i really really like when i get to see rachel. so thank you for that.

you are welcome. here is another rachel doodle i just did, as a thank-you back!

Digi Dynamic Shipping Game

Send me two names among the following 12 13 and I’ll write a short analysis post about them:

Taichi Yagami | Yamato Ishida | Sora Takenouchi | Koushirou Izumi | Mimi Tachikawa | Jyou Kidou | Takeru Takaishi | Hikari Yagami | Daisuke Motomiya | Miyako Inoue | Iori Hida | Ken Ichijouji | Meiko Mochizuki

Whether canon provides input on them or not:  

When looking at Meiko's interaction partners in Tri, Koushirou is proooobably not the first person who comes to mind; after Jyou, he may share the least amount of screen time with her. And at pure face value, the interactions he does have with her are mostly indirect - and at first glance, not painted in the best light either. They have that kind of dynamic you definitely have to speculate about more to get to the bottom of it - and interestingly enough, once you do, you may discover that they actually have a few things in common. But we'll get to that.

First things first - as mentioned, they mostly are not seen talking to each other, but rather have a third party person to talk through: Mimi. From a shipping perspective, that is both, an interesting parallel and, at the same time, incredibly complicated. Why? On one hand, because you can see/interpret both Koushirou and Meiko as potential love interests for Mimi (with one of them canonically crushing on her and the other OBVIOUSLY opening up through her encouragement, care and emotional/physical affection). On the other hand... Things do not really get very far in text.

Their main interaction point throughout the first few movies consists of Koushirou trying to figure out what causes the distortions corrupting the Digimon - and by doing so, he ends up interrogating Meiko in a very uncomfortable and unfortunate moment, that causes Mimi to snap at him. She says that he's being insensitive, he says they don't have time to focus on "trivial things", completely overlooking her emotional distress in order to fix things as quickly as possible. As mentioned, not the best foundation for any kind of relationship, as Meiko is completely overwhelmed with her partner being corrupted - while Koushirou is desperately trying to stop the cause from spreading even further. And she is aware of his good intentions there - because Taichi explains to her that Koushirou means to investigate the whole thing "with his entire heart" and that that's "all he can do", indirectly asking her to not be mad at him for being "like that". This even leads to her contemplating to apologize to him. Mimi insists that she doesn't have to - and we actually never see the end of that conflict, just the glimpse of hope that Sora's words, "He'll figure it out", will eventually lead to good things...

The next notable interaction is by the very end of Tri - as seen above -, where he entrusts her with his beloved laptop to find out the key to locked-away data, a password only she is capable of knowing, to eventually and actually fix everything in the end.

So what does that tell the viewer? They may not have a lot of significant interpersonal interaction - but subtext indicates that Koushirou strongly believes in Meiko being able to be the key, to find the answers to their problems. He did so by interrogating her, he did so by handing her his laptop - and that is a very familiar pattern.

Not trying to go too much into detail here, but one of my personal favourite headcanons is that, Meiko is what Koushirou COULD have become if he hadn't been as lucky as he was; to be raised by loving parents and getting validated by them upon reconciling; to befriend seven (and eventual eleven) kids and their personal soulmates to figure himself out, friends that ALSO believed in him and his strengths; to be enabled by his best friend to come to Summer camp and come out of his shell in the first place - and to solve a card riddle that would solve a very significant issue. Meiko is incredibly insecure, she had been on her own for a very long time, her low self-esteem goes so far as to have her ask why she was even there in the first place - she visibly needs someone loud and vocal like Mimi to show her how capable she is, just like Koushirou needed Taichi and Tentomon in the same manner. And this may be a huge stretch, because other characters (such as Taichi, Mimi, Sora, Hikari and Takeru) have been WAY more direct and vocal about encouraging her verbally - but Koushirou (who absolutely CAN suffer from severe self-esteem issues as well once he doesn't consider himself "useful") may have passed his own personal torch here in a more subtle, non-verbal way.

Long story short - there is not exactly nothing, but y'all have a lot of guessing work and subtext interpretation to do here.

Whether I think why and how they’d work: 

As mentioned above, there are some very subtle similarities that may or may not help them to bond with each other. First of all, it shall not be underestimated that they both have a significant connection with each Mimi and Taichi - and especially the former case may be very enthusiastic to MAKE them spend more time with each other. (Abridged!Mimi may even go so far as to say "I'll make my two nerds have a good time, ha!") I really do believe that Mimi herself could be a great starting point AND topic for them to bond over. "She really is like that, isn't she?", in a gentle, lighthearted way. Because they may have issues opening up fully for some time, due to their bad experiences with interpersonal interaction - but I would argue that they're both also the type that just has to get over that point with each other ONCE and then don't have any issues afterwards anymore. They just need a "starting point". Taichi may actually be a good starting point as well, because both of them may have anecdotes (and their mentioned similarities) to share with each other fondly. Again, there are a lot of self-worth issues they need to overcome first, but once they do, I could imagine them being very soft (and potentially rambly).

(I also have the headcanon that Koushirou likes cats - not only should he have grown up interacting with Hikari and Miko a lot, but his own partner, supposedly a ladybug, has very cat-like tendencies and THAT absolutely should be a bonding topic too!)

Whether I’d prefer them as platonic or romantic ship: 

I may argue that, romantically, they MIGHT actually both be not straight-forward enough to get anywhere for a long time and due to the lack of canon interactions, I can only work off the formerly mentioned headcanons... So it may take Mimi and an OT3 setting for things to work out properly. Because hey, with Mimi being the driving force connecting and intertwining them, things could escalate very quickly (because, as mentioned, they're both enchanted by her and have panicked over her being physical with them, they share that fondness for her, so why not channel that energy into a mutual bond as well? And again, the same could apply to Taichi too, because he brought BOTH of them out of their shell to some degree and was VERY protective of them at some point, but I digress). Without that driving force, I'd rather see them as platonic. They're both very supportive (and nerdy) people in their own ways, but nothing too deep on the romantic end.

