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criptochecca · 8 months

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My final OPLA thoughts in a post

it was bad... the yaoi was pretty good tho. Under cut for my actual post

THE CHARACTERS

Definitely one of the biggest issues with the serie is the mischaracterization and misunderstanding of the main characters. They read like fanon headcanons of them, rather than the protagonists of One Piece. Sanji is being given the nice end of the stick and is probably the best written one in it. His relationship with Zeff is spot on and I wasn’t gonna give Taz half a dime but he fits right in as Sanji, mannerism and all, sometimes making me think he was the only one who studied the character (I don’t wanna jab at the actors tho because while I feel like some of them gave a lackluster execution im certain it’s mostly a writing and direction issue). Usopp is Usopp. Luffy, while having his moments, has been unfortunately babyfied and woobyfied into this idea of the sweet pure innocent shonen protagonist. He’s not brash, he’s not loud, he’s not as stupid as he should be, he’s never mean and he’s also against stealing?? Then Zoro and Nami, who are given the absolute worst treatment in the show. Both are turned into stoic, serious, no-bullshit characters. Zoro makes fun of “calling the name of your finishing move” because he is so edgy and stoic and this is a live action show who needs to be self aware that it’s an adaptation of a battle shonen. He’s also really mean and seem to dislike his role as Luffy’s first mate. I don’t understand people who watch this and are like “oh wow Zoro’s so ride or die for Luffy” cause he’s not. He’s ride or die in the manga from the first moment, in the live action he seems to be in a state of constant annoyance and indifference and boredom until maybe after the fight with Mihawk. He’s genuinely a slog to watch and I don’t think most people would enjoy this interpretation this much if Mackenyu wasn’t so good looking. Nami has also been devoit of all joy. They decided to girlbossfy her to make her more feminist which means just have Emily Rudd act as if she has a stick in her ass the whole time. That’s feminism! Read this for my complete thoughts about Nami but TLDR the showrunners don’t get her and genuinely don’t seem interested in getting her. Her character and her actions are so botched just to turn her into Zoro’s mommy nurse. It’s not even that I’m annoyed at how she was treated, I’m genuinely mad. On top of that, the characters don’t really have any chemistry with each others, except for maybe Luffy and Sanji. Nami and Zoro, especially, spend five episodes being absolutely, unnecessarely mean to each others and not in a funny gaggy way like, they really hate each others. Just to then resolve it through a bullshit good talk in a bar so Nami could then put the crew as her top priority instead of the village in this absolute stupid rendition of her and spend her night to Zoro’s sickbed to read him bedtime stories like the good mommygirlfriendoldersister she is. Embarassing.

THE WRITING

This is one thing that I can’t stand about live action, is how they have to act so seriously and be self aware that they are an adaptation of a battle shonen. The writing suffers strongly from the fact that opla is not a comedy when it should’ve been. Let’s put it like that: One Piece is a funny show with serious moments and OPLA is a serious show with... well I wouldn’t say funny moments, more like a few gags here and there. Then there’s the issue of how much should an adaptation be faithful to the original work. Now I understand that a tv show cannot replicate shot for shot the original manga and there are a few changes that I’d actually like to see (especially concerning Alvida, which seems that it’s gonna be a thing), but you cannot change the story to something that is just less impactful than the original one, if not outright worse. Let’s look at Zoro for example. The whole thing originally about the girl offering the onigiri to Zoro is that she is going against the marines to bring a starving man food and then eating them from the ground because he is genuinely starving. By changing it the way they did it in the show it just loses all that side of the struggle against the rule of Captain Morgan that we don’t really see that much. And this is mostly a nitpicky thing, because then we reach Arlong Park where the story changes go from annoying to outright indecent. And are all the changes throught the season that then make a scene as impactful as “Luffy, help me” (which is actually being replicated shot for shot in the show) not carry nearly as much emotional strenght in the adaptation. There is also a constant moralizing of the act of piracy and thievery, in the show about pirates. The protagonists of each arcs (Usopp in Syrup, Sanji in Baratie and Nami in Arlong Park) are sidelined in favour of an entire subplot about Garp and Koby which could work, in theory, if it didn’t take up so much space that should’ve gone to better flesh out the characters and their stories. So many of the changes make no sense: why Sanji didn’t see the Zoro duel, why Nami came back instead of leaving for Arlong Park, why Nojiko didn’t know about Nami deal with Arlong (I can get behind the villagers not knowing but the way they butchered Nojiko and Nami relationship is criminal). And even with its funny moments, the Garp plotline end up taking up space that should’ve gone to the emotional climax of Arlong Park. We sacrifice so much of Nami (she doesn’t save Usopp, she doesn’t go against Arlong, the whole relationship with her and Genzo is left out, her backstory in general is done so bad) just so we can have annoying filler with Koby and Garp? Trash.

DIRECTION AND CINEMATOGRAPHY

I’ve seen a lot of people say they are happy that this live action is not dark and gritty like all the other anime live actions but everything I’ve seen is dull colors, grey backgrounds, a bunch of spot the anime protagonist shots (the worst offender is Nojiko’s electric blue hair and yellow tee in front of the other villages of Kokoyashi). The direction is weird and always zoomed in the face of the characters. I don’t understand if this was an artistic choice or if they did that because so they could spend less money to CGI the backgrounds but it feels so claustrophobic. Some shots are made with a very weird lense that stretches out the scene in a really ugly way. Not to mention the horrendous third world country/mexico filters plastered over everything.

OTHER

The soundtrack is perfectly okay, sometimes nice, I don’t have much more to say about it. The CGI is pretty good, I was expecting a lot worse. I’m very happy they put prosthetics on the fishmen. Unfortunately the show doesn’t know if it wants to look serious or silly when it comes to costumes and character design so, as I stated above, we have a bunch of spot the anime protagonist moments going on. At this point either make them all look realistic or make everything else look silly as well. You can’t have realistic AND silly because it clashes together. Garp and Zeff yaoi was insane I was so sure they were gonna fuck at some point. Exceptional and brilliant. And I think that’s pretty much it.

Should’ve been a comedy.

#opla

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p-antomime · 2 years

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ㅤ𔘓 ─ what a poly relationship with ran, hanma & izana would be like!

𖦹 minors don't interact!

