#silly plays class of '09
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Never have I ever been fucking throat punched by a piece of media.... Never have I ever felt such a disgusting and VISCERAL reaction to looking at a piece of media....like I did in the Mall scene of Class of '09 TT0TT
#class of '09#silly talks#silly plays class of '09#class of 09#it was so violent that i've been holding on to this since like....the end of november????#note: i took the 2nd pic literally the next day after seeing this#me: *showing every person I know irl this pic*#every person i know irl: What the FUCK?! WHy??????#btw i love class of 09 it's a new fav of mine#but this FUCKING MALL#this mall can go straight to hell
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bloody love . part 3
pairing ➳ peter parker x reader
warnings ➳ hanahaki!au, unrequited love, slightly happy ending, mentions of blood, read at your own discretion.
w.c. ➳ 2.4k
summary ➳ who said love couldn’t kill?
i mean who saw this coming. but i hope you enjoy because writing hanahaki!au has been my oldest wish and here we are 🥰
part 1 | part 2 | part 4
you were there everyday.
peter saw you every day, sitting on your fire escape, your face in the palms of your hands, looking up at the starts. even though you could barely see any with the amount of pollution in the city during winters.
two months had passed since peter talked to you. really talked to you. he saw you every day in the hallways of the hell everyone called school and every night on your fire escape.
you were so close to him, yet so far as he watched you, sure to stay out of your line of sight. the superhero assured himself that it wasn’t stalking if he was on his patrol and happened to stop by a building that happened to be near your apartment building.
peter remembered the day he landed on the same place your elbows rested now, and looked for you in the dark room and he wished, every night, that he could undo whatever it was that led to this situation. or maybe he’d convince you to talk to him about your feelings as soon as he found out about the disease. or he could express his own feeling which he’d kept dismissing as a ‘silly schoolboy crush’ everytime.
he would just about do anything to get you back.
but he couldn’t think of a way. not for the past two months. not since the day you walked out on him. and as he watched you recede to your room at 09:45, just the same time as every day, he thought maybe he deserved this after all and a feeling of familiar pain took over the brunette’s lungs as he took off.
it was a good thing that ned was talking to him. because gwen wasn’t. he didn’t really expect her to after he’d ghosted her for about as long as he’d known you had feelings for him.
but ned was there. he kept trying to stay in touch even after five weeks of his friend ignoring him like the plague. peter was just grieving and forever grateful that ned understood that.
“the empire strikes back? or return of the jedi? i’m in a star wars mood today.” ned stated as he picked up the two tapes in each of his hands. saturday night was a movie night. ned had invited peter and another girl from his art class, michelle, over. peter didn’t really know her well and she didn’t seem too interested in conversation.
“when are you not in a star wars mood?” mj rolled her eyes, however a little smile played over her lips, as she skimmed through the pages of her book.
“maybe you should decide then.” ned suggested.
“fractured.” mj said within a second, shrugging her shoulders, “it’s a good one. quite underrated.”
ned seemed to think for a moment before he looked at peter, “what do you say, man?”
“i don’t mind.” peter said, giving his friend a pursed smile.
ned nodded and started the movie. as the opening credits rolled in, mj looked at ned and mouthed, “what’s his deal?”
“it’s complicated.” ned mouthed back.
peter rolled his eyes, hearing the two of them whisper around behind his back. however, he couldn’t fight what ned had said. it was complicated. and he didn’t want it to be.
and so peter decided that it was enough.
that night, on his daily patrol, he stopped by the same old building facing your apartment but this time instead of waiting for you to walk out of your window, he swung over and before he knew his fist was against your window, knocking at the glass gently until he saw a figure behind the curtains.
your figure.
you pulled the curtains apart, revealing your face and for a moment peter felt all air knocked out of his lungs. he hasn’t seen you this close since… *that* day.
“peter?” hearing your voice pulled him out of the trance he’d suddenly entered, “um, what are you doing here?”
peter remained silent as the mechanical eyes on his suit grew wider by a fraction. he had decided that he needed to fix this mess. but how; he didn’t bother to think about that. peter didn’t usually feel this nervous when he was covered top to bottom in his spandex suit but now he could feel his ragged breath against his mask.
“okay…” you stood there awkwardly, knowing peter was struggling to say something. you didn’t know why he was here but you weren’t gonna help him right now, “i don’t know what to say if you’re not gonna talk.” you gave him a pursed smile.
“i- uh. i-i want to talk.” peter laid out.
“oh, about what?”
“how’s school?” peter asked as if the past two months didn’t exist at all.
“it’s fine…” you trailed off, “boring.”
“right. i-i didn’t see you in ages.”
“i’m right here.” you nodded at him.
“nice.” peter was trying to stall the conversation but he’d run out of things to say, “listen, can we talk about…” he racked his brain to find something. *anything*
“about?”
“about you? i miss you.” peter sighed, watching your eyebrows furrow at his claim. did you not want him to miss me? did he just make a mess of the earlier mess that he was trying to solve?
he watched your fingers grip the curtains tighter, just about ready to shut it on his face, “pete, i think you should-”
“n-no, no, no. no. please. i didn’t mean that!” peter said, instantly realizing how it might have sounded, “wait, i do mean that. um, do you want me to? mean that?”
you found his nervousness adorable. it was probably easy for peter to think that it meant nothing to you but he didn’t know how easy it would be for him to crawl right back into your heart.
and that’s why you needed to stop this.
“don’t come to my balcony.” peter’s heart dropped to the pit of his stomach hearing you say those words next. you weren’t even meeting his eyes as you added, “please.”
may could tell her nephew was going through a hard time. she saw him sulk around the apartment every weekend and this time around wasn’t any different. she watched him swirl around the last bits of his cereal, deep in thought, “got any plans for the weekend?”
“not really.” her nephew replied.
“what about gwen, maybe you can invite her over for dinner!” may smiled, hoping to lighten the mood.
“that was months ago.” peter stated simply, “i don’t think she’d be interested.”
“then how about we go out for dinner?”
“i appreciate you doing this for me, may, i really do but i-” he sighed, not knowing how to refuse the offer, “i’m sorry, i can’t.”
may hated to see her nephew like this. she’d always tried for him to be comfortable around her. enough to share something that was bothering him this much “just tell me what’s wrong, son.”
“well, i-it’s a long story.”
she gave him an assuring smile, “i’ve got nowhere to be.”
so he told her. he told her everything from the day he found you in your room, to the day you ran away to hide in the bathroom, to the day you left him ‘for the better’.
he just left out the detail where he was going through the same problem now.
however, he did feel lighter after sharing everything with his aunt. she tried to help by suggesting him ideas to sort the situation out between the two of you. the situation was a little too complicated. peter hated that word
the next day, as you were pulling out your physics book from your locker, you saw him approaching you again, “hey.” peter said, waving at you.
you raised your eyebrows at him, “hi?”
“walk to class with me?” he asked, hoping you’d say yes. the two of you shared ap physics so what could be the loss in walking together.
you nodded and started walking so suddenly that peter had to take a quick run to catch up to you, “look, i know we left some things unfigured and-”
“i don’t think this is the right time to talk about that.” you stated, looking straight ahead of you.
“okay. then tell me when will be the right time?” he persisted.
you sighed, finally looking at him, “peter, i told you to-”
“you told me to not come to your balcony. i’m not on your balcony.” your eyes met for a second and peter held them with so much intensity you had to look away.
you hesitated for a moment, “the fire escape. same time as yesterday.”
peter blinked, not believing you were actually ready to talk to him, “are you sure?”
“do not push it.” you shook your head at him and he knew better. so he stood there, watching you leave for a class you two shared.
he hoped tonight would make things better between the two of you.
it had become a habit for peter to land on the building in front of yours instead of directly swinging to your fire escape. he made a mental note to stop doing that.
he knocked at your window, second night in a row. you were pulling apart the curtains again and this time, you got out to the fire escape. peter jumped down from the railing and beside you.
“so?” you initiated, “what is it that you wanna talk about?”
“about you. how have you been?”
“better.” you stated, giving him a little smile, “you?”
“i’m okay.”
“for the record, i missed you too.”
“o-oh.” peter felt his cheeks warm against the material of his mask. the air was gradually turning chilly. the city was on the brink of december but it was somehow still warm. or maybe that was just peter because the next moment he found you shivering as a gust of wind passed by, rubbing your hands together, “you okay?”
you nodded, “a little cold.”
you watched as he shifted a little closer to you, your faces inches apart. you could see all the intricate designs that held his suit together, resisting yourself to reach up and trace along the web-like design, “i-it’s got an in-built heater.”
the two of you stayed in silence, you staring up at the sky like you did every day and peter couldn’t resist but say because he finally had the chance to, “you can’t even see anything up there.”
“you can actually! you just need to focus more.” you turned to face him, catching him already looking at you. you averted your gaze back to the stars quickly.
“look, there’s ursa major.” he pointed out.
“yeah! cool, right?”
“it’s actually pretty hot.” peter said, realizing you didn’t get his joke when you gave him a confused look, “well, because it’s a star and stars are… hot.” he chuckled awkwardly.
“that was a terrible joke.” you deadpanned before letting out a laugh.
“come on, you know you liked it.” peter grinned.
“absolutely not!” you laughed, further proving his point, “however it did remind me, do you want some hot chocolate?”
the two of you made your way inside through the window. peter pulled off his mask finally and you took in his appearance. his cheeks were slightly red, probably due to the cold, hair ruffled as he shook his head to let a few strands out of his face. he’d really let his hair grow out. you avoided eye contact once he caught you staring, “i’ll go get it.”
peter looked around the room. you had done some redecorating. a few of your pictures with him were missing– in fact only one picture of you two together remained on your wall and it wasn’t even the two of you it was a group photo from back when your class went on a field trip– which was a little unsettling to peter but right now, talking to you was a big enough step so he pushed all the other worries to the back of his head.
the sound of two voices arguing pulled peter out of his thoughts. the voices belonged to you and your mother, he figured, and found you two talking about him?
he heard your mom’s voice loud and clear, “then why the two mugs?”
“because i was craving two hot chocolates.” you reasoned.
“y/n. come on! the past month has been so much progress. there were no flowers, not even once!”
before peter could register whatever was happening, you rushed inside the room, slamming the door with the help of your foot as you placed the aforementioned mugs on your study table.
“you need to hide in the closet.” you hurried, pushing peter a bit towards the closet door.
“what? y/n, i’m not in the closet anymore, you know i’m bi-”
“this is not the time to make jokes, please! just hide!” you whisper yelled.
peter placed his palms on either side of your face, sensing your heart palpitating. he caressed your cheeks, way too calm as your mom knocked at your door, “hey, hey, calm down.” he took a deep breath, compelling you to do the same, “i’ll leave now, don’t worry. see you tomorrow.”
he gave you a smile, quickly making his way over to your window and stepped outside before closing the curtains just the way you kept it, while you opened the door to your room, letting your very frustrated mom inside, “where is he?”
“where is what?” you tried to act casually, “i told you i just can’t have enough of hot chocolate.”
“y/n y/l/n. where is he?” she demanded yet again.
you sighed in defeat, finding a sudden interest in the wooden floor, “he left.”
it was her turn to let out a sigh. you could tell she was disappointed because any time she wanted to express that, she addressed you by your whole name, “miss y/n y/l/n, do you know why i’d let you opt out of surgery?”
“because i wanted to?” you offered, giving her a meek smile.
“no. because you were starting to get better. you were maintaining your distance from him and you were healing.” your mother said.
if peter was anything akin to confused before, he was perplexed now. unbeknownst to the two of you, he’d listened to everything that was going on inside. the dots were connecting themselves but peter seemed to be refusing the possibility that it was all true.
you never got a surgery?
peter felt something in his chest but this feeling was different than what he’d experienced for the past two months. he felt an unprecedented warmth spread throughout his lungs.
like hope. like everything would eventually be okay.
─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───
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Hiii is there anything we know about the dagger squad backgrounds that’s canon? Other than Jake being from Texas, is the stuff about what they studied/where they’re from headcanon? THANK U MUCH LOV
we don’t really know that much i don’t think but a majority of the background info i’ve found is either vaguely mentioned in the film or the paramount draft script you can find online ! bradley being a poli sci major at UVA and graduating in ‘09 is canon (and also very dear to me bc that was my major too plus i also graduated hs at 17 bc we are both #junebabies :]), jake originally got his call sign because bradley gave it to him and he hated it at first, bradley played baseball as a kid, mickey is a trekkie and also catholic or at least raised catholic (he crosses himself before they launch on the mission in the draft script), harvard and yale were the only duo that came from the same squadron together before the movie, and bradley and jake and natasha were in top gun together at the same time. there’s probably more backstory you could piece together for everyone by looking at their service medals/ribbons they wear but i fear i am not knowledgeable enough about that sort of stuff without a lot more research. they all mostly have the same ones but natasha has a NATO medal, jake has a navy unit commendation ribbon, and reuben has a joint service achievement medal.
also silly canon details that aren’t background info but i still love: jake wears what i’m pretty sure is a class ring on his right ring finger, he’s also the only trainee i recall seeing actually wear his tags, he likes van halen and foghat and seems to be a classic rock fanatic, natasha wears a plain gold band on her left index finger, mickey, reuben, natasha, and bob all use those multicolor clicky pens, bradley is i think the only one of the main squad who doesn’t have the fingertips cut off his flight gloves, halo’s tank top has her squadron logo on it during the football scene, and those stupid jorts bradley wears were definely just jeans he cut the legs off himself 😭.
#also since the mission takes place sometime in november but training starts the last two weeks of october#ive decided one of the daggers definitely threw a halloween party. actually i need to write about that wait.#i guess we could ASSUME omaha is from nebraska 😭#since bradley is the only one we rlly have a canon age for i just kinda decided to base the others off the actors relative ages#except reuben bc wym jay ellis is in his FORTIES rn?#glen and miles are like 1 yr apart whereas the others are a bit younger so idk#jake and bradley are the same age TO ME!#bradleys backstory is actually kinda confusing bc there’s continuity errors on the records sheet maverick looks at#he graduated in 09 but also apparently started his active duty enlisted in 06 ? like oh okay.#he took spanish as a summer class before he started at UVA for whatever thats worth 😭😭😭#bradley is so cute sorry but i want to bite him or something#but choosing poli sci as his major ? yeah thats how ik hes gay for sure !#top gun maverick#ik bradley mickey harvard and yale’s squadrons are all based out of oceana (virginia) while everyone else is lemoore (california)
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INTRODUCTION -
My name is Zephyr, or you could call me Zeph for short.
(intro has been updated!)
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I might write fics on here, if i get the motivation to.
- I'm just here to support new writers and look at silly stuff 😽
Feel free to talk to me about shows, games, etc. You could also recommend me some fandoms I should join!
- I'm also looking for friends and moots. Please don't be shy to talk to me, I don't bite :D , You can also ask for my discord!
Currently, my fandoms are. . . (if in bold, that means im rlly passionate about it!)
- Murder drones
- Horizon Zero Dawn/Forbidden West
- Prosekai
- Ramshackle
- Lackadaisy
- Across/Into the Spiderverse
- Fionna and cake
- Omori
- Scott Pilgrim
- Class of 09
- Scattershot
DNI LIST
- basic dni criteria
- nsfw blogs
GAMES I PLAY !!
- pony town
- roblox
- minecraft
end of intro
#intro post#talk to me#Ramshackle#fionna and cake#murder drones#horizon forbidden west#horizon zero dawn#omori
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“Let’s do this one last time. Okay?”
ฅ^._.^ฅ Yo! Im Azzy/Ricky (both works, I’m leaning towards Ricky for now.)
ฅ^._.^ฅ I’m a transmasc demiboy. I use he/they/it pronouns.
ฅ^._.^ฅ hobbies: writing, reading, playing games, accidentally making things that some people can’t even make (game, a language, a book) roleplaying, watching true crime
ฅ^._.^ฅ sexuality: bi (male leaning)
ฅ^._.^ฅ fandoms/interests: Hazbin hotel, class of ‘09, D&D, RTC, murder mysteries/true crime, etc
ฅ^._.^ฅ birthday: August 6th
ฅ^._.^ฅ Accounts: I have this account, and @ask-local-catboy-and-dogboy and ask account for my silly ocs that needs more asks.
ฅ^._.^ฅ Extra: I use emoticons a LOT when I’m speaking. As well as using caps lock when I’m showing a lot of emotions, like I did earlier. I do have a little person I will use.
The most creative boy in town
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ᯓ★! 'BOUT ME, SCOTTZY. !★ᯓ
╭ ˖ ࣪⊹ᯓ★ ╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┨
┊╰┈┈┈┈┈┈➤ Name.ᐟ.ᐟ Scotty
┊╰► MINOR ✦ Eastern Daylight Time
┊╰► BI ✦ He/him ✦ Filipino
┊╰┈┈┈┈┈┈➤ 𝑨𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕.ᐟ.ᐟ SCOTTZY?!