SaL anon here bestie and even though it will be awhile before you or I get to tonight's episode I figure it's never to early to start lowering our expectations!! So here are my predictions on all the ways it will disappoint. First, we will get Rosa back at last, but it will happen at the very end and supposedly be uplifting but really the writers are just setting up her being Liz's support system next episode. Next, we will have the obligatory trying-to-make-Maria-relevant content forced on us

as she for some reason she tries to connect to her Mom's spirit, a power she never had before but we're supposed to feel bad for her anyway (if they in any way try to make this some BS about her getting messages about Alex I will set fire to the writers). Next, Kybel will backtrack to being uncertain because why have them talk about feelings when we can have a stressful future problem bring them together instead?? Finally Max and Liz will have some sort of conflict either about Bonnie wanting help after poisoning Michael or Max finds out about Alex from Bonnie but doesn't tell want to tell Michael and fights with Liz about it (and she still doesn't say anything). Either way, as much as I hope I'm wrong, Alex will still NOT be missed by anyone including his sick bf, but will be mentioned exactly once in some other context, because the writers think this constitutes being emotionally relevant to the characters. Please add more if I haven't gone low enough!!

Well, this all sounds pretty spot on to me! 🙄 I am dyyyying for someone to even MENTION Rosa so It’ll be a miracle if she actually shows up a second before she’s needed to give Liz some “tough love” that Liz will selectively listen to before doing exactly as she wants like always. Apparently the writers think Liz and Max never learning and growing from their mistakes is...interesting? Who knows. 🙄 You know what would be interesting? Max and Liz being allowed to be each other’s support system for once instead of always lying to each other and ending up on opposite sides of every fight. How am I supposed to want to root for them? Because I would like to! But the writers just keep yanking them back into this cyclical argument every time and I’m tiiiired.

I could not care less about anything going on with m*ria and I’m just hoping Dallas stops having to be in the middle of it, and he’s allowed to go be there for Michael. I’m also confused about Liz brining up m*ria seeing her mom in “visions” and now the synopsis mentioning m*ria trying to “connect” with Mimi because that’s...not anything we’ve seen her do so why would she even be trying when she knows her powers aren’t working? I’m still just stuck on why Mimi needed to die for m*ria to still not be able to get info from her when she’s been barely lucid the whole show and they could have just one that route! But apparently killing Mimi off is supposed to make m*ria sympathetic or something? It for sure does not. Just please keep her TF away from Alex and Michael forever now.

I also think Kybel are going to be awkward but given the synopsis about Isobel finding out Tezca might not be the evil Isobel thinks she is, who wants to bet Kyle ends up quicksanded with Alex for a bit? That way the show can continue to make Alex’s disappearance and rescue about anything other than ALEX. I’m sure we’re going to just keep seeing more of Bonnie, Clyde, Tezca and multiple other guest stars so when would the show have to time to allow Alex to be missed or mentioned or anyone to be worried about him when we need to learn the full history and backstory of these “guest stars” who might as well be main characters at this point considering they’ve had twice the number of episodes as Alex 🙃🙃🙃 

Hopefully keeping my expectations in the earth’s core will allow me to be pleasantly surprised by something in this episode but I’m not gonna hold my breath. Shout out to everyone waiting until Alex comes back to catch up on the show, hopefully he comes back before the finale. But hey, if he does pop up, someone let me know! Just a yes or know is fine, I don’t need spoilers, but I’ll make sure to watch as soon as I can if it means I get to see my boy Alex! Same with Rosa. See you all on the other side!

STEM Kids Shenanigans (Chapter 26)

Chapter 26: The Hated One

Melanie groaned as she prepared herself for another day of school. Another day of trying to keep order in a place where nobody appreciated her for it. Even the teachers wouldn't give her the time of day now.

"Melanie, you're late," Mr Oluwatola said. "Care to explain yourself?"

"Traffic," Melanie groaned. "It doesn't matter. Nothing special is happening today."

"Actually, something is, I think," Sonia said. "The nursery near to the school is coming here to partner with some of the older students. Or is that some other day?"

"No, that's today," Mr Oluwatola said. "They'll be coming over to your classrooms while you work."

"So we're just going to be surrounded by a bunch of little children?" Sonia asked.

"I hope my little sister comes to one of my classes," Angelo sighed.

"She won't," Melanie snarked. "I know you, Angelo. She'll probably cause chaos."

"She's three. What do you expect her to do?" Angelo said.

"Nothing good," Melanie said.

"What's her problem?" Dante asked.

"She hates us, that's what her problem is," Layla said. "Let's just hope she leaves us alone. She's already lost everything she values."

"The only thing she's ever valued is her prefect badge," Yujin pointed out.

"And since she had it taken away from her, I'm technically correct," Layla remarked.

(PAUSE)

It was art class when the little ones descended by way of an open door. A little boy wearing dinosaur overalls waddled into the room, giggling as students cooed at him. Two little girls wandered in after him. One of them was Mirella.

"Angie!" she giggled, rushing over to him. Angelo scooped her up, sitting her on the desk while the other small children clambered up him.

"Angelo, do you know these children?" Miss Powers asked.

"Yes. This is my little sister, Mirella," Angelo said. "These other children must be her friends from nursery. Mirella, are these your friends?"

"Uh-huh," Mirella said.

"Mirella, where's your teacher?" Yujin asked.

"I don't care," Mirella said. Angelo's classmates laughed.

"Now, Mirella, how about big brother takes you and your classmates back to your teacher?" Angelo asked.

"No!" Mirella snapped. "I stay here!"

"I'm stayin', too!" the boy with the dinosaur overalls said. The other little girl agreed, and Angelo was outnumbered.

"OK. But if your teacher comes in, you have to go," Angelo said.

"No! I can't go!" Mirella said, rushing over to Yujin and grabbing on tight. "I wanna stay with Yujee!"

"Aww!" Yujin cooed.

"They are just the cutest!" Layla gushed. Their classmates were agreeing with them as they orbited around Angelo Riva.