𖦹 content: faux sympathy dom!ran, hard dom!hanma, switch!izana, hair pulling, dumbification (ran → izana/reader), degradation, breeding kink, oral sex (m!), edging/orgasm control, cum play + cum eating, somnophilia, cnc, power play (ran → izana), baton play, voyeurism, mating press, masturbation, squirting.

𖦹 pairings: haitani ran x f!reader; shūji hanma x f!reader, kurokawa izana x f!reader.

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hmmmm

that smell...

of beautiful boys with even more beautiful dicks.

but let's take it easy here, let's go in stages!

first of all, I believe that before the quadratic relationship between the four of you evolved into a polyamorous relationship, Ran and Hanma were already interested in you, but for different reasons

you know when you have a kind of aggressive flirtatious relationship? That's exactly what was going on between you and Hanma while, on the other hand, Ran would rather take it easy, make you comfortable enough to want to talk to him

Hanma would take you to amusement parks and generally not care much – or at least pretend not to, he’s a good actor in my humble opinion – if you maybe got into trouble because of his dirty work

Ran, on the other hand, would rather take you to restaurants in downtown Tokyo and shower you with gifts as a way to show that he likes you

yes, Ran's love language is giving gifts, argue with the wall <3

(and Hanma's, taking advantage of the gap I dug myself, is acts of service and you only need two neurons to understand what I'm referring to here! Izana's, on the other hand, I think is a mix between words of affirmation and also giving gifts)

but, back to the matter at hand!

let's suppose that the tug-of-war starting to get tighter and tighter between (R)anma and you started to feel suffocated because Ran is jealous and Hanma, when in a bad mood because you pay attention to Rindou's older brother, closes his face and can't not give short answers

you knew that it wasn't as if the two of them would magically just give up or dislike you all at once, but it reached a level where even Rindou was getting irritated by the lack of consistency in the relationship of the three of you.

and this is where he, he, he comes in

Kurokawa Izana.

he knew you only from Hanma and Ran's words and maybe he thought you were some kind of Jesus on earth for managing to attract the attention of two extremely different guys who deep down only really converged in the matter of liking you to the point that neither of them wanted to give you up

and ironically * cough * * cough *

Izana was the last to enter your life, but the first to kiss you

so who's winning here?

right after he gave you the first kiss of the beginning of you two's life together, when both parts were even cogitating a future involving Ran and Hanma, Izana said:

“your lips taste like chocolate"

and you replied, "We are in a coffee shop, Izana", to which he replied:

"and even if we weren't, you would still taste like chocolate"

your second kiss was also stolen by Izana because right after his last sentence in the conversation, you two kissed again and in your head you concluded that it was better not to say anything to the older Haitani or to the Shuuji boy

because the two of them were already too busy fighting and it was better to leave Izana out of this equation even if he already knew a good part of the situation

(because Rindou doesn't know how to keep his mouth shut).

as time went by, it became difficult for you to reconcile three different boys and not bump into two of them in the corridors of the gang quarters while you were on your way to meet the third one for a date

and so you started avoiding all three of them to get your thoughts in line.

the problem was: you didn't want to give up any of the three of them because they managed to get different versions of the same person out of you, and it was kind of hard to imagine not laughing with Hanma on a roller coaster in Tokyo on a Saturday night right after you had spent the afternoon shopping with Ran and the morning strolling with Izana through spots he thought you might like.

Shuuji Hanma thought about winning you for the fun, Haitani Ran thought about winning you through material pleasures that would remind you of him, Kurokawa Izana thought only about... you; he thought more about enjoying every second with you than about "winning" a competition he didn't even ask to participate in

but, rewinding:

you walking away from the three of them for a few days. Each of them getting worried about your sudden disappearance and going around asking each other if anyone had heard from you.

and do you really think that the three of them wouldn't show up planted like three abandoned kittens outside your front door?

oh, they would. and without an ounce of shame, especially Hanma who would be with a sideways smile on his lips

"Do you guys... need anything?", you would ask them looking at them nervously as Izana and Ran's eyes analyzed your clothes

"Talk...", Izana would speak before Ran and his frown creased

"Where have you been all week?", Ran would ask

and you could barely think straight before Hanma was entering your house with his arm around your waist and being followed by the other two

it was probably the most stressful situation of your life so far, having Ran looking at you like you were a guilty child and Izana paying attention even to the way you were breathing.

it took less than twenty minutes for them to squeeze motive from deep within you, and even Hanma got serious as he listened to you suggest that maybe it would be better for each of you if the 'strange' relationship between the four of you ended before anyone got really hurt

"But what relationship?", Izana was the first to ask with a genuinely confused countenance

"Wasn't it easier for you to give up on the two of them and...", Hanma started to speak and with a simple glance from Ran, he understood that this was not the time to make jokes

"I don't...", you began to speak before sighing and scratching the back of your neck uncomfortably, somehow and sometime, you had sat down in one of the armchairs in the room and the three of them were standing around you like they were your puppies ready to take orders, "Ah~, it's hard... this whole thing, hard to think about, hard to resolve..."

"Only if you're making it harder than it really is", Ran shrugged, "You don't have to say it out loud to let us know that you don't want to give either of us up and none of us asked you to”

and then it was at that moment that you swallowed your breath and stared nervously at your feet.

then you were asked: "What exactly do you want? Whatever you want is good for us!" and you answered, without thinking about the weight of your words: "The three of you”

getting the three of them to agree on a polyamorous relationship was strangely too easy for you, you particularly expected more resistance from Ran or Izana, but what was not difficult at the beginning, became more so as the two of them went along.

c'mon, you already knew that they were busy because of the gang, but it seemed that this busyness became even heavier when there was something official connecting the four of you as a solid relationship.

but! but! but!

listen:

they always try to find time for you, even if it's just to spend the night at your place on a movie night that usually ends with you falling asleep on Ran's shoulder or on Izana's chest

dates with Ran in movie theaters, you choosing the movie and he paying for everything? Check.

dates with Hanma in picnics? Check, he's a lil' disturbed in the head, but when we're talking about 'you', he'd rather have something calmer than put you in danger – but, that doesn't mean he hasn't tried to teach you to ride his motorcycle without wearing a helmet

dates with Izana in art galleries and cafes? Check, he loves spending time with you in a quiet corner.

the four of you going to karaoke and at the end of the evening Izana telling you that Hanma is a terrible singer and them arguing about who made Whitney Houston's high note better? Check, check, check.

hmmmm, now comes that moment when:

i pretend i wasn't going to put dark content here because i can't hold back when i see something with Hanma

i see him and my mind already screams: CNC.