┊╰► Just a cool silly guy
┊ - PLAYS VIOLIN ?!!?
┊ - Hyperfixating on too many stuff rn
┊ - Cant see for shii
┊╰┈► I LOVE NEWSIES RAHHH
├ ˖ ࣪⊹ᯓ★ ╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┨
├⏖⏖⏖⏖⏖⏖⏖⏖⏖⏖⏖⏖⏖⏖{ ✓ } ˖ ࣪⊹ᯓ★
┊✧⋆like: HER!!, Silly people,Cats,Musical
┊✦⋆dislike:racism,rcta,homophobia,etc.
├⏖⏖⏖⏖⏖⏖⏖⏖⏖⏖⏖⏖⏖⏖{ ✗ } ˖ ࣪⊹ᯓ★
┊✧⋆hobby:Orchestra,drawing?!games
┊✦⋆interest: Class of 09, Newsies,etc.
├⏖⏖⏖⏖⏖⏖⏖⏖⏖⏖⏖⏖⏖⏖{ ღ } ˖ ࣪⊹ᯓ★
┊✧⋆neg trigger:Arguing,mentions of SA
┊✦⋆pos trigger: CATS!!!, Plushies:3
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┊𝄞 𝑳𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐…
┊ Santa Fe ⋆ Jeremy Jordan
┊ ⁰¹·̇⁴⁶ ━━━━✦⸻ ⁰³·̇³⁷
┊ ⇆ㅤ ㅤ⏮ㅤ ⏯ ㅤ⏭ ㅤ↻
╰ ˖ ࣪⊹ᯓ★ ╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┨
ˡᵃʸᵒᵘᵗ ᶜʳᵉᵈᶦᵗ·̇ ᵃˡᵗᵃ
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# intro
hello!! my name is kiyo (but if you want to give me any nicknames im not opposed) and i am the one and only writer of this blog hehe
my pronouns are she/he/they and i am sapphic! i am also filipino however i mostly speak in english (trying to be more fluent in tagalog... it'll happen one day)
please remember that i am a minor! i don't want to share my actual age publicly, so just keep that in mind while interacting.
i am okay with silly goofy nicknames if we're moots!!! i love it actually!!! call me your pookie and whatnot!!! i adore it!!! /p
some of my hobbies include writing, drawing, and playing games! i also really enjoy chatting and making new friends, so don't be afraid to send me an ask to talk to me ^^
... but at the same time im also reaaaally shy when it comes to dms TT; so i usually just leave rbs, replies, and asks! but u can dm me for my disc if we're close :3
my other interests include !
games
ensemble stars (plz be my friend if u like AND ALSO WRITE for enstars i luv that game sm jts one of my biggest interests rn)
persona 5 royal (still starting it !! so no spoilers plz)
five nights at freddy's
class of 09 (visual novel)
d4dj
music
kpop (lsrfm, nwjns, gidle, aespa, kiss of life, txt, twice, ive, rv, etc)
taylor swift
the 1975 (kinda?? i enjoy a few of their songs)
tuyu
ado
some other fun fact abt me is that i also write for a certain enstars character sometimes! it's the one and only kaoru hakaze hehehe... if you're also a kaoruP and you need kaoru fics then i have a kaoru yume blog! i've seen some familiar people in my notifications for both my kaoru blog and my pjsk blog, if you're one of them, hihihi welcome ৻( •̀ ᗜ •́ ৻)
as stated in my tldr ver on my pinned, this is a side blog, and i interact using @reikaoproducer!!
and that's all! thank you for taking the time read this and i hope you have a nice day >_<
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Weekly Roundup: Prompts (July 09- July 16)
Kara no Kyoukai
shiki ryougi using the mystic eyes of death perception for something silly, like killing the fact that mikiya's back was bothering him so he doesnt have back pain anymore
Tsukihime
Shiki Tohno is one of the few people allowed at Hassan (family? Work?) gatherings- his invite was from Gramps, they really see eye to eye on killing things.
Fate/Stay Night
Rin tomboyfication
Smut, A bored Gilgamesh gives Kirei the chance to his let out his sadism in a safe, conseual manner on a whim. Kirei of course is not happy with this arrangement unless he is causing real pain and goes so far that even Gilgamesh can't take it
Rin gets revenge on the "fat cow" Luvia by turning her into a fat-titted cow girl (with white and black skin and all) (Should be a mental transformation too)
Rin brings Mitsuzuri over for sex only to make her do ageplay as Rin's 10 year old little sister who looks up to her and is always cheerful and who'll she'll never be separated from and their happy childhood will last forever
Fate/Extra
fuck it , let's have BB get mindbroken by pele for being a race faking little brat.
Smut, BB finally pushes gudako too far and she decides to tame that shitty brat. and to make sure the Geneva convention violations discipline sticks , gudako decides to use foreigner molay's class card install to do the job/ whatever methods of non con gudako uses on BB is up to the author , but it should end with morgan walking in on gudako (now in molay's 3rd ascension attire ) getting ready to clip a leash on to BB and parade the now naked A I around chaldea
BB has recovered from all the sluttification, and is now tracking down the person responsible, to show them how you REALLY break someone. It's slow, you see. You wouldn't notice it, in fact day-by-day NOBODY in Chaldea would notice it. Days, weeks, whole singularities and lostbelts pass without this gradual corruption going commented upon. You don't even touch a dick for the better part of half a year, and by then... do you even remember what it was like to NOT be like this?
Someone downloads a bunch of furry porn to Chaldea's database. BB accesses it for dirt on whoever did it, and something something computer error something something she's got a cat head and tail now. Up to writer/artist's interpretation if she also goes into heat.
Smut, BB accidentally hacks herself. Un?fortunately, by the time she could realize it, she's already accidentally deleted the part that could realize it. Among other things. What is this "modesty" and "sexual restraint" thing you're talking about?
FGO
Ritsuka D. Fujimaru wants to become the Mage King, no wait wrong series
Hey, remember Agartha? Cool concepts, terrible execution- well, the Alien God was a fan, and she’s kidnapped Scheherazade in order to make a singularity for her and the Alter-Egos working for her… to basically play a game of D&D in.
In an effort get Osakabehime to come out of her shell she’s locked in a room with Camazotz until they make baby bats
Guda gets hit by a spell that puts them into a coma as it slowly erases their memories and destroys their mind in the process. To counteract this, Kadoc and a host of volunteer Servants Rayshift into Guda's mind and help reconstruct their decaying memories by playing the parts of various individuals from their old civilian life that they get subconsciously assigned as they dive deeper into Guda's head to unravel the spell affecting them, learning a lot about Guda's past in the process, for better or worse. For all their apparent normalcy, even Guda has experienced their fair share of trauma growing up, well before they got involved with Chaldea.
Arjuna, Karna, Bhima, and Duryodhana meeting again but instead of a normal meeting, it’s played like a Indian Soap Opera
Guda decides she is tired of Angra's lazy ass doing nothing, so she decides to put him through training. The training is that everyone in chaldea is trying to capture/kill him in order to gain a prize. the prize in question? The servant who wins will gain the right to be the parent of guda's first child
Smut, fergus and medb do their master a solid and try to occupy kiara for as long as possible so they can get a fucking break from her antics. kiara gets tag teamed by them in an absolute marathon of fucking. theyve strategized this shit. medbs got kiara strapped down and only interacts with her via toys and strapons, and only tags in when ferg cant keep on anymore and keeps the beast distracted until he gets his energy back to get right back to fucking her. how the marathon ends is up to writer.
Smut, Amakusa Shirou Ruler / Amakusa Shirou Avenger, Ruler tops/has a more dominant role in the relationship. Feed me and I'll love you forever.
Jaguar-Man likes bellyrubs
Hell’s Kitchen, but Beni-Enma is Gordon Ramsay. I wanna hear that dechi scream “ITS FUCKING RAW”
Smut, li shuwen loses his virginity after being summoned. old man version because its funny but also gilf.
Gudako has a huge crush on Howl from Howl's Moving Castle. So imagine her reaction when Oberon revealed his true form. (hint: a lot of hyperventilating, drooling, and oberon's screams)
Guda twins AU. Gudao successfully pulls Morgan and the two are married instantly. A few days later Morgan is talking to her new sister in law when Gudako makes a comment on how her "husband" is coming soon. Curious, Morgan asks who the lucky man is. It's Oberon. Morgan spits out her tea while Gudao apologizes for his sister's terrible taste in men.
Girls shopping trip with Gudako, Boabahn Sith, Nitocris, Nero, and other female servants!
Ritsuka Fujimaru having some very serious edipus complex about Da Vinci
ServaFes comes around again and Morgan and Lartoria decide to do outfit swap cosplay of each other (Because Rhongomyniad). It works really well. Mordred is conflicted. Saber Artoria is Conflicted. The Knights of the Round are Conflicted. Mash and Guda are dying of Laughter. Merlin is there.
Smut, incest, Percival and melusine fucking nasty. the more fucked up the better.
Chaldea is sent to yet another singularity in the Fuyuki Grail War from FSN, but oh they were not expecting who got summoned as Berserker here. Now Everyone, especially Guda, has to deal with Guda themselves being the Berserker of this timeline. And the Berserker Guda doesnt even seem to realize anythings off about this. Just what that actually means is up to the writer as is who Zerkers master is but I would humbly request Artoria still be Shirous servant and that this all take place post LB6. For Reasons. (There are two gudas just to be clear, Master Guda and Berserker Guda)
Smut, Need some Toxic yuri today, Melusine and Aurora Smut, if that's alright, (That one meme about her red flags being big but her tits are bigger that I've been seeing all day with those two has me needing)
Mashmorgan and Gudacas double date that just devolves into Morgan and Guda gushing about how cute their partners are.
Oryou and Yu get into a fight over who has a better husband. Xiang Yu and Ryouma try desperately to stop em
There's a new Mystic Code out! It's by BB! (uh oh.) Great news, those skills are utterly insane! The amount of mana you can get out of it is buckwild, and it really feels like you have near-unlimited energy! One... tiny problem, it... there's no way to sugarcoat this... that outfit leaves very little to the imagination... did BB repurpose the Dangerous Beast costume or something? But, but, the stats are so good though... and you feel SO GOOD wearing it... it can't hurt, can it?
Caligula gets a bit too weird around Artemis and Orion puts him through a fucking wall
Mash, in the pursuit of getting a proper summer form, goes to Skadi, who agrees to see what she can do. Unfortunately, in changing her into a Saber Class origin, all that winds up happening is that Mash now has a massive schlong.
Habetrot, Friend of Brides Everywhere, sees Nero Bride and has something awaken in her. A few internet searches later and she learns what a ball gag is and she's never the same again.
So Castoria is kinky and horny. We all know that. But I HIGHLY doubt she got any sort of sex ed (yet alone kink ed) growing up, considering... everything. So my request! Is for Castoria to discover something about her sexuality! It could be a new kink, it could be learning the name of one of her fetishes which she thought too weird to be widespread, it could be attending a bdsm 101 class, it could be confronting an actual sexual experience to her preconceptions on kink and/or sex, hell it could even just be discovering that she can practice kink without the sex part if she doesn't feel like it. Anything along these lines!
Koyanskaya lives her worst nightmare: a world where everyone is... GASP... communist!
After all it's done Ritsuka spends at least 2 hours of her day in the room of Chaldeas alone, nobody ever goes there during this period because it is seen as Ritsuka's alone time. One day the new intern goes there and find Ritsuka talking to themselves, except for a glimpse of a second they see a woman, extremely long white hair, she is semi-transparent, almost as if she didn't exist in this world
Mash becomes a Master. Her first Servant is Fujimaru Ritsuka. Point of order, Fujimaru Ritsuka is still alive, and Mash just summoned a post-death version of them. Chaldea now has twice as much Fujimaru Ritsuka. Cue hijinks.
Han Xin finally joins Chaldea after so long! ....Han Xin is hiding as Yu hunts him down for what he did to Xiang Yu
Smut, Caenis gets his revenge on the Dioscuri by fucking them till they can no longer walk. Bonus points for pegging cuz he deserves it
Gudako gets a new swimsuit mystic code! ...designed by medb Now half the female servants are covering their red faces, half the male servants are concealing a boner, and a Raikou and Tiamat staring down all communicating that any who dare attempt to do something lewd with Gudako will feel the wrath of two overprotective moms.
FGO again
the master of chaldea is getting a tattoo. specifically a womb tattoo. entirely unrelated but morgan has after getting started on learning to tattoo a couple months ago(coincidentally the time her spouse started talking about wanting a tattoo) mastered the art of tattooing. of course morgan does g=her beloved spouse's womb tat, but wuh oh it seems shes applied an actual magic effect to it when guda just liked the look of womb tats
Boggart gets summoned by Chaldea and ends up resuming his marriage with Mash.
due it soon being 8 years of no male swimsuit servants , gudako's mental pollution passive has gone up a few ranks. in short ,it's gotten so bad that she's deluded herself into thinking that a few of the summer servants she already has are in fact brand new servants. morgan found out about this when she found gudako addressing okita alter (saber ) as Amakusa . so for the sake of her wife's mental health morgan sets off to fix that problem.
After a good long while of being paired with Ruler Artoria as her dedicated farming support, Koyanskaya’s grown… affectionate. Of course, being of use is part of the NFF Services name, but… she’s gone a bit further than just a support, it’s more subby than that- this old fox has been DOMESTICATED. She’s began to follow Bunnytoria around everywhere, she’s gotten friendlier and softer in personality, and in partaking in the king’s tremendous appetite, she’s growing physically softer as well. As the weeks go by, Bunnytoria grows quite fond of the perfectly plump, way-past-pudgy pet she now has on her hands, and decides to make things official and crank it up a notch.
Gudako unknowingly becomes a pseudoservant of Adephagia, the Greek goddess of gluttony, resulting in occasions where she slowly gains an incredible amount of weight over the course of the day, then wakes up as if nothing happened. Mash and da Vinci eventually have to explain to her what’s going on.
A mysterious enemy has attacked Chaldea, but nobody is hurt, no things are much worse, the people that the servants loved yet were unable to save all appear before them, reminding them of their failures, the sins that are ingrained in their very souls
Morgan, after getting sick and tired of Oberon’s bullshit does some REVENGE. She gets pesticides, bug sprays, anything that is able to harm insects, and when Oberon decides to fuck with her, she goes absolutely HAM with the bug repellent and going psychical. Local Oberon found dead in Chaldea hung on a wall
Smut, Barghest is determined to make sure her romance with her Master will not end in tragedy. To that end, she tries hypnotherapy, in an attempt to help control her impulses that compel her to "devour the one she loves". To everyone's surprise, it works! However, to nobody's surprise, it also involved altering the inherent definition of what Barghest considers "devouring" her beloved means. On one hand, Ritsuka is no longer in any danger whatsoever of ending up as her lunch. On the other, his pelvis may not survive the night, but that is a sacrifice he is more than willing to make.
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I don't know if this has been a prompt yet but I think it would be interesting/funny to see a Servant with Madness Enhancement, really doesn't matter who, just get caught doing something truly out of pocket by someone. Staff member, Master, another Servant? Who cares? Just make them do the weirdest thing you can think of and get caught. Feel free to ignore this if it doesn't fit your criteria and thanks for opening asks!
servant with mutiple classes or alters ponders whether fucking one of their doubles counts as masturbation or incest. cu artoria or anyone else with multiple copies of them, can interact with one or more of the different versions of themself in the process, can even try and fuck their double to see if it feels wrong, but importantly i want their answers to this conundrum and they gotta at least make sense for the character
Crossover
Mori Calliope x Red Hare (mod warning: keep it courteous. No smut, no heavy violence, nothing that would be disturbing to run into.)
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Two characters having sex, written like them beating each other up
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Top Ten Best Superhero movies? Top Ten Least Favorite Superhero movies? Why?
I’m gonna enjoy answering this one.
Sorry to disappoint, but I didn’t think ten movies would suffice for my best list, so here’s a top 15.
15 Favorite:
15: Batman Returns: Creepy and gothic, but darkly funny with a surprising amount of pathos and THREE great villains played by amazing actors.
14: X-Men: First Class: A showcase of the X-Men film series’ strengths while also shaking up the usual portrayals of its universe, as a fun and exciting origin story for Xavier and Magneto as they’re tasked with taking down the most depraved villain in the franchise
13: Spider-Man: No Way Home: The culmination of ALL of Spider-Man’s previous cinematic appearances, bringing everything great about each incarnation all together in one place
12: Deadpool: A hilarious and meta tribute to the superhero genre with the best portrayal of Deadpool in anything ever
11: Batman Begins: A unique reinvention of Batman’s mythos, infusing a grim-and-gritty tone typical of the 2000s with classic action and noir aesthetics
10: Thor: Ragnarok: A fun and zany 80s-style adventure that shows off Thor’s best strengths as a character in ways previous films couldn’t; beautiful visuals, great music, cool villains… what’s not to love?