A frazzled young man in a light blue dress shirt rushed in. "Excuse me, have you seen three children?"

"Yes, they're right here," Miss Powers said.

"No, I don't wanna go! I wanna stay with my big brother!" Mirella cried.

"Mimi, you have to go. Your teacher's worried about you," Angelo said.

"But I won't see you until we're at home!" Mirella whined.

"I'm sure you'll live," Melanie spat. She thought she was saying it to herself, but heads turned in anger and shock. The kindergarten teacher looked horrified.

"Melanie, she's only three!" Layla snapped.

"Why is she mean, Angie?" Mirella asked.

"Melanie, outside, please," Miss Powers said. Her typical smile was gone. Melanie sighed and waltzed out.

"Pardon me for wanting class to carry on as normal," Melanie snarked, as she left the room. How was she the bad guy here? Angelo was the one shamelessly milking them for their own reactions by using some little kid, and they were falling for it.

For the rest of the day, she could tell that she was being looked at differently. More people avoided her, people gave her more dirty looks than usual. And now there were the whispers.

"Did you hear what she said to Angelo's little sister?"

"Almost made her cry."

"So glad since she got her prefect badge removed."

"I've hated her since forever."

(PAUSE)

Melanie stomped over to her room immediately after she got home. "Melanie, how was school?" her mother asked.

"I don't want to talk about it," Melanie said, storming up the stairs to her room. Sonia came in a few minutes later.

"What's up with her?" Melanie's mother asked.

"I don't know. I just remember seeing a bunch of little kids invade art class and she's just been in a foul mood ever since," Sonia said. "You'll have to ask her."

Mrs Sainsbury went upstairs to her daughter's bedroom and knocked on the door. "Melanie, dear?" she asked, tentatively. "I'd like to talk to you about school."

"Why?" Melanie sobbed. "I hate it there!"

"Melanie!" Mrs Sainsbury admonished. "This isn't like you at all, what happened?"

"Those horrible kids from the STEM club! One of them made the children like them and the children were interrupting the lesson," Melanie explained in such detail that it made her mother wince. "I wanted the little kids to leave and now everyone hates me! I want a new school!"

"I'm sure you're just saying that," her mother said.

"No! I hate them so much! I want them to go away! I want you to go away! Go away!" Melanie sobbed.

Winifred Sainsbury backed out of her daughter's room slowly. "Sonia, I think Melanie might need some space to think," she said to Sonia.

"Fine by me," Sonia said.

To read the other parts of this fic, see Masterlist.

You don’t have to answer this anon and I will not even try to send an ask to Mimi because I saw that she agrees with an anon saying it’s Simone Fans that shade Simone rather than JB fans so…

Are we really going to do this again pretending JB fans aren’t shady as fuck towards Simone? And no not just 5 or 6 weirdos. There a so many of them on the Rant Reddit sub, there are so many in the Kanthony fandom who we know actually don’t care about Kate at all. I see Simone Fans attacked on Reddit Rants daily, heck they even made an extra Subreddit to hate on Simone and her fans in particular. And yes sadly lots of them ARE JB fans. they are on Twitter too but they are more subtle.

Simone fans always get put down by their own fans too, saying that she is a big girl and that does not need protection. Some fans constantly bringing down Simone fans is what gets me here. Pointing out how problematic they are because they like this or that. Instead of ignoring them they get hated on while when JB fans do it it is nothing because they are mutuals. They know them, it is no big deal. Yes we block half of the fandom for having an opinion that is not our own. Okay.

Simone has a lot of fans that thankfully are in a growing number Simone fans only and I cannot wait for the day she leaves the show and all of those who claim to be a fan of both JB and Simone behind. I know some have already a problem separating JB and Simone and that there are fans who just don’t care about JB at all.

Don’t answer this if you don’t want to. I just have personally been harassed by Reddit folk and JB fans up until the point I wanted to quit social media altogether. I wanted to let this be known. There are a lot who are afraid to say anything because the hive will attack them on all social media.

Prompted by this ask

This is another ask that I don't really have much to add on too - just letting yall express your opinions! Thanks for sending this in anon :)

I will comment on the "She's a big girl - she doesn't need protection" bit. I think there's nuance to this argument. I think you and I agree that haters or neutral fans who wanna "keep" the peace say this to get us off their backs for insulting Simone.

But on the flip side I have seen people infantisling her which is not fair to her either. I think we all need to find a middle ground to defend her and protect ourselves - I say protecting ourselves because I see myself in alot of Simone's background, interviews and ideals she talks about! So when people attack those commonalities they are attacking those parts of me. It's very hurtful. Like yeah Simone won't see this bullshit but I and fans like me see it.

Other than that, anon I completely agree with your points (but a note for you and future anons, I'll feel more comfortable leaving my friends out of the asks lol - it's fine to name drop to hype them but let's not compare our experiences within the fandom - thank you!)

romance club is kinda trash when it comes to female lis... haven't played their latest stories (i think they've added like 3 new ones since i stopped playing), but all their other stories either don't have a female li at all or they do but she gets sidelined. sometimes a female li doesn't appear until much later in the story, or you stop seeing her for a bunch of chapters. i think the girl that gets the most screentime out of all the female lis is mimi from heaven's secret, but even with her you can see her story isn't as important to the plot as the 2 main guys... it's definitely a problem, i hope they're fixing this in their latest stories cause it's what made me stop playing. if you're interested in which stories have female lis go to their wikia, that's what i did when i first started. you'll notice that very few are worth playing sadly sdfdgj

Yeaaaaah nope.

I don’t have patience for this bs anymore. Either I get an app when ALL the stories have at least one LI or I’m not playing.

At least I can trust PB with that minimum effort.

I know scripts have some wlw stories but it’s like wattpad writing so also nope.

I deleted lovelink cause obvs they don’t care either about their wlw audience, so what’s the point. That Valentine’s Day poll was the last straw for me.

Literally PB has the bar in the ground, and all this other apps somehow manage to get below that.

For now I’m staying with PB and Lovestruck.