*cough* *cough *

yes, CNC. With Hanma.

give him enough freedom and prior consent to do whatever he wants with you, and he'll be on cloud nine, and he'll almost cum hearing you say you'll let him do whatever he wants.

consent is sexy to Shuuji Hanma, but do you know what's even sexier to him?

him waking up with a boner on your side at night and seeing your body all pretty and nice, asleep, hugging a pillow next to Izana's body

Hanma is careful, at least during the night when everyone is sleeping and theoretically only he is awake

he would gently lift one of your legs and spend long minutes just caressing your pussy above the panties with his slender fingers while at the same time slipping a hand inside his panties and starting to pump his cock slowly

Hanma doesn't necessarily have to be inside you to cum, just knowing that you trust him enough to let him use you as fap material is enough to make his cock pulsate and spurt his white cream all over your panties or your glistening folds

would you wake up with a sticky pussy? Definitely, but the mess he makes, he usually cleans up afterwards too

now, speaking of another topic, with Ran

specifically with him, only.

high heels.

he doesn't know when he started having a fixation with you and heels, but maybe the culprit for that was the time you showed up looking all pretty in a scarpin-style heel for a date with him before you two even had a relationship involving Izana and Hanma too

damn, Ran dreamed about those shoes for weeks, he even got horny at the thought of fucking you in a mating press while you were still wearing those shoes that looked so uncomfortable and yet so elegant.

and now that the two of you actually had a concise and solid relationship, he could easily fulfill his sordid desire

but, but, but, but

it got even better when there was the visual audience of Hanma and Izana because, for Ran, it was a way for him to claim you as his even though you were also the girlfriend of the other two

Ran fucking you in mating press while you wear heels and are with your head dropped back with eyes fixed on Hanma's and Izana hands masturbating them in front of the scene.

voyeurism? Yes. BIG YES.

exhibitionism? Hmmm, sort of, Izana is not a big fan, but if you convince him with sweet or challenging words, he’ll play with it just to show he can

now, speaking of playing ‘with it’.

faux sympathy!ran, hard dom!hanma, switch!izana – leaning dom, this is not open for discussion.

and while Izana is more inclined to the dom space, Ran likes to push him to the sub position, or at least try

because Izana is stubborn and doesn't give up that easily

which is a shame.

because Ran has a lot of patience.

— How cute! — Ran spoke using his baton to make Izana's sweaty, flushed face stay tilted upwards, looking directly at his. The light-haired man's hands were on your waist, forcing your body to stay completely still as he pounded inside your pussy and fucked Hanma's cum deeper. — You two are so desperate to cum that it's stupid.

Hanma propped himself up on elbows on the bed mattress with his body still trying to recover from his last recent climax and leaned over so that he could wrap fingers in your hair and pull your body up until he could take his lips in a needy kiss. You moaned against his mouth every time Izana's tip kissed your cervix and his entire shaft twitched against your walls, begging to cum and fill you as much as Shuuji's cum after long minutes of Ran making you jerk his dick and stop seconds before he came.

Orgasm control and edging were literally the only things capable of making Kurokawa Izana plummet from dom space to sub in such a humiliating way that even his moans now, feeling your walls tighten around him, sounded so needy that Hanma wanted to call him a slut in heat.

Soon after the kiss was broken, Ran replaced Shuuji's fingers in your hair with his own and guided your face to his pelvis, where his dick was already erect waiting to have your mouth around it. As soon as you let him invade your wet hole, it didn't take long for both the man in front of you and the one behind you to start moving in sync so as not to leave you empty in either hole.

If Izana came out of your pussy, Ran came out of your mouth, and vice versa. The latter's hand still holding his baton below the former's chin, maintaining a cycle of forced eye contact that was pushing him to a simmering climax.

Hanma crawled across the bed until he was beside your body and slid a hand down your torso until he reached the groin and, consequently, the swollen clit that was occasionally stimulated by the balls of the man fucking you from behind.

Damn, he could feel every nerve inside you pulsating against his fingers, you desperately needed to cum and were too embarrassed to ask Ran to let you do it because the only things your brain could do was suck his cock and moan around him like a well-trained bunny.

But, don't worry, Shuuji Hanma got you, sometimes he’s charitable and merciful, so he started applying pressure on your clit with his fingertips and making circular motions.

The stimulation was too much for you, who had already needed to hold on to the last thread of self-control as you felt Hanma cumming inside your tight pussy minutes before, and as soon as Ran had you choking on his cock, your cunt was squirting completely over Izana's shaft, eyes rolled up and yur body squirming completely. Your moans serving almost like a vibrating sex toy around the oldest Haitani and the man behind you fucking you as your little entrance continued to release its fluids and wet the bed sheets beneath your body.

— Ran-mhm! — Izana gasped as his head fell back, his dick beginning to ache from not being able to cum and release his milk straight into your womb. — Please, can I-fuck! Gosh, she's... 's so tight-ngh! — Ran leaned over, putting his hand on the back of your neck and forcing you to keep choking around his cock until his cum was being shoved straight down your throat.

With a gesture of Hanma's index finger, Izana understood that he might cum. Isn't Shuuji Hanma merciful? Yes, he’s. Sometimes.

Seconds later, your walls were widening from the pressure of his warm spurts of cum mingling with Hanma's that hadn't ended up leaking from your entrance as Izana's dick pulsed in and out.

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#ran smut #hanma smut #izana smut #haitani ran smut #kurokawa izana smut #hanma shuuji smut #tokyo revengers smut #tokyo rev x reader #tokyo rev smut #tw.dumbification #tw.cnc #tw.somnophilia #tw.edging

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spidernerdsblog · 3 years

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Hi! I’d like to request a Tom imagine where he becomes distant and not the same Tom you knew before so when you lay in bed on opposite side facing different directions, you start to silently sob and he doesn’t notice. It goes on for a couple of nights and you leave early in the morning but one day Tom wakes up and sees the tear stained pillow and feels awful because he’s been so cold to the reader. Thanks :))

False God

A/N : This took me forever apologies for that. Based on the song ‘false god’ by TS. Hope you like this.

Pairing : Tom Holland x Reader

Warnings : angst

Everything seemed perfect until it wasn’t. Your rather happy and prosperous life was crumbling in front of your eyes and you didn’t know what to do. A rift has been forming between you and Tom and it is getting wider day by day.