09: SHAZAM: A quirky, funny flick with a relatable hero, a lot of heart, strong familial themes, and fun action scenes with an awesome villain
08: Iron Man: The movie that put Marvel on the map by reinventing a controversial hero and redefining what superhero movies could do, proving they could be taken seriously and STILL be fun and colorful
07: Wonder Woman: A deeply touching and emotional film with a sympathetic hero and a strong message about the nature of war and peace.
06: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: Many didn’t expect this film to be a success due to the tough act its predecessor’s deceased star set to follow, it proved to be an endearing, gripping, heartwarming flick with both a hero and villain who are both very sympathetic
05: Zack Snyder’s Justice League: The long-awaited realization of one man’s artistic vision: full to the brim with strong pathos, but not afraid to be lighthearted at times
04: The Suicide Squad: has all the heart, fun action, great music, and likable characters of a modern superhero movie with all the gore, vulgarity, and dark humor of a classic B-movie
03: Guardians of the Galaxy: A quirky, off-beat flick with a killer soundtrack and a surprisingly heartwarming family dynamic; is not afraid to be silly or weird, which only makes it stronger
02: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: a charming, fun movie that deeply examines the mythos of a beloved character while shining a spotlight on his many variants and successors
01: Avengers: Infinity War/Avengers Endgame: The culmination of ten years of buildup throughout the cinematic universe, this movie brings iconic heroes together and shows off the best in all of them with a gripping story packed with heartrending pathos
(Honorable Mentions: Spider-Man 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Aquaman, Blade, Hellboy, Darkman, Captain America: Civil War, Birds of Prey, The Batman 2022)
Also, I honestly couldn’t think of ten superhero movies bad enough to be considered “the worst”, so I’ll give you five.
05: Iron Man 2: Tonally confused with nonsensical character motivations and conspicuous studio interference changing things at the last minute
04: Thor: The Dark World: So fucking boring I forgot everything about it the second I left the theatre.
03: Man of Steel: An overly grim, depressing slog of a film with murky visuals, pointless changes to Superman’s mythos, and almost every character is a horrible asshole. In short, the worst way to start a cinematic universe
02: Fantastic Four 2015: Bad special effects, ugly visuals, bland and stupid characters, cheesy writing, and a weirdly dark tone that completely misses the point of what the Fantastic Four are supposed to be.
01: Wonder Woman 1984: A saccharine, sappy, schmaltzy mess of a film that’s far longer than it needs to be thanks to pointless filler, with a childishly simplistic plot, dodgy special effects, a horrifically racist depiction of Middle Easterners, and the hero literally becomes a rapist
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Are there any characters with Down Syndrome in Paperboy?
Yes, one of Matthew's classmates! One of my favorites, actually :]
(UPDATE: 09/06/2023 -- Here's a picture of him!)
He's a very friendly Asian boy named Karl Ho & is mainly into video games. Last time I posted art of him on the IG was December 4th!
I don't want to spoil too much, but I'll tell you a little more about him!
Karl is very friendly, silly, social, but calm. He's always down to make a new friend and spends a lot of his time either watching cartoons, or gaming with friends. Half the time he wears pajamas to school... just because he can. He's always looking for fun, and as of late, he seems to get along better with younger kids, because they're less judgmental & (sometimes) they have more in common. But of course, his two BEST friends (Aaran & Rudy) are indeed his age & all in the same class with him and Matthew. He tends to stay in this trio more often than not & is rarely spotted without them.
Like stated above, Karl has Down Syndrome (+ intellectual disability as well,) so this causes people to act... "weirdly" towards him.
Strangers see his face & whisper to each other. Adults at school talk down to him like a baby; and while no one in class has the audacity to bully him outright, sometimes certain classmates tend to write Karl off / "forget" about him because they think he can't understand things, like the drama that goes on between kids. Especially now that they're in middle school, as social dynamics are becoming more complicated & a lot of kids' interests are moving on to more "mature" things, meanwhile they see him as very childish. (For example, one of the other kids, Levi, is big into scary things like Creepypasta & horror.)
So of course, Karl tends to be out of the loop more often than not. He considers almost all his peers as his friend, but only really has the two good ones.
Karl is actually fairly perceptive though, & almost ALWAYS notices when this happens. And he doesn't like it very much, but he stays quiet, pretends like he didn't see or hear a thing, because he actually isn't sure how he wants to handle it yet. He doesn't like being seen as a baby-- he's the biggest kid in this class! Aaran in particular is always the first to remind people of that.
And not only that, but he isn't all innocent, either: he's not always happy, he makes mistakes, he can bad words just like the other kids, and sometimes he follows the crowd when he shouldn't, just for the sake of feeling included. Plus... he's actually the most girl-crazy one out of the boys, lol. Little man definitely wants to find a girlfriend.
He's not just simple & sweet-- he's competitive in games, kind, a mini hopeless-romantic, not the best at speaking up, and always good company. Albeit a little dorky.
And Karl knows why people do this, but at the same time, he doesn't get it & wishes they wouldn't. It's not fair. And hopefully one day, he'll start to actually voice that himself.
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As for him & Matthew-- they get along pretty well! Matthew tries not to talk to him about personal issues, though; Matthew doesn't think they're close enough for that yet.
I can definitely see Karl spamming him over Discord to play Among Us or something on a Sunday night, & Matthew VERY enthusiastically joining, lol.
#paperboy pb#paperboy#karl ho#paperboy karl ho#oc#original character#infodump#ramble#down syndrome#down syndrome character#original story#disabled characters#disabled character#disability#rambles#oc rambles#thoughts#sorry for the long response I tried to summarize
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A Jikook Guide to RunBTS: 112-121
Yes, I'm still doing these! It's just happening more slowly than I'd like because writing for work + writing fic + trying to go to bed before midnight + so much amazing content being released that clearly must be poured over and dissected = less time to make guides. For anyone still with me, he's the next section!
Ep 112 “Dalbang School Part 1” (Ep: 5 / KM: 4)
The ones with BTS in a classroom driving Teacher Jin insane
5:58 - JM declares that he and Taehyung will pair up (by being the first to hug each other in a game), but then when Hobi blows the whistle at 6:38, JK runs over to hug JM before Tae can get to him.
6:58 - Jin asks why JM said he wanted Tae and then hugged JK. JM explains that he didn't hug him, he just found himself in JK's hug as JK cackles in the background.
7:24 - When Jin blows his whistle at the class, JK and JM mirror each other in putting a finger in one of their ears.
7:35 - Teammates JK and JM are immediately on the same page about wanting their team name to be Kim Seokjin. When they have to change it, JM quickly picks up JK's suggestion that they call their team Bang Sihyuk.
These don't sound like particularly unique moments, but when you watch it, it just really strikes you how in sync the two of them are in terms of physicality, ideas, and sense of humor.
9:52 - After Jin comments that he heard JM did very well in school, JK adds that JM was the top student. When someone else asks if JM was the best or second-best, JK forcefully reiterates that he was the best student.
12:45 - When they get a question right, JK and JM clasp hands and bump their shoulders together.
13:10 - JM and JK both goof around, speaking in satoori and challenging JHope to a fight of sorts.
13:27 - When Jin repeats that they got the question right, JK and JM do exactly the same as 12:45, but seated this time.
14:22, 14:36, 15:13 - In all three of these moments, JM nearly falls over laughing at something JK did that no one else found anywhere near as funny.
23:36 - When JK says he's good at this game, JM laughs and pokes JK in the chest with a marker.
BEHIND
2:30 - JM takes a selfie of him and JK with his personal phone while they're supposed to be paying attention to Jin.
6:35 - JK cheers on JM and calls him Jimin-ssi when JM announces he's doing well on this spot-the-difference round. When Jimin modifies the brag to say he only found four, JK says "that's still quite impressive."
Ep 113 “Dalbang School Part 2” (Ep: 5 / KM: 4)
4:50 - We all know how JK is when he gets into his "focus" zone, especially in a competitive environment. But here, when JM rather rudely interrupts JK's melodica practice, JK just starts playing around with him and giggles.
7:41 - As RM & JH take their turn, jikook are whispering to each other in the back row.
11:42 - After quickly agreeing on a lunch option, jikook do a high five / handshake thing and then JM says "we think alike" and "we get along pretty well." JK responds "that's exactly it" and the on-screen captions tells us they are a "good match."
22:20 - This is where JK and JM start switching back and forth carrying each other on their backs to get under a limbo stick.
They go again at 23:35, 26:11, and 28:13.
And again at 30:22 and 32:16 and 34:30 because, even though they lost, they want to try to do it again to show that they can as a "matter of pride."
25:00 - JK points something out to JM and then pats his butt.
33:33 - JM announces they lost, and then jikook do another handshake / high five thing.
34:33 - JM does an... interesting pose for the camera where he puts his hand on a bent-over JK's back and smirks.
34:56 - Yet another handshake and JM pats JK on the back when they finally pass the limbo challenge.
BEHIND
5:55 - While examining the limbo setup, JM comments that JK is good at this. JK comes over to give a demonstration and JM watches him be silly with it and says "he's a strange kid" fondly.
6:21 - Another jikook limbo attempt - this one was cut because they did it too easily.
Ep 114 “League of Number One Part 1” (Ep: 3 / KM: 1)
The ones where BTS play games with League of Legends world champions
3:55 - After Jimin protests that he shouldn't be out, JK tells his hyung to turn around and face the back.
14:40 - JK fake-boxes JM after losing the hammer game.
18:18 - JK mimics Jimin's BWL intro.
Ep 115 “League of Number One Part 2” (Ep: 2 / KM: .5)
BEHIND
7:05 - JK comes over to check on Jimin's phone to make sure he's actually visible in the selfie the teams take.
Ep 116 “Team-Building Special Part 1” (Ep: 4 / KM: 1)
The ones with random games in that rec room-looking place that are a lot more fun than they sound
22:14 - JM and JK play around with the jump rope during breaktime.
22:26 - JM and JK play around like they're boxing with each other.
BEHIND
5:15 - JK appears to take an interest in watching JM's... back as he moves around acting out potential poses.
Ep 117 “Team-Building Special Part 1” (Ep: 4 / KM: 2)
5:30 - Despite showing pretty much everyone else touching everyone else in the pose guessing game, we don't get a single shot here or in the behind of JK feeling up Jimin. The above photo proves that it happened, though, so definitely side-eyeing the editors, here.
BEHIND
5:35 - JK keeps throwing water bottles when they're supposed to be taking a group photo. Jimin pulls him back next to him and puts an arm around his neck. JK puts an arm around Jimin's shoulders in return.
7:51 - After it's explained that JK is staying late to watch Jin do his penalty, a packed-up Jimin comes over and stands next to JK, waiting until they're done to leave.
Ep 118 “Photo Story Part 1” (Ep: 3 / KM: 3)
The ones where BTS play a Samsung-sponsored game involving getting specific pictures while a spy tries to ruin the fun
4:22 - JM appears to direct JK to go punish Tae and pats JK's back when he starts to obey. Something happens that we don't see when the angle changes - next thing we see, JM seems to be pushing JK? JM then giggles at JK pretending to beat up Tae. (After this, JK spins around like a ballerina. Not jikook-related, just adorable.)
29:51 - JK calls Jimin twice without adding "hyung."
32:28 - JM pulls JK along by the wrist. Meanwhile, J-Hope once again mixes up their names.
32:44 - Though there is now a group walking slowly together and he doesn't need to pull him along anymore, Jimin takes JK's hand again.
37:02 - There are a bunch of seats open in the room, but Jimin walks over to sit right next to JK.
BEHIND
5:40 - When JM tries to steal a post-it from JK, JK scolds him in satoori banmal. JM calls him out for not calling him with hyung and JK quickly apologizes (in a way some k-army jikookers have said is like how a married person would respond to their nagging spouse!).
6:09 - JK and JM meet up and JK tells JM he's exhausted. There's a kind of weird moment that I fully admit I may be reading too much into where JK seems to be walking right towards JM, then abruptly stops and turns, looking at the camera, before walking with Jimin in a different direction than he had been heading. Then, JM says he thinks their matching shirts are hilarious and that it's funny they're wearing them for the show.
Ep 119 “Photo Story Part 2” (Ep: 4 / KM: 3)
8:21 - "You are me, I am you" moment: Jimin does a ballet spin the same way JK did in part one.
11:18 - JK is the only one to vote for JM to be able to keep a picture in other than Jin (who has nefarious reasons for doing so).
29:40 - JM goes over to help JK see how many of his photos the spy ruined and almost falls over laughing when it becomes clear it's nearly all of them.
34:21 - JM puts his hand on JK's shaking leg to help calm him (see above photo), but JK is so irritated that it doesn't work like it usually does. Poor bunny!
35:17 - JM pulls at JK's shirt and hand, then folds over his back while trying to get him to confess that he actually lost.
38:24 - JM has a comforting hand on JK's neck when he's acting upset about losing.
38:32 - When it seems like JK is struggling to come up with an ending statement, JM helps prompt him.
BEHIND
0:55 - JK talks about how amazing it is that Jimin found so many cards.
3:51 - When JK is playing with the sequin art on the front of his shirt, JM leans over and starts rubbing on them, too.
5:11 - Jimin tells JK that, if he wins, he's going to make the loser hike Mt. Achasan. JK asks why he's looking at him when he says that and they both laugh. Jimin pats JK's chest and they laugh even harder. Jin and Tae both have "omg, these two" looks on their faces.
Ep 120 “Reply BTS Village Part 1” (Ep: 3 / KM: 2)
The ones with a real-life Mafia game inexplicably set in a 1970s village. It's... fairly difficult to follow, but the guys are into it and the outfits are great!
24:40 - Jimin breaks character and laughs when asking JK if he's the culprit.
29:40 - Caption: "The air is undeniably tense between Gamer Jeon and Chief Park."
Not explicitly jikook, I just find it funny that the writers seem to be playing with some real life relationships, making sope best friends and jikook have tension that leads to banter...
BEHIND
5:34 - When Jimin is playing with the yo-yo, JK expresses concern that he's going to hurt his fingers (caption: Kook is just worrying for his hyung). Then, JK asks poutily and in banmal if he can play with the yo-yo multiple times and Jimins says no. Like, JK straight-up gives his hyung a command ("let me try that") using informal speech and no one bats an eye!
5:58 - Jimin starts singing a song about an ants. JK watches him. JK initially says to Hobi "look, he's a fool/dummy!" (in banmal again), then starts singing along. He jokes that JM doesn't know all the lyrics and Jimin says back "quiet, you."
Ep 121 “Reply BTS Village Part 2” (Ep: 3 / KM: 2)
38:48 - After having asked for it a bunch in the Behind of the previous episode, JK now has Jimin's yoyo.
non-jikook note: At the end of this one, they "time travel" to solve a mystery in Joseon-era Korea and I can't express how badly I want to see that. Please come back to that, Run!
BEHIND
0:58 - Jimin and JK play around accusing each other with exaggerated accents and formality. Jimin comes up behind JK and reaches out to touch his shoulder, but stops when Tae joins them and accuses them of plotting together.
9:05 - When JK says everyone else is so good at acting, Jimin compliments him that he was very funny towards the end.
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Top 12 Portrayals of Little Red Riding Hood
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I missed those rankings...
My favourite fairy tale heroic protagonist is Little Red Riding Hood. I always related to her mix of curiosity and sense of wonder with naivety, innocence, impulsiveness, distraction, fear and insecurity in relationship to the outside world, as well with her close relationship with her grandmother.
There is also the fact that she is one of the few fairy tale protagonists who is born in the working class and remains a member of working class instead of rising to nobility, showing that you don't need to be rich for your story to be worth telling, and making more easy to identify with her.
And tonight, i will share the ranking of who are, in my opinion, the best portrayals in audio visual mass media of my favorite fairy tale heroine of all time.
12° Sara Berner in Silly Simphonies: The Big Bad Wolf (1934)
In this sequel to the famous Silly Simphony The Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood is a friend of the Pigs who naively takes Fiddler Pig and Piper Pig’s advice of taking a shortcut to Grandmother’s house, even tough Pratical Pig says the Big Bad Wolf is around that shortcut, wich makes it dangerous. Its interesting to see the only time where the Disney Studios touched on the Little Red Riding Hood by making one of the earliest examples of a Faerie Tale Crossover, and i like Little Red’s 30s chubby doll like design, wich makes her number twelve on this list.