Mia & Jimmy & Janis

Mia: [Computer Science project that you have to make a company/logo/business cards/spreadsheets/website/everythang you could think of so it takes a full term or whatever and you have to work with each other in every lesson] Mia: Right, I think we should do a law firm for our business Mia: because my dad is so we can actually use examples to make all our products legit Jimmy: what, like no win, no fee? 👍 can do a funny ad piss easy Mia: That is NOT the kind of lawyer my dad is Mia: funny isn't gonna get us good grades either Jimmy: 💔 Dunno who I'm gonna get to chase my 🚑 now Janis: I'm with Chuckles Janis: you're just trying to make this project most beneficial to you Janis: I don't wanna be a vulture when I grow up Janis: go generic as possible or it ain't fair Jimmy: don't reckon your dad needs the free promo any road, rich girl Jimmy: unless this is a cry for help that he can't get the prey Jimmy: 🎻🎻 Mia: Obviously I want to make it beneficial, I CARE about my grades and future Mia: but I'd love to hear your suggestions I'm sure Jimmy: you after a 🏆 or just a 👏 for trying to get an A? Mia: I get As, new boy, I don't just try Jimmy: I get it, you want 🤤😍 Jimmy: there Mia: Don't be so disgusting Mia: If you two are going to try and sabotage my grade, I WILL make my dad make Sir let me move Mia: I'm not being dragged down Jimmy: crack on, we've worked out your dad ain't busy with accidents at work Janis: Like, please try and use all daddy's clout to get that stubborn prick to do anything he's deciding he's not gonna do Janis: I already said I'd do this shit alone and no 🎲 Jimmy: don't sound like him that Jimmy: go on, rich girl, love to witness another failed flex Janis: You reckon we'd get extra points for fluffing our business expenses like your dad or what? Janis: I'll go along with it if we can convincingly hide our fake funds in a tax haven and make ourselves look LEGIT 👌 Jimmy: Me an' all Mia: You know as little about my dad as you do about your own, Janis Mia: you wish he was as crooked too but he's on the right side of the law so Janis: above the law Janis: can't do no wrong in your eyes, so I've heard Janis: but doubt new boy finds your family drama any more interesting than I do Janis: be a fucking law firm if you like, let's just split the jobs up equally and we don't have to talk until it's time to piece it all together Jimmy: I'll have the ad and the logo, tah very much Janis: you mean the fun bits Jimmy: I mean the 🎨 bits Jimmy: rich girl wants her A Janis: obliging Janis: I'll make the website and business cards, I've done it before Janis: Mia, do the data input, yeah Janis: star in Tarantino's ad, you'll love that Mia: No, no Mia: I don't feel comfortable leaving you completely to your own devices Mia: that's not a totally terrible split of the workload but I intend to oversee every step of the process Mia: we have to do a writeup at the end, you know Jimmy: it's almost like the other lass ain't as thick as you'd feel comfortable her being, funny that Mia: I literally want to do well and as far as I know, I'm the only one here who consistently gets good grades Mia: so hostile Mia: I agree that's how we should split the work but I'm not going to just assume you'll both do it well, we can all have input in every part Jimmy: could LITERALLY fill a book the size of sir's big head with all the shit you don't know about what I do well Jimmy: but alright Jimmy: watch me, if you don't get enough of it already, better uniform at work though, don't you reckon? Mia: Oh my God, brag much? Mia: hit the nail on the head with big head 🙄 Jimmy: stalk much? 🙄 Jimmy: least your dad could take my case Mia: It's HER sister that likes you, not ME Mia: get a grip and take it up with her if you're not feeling it Jimmy: I'll still give your dad a bell, chuck him that 🦴 as he's struggling Mia: As I said, he doesn't DO no win no fee, so you couldn't afford him Jimmy: 💔🎻 Janis: Now we've established it's justice only for those that can afford it Janis: and rich girls can do whatever they want Janis: what are we doing first, oh mighty project manager Jimmy: I'll do the logo in blue, sounds about right, that Janis: #bluelivesmatter is already taken for a tagline but I'll get to thinking Jimmy: 👍 Jimmy: I'll have a think if I wanna use gold for her 👑 or silver for the 🥄 Janis: 🥄 might imply a problem with amphetamines and obviously, you want everyone to know you WORKED for that 💀🦴 all by yourself, you know Mia: You'd know all about that, wouldn't you Mia: taking over the family business, yeah? Jimmy: Oi, it ain't that grim up north Mia: Grim is right Jimmy: Gutted Rosso didn't make you feel like the WAG you deserve on your last visit babes 🤞 next time you'll spot them celebs Jimmy: or you'll keep to Bijou, that glam dress code would never do you dirty Jimmy: 💕 Janis: I get it Janis: you want me to make sure you're infertile Janis: all those cheat days and binges got you feeling unsure, no problem, just ask Jimmy: lend her the 🥄 Mia: You are both SUCH freaks Mia: what does any of that even mean Jimmy: bit rude Jimmy: only a freak on the weekend, me Mia: NOT interested, new boy Mia: I HAVE a boyfriend who's a lot hotter than you, right Janis? Jimmy: makes