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39oa · 7 months

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hi! i’m slowly getting interested in f1 but i don’t really know how to start. so i was wondering if you had any content to recommend (except for the races of course) to get into the fandom, or anything else that could help, really.. thanks :)

oh anon i would love to help!!! are there any drivers/teams you're already particularly fond of or things you want to learn more about? i feel like it'd be easier to narrow down content if i understood your interests better since it's really something you can mold entirely to your own tastes and there are a million different ways to Enjoy and Consume the sport LOL. tbh i call myself an f1 fan but i mostly just rep oscar and in reality enjoy junior formulae more as a whole because i find the process of getting to f1 more intriguing than actually being in it... so it's really whatever you make of it! i'll try to divide my notes categorically so hopefully that helps a little bit but lmk if there's anything specific you're looking for :') and as always apologies in advance for my rambling 💔

getting into the actual sport

having a baseline understanding of the sport is obviously useful but i'm not sure how much you already know so i'll assume you can find super basic info about how seasons and points work! if you want to delve just a Bit further then:

i think chain bear is a decent youtube channel for easy explanations on some technical aspects and little things you may not have picked up on yet that will help when watching races

drive to survive is of course Not Great but it can be a nice and quick window into learning names and faces, even if a lot of it is ridiculously simplified or overexaggerated. it's basically like using duolingo for learning a new language in that it should be regarded as a semi-reliable supplemental material readily packaged for convenient consumption. if there are specific drivers you're interested in you can always pick and choose eps to consume decent Background Lore for, e.g. you can just watch s1e8 if you're a sharl fan

honestly not to shill for official f1 media but i do think f1tv is a pretty decent streaming platform when getting into the sport... definitely not saying you should subscribe to it (if it's even available in your country!) but just as an aside and maybe for future reference i do believe it's very friendly for new watchers because live races have different feeds that let you track race data (gaps, tyre usage, granular sector data during quali, etc.) and it also lets you switch between driver onboards which can be cool. moreover it has pre-race/post-race shows, technical analyses, archives of past seasons, all the f2/f3 content, documentaries, etc. so it's a pretty complete package! although a good amount of stuff gets x-posted to the official youtube channel so it's not a big deal

if you like podcasts, i think beyond the grid is cool because it has a fun variety of interviews (current drivers, retired drivers, tps, engineers, etc.) about both past and current events so you can basically seek out whatever you're interested in learning more about. otherwise i don't really listen to f1 podcasts regularly because i have weirdly low patience for them compared to hockey, but my friend told me that shift+f1 does yearly primers so that could be something useful to check out! (here's the 2023 season preview, i haven't checked it out but i thought i'd link anyway)

keeping up with news

obviously an important part of fandom is trying to keep up with current affairs, so if you haven't already then i would of course follow the f1 youtube channel + twitter account (or whatever other social media you use), f1 nowadays is extremely effective at marketing itself so it's not like hockey where you're fighting for your life waiting for the unfunniest puck personality video in existence to drop every 8 months. not that all f1 driver content is necessarily funny but there's probably a touch more investment in maintaining the illusion! anyway.

if you use reddit then r/formula1 is honestly probably the best aggregate source of f1 news and up-to-date info, i don't read everything there but it's pretty useful and easy to navigate. plus sometimes when i want to cause myself irreparable psychic damage from something that already pissed me off i can venture into a 500-comment section to get my blood boiling even more... 10/10 would recommend

other than that it's really like — follow official channels for any other drivers or teams you're fond of tbh, i do have a few motorsports journalists in my twitter list but since i respect the fact that some people don't enjoy endless news spam i'd maybe just recommend chris medland if you want a succinct live feed during races for the moment? f1 journalism is kind of godless so you don't *need* to follow that many reporters on a whole.

driver personality content

unfortunately i'll be showing my age when i say i don't have a tiktok account but now that i think about it that's probably a great source of information because it seems like f1 fandom is thriving over there!!! regardless the official f1 youtube does have a lot of little driver personality videos you can watch to get to know them more, and again i'd recommend checking out official team + driver channels for more tailored longform content. for ex just from very recent mcl fan pov they have an unboxed series with behind the scenes of select races and also loads of fun minigame content; every team should have at least SOMETHING to nibble on but certain teams are definitely more marketing-savvy than others (aka big 3 + mcl) 🥲

official f1: f1 has a yearly series called grill the grid with just mini quizzes that all the drivers compete in, some are less interesting but it's overall not bad content. the channel has a playlist for the 2021 gtgs which includes the iconic sebvettel world champion video LOL... actually if you sort the f1 channel by Most Viewed there are probably some fun classic videos in there (looking now it's a lot of crashes but you can ignore those lol), like press conference highlights and other convenient top 10 lists. for a random rec i was just nostalgically revisiting the 2019 rookie of the year video and it was getting to me a little bit!

sky sports f1 will also occasionally have good interview/inside content that you can check out, a lot of it is geolocked though (same with canal+ content in france). but for example i felt so much experiencing this random alex interview from last week... he is truly guy of this world

fan compilations: again if there are any drivers you like then you can just search up their names and there will be a ton of comps with Funny MomentsTM, sometimes it helps to just pick a guy and see how you feel about him as you consume content because your true interests will organically develop and surface eventually... sorry i feel like i'm writing a manifesto on fandom in general which is definitely not what you asked for LOL. but like twitch quartet (aka charles, george, alex, and lando) have a ton of silly streaming highlights you can find on youtube, lando has a gaming company called quadrant that he does videos with which can be uhhh hit or miss depending on how much you enjoy Lad Culture, etc...

really it's so easy to get hyperspecific with content once you pick a team or driver so i'm not sure what else to recommend on a general level but that's what i've got off the top of my head! fandom definitely skews a lot toward rb/merc/fer/mcl so it's easiest to consume both video content and fic for them, but if you're willing to go trawling for interviews then you can really get invested in anyone... fandom culture also varies so wildly depending on how you follow the sport and which drivers you invest in emotionally. my closest friend is a "chirlie" as they say and it really is an experience rife with organizational trauma and TFW You're Beholden To The Stranglehold Of Your Legacy so that's always a great pick if you're craving maximum narrative evisceration, or if you're in it for the fic then you could literally just get really into maxiel, but i'm basically chilling in my land of rookie stonks and sit down to watch non-mcl content maybe once a month.

honestly i only follow like 3.5 f1 fans on tumblr because i'm objectively terrified by the size of the fandom HLSHDFLKH so i mostly consume things in a vacuum and talk to like one friend 😭 but there loads of cool creators out here and you can always find a few gifmakers/fanartists/etc. and just follow the rabbit hole from there!!! best of luck and hope this helps >__<

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alovelyburn · 2 years

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Rambles about Berserk Deluxe Volume 1 (aka V1-3) - Part 1

OKAY WELL OBVIOUSLY NO ONE WILL REMEMBER ME, but whatever, if you’re here you’re about to start getting flooded with Berserk meta again because I am rereading the series and I started doing it on Twitter but holy crap what a nightmare that is.

Things to note:

-I like Griffith, if that’s a problem for you then I... I don’t care, have fun with that, I don’t know. -I barely remember how Tumblr works -Honestly a lot of this is probably just going to be me talking about things I already talked about years ago but realtalk I don’t read my own old meta so like, I have no idea what i said back in the day.

So without further ado,

Rambles about Berserk Deluxe Volume 1 (aka V1-3)

1. I remember back in my Berserk fandom days there was a disagreement between fans on whether the Black Swordsman arc was necessary at all and whether it should have been situated after the golden age instead of having the golden age arrive as this prolonged flashback.

The argument was generally that the Black Swordsman arc spoils the end of the Golden Age, which it DOES but... to me that's skewing the importance a bit, right like the Golden Age is a flashback, the whole point of the entire arc is to explain what's happening in the main story which is everything *except* the Golden Age. For various reasons the GA is the most famous/popular part and obviously the most adapted part so it does change the way people might see this since so many people come into the manga through one of the animes that really only touched on the Hawks era, but it doesnt change the fact that, in the manga, the Golden Age is literally just a long flashback, so you're *supposed* to know how it ends.

I also think the Black Swordsman arc provides some necessary context for understanding what happens in the GA, especially re: Griffith's mindset since Griffith himself doesn't talk much about his thoughts or feelings which has made him rather easy to misinterpret... which is actually what drove me out of Berserk fandom and into JoJo's back in the day because I literally could not stomach another argument about whether Griffith is a sociopath (no).

2. Also, the scene with Guts in the snake duke guy's dungeon (and just his early relationship with Puck in general) is pretty interesting when you consider the much later revelation about his history with the flower elf. Obviously that was almost certainly not something Miura knew he would add when writing it, but as retroactive logic it does work very well - last time he left an elf get attached to him she ended up killing herself so you know, why do it again?

