and make sure she's safe regardless if you're not in the gang no more" as my uncle walked over to me and said
"How are you feeling?"
I gives him a soft smile saying
"A little in pain but I'm ok"
Antonio nod his head as he looks at me and say
"I'm going to find who did this"
I looked at my uncle and said
"I don't want you to get in trouble, Uncle Antonio"
Sad eyes smacked his lips and chuckle saying
"You know I never gets in trouble"
I chuckled as Sad Eyes looks at me giving me a kiss on my forehead and said
"Don't scared me like that again, ok?
I nod my head yes as he gave me one more hug and left to head back home to let the gang know that I'm ok.
After the incident, Me, my dad, Cesar and my boyfriend Alex move to Poland for a better life.
Mom finally gave birth to my baby sister Lydia which was the best moment of my dad life like he was crying and everything.
Cesar is now in college for architecture, he ended up breaking up with Vero and started dating Monse again which Vero was mad at first but understand that he still had feelings for Monse and ended up dating Alex's best friend Lucas.
Then we had to go back to Freeridge because unfortunately Ruby's grandma Abuelita died which hurt my heart so we had a marijuana party in her honor instead a funeral which was her wish.
My uncle Sad eyes found out who shot at me and my dad which was 19th street (actually don't know who shot Spooky) and got revenge for it.
Cesar's friends does come to visit us when they get a chance and tell us how their life is going as well as college like Ruby forgave Latrelle for what happened a while back , Monse is going to write her first book, Jasmine is making clothes for and is a fashion designer and Jamal got a job at the best tech company.
My dad finally opened up his own restaurant which is getting a lot of attention now for his amazing food.
As for me and my fiancé Alex, we moved in together in this beautiful apartment couple blocks down from my parent's place.
Kiara and Alex's apartment↓↓↓
We also graduated from college which it was the best day of my life to see my family and friends cheering me on as I get my diploma.
Quick Flashback↓↓↓
I'm standing in line on the side of the stage with my cap and gown on waiting to get my diploma that I worked hard for.
The dean looked at the paper and said
"Next, Kiara Diaz"
I walked on stage towards the dean as I heard my family and friends cheering me on so loud.
I shook the dean head as he handed me my diploma, I looked at my dad who had tears in his eyes smiling which made smile and cry knowing i made him proud.
End of flashback↓↓↓
And so me and Alex went on to pursue our dream for music so we ended up doing performances at a little plaza downtown where music producer saw us and signed us to her label Star Dreams.
We became a singing duo called Whisper Hollow and went on tour around the world as our songs got number 1 on the music chart. We even got some awards for best music duo and album of the year and got to work with some amazing artist.
But my life got even better when Alex proposed to me on November 28 which was our anniversary.
Proposal Flashback↓↓↓
Me and Alex was at the beach watching the sunset on a little picnic blanket that Alex surprise me with.
Alex looked at me with a soft smile causing me to look at him confused saying
"What?"
Alex chuckled softly he said
"What? I can't look at my beautiful girlfriend"
I blushed hard as I give him a peck on his lips saying
"Sure you can" laughing softy
Alex smiles as he grabs my hand looking at me and said
"Kiara, there's something that I'll like to say"
I looked at him saying
"Sure, What is it?"
Alex got up from the ground pulling up with him as he looked at me and say
"Kiara, we've been together since high school, when i first met you, you was little shy to talk but opened up once you got to know me. You have brought so much love and joy into my life, I don't know how my life would've been if I hadn't met you. I love you so so so much and so that's why asking you this right now"
I looked at him confused a for second but gasped when I saw him get on one knee pulling out a box with a ring in it, Alex looked at me with a soft smile saying
"Kiara, you're everything to me. You are the light to my universe. You make my life feel complete so Kiara Nicole Diaz, will you do me the honor in becoming my wife?"
I looked at him with a soft smile and tears in my eyes and said
"Yes, Yes" nodding my head
Alex smiled getting up from the ground and put the ring on my finger as he gives a peck on my lips.
End of flashback↓↓↓
After Alex proposed to me, we had a paris theme wedding which was amazing, the best moment from my wedding was having the father and daughter dance. Just seeing my dad cried because his baby girl grew up living her dreams.
Few years later me and Alex are parents of three children which is one two boy and one girl.