Since the day Tom has returned from filming he has been acting distant. Your long late night conversations where he used to pour his heart out to sharing each and every thing that happened with him while he was away has come down to bare minimum only if it's necessary. His hugs no longer had the warmth you were familiar with; neither were his kisses. It felt forced and deliberate.

You knew that being in a relationship with a world known actor like Tom would be tough. He is always travelling to different places around the world to make more movies but never you’d imagine that distance would become the weak point of your relationship. Everybody had warned you about times like this when the distance between you would feel way too much as if you don’t know the person anymore. It made you question your decisions, maybe it was crazy of you to rush into a relationship. The promises you made to be there for each other now feels stupid and childish.

After finishing all your daily chores you headed to your shared bedroom. Tom was already in bed glancing at the ceiling lost in his own thoughts as you walked to your side of the bed and laid down. Everything was so still only the shallow breathing of yours could be heard the silence cutting to your core. You tried to take the initiative and went to wrap your arms around him and snuggle close as you always used to do.

“Not tonight baby I’m tired” to your surprise Tom pushed you away with a hint irritation in his voice as he turned to his side facing his back to you. You retracted your hands in guilt of coming off as clingy. You turn to your side as you sob silently, the fact that you were so close to each other but it felt he was out of your reach.

You hoped that things would get better, maybe he needed some space but it just got worse for you. It looked like he was avoiding you as he spent most of the time outside of the house. Is this what everybody warned you about? The guy who used to follow you around like a lovesick fool suddenly you feel you have become an eye sore for him. But still you wanted to hold on to the last straw. You were blinded by the faith in him and the love you had that made you keep your hopes alive that this shall pass and soon he come running back to you.

You didn’t want to give up so easily as you tried to make him talk to you about whatever it was bothering him but he was always cold and resilient about it.

“Hey hon let's go out for dinner tonight what do you say?” you ask thinking that you both needed to blow of some steam and enjoy.

“Nah I'm good babe” he turns down your offer plainly engrossed in watching whatever was playing on the TV while sitting on the couch.

“Oh ok” you say gloomily as you turn to go back to your room when you hear his phone ring.

“Hey Haz what's up mate?” Tom sounded cheerful as he talked to his best friend.

“At the pub? Yeah sure why not. I'll be there by seven” he confirms before hanging up the phone.

That hurted you immensely has your relationship come to this where he’d rather not go out spend a little time with you. Has his dislike for you gone to that extent? you thought fighting back your tears. The last blow came when the other day you accidentally overheard him while he was in the study speaking to someone on his phone.

“No I can’t do this anymore. I’m fucking tired!” Tom said with distaste in his voice.

That was it you couldn’t bear to hear anymore as you ran to your bedroom with tears in your eyes. You sat on the bed as your eyes went to the framed photographs of you and Tom as memories flashed in front of your eyes. You looked so happy around each other everything seemed so perfect but now he is tired of you. You are no more his favorite thing to look at. If it is so then why pretend? If he’s eventually gonna break your heart why not get it done already you don’t want to be a burden in someone’s life.

With these thoughts you cried yourself to sleep only wishing if this was a bad dream and once you wake up you will find yourself in his arms.

Next day you woke up early in the morning to find Tom sleeping next to you peacefully, a loose curl falling over his eye. A smile formed on your face as you went to brush it off but stopped when the memory of last night returned back to you. You felt suffocated as the air in the room felt heavy. You wanted to scream and vent out everything you had inside you, you just want an answer to why is he acting like this? What was your fault?

Your head started to ache and after a lot of thought you decided to go for a walk and get some fresh air to clear your head.

Tom stirs in his sleep and turns around on his side, his hand reaching out to pull you closer out of habit but he is met with thin air. He pats around your side of the bed with his eyes still closed to find the sheets cold. His eyes shoot open realizing you weren’t there as he sits up.

“Y/N” he calls out, rubbing his eyes. His eyes went to your pillow, the fabric of the pillow case covered with wet blotches as realization dawned upon him. You were crying and he was the reason behind your tears.

“Shit..” he was overcome with guilt and slid off the bed.

“Y/N! Y/N!” Tom called out to you rushing down the stairs but you weren’t in the living room

“Love, where are you?” he frantically searched everywhere for you in the house but you were nowhere to be found. He dropped down on the couch letting out a deep sigh in regret. He himself knew that he had been distant to you for a reason that he cannot say to you which was eating him up from inside. He hurt you to the extent that now you are gone. He had no idea what to do now, where to go and find you. He was about to call Harry when the front door unlocked and you walked in with Tessa by your side.

“That was a nice walk isn’t it Tess?” you say catching your breath as you slip off your running shoes when your eyes went to a very devastated Tom.

“Tom are you alright?” you ask with concern. His eyes darted towards you as he stands up and sprints to you engulfing you in his embrace. Oh how much you missed this you thought closing your eyes in content face nuzzled into his chest as you inhaled his faint cologne. You pull away after some time and gazed into his eyes red and puffy. A few tears of joy of seeing you again slipped down them.

“Is everything ok bubs?” you ask him again cradling his face wiping his tears with your thumbs affectionately.

“Where were you?” his voice comes out broken.

“I woke up early so thought to go on a walk with Tess. Plus I was feeling very cooped up in the house so needed some fresh air”

“I-I saw the empty bed then I saw your pillow I-I thought you left, I got so scared Y/N” he sniffled.

“Truth be told I was actually thinking of leaving. I can't live like this anymore, Tom. You and me living under the same roof acting like strangers it’s becoming mentally strenuous for me” you finally vent it out.

“I know- I know I have been a complete jerk to you lately. I was so wrapped up inside my head-”

“It’s ok Tom if you don’t want to be in this relationship anymore just say it I won’t bother you anymore” you say bitterly.

“What are you saying love?” Tom looked at you in disbelief.

“Last night I heard you, Tom, that you’re tired of this, of me. Tom you should have just told me I would have left then and there”

“No that wasn’t what I was talking about” Tom shakes his head dismissively as you tried to stay calm.

“It’s ok Tom people fall out of love I’m not blaming you but you should have told me first instead of telling about it to someone else”

“You don’t understand Y/N. I-I…” he slumps on the couch holding his forehead feeling mentally drained out. You sit beside him holding on to his arm.