It really continues into his early attitude with Puck in general, even in the later chapters until he gets used to having the guy around.

3. Going into the priest-and-daughter chapter (The Brand), it's interesting to see how much of Griffith's stupid Promrose speech he's still carrying around with him.

Priest: My nephew became a mercenary and died

Guts: WELL THAT WAS HIS DREAM RIGHT, I MEAN HE DID WHAT HE WANTED NO MATTER WHAT, SO WHAT HE DIED ITS FINE, WE’RE FINE.

4. He’s also inherited Griffith’s nasty habit of swallowing his guilt by pretending he’s actually totally cool with people dying because of him. I remember back in the day people used to say Guts comes off as a psychopath or a villain type early on, and I kind of get it, but I do think it’s fairly obvious from the beginning that he’s bullshitting himself. And then of course that becomes VERY evident after his encounter with the slug count and Theresia.

4. In an old interview Miura had mentioned that Casca’s presence post-Eclipse, really the reason she survived the Eclipse to begin with, was to prevent Guts from dissociating form the Eclipse and letting the memory go dull. That does make sense to the writer in me, but the reader in me is like, how could he forget, the eclipse never really stopped happening for him. hes still being attacked everywhere he goes.

I actually kind of miss the horrible effect of the brand.

5. This has nothing to do with the story but if I’m paying 50 bucks for a huge deluxe edition of Berserk, I feel like I should have gotten the colored pages in color. Just saying!

6. I really just... love Guts so much? His wildness especially in those early days, his apparent fearlessness which is actually just a pretense since per Puck he’s actually afraid basically all the time AND WHO WOULDN’T BE?

7. I know this gets said a lot but Guts’ sword is obviously used metaphorically a LOT, I mean if I keep doing these things (why,...) it will just come up over and over again, him and his heap of raw iron. But also all his other swords.

8. One of the things I really deeply love about Guts is watching him fight. I could watch the battle scenes in the OVAs forever, and the thing I love about it, aside from watching this person who is in so many ways unsure of himself and his value and his relationships suddenly become absolutely sure and confident and just transform into a force of nature. I bring this up here because I reached the part in the slug count story where Guts reveals the depth of his skill with a sword and its one of my favorite moments in the Black Swordsman arc.

9. Guts and his rage at people being nice to him.

10. So one of the things Miura did a lot is... this kind of sequence where you get a visual parallel and often text about someone else that is meant to clue the reader in on what’s going on with a different character entirely. This is the first of them - where we start to understand what happened with Guts through this comparison with Vargas, who was mutilated and lost his loved ones to monsters - the specifics of the mutilation are even direct parallels to Guts’ wounds from the Eclipse. In some cases this storytelling technique is very difficult for me to interpret and analyze because I’m not an especially visual person? But I do make an effort to pay attention to it because it’s done a LOT and in some cases those parallels are the only way you ever have a situation or emotion directly addressed (eg. the King and Griffith in the dungeon, which is just the King and Griffith talking about the King in a way that we’re meant to understand applies to Griffith but yeah anyway that’s several volumes in the future).

Also the ENTIRE final confrontation with the Slug Count is literally 75% this exact storytelling technique so its not surprising to me that the first use is a parallel between Guts and Vargas, particularly with the later parallels between the Count and Fermto/Griffith.

11. And there he goes again, covering his pain and guilt and self-hatred with rage and disdain. Genuinely one of the things that frustrates me about Western Berserk fandom is the stubborn inability to perceive the nuance in Griffith’s character yes, but also in Guts’s character. He is so often perceived as just the metal badass on a vengeance quest because he hates Griffith so much and hes actually a pretty complicated person with extremely complicated relationships with himself and Casca and Griffith and so much of it is literally just stated outright that I have no fucking idea how people miss it, it is the weirdest thing I have ever encountered in any fandom ever and I don’t understand why it happens. Anyway.

12. So, the obvious interpretation for this scene would be that he’s thinking about the ever ambitious Hawk who ended up self-destructing... but I actually think he’s talking about himself. He’s shitting on himself for having dared to imagine that he could step out of Griffith’s shadow and do something that made him Griffith’s equal and, in the process, ended up abandoning the people he loved in a way that led to Griffith turning into a demon and Casca being raped and going mad, killed his surrogate family and got him permanently maimed.

Now let me be clear, I don’t think it’s his fault. But I think he thinks it’s his fault because he aimed too high and accidentally broke Griffith. Which, I mean, he is aware that he’s the one who did that by this point.

And that is why, even though he identifies with Vargas, even though he is frustrated and pained by Vargas’s situation, he also holds Vargas in contempt. Because he sees himself in Vargas, and he hates himself.

...

It’s 3am, I’m gonna stop now. Bai!

#not the berserk tag #i think thats what i used to use #meta #berserk meta #rambles about berserk

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jestersnonsense · 10 months

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♦ Jester’s Multifandom Side Blog ♦

Come one! Come all! And welcome to my funky little corner of Tumblr. I am Jester (He/Him), and I am excited to meet you all! 🤡 I mostly reblog posts, but occasionally I post art and headcanons as well. I am 23 years old, and I’ll be keeping this blog mostly sfw (nothing too spicy, at most probably just some jokes). Everyone’s free to interact, just please be nice. 🙏 I hope you enjoy what I have to offer. ♥

Tags:

# artofthejester - Art Tag

# askthejester - Answered Asks

# jesters ramblings - My Text Posts

# jesters memes - My Memes

In the event that I post or reblog something mildly spicy, it will be tagged as nsft (again, it’s most likely just gonna be joke posts)

Current Fandoms:

Monster High (I have a whole other blog for that! Check it out here!)

Favorite Characters: Jackson Jekyll 👓 and Holt Hyde 🎧

Favorite Ship: Jackson x Frankie x Holt

The Haunted Mansion (as in the Disney Parks attraction)

Favorite Character: Hatbox Ghost 🎩 and Ezra the Skeleton 💀

Favorite Ship: Hatty x Emily aka Heartbox

Welcome Home

Favorite Character: Wally Darling 🍎

Favorite Ship: N/A

Twisted Wonderland

Favorite Characters: Lilia Vanrouge 🦇, Vil Schoenheit 👑, and Ace Trappola ♥

Favorite Ship: RookVil

Other Things I’m In To:

Puck aka Robin Goodfellow. Specifically the version from Disney’s Gargoyles (1994), but I enjoy other versions as well.

Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss

Favorite Characters: Alastor, Angel Dust, Fizzarolli, and Stolas

Binan Koukou Chikyuu Boueibu LOVE! and its sequel series HAPPY KISS!

Favorite Characters: Ichiro, Nanao, Yumoto, Ryuu, and Io

Favorite Ships: Nanchiro and EnAtsu

Hades (Game)

Favorite Character: Hypnos

Good Omens

Five Nights at Freddy’s

Various other anime

Honorable Mentions go to Diabolik Lovers, Hunter x Hunter, and Jujutsu Kaisen

Clowns of all kinds! 🤡

#blog intro

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chut-je-dors · 4 years

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I think as a rec account owner you have the freedom to recommend fics that you actually like. If you don't agree with its content, don't feel obligated to do so. You are also responsible for spreading and not spreading this trend further. (BottomPaulfest was also fuel to fire in this case. Has it been an idea in another setting, it could have been ok. Idk.)

it’s not really.... uh, the way isee mclennonrecs, is that the goal is to be a neutral platform for recommendingfics for everyone. my tastes are different from other people’s, but i can’t disregardhalf the fandom’s preferences to highlight mine. like, that’s not how a“Mclennonrecs” works. if it was “CJDrecs” i could go to town with my personalopinions, but over at the recs i try to be as neutral and “impersonal” aspossible, because i’m doing it for everyone, not for me. i’m justthe current head-admin of the place in a position given to me by the earlierhead-admin, and one day i’ll pass it onto someone else. so no, i don’thave the freedom to go along with my own preferences, even though most of the time i do like the fics i rec.

byresponsible... uh, i don’t quite get what you mean by spreading and “notspreading”, do you mean that i’m in a position of responsibility and my actionsin the past have contributed in both spreading and not spreading the trend? uh, how, then? apart from the fest thing.......................

i agree with you that the fest came around at the wrong time -- it was already planned but chiclettes really kicked the final gears on, which now looking back to it was a wrong decision, since it started turning into something i never thought it would, that is, rather a full attack on chiclettes instead of being a small flick while the rest of us have fun (....should’ve started with ringo, probably). puck put it into words better than icould, since shehas a gift of words, the understanding of me as a person, and i keepputting my foot in my mouth like, way too often, since that’s how my brainworks:

“Does the method alwayswork? No! Of course not! The bottom fest thing is good example (...). While it was really about how being abottom is not any “less” as chiclettes suggests and you should write what thefuck you want to write because it’s literally fanfiction and you’re stillfiguring stuff out, because you’re young, it kinda got out of hand as peoplestarted to write stuff with the sole purpose of pissing chiclettes off, whichcjd agrees does not solve anything!! She didn’t think it would go into thatdirection. We actually talked about this a lot. Yeah, people write problematicstuff. They’re young! Shouting at them about what terrible people they are (aschiclettes does) is not the right way to solve that! (like… honestly… youngerpeople especially still have a lot to learn and a lot to figure out withregards to feminism and lgbtq+ stuff, which is one of the reasons I never lookback at my own fics, which I’m sure have problematic shit in them that I wouldcringe at now. And it’s a good thing too! people should learn! but they don’tdo that if you just shout and harress them all the time) Did it work the wayshe intended? No, but she doesn’t control what others do.”

what i find sad is that people jumped into the bottomPaulFest with excitement and then when the RingoFest and JohnFest came around............. no one really participated. there were NO fics written for the bottomJohnFest and ??? it makes me CRY. i was looking forward to that SO MUCH,,, :(((((((((((

the thought was always to have four fests for the lads. it just started with paul. no one seems to remember that the other fests are there, too :(

#hopefully next year no one remembers where the first fest started and participate just for the FUN of it #@puck #i'm a responsible uni student who sources her fandom discourse #imaginebeatles #this is a ramble #cjd rambles #fandom discourse #hm #i was so looking forward to the bottom john month #:'(((((((((((#i wanted to write something but life is a bit hectic now....#sigh #anonymous #answered

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ofmermaidstories · 3 years

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Not me crying in the club over your tags. Honestly I too am so grateful for the fact that we’re both sharing this pocket of the universe and vibing together over fiction and drama. It’s great, and you’re an absolute gem of a being that I’m blessed to know even if it’s in this small way 💖💖💖

But Mer—Mer, you can’t keep drawing cute lil pics of the grape, it’s Confusing and Upsetting and I Don’t Wike It. ((lol, jk, all of your doodles are lovely~✨️))

Mmm, thanks for the good meta food (and also entertaining my ramblings/foolishness lol).

You raise some excellent points, esp. about the fallout of the 1-A boys and Aizawa ignoring Mineta’s behavior, like… Given their characterization it never made sense to me, so I always just kinda waved it away as bad writing, yanno? (I mean Hori’s made several, ahem, questionable decisions concerning his female characters and the way they’re portrayed/treated so that seemed plausible enough). Mineta’s there to be a little perv/comic relief (v. derogatory) which is why he is able to get away with so much. Were things more realistic he’d definitely have been booted from the school for harassment probably on the first day, if he even made it through the entrance exams.

But honestly I admire you for undertaking the Herculean task of making this tiny disaster boy palpable. Most would just write him off completely, but your deciding to give him the same grace as a more beloved character gives me the warm ‘n’ fuzzies, ngl lol.

((Also the thought of Deku leaving him on a skyscraper somewhere has me weak, send help—for me, not the grape lol))

((Also, also—what if Mineta does a reverse Gran Torino?? Like he gets taller/hotter as he gets older, a straight up Brad Pitt al la Benjamin Button glow up. Fuckin’… I hate that I had that thought, I’m cancelling myself lmfao.))

I genuinely struggled with the question of whether or not it was possible for Mineta to do a reverse Gran Torino LMAOOO. and honestly i decided that…………… he would 👀 PLEASE DONT SHUN ME GUYS 😭

kinda wanna write a snarky, leery mineta getting the shit kicked out of him in a battle and ending up at Reader’s, now………. 👀 im not gonna. IM NOT. but like……… the thought is there. 👀

I adore Horikoshi’s work, but like… yeah, he’s proven he can’t be trusted with his female characters LMAO. i’m gonna be honest though, i’ve been enjoying seeing how much Mineta cares for Deku, in the latest chapters??? I know the fandom had a meltdown over “bi-mineta”, but like…. idk, i thought that added another layer to Mineta beyond the poor comedic “relief” of him being a little shit, and i really appreciate that! at the same time, i can’t help but think — men only respect other men. LOL. and the way Mineta is currently written in canon sort of just… enforces that??? i mean, that’s not a version of Mineta i want to write (so i’m not gonna LOL) but it’s definitely in the back of my mind. if i thought i could get away with it, without losing people to the distaste, i’d like…. try to write him from that angle LMAOOO dsflkjsdklfjsdklfj because!!! BECAUSE,,, i find it interesting. I do. i also don’t think we need people to be perfect or good in fiction; i think we need them to be people, good and bad. and i happen to enjoy this kinda thing butttttttt…. i guess i’ll stay away from it, LOL, in my little silly superhero romance :’)))) besides, i do like the idea of a Mineta proving that he’s worthy of his friends. He’s capable of being worthy of them!!! probably. maybe??? yes. yes he is, because i say he is.

thank-you for entertaining my gibberish, Puck. 😭

#ofmermaidstories-asks #the puckish rogue: adventures and magic 🪄✨🔮#you’re such a calming presence on this site puck i’m so grateful for you 💖#the question of mineta #something just like this - fic #mer-spoils-everything

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an-honest-puck · 3 years

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previously daedalianism -> an-honest-puck

hi hello there welcome to my lil corner of the internet :)

I've been floating through this thing called tumblr for a while now, so I figured I'd introduce myself properly!

I go by many names (depending on context), but in general, y'all can call me Day (or Puck ;) lol). my pronouns are they/them and I'm technically speaking, an adult lol (also, if you understand the reference of my blog title, we are now best friends ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ XD)

here are some handy links for ya

a directory for this blog featuring an unfinished list of tags I use

you can also find me writing drabbles on AO3 as an-honest-puck

get your clicks in to help Palestine

my main tag on here is #day says hey (= general rambling) and my directory has a breakdown of my other rambly tags lol

I have an Old Hollywood/jazz sideblog (radiolilo) that I run - I'm all about vintage style, not vintage values. Also lots of Golden Era movie musicals, jazz, and Ella Fitzgerald.

and my other sideblog curatedbyday is just my excuse to curate a museum lol

Every year I think to myself "I’ll use tumblr more", and every year I forget about it until I find a super niche fandom/thing/person to love that other social media sites just don't cover lol

So, here’s to meandering through this weird and wacky internet world ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

#pinned post #about me #day says hey #fandom #intro #updated: 17 march 2024

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faelyprince · 7 years

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I just saw some shit in the IT tag. I read the book- havent watched the movie yet- but i find it hilarious everyone is using male pronouns for pennywise. There is a reason they use /it/

#puck rambles #also the end of the book lol #BUT SERIOUSLY I AM SEEING DISTURBING SHIT #WHY CANT FANDOMS BE NORMAL #also hi guys im out of treatment!

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cactusandfir · 3 years

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Ummmm yes!!! I now need a McDavid/Marner body switch fic!!!!!!

okay so based on this picture, here’s a little bit of what i was thinking!!

the way they’re mirroring each other made me immediately think of a body swap. i know i know it’s just like, basic faceoff positioning, but something about the mirroring makes me absolutely feral. i think it’s from like, yesterday? but i’m thinking about last season, or early this season i guess, before they both seemed to buy-in to their respective teams and drank whatever goal scoring juice is being doled out in the north division

they wake up swapped on the morning of a game against each other and mitch is the one who calls connor first because he wants to DO something about it, while connor definitely went back to sleep hoping it would go away when he next woke up which obviously it didn’t because there’s his name on the caller id on mitch’s phone waking him up...

i think this would be a universe where they would not be REQUIRED to keep the body swap a secret, like maybe it’s a well-known thing that happens (for whatever handwavey reasons) and resolves itself once the appropriate lesson is learned as in the common narrative of the trope, but connor and mitch DECIDE to keep it a secret because they think that they can power through hiding it until they figure out what they need to do to switch back

obviously this results in a comedy of errors beginning and ending with their drastic difference in personality. connor has no clue how to pretend to be excited about everything and visibly happy to be there, while mitch cannot, for the life of him, shut up. but i am most interested in how this plays out on the ice. i think this is a criminally underrated aspect of body swaps in sports fandom, although my own hockey iq is moderate?? so i will do my best but i think the way they move is quite similar? watching them circling in front of the net is imo, A++ soothing hockey ANYWAY they don’t find it too hard to mimic each other’s play style, except maybe for connor passing first isn’t his usual mo and mitch is thrilled at the speed he’s picked up

then mitch(in connor’s body) gets kicked out of a faceoff for leon and goes to square off and who does he find himself up against? connor. and in the couple seconds they’re pressed against each other waiting for the puck to drop he notices their stances are a mirror image and like, they’ve been playing each other for almost ten years so is it really a surprise that picked up some similar habits from watching each other? then mitch realizes he has a good 20 lbs on connor now and he uses that weight to move him the fuck aside and steal the puck

throughout the game they realize they’re having FUN with their new bodies. connor, while he doesn’t enjoy getting knocked on his ass as much as mitch appears to, can loosen up a little and have fun with his line mates who are maybe a little more creative than what he’s used to, and hey, he can feed people the puck if that’s what they want, he likes being useful and he’s good at following through. and mitch, mitch loves going fast and scoring goals. sure he’s good at reading the play but it’s a hell of a rush to be skating circles around everyone on the ice, and if he crashes himself into the boards a few times just to feel the impact who’s going to tell on him?