11° The version from The Tale of Little Red Riding Hood (1946)
Another of the Faerie Tale Stop Motion Shorts Animated by Ray Harrihausen, once again we have a character whose voice is given by a narrator, but this time (compared to Harryhausen’s version of Rapunzel, for instance) she gets to clearly be an active point of view character, with memorable design and expressive maneirisms, and that’s why she gets the number eleven spot.
10° Mitsuko Horie/Christina Lange in Grimm’s Fairy Tale Classics (1988)
This encarnation of Little Red is also in the more naive and innocent end of the spectrum, being manipulated to believe that there is a different Big Bad Wolf in the woods and that who is in front of her is a Big Good Wolf, but there is also a sense of spunkiness in her characterization, particularly when she tries to escape being devoured by throwing oranges at the Wolf. Plus, her design is just adorable :3
09° Lilla Crawford in Into the Woods (2014)
There are three character performances in this movie adaptation of the Sondheim stage musical that made justice to their stage predecessours: Mackenzy Mauzy as Rapunzel, Daniel Huttlestone as Jack, and, specially: Lilla Crawford as Little Red Riding Hood. Crawford’s performance transmits pretty well her transition from naive character to a more wild and spunky one, while also still being pretty funny and emotionally poignant, and this fist foray of the actress into film earns her the number nine spot on my list.
08° Maren-Inken Bielenberg in Rotkäppchen (1954)
This East German TV Movie gives an interesting expansion to the faerie tale by developing Little Red Riding Hood’s family life, making her the eldest of seven children, and the only girl, who helps her mother to take care of her younger brothers while also acting as a normal child who enjoys playing with them (kind of giving me Wendy and The Lost Boys inspired vibes) and who believably would make mistakes like going out alone in the woods and believing in the Wolf fake gentleness. She captures the often neglected complexity of children, and that is what makes her memorable to earn the number eight spot.
07° Andrea Libman in Jetlag Productions/Goodtimes Entertainment: Little Red Riding Hood (1995)
This direct-to-video animated movie is another expansion of the story that still manages to keep focused in the main plot and characters: we follow this version of Little Red in a long journey, where she shows her kindness in helping diferent animals (a deer, a bird, and a group of beavers) while falling victim of the manipulations from a Big Bad Wolf who is a Clark Kent level master of disguise. As the movie goes, we see a Little Red getting the chance to be more proactive in the story by becoming a kind friend and leader of the forest animals, transmiting a nice message that kindness pays kindness, and this is great to earn the seventh place.
06° Mary Steenburgen as Mary in Faerie Tale Theatre (1983)
In this episode of the famous Faerie Tale Antology TV series, our Little Red is Mary, a teenager who, inspired by her brave and strong willed Grandmother, dreams of big adventures, but whose dreams constantly receive buckets of cold water from her overprotective Father. So in the proccess, instead of being the one who goes trough the character arc, she inspires a character arc in the other characters, showing that presenting the dangers of the outside world to young people and how to defend oneself can sometimes be more effective than sheltering and overprotecting them.
05° Anne Hathaway as Red Pucket in Hoodwinked (2005)
In this CGI animated comedy movie, we watch a detective movie retelling of the Little Red Riding Hood tale, where the steeling of book of recipes kicks an investigation that has four suspects: Red Riding Hood, her Grandmother, the Big Bad Wolf and Francis the Woodsman, each telling a different version of the facts they know. Red Pucket tells the story of working as the dellivery girl of the baking goods prepared by her Grandmother, but, being a young badass who knows martial arts, she wishes more than just the life of safety and comfort provided by being the happy dellivery girl. When a misterious baking goods thief appears in the woods, Red thinks this is her chance to prove herself, and decides to go on a journey to protect her Grandmother’s recipes and find Grandmother herself, whom she believes is in danger. Brave and loyal, while also keeping a sassy sense of humour, this heroine always made me rewatch Hoodwinked over, and over, and over again growing up, and that earns her the fifth place of this ranking.
And, oh yeah: about the sequel movie?
*the sound of a flushing toilet*
04° Vu Mai as Little Red Happy Coat in Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)
Here we have a take on the famous fairy tale that sets the story in a chinese village. Little Red Happy Coat, who will remember you that she is not a child because “she is almost eight”, lives with her parents and her older sister, who is engaged to the local tailor. While playing around, she can make quite some mess, but is overall a genuinely nice girl who is very good in making friends with every person in the village, and is nice to learn some aspects of chinese culture trough Little Red Happy Coat’s adventures, like the fact that the tailor will also be considered an older brother when he marries her sister. Here is a great example of how to combine entertaining story telling with education :)
03° Danielle Ferland in Into the Woods (1987)
While yes: Lilla Crawford made justice to the original in the movie version of Into the Woods, she didn’t necessarily beated it. Danielle Ferland’s performance in the original Broadway Stage Musical is simply iconic: we all remember her singing voice, her costume design that just looks like something that camed out of a storybook, her passion for food, her mixture of fear and fascination in relationship to the Wolf, her funny banther with Jack, the Baker and his Wife, the energy and spunkiness she shows when adopting the Wolf Skin Coat and the dagger, and the pain in her voice and facial expression when coping with her family having been killed by the Giant! She was just sixteen years old at the time, but already knew how to show imense range in just one character. If that wasn’t enough, her ties to this musical is so strong that in 2012, she returned to the show in a different role: playing the Baker’s Wife! There is no way to saying: Ferland’s face and voice is one of the faces of this musical’s legacy, how couldn’t she be my number three?!
02° Amelia Shankley as Linet in Cannon Movie Tales: Red Riding Hood (1989)
If you readed my short comment/review of this picture posted here, you know that i am mixed with the execution of the movie as a whole because of the insertion of a “Robin Hood meets the Odissey” inspired plot that kind of ofuscats the Little Red Riding Hood plot, wich should be the main focus. That sayed, the parts that are from the Little Red Riding Hood plot are pretty well executed, in particular our Little Red herself: Linet, played by Amelia Shankley. Linet is a curious, adventurous and dreamer heroine, who is fascinated by the fairy stories told by her grandmother, and constantly goes to the woods in search of sayed fairies. She also shows bravery in encouraging her fellow villagers to keep hoping of better days and to stand up against her uncle, the Castle Lord Godfrey, one of the main villains of the picture. Plus, Linet presents an interesting point in the musical number “Don’t ever talk to strangers”, by asking: “if i don’t talk to strangers, how will i make new friends”? Subtly updating the stories themes to new generations of audiences while still keeping their excence. When i watch Linet, i see the Little Red i always imagined coming out of the storybooks.
Having sayed that, there is one version that i think surpasses Shankley’s in getting my number one spot...
01° Sarah Patterson as Rosaleen in The Company of Wolves (1984)
This surreal movie writen by Angela Carter and based on a tale from her anthology book The Bloody Chamber, guides us trough the dreams of a young teenager called Rosaleen, who is long aesleep because of what is implied to be menstrual pains. In her dreams, she imagines herself living in a 17th century village, listening to stories about man who become wolves from her Grandmother. Those stories are told as a way to prepare her to always be afrayed of man, whom her Grandmother considers all brutal and predatory beasts (unless you are talking about her son, who Rosaleen’s father, of course, because for most mothers their sons are always perfect) that victimize pure and innocent women. But Rosaleen is starting to think that this is too simplified a view of the world, and that maybe women can be just as ferocious beasts as man. So, we enter in a psychological journey, where Rosaleen navigates the desire of wanting to be a good person while also understanding her own dark and wild side. Portrayed in a great performance by them fourteen year old Sarah Patterson, Rosaleen takes us to the tale’s roots of exploring the past anxieties about coming of age, family relationships, gender roles, sexuality and violence, and shows us why those anxieties are still relevant in a modern society. And that is why she is my number one portrayal of Little Red Riding Hood.
Honorable Mentions: Amona Aßmann in Sechs Auf Einen Streich (2012)
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man up. [m] | pt. 5
h. jisung x reader | netflix rom-com au
— ❝Even with classes, annoying brothers, and an unrequited crush, you still figured your first year of college was going pretty well. Until you managed to get your first boyfriend, and suddenly your brother and his stupidly attractive best friend were attached to your hip for the whole damn ride.
or alternatively;
Why did Jisung care about you so much, and had his eyes always been that pretty?❞
WORD COUNT: 4.7k
CONTAINS: brothers best friend au, teen rom-com au, sorta crack fic, love triangle au, college au
WARNING: future smut, language, very brief mention of past child abuse (they were pushed and got hurt), panic attack
a/n: I have no idea how this chapter got this real? THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A STUPID SILLY FIC
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—UNEDITED
“Just fucking leave me alone Jisung.”
“Hyunae, hold on—”
Jisung sighed, his palm rubbing harshly into his eye to soothe the sting of oncoming tears.
He was both devastated and relieved after his night with Hyunae. Granted, he hadn’t gotten any sleep whatsoever last night, but it was done, he really did it. Minho said he didn’t have the balls, but he fucking did, so fuck Minho.
“No! Just… get out.”
But there was the other side of his mind that was screaming at him for ruining a relationship that he put so much time into. It kept asking him why. Why did he do it? What pushed him to end it?
The true answer stared him in the face, but just as he had done for his whole like, he denied it.
“I knew this was going to happen anyway. I was just waiting for you to open your fucking eyes, Jisung.”
It had nothing to do with you. Why would it?
There was no romantic feeling between you and him, none at all. So there would be no reason for him to break up with his girlfriend on your accord. But he couldn’t ignore the way you ran out of the diner, and how terrified he had been all night with the absence of you. You hadn’t called him or Felix to let them know that you were fine, so of course he was worried, pacing back and forth around his girlfriend’s dorm until she snapped at him. It was possibly the worst timing for them to get into a fight, but it was also an opportunity for Jisung to just say it.
He wanted to break up.
He wouldn’t be quieted or controlled anymore.
He was no longer going to listen to her bicker with his friends over the smallest things.
Jisung had officially grown a backbone.
And that had nothing to do with the comment Hyunae made after you left. A comment that she had no place to make. She was the one in the wrong that night, but he was the one being scolded and cursed at. It was always him that was at fault in the end, no matter what happened or how it happened. It was always stupid Han Jisung.
Stupid stupid Han Jisung.
To say that his dormmate was surprised to see him after months of never sleeping in his assigned bed would’ve been an understatement. But thankfully Haechan didn’t ask any questions about why Jisung’s eyes were puffy or what he was doing showing up so late at night. Jisung respected that about the normally eccentric boy.
That night he hadn’t been plagued with nightmares of his now ex-girlfriend, but a memory of his childhood, leaving his chest feeling heavy the next morning. He remembered how scorching hot the summer sun was on the back of his neck as he sat idle on the steps of his best friend’s house. He could hear the screaming and yelling of Minho’s cracking voice, another—deeper—baritone booming over it. Jisung has always wondered how Minho could be so brazen, staring into the eyes of every new man that walked into his house.
Minho never really talked about it, but Jisung had picked up enough over the years to know that your dad was no longer in the picture, and that caused some conflicts between Minho and the men that he thought was trying to fill that position. Jisung never met your father, as he was barely six years old and hadn’t yet met Minho, but he grew to learn how much Minho idolized the absent man.
Jisung remembered the loud thud before the crash of something breaking. He also remembered the way his neck heated and legs trembled. But he would do as promised and wait for his friend to walk out the door so they could hop on their bikes and just get away. Minho always asked Jisung to wait for him while he planned a confrontation.
It was taking longer than usual.
Jisung met Lee Minho when he was eight years old, during an attempt to catch frogs in a small pond in the neighborhood. His family had just moved into the area and Jisung was too shy to really approach any of the children in the houses around him so he opted to play on his own. His brother was too old to play with him, and he honestly didn’t mind.
He got used to it and learned to entertain himself.
Minho approached all high and mighty, asking why Jisung was trying to catch the frogs in his special frog hunting spot, but was cut short by the smaller boy apologizing profusely and stumbling over his feet to stand. Only to find himself landing on his ass and soaking his green cargo shorts in mud. Minho had barked a laugh, his mouth opening to say something, but slamming closed as a frog jumped up and collided with Jisung’s cheek, nearly scaring the life out of the already petrified boy. Minho had then jumped into the pond with giggles falling out of his lips as Jisung laughed alongside him despite the tears falling down his face.
The night ended with your mother peeling leeches from both of the crying boys, and you making them a poorly executed cup of hot (lukewarm at best) chocolate to get rid of the sting.
Why you thought that was going to help—Jisung didn’t know.
Though, Minho still drank it in one breath and thanked you for making the pain go away with uneven sniffs. That was the first moment Jisung witnessed Minho suppress his feelings on your accord, and it certainly hadn’t been the last. Jisung didn’t blame his new friend at the time though, since he found himself eager to gulp down the drink to witness the same toothy smile you sent to your brother—but only directed at him.
It was worth the small stomach ache.
“Don’t touch him! Don’t you fucking dare touch my son.”
The voice or your mother rang clear as a bell in Jisung’s head, the usual calming tone was missing and urgency was all he could hear at that moment. The air only read “get away” as he continued to listen carefully to what was happening behind the closed door. He had listened to many fights, but even after knowing Minho for three whole years none of them had escalated beyond shouting.
Jisung’s instincts tried to kick him into gear, but he still sat there, his loyalty outweighing his better judgement.
The argument shifted between your mother and the man, Minho’s voice suddenly eerily absent. Jisung felt his heart pulse for his friend, his mind wandering to only the worst scenarios and his eyes welling up with irritating tears. But his gaze stayed unwavering, locked on the swaying tire swing he and Minho had put up themselves earlier that summer.
The door swung open, letting the voices be heard clear from the kitchen. Jisung’s head swung around carefully to watch as Minho rushed outside, his face bright red, almost unnaturally so. He left the door open, not even bothering to close it behind him.
“—he tripped. I didn’t know he was going to fall, honey. I’m sorry—”
“If you ever lay another hand on my child, you will never see the light of day again.” Your mother’s voice threatened, plaguing Jisung’s young mind.
“I would never purposefully hurt Minho—”
Jisung had shut the door, turning on his heel to follow his friend.
Minho had been fuming. His cheeks red—though one more red than the other, but Jisung wouldn’t once ask about it—and drenched with fresh tears, his hand furiously whipping it all away.
Jisung watched as Minho punched and kicked at the trees and flower beds in the backyard, making a mess of the once tidy space. But he just let his friend go, not saying one word to the boy. Jisung knew that he would be acting like a baby in Minho’s situation and was baffled by his friend’s strength. Minho was Jisung’s hero back then, and he sometimes missed that feeling when he took the time to reminisce.
It was only when Minho was somewhat calmed down, that you walked out to check on your brother. Your eyes were rimmed with red and your hands fisted the fabric of your shirt.
Every fight, you were always there to catch it all; a bystander like Jisung.
And despite his state—a steadily swelling cheek and a darkening welt on his forehead—Minho still pulled you into his arms to comfort your hiccuping form. He denied every worry and question that fell from your wobbly lips, and Jisung had a sense of dejavu each time.
It had been a rinse and repeat process for years; Minho would cause trouble and get into fights, and he would console you each and every time you showed any worry.
Neither you or Minho spoke about it, but Jisung knew that it was only Minho’s way of trying to protect you. With your dad gone, Minho moved to fill that gap, just trying too hard without a complete understanding of the line he shouldn’t cross.
Jisung had no idea why he had that dream, but the heavy weight in his chest began to push him in wanting to see Minho.
You couldn’t tell if you were having a good morning or not.
The date with Chan had gone incredibly well, that was for sure. He was sweet, such a gentleman, and the time you spent with him wasn’t at all boring by any means. He was absolutely perfect.
So why were you panicking?
Of course, there was the initial fear when you woke up in the morning to see that your little make out in his car wasn’t so little after all, and that your neck looked as if someone had tried to maul you. And the more makeup you piled over it barely made a difference, so the fact that you told Chan that you would go over to the apartment in the morning so he could show you the track he had put so much effort into, wasn’t exactly as exciting as it had been last night.
At the apartment you could run into Minho—or Jisung.
God, you completely forgot about Jisung.
You hadn’t seen him in a few days for classes, the small break in your school schedule being a true blessing, and you suddenly felt guilt crawl up into your chest. The situation with Hyunae wasn’t necessarily his fault, and you realized that after a few days to yourself. They were dating, of course they were going to act like a couple. You were simply being a big baby about a bit of PDA.
He had a girlfriend.
Right, why were you so worried about a few hickies when he had a girlfriend?
Why were you even bringing up that fact that he had a girlfriend when that didn’t even matter?
Why were you still so terrified that you had visible evidence of Chan’s lips on your neck when Jisung wasn’t in love with you and you weren’t in love with Jisung?
Why did you feel so guilty?