“Then make me understand Tom. What is it? Just talk to me baby” you pleaded your hand went to cup his face as you made him look at you.

“Derek, my PR manager wants me to break up with you” he finally lets it out as you gave him a confused and surprised look.

“What? But why?”

“Apparently he thinks our relationship is affecting my social image” he sighs sadly.

“Do you think that too?” you mumble looking down.

“What? No, love. I would never. You are the best thing that has happened to me” he reassures you “Since the day he told me had me so stressed I didn’t know how to handle this whole thing and in that process I pushed you away, I hurt you...” he rambles.

“But what are you gonna do?”

“Nothing. I told him I can’t do this and I’m tired”

“So you weren’t..?” you looked at him with doubtful eyes.

“Yes honey I was telling him that I can’t do whatever he is asking me to do” he cradles your face with his large palms “I can never get over you, not in this lifetime at least. And I’m sorry I acted like that. Can you forgive me love?” he looks at you with guilt in his eyes. You break into a soft smile as you hold to his hands.

“I can never be angry at you dummy. Just please don't do this again if anything bothers you just talk to me okay?” Tom nods in understanding “I don’t like to see you like this. You mean the world to me you know that right?”

“And so are you to me love. I promise this won't happen again” he says pulling you in his embrace.

#tom holland #tom holland x reader #tom holland smut #tom holland one shot #tom holland angst #tom holland x y/n #tom holland x you #tom holland imagines

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herald-divine-hell · 3 years

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4, 5, 9 and 22 for Dragon Age?

Thank you for the ask!

4. Do you have a NoTP in your fandom? Are they a popular OTP?*

Gosh, do I have a NoTP for the DA Fandom...not really? I mean, I don't particularly like Cassandra/F!Inquisitor, not because of the two characters but more because its changing Cassandra's sexuality which I was never much comfortable with the Fandom doing, either for straights or gays. But I would read it if its a particularly interesting fanfic and I don't NoTP it. I suppose one ship I definitely NoTP is Dorian/Bull, because of how creepy Bull acts during the banter him and how Dorian is obviously uncomfortable and doesn't want to talk about this sort of stuff out in the open. Yeah, I lost a lot of love for Bull (and the Qunari, really) these past couple of years. Maybe also Cassandra/Leliana? Again, because of the whole changing characters' sexuality thing, plus Leliana and Cassandra doesn't seem that particularly interested in one another. I see them as decently good friends, but not too close, until maybe near the end of Trespasser.

5. Has fandom ever ruined a pairing for you?*

I really don't interact with the fandom a whole lot anymore, so I don't think there has ever been a pairing that the fandom ruined for me. A lot of dumb hot takes, but not enough for me to dislike any ships I already have.

9. Most disliked character(s)? Why?

I might get hate for this, lol: Iron Bull, Anders, Solas, Sera, and Oghren, and the Warden. I used to love Bull - I still enjoy his relationship with the Chargers and the Inquisitor, and he can be funny at times, but I hate how he acts toward Dorian in the beginning of their relationship and I got some terrible asks toward people who treat Amayian like shit while having Leli cheat on him with Bull, and so I can't really see him in a very much a good light anymore, even if its from weird fans :/. (Also, his voice actor stated his voice was inspired between Winston Churchill and Disney's Pete, so like I hate that knowledge very much) Anders, well, because as a Muslim, I don't appreciate religious buildings being blown up and for the fandom to praise him...it just made me very uncomfortable. Sera is an asshole a good portion of the Inner Circle. Oghren was meh. I have a bad life with alcohol, so didn't like that all much. I stated my opinions on the Wardens on the other post. Solas...I "like" him because his conversations are really interesting to me...but yeah, no, genocide is not the answer there, mate.

22. Popular character you hate?

I'm going with Bull. There is a lot I recently learned that I disliked about Bull - the overall terrible depiction of Islamic culture and history the Qunari are meant to represent, (Regardless of how the qunari are just meant to take historical Islam's place in relation to Thedas, there are still the problem that it has connections to the real world, and if you aren't careful you can fall into the old stereotypes and racisms of the past, that in my view BioWare fell for.) his unwarranted sexual advances to Dorian in the beginning of their relationship and the possible implication of non-consensual moments, and (which doesn't equivocate with the others) the fact his body is weirdly disproportionate with, and that his head is shaped like a snow cone. Plus, as I stated before, I got a lot of asks about Leliana cheating on Amayian with Bull and so I grew kinda to dislike him from that. :/

#thank you for the ask #rosenkow #da #dai #dragon age inqusitions #dragon age #dragon age origins #dragon age ii #anders critical #iron bull critical #solas critical #da fandom critical #dragon age fandom critica #iron bull #anders #solas #sera #sera critical #anti anders

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If it’s not too much, can you please do yandere Hawks, Mirio & Gang Orca hcs? Thank you.

since you didn’t specify the gender I will go with female pronouns, enjoy it~

and a free general headcanon for those three, they are breeders and want children, Breeding kink and mating kink is very strong whit this men

yandere Hawks headcanons

ok, let’s start by saying that Hawks is another delusional Yandere, and his case is more serious than that of any other Yandere, due to his past and genetic conditions he suffers from delusional disorder

He must have suffered from this disorder due to a large amount of stress he has had to live throughout his life to not have real control over it because it was discovered at an early age and forced to be a hero by his parents

or it could also be due to loneliness, as I had said before, being discovered at an early age not only brought stress, it also brought loneliness, since he was separated from his parents, at that time he loved them and couldn’t think of living his life apart from them, and forced to train tirelessly until he achieved the great potential he has now to be a great hero

At least his mental disorder is not as serious as MIrio or All Might, but it is still a problem and if he becomes obsessed with you, believe me, unless you are smarter and more skilled than him, you are screwed

He is a very skilled and trained person, an expert manipulator under the facade of a carefree dude and distracted person, do not be fooled easily, he can pretend to be an idiot but he is anything but that

He is obsessive and fast worker, it will not take long to know everything about you, from where you live, your likes and dislikes, what you eat and even what you usually wear, Hawks could calmly know what kind of underwear you wear every day