First we have our son Fabian Diaz, He is 1 years old, Fabian is a cheerful and playful child, he loves play with his dad a lot where I can them the troublemakers.
This is Fabian below↓↓↓
Then we have our second son Noah Diaz, he's 5 years old. Noah is a shy but loving child. Noah loves to dance a lot even to our music like I call him our little dance bug.
This is Noah below↓↓↓
And last we have our beautiful 9 month baby girl Noelle. Noelle is the most joyful baby in the world. Fabian and Noah loves their sister a lot like they will feed her sometimes or play with her. They will fall asleep with her sometimes.
This is Noelle below ↓↓↓
Now we're living our live as we continue to make music and be a big happy family.
Hey everyone, it's your girl June, hope you enjoyed this imagine, this is my first imagine so bear with me
Next is Ruby Martinez
I can try to do a request imagines,
i do not do dirty imagines sorry
#cesar diaz#jamal turner#jasmine flores#monse finnie#on my block#on my block imagines#ruby martinez#sad eyes#spooky diaz
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Masterlist of my Måneskin posts, I will update it when necessary. Dates are in the YMD format, the newest additions are purple. Red are things you might want to look at.
This list was getting too long, so I decided that if there are 4 or more vids/pics from a certain event, there will be the date, name/place of the event and a link to all the posts I've made about it.
Sometimes some links don't work - in that case you can search for the date or go through the tag "mine".
Tags I frequently use.
Photos (including screenshots, press scans etc.)
2018.01.15 - Milan Fashion Week
2021.01 - TV Sorrisi e Canzoni
2021.01 - TV Sorrisi e Canzoni part II
2021.01 - RaiPlay
2021.08 - Teraz Rock cover
2021.08.19 - Måneskin in Poland - Poland smashed everything (including Damiano's hand)
2021.08.19 - Måneskin in Poland - more of Damiano's injured hand
Videos (lives, MVs, interviews etc.)
2017.12.14 - X Factor Italy (finale) - Medley: Beggin, Take Me Out, Somebody Told Me
2018.01.07 - Che tempo che fa - Chosen
2018.03.25 - Che tempo che fa - Morirò da Re + interview
2018.10.28 - X Factor Italy - Torna a casa
2019.01.20 - Che tempo che fa - Torna a casa and Fear for nobody
2019.10.31 - X Factor Italy - Le parole lontane
2020.03.29 - making of Stato di natura
2020.11.01 - Che tempo che fa - Vent'anni (part 1)
2020.11.01 - Che tempo che fa - interview (part 2)
2020.11.01 - Che tempo che fa - backstage
2020.11.05 - X Factor Italy - Vent'anni (and talking)
2020.12.17 - Sanremo Giovani finale
2021.01 - RaiPlay
2021.01 - TV Sorrisi e Canzoni
2021.03.02 - 2021.03.06 - Sanremo 2021
2021.03.06 - Zitti e buoni after winning Sanremo
2021.03.07 - Che tempo che fa - intro + Zitti e buoni
2021.03.07 - Che tempo che fa - interview, Orietta Berti
2021.03.08 - Soliti Ignoti - Zitti e buoni (and they talk here for about 30 sec)
2021.03.22 - Le parole lontane
2021.05 - Måneskin for Crudelia (Cruella) 2021
2021.06.18 - Humberto (Dutch show)
2021.06.25 - newonce.radio - interview with Måneskin
2021.07.15 - BlickTV - Måneskin playing the Never have I Ever game
2021.08.06 - I Wanna Be Your Slave with Iggy Pop
2021.08.11 (published) - 1LIVE SESSION - live from Cologne, Germany
2021.08.15 - Damiano and Legolas
2021.08.15 - Interview in Belgium
2021.08.15 - Golden record for Zitti e buoni in Belgium
2021.08.19 - Lividi sui gomiti Thomas remix
2021.09.10 - Gucci Aria Advertising Campaign
2021.09.23 - Genius Verified: I wanna be your slave lyrics & meaning
Damiano singing IWBYS a cappella
Concerts, tours (photos, videos etc.)