Staring at the purple marks on your neck had your mind flickering back to the moment when you first saw Jisung with the same little round spots on his own collar. Back in your first years of secondary school when Jisung basically lived at your house, him and Minho stopped paying much attention to you. It was a phase in your brother's life where he was getting into too many fights with his peers, and spending less time with you. And when you were that age you were pretty butt-hurt about it.
Jisung and Minho had just returned back from a party, one that you hadn’t received an invitation to—not that Minho would allow you to go anyway—and they trampled up the stairs at two in the morning without a care in the world or a second thought about you nor your mother that were trying to sleep. How your mom managed to stay sleeping that night was beyond you.
And with your brother’s room right next door to yours, it was impossible to get back to sleep, their loud excitement too much for the thin wall between you to block out. So, you peeled your covers off your body and stomped into their room to give them a deadly glare and a good smack to the backs of their heads.
Grumpily, Minho apologized and promised to be quieter, but Jisung simply smirked and tugged you down onto his lap to coo at how cute your puffy and tired face was. It was around the same time of your life when Jisung learned to push back his anxieties and began gaining self confidence, since that was something he desperately lacked when he was younger. But with confidence came the flirting.
He chalked it up to “sibling like teasing” but you couldn’t deny the massive crush you had on the boy back then. So the feeling of his skinny arms wrapping tightly around you and his (then blonde) fringe ticking your cheeks, was almost too much for your poor heart to take.
And then you saw the red spots lining his neck and momentarily froze, confusion haunting your train of thought and throwing you for a loop. You weren’t stupid, you knew exactly what those were, but for some reason, it didn’t occur to you that Jisung would ever get them.
But there they were and it had definitely punched a small hole in your heart that night.
You were all adults now though, surely they knew that you were bound to grow up sooner or later. It would be ridiculous if they decided to throw a fit now, right? You were in college for god sake, you were allowed to have a boyfriend.
Or—a Chan. Whatever you and Chan were, you were allowed to have it dammit.
So why was your hand shaking as it lifted to grab the door knob?
Amongst your inner turmoil you hadn’t heard the heavy step of Jisung walking up the stairs. He was so exhausted that he hadn’t even noticed you until he was scaling the last few steps of the three story apartment complex. He paused for a moment as he watched you hesitate at the door, your eyes glued down on your hand.
A sudden wave of so many emotions rushed through him at the sight of you in a baggy sweater that fell around your thighs, the black spandex of your shorts peeking out from underneath. Even from behind, Jisung could tell that you were tired, your hair all messy and cute. His heart swelled in his chest.
Of course you would be the one to dissolve all of his stress. He should’ve known.
With a deep sigh, Jisung felt himself smile. He ascended the last few steps and sidled up behind you, eyes heavy from lack of sleep. You still had yet to notice his presence, and that had him chuckling under his breath. Your obliviousness was going to get you killed.
Jisung slid his arms around your waist, only feeling you flinch for a second before you were relaxing back into his chest. He didn’t have room for any confusion, as he was too elated to actually hold you again. He couldn’t remember the last time he could just walk up to you and grab you without there being a fuss. Jisung missed you.
Jisung took the opportunity to lean his jaw against your shoulder and tuck his face into the fabric of your sweater, only holding you closer. Your body wash had always been his favorite, not too intense that it had him nauseous, but sweet and soft enough to tempt him into placing a line of gentle pecks along the expanse of your skin—
That settled it, the break up was officially driving him insane.
With a sigh and a curt laugh, you closed your eyes and leaned your head to the other side. Jisung’s eyes widened for those few moments when the invitation was right there in front of him, and some sick part of him wanted to scatter marks over the soft plane of your skin. In his daze, he wondered what kind of noises you would make if he bit down and made a mess of your pretty collar; if you would beg and whine or release little breathless gasps. He was right there—so damn close.
His tongue ran along his bottom lip at the thought.
What was happening to him?
“I’m sorry for just standing out here. I must look crazy.” You breathed, hands wrapping around his forearms.
Jisung huffed a laugh, nudging your shoulder with his chin, just enough to shift your sweater off to the side. “No, you—”
Both of you froze at the same moment—complete different reasons why.
The warm body behind you wasn’t Chan.
Your mind was screaming at you to get away, telling you that you shouldn’t feel so comfortable with Han Jisung pressed intimately against your back. With his hands gripping your waist and chin resting on your shoulder where some other man's lips had kissed you, where Chan had—
Jisung saw the angry purple bruises before he could process the rest of what he wanted to say. They had been hidden behind the strategic collar of your sweater, and he suddenly felt a wave of an emotion that hadn’t risen to the surface for years climb up into his chest.
He quickly unraveled himself from you, face flushing red as he took multiple steps backwards, his back colliding harshly against the door of the apartment across from Minho’s. Jisung couldn’t care less about the sudden pain that rocketed up his spine, his attention locked onto the massacre on your clavicle.
Speechless, Jisung could feel his chest tightening and breathing quicken within his ribcage. Everything was so much worse than it had been before. At least he had a form of relief from breaking things off with Hyunae, now all he could feel was the crippling weight of your eyes on him. He felt completely exposed and dejected.
He couldn’t breathe.
“Ji—” You attempted to lean forward and grab his arm, brows pulled into a worried frown.
He felt stupid.
“I—shit. I’m sorry,” he whispered, shrinking away from your reaching hand and hurrying past you to shove his extra key into the lock, twisting it open faster than he had ever done in his life. It was a miracle that he could even get the key into the hole with how badly his hands were shaking.
Stupid stupid Jisung.
Jisung barely registered the confused concern that flashed across Changbin’s face as he sped past him, his sights set solely on the last room on the left. Slamming the door behind him, Jisung couldn’t help but feel like he was dying, his chest aching and body suddenly warm.
“Sung?” A groggy Minho lifted from under his sheets, his chest bare and bedhead wild. “What the hell?”
“I’m so stupid,” Jisung rasped, tugging at the collar of his shirt and collapsing back against Minho’s desk chair. “What the hell is wrong with me?”
“What happened?”
But Jisung could barely hear anything over the sound of his heart beating, the echoing drum in his skull.
Minho frowned, lifting from his bed and pulling a shirt over his head in order to cross over to his best friend. Jisung looked absolutely exhausted, heavy-lidded eyes staring out at nothing as his hands raked through his gelled hair, ruining the style he had probably spent his whole morning on.
It had been years since Minho had seen Jisung in such a state. There had been brief moments where Jisung got uncomfortable going to crowded parties or big lectures, but there was nothing small about how he was acting now.
A brief memory of a crying boy covered in mud and soaked to the bone flashed through his head.
Minho sighed, rubbing a palm over his face as he took a seat on the floor beside the desk chair that Jisung had claimed. Minho’s hand moved up to pat Jisung’s knee, “Well, Sung… Let’s get over this bitch together, okay?”
You felt your face pale as you took a slow step into the apartment, closing the door behind you. The look of fear that Jisung sent you was heartbreaking, his eyes wide and jaw clenched so hard that you knew for sure that it had to hurt.
“The hell happened out there?” Changbin asked, tone stern but confused.
You cringed, feeling your face heat up.
“He…” You debated telling him—perhaps he already knew? Either way, it wasn’t your place to say anything. The last thing you wanted was to get even further on Jisung’s bad side.
What did you even do to set him off?
“He what, Y/n? What happened?” Changbin placed down the cook utensil that had been gripped tightly in his fist.
It felt weird to see Changbin distressed, as he was usually the calm during the storm, keeping a level head even when things took a turn for the worst. But you figured you’d be the same way if you just saw one of your best friends in such a state and not have any prior knowledge of the situation.
“He started freaking out,” you finally said, voice low. “I’m sure he’ll be okay.”
But you really weren’t sure, and it was easy to tell that Changbin didn’t believe you.
“Are you sure you want to leave it at that, Y/n?”
Your lip wobbled for a quick second as your eyes locked on something off to your right. It was difficult to sit still under the heavy gaze of Changbin, but really, there was nothing else you could say. You wouldn’t tell him anything that could reveal too much, and if that meant you would have to endure his interrogation with sealed lips, then that was what you had to do.
You nodded slowly, “Mhm.”
Changbin’s eyebrows rose in shock, his arms moving to cross over his chest. “Seriously? You’re not going to tell me why Jisung just ran in here breathing like he was in fucking labor?”
You nodded again, more sure than the last time.
“He’s with Minho. He’ll be fine.”
“You’re just going to be super cryptic and annoying then.” Changbin said, frustration clear on his face. “No explanation at all.”
“Sorry.”
He looked at you as if he didn’t believe you, but you honestly were. You knew how shitty it felt to have people you care about hide things from you, since you went through a whole phase of it with Minho—hell, he still hid shit from you half the time. But if anyone was going to tell Changbin what was going on, it was going to be Jisung.
Because there was no way in hell that you were going to break all rules of trust and tell someone that Jisung suffered from panic attacks.
Granted, he used to get them all the time when he was young, therefore they were less of a secret and more of a “who possibly didn’t know?” type of deal. A lot of things set him off, and the fact that his parents completely uprooted their lives every two years didn’t help. Thankfully, they had gotten the hint and decided to hold off on moving until Jisung was out of school and ready to go off on his own.
But it had been a long time since you witnessed one so bad, and you didn’t want to share that secret with anyone. You knew Changbin was one of the most trustworthy people you knew, but it wasn’t your news to spread.
Changbin’s eyes scanned your form for a moment, his gaze only pausing on your neck for a fraction of a second, and if you hadn’t known what he was looking at, you wouldn’t have noticed anything different.
“Fine.” He said, spinning on his heel and returning to the small kitchen. He was frustrated and you felt bad about that, but he would hopefully know soon enough.
And like clockwork, the bathroom door then opened, Chan emerging with damp hair and thankfully fully clothed. It wasn’t the time to get distracted by his incredible body, you’d probably just feel even more guilty if that was even possible.
“Y/n,” Chan chimed, voice full of life and excitement as he all but blinded to your side like an excited puppy. Though, his cheery nature wouldn’t be enough to raise your spirits—if anything he dampened them further, even more guilt gnawing at your chest.
He grabbed your limp arms and rugged you forward, nearly pulling you into his chest. You felt your brows furrow and your head tilt away as he leaned forward to place a kiss on your lips, only to miss and land on the side of your head. Chan immediately pulled away with blinking eyes, his pretty lips open in slight surprise.
You cringed.
The universe was really against you today, huh?
“Is something wrong?” Chan asked, voice full of concern.
What a perfect guy.
You nodded, lips pulling in a tight line. “The morning has just been a little crazy…”
Eyes flickering up they landed on Changbin, who was already glancing your way, his own gaze skipping back and forth between you and Chan. Though, without a word he turned back to whatever breakfast he was cooking.
“Anything I can do to help?”
Leave—
You seriously wanted to punch yourself in the face. It wasn’t Chan’s fault for what happened, and you couldn’t ever think that. He was just caught in the middle of some messed up situation that wouldn’t have even happened if you just kept your stupid heart in line. Maybe if you had never met Jisung, everything would’ve turned out fine.
Because that would’ve solved all of your petty problems.
“No, Channie,” you managed to send a smile to the boy. “But we should probably get out of here before things get worse.”
Chan nodded, carefully lifting his hand to cradle your jaw.
“Okay. No problem.”
You sighed as he gave you the most patient smile you’d ever seen. Your guilt only grew.
Could things get any worse?
As if answering your question, the door to your brother’s room swung open and quietly shut after your grey haired sibling stepped out. His face was set, jaw squared and brows furrowed.
It was the same face that he went into every conflict with. That was the same expression he wore every time he threw a punch or when he used to pick fights with your mother’s old boyfriends. Minho was angry—with who, you weren’t yet sure.
But he didn’t miss a beat as he stepped around Chan and took his place in front of you, his calloused and scarred hand reaching up to the neck of your tousled sweater. You didn’t even bother to pull away or wiggle out of his reach, you just kept your unwavering gaze on Minho’s face as he tugged your collar down to expose the patches upon patches of bruises that spread lower than most would consider to be modest.
Minho kept his gaze down, refusing to look up into the wide eyes of his baby sister. He didn’t believe it when Jisung began babbling about hickies and teeth marks on your skin, his head in his hands as he finally came down from his inner panic. But there it was, clear as fucking day.
Minho wanted to spin around and sock Chan square in the jaw, but there was something deeper seeded in his chest that kept him from doing so. He bit the skin on the inside of his cheek inside, his mouth filling with copper as he dropped his hold on your sweater and spun around. He met eyes with Chan for only a moment, getting a hard look back as he bumped past and back into his room. This time the door had slammed behind him, all caution to the wind.
You expected yelling and screaming, a fight you were willing to endure and take. Minho was your brother—as much as he wanted to fill the hole that your dad left empty—he was just your older brother. He could scream and punch things, but you weren’t a baby anymore. What you hadn’t expected was complete silence from him, it was almost worse than him screaming…
No, your mind flickered back to the way he refused to even look into your eyes, it was much worse.
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Why are Konami’s MSX games fun? Interview from Beep #35 (1987/09)
We Asked Konami’s Development Division
Text by TAKE ON!
Photographs by: Keita Iwagami
While there are many gaming software for the MSX, there’s something special about Konami’s MSX titles that makes them stand out. Rather than just doing simple ports from other platforms, their titles have a unique charm to them that titles from other developers might lack. To find out how they do it, we tried asking Konami directly.
Just as Expected
“Hey, I knew it! It’s just like I predicted.” As I saw the results of this issue’s survey, I raised my voiced and shouted “Did you see this? Konami was voted the number 1 software maker for the MSX!” However, my voice was simply absorbed by the editing room, with no even a simple “yes” or “I see”-type of response. While I was happy that my favorite company Konami took the no. 1 spot, the editors around me didn’t seem very impressed by that. Perhaps they were exhausted by all the hard work they were doing everyday.
“Why are you guys not impressed? Maybe Konami being No. 1 was too predictable, but it’s still outstanding. Perhaps our readers might want to find out why their games are so interesting. I think such an article will probably be invaluable for this issue’s special MSX coverage...” After trying to argue with the editors in a way that made no sense, I went to Konami’s branch office at Tokyo to interview them.
Overwhelmed by the Company’s Policy
“Uhh, my name is Take On, I’m a writer for Beep magazine.” Like a country bumpkin, I went there without a business card stating who I was, so I had to spent time explaining myself away to the receptionist. After somehow managing to explain who I was and why I came there, Ms. [Akemi] Kamio, Konami’s spokeswoman, led me to what seems to be the reception room.
Before I knew it, I was sitting absent-mindedly at the reception room. “Where am I? Who am I? Ah! Ms. Kamio is such a beauty, that I almost lost my memory. I’m not so used to that. By the way, what was I going to talk about...”
While desperately trying to remember what kind of questions I had in mind, I noticed there was some kind of writing on the wall.
Company’s Policy:
Brilliance Begins With People
Cosmic Pondering
Earnest Action
Release the Fountain of Sensitivity
And Continue Sending Waves of Creativity
Into The Future
Huh. It has a very creative feeling to it, but I have no idea what it means by just reading it. What sort of company policy or philosophy was this? And what the heck was a “cosmic pondering”?
While I was thinking about this, Ms. Kamio guided me, or rather lured me to the “great developer”, so I automatically switched to interview mode. But I still didn’t know what was going to be my first question, so I ended up fumbling a bit.
Cosmic Pondering
Take On!: Uh-hello! I came here today to ask about the MSX and its “cosmic pondering”?
Akihiko Nagata: Uh, pardon me!?
T: (Crap! I fumbled my way so suddenly. Come to think of it, I did brought a notepad with me with the questions I had in mind. How silly of me.) Sorry about that! What I meant to say was that I came here to ask about why Konami’s MSX games are so popular. I would be glad if you could start by talking about Konami’s development department no. 1, the group you belong to.
Nagata: Our company’s development team is divided by three sections: Arcade, Famicom and PC. As you see, my department focuses on PC gaming development, even though most of our games are for the MSX. The company’s plan of action is to have the three sections assembled to work on the same level.
T: Does that mean that titles such as Ganbare Goemon and Akumajo Dracula [Vampire Killer], which were ported from Famicom games, have their own staffs for the MSX versions?
Nagata: That’s right. When it comes to porting a game from one platform to another, other companies tend to have the same team involved with the port. We could do that too, since it’s very efficient, but our company has a structure which allows the MSX team to independently research and develop its own ports. As a result, we hardly release any port that is just the same game with a few minor changes. In other words, because we feel the class of users for the Famicom and MSX, as well as the market, are different, we’re doing a full-time service for each, In that sense, each software is basically its own original product.
The Inside Story of the Gradius Development
T: (I see. With such a logic, you won’t have an identical product.) Speaking of which, the MSX version of Gradius [Nemesis] was very different compared to the arcade and Famicom versions when it came to aspects like the difficulty level and the additional stages.