Cheerfully there are three points that he has in his favor, first, a great charisma that serves to deceive those around him and with that this urban giant pigeon is accompanied by a horde of fans, which will make it easier to him to take you to public dates where he will make his proposals which you will accept due to public pressure (his fans)

two, despite being a Yandere he is very stable and, incredibly, he isn’t a jealous person, yet he is selfish so he would never share you in bed with someone else, he would let other people (friends, family, and strangers) see you, flatter you and share time, (you could get to have a more or less normal relationship with him) with you but you will never have sex with someone other than him

and three, he really wants you to fall in love with him as he has fallen in love with you, that is his main objective, to be loved and have a family, he comes from a poor and dysfunctional family that at the slightest chance of making money, practically they sold him to the hero committee so that he became one, regardless of asking him if he wanted to or not, good thing that he wanted to be a hero and not being like his dad, and now that he moved away from his toxic parents denying them money he seeks to have a new family, this time one in which there is love and not greed

He has no plans to kidnap you and the truth is he will not need it, you will go and live with him on your own, after all, it is almost impossible for you to notice who he really is since he is a good actor, but be careful, thanks to all the training and living conditions he has had he can be apathetic, to all those who are not you, and he is basically a psychopath, to kill and disappear people/bodies is not a problem, he does not worry about corrupting himself or becoming a villain as long as you love him

Yandere MirioTogata headcanons

if you came to think that Hawks was clingy Mirio is even worse

He can be twice as obsessive and he gets very anxious when he doesn’t know where you are, although he doesn’t show it much because he has an image to keep, he is a stalker, always knowing where you are and what you do, he must do it for his mental health

He likes to spy on you in his spare time, at the academy, when you train, when you eat in the cafeteria, when you go out for a walk, in your house and his favorites, when you sleep, shower or change your clothes

He is just leaving adolescence which means that he is quite hormonal and emotional, he cannot stop his feelings for you or his sexual desires towards you

his case of delusional disorder is a bit more serious than Hawks is not only Erotomanic (he thinks you’re in love with him) is also accompanied by hallucinations

In the evenings he dreams of you and in the day he has hallucinations of you, they are usually auditory but if it comes to the case that they do not see you in a long time (you went on vacation or visiting a family member for a period of time) he can have visual hallucinations of you where you seduce him

As I said before, physical contact is crucial for him, either as your friend or as your boyfriend you will not have personal space

He is a manipulator but he is too emotional, so it is easier to make him feel bad or lie to him and get certain freedoms with it, he can’t stand to see you cry and he loves spoiling you

He likes to cook, it is acceptable with homemade food but his specialty is desserts, he loves to cook desserts of different types and give them to you every day, he always mentions that they have a secret ingredient, and you will think, it is love, no, it’s his own cum with shredded sleeping pills

From the day he decides that he is in love with you and that you will be his darling, it is the same day that your body belongs to him and every night he will enjoy it while you are in a deep sleep due to the drugs he puts in desserts

although it may not seem like it, he is very violent with people who hurt you or make you feel bad, and although he has a heart of gold which prevents him from killing people, he compensates it with torture, breaking bones is his specialty

Yandere Gang Orca headcanons

This man, this great man, is a possessive being without exaggeration, but he is quite an alpha male and his enormous size supports him

Kuugo wants more than anything to have you by his side, take care of you and give you the world, after all a happy darling is a happy marriage

Yes, I said marriage, he is one of those Yandere guys who seek to marry you, make you his sweet wife and have a lot of children

Despite his questionable appearance that is a little scary for children and women, if he is given the opportunity, he proves to be a romantic and passionate being, he is incredibly good at speaking and with his deep voice it is very easy to him seduce you

Orca is possessive and somewhat jealous, not that much but still, even though he won’t lock you anywhere, orca first will try to make you fall in love and make you his wife with your consent, he will use other tactics like kidnapping if you reject him

He likes to go shopping with you and pamper you, every weekend there will be trips to the mall to buy you new things, if you’re a nice darling you will be very spoiled, especially lingerie since he usually always destroys it when you two have sex

He is not the type of man you can fool or disobey, he is not Hawks or Mirio, he knows what he does and how to play his cards and has no other mental problem beyond the terrible obsession he has with you, Orca is mostly Animal instinct

it must have been something in your scent, your height, because I doubt that you will be taller than him, or the fact that from the first time you met him you showed no sign of being afraid of his appearance, whatever it was He chose you as his mate, there is no way to escape from him

in exchange for the previous two, he will be able to harm you, he is strong and likes discipline, and although his punishments are not physical, they are more of the psychological type, he likes to bite until he draws blood, he does it more than anything when seeks to reproduce with you mostly when his ruts strikes

Oh yes, he is a stallion, a breeder, all his body and attitude shout daddy, in fact, the best advice I can give you if you get to be under the hands of this man is that you are to act sweet and obey, call him daddy, he will tell you clearly from the beginning what he wants from you and the best thing is that you give it to him or you will suffer a long time in a dark room

killing is not a problem for him, nor is it killing your family and friends if necessary, he can give you better friends to those you had (most likely they are other pro heroes) and a better family (in which you would meet the role of the mother), he is an orca, and remember that orcas are also called killer whales

‘the orcas will prey on almost any animal they find in the sea, in the air over the water or along the coastline. To hunt, killer whales use their massive teeth' and in his case, all those who try to get away from you will become their prey, he is the best to disappear bodies, after all, what better way to disappear a body than to eat it

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To The Bone (2017) - Analysis and Charting

Let’s go! I’m NOT excited because life is hard but what better way to distract myself than to do this kind of shit. No one cares, anyways.

Since this is the first one, let me tell you what we’re gonna do here. I’ll include the IMDB summary, a summary with spoilers, the placements in the chart, we’ll go over each item (also, spoilers abound) and finally my review and final thoughts. Yes, it’s gonna be long. Read at your own risk.

IMDB summary: A young woman, dealing with anorexia, meets an unconventional doctor who challenges her to face her condition and embrace life.

Summary with spoilers: Lily Collins plays Ellen/Eli and from the start of the movie she is on the brink of her disease. She was just kicked out of a recovery center and she gets an appointment with a ~cool unconventional doctor~ played by Keanu Reeves. She goes into ANOTHER inpatient treatment home to be treated by him. Shit happens, she seems to be getting better somehow, but then she spirals down, runs away, and after a... near death experience (I wish this was an euphemism) she decides to try recovery again and goes back to the treatment home. That’s where the movie ends.

Chart placements!

Now for each item:

White: Ellen or Eli is played by Lily Collins, who once played Sandra Bullock’s daughter in that movie were she was a Karen. It doesn’t get whiter than that.