two of us, rich girl Janis: For someone who thinks my bloodline is filth, you LOVE being surrounded by 'em, yeah Janis: bit weird but everyone likes their bit of rough Janis: how disadvantaged is your dad's newest mistress, I mean secretary? Janis: SO charitable 💙 Jimmy: might be northern, sounds like they've been there loads Mia: Are you gay, new boy? Mia: I'll have to let down Gracie for you Jimmy: only for sir Jimmy: he's well fit Jimmy: crack on with letting your bestie down though and if my mum's the one with your dad, tell her she left the oven on but I sorted it Mia: ??? Mia: What EVEN Mia: you're cracked Jimmy: brb gotta go dry my eyes Jimmy: 🐣💕 Jimmy: I do feel #seen tah for that, hun Mia: I can't even Mia: fine, you two come up with our company branding Mia: I'm going to write out all the info to put on our website when it's done Jimmy: Oi, bad blood, you wanna be the star of my ad or what? Janis: no Jimmy: alright, I'll ask sir Janis: good taste Janis: rinse her dad in a fight Jimmy: tah for the meet cute opportunity Jimmy: when he's her dad's new mr I wanna 🎥📸 the wedding Janis: awh, full ⚪ Janis: she'll look adorable in her flower girl dress Jimmy: 🤞 Gracie catches the 💐 Jimmy: she is on a lad hunt Janis: 🤞 Mia's da has a brother Mia don't also want to fuck Jimmy: don't leave us in suspense 👑 does he or what? Mia: Shut the fuck up or I'll show all this to Sir Jimmy: Go on Jimmy: he'll think I'm 😎 and I'll be well in Janis: Do it, little miss perfect Janis: the part where you shit on my dead dad's grave will be well more shocking when I open the floodgates 😭 Jimmy: ⏲ Janis: ... Jimmy: ........ Janis: guess Sir won't wanna pet you no more when he finds out a. you're a cunt b. new boy is interested in your position Jimmy: he'll do til I can get Mr Lucas Jimmy: you can have him back then Janis: LOVE a happy ending Jimmy: I'll look top in my 👰 Janis: gutted about the lack of uniform though, yeah Mia? Jimmy: What do you make your boyfriend wear? 🦺? Mia: New boy, don't even go there 'cos he could beat you down so easy if I asked him to Janis: that means she pisses on him so they know he's hers Jimmy: makes sense that'd be your kink Janis: dog eat dog world, right babes Janis: stories you was raised on come straight out of your dad's man's man motivational speaker bullshit Jimmy: Oh shit, are you my half sister, rich girl? Jimmy: brb gotta pack my shit so I'm ready to move in Janis: get a princess dress to go with that 👰 Jimmy: order my 👑 in XXL tah Janis: can share with your sister Janis: big happy family vibes xoxo Jimmy: 🤗 Janis: get in here sis Janis: finally not a lonely child Mia: Yeah, I SO want 1000s of siblings like you Jimmy: You're alright, I've only got the one brother and the one sister Jimmy: be piss easy to fit us in your palace Mia: You AREN'T invited Mia: might steal the silverware 🥄🍴 Jimmy: I'll leave you a 🥄 to stick down your throat after dinner Jimmy: got some manners, me Mia: That's lovely, isn't it Mia: eating disorders are really serious, you shouldn't make some jokes Janis: respect the 🎨 Jimmy: cleaning the 🚽 after you lot is an' all Jimmy: part of the job description btw, I get that you'd have to have one to know what that means but Janis: 😏 Janis: staff know all your dirty little secrets, babes Janis: better than a tip, like Jimmy: be 👻⚰💀 before I get a tip off her Janis: if we were all walking 'round looking as SICK as her, what would be the point of corroding away her esophagus and not-so pearly whites? Janis: gotta find your own tricks, boy Jimmy: I'll put a ❄️ in the logo for you, babes Janis: cannot escape those coke vibes omg Janis: you're a PR nightmare Jimmy: 😱😱😱 Jimmy: #whitelivesandwhitelines Janis: GREAT slogan Janis: basically done over here and you're just texting 💀💩 Janis: tsk tsk, Mimi Jimmy: tick tock or tik tok if you'd rather Jimmy: 😘 Janis: 😂 Janis: make us a law tiktok, hun Jimmy: starring your dad, OBVS Janis: share that 🤤🤤🤤 with the world, not just the local 18-35s Jimmy: 💰 on him being a 🔥🔥🔥 dancer Janis: all middle-aged white men are Jimmy: DUH Janis: POV- you're my client, I'm overcharging you Jimmy: 🤤🤤🤤😍😍😍 Mia: You're obsessed with me, I get it 🙄 Jimmy: busted Janis: If that's a crime Janis: get to spend more time with your dad than you do Janis: 💘 Jimmy: SO romantic Jimmy: 👨💕 Janis: can't wait 'til he wants a couple grams Jimmy: refill the silver 🧂 Janis: you know it Janis: sugarbowl never tasted so sweet Jimmy: 😋 Janis: careful Janis: her boyfriend WILL fuck you up Jimmy: I get it, he's obsessed with me Janis: can't blame him Mia: OMG Mia: that is soooo fucked Mia: know your family doesn't see blood relation as an issue but he'll 🤢 when I show him this Jimmy: if he's that bothered, he can come find me Jimmy: you've had my shifts memorised since I started Mia: You wish Jimmy: to give him a smack, yeah Jimmy: why not? Jimmy: sounds like a right knobhead Mia: [sends a picture of Pablo like he's a prize bull or some shit gross Mia] Mia: you reckon, do you? 