Nagata: That’s right. When I saw the development of the Famicom version of Gradius I felt a sense of “I really want to do this”. When it comes to developing a port, we set milestones with the condition that “if we can’t complete this, then we must cancel the development.” In the case of Gradius, making the laser long was such a condition, so the first thing we ended up doing was the programming for the laser itself. If we could accomplish that, then we can surely port the game.
T: (He really knows how players feel.) That’s why I was glad when it had new area and the hidden extra stages.
Nagata: Originally we were set to develop the game on a 32 kilobyte cartridge, but that was not sufficient to fit everything we wanted, so it was increased to 1-Megabit. Because there weren’t that many Megarom cartridges back then, we worked hard to make the best of it. We ended up with excess space, so we added a new regular stage to make use of it, but that was still not enough content to fill the extra space, so we added the hidden extra stages, as well as title screen that took 8-kilobyte.
T: (I see. But still, doing your best to make full use of the game’s given memory is pretty amazing.) I had the chance to play Gradius 2 [Nemesis 2] a while ago. It’s a superb game with all new stages and inclusion of a sound source that seems like it was developed specifically for the Megarom cartridge format. Particularly with its opening story sequence that made me teary-eyed.
Nagata: That story was something that its lead designer was particularly fixated with. (laughs) The original arcade version of Gradius didn’t have much of a story other than “the Bacterions are coming, deploy the Vic Viper”, but that wasn’t enough for the manual, so we had to go back and write a new story.
T: And then Gradius 2 added a sound source to the software.
Nagata: The music is all new and composed by the same person who did the music for the original arcade version of Gradius. This time we were able to employ audio waveforms in addition to the standard 3 PSG channels. All in all, you could say it has 8 ports or 8 chords. Simple calculations are also increased by 2.8 times. The programming is already like a puzzle. As for the music itself, you might not be able to tell the difference when compared to a recent game, but when compared to the first Gradius, you’ll see that the sound itself was considerably improved.
A Gathering of Little Ideas
T: Lately Gradius 2 has served as the centerpiece of the MSX1, but where does that leave Metal Gear in regards to the MSX2? I was very impressed by the innovative direction it took.
Nagata: I’m glad that the game was well-received by your staff. (laughs) I was concerned whether or not the game would be well-received by players or not. But it seems like we’re off to a good start. The world of Metal Gear was also something that its designer was particularly fixated with. When it comes to directing, or rather structuring a game, there are ways to create it after deciding on its main ideas, but sometimes it’s better to mix up a lot of little ideas like a crossword. You’ll know the game’s overall balance when it’s finished.
T: That’s why all Konami games have subtle little touches or shine with their presentation. Are there any particular problems when it comes to developing an MSX game?
Nagata: Sincerely, while the world of graphics have expanded since the introduction of the MSX2, it is very difficult in terms of processing. The MSX was designed to be used on a home television set [as opposed to a computer monitor], so even if you make the graphics more detailed, it still won’t look very pretty on a TV screen.
And then there’s the scrolling. If you’ve seen TwinBee or Hinotori, you’ll understand. The machine is capable of vertical-scrolling, but not horizontal. That’s why you won’t see anything like points on-screen.
The LSI concept for the MSX’s image processing was designed with scalability in mind, but it wasn’t compatible with the kind of LSI employed by the Famicom, so that gave us a lot of problem.
T: You done a great job! Finally, I would be glad if you could tell us what’s Konami’s outlook for the future of the MSX.
Nagata: We’ve been allowed to make a living off the MSX, so we’ll continue to do our best when it comes to both, the MSX1 and MSX2.
When it comes to genre, our company has been basically making only action games up to this point, but we plan on adding more cerebral and adventure elements to future titles. The way users are viewing games are changing, so we want to grow while gradually attracting their needs.
Our MSX games have changed a lot content-wise since we started making them, but I don’t think they would changed that much in such a short time if we were doing only MSX games. There’s a sense of rivalry among Famicom and other PC users. We’re also going to do our best to compete with the arcade and Famicom sections anyway we can, so please continue to support us.
T: As an MSX user myself, I’m looking forward to Konami’s future games for the platform. I know it’s a lot of work, especially when it comes to the MSX1, but for the one million users out there please keep up the good work. Thank you for your time.
I was worried about what was going to happen at one point, but the interviewed ended in a hour without a hitch. If I get the opportunity, next time I’ll ask about what exactly a “cosmic pondering” is. Until then, see you again in “my own forum!” (Editor’s note: “Hey! Don’t advertise your own serial!”
Source
Beep Vol. 3 No. 9 - September 1987 issue (Softbank Publishing)
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Chapter 2: Reach For My Hand
Summary: Sylvain has been ignoring you since you met him. You had been in love with him since you met him. College is about to offer you a fresh start. New academic year, new life. You were ready to forget him. But fate seems to have other plans… (COLLEGE AU)
Series: Seeking Your Warmth If Only For A Day
Warnings: Objetification (?), anxiety attack, curse words
Pairings: Sylvain Jose Gautier x Female Reader
Word Count: 4562
AO3: Reach For My Hand
A/N: Sorry it took too long. My writing process is unpredictable. Besides, it was a boring chapter at first and I think I managed to make it interesting? Anyways, I hope you enjoy this chapter! If you have suggestions, requests, theories or whatever leave a comment of come talk to me on tumblr - same username.
Your first week of university had passed all at once. Time flew between jotting down notes, going back and forth, meeting all your new teachers and, overall, trying to survive. Thankfully, Lysithea had shared all her notes with you, so you weren’t that lost – since Claude was keen on gossiping with you in the middle of lessons…
…And since Sylvain proved himself to be a huge distraction. And an active one, in fact.
The ominous day Byleth paired you with him, Sylvain had approached you after class. Hands in his pockets, his chest a little puffed and a glamorous grin on his face, he had the perfect pose to be on the cover of a teenage magazine. And with his casual tone, he nonchalantly asked you for your number..
“We better stay in touch to finish the project”, he added. Your heart skipped a beat – or two or three – and you nodded. You hoped that excitement would go unnoticed. There was the slightest shyness in his voice, but you discarded the thought. It was absurd to consider you’d awaken even the smallest amount of insecurity in him, regarding the fact that he was the embodiment of confidence.
“Sure”, you smiled and grabbed a pen. Sylvain stopped you muttering a ‘wait’ and took out his phone. He opened a tab for a new contact.
“Here, write your number.” You took it and started writing. Then, it hit you that Sylvain actually knew how you were called. He had edited the blank space, where you saw all the letters that spelt your name standing triumphantly. He even had added a heart emoji next to it. So, even if he had never acknowledged your existence, he was aware of it.
“Write me whenever you feel like it,” he said with a wink. Your name rolling out of his lips was the most beautiful sound you had ever heard.
As he went away and followed Mercedes out of the classroom, Claude rose his eyebrows.
“Well, that went better than expected. Our plan is running smoothly,” he hit you with his elbow.
“Your plan, Claude. I never agreed to it,” you sighed, while he just chuckled and let it be.
But that wasn’t the end of the phone matter. Not at all.
The next day you met your new teacher, Catherine. She was interesting, and she made her lessons about the Evolution of Warfare quite enjoyable – which was itself a great deed, in your opinion. However, there was a downside, and it was that the blonde woman talked your ears off with her millions of tales that weren’t that interesting and definitely not exam material.
It was early and you were barely awake when you felt the light vibration of a message on your mobile phone. Who could be at that hour? You looked next to you. Marianne was as still as a corpse, Claude was probably asleep and Lysithea was fiercely taking notes, so it was not any of them trying to be discreet. Ingrid would never use her phone during a lesson, so she was ruled out too.
With caution, you unlocked the screen of your phone and placed it on your lap.
Unknown 09:45: Are you bored too?
Did Dorothea change her number again?
You 09:46: Who are you?
Unknown 09:46: Look right 😊
You did. And you came across Sylvain waving at you. You saved his number quicker than you’d like to admit.
You 09:48: Good morning, Sylvain
You 09:48: And yes, I’m bored to death
Out of the corner of your eye, you saw a smile gracing Sylvain’s countenance, and you felt like a schoolgirl all over again.
Sylvain 09:49: Is Claude asleep? For real?
You 09:50: Most likely…
And that was the beginning of your academic doom.
It turned out that Sylvain was a compulsive text-writer. He wasn’t shy about sending you millions of messages at any time. And you, foolish as always, responded every last one of them. Against your will, as you typed on your phone, butterflies flied around your stomach.
The first days, he limited your interactions strictly to Catherine’s lessons and breaks. But as the week progressed, you found yourself going to sleep a little later just to share a few more words with the infamous flirter.
You two didn’t have meaningful conversations at all. You talked about high school, books, films, you shared jokes and silly occurrences… Yet it made you feel that an already existing connection tying you with Sylvain was awakening. It was absurd, to think there was a bond that had been formed before between both of you, but you couldn’t cast aside that sensation. Like a distant memory of a dream you once had. Like the primal needs our bodies feel. You felt there was something that linked you with him, and it was ancient and significant.
When Claude discovered what you and Sylvain were up, he was delighted.
“Don’t you realize that’s just what we needed for our plan?”, he opened his eyes and leaned in closer, so your classmates wouldn’t hear him.
“Again, your plan, Claude”, you shook your head. “And you seem to be making it up as it goes.”
“Well, that’s my charm, darling,” he laughed, and went on playing with his phone. You threw him your best deadpan look.
With so many distractions, the weekend arrived in the blink of an eye. It was rather cloudy when you woke up, and late, because it was Saturday and you didn’t have any obligation. You rolled in bed, throwing away your blanket and yawning.
Then, you heard a thud next to you. It was your phone. You remembered you had been talking with Sylvain when you fell asleep. You deliberated if maybe it wasn’t better to ignore him for a day. You were starting to get your hopes up, and you wanted to avoid another disappointment. But as if your hands moved on their own, you opened the conversation to see what you had missed.
Sylvain 01:13: What do you mean you HAVEN’T seen Loog and the Maiden of Wind???
You 01:15: ??
You 01:15: What’s wrong?
Sylvain 01:17: It’s Ingrid’s favourite film!
Sylvain 01:18: More like, she loved complaining about how they got all the scenes from the book wrong
Sylvain 01:18: Still she made me watch it like 1819341973 times
You 01:19: She wanted me to watch it
You 01:20: I just happen to have really good excuses 😉
Sylvain 01:25: Well you are going to watch it with me
You 01:26: Why would I?
Sylvain 01:27: It’s called solidarity
You 01:27: I don’t have that
(Unread) Sylvain 01:31: ☹
(Unread) Sylvain 01:31: Please, suffer with me
(Unread) Sylvain 01:33: C’mon I promise I’ll be good, I won’t bite you
(Unread) Sylvain 01:33: Unless you ask me 😉😉😉
(Unread) Sylvain 01:35: So I’m going to believe that you’re asleep and are not in fact ignoring me
(Unread) Sylvain 01:34: Good night, princess <3
You sighed and got up. What were you getting yourself into? And what were you trying to achieve? ‘Don’t implicate yourself too much’, has said Claude, but you were already in too deep. But your friend probably knew as much and was plotting something entirely different.
Ignoring your best judgment, you started typing.
You 09:53: Good morning!
Goddess, you felt stupid.
“Good morning”, greeted Ingrid when you left your room. “I got some pastries for breakfast.”
“Nice.”
You sat next to her and started to munch on the first sweet piece you found. The television filled the room with a comforting background noise. You were half listening the weather and the news. Your phone suddenly beeped, indicating you had a new text message. You looked at the screen with discretion and unlocked it with an unbothered appearance, trusting Ingrid wouldn’t ask questions.
Sylvain 10:01: I unilaterally decided we’re watching the film today, princess
You couldn’t hide your expression, and Ingrid looked your way.
“Who are you texting?”, she tried to use a teasing tone. “I’ve never seen you so hooked on your phone. Is it Claude?”
There was no use in lying, so you’d answer thruthfully. You could even get some intel about Sylvain without revealing your game if you played your cards well.
“Oh, no. It’s Sylvain?” You feigned disinterest.
“Is he bothering you? I could scare him off,” she offered, with her eyebrows furrowed.
“What? Don’t do it.” A small and nervous laughter escaped your mouth at the idea.
“Don’t tell me he’s done it”, Ingrid said, and she rested her head on her hands, her attention focused on you.
“What has he done?”
“Charming you!”, she replied as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
“Ingrid, I was paired with him for some project. That’s all,” you assured her.
“Well, just don’t fall for him. He can be very disgusting sometimes. He’s a good friend, but he’s not a good boyfriend.” She hummed. “As far as I know, of course.”
“Don’t worry,” you smiled, appeasing, “I’ll be fine.”
“It’s weird, though. He never texts anyone on his own accord. He always says it’s a waste of time.”
“It’s for the project. No biggie,” you affirmed, yet you knew you’d have to keep in mind that fact.
“Ah, that must be it,” Ingrid shrugged. “He may be always chasing skirts, but he’s very diligent with academic matters.”
You 10:15: I have a better idea
You 10:16: Let’s go to the library and start Byleth’s project
You weren’t ready for watching a film with him. In the best-case scenario, you’d faint like Bernadetta on your high school days.
Sylvain 10:17: The library? In this era of technology?
You 10:17: Yes.
Sylvain 10:18: Okay, fine
Sylvain 10:19: You are right, old-fashioned university professors love their bibliographies filled with books :/
Sylvain 10:19: But you owe me one film
You 10:19: … we’ll see.
You 10:19: Let’s meet at the library at 6 p.m.
“I’m going to the library with Sylvain today,” you commented to Ingrid.
“Do you mind if I invite Ashe over?”
Well, you weren’t expecting that. You noted mentally to compare notes with Dorothea, because now you didn’t have any doubt that there was something going on between her and Ashe. Never ever had she invited a guy before that wasn’t Felix, Sylvain, or Dimitri.
“Oh, yeah, go ahead, I don’t mind,” you encouraged her.
“Cool!”
You were getting ready, mulling over what you were going to wear. You didn’t want to try too hard, this wasn’t a date, but nevertheless you wanted to look good – despite the fact that if anyone ever asked you, you’d completely refuse that thought had crossed your mind. It was absurd, but denial helped you to keep going.
As you struggled to decide, you heard Ingrid biding you goodbye and the door being closed. You supposed she was going to meet Ashe and bring him to your place. You grinned to yourself. Immediately after, your phone started ringing. It was Dorothea. She had a distinctive melody that she sang herself for you. What on earth could have made her call you? She was the queen of voice messages.
“Yes?”, you began.
“You better tell me what the fuck is happening!”, she yelled with her usual dramatic twist.
“What is happening?” You were quite confused and tried to go over all the things she could be referring to.
“Don’t play dumb. First, Ingrid is all starry-eyed when she talks about Ashe and now you have a date with Sylvain? Is the water in your apartment poisoned?” You wondered how she found out, but Dorothea had a sixth sense for love affairs.
“Well, Ingrid is the one with an actual date,” you pointed to divert her attention. “I’m just going to the library because-”
“Because a project? Why does it sound so familiar? Ah, yes, it’s what I told my parents when I was going to make out with a classmate in high school. And don’t distract me throwing Ingrid to the wolves.”
“What do you want of me?”, you exclaimed out of frustration.
“A confession!”
“Who are you? Seteth?” You could hear Dorothea’s sweet laugh at your joke.
“How could I be so stupid? Your crush has been Sylvain all these years!”, she was creating a fuss on the other side of the phone. “I’m not going to lie, I didn’t expect that, not in the least.”
“You are assuming way too much.”
“Shut up! I guess Sylvain is a whole reason himself to keep it a secret, but you should have told me.” Dorothea made a pause. “My poor baby suffering all those years in silence! Aunty Dorothea is here to comfort you!”
“Quit the joking. Now tell me what I should wear for my not-a-date”, you said indignantly.
“Oh, right. Do you recall the Red Canyon? You definitely should put on that thing you wore. It will catch his eye, but it doesn’t seem way too elaborated.”
“Thank you, Dorothea, you are a genius. Are you reading my mind?”
“Really? I can see right through you”, she giggled. “You haven’t changed. And I would you why you are so worried about your clothes when it’s not a date, but you’d just mutter any excuse and ignore me altogether.”
“I don’t know what you are talking about.”
“Now, inform me of you not-a-date with Sylvain when you’re finished right away, okay?”, she finished with her motherly intonation.
“Fine, fine! Goodbye, I have to go now!” You saw the time and it was really late.
You got dressed in a hurry and grabbed your laptop, some notebooks and a couple of pens.
By the time you arrived at the library, Sylvain was already there. He was looking around, his bag grabbed laid causally on his back, hold by the handle with his strong fist. His other hand was resting in his pocket.