Female: She changes her name to Eli mid film (which is how I’ll be calling her here bc we respect chosen names in this household) but she still seems to identify as female and be referred to as such, so here we have it. We do have a guy in the treatment home, but we’ll come back to him later.

Teenager/Young adult: I’m pretty sure she is 19 but every review I see says she’s 20. Either way, she dropped out of college even though she just started it. The actress, however, was 28 at the time the movie was released.

Wealthy/seemingly well-off: Her family has the money to send her to inpatient a bunch of times, and they make a point to mention how they have connections so she didn’t have to wait in line to see this new doctor. Case closed.

Skinny actress from the start: As we know, Lily Collins is already thin and she did struggle with anorexia in the past. Why, however, did she lose weight for this movie? They said it was her decision “to make the character more authentic”. As if not being skin and bones wouldn’t be enough. As if eating disorders don’t come in every size. They shouldn’t let her. The need to shock people is a very dangerous sign to me.

No distinctive personality or hobbies/interests: I’m glad Eli has a thing she loves. It’s not super present, but it’s there, and it’s plot relevant. She loves art and in the story, she had a tumblr (look, it’s us!) where she shared drawings related to her ED and a girl liked her drawings so much that, when she killed herself, she mentioned Eli by name in a note. But that isn’t really explored too much and I kind of got disappointed by that.

Good student: We don’t really know about that... and I don’t think it matter, it’s ok.

Seemingly irrelevant love interest: Why? Just why do we need Luke? Luke is the only guy in the home, and we can SEE that he’s only there to be Eli’s love interest. He wasn’t needed. None of the important plot points have anything to do with him. Make her date a girl. Make her date NO ONE. This is about eating disorders. She could have closer friends in the house. Why was this necessary. Her whole speech about how love is a lie could come from a friendship but no. They had to shove pretty white boy there.

Daddy issues (sometimes coupled with mommy issues): I find this extremely funny but her dad isn’t in the movie. At all. He’s alive and well, but he makes a point to never come home when Eli is even awake. I don’t think they cast an actor for that. As for mothers, she has three, and it’s a trip. Her stepmom on her dad’s side is very out of touch but she wants what’s best for Eli, but she really hates Eli’s biological mom. Bio mom, in turn, is described as a “bipolar lesbian” and the stereotypes are just... ugh. Bio mom has a wife and she is a bit weird too. They sent Eli to live with her absent dad bc “they couldn’t deal with it anymore”. This brings us to a great scene where we can see Eli shrinking in her seat and when the psychiatrist asks her what she is feeling she says “I’m sorry I’m not a person anymore. I’m a problem.” And that’s great to see. But at the same time, I hate that her whole issue in this movie seems to come from her family and anorexia is just a thing that happened, with some vague references to control.

*Triggering event*: We never see it and it’s okay - but I kind of wanted some more explorations of motives because we have ZERO.

Anorexia as diagnosis: As I always say, what is even the point of making a cool looking movie about EDs if your protagonist is not only anorexic, but also terminally anorexic? Ugh. That’s the only portrayal of anorexia that happens in media and I’m fucking tired.

Checklist of habits (manual for those looking for one): I mean, I mark this down but as I always say: everything is a manual if you’re looking for one. But if you’re doing more than not eating or purging or exercising I’ll judge it as a new tip. A lot of us already thought of/did most of them probably. But the marking remains.

Inpatient treatment (or extended hospital stay): As I said, she is kicked out of one treatment center and goes straight into another. What fucks me up is that the movie HAS other characters with other diagnosis, but we never see anything about them. We don’t see their journey. We only know Luke is a dancer bc he is the love interest. We only know Megan is pregnant and then she’s not bc this sends Eli in a spiral. We only know Kendra is not straight bc she makes a joke about it (and Doctor Beckham follows with a horrible joke about conversion therapy). Did you notice Ciara Bravo was in this movie? I didn’t on first viewing. She has like two lines. The whole movie is centered around Eli and every scene in the house feels like all the other patients only care about her too.

Emotional tipping point: Megan loses her baby and for some reason this affects Eli. Luke kisses Eli and for some reason she’s pissed. At that point, I was annoyed. She has a bad session with Doctor Beckham who basically tells her to grow a pair and stop complaining (which is insensitive as a doctor, but as a person I wanted to do the same) and she decides to quit and leave. She has to go to her mother’s home and I’m supposed to care. Stepmom is mad but doctor says she needs to hit rock bottom. She weights like 70 pounds dude. Rock bottom was about ten pounds ago, next stop is a coffin, mate.

Mom hugs: And here we have the emotional turn around of the movie and it’s just... make it make sense. She goes to her bio mom’s ranch. Her stepmom # 2 tells they’ll have therapy with horses (?). Eli goes sleep in a tent and bio mom cries and says she accepts if Eli wants to die. Very supportive I guess. They have this weird bonding moment where the mom feeds her a bottle like a baby and look, if you liked that, good for you, but I don’t get what I was supposed to feel about it (but that’s mom hug #1). She goes on a hike next morning and... dies? Either way she has an out of body experience where she talks to Luke and sees how she looks - which is weird to me. Didn’t we go over this in the beggining of the movie? Didn’t we establish that she does know what she looks like and doesn’t care? But still she seems shocked and they have a cryptical conversation and she wakes up. And just like that, she’s ok now. She meets up with the other stepmom (mom hug # 2) and goes back to the home.

Happy ending: In the last scene Eli is back to the home and we understand she’s going to try to recover for real this time. I’m okay with that specifically, I think it would be bad if they pretended she just got better with no relapses and everything is fine, but it’s a hopeful ending. Despite the fact that we have no idea if she won’t have a fit and leave in two days and that we never know anything about anyone else and Megan, who lost the baby, never comes back. It’s fine. At that point, I didn’t expect much.

Analysis: I was hesitant to be critical bc this movie was based on the real life experiences of the director and Lily Collins. But fuck it, this is my circus and I’ll clown as much as I want. While I do understand that, I have a lot of thoughts.

Mainly, I need to say that while I understand this is her story, this is a story that was told so many times. I’m tired.

The general public that wants to defend the movie says “well you can’t tell ALL stories”, and while I agree, these people probably only saw this movie about the subject. If you HAVE (or had) and eating disorder, you probably saw tons. And they ALL tell the same story. Which is why I started that chart in the first place.