2021.08.13 - Rock for People Hope (Czech Republic)
2021.08.14 - Ronquière Festival (Belgium)
2021.08.19 - Open'er Park (Poland)
2021.08.19 - Open'er Park (Poland) - Damiano explaining what happened to his hand
2021.08.19 - Open'er Park (Poland) - Damiano and Ethan with fans, Damiano showing what happened to his hand
2021.08.30 - Russia
2021.09.01 - Radio Europa Plus
2021.09.11 - Austria
2021.09.25 - France, Global Citizen Live
2021.10.06 - Germany
2021.10.28 - NME: Måneskin on their first ever gig, first tattoos & their first jobs
2021.10.29 - Ed Sheeran talking about Måneskin
2021.10 - Mammamia promo tour (Italy, France, Sweden, Netherlands, UK...)
2021.10-? - Mammamia promo tour in the US
2021.10.26 - The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2021.10.27 - New York show (not every post is tagged, check the main tag for the US trip, search for "new york" or "27.10.2021")
Halloween 2021
2021.11.01 - Z100 New York interview
2021.11.01 - DC101, Mike Jones interview
2021.11.01 - LA show (not every post is tagged, check the main tag for the US trip)
2021.11.02 - Gucci Love Parade
2021.11.04 - 106.7 KROQ Private Concert
2022.02.06-2022.03.24 - Loud kids on tour
Text (translations, how-tos etc.)
putting Amandoti (and any other song) on your Spotify playlist
2021.06.25 - naTemat - translated interview with Måneskin
Other
2021.09/2021.10 - Mammamia promo
#masterpost#masterlist#mine#maneskin#måneskin#victoria de angelis#damiano david#thomas raggi#ethan torchio
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My yearly list of Eurovision songs after the first impression (I mean, for like, half of them. I heard snippets of some songs.). Judged on music videos, because...if I only listen to the songs on Spotify, my eyes get bored. :’)
(oh, and don’t talk to me about iceland’s placement, I know this might be unpopular)
X. Belarus
Fuck Belarus, all my homies hate Belarus. Not even going to grace them with a rating.
Norway (TIX – Fallen Angel)
...no. :( And it’s not even because Keiino didn’t win, I just wholeheartetly hate this song. And I’m kinda sorry to TIX, because he seems like a cool dude and his stage outfit is absolutely hilarious, but oh my god do I hate this song with an absolute burning passion.
Poland (RAFAL – The Ride)
eye emoji mouth emoji eye emoji – well, this is a non-qualifier if I’ve ever seen one. Can we just...skip this?
Belgium (Hooverphonic – The Wrong Place)
Nap time! This song annoys me. I cannot explain it, but it gives me a headache and my whole body is revolting against this song. I am not kidding. Objectively, I don’t even hate it, but there’s just something about it...that makes me go...hnghgng…
North Macedonia (Vasil – Here I Stand)
eye emoji mouth emoji eye emoji ver. 2 – I am not trying to sound mean, but does North Macedonia do any music that is not dramatic power ballads? I’m serious. (And I don’t like it, sorry. :((...except for the high notes, I like them. When he can hit them live.)
Estonia (Uku Suviste – The Lucky One)
This (the music video)...is soft porn. I am slightly scared of Uku. I don’t know why. But, uh...this is better than last year’s song? Still, it wouldn’t qualify under my watch, whoops.
Georgia (Tornike Kipiani – You)
He stopped yelling angrily at the microphone. :((( Nah, but this isn’t my thing. It’s great that they are doing their own thing, it’s just not really my thing...it also reminds me of a song I know, damn.
Austria (Vincent Bueno - Amen)
He looks like a german youtuber. I don’t know hich one, but he looks like one. I also canot tell if he’s 18 or 38, lol. (For some reason he also reminds me of Alex Albon, which is even weirder.)...oh, uh, the song? Idk, I don’t care for I. It’s fine.
Spain (Blas Cantó – Voy A Querdarme)
Confession: I’m probably the only person who actually doesn’t like the sound of Spanish all that much. Whoops. Apart from that though, I’m not the biggest fan of this song. Can’t really say more about that. Meh.
The Netherlands (Jeangu Macrooy – Birth Of A New Age)
Listen: I really like the tone of this voice. It’s great. I am not a fan of the song. There’s something just very off about the loud percussions (?) in the background that make me go absolutely crazy when listening to this. My sensory-overload-prone ears hate it, and I’m sorry...the part before the last chorus on the other hand I love. The whole song could have sounded like that and I would have loved it. (...and I can’t unhear “You are my broccoli – You know my broccoli!” ;-;)
Azerbaijan (Efendi – Mata Hari)
Whenever I see Efendi, my brain still goes “Cleopatrrrrra!”, oof. This song sounds like a song I know. Which...is super unprecice, but I genuinely don’t know which one. I do like that they kept the weird pre-chorus thing from Cleopatra (and reference the song later on), but I must say that I liked Cleopatra more...but it’s a party song, so I think it will be fun on stage!