so i think the thing they had to learn to undo the swapping was an appreciation for their own strengths/teams. it’s not that they were unhappy before, but like, being amongst the oilers and in their sort of toned-down room compared to the leafs was the refresh mitch needed to fall back in love with his guys, and connor got to put the weight of captaincy down for bit and fall back in love with just playing the game. i think they stay swapped for a few days at least, long enough to absorb that info, but i am terrible at endings so they swap back but i don’t know how all i do know is that they’re relived to be back in their own bodies and they maybe rekindle a bit of their friendship they let go over the years now that they understand each other a little better.

wow okay that went to a wayyyyyy softer and less horny place than i originally thought it would, although I think there’s a shippy version where connor/leon and mitch/auston are together and connor and mitch still agree to hide that they’ve swapped and they realize that neither of them were in very healthy relationships and there’s a lot of messy shenanigans before they learn how to communicate BUT that is for another time as ive rambled for long enough!

#connor/mitch #bodyswap #ask away #anonymous

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7, 11, 29 {be honest meme}

be honest meme, accepting.

hi puck. ur cute. i kiss you too.

7: What’s your opinion on call out posts?

---i’ll never reblog them. if there’s actual proof behind them, if it’s not just someone calling someone out because they dislike them and a bunch of rambling beyond it, i’ll pay attention to is. i don’t need a 82 page thesis full of evidence of why someone is a piece of shit, but receipts are good. and there have been a few call-outs since i’ve joined the ff7 fandom that have been really pertinent. one left a really sour taste in my mouth for a few reasons. it’s a necessary evil when it’s done right and when the person being called out is actually harmful. especially in these trying times. but i will never reblog them.

11: What do you know now about rp that you wish you knew when you first started?

---“not everyone is going to like your, or give you a chance, and that’s okay”. people form opinions about others on some of the silliest things. it’s their right to do so, no matter how silly it actually is. it kind of felt awful when i first came into the indie scene and people just didn’t like the most shallow of things about me or my character and therefore, i never got a chance. but you know what? that’s okay. not everyone is going to jive with me. ooc i can be stubborn, brash, and very forward and my personality is definitely not for everyone. my sense of humor is not for everyone. but the friends i have made are all lovely, and especially in this community. the handful of you i get to chat shit with every day (and write with) have made my experiences here all the richer. i wouldn’t trade anything in the world for it. and if that means that someone i think is incredibly quality doesn’t want to give me a chance, then so be it. i have my handful of buds, and i love you all.

29: What is your opinion on “reblog karma” and do you practice it?

---“reblog karma” aka “tumblr chain e-mails circa 1995″. i like the work-around that people have of reblogging from the source because it works on two levels: one, i now don’t have to send you the thing i’m reblogging if i don’t want to and avoid that whole awkward thing, and two my activity stays clean. chances are, i’m sending you a meme / prompt / etc anyway, but now i don’t feel like i need to just because i reblogged the thing from you. the moment i feel like i need to do something is the moment i stop wanting to do it in the first place, lmao.

#❀ ﹙ answered ﹚ « tell me a secret and i'll keep it forever »#❀ ﹙ ooc ﹚ « what did you say? »#❀ ﹙ mun ﹚ « aaaaaaaaaaaa »#pickpocketarc

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Rambles about the Golden Age Arc Part 17 - Guts, Godhand, Hawks and Misc.

I had to split t#16 into a 16 and 17.... after 16 parts of GA and however many of the BSM arc, it’s finally come to this.

Anyway, 16 covers all the Griffith hallucinations and Hawkbrain stuff from the vision of his Prime through the Sacrifice.

This is Everything Else That Happens up through the end of volume 12. Not as dense, but it does have a rundown on Guts at the end.

Rambles about the Golden Age Arc Part 17 - Guts, Godhand, Hawks and Misc.

1. Just an anecdote. When I first hung around Berserk fandom I kept trying to argue that Berserk kind of rejects the concept of absolute good and evil, and I would bring out this section to talk about it because at the time it was the most direct statement about the grey morality: “What determines a good omen or a bad omen is human reason. None are able to measure the ways of God.”

This line has been slightly altered in the deluxe but its just rewording (”Good omen? Bad omen? It all depends on your reasoning. None are able to fathom the ways of God”).

Anyway what I took this to mean was basically that events in and of themselves are neutral - what makes them good or bad is human perception of those things as filtered through their particular reasoning. If the King of Midland is dies, this would be terrible to the citizens because he is an excellent king, but it would be great for Pre-Doldrey Tudor or post-torture Griffith, because his presence and existence means something completely different to them than it does to the average Midland citizen.

Anyway that was my logic at the time. I got raked over the coals for it and mocked a lot, rofl. AND THEN MIURA DID AN INTERVIEW AND SAID HE DOESN’T DO GOOD/EVIL AND ITS A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE AND I LAUGHED MYSELF SICK.

People ignored it when he said it too, though.

That’s all!

2. What’s with this big mouthed announcer type apostle? Did someone script that for him like did Void send him a speech?

Anyway.

3. Sometimes I see people falling into the assumption that the Godhand are just like super apostles - especially strong but otherwise the same. That’s not the case. Slan just turned a whole hill into her face and she’s about to stand up. No apostle has that kind of juice, not even Ganishka.

I tend to think of the Godhand as being somewhat more like the Endless (Sandman) than apostles. Not exactly, of course, but they are the embodiments of certain abstract concepts or vices - e.g. Femto is the “Blessed King of Longing,” the embodiment of desire and yearning. They’re also not physical beings most of the time - remember Slan talks about them being noncorporeal. Also, Apostles are primarily beings of the physical world despite their connection to nonphysical sphere, whereas the Godhand primarily reside inside the Vortex, just below the Idea of Evil.

They are both causing and caused by the concepts, vices, things that they represent as well - thus Slan appears in the pagan orgy scene in conviction - she’s not literally there, but she exists in the actions being taken, just like Conrad is seen to be present in piles of plague rats.

But yeah, more than their relative power levels, an Apostle is basically a human altered by the essence of Hell, whereas a Godhand is someone who used to be human but is now something closer to a cosmic entity.

Also, while I’m here doing trivia, I think this is pretty interesting:

The eye-like appearance of the Eclipse as it breaks out over Slan, which calls back to Puck’s cameo a few pages back...

Where he suggests that the Eclipse is a hole that God or Devils look through. Which, you know, isn’t totally wrong is it?

Maybe that big demon is Void, lmao. I mean this does bring me back to when Miura said that what the Godhand want kind of centers on Void, and of course Void appears to be the leader of the Godhand if there is one. Ultimately I do tend to think he was the Femto of the previous Godhand cycle - the youngest who later incarnates and becomes the oldest of the next set. But sometimes I do wonder what his deal is.

I also love the weird mindtrippy size and body alterations they do - not just how they appear as massive but how they shrink without visibly shrinking if that makes sense, like you don’t SEE Slan size down from having a face the size of a hill, she just DOES it and is suddenly less huge. The lack of visible transition adds to the feeling that they exist outside the normal laws of reality.

4. Minor sidenote but as much as people talk about Guts’ weird flex about seeing Griffth naked, I find it kind of funny how Casca’s face when Guts mouths off to demon gods to protect Griffith reflects the fact she made. when Griffith went after Zodd to protect Guts.

And her face when Griffith was off with Charlotte.

To be clear I’m not trying to say she’s worried about her love life in this moment, I just think she consistently shows this reaction when she observes that The (A?) Person She Loves is more concerned about someone else than her or even themselves.

5. It’s interesting that Ubik frames this as though Griffith just happens to qualify and that’s why he just happened to run into the crimson behelit - like there’s a bunch of other contenders and he won the raffle. Because that’s not the case, is it - he’s not a candidate for the Fifth, he is the Fifth.

Going back to the lost chapter for a moment, IoE notes that it has manipulated human history for who even knows how long in order to create Griffith as he is, from his basic stuff to the forces that shaped that clay into the man he became, and the person who has now reached the end of his rope. In short, he is designed to be strong, talented and charismatic enough to rise as far as he did, and fragile enough to break when he lost Guts. And that, too, is part of the tapestry - his meeting and falling in love with this guy who has the specific issues that he has and how those issues interplay and then burn them both down.