While his appearance was laid back, you were a bundle of nerves. As soon as your gaze found him, you felt a knot form in your gut. You denied that the young man could have that kind of effect on you, but the evidence was overwhelming. Why did it have to be so difficult in person? It had been so easy when you didn’t have to see his face – so handsome it was unnerving. You were the opposite you had been on your telematic conversations, far from your calm, charming and charismatic charade.
He was wearing a simple long-sleeved t-shirt and jeans. It was a mystery for you why he didn’t opt for a modelling career. You forcibly reminded yourself that despite his beauty, he was a Don Juan, totally uninterested in you. You chanted Claude’s words ‘see what happens, don’t implicate yourself too much’ as you approached him.
Suddenly, his tan eyes focused on you as he recognized your figure, so you composed yourself the best you could. His lovely lips displayed a soft smile.
“Hey, Sylvain”, you greeted with an affected amiability. Still, you were tense.
“Hello there, princess.” He winked at you. “It’s nice to see you outside the classroom.”
“Yes, it’s refreshing,” you nodded.
You entered the big building with Sylvain at your side. Neither of you said anything, justifying yourself in the mandatory silence of a library. Some girls giggled as you walked past them, pointing at you two. And you noticed Sylvain looked a bit annoyed. The next thing you noticed was your teacher Catherine distracting the black-haired librarian with her nonstop chatter.
You turned your head to comment something to him, but he grinned, and you forgot your words. You simpered back, and he seemed content with that.
At last, you were in the ‘working-group’ area. The library itself was almost empty – but Dorothea told you it would be filled to the brim during finals week. There were some students chatting and taking notes, but not too many since most of the would be probably going to bars, pubs, and discos. And it was right then when it hit you that Sylvain was not in some sort of date or in a quest to gain the favours of a pretty girl.
So far, you had detected two oddities in his behaviour. Texting and spending a Saturday evening in the library. And the common factor was you.
“Where should we start?”, asked Sylvain as he took a seat, startling you since you were absorbed in your thoughts. You mimicked him and made up your mind.
“Let me thing”, you said. At the same time, you took your laptop from your bag and turned it on. “Since we have to talk about the early history of Faerghus… maybe we can cover the foundation first?”, you suggested. Sylvain had a notebook and a pencil and started scribbling an outline of the project. “We’ll need… a biography of Loog. Or two. And a history book about the 8th century.” You peeked his handwriting. It was neat, with small letters. His S’s had an characteristic flourish.
“I have a good book on the Crescent Moon War, which is also a theme featured in our project”, he said, staring at his sheet. “Well... it’s Miklan’s”, Sylvain grimaced as he added that part, “but I can borrow it.”
“That’d be great.”
“Do you know what’d be great?”, he looked at you. “Watching Loog and the Maiden of Wind! I don’t know what you have against films. It would have been a perfect way to spend our Saturday.”
“Again?”, you laughed.
“It’s for research purposes. No fishy business here.” He placed the palm of his hand over his chest. “Scout’s honour.”
“If I accept will you focus on out project?”, you bit your lip.
“Yes! I promise.”
“Okay. How about we watch it once we’re finished?”
“It’s a deal.” He winked again, looking satisfied with himself. Then, he stood up. “I’ll look for the books we need. In the meantime, you can search on the Internet some good articles on the controversies of Loog’s biography.”
At the moment he vanished, you breathed deeply to calm your heart, since you could almost hear it thudding in your chest. This meeting had been more awkward than you had expected, at least on your part. You wondered if Sylvain was feeling it too, the rusty mechanism of two people who knew each other but had never held a whole conversation in real life.
And all the same… It didn’t feel bad, being next to Sylvain. It was great, even if you were on edge. If you didn’t know it was impossible, you’d describe that sensation as familiar. A déjà vu of some sort, as though you had gone over this stage with Sylvain a million of times and every time your pulse shot up.
You tried to concentrate on looking for articles. You found a couple of them that could be useful, singed under big names of the field that would increase the credibility of your work.
You were absentminded during the rest of your search, trying to figure out how to be natural in your next conversation with Sylvain. You were a little insecure, even when Sylvain seemed to be comfortable with you. Your head was full of what ifs.
“I got our books!”, Sylvain announced cheerful, interrupting your worry.
He sat again next to you. And you swore he was closer than he was before. You could feel the heat emanating from him, warming your arm. And you could hear him breathing. His scent reached you. He had used just deodorant, which along with his natural smell was intoxicating. His shoulder bumped into yours in what looked like a premeditated manner.
“We could split the work. Maybe we could work together on the main structure and the final draft, and work on the information on our own…”, you said as you tried to concentrate on the pile of history volumes rather than any matter related to Sylvain. Otherwise you’d forget how to speak.
“That seems fair.”
Sylvain made himself comfortable, resting his chin on the hand opposite to you. This way he had a perfect view of what you were writing on your computer – and your face, but you refused to believe he was that interested in you. He was invading your personal space in every way and he didn’t care.
“What do you prefer?”, you asked, all professional. You weren’t going to move away.
“I don’t mind, love,” he shrugged. “What do you prefer?”
“Sylvain, we are a team. You should give your opinion.” He remained silent and you dared to turn your head away from the screen of your laptop. He was smiling, but his eyes were half-close, as if figuring out what you were thinking. “Sylvain?”
“Ah, yes.” He blinked. “We’re a team.” He stopped, savouring the word. “I’ll take the Crescent War Moon in that case.”
He then wrote a couple of lines on his notebook. You could see he was writing down a list of ideas on bullet points. You did the same on a sheet of paper you had on you. After a couple of seconds, he talked again.
“Thanks for taking into consideration my preferences,” he placed his arm around the back of your chair.
“Why wouldn’t I?”, you questioned seriously. You were at total lost with him, so you leant in closer. You couldn’t care less, you were just playing his game. He acknowledged it, because you could see him narrowing his eyes at your movement.
“Let’s say some people is not as nice.”
You didn’t answer. What could have you said? It was not what you were expecting him to reply.
Breaking the bubble that you both had formed around you, two girls appeared out of nowhere. They were the ones you had seen before when you entered the building. Instinctively, you distanced yourself from the redhead.
“Sylvain?”, one of them started. They both were wearing fake grins.
“Do I know you?”, Sylvain asked, showing a bit of discomfort.
“Of course? We had a date in summer!”, the girl continued. She hadn’t taken the hint. “So, my friend and I were wondering if you wanted to hang out tonight, go to a bar, then you could come to our apartment, you know…”
You opened your eyes in surprise at the girl’s forwardness. And judging by Sylvain’s astonishment, he wasn’t expecting either such a direct and shameless offer. Did Sylvain have to deal with that too often? It made you feel uneasy. Of course, Ingrid would say he’d deserve it, because he had cultivated his reputation himself, but every part was so wrong. The way they talked to him as if he was a piece of meat, they way they looked at him.
“I’m afraid I must decline your offer, darling,” he talked in his most conciliatory voice.
“What? Really?”, said the other friend, huffing. “You said he’d agree.”
“Well, I’m working on a project with my friend, so… I’m quite busy.”
“I can’t believe you are rejecting us, Sylvain,” she made a disgusted face. “Anyways, your choice. Enjoy your new girlfriend, but I guess it will last like one week before you can find someone better.” Then, they turned around, looking behind a few times and gossiping.
“What the hell?”, you wondered, bewildered.
“Just my routine”, he sighed.
“We can continue another day, Sylvain”, you tested the waters. You sensed something was wrong and that he wanted to go home, and you had the feeling that he wouldn’t admit it by himself. “It’s getting late anyways.”
“Oh, yeah. You’re right. Let’s go” He put the piece of paper inside one of the pages of a volume he was going to take. “We can meet other day to put everything together.”
“Of course.” You started putting away your things back in your bag. Sylvain was no longer smiling.
“Can you pass me that book?”, he pointed at the red one you had on your side.
You took it and offered it to him. He extended his hand, and when he placed his fingers around it, they brushed yours. Your heart started to beat fast.
Yet before you could make sense of the occurrence, a stabbing pain stroke you. It felt like a spear had pierced through you, right below your chest. It was so real, so shocking, tears started to form on your eyes. You felt blood coming out, but when you looked for it, there was nothing there. The pain was beginning to expand, a wildfire burning your torso.
You put your palm where you felt the pain, unable to breathe. Suddenly, Sylvain realised something was wrong. You were opening your mouth to take in oxygen, but it was in vain.
“What’s happening?”, he could be shouting your name, but you couldn’t listen because the only thing you heard was a rush on your ears.
He grabbed your arm, but it only made it worse. It made all those strange phenomena more sharp and real. You whispered a faint ‘let me go’, and Sylvain moved away immediately. His steps were so fast he hit the chair and it fell down.
All of a sudden, when his skin wasn’t in contact with yours, everything subsided.
“Are you okay?”, Sylvain asked, alarmed. You hadn’t seen him that serious in all your life.
“Yes. I…”, you didn’t finish the sentence. Instead you recovered your breath slowly.
“Stop making so much noise! And don’t break the furniture!”, a kid appeared from behind one of the bookcases. His hair was dark brown, and he wielded a broom that he used to threaten. You felt a little embarrassed, so you muttered an apology before grabbing your things and almost running to the exit. Sylvain followed you closely.
“Are you okay?”, Sylvain repeated once you were on the street. As far as you could tell, he was concerned, but more than worry, his eyes displayed suspicion and curiosity.
“Yes. It’s nothing, I just had a problem breathing… maybe it was the dust”, you brushed it off.
“It might have been an anxiety attack. Some people have a lot during their first year at university”, he noted. His smile came back, reassuring. It was incredible how his demeanour could change so quickly. “What a day, huh?”, he laughed. “We should meet again soon. I had fun despite everything.”
“Despite the awkwardness too?”, you replied, both playful and too exhausted from the experience to second-guess your interactions with him.
“What do you mean? That was the best part!”
“C’mon Sylvain!” You denied with your head.
“I don’t know, okay? It just felt nice. You make good company.” He was staring off inro space, and you hoped in the most obscure part of your heart that he was being honest.
“Oh, and you realize that now?”, you teased.
“Better late than never,” your classmate added.
“I suppose.”
Step by step you started walking in the same direction. You were in silence. Each of you had much to make sense of. You weren’t paying attention to the time, until you reached a familiar crossing.
“I’m going this way”, you said as you signalled your direction.
“I’m happy we got paired up in class,” he stated. He was just as handsome as when you met him, but he had a sadder air.
“Me too. See you later, Sylvain.”
“See you.” He stood there, watching you disappear into a corner. Then, he talked to himself. “What a day…”
#sylvain x reader#sylvain jose gautier x reader#sylvain jose gautier#fire emblem three houses fanfiction#Fire Emblem Three Houses#reader insert#sylvain x female reader#Female reader#college au
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Royalties Soundtrack Listening Event | Darren Criss Chat (July 7th, 2020)
Darren Criss 18:02:04
wait ha
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Darren Criss 18:02:08
sorry yall
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Darren Criss 18:02:12
this is confusing me of course
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Darren Criss 18:02:29
this is new for me too friends
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Darren Criss 18:02:45
well i'm here but I can't hear shit so gimme a sec
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Darren Criss 18:04:00
well I'll just keep typing here guys
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Darren Criss 18:04:04
bro
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Darren Criss 18:04:07
wilma
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Darren Criss 18:04:15
i'm tryin
Darren Criss 18:04:57
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What was your favorite song to write for the show?
They each were really fun so that's hard to say but Hate That I Need You surprised the hell outta me
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Darren Criss 18:05:30
bettic72
darren non capisco un cazzo
anchio pero sti cazzi siamo qui
Darren Criss 18:05:49
genevievephillips
point and laugh at darren
yes let's laugh at him
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Darren Criss 18:06:18
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You inspired me to write my own songs 🥺👉🏼👈🏼
thanks for writing the first positive thing I've seen on this. That's wonderful! I hope to hear them!
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Darren Criss 18:06:43
clo :)
i love that we are all grandparents when it comes to this
thank you for using the appropriate WE pronouns ha yeah this shit is confusing
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Darren Criss 18:08:44
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Darren how do you deal with stage fright .... i’ve been preforming in front of people for a while and i i still get scared . Does it ever go away ?
i guess it depends on how big the crowd is. everybody's different but I will say any kind of fright means you care, which is a good thing! Also the thing people forget about performing, for the most part, is you can't SEE the audience, most of the time they're in the dark. That's why performing for friends or in a small space where you can see everyone is much more nerve-racking
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Darren Criss 18:08:57
Dana
Darren can we have a royalties tour once rona is over???
wouldn't that be fun!
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Darren Criss 18:09:15
emilybutcher30
darren can you start streaming on twitch please haha i love you
ha can't compete with King Urie man
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Darren Criss 18:10:06
jake2000w
Darren, I know it’s all weird right now, but do you have any idea when we might see Nerdy Prudes Must Die?
what a good question. I have no idea but I've been wanting to see that show for almost as long as I've wanted to make Royalties. The boys have been talking about that one for a while now.
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Darren Criss 18:10:16
jesiqseigle56
Can you like respond .
like yeah
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Darren Criss 18:10:27
abbyforsmark
has Darren even said anything on this?
nope nothing
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Darren Criss 18:12:39
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Did you write each of the songs with the performers in mind or did you cast them afterwards?
great question. Except for "Also You," which was written with Jackie Tohn for Jackie Tohn, we had no idea who would sing each song. I did the demos for almost all of them and then we had to pitch actors/artists to see if they'd be interested... which wasn't as hard (luckily) as seeing if they were AVAILABLE... which many weren't given the short time we had to make the show. Hopefully we can get some of those folks on for the next season IF THEY'LL LET US HAVE ONE!
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Darren Criss 18:13:52
delfi
darren royalties is so good i'm fucking proud of you
thanks for watching it, truly. I know the Quibi thing is strange for people so I appreciate you giving it all a chance : )
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Darren Criss 18:14:04
Caitlyn A :)
if you see this kick your shoes off
I would but no shoes
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Darren Criss 18:14:27
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come to the uk challenge
god i wish.
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Darren Criss 18:15:39
damn someone said "travel to UK challenge" and I meant to respond "find a vaccine challenge"
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Darren Criss 18:17:08
i can't hear any of these songs but I"m just gonna start saying random shit about them
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Darren Criss 18:17:16
first off, i really wanted a theme song
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Darren Criss 18:17:23
that was a whole thing
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Darren Criss 18:19:18
Had to cut through a lot of red tape to make sure we had that silly song in there. We were already in the middle of post production when I finally got it approved, but it had to be under 15 seconds. I wrote 3 diff versions. So glad it ended up working. Theme songs accomplish so much in such a short period of time. Establishes tone. Gives the audience an almost Pavlovian response to the familiarity of the characters... I'm happy with it
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Darren Criss 18:20:12
also the "doo doo doo" lyrics are meant to sound like "scratch vocals" when songwriters record vocals with temporary gibberish lyrics with the intent of filling them in with real ones later
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Darren Criss 18:22:29
Just That Good was a concept that started the entire 1st season, and it was one of those instant-songs where Nick and Matt told me the title and I immediately had the hook just from those words. That only happens every once in a while and I was so happy it did for that song. The tricky part was writing the rest of it, but the back half of the song with the chorus repeating that one refrain over and over- that was the melody from the get go
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Darren Criss 18:23:08
I'll get back to Break it In, kick your shoes/let your hair, and kong later... i'll just go off on this one
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Darren Criss 18:23:48
so I wanted to nod to the grandeur of everyone's favorite vampire elf, Jared Leto
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Darren Criss 18:24:05
not HIM specifically, but 30 seconds to mars' very BIG music videos
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Darren Criss 18:24:29
i dont jared is a buncha self centered nutcases like our guys in SWITCHBACK JACKET
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Darren Criss 18:24:37
* i don't think Jared...
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Darren Criss 18:25:38
anyway yeah "so much better..." comes from a lot of the 90s alt rock that I grew up on, and the mix of that sound with a bit of electronic production was an effort to contemportize it as much as possible
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Darren Criss 18:26:26
but the rhythm guitar, lots of power chords and high octaves were all harkening to my fave bands like Lit and Eve 6... but put through a strange bizzaro nickleback/creed performance filter
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Darren Criss 18:26:55
"make you come true" is obviously a very salacious play on words
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Darren Criss 18:28:27
so the only way to make it feel earnest is if we made the track itself sexy as possible. A lot of the songs, even without being written, leant themselves to a certain genre just by the title, and this one was kind of a no-brainer. Sexy mid tempo r&b. And I didn't even know we'd get Jordan Fisher to do it- who SMASHED the vocal.
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Darren Criss 18:29:42
lauraacampbell-12
DARREN CHORDS OR LYRICS FIRST WHEN WRITING A SONG?
it's different every time but for this show specifically it's always title/idea first, and then the song comes from there. But that's because we're writing a show, so we have the luxury of getting to write from a specific place. It's much harder to do that in your own life when you just want to pull a title/idea from your own experience of life. I commend people that do that all the time.