Romania (ROXEN - Amnesia)
I didn’t like her song last year, I don’t enjoy this all too much and I’m kinda sorry but also...I don’t want to apologize for my taste in music, lmao. I want her hair though. Give me her hair.
Denkmark (Fyr & Flamme – Ove Os Pa Hinanden)
Ring ding ding, native language bonus. This is also way more fun than I thought it would be, hah. VERY retro, but I don’t hate that? :D (this and sweden really aren’t any different in terms of how much I like them)
Portugal (The Black Mama – Love Is On My Side)
I can appreciate this. I just wish it was in Portuguese, honestly. I don’t really know if I like the English for this song. That being said, I don’t know if you can make these very specific tones (you know what I mean) in portuguese without it sounding super off, so…
Ireland (Lesley Roy – Maps)
Okay, you do you Ireland. :D
Israel (Eden Alene – Set Me Free)
This exists. :D
Cyprus (Elena Tsagrinou – El Diablo)
Cyprus came to party, and I can’t be mad at that. I just don’t know why everybody in the YouTube comments loves this SO MUCH that they are sure that it will win if it gets the jury votes. I don’t think it’s as good as Fuego or She Got Me were, but maybe I just have no taste in party music. I don’t party. (Only if you got a 2000s playlist and some iced tea.)
France (Barbara Pravi – Voilà)
FRANCE sending a BALLAD? In MY Eurovision? It’s more likely than you think. It’s good, objectively. Personally, I don’t really care for it all that much and feel like I already know it.
United Kingdom (Embers – James Newman)
A good, modern song? In my british eurovision song? What happened on the Isles over quarantine? Are you guys okay? Did you find yourself? Have you taken your last breath (breath!) and looked at your past results? I’m impressed enough to put this relatively high, wow.
Serbia (Hurricane – LOCO LOCO)
*adore delano voice* party! Oh, and native language bonus...for a party song! I’m...impressed, actually. I cannot decide wheter I prefer this or Hasta La Vista, but I think it’s this one? The flows smoother, if that means literally anything.
Bulgaria (VICTORIA – Growing Up Is Getting Old)
*shrugs* I think a lot of people will like this. And I get that. I think I even understand it...yeah. I didn’t like her song last year either. It’s just personal preference, I think. I just want to have fun during Eurovision, hah.
Finland (Blind Channel – Dark Side)
Finland: FUCK YOU!!!
Germany: Fuck you. <3
That’s all I’ll say, we know how the Finnish are, this is not surprising, lmao. (And I’m one of those children that grew up on Rammstein, so I legally cannot dislike this.)
Croatia (Albina - Tick-Tock)
Tick-tock, can you hear me go tick-tock? My heart is like a clock, I'm steady like a rock-...oh wait, wrong tick-tock! Still, really enjoy this song’s chorus – I actually enjoy it so much that it makes up for the utter loss of interest I experience once it’s over, chrm.
Sweden (Tusse – Voices)
I mean...let’s be honest, it’s a generic swedish pop song. It sounds like every other Swedish entry, and I think that bothers me. I know, that sounds kind of...weird, looking at my choices higher up in the list, but...meh. I think this will easily qualify for the Final and place high, and I am totally okay with that. It’s just not...what I wanted, I guess? :D (and i’m sorry but as a german-speaker I cannot get over the name “tusse”) (oh, and tusse seems to be super cool)
Albania (Anxhela Peristeri - Karma)
Oh, we’re going to war in 130 A.D.? Fine, let me just pack my spear and- oh, Albania has already sent a singer? Ah, well, might as well give up and just vibe.
Czech Republic (Benny Cristo - omaga)
This sounds fun. Not a winner or anything, but fun. I’ll probably still be on Twitter when he’s performing, whoops.