In that sense it’s less just that he has the qualities and more that he was spun into being as someone who would have the right qualities at the right time to fulfill the role that he was being engineered by “God” to fulfill.

6. Imagine having faced - and barely survived - Zodd and Wyald and then realizing you are surrounded by apostles, just dozens or even hundreds of them. The horror.

Yeah.

6. So Guts’ reaction to this whole thing really sets up his issue through the rest of the eclipse but also through the rest of the series right? His difficulty understanding how Griffith could do the thing he’s intended to do - the thing he ultimately does - that leaves Guts practically begging for him to show remorse when they meet again.

Of course it also sets up the denial and sadness that falls on him as he’s trying to dig Griffith out of his incubator later.

And here’s later.

I love this scene so much. The way he just can’t believe Griffith would do this.

It’s kind of a funny turn though. Guts’s understanding of Griffith’s character is constantly being batted around by things outside his control.

Once, long ago, he met this guy that he found beautiful, noble and larger than life. Someone who risked his own life to protect Guts in a way no one ever had, and did so without reservation or even any particular reason that either could think of or articulate.

As a result, he had come to understand Griffith as someone who loved and cared for him. And for Guts, who yearned to be valued and “seen,” that was magical. It confirmed to him that Griffith, someone he already cared a lot about, was also someone worth dedicating himself to.

...until the Promrose speech undermined that feeling. Suddenly he thinks he was wrong, Griffith didn’t actually care about him that much. He wasn’t really special. But now he’s unsatisfied with that, so he had to leave to pursue the realization of the thing he hadn’t known he wanted until he thought he had it.

As a side effect of that speech, though, Guts lost the thread completely on who Griffith is or how Griffith feels. He ended up believing that Griffith was haughty, cold - some untouchable figure that he could only aspire to one day approach. And while this didn’t lessen Guts’ affection for him, it did change his approach to it, as he no longer considered himself Griffith’s peer but rather someone who could perhaps one day earn the right to be Griffith’s peer.

He forgot the Griffith he originally saw, the one who was just some kid. the one who didn’t need a reason to put himself in harm’s way for Guts’s sake.

The one that doubted himself and looked to Guts for support.

So he left. But when he came back...

...he slowly came to realize that he was wrong - that Griffith did care about him the entire time. As his memories began to break down his assumptions and misconceptions, he started to remember Griffith’s vulnerabilities, his selflessness, his protectiveness. How much he cared. All the things his self-doubt had made him forget.

Once Guts understood this... he was prepared to spend his foreseeable future making up for having inadvertently ruined him.

And then Casca tells him to leave and Griffith freaks the fuck out the way he always does when he’s in danger of losing Guts (whether to death or departure). I imagine that Casca responding to Griffith completely going off the deep end by saying he must have overheard her telling Guts to leave helped jog his understanding a bit too, because....

As he chases Griffith down, we see him trying to work through the information and process what it means. Just when he’s starting to understand, the eclipse hits....

Which brings us back to Guts trying to break Griffith out of his incubation.

You can see his understanding begin to unravel again, rewind again. His mind recontextualizes some of his memories (including, notably, one of the memories that reminded him of Griffith’s vulnerability to begin with) to rebuild the Griffith in his mind into someone he can imagine doing this thing. Suddenly, Griffith's lofty philosophizing becomes less admirable than haughty. His dream is no longer beautiful and pure - it’s selfish. Suddenly, Griffith asking if he’s cruel becomes a evidence of the cruelty in him.

Because Guts, who is at base a fairly straightforward and emotionally simple person, just can’t reconcile Griffith’s genuine love with his choice to abandon that love to destruction.

It’s only by doing this... by breaking down and rebuilding his image of Griffith, that he is finally able to accept the reality of Griffith’s decision.

It’s interesting because I feel like the fandom as a whole does this too - when Griffith makes his choice, people rewrite him in their minds to make him a sociopath, because they can’t seem to brain that someone could do such a thing if they weren’t already evil. I always used to say the big issue with Berserk fandom is that so many of the fans are just like Guts.

But that’s not really fair to him. Because even though he does change his understanding of Griffith, the breakdown isn’t complete. Every time he sees Femto or Griffith in the future, at least until Miura’s passing, he is seen desperately searching for evidence that he’s wrong.

The other thing to note, even though I guess it sounds a little petty, is that despite synopses and fans alike trying to convince us that Guts’s primary drive during the Eclipse was to protect Casca... it really really wasn’t. He spent the whole beginning trying to chip Griffith out of his incubation egg...

...despite seeing what was happening to the Hawks (and Casca) below.

And even once he starts to understand... once he realizes he cant save Griffith - and that Griffith has no desire to be saved...

It’s not until the apostles start coming for him directly that he is able to leave Griffith there and jump into the fight.

But look at that. I love this panel - I love this whole scene. The denial, the slow realization, the way he has to force himself to let go even once he knows what’s happening, and why... and then the attack on him spurred by the choice made by the person he loved and trusted the most... it all hits him...

But even then he can’t quite shake the longing. And he never does. That pain, that desire to reach him, the way he has to fight his own desire to reach for Griffith even now, as evident in this scene and this panel particularly, forms the foundation for his incredibly complicated and ambivalent feelings for Griffith going forward.

Next time, more horror. I should be able to knock off the Golden Age at that time. DARE I DREAM?.

#berserk #rambles about berserk #berserk meta

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"Up and down, up and down I will lead them up and down"

- Puck, A Midsummer Night's Dream

Fandom rambles and reblogs: @an-honest-puck

A "curated" collection/personal museum: @curatedbyday

An Old Hollywood-centric sideblog: @radiolilo

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Chapters: 19/? Fandom: Glee Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive WarningsChapter 19- The Show’s Gotta Go All Over the Place or Something!

Author’s Note: After passing 100 reviews, I held a drawing. Some of you got a sneak peek. Thanks to all of you that review. They really help me in the process of writing this. I know this isn’t the show, but it’s going to be so long that I need to cut it into two chapters.

He shivered. The blonde rolled over in the bed, yawning softly and rubbing his eyes before reaching for a blanket. No wonder he was cold. He was in nothing but his boxers. His sticky boxers. Man, he hated waking up like this. He must have had a highly erotic dream. He tried to pull the blanket over him, but it wouldn’t budge. He turned to discover the reason.

It was then he realized that it wasn't his blanket, and that he wasn’t in his own bed. Jeff’s mind was swimming with recollections of the previous evening spent with the gorgeous man whose body was snuggled next to his own.

Every since the first date, they had gone out every night and ended up at his place or Nick’s. The first night was pretty tame with some making out and lying together in one another’s arms until they fell asleep snuggled together. The next night, they ended up at Jeff’s, with the shorter boy pressing the blonde against the door before it was even closed behind him, his tongue begging for access into Jeff’s warm mouth. It wasn’t long before Jeff asked the brunette if they could move to the bedroom. Things heated up in there quickly, with Nick lying on top of him, clad only in his boxer briefs, and Jeff in a thin wife beater and his boxers.

“Jeffie, I meant it last night, and it still stands tonight. We don’t have to do anything. I’m happy to just hold you tonight.”

“Then hold me while you do what you want to me. I want this, Nick. You aren’t taking advantage of me at all. Please,” he remembered himself begging.

It wasn’t long before both men were in orgasmic bliss, with Nick collapsing on top of the blonde, feeling completely sated.

“You are incredible. That was incredible,” the brunette whispered into his ear before closing his eyes.

Jeff smiled as the brunette’s hand brushed against his back, and he felt the man shift so that his body was spooning his own before drifting off to sleep.

And now, for the fourth night in a row, Jeff woke up to the warmth of another body, snuggling beside him, feeling a little foreign at first, but then feeling more like home than ever before.

“Good morning, gorgeous,” Nick said softly, blushing when he realized that he was ready for round two. Damn!

“Good morning,” Jeff grinned. I was about to get up and brew us some coffee, though you seem to be up already, or at least part of you,” he grinned suggestively. “I have a feeling one or both of us will need it, seeing we didn’t get much sleep. And I need a shower.”

“I’d say we both do,” Nick chuckled. “But the coffee sounds good. I could do that, if you want to jump in first. You could borrow some clothes.”

“Thank you,” Jeff smiled. “So, tonight…” his voice trailed off.

“Is hopefully going to be just the two of this time, right?” Nick asked bashfully. “I mean, I love the club, but I just want to get a night with some quiet, private time. If it’s ok, I kind of planned to cook dinner for us here and maybe watch a movie,” he smiled.

“ I think that sounds amazing,” Jeff grinned, brushing his lips gently against nick’s. “Actually, I think you are amazing,” the brunette said as he filled the coffee pot with water.