😂 Jimmy: I reckon he looks like a right knobhead an' all now, since you asked Mia: You've got a deathwish like Mia: wow Janis: kindred spirits Jimmy: 'cause you reckon he looks like a knobhead an' all? that's just sense Janis: was talking about her eating disorder which is VERY serious and we MUST NOT joke about Janis: but yeah, the fuckboy radiating from that selfie must be the appeal Jimmy: Soz mate Mia: She doesn't DO boys, I'd save your breath Jimmy: weren't breathing down her neck, that's you Jimmy: I get why now though, it's a blatant crush Janis: Stalking's your kink, right babes? Janis: Or am I just that special Jimmy: [draws these gals as snowflakes holding hands but Mia is melting] Janis: That's good Janis: but horrific Jimmy: #allherkinks Jimmy: [doodles on the picture of Pablo that she sent in hilarious ways] Janis: 😂😂 Janis: Send him that, whilst you're at it, Mimi Janis: really get him 'roiding out Mia: 🖕🖕🖕 Mia: you're both jealous, both for weird freaky reasons Jimmy: Of what? Go on Mia: You're jealous because you think every girl here wants to ride you and I DON'T Mia: because my boyfriend is better looking and fitter than you 💁 Mia: and she's jealous either because she wants me or she wants her own brother Mia: either way 😷😷😷😷 Jimmy: if every girl round here wanted to crack onto me why would I give a shit if you do or don't? Jimmy: all your mates are fitter than you and they ain't close to this paddy school's top tier Jimmy: and you just said she don't do lads so why would she wanna have a go on her brother unless the steroids have fucked him up harder than advertised Mia: yeah 👌 narcissist Mia: neg me, that'll totally make me interested Jimmy: 🤞 it'll keep you well clear Jimmy: that'll do Mia: I want to be working with you as much as you do me, I've said Mia: leave me alone and this can be as painless as possible Jimmy: I get that you're fuming your boyfriend is growing bigger tits than you but that ain't my problem, my dear Mia: So immature Jimmy: still got a deeper voice than him Janis: imagine defending your man this hard when he fully cheats on you Janis: 💔 Janis: daddy all over again, am I right? Jimmy: 🎻😭🎻 Jimmy: Dunno what I'm more flattered by, that you reckon I'm gay after seeing the state of all the straight lads round here or not wanting to ride me 'cause I ain't a cheating dickhead with massive tits or in your dad's case a hair transplant Jimmy: either way, tah Janis: could donate some to the cause, new boy Janis: hair, not tits Jimmy: you could an' all Jimmy: cause a scandal Janis: #cancelling bitches is a solid hobby Jimmy: there you go Janis: can't lose my only beauty though Janis: 🎻🎻 Janis: have to keep being #problematic yourself babes, so soz Jimmy: 👍 Mia: Stop nerd flirting Mia: send me what work you've done today Jimmy: Hang on, I'll 😎🚬 Jimmy: 💕 Mia: Gross Jimmy: What, I'm only fit and mysterious if I starve myself to 💀💀💀? Alright Jimmy: [sends her the work like oh I must be a nerd then] Mia: Thank you Mia: I'll go over this and give feedback later Jimmy: Gross Mia: 🙄 Mia: I've got to do a speech in Politics and Society after this, so I need to prepare Jimmy: 🙄 Janis: 👋 Janis: pleasure as always Jimmy: bit rude if you two get to nerd flirt Janis: what's 'fuck off' in Arabic? Jimmy: تخلص من Jimmy: probably means ILY or some bollocks 'cause I google translated it Janis: beautiful Janis: love double-meaning Janis: Qué te folle un pez espada, new boy Jimmy: ? Janis: I hope you get fucked by a swordfish 💘 Jimmy: [draws their teacher, Mr Lucas, Pablo and Mia's dad all as swordfish so she can vote for who she ships him with] Jimmy: ✔ or ❌ Janis: [❌ out Pablo's eyes and Mr Lucas' junk like no] Jimmy: [IRL 😏] Janis: [does very unflattering drawing of Mia all up on her father] Jimmy: 🥇 Janis: not an A though, is it Jimmy: [makes it even more unflattering somehow like now it is and now it's also teamwork so even better] Janis: 😏 Jimmy: LOVE a #collab Janis: been waiting for a group project to come along Jimmy: rigged it to work with 👑💀 obvs Janis: duh Jimmy: SO obsessed, her dad will get me off though, he can TOTALLY relate Janis: should but it in our ad Jimmy: 🔪🔪🔪🚿 Janis: 😱😱😱 Jimmy: 💘 Janis: Sir will kill that role Jimmy: Literally Janis: ha ha 🙄 Jimmy: Chuckles is right 🤡 Janis: keep 'em coming Janis: 👑💀 might have an aneurism Jimmy: 🤞 might get an A if she dies Janis: it's what she would've wanted Jimmy: you do love a happy ending Janis: who don't Janis: be my tragic family's fault, no doubt Jimmy: so I've heard Janis: not gonna apologize, new boy Jimmy: weren't waiting for one Janis: 👍 Jimmy: 👌 Janis: please stop nerd flirting with me Jimmy: you started it Jimmy: calm YOURSELF down, mate Janis: did I fuck Jimmy: neg me, that'll totally make me interested Janis: [IRL 😏] Jimmy: [sends her a pisstake version of the logo to fully drag Mia] Janis: is it RGB #374E88 though Jimmy: what? Janis: it's called tory blue Jimmy: is it? Jimmy: [does a colour corrected version immediately] Janis: Better Janis: solid 🥇 Jimmy: Tah Janis: [the pisstake business card with the logo for her dad] Janis: we've absolutely SMASHED it Jimmy: I reckon we can go Jimmy: 😎🚬 Janis: alright Jimmy: [IRL 😘 to sir] Janis: [we're loving this so hard but gotta hide it] Jimmy: [strutting out cos bad bitch global] Janis: [when you wanna go for all the reasons but also the rumour mill would go off immediately so you're like hmm] Janis: [fuck your life amirite babe] Jimmy: [gutted we ever have to end this convo so same]