Slovenia (Ana Sklic - Amen)
Wait, there’s TWO songs called Amen? And why do I actually kinda like this? Oh well, might as well just accept it. (Her voice though...mhmmhmhm…yes please)
Iceland (Dadi og Gagnamagnid – 10 Years)
We just vibin’. I liked Think About Things more, but I’m very much biased here...because I’ve known that song for a year now. But this is still very good, and very on brand. (And I understand like...half of the lyrics, but I am okay with that.)
Australia (Montaigne - Technicolour)
not australia flexing at all of europe that they can hold big gatherings! D: oh, but I like this way more than last years song. I feel like Montaigne can show her GREAT voice way better in this song. (Even though her outfit and the sound of the song reminds me of the UK song that had...a dude run on the stage. I can’t think of the word for it right now.)
Malta (Destiny – Je Me Casse)
Destiny’s voice is just….wow. This is very different than All My Love, but it’s fun. The topic of the lyrics kinda remind me of Toy, and I like that…..I don’t really like the music video (especially the dancers in the colorful dresses? idk), but I’ll just ignore that.
Germany (I Don’t Feel Hate - Germany)
Confession time: I actually actively enjoy this song. Everybod is shitting on it, but it’s FUN and it has a good message, and Jendrik seems like the nicest dude ever and...it doesn’t deserve all the hate it’s getting? It’s completely self-produced and just fun. Stop being mean. :(
(...also someone on youtube said “pewdiepie” and I can’t unsee that now so fuck you >:((...no, no I don’t feel hate, just rethink your life choices)
Moldova (Natalia Gordienko - SUGAR)
What in the “Eis.de ist in der Kiste” is this music video? And I thought I would absolutely hate this song, but I actually don’t mind it all that much. It’s actually fun. Oh no, I’m splipping, someone catch me, aaaaaahhhhh….(and that poor cake dude. Is this song about cannibalism? Does she want to eat him?)
San Marino (Senhit – Adrenalina)
Catch me hum the chorus of this song at least once a day...but honestly, without any malicious intent: what the actual FUCK san marino? This is so much better than Freaky, and even though I do not believe for one second that this will win, the simple outragiousness of bringing Flo Rida to Eurovision deserves attention. (Bringing someone like Flo Rida to ESC sounds more like Scandinavia/Bulgaria, doesn’t it?)
Russia (Manizha – Russian Woman)
Not gonna lie, I miss Little Big, but at least they are sending something that’s at least as weird. I love that. Russian Rap is cool as fuck anyway, so I’m fully here for this...but I’m glas this song doesn’t have a music video, this just has to be a live performance. (Oh, and another strong woman!)
Ukraine (Go_A – SHUM)
I’m SO glad Go_A are back. But, let me be completely honest: I know why they had to change the lyrics, but I still liked the first version better. BUT I feel like the new one will grow and me and it will climb one or two places, because the Instrumental just slaps SO HARD. (Makes me feel like putting on a Cybergoth outfit and start dancing at a German industrial park, lmao.)
Latvia (Samanta Tina – The Moon Is Rising)
Does this count as my guilty pleasure this year? I loved her song last year, and this sounds similar, so...I like this too. It sounds modern as fuck (well, for Europe, you know) and I can definitely...”vibe” with that. I genuinely really enjoy this, and I don’t know why. (Even though I prefer last years drop.) A lot of “strong, independent women”-songs this year, and I’m not complaining.
Switzerland (Gjon’s Tears – Tout l’Univers)
Just so we’re clear, this and Italy share the exact same spot. I just cannot compare them at all. Gjon’s voice just takes me hostage throughout this whole song and won’t let me go. And everything that isn’t english/is in the countries offical language immediately gets plus points from me. As if this song needed them anyway.
Lithuania (The Roop – Discoteque)
Aaaaaand...dance break! Good, I just love them so much, it’s not even funny anymore. And I’ve been singing this song randomly since it came out. I can’t stop. It has burned itself into my brain. Let’s dis-co-teque right at my home! *waves arms around with no sign of coordination*
(and does anyone else feel like he’s serhat, just with a different alignment? Like, they are both chaotic, but serhat is chaotic neutral and he’s either chaotic good or chaotic bad, it really depends on the way he looks at the camera)
Italy (Maneskin – Zitti E Buoni)
Italy delivers, as they do every year. Not only do I really like this song (it is very much my genre), THIS is an aesthetic I can get behind! Knowing Eurovision, I doubt it will win, but damn if it won’t be super fun! (I am so glad this won Sanremo, hah.)
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