“I think you’re pretty fantastic too,” Jeff smiled. “Um, since we’ve both had a great time together, and things are about to get crazy with the show airing tomorrow, I-uh wanted to- uh- ask you s-something.” Jeff stammered.

Nick looked puzzled. “Jeff, what is it, baby?”

“I love it when you call me baby.” Jeff grinned. “Nick, I really like you, and I know that things are moving fast between us, but it just feels so right.”

Nick nodded. “I felt the same way, Jeffie, but I’m still not sure what you are saying.” Nick said nervously, flicking the on button for the coffee pot.

It was almost silent, except for the steady drip, drip, drip of the coffee splashing into the pot as it brewed. “Nicky, would you be my boyfriend? I mean, I know we just met, but I just have this feeling that it’s right, that something is pulling us together. But, if you think it’s too soon, or if you don’t want to, I’m sorry. It’s too sudden, I’m sorry,” Jeff rambled quickly.

Nick leaned in and kissed the blonde senseless, his hands gripping Jeff’s face passionately. “Jeff, of course. I’d love to,” he smiled. “Go take that shower, ok,” Nick said, slapping the blonde on his firm, tight ass. “Those boxers can’t feel that comfy anymore.”

“Ok,” Jeff smiled. “But you know, boyfriend, you kinda have the same issue over there. I’m a relatively skinny guy, and you have a relatively large shower. What do you say we save some time and water and my sexy-assed boyfriend; join me?”

Jeff didn’t need to ask him twice before his boxers were on the floor, and the two men felt the steam rise around them, not completely sure if it was the hot water or the heat from their own bodies fogging up the glass.

“This isn’t working,” Kurt sighed. “It just sounds weird. And you playing the drums while I stand there awkwardly just isn’t going to cut it.”

Mr. Shu nodded. “He’s right, Finn. You guys need another strategy. Kurt, can you play an instrument?”

“I can play the piano.”

“That will work!” Finn exclaimed.

“Not necessarily,” Kurt replied. “There’s not much piano in “We Will Rock You. And I don’t know if I can master the song by tomorrow night in front of a live audience.”

“But there is piano in “We are the Champions,” Mr. Shuester commented. “Queen used to perform the two songs together. Why don’t you guys do the same thing. Kind of like a mash up,” he suggested. “Finn can take the lead in “We Will Rock you, followed by Kurt in ‘We are the Champions, fusing the two together in the end. It will be unexpected, and it will play to both of your vocal styles. Kurt, can you play the song? Brad could always play as well.”

“I think so, if I had the sheet music to rehearse. I may need someone who can play to help me with a few of the chords, but I’ve played the song before.”

“I think it could work,” Finn grinned. “We make a good team, Kurt,” he said, fistbumping the shorter boy.

“Yeah, I agree. I’m glad that we were paired together, although I’m sorry about Puck. Carol told me that you two used to be close friends,” Kurt said sympathetically.

“Carol? Carol who?”

Kurt gulped. Finn didn’t know yet. The contestants only had short conversations with their family members once a week, and she must’ve not mentioned what was going on.

“Wait, the only Carol I know is my mother?” Finn reasoned. “How do you know my mom? And why have you spoken to her about Puck?”

“Hey guys, I need to go to a meeting with the judges ok, but you are going to sound great. Thanks for your hard work,” Mr. Shuester said with a thumbs up.

Finn waved to Mr. Shu, but he wasn’t ready to drop the subject. He looked questionably at Kurt. “Um, maybe I shouldn’t be the one telling this. It’s not really my story to tell,” Kurt said softly, “but I know your mom through my Dad. We both lived in Ohio at one time. Did you realize that?”

“No, I didn’t. I didn’t live there long. I was recruited to play football at Ohio State my Freshman year. Mom lives in Columbus, but she only moved there when I started going to school there. Did you guys live in Columbus?”

“No, we lived in Lima until middle school, and then we moved to New York.”

Finn looked puzzled. “But that still doesn’t explain how they know each other. Your dad moved out here with you, right?” Finn questioned. “How’s he doing?”

“He’s ok. Almost as good as new.”

“Is that why you decided to come back on the show.”

“Yeah, I mean, now that he has a nurse, two actually, I don’t worry quite so much,” Kurt answered quickly.

“That’s great man. Hey, my Mom’s a nurse.”

Kurt cringed, hoping that Finn didn't make the connection.

“Wait? You still didn’t answer how our parents know each other? Did your dad know my Dad or something? We aren’t related, are we?” Finn asked scratching his head.

“Not yet,” Kurt mumbled under his breath.

“What?” Finn asked cocking his head sideways.

“Nothing,” Kurt answered quickly. “Just forget I mentioned it.”

“No, man. How does your Dad know my Mom?”

Kurt blurted, “Because your Mom is my Dad’s nurse.”

Finn looked even more confused. “But you just said that your dad lives here in LA? How can my Mom be his nurse if she’s in Ohio?

Kurt shook his head.

“Unless she??? She’s here. My mom moved here? Why?”

“I don’t know,” Kurt answered. “She didn’t say anything to you?”

“No, she didn’t. I can’t believe that she followed me up here,” he sighed.

“She sounded really proud of you. She was bragging on you. You remind me of her.” She talked about you all the time, well, at least when I was still there.”

“Wait, how often did you see her? I mean, did you stay with you Dad at the hospital or something?”

Kurt shook his head. “Um, no. Your Mom assists him at our apartment. She’s his home care nurse while he recovers.”

“Oh, ok. For a minute there, I thought you were trying to tell me that they were dating or something,” Finn smiled.

“Well, uh, um,” Kurt stammered.

“Wait! They are dating!? Is that like even allowed? Isn’t there some hypocritical oath that nurses gotta take so they can’t date the dudes they care for?”

“It’s called the Hippocratic Oath, and that’s for doctors, although they don’t really have to sign anything. And they are cute together,” Kurt answered. “You’d like him.”

“Do you two have a lot in common?”

“Hardly a thing,” Kurt chuckled. “He wears flannel and watched Deadliest Catch.”

“And what else? What does he do?” Finn drilled, his curiosity getting the best of him.

“He’s a mechanic. Or he was before he sold the business. He had a pretty successful shop in upstate New York,” Kurt answered.

“Seriously. I just can’t picture you being in a garage. As much as you hate to get dirty. You must have hated it.”

“Actually, I know my way around an engine. I’ve even put in transmissions with my Dad.”

“Really. Cool dude. So you're like that chick in My Cousin Vinny.”

“Mona Lisa Vito. Uh, no, Finn. I’m not. I will never in my life wear a leather mini skirt.”

Finn chuckled. “So, your Dad is dating my Mom. Is it serious?”

Kurt bit his bottom lip. “Um, I’m not answering that. You need to ask your Mom. I know they are coming tomorrow night for the show. I think you should talk to her.”

“That’s a good idea. Thanks Kurt.” The taller boy smiled. “Wait! If it is serious, and they get married or something, does that mean we will be like, brothers?”

“Finn, they just met two weeks ago. Let’s not be brash.”

“What does this have to do with a rash?” Finn looked puzzled.

Kurt chuckled. “Finn, we are both grown men. It’s not like we would have to share a room together or anything. Well, we probably will be by the time this show is over anyway,” the pale boy said with a grin.

“Uh, I guess, dude,” he said, shrugging his shoulders. “Hey Kurt, I didn’t mean that the way it sounded. If I had to have a brother, then you would be a pretty cool one to have.”

“Thanks Finn,” Kurt said, grinning widely. “Now, I need to track down a pianist. How about we agree to meet in the studio in two hours.”

“Cool!” Finn nodded.

“Mr. Figgins,” you called,” Carmen asked, walking into his office and sitting in front of the producer’s desk. Jesse, Sue, Ms. Corcoran, and Mr. Shuester were also seated around the desk.

“Yes, I wanted to ask if any of you heard back from any of the people you said you would contact for our celebrity judges?” he asked. “I confirmed the singer from Air Supply for week 5. How about you, Madam Tibbideaux?”

“Of course I did, but it was kind of short notice,” Carmen replied. “Josh Groban assured me that he would be willing serve on the panel, but he’s not in the country presently. Hugh Jackman told me that he may be able to help with the finale, but he’s currently filming in Australia.”

“April Rhodes said she would love to be a judge, but she’s currently working on a show. She can’t do it this week, but she said she would be available next week,” Will answered. “I also contacted Ricky Martin, but I only got his agent. He’s currently filming some top secret project. Some horror series.”

“What about you, Sue?” Mr. Figgins inquired. “You said that you were besties with Olivia Newton John. I liked her as Sandra Dee,” he grinned. “So pretty and wholesome.”