Edgar Ramirez x OC- Fan Fiction

I wrote this for an assignment this past summer. It’s a WIP about actor Edgar Ramirez and Jasmine my OC. I'm posting it now hoping it will motivate me to work on chapter 2. So please enjoy my little bit of something.

Synopsis: Jasmine Lebron has to help her grandmother out while she recovers in the hospital. She doesn't know that her grandmother works for a real-life movie star. 

Driving through the winding streets of Beverly Hills Jasmine Lebron had the windows down on her sports car. The sweet smell of fresh cut grass and blossoming flowers wafted into the interior. The symbolic tall palm trees lined each side of the dark paved road as she made her way up the street. Jasmine was trying to focus on the road and not be a typical tourist, eye gawking at the elaborate homes but she found it difficult to keep her eyes forward. Many of the homes were as expansive and great as a football field. Unique and elegant architecture could be seen on many of the old Hollywood style homes.

“Yes. Yes ma’am. I will take care of it. I’m on my way-,” Jasmine sighed heavily into the phone as her grandmother continued to ask her a million and one questions. Her grandmother was rushed to the hospital earlier that day due to chest pains. Now she was sending Jasmine to the house of her employer to help out till she got out of the hospital.

Jasmine pressed the button that automatically rolled up her windows and turned on the air-conditioner. Her sepia skin glistened with a light sheen of sweat. The moisture threatened to transform her silky pressed hair back into its natural curly state. She ran her hand across her face trying to remove some of the collecting sweat from her nose.  She hadn't yet become acclimated to the comfortable California heat. She was still accustomed to the tepid climate of her first home of Connecticut. Many would say that her living in California for the past 2 years was plenty of time for her to get acclimatized. But not to Jasmine. She found herself relying on her saving grace to make it through the day. Her skin prickling as the cold air caressed her heated skin.  Glancing into her rearview mirror for a quick check of her appearance. The mixed heritage of her parentage staring back at her. The dark tone and wide nose of her father. The high cheekbones and slim facial features of her Spanish mother. Both blending together perfectly creating the uniqueness that made Jasmine.

Her grandmother Marlene Angeles. Known as Mimi to all her grandchildren was a spunky and still very active 60 something year old. No one ever spoke her real age or they risked a serious tongue lashing. Mimi who at the moment should be resting was instead worrying about her employer. She's worried that he was going to be upset that she wasn’t at the house. Her grandmother’s employer wasn’t due back till Thursday so the house would be empty for the next few days for sure. Jasmine half-heartedly agreed to help Mimi since she was on a break from her studies at school. Which meant she had a lot of free time on her hands.

“You need to rest and not worry about this. If your boss can’t understand that you are in the hospital and need a few days off then you need a new boss,” she said losing herself for a brief moment as she spoke outright.

Jasmine immediately pulled the phone away from her ear but still had no problem hearing Mimi yell at her to not to speak ill of her precious boss, “He is the reason you are able to go to school. Just get over there and make sure that my casserole is not burning. I told Herb to take it out but he may have for-,” she paused in her fussing. Jasmine could hear another voice softly speaking in the background.

“I am on the phone with my granddaughter,” she said, her voice still stern and raised. Marlene sighed heavily. Her irritation at the interruption noted in her voice.

“I will call you back. The nurse wants to check my blood pressure,” she said, “How about my check out papers I have things to do,” Mimi barked.

“Mimi let the nurses help you. Ma said she was on her way.”

Mimi sucked her teeth scoffing at the mention of Jasmine’s mother. “I will be dead by the time your mother makes it up here. Did you reach your uncle?”

“Yes he is also on his way but he is on the other side of town.”

Jasmine heard her grandmother’s exaggerated exhale as she spoke louder into the phone “Fine. No one cares till I’m dead-,”

“Don’t say that. You know I care.”

Jasmine noted that she was getting closer to her destination. She guided her car onto a short two-lane road. There were no other cars parked along the side as there were no median line marking the lanes. This was a private street and there appeared to be only three houses in total along the road. Jasmine passed the first two residences. Both divinely crafted in their own atypical way. The final house at the end of the road was Mimi’s employers home. 1302 Westing Dr was etched in an elaborate noir design into the side of a  stately red brick pillar. The home was a contemporary craftsman style home. The exterior was a mixture of light and dark ashlar pattern brick. The sharp angled rooftop was also trimmed in a dark finished wood. The home appeared to be smaller in size compared to the other homes on the road but Jasmine was sure the interior would show otherwise once someone entered. Guiding her vehicle up to the large estate gates, Jasmine marveled at the sheer height of the gate itself. She could see the well-manicured front lawn was green and lush. Jasmine was pulled from her admiration of the home by Mimi’s insistent voice,  “Have you made it yet?”

Jasmine rolled her eyes at her grandmother’s sixth sense for things. “Yes, I just got here.”

“Good. Do you see Herb? He should be there still. Do you see a black town car?”

“Yes to all your questions." Jasmine saw a well-built black man wave to her before leaning into an immaculate black Lincoln Town Car. He withdraws a small white box and pointed it at the front gate. The massive black wrought iron gate swung open silently and smoothly upon its hinges.

“He’s opening the gate for me now. I’ll call you back once I’m inside and have checked on the food,” Jasmine stated. She disconnected the call before her grandmother could protest any further. Jasmine pulled her mauve colored Infiniti Q60 up the short winding cobblestone driveway. She saw her grandmothers beige four-door Honda Accord parked off to the side. Even though it was over 15 years old the car still looked new. Mimi didn’t drive except to and from work. If she needed to go anywhere else she would call on family to take her out for her errands.  Jasmine skillfully pulled up next to the vehicle and parked.

After she placed the car in park, she reached over her center console for her bags that were on the floor of the passenger seat. The driver side door opened unexpectedly. She jumped, placing her hand over her mouth to stop the yelp that almost escaped.

A deep male voice called out, his timbre calm and friendly but his face was hidden due to his height. “I’m sorry didn’t mean to frighten you.”

“It’s ok,” she called out. Jasmine chastised herself mentally for being so jumpy at the polite gesture.

She exited her car coming face to face with the soft deep voice “How are you doing? You must be Jasmine. I’m Herb.” He closed the door firmly then turning to Jasmine his hand extended in greeting. She gave him a polite smile as she grasped his hand in a friendly handshake.

His face shifted from friendly to worry as he inquired about her grandmother, “How is Marlene?” Jasmine could see the small lines of worry lining the corners of his deep-set brown eyes.  Herb looked young for his age. But Jasmine knew from Mimi's vivid description that he was in his early 60's. He could easily pass for a man in his early 50’s. His kind brown eyes and high cheekbones combined with his mocha brown skin that appeared velvety and robust. Herb didn’t show any of the usual signs of a man his age. Especially one who has lived a hard life. His low cut hairstyle and neatly trimmed facial hair were the only visible indications of age. The light dusting of grey giving Herb a distinguished look.

“She is ok. She is giving the nursing staff a hard time.”

His face softened before he chuckled nervously, “Yeah that’s Marlene for you, obstinate to the end. You know she told the EMT that she was fine and didn’t need to go to the hospital. She pulled the oxygen out of her nose and tried to unhook the I.V bag. I had to threaten to duct tape her to the stretcher if she didn’t stop.”