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Darren Criss 18:30:06
what's NUTS about prizefighter is...
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Darren Criss 18:30:24
it was originally a song called LONG RANGER that BONNIE MCKEE sang, who I wrote the song with
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Darren Criss 18:30:38
and in the video we had CHRISSY TIEGEN lipsynching
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Darren Criss 18:30:44
it was bananas
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Darren Criss 18:31:26
we ultimately couldn't use the song because of some complicated writers shit- not too dissimilar from the things we explore in our own show, which is just totally ironic.
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Darren Criss 18:32:56
we were so bummed that we couldn't use the song but I'm actually really really happy with PRIZEFIGHTER. I love the song, and I love how it turned out production wise. I love how much of a massive influence latin x rhythms have had across the entire spectrum of mainstream music, so I wanted try my own hand at nodding to it!
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Darren Criss 18:33:08
Lara :)!
Ahhhhh so was that the pilot song you were talking about last week?
that's the one
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Darren Criss 18:33:45
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You have inspired me to learn piano I already know how to play teanage dream now
you can thank Bonnie Mckee aka Kimmy Kelly for writing that song!
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Darren Criss 18:34:01
ok then there's the k pop song
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Darren Criss 18:34:08
honestly i had no idea where I was gonna start on this one
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Darren Criss 18:34:22
full props to the brilliant CJ Baran who I wrote this song with
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Darren Criss 18:34:39
we were just toying around with very industrial-sounding samples
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Darren Criss 18:35:21
and I started singing Edvard Grieg's "in the hall of the mountain king"
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Darren Criss 18:35:33
and he was the guy that was like YEAH JUST PUT IT IN THERE
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Darren Criss 18:35:46
and i realized, oh yeah, that song is public domain
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Darren Criss 18:35:59
and kinda ties perfectly to the nature of Elia Peck and his songwriting... huh.
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Darren Criss 18:36:05
So we went for it from there.
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Darren Criss 18:36:17
based the lyrics off of what the Neals say in the room.
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Darren Criss 18:36:34
and then just wrote a bunch of ALMOST nonense lyrics about things that you could HATE that you NEED
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Darren Criss 18:36:40
things like available wifi...
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Darren Criss 18:37:01
artistinal mai-tais.... yeah I guess if you really really liked those you could HATE that you NEED them...
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Darren Criss 18:37:04
etc etc
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Darren Criss18:38:16
but the idea was to have Mariam Hale's character hardly do ANYTHING on the track, since she, as the audience sees, doesn't really have much to offer... so we just built it around this huge track with crazy lyrics that just tees up a tag for her to say without even having to sing: I HATE THAT I NEED YOU
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Darren Criss18:38:43
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I have classes in 10 minutes, and I'm not leaving until you dedicate a Royalties song to me.
looks like you're gonna miss calss
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Darren Criss 18:39:09
"calss" ha. which is like "class" but like... different.
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Darren Criss 18:39:32
alrighty PERFECT SONG
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Darren Criss 18:39:38
i really love this song as well
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Darren Criss 18:40:02
the reveal of this song is that they keep talking about this "perfect song" they've written
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Darren Criss 18:40:26
in other words we're teeing up a pretty big expectation of what a perfect song could possibly sound like
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Darren Criss 18:40:36
the reveal of course is that the song itself is in fact just called "perfect song"
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Darren Criss 18:40:43
which is ABOUT a perfect song
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Darren Criss 18:41:07
and about TRYING TO WRITE a perfect song, and how that's not necessary when you have someone that IS the perfect song
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Darren Criss 18:41:20
when we wrapped our heads around that idea, I really loved it
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Darren Criss 18:42:10
you'll notice we reference a lot of incredible songs, almost citing them as perfect songs themselves
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Darren Criss 18:42:14
ain't no mountain high enough
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Darren Criss 18:42:55
of course leonard cohen's seminal Hallelujah
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Darren Criss 18:44:05
and of course Britney's Oops I Did It Again ha ;)
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Darren Criss 18:45:00
the Oops being a layered joke of being annoyed with oneself that they AGAIN unwittingly wrote a lyric for already massive song, but in doing so citing yet ANOTHER already massive song... if that makes any sense
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Darren Criss 18:45:27
sorry for the typos yall i'm moving fast, i'd never let this shit slide if it wasn't a casual chatroom vibe
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Darren Criss 18:46:37
emzlolly1234
Did you know you wanted there to be a romantic thing between pierce and Sara?? :))))
yes that was actually our original "pilot presentation" episode. the one with the song LONE RANGER and Chrissy Tiegen. It was a longer version of what would become episode 7. We THINK it's a romantic thing but you realize that Sara is just playing Pierce to get the song she needs. That was always the premise yes.
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Darren Criss 18:46:51
luzmargotramos
if you reply with a single dot I'd probably die
then I better steer clear of any dots
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Darren Criss 18:47:04
ALSO YOU was an amazing lightning in a bottle moment
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Darren Criss 18:47:09
FULL CREDIT TO JACKIE TOHN
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Darren Criss 18:47:22
i always enjoy giving credit where credit is due
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Darren Criss 18:48:24
and I came in pretty hot for most of the songs- concepts, chords, style... but this one literally was a simple as Jackie Sitting down and just playing "It's you I love but also you and also you and also you."
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Darren Criss 18:48:37
we all just looked at each other going, welp, yup, that's it, jackie you fuckin rule
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Darren Criss 18:49:28
the song would have ended up very differently if she hadn't brought that to the table. the original episode and song was "one true loves" which isn't nearly as good of a gag/title as "also you"
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Darren Criss 18:49:50
i ended up squeezing "one true loves" into the bridge, but of course, kept ALSO YOU as the main event
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Darren Criss 18:50:02
i will say I was also trying to spoof my brother's old band, FREELANCE WHALES a little bit
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Darren Criss 18:50:26
if you guys know the song "generator first floor" where they sing ay ay ay ay ay a lot...
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Darren Criss 18:50:35
... as a lot of bands and songs had featured at the time...
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Darren Criss 18:51:00
i wanted to put them all in one joke. where a band sang not only hey hey hey but ay and EE and AYE and OH and basically all the vowels
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Darren Criss 18:51:10
which was where the joke of,
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Darren Criss 18:51:20
a, e, i, o, and also u
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Darren Criss 18:51:21
came from
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Darren Criss 18:51:32
which i'm particularly proud of
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Darren Criss 18:51:56
ok let's talk about BREAK IT IN
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Darren Criss 18:54:16
lxucxthxrxnx_
I’m a musician myself (not that great lol) what was it like coming up with the melodic side did you play any instruments for the songs?
i played instruments on all the songs except Break It In and I Hate That I Need You, since those were all electronic. That's not to say i played EVERY instrument but I definitely played AN instrument of some kind for the others.
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Darren Criss 18:55:34
as for break it in... anyway... yeah that was a blast. Nick Lang and I collaborated with my buddy Kendo who goes by the artist name KingJet.
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Darren Criss 18:56:54
Kendo has worked on a lot of legit songs in the hip hop space. For each song I wanted to make sure there was a level of authenticity to what we were doing. I didn't wanna SPOOF the songs. I wanted the songs to sound rock solid and that it would be the LYRICAL CONCEPTS that would be the source of satire. So Kendo was a great guiding light to keep the track as authentic as possible.
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Darren Criss 18:59:47
We explained to Kendo the whole joke concept of the song, which is basically just turning the idea of toxic masculinity on its head, and he was on top of it immediately- when we told him that there's this guy that's really concerned that people think he "fucks too soft" he immediately started spitting out lyrics like the hilariously defiant "I'm the KING OF THE HARD FUCK"
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Darren Criss 19:00:35
which just killed me and Nick. It was just so juvenile that it was adorable to me
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Darren Criss 19:00:57
emzlolly1234
Darren you’ve been here for an hour? That’s the length of royalties man xxx
yeah aint it great
Darren Criss 19:02:21
sophie :)
i personally think you should try your hand at writing a drill song, a british genre of rap that centres around rapping unrelated lyrics in front of chicken shops, personally think it has the right tone for the show for a season two
drill would be siq. I mean, opening the incredible pandora's box of UK based hip hop in general is its own magical wormhole of nuance and history and regional culture. it's amazing. i'd really have to do some homework if I wanted to pull that off!
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Darren Criss 19:02:49
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he’s talking again guys be worried he might write another essay
ok sorry i'll stop
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Darren Criss 19:02:51
:)
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Darren Criss 19:03:03
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he’s talking again guys be worried he might write another essay
kidding!
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Darren Criss 19:03:39
fsheldens
when darren actually cares about us 🥺
awww i always do! I just wasn't built for internet stuff.
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Darren Criss 19:04:20
alpermehdi
speaking of nick how was it to work with nick??
the best. Nick is one of the best things that has ever happened to me.
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Darren Criss 19:04:51
chloe :)!
what would be ur karaoke song choice from the show?
mighty as kong
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Darren Criss 19:07:32
isa.kowo
How much music theory goes into your songwriting? And did you learn all of it from playing the violin? In what way does it go into your songs?
all GREAT questions. I mean, music theory isn't something you CONSCIOUSLY employ when writing something, it's just that it really helps to know the rules or music when shaping it and trying to maximize its production. And as a matter of fact, yeah, I DID learn most of it playing violin. But when I was playing violin I was ingesting music from the perspective of a student ingesting information, not as a proactive creator putting anything of my own out into the world.
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Darren Criss 19:08:07
Honestly I really didn't start UNDERSTANDING music theory until I started writing music for other people, and noticing certain things and chords and shapes had names and that they could be manipulated to accomplish certain things
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Darren Criss 19:08:35
so most of my academic musical knowledge came in my 20s when I tried to start doing it professionally
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Darren Criss 19:08:52
Nick
first instrument you ever learnt?
violin
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Darren Criss 19:09:07
andyruiz080
I'm castin' my love net wide And fillin' every hole in my schedule
ha love that line
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Darren Criss 19:09:29
missweggy
Darren are you a big queen fan ( the band lol ) 😂
is the pope catholic
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Darren Criss 19:12:00
ChloeOmelia
Now its available, would you change anything?
jesus so much. but such is the nature of creating stuff. there's a great Hayao Miyazaki quote about always having to make new stuff to escape the woe of all the mistakes you made in your last thing... I mean, that's a bit extreme, I feel like we did the best we could given the circumstance but I totally get where Miyazaki is coming from. And in many ways that's everything we do in life. Do your best, know what you coulda done better and carry on
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Darren Criss 19:12:36
dj._.quackers
who or what was your biggest inspiration growing up
the beatles. the uk. the 60s.
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Darren Criss 19:13:02
Astriddd
Your first original song was "Not Alone". I'm right?
no it was actually a song i wrote in the third grade when I got a guitar for Christmas called "Save The Whales"
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Darren Criss 19:14:29
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Darren I need an answer it’s been annoying me for days. So was everyone fucking everyone in Pierces old band or was she just fucking everyone seperately??
ha that's a really great question. I figured she was just fucking everyone individually, which is why the band was so contentious but then again I'd rather let your imagination run wild...
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Darren Criss 19:15:29
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Darren, I love your taste in music. You should share your personal playlists ... bc everybody needs to know phantom planet 😉
if i actually shared my tastes in music, or actually shared the amount of stuff in my brain at the rate that I want to share, I would never work on or create anything because i would constantly be on the internet and you'd all be over me if you weren't already
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Darren Criss 19:16:01
But yes, thank you for saying that, I love me my phantom planet oh so very much :)
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Darren Criss 19:16:18
juli.nuttini
could you please answer me I don't speak English and I'm putting ALL my effort into asking you questions I'm going to cry
wow your english is actually pretty great
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Darren Criss 19:17:08
I'd like to write a song with Howard Ashman
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Darren Criss 19:17:23
dancebaby218
Was kick your shoes off inspired by your Hedwig shoes?
nah cuz that shit was actually comfy
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Darren Criss 19:17:55
12169199549
i skipped my clarinet class because of you for the third time :) what can i say to my teacher?
that Darren says you should have gone to clarinet class!!!
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Darren Criss 19:18:34
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Could you please answer me. We’ve supported you for years from the uk and we’re staying up for this but it’s totally worth it because you’re amazing!! Molly x
I wish so bad I could go to the UK!
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Darren Criss 19:20:01
FUCK someone asked about Sam Farrar and I wanted to answer it but it disappeared... Sam is a homie. one of my very first songwriting sessions was with him and a very famous member of the pop universe... who if I get a season two, I'm putting in the show.
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Darren Criss 19:22:00
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what other instruments would you like to learn in the future?
i just need to spend time trying to get better at the ones I've plateaued with. I feel like I got as good as I'd ever get on the guitar when i was like 19. So I've been trying to get better during the Quarantine. Picked up my violin and dusted off that Vivaldi, started doing drum rudiments on my drum pad, and started learning new licks and scales for guitar. Stuff I never got round to doing.
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Darren Criss 19:22:27
harefraz
mr. criss sir, what is your top quarantine activity?
playing music
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Darren Criss 19:23:26
actually lies. top quarantine activity is learning Japanese. 30 minutes a day. And it's been several months. Almost got Hiragana down, still got a few characters I'm questionable with but with any luck I'll start up on Katakana in the next few weeks.
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Darren Criss 19:23:40
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What about working with Mark hamill ? Insane right
you said it
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Darren Criss 19:23:54
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Any updates on American Buffalo? 🥺👉🏼👈🏼
it's opening next year!
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Darren Criss 19:24:09
for the record this is really fun I'm enjoying this guys
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Darren Criss 19:26:26
Rachael
How different is it doing a show like Royalties where you're heavily involved in the creative process compared to other projects you've done in the past?
i'd say night and day but that's an understatement. When I did Glee all I had to do was act in scenes, record songs, and go to dance rehearsal. With Royalties, it's that AND casting, doing pre production, post production, notes, meetings, notes, writing and producing songs, location scouting, blah blah blah lots of the stuff that you don't have to worry about if you're not a creator. But make no mistake I absolutely love it.
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Darren Criss 19:27:41
Aisha
learn spanish
I'll get there. I already speak a bit of Italian so I wanted the challenge of learning something that didn't use a writing system I already understood.
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Darren Criss 19:28:23
rosieellenxx_
I take Music Technology as a subject at school and we have to make a whole song with the sole sample of glass breaking...
sounds fun. loads of things you can do with that.
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Darren Criss 19:28:48
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What are your goals for once quarantine is lifted?
hopefully to feel like I used this very strange time well.
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Darren Criss 19:29:14
Ok I should probabl get outta here right?
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Darren Criss 19:29:41
I've talked a lot about mighty as kong in other places
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Darren Criss 19:30:00
so I'll just leave you with a story about "Let Your Hair Down"
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Darren Criss 19:30:14
which was the very FIRST song we wrote for the show
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Darren Criss 19:30:37
I had a meeting with an artist at a dive bar in the middle of the afternoon
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Darren Criss 19:31:10
let's just say I showed up to that very first writer's session very late
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Darren Criss 19:31:17
and sober ENOUGH
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Darren Criss 19:31:41
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darren did you watch hamilton??????
duh last night. so fun.
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Darren Criss 19:32:17
anyway I was so relieved that we left with that song at the end of the day. The intent was always to write two songs with the exact same concepts just with different titles
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Darren Criss 19:32:50
the chords are the same, just slightly different voicings played on slightly different instruments
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Darren Criss 19:33:29
and the idea was that whichever song was funnier, or at least whichever song would be more fun to see in a music video... would be the one that Pierce & Sara write
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Darren Criss 19:34:08
"Kick Your Shoes Off" ended up feeling more like a full music video than "Let Your Hair Down" but I LOVE that first song, and hopefully people get to hear the whole thing on Spotify since you don't get to hear the whole song in the episode
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Darren Criss 19:34:51
with lines I love like "see my cheekbones, show off my clavicle, I bet you've never seen a ponytail to magical..."
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Darren Criss 19:35:39
emilybutcher30
i love that u spelled it sara not sarah
thank you. if you don't already know it, check out Ben Folds' "Zak and Sara"
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Darren Criss 19:36:01
OK i gotta get going
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Darren Criss 19:36:12
but thanks to everyone from all over the world for joining
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Darren Criss 19:36:17
i see you and i say hi to you!
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Darren Criss 19:36:23
happy birthday to all the bday kids!
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Darren Criss 19:36:33
thank you for spending a little bit of your bday with me
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Darren Criss 19:36:39
thanks for checking out Royalties
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Darren Criss 19:36:46
hope you enjoy the music
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Darren Criss 19:36:53
and hope there gets to be a season 2!!!
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Darren Criss 19:37:08
xo to all of you. stay safe, stay inspired. - Darren
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