“She wasn’t answering my calls. I guess I did her a favor by helping her update that monstrosity of a video, and this is how she repays me. I also had my secretary call the reps for Jimmy Eat World. We had an Affair. She also contacted the drummer from My Chemical Romance. And Michael Bolton hasn’t responded yet either, although I did yet a call from his attorney. You'd think he'd answer my call, being that we have a child together.”

Jesse had just taken a drink of his soda, and he attempted to swallow it, but half choked, half spit the drink out of his mouth.

“You ok, Mr. St. James?” Carmen asked.

“Michael Bolton?” Jesse squeaked.

Mr. St. James?”

“Russell Simmons said maybe, and I got a hold of Perez HIlton.”Jesse swallowed, still trying to recover from the shocking statements Sue had made.

“Ms. Corcoran?” Figgins prompted.

“I contacted Jac-A, and that sounded promising, and Katie Couric is a friend of mine. I could call.”

“No,” Sue blurted. “She hates me. I’m pretty sure Mary Lou Redding does too.”

“I’m not going to even ask,” Shelby shook her head.

“So basically, we don’t have a judge lined up for tomorrow night,” Madam Tibbideaux observed. “So, what are our options?” Carmen asked.

“Well, we could contact June Dolloway, although I’m afraid that she may try to poach contestants.”

“I thought that she knows the Smythe family. Isn’t that a conflict of interest?”

“Not to worry. Well use her after Weaselface is off of the show.” Sue snarked. “Speaking of famous people, Anderson has a famous brother. He’s the star of the FreeCreditRatingToday.com commercials. And Ms. Berry has famous dads.”

“That’s a conflict of interest too, although it would be interesting to meet the men that raised Rachel.” Jesse smiled.

So, other options?” Ms. Corcoran asked.

“I contacted Lindsay Lohan, and I didn’t get hung up on, so I call that a success,” Mr. Figgins answered.

“I have a suggestion. Rod, from the newscast. He’s a local celebrity, but he’s a national name as well. He’s a music fan too,” Sue suggested. “And he owes me a favor,” she smiled.

“I don’t think you should ask?” Jesse responded, putting his drink down.

“Alright, I'll call Rod. Thanks Sue,” Mr. Figgins said.

“Thanks for doing this. I’m a little rusty on the piano, but I told Finn I’d try, and I know that Queen is in your wheelhouse, though I wish we were singing this together,” Kurt admitted. They had been playing for almost two hours, and Kurt felt like it sounded pretty good.

“No problem,” Blaine smiled. “What are friends for,” Blaine said, smiling warmly at the brunette.

Kurt returned his grin, though he was a little saddened that friends was all they would ever be. Blaine had spoken loud and clear the other day. They were friends. That was it. Nothing more.

And yet, Blaine was sitting so close to him that their thighs were touching and their hands kept brushing one another's, sometimes with Blaine even leaning over Kurt to play keys that Kurt was closer too. He was so flirty, worse than Elliott ever was. Kurt tried to scoot apart a little on the bench. “Kurt, you won’t be able to play all of the notes like that,” he teased. It’s ok. Move in closer,” Blaine suggested, sliding over so that their thighs were touching again, immediately causing Kurt’s cheeks to turn a deep crimson, not to mention the tingling he felt in his designer jeans.

“Blaine, it’s ok. You don’t have to sit that close,” Kurt blushed again.

“Au contraire, but I do, if I want to reach all of the notes. Do you not want me too? If it’s too weird, I can give you your space,” Blaine said, immediately scooting away, a hint of worry scurrying across his face.

“No, no, not at all.” the brunette answered. “Blaine, don’t be silly. It’s fine. I just didn’t want you to be uncomfortable,” Kurt explained.

“Kurt, I’d never feel uncomfortable with you. In fact, there’s no place I want to be right now. I’m honored you’d ask me to help you. I love spending time with you Kurt,” Blaine said, nudging his shoulder against the other boy.

Kurt was so confused. For someone who wanted to just be his friend, Blaine certainly was sending mixed signals. He sighed. Maybe he should’ve asked Brad, the piano player or Elliot. No. That Brad guy was creepy. Something just didn’t sit right with him about that guy, and Blaine was already jealous enough of Elliott. But it was just so difficult being near Blaine, his body so close to his own, knowing that this was as close as they would ever come to touching. Kurt sniffled, trying to suppress tears.

“Are you ok?” Blaine questioned, his fingers coming to a stop, his hand landing on top of Kurt’s.

“Yeah, yeah,” Kurt answered quickly, trying to hide his true feelings. He couldn’t risk it if Blaine didn’t feel the same, and he definitely didn’t want to get the boy eliminated. “It’s just this song. It’s a little emotional. I didn’t tell Finn, but I know how to play this song because my Mom taught me. It was one of the last songs I learned to play before she, passed,” Kurt sniffled again, this time a tear trickled down his cheek.

“Kurt, if you explain that to him, I’m sure that he would understand,” Blaine comforted, his thumb stroking over Kurt’s hand gently.

Kurt felt the skin beneath Blaine’s thumb suddenly grow warm, and it grew into a tingling sensation that traveled all the way up his arm and straight down his groin, causing him to shiver. Kurt pulled his hand back slowly, his gaze dropping so that Blaine didn’t see the apparent blush on his cheeks, and he hoped to God that Blaine’s eyes didn’t drift down lower to see the war that was trying to erupt below the piano. “No. Actually, I want to play it. For her. You know, so that I have a pleasant memory of the song again,” Kurt smiled. “Thank you Blaine,” Kurt said, leaning in, placing a small kiss to Blaine’s cheek.

Now, it was Blaine’s cheeks that were set ablaze with lust and desire for the pale boy sitting so closely beside him, the boy whose every word lingered in his mind and heart. The man who had his attention, his affection, his heart. Blaine’s hand moved up to Kurt’s cheek, cupping it gently. “Kurt, there’s a moment when you say to yourself…”

“Hey dudes,” yelled Sam barging into the studio, causing the two boys to scoot apart immediately. “Finn told me to tell you he’s running a little late, but he’ll be here soon,” he said, allowing the door to slam behind him as quickly as he had arrived.

Blaine stood, slightly relieved, knowing that if Sam hadn’t arrived when he did, everything, all his feelings would have burst out of his mouth and he wouldn’t be able to contain it anymore. “Well, Kurt. I think you're ready. It sounds great. You’ll sound amazing, but I don’t want to intrude on your practice. I’ll see you later, ok?”

“Blaine!” Kurt called. “I really mean it. Thank you!”

“The pleasure is all mine,” Blaine smiled, engulfing the brunette in a enormous hug before rushing out of the studio.

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Brittany with (Santana)

Girl! (Girls!)

Who run this motha? ( Girls!) ya!

Girl! (Girls!)

Brittany with (Santana)

Who run the world? (Girls!) Girls!

Who run the world? (Girls! Girls!

Who run the world? (Girls!) Girls!

Who run the world? (Girls! Girls!)

Brittany

It's hot up in here

DJ don't be scared to run this, run this back

I'm repping for the girls who taking over the world

Have me raise a glass for the college grads

Anyone rolling I'll let you know what time it is, check

Damn! That girl was hot, especially when she danced, Santana thought as she and Britt ran through the song once more before the show tomorrow. She almost missed her cue watching the blonde in that tight leather mini skirt.

Brittany with (Santana)

See, you better not play me ( Play me)

Don't come here baby (Baby)

Hope you still like me ( Like me )

Brittany (Santana):

I f you pay me!

My persuasion (Oooo) can build a nation (Oooo)

Endless power, (Oooo) our love (Love-ove-ove!) we can devour

Santana and (Brittany)

You'll do anything for me

Who run the world? (Girls! Girls!)

Brittany was really giving it all she had nailing each move and every note. She was gorgeous anyway, but covered in perspiration and moving with the grace and flexibility of a gazelle made her absolutely irresistible to the latina girl.

Santana (with Brittany)

Who run the world? ( Girls! ) Girls!

Who run the world? (Girls! Girls!)

Santana (with Brittany)

We run the world! ( Who run this motha? Yeah!)

Who are we?

What we run?

We run the world!

Brittany:

Who run the world?

Santana:

Girls!

Brittany

Gi….

Santana couldn’t stand it anymore. She grabbed the blonde’s face, slamming her lips into the dancer’s, her hand sliding under that tiny mini skirt, and sliding her hand to cup her ass. She slid her hand under the waistband of the blonde’s lacy panties so that her fingers were caressing bare skin. “Damn, that was so hot!” Santana gasped into Brittany’s mouth, cramming her tongue into the other girl’s mouth before she could respond. “We’re going to win this whole damn thing!” she gloated.

“Not if you tackle me like that! That’s not the show they’re expecting to s-see,” stammered the blonde, as the Latina’s fingers continued to stroke the blonde’s smooth skin.