The thought of her grandmother being duct taped to a gurney tickled Jasmine. What she wouldn’t give to have seen the look on her face as Herb held the roll of grey duct tape threateningly in the face of her feisty but very stubborn grandmother.

“Come on, let me take you inside,” Herb walked around the back of the vehicle heading towards the large home. Jasmine swung her small decorative backpack purse over her shoulder as she followed.  “I have to head out in about an hour to go pick Mr. Ramirez up from the airport and take him to dinner. I don’t know if he is coming back tonight, but I will text you and let you know,” he said as they approached the 3 car garage.

One garage door was already open, but there was no vehicle inside. Herb continued to speak as they walked. He turned to make direct eye contact with Jasmine as he spoke, “Marlene usually leaves around 8 or 9 pm when he is in town and at 5 pm when he is away.”

Jasmine nodded her understanding as they entered the home through the interior garage door. She was lead into a large laundry area just inside from the garage. There was a fresh set of folded towels resting on top of the metallic silver front loading washer and dryer. There were two large bundles waiting to be put in their proper place.

“Don’t worry about those things. Victoria and her sister handle the household duties. They come every morning for about 4 hours or as needed and do a light dusting and cleaning. But really they just sit around and gossip with Marlene most of the day.” Herb steps faltered as he realized his slip of the tongue. He turned around lowering his voice “But, don’t tell her I said that.”

“Don’t worry I won’t,” Jasmine snickered at the fear that her grandmother put into the grown man even from a hospital bed miles away.

As they continued further into the home, they entered the expansive kitchen. The large center island took up most of the kitchen with its mahogany-colored base with light brown granite countertop. There was a copper-colored faucet on the far right side of the island and two adjacent leather bar chairs rested on the other end.

Jasmine gawked at the full expanse of the area. She was brought back to her senses by the familiar chirping sound of Mimi’s designated ringtone.

“I made it Mimi.”

“Did my casserole burn? If it burned tell Herb, I won’t cook another meal for him for a whole month.” Herb scoffed at overhearing Marlene’s empty threat.

“I told her I wouldn’t forget to take her casserole out,” he said annoyed at Marlene's lack of confidence in him.

Jasmine glanced around the kitchen her eyes landing on the wide stovetop with its ivory colored arched hooded cooktop. The glass dish was sitting on top of the stove covered and cooling.

“It’s out of the oven, and it is fine.”

“Ahh thank goodness,” Marlene breathed.

“By the way, Herb is offended that you didn’t think he would remember.”

“Pfft. Herb knows what good for him. Especially if he wants me to keep feeding him,” she voiced. A moment of pause came before Mimi spoke again. Her irritation seeming to have cooled a bit.

“Give him the phone for a moment,” she ordered softly.

Jasmine placed her hand over the phone as she mouthed, “She wants to speak to you.”

Herb turned his head away from the phone. Jasmine shook her head at Herb’s stubbornness. It was the same type of thing Mimi would do in this situation. They were two peas in a pod Jasmine thought while she pushed the phone up to his face forcing Herb to take the phone. He gave in taking the phone from her hands. His face set as he placed the phone his ear “Yeah,” he grunted out.

Jasmine couldn’t hear what was said, but she was sure that Herb told her grandmother how he couldn’t believe that she thought he would let dinner burn. He went quiet for a minute as he listened to her grandmother speak.

His face softened. “How are you doing? Are you ok? Do you need me to bring you anything,” he asked softly. Herb held the phone close to his ear as he listened intently. Jasmine was sure Mimi probably told him she didn’t need anything or was giving him a list a page long of comfort items she would need for her stay in the hospital.

“Ok… ok… I’ll come to see you once my shift is over…Ok…one sec.”

“She wants to speak to you.”

“Yes, Mimi.”

“You only have to stay late if Herb brings Edgar back to the house. If not you can leave about 8. Also, make sure the stove is turned of-,”

“Mimi I know how to run a kitchen remember.”

“I know sweetie, but you know how I am about making sure things are done right,”

“Don’t worry. I will make sure it is all spotless.”

“Well your mom is here,” she whispered, “I am surprised, to say the least.”

“Behave.”

“I will as long as she does because you know I don’t have time for none of her bullshit. I am the one in the hospital dying.”

“So now you’re dying,” she said sarcastically. Mimi was always one for the dramatics.

“Don’t get smart with me little girl. I can still get out of this bed and come kick your butt,” Mimi said a few more choice words before disconnecting without saying goodbye. Jasmine chuckled at Mimi’s tit for tat move from her hanging up in her face earlier.

Herb showed Jasmine around the rest of the house. The areas that her grandmother frequented and the areas that were off limits. The home had an indoor heated pool and sauna. Mahogany wood was the central theme throughout each of the spacious rooms. Crème colored walls and ceilings complimented the dark rich wood giving the home a comfortable lived in feel. But the lived in feel appeared to be just a facade. Although the furniture appeared comfortable to the eye and soft to the touch, Jasmine could not help but to note that it all appeared to be brand new. Not like the well-worn furniture in her own home. This home, although it was comfy looking, was still very cold and uninviting.

“All this space for one person,” she a loud.

“Yeah it’s a lot, but during the holidays Mr. Ramirez has a lot of family that flies in for a few days of celebrating. It’s usually quiet around here the rest of the year especially if he’s on location somewhere filming,”

Jasmine nodded as Herb gave her more information on the elusive owner of the home. She took notice that there were no photos of family or friends anywhere in the house. She inquired about this, but Herb shrugged not knowing what to say about it.

Jasmine followed Herb back into the kitchen where he began searching the cabinets. Finally finding what he was looking for he pulled out plates and silverware for the two of them. Serving up two big slices of Mimi’s casserole. The pair ate in silence enjoying the scrumptious dish too much to speak. Jasmine looked around the space, her mind wondering what type of man this elusive Mr. Ramirez was. For someone to have so much space but no real feel of home. The thought quickly vanished as she shoved another forkful of casserole into her mouth.