“Well, then let this be private,” Santana suggested,” pulling the other girl’s red jersey above her head and tossing it on the floor. “Brittany, you didn’t wear a bra,” Santana accused playfully.

“You don’t seem to mind!” Brittany gasped as Santana's tongue licked from her navel to her neck in one teasing motion.

“No, but how about we make this even,” the Latina suggested, quickly lifting her arms so the blonde could remove her tight top and bra before running her tongue along the Latina’s salty skin, making her way to the girl’s belly button.

“Now that we made it clear who runs the world, it’s time for me to rock yours,” Brittany said seductively, sliding the other girl’s panties down. It was going to be a wild night.

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The studio was abuzz, everyone running around crazily. This was it. The live show was tonight. All of the contestants, band, back-up singers, and crew were on set to prepare for the opening act, the group number. This was the final run-through, and they had yet to perform the song without mistakes.

“Finn, you’re on the wrong side of Rachel. Go right,” Brody yelled. “We’ve been over this.” he huffed, rolling his eyes.

“Can’t you just mark the stage or something.”

“You’re just walking forward,” Bryan Ryan remarked. “And we supposedly found the best of the best. We’re doomed,” he sighed.

“It’s the lights,” Finn explained. They’re shining right in my eyes.”

“”Show business, Frankenteen. Learn to deal,” Jesse smirked.

“You’re not helping,” Rachel accused. She smiled softly at the much taller boy. “Finn, just look at me before you turn around. I’ll cue you.”

“Let’s take it from the top,” Mike called.

All the contestants turned around and took their places as the lights darkened.

Da da da da da

da da da da da

Each of the contestants were turning around one after the other. Rachel quickly made eye contact and smiled. Finn turned and stepped forward.

Finn:

Just a small town girl

Living in a lonely world

She took the midnight train going anywhere

Rachel smiled, nodding to affirm that he was in the right place, and she walked over to him, singing her part confidently.

Rachel:

Just a city boy

Born and raised in South Detroit

He took the midnight train going anywhere

Sam:

A singer in a smoky room

Quinn:

A smell of wine and cheap perfume

Sebastian and Santana:

For a smile they can share the night

It goes on and on and on and on

Santana watched Sebastian. He had been so quiet and reserved. , which wasn't like him at all. Sue was right. He was up to no good. She eyed him suspiciously.

Jake and Marley:

Strangers waiting

Up and down the boulevard

Their shadows

Searching in the night

Jake took Marley’s hand and spun her effortlessly. Ryder didn’t miss how Jake’s hand slid slowly across her body or the way that Marley gasped when he did it. He didn’t miss the way Jake stared at her as she sang, or the way she gazed at him as he danced. He knew that he was missing steps as he watched the pair flirt relentlessly. He had to get his head back in the game.

All contestants

Streetlight

People

Living just to find emotion

Hiding somewhere in the night

Kurt:

Workin' hard to get my fill

Everybody wants a thrill

Blaine loved that they had a part together. He walked over to Kurt and took his hand and they did the basic steps and sang their lines.

Kurt and Blaine:

Payin' anything to roll the dice

Just one more time

Tina and Quinn:

Some will win

Ryder and Kitty:

Some will lose

Some are born to sing the blues

Kitty didn’t miss how Ryder stared intensely at Marley and Jake as they continued to dance together. He was totally jealous of Jake. Because Jake was sleeping with Marley. He had to be. There used to be all this awkward tension between them and it was all gone. Marley looked completely at ease. And completely head over heels. Ugh! It made Kitty want to hurl. As she watched them, a plan started spinning around in her head. She could use this.

Artie and Mercedes:

Oh, the movie never ends

It goes on and on and on and on

All Contestants

Strangers waiting

Up and down the boulevard

Their shadows

Searching in the night

Streetlight

People

Living just to find emotion

Hiding somewhere in the night

Mercedes:

Don't stop!

“Actually, please stop! Finn, this is walking and fist pumps. What are you going to do when there’s real choreography? Where’s the art in that?” yelled Sue into a megaphone.

“I’m sorry. This is just harder than I thought, remembering the steps and all the lyrics, and everything.”

“You think that’s hard. Try being waterboarded. Now, that’s hard!” Sue screeched. “The show is tonight. Buttchin. You were supposed to have him ready by now.”

“He’s been great in practice. But you guys aren’t helping by yelling at him.” Mr. Shuester defended. “Finn, we can go over it again if you’d like. Do you have a little time?”

“I need to rehearse with Kurt.” Finn answered.

“I think we got it last night, Finn. We’re ready,” Kurt smiled.

“Well, ok,” Finn replied. “Great. Well, then, we can rehearse some more, Mr. Shu.”

“Thank goodness. Maybe, this premiere will suck less if he can get you walking in a straight line. What is everyone just standing around for! Don't you all have rehearsal! Beat it!" Sue yelled in the megaphone. "Beiste, where are the stagehands? The sign is in the wrong spot! And where is the cannon? That little curly haired guy with the glasses signed the waiver. Where is it?”

“Figgins canceled it. Something about one of the legal advisors warning him against it. The Asian one.”

“Which Asian one? There’s a whole lot of yellow number 5 on this show. At least they can’t scream that I’m not representing minorities. Between the cripple, the gays, the Jews, the Latina, and the idiots, I’d say we are well represented.”

“Montgomery, from the legal department. I agree though. I saw that thing. It didn’t look safe.”

“What do you know about safety?” Sue sneered.

“Uh, body guard,” Shannon replied, matter of factly. Safety’s my job.”

“Well, making this show number one is my job, and what we have isn’t enough. There’s no fire, no stilts, no acrobatics. Just a bunch of twenty somethings that should be holding an actual job and contributing to society, although I doubt that some of them would be able to remember the script that the person that runs the drive through at Wendy’s has to recite,” she huffed.

“Well, I don’t know much about the singing business, but I think the kids are pretty talented.”

“Yeah, you’re right. You don’t know much. Where are those guys? Time's a wastin’ We need that sign fixed now before it crashes down on one of the band members.” Sue scrunched her chin. “Although, that might draw a bigger interest.”

“Sue, no cannons, no explosions, no falling signs,” Figgins called behind her.

“Damn! How long was he standing there?”

Shannon laughed.

“Oh, shut up. Get those guys to fix that sign or drop it on Figgins.”

“Can’t do that cause actually I’m his employee. He hired me, not you. Can’t kill the boss.”

“I didn’t say kill. We already have a cripple on the show. We could give him some company.”

“Uh, Sue, should I call the nurse, Ms. Penny. You’re startin’ to sound a little cuckoo.”

“Just fix the sign,” Sue yelled.

“Dave!” Beiste yelled. “You and Adams need to fix that sign. Sue said it’s in the wrong place.”

“We put it where you told us, boss,” Azimo answered.

“I said between the lights, nimrods.”

“Which lights?” Azimo questioned.

“The two big ones.” Shannon answered.

“Oh, well, then that actually makes sense,” Karofsky answered. “Come on Z! Let’s get it done.”

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“Kurt, that’s absolutely perfect,” Blaine praised, as the brunette’s fingers caressed the keys with grace as he sang along.

Suddenly, Kurt’s whole body began shaking, his words frozen on his lips.

“Kurt! Are you ok. Kurt!” Blaine rushed to his side, bending down directly in front of boy that was even paler than usual. “Sam! Mr Shuester! Somebody go get the nurse!”

Blaine wrapped his arms tightly around the boy in front of him, calmly whispering in his ear. “Sh, Kurt. What’s wrong?”

“Blaine, is he ok?” Jeff called, rushing over, Nick and Elliott following right behind him.

“I’m not sure. He hasn’t said anything. He just froze on me.”

“Gayface nervous? Maybe we could help. An ice water or a slushie would be even better,” a heavy African American boy jeered.

“Yeah, Z, that always seemed to get him movin’ in school,” the other boy laughed.

“Yeah, Dave. Let’s see if we could round one of ‘em up, for old time’s sake,” Azimo laughed high fiving the other boy.

“Wait, I’ve seen that guy before. At the karaoke bar,” Elliott blurted. “That was the guy that tried to dance with Kurt. It’s the reason I kissed him.”

“You kissed Kurt,” Jeff asked?” Nick made eye contact with the blonde as if to say ‘now isn't the time.’ “Nevermind,” he said quickly. “What just happened?”

“Karofsky,” Kurt mumbled.

“That was him. The guy that bullied you in school. Wait didn’t you say that he threatened you?” Elliott questioned.

“He threatened you,” Blaine asked. “Threatened to what?”

“In school. He threatened to kill me.”

Blaine didn’t wait for another word. He bolted in the direction he saw the two stage hands walk in. “Blaine, wait, Don’t!” Nick shouted. “Elliott, stay with Kurt. Jeff, go get security right now!

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Author’s Note: To be continued….

#klaine fanfiction

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