This movie does have good moments. I do like the acting, I saw people complaining about Keanu Reeves performance - but I do know these were people who disliked the movie entirely. I think his performance was great, Lily Collins performance was great, and their chemistry was great. The best scenes in the movie happened between the two of them. The one thing that I LOVED was their first interaction when he calls her on her bullshit. “You’re not thin, you scare people, and I think you like that.” YES. I never heard anyone talk about that. And I guess I’ll never will, bc the movie itself never talk about this again either. Also when she justifies the tumblr where her art triggered a girl so much, she says that she was just drawing what she knows, he calmly tells her that she can draw, but she doesn’t have to share it online tho. I liked their interactions because often ED patients are treated with silk gloves (is that the expression?) and sometimes there is a need for some though love. I also love Liana Liberato who plays her sister and that’s about it.

The problem with the doctor ends up being: what’s his method? How are you going to cure her? The method makes no sense. I don’t see the reasoning. I don’t think anyone does. And somehow it works and she goes back there.

I think my major problem with the movie is that it has the same issues every ED portrayal before it. It’s the same story again. I think it shines the most in the whole “it’s not about food, it’s about control!”. It IS about food though. For a lot of people, it is. Maybe not for this director or for Lily Collins, but for so many people it is about food. It’s about control as well, and it is possible that there is other factors related to it, but you can’t chalk it all up to a control issue and pretend it’s just whatever. If the food didn’t matter, it wouldn’t be an eating disorder.

Because of that, we have this heavy focus on her family issues and nothing to do with food. We have people trying to rationalize - maybe it’s bc your mom is a lesbian, maybe it’s bc i didn’t bond with you as a baby - and all that does is to make her lesbian bipolar mother seem like a crazy asshole and her dad seem like an absent asshole as if this is the only factor here. Give me SOMETHING. Any connection to food. Any sense. Nope. She just won’t eat bc her family is fucked up. Hoe, that’s all of us.

And I think the movie unintentionally DOES glamourize anorexia. Subtly, yes, but it does. Eli has SUCH an easy time refusing food. She doesn’t seem to think about food as much as she thinks about herself and her family and Luke and being annoying. She knows a bunch of calories and she overexercises. Idk. Not to mention that moment when Kendra asks her about purging and she says “it’s not her thing”. I mean. It is no one’s thing. No one likes it. It’s a compulsion. And if you have anorexia that severe and you are not with a feeding tube, you do eat every now and then, and you do have purging mechanisms. If she had said she prefers overexercising as a purging mechanism than to throw up, I would believe her. But the movie acts as if she just never eats ever and somehow she’s still standing. Give her a feeding tube then. It would be more believable.

I know it sounds kind of ranty, but my point here is: this extremely anorexic girl, that looks like a sack of bones, and gets that by never eating and doing crunches all the time, it is the wet dream of a fatphobic society with a 71 billion weight loss industry. This is the dreamy and frugal idea of anorexia that people have when they are deep into the illness - not when they recovered as the people involved say they did. I get that this is a very personal project. But it’s flawed. It doesn’t do anyone any favors. It just tells the same story, for the millionth time, but since this time it was in a big platform, more people saw it, and it was better done, with a better budget and with a good enough resolution so I can see every bone in Lily Collins body.

Anyway, that’s it for today. If you read all of that, thanks. Since this is Netflix, I’m assuming everyone saw, but the other movies are out there and if you need liks, hit me up. Be back soon.

#eating disorders #eds #pro ana #not pro and you know the rest #to the bone #thinspo #thinspiration #ed things #eds in media #thinsppi #anorekcia

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My Haikyuu Thoughts

(reposted from twitter)

I started the manga 23/6/14 largely because there was a void left by me falling out of HP which RL and PJO wasn’t filling. I saw Hinata art on viria’s tumblr and was, ‘oh, who he?’ I think I watched a bit of the anime but had not thought much of it ???

So there was this kid who was irritatingly enthusiastic and embarrassingly bad at volleyball and it was all the cringe making stuff I hate because I’m not into vicarious humiliation, but as I read on, and he hit that perfect shot and yelled ‘ALL RIIIIIGHT!’ I was almost hooked.

Then he appeared and you know who I mean. It wasn’t the appearance at the middle school match but turning up at the gym, realising his place was now under threat, but going out of his way to make sure the two idiots bonded on court.

I was intrigued and more than a little koo-koo over Suga, but still not absolutely hooked. The point where I knew this was not only my thing but a story which was going to reel me in was the Neighbourhood match. The drama of the Asahi/Suga/Nishinoya dynamic was one thing. Asahi calling for the toss still sends shivers up and down my spine and yet ... what hooked me was the adults leaving the match, their conversation as they went back to their normal lives They laughed with fondness and nostalgia about the drama of HS volleyball and as an adult reading that, it suddenly transcended the kids/teen lit I’d thought it would be (nothing wrong with that -I often prefer this genre because books written for my demographic I find samey and overly romance or abuse based) because we had normal people like me who’d left their HS dreams in the gym (or the drama studio for me) but were happy(ish) in their everyday lives and enthusiastic about volleyball as a hobby. When Shimada put himself out to help Yamaguchi. When Saeko put herself out to get the idiots to Tokyo, it felt like they were falling for these kids and this team like me.

Reel back a bit. Hq had been going for two years when I jumped in. I binge read everything in two days, finishing at 112 (I think). Back in the day, my friend, we were relying on fan translations. There was no official site, and the translators did it all for love, which was wonderful but there was a lot of debate about reading for free and waiting for the translation could be tortuous. I wanted to support Furudate but couldn’t buy the physical copies. It was suggested at one point that Eng speaking fans shouldn’t be a part of the fandom - not by anyone remotely official, you understand - but that was the state of things in 2014. I bought official merch instead and watched the anime while I waited for 113 to drop.

So forward to 117. If you ever want to know why I still catch my breath and laugh a little at the Daichi Dead moment it’s because we all had to wait for what seemed like twenty years to find out what the high heck was wrong with him. I genuinely thought he’d wrecked his shoulder and was distraught because there was no way they’d win everything with the Captain out!

(Of course I had no real idea about Ennoshita stepping up to the plate, but that’s another story) The discovery it was a tooth had me SCREECHING! So relieved. I yelled to one of my first hq friends (who’s now deactivated) and then casually went to France with friends -hahaha.

I’ve done complete 180s on so many characters now that it’s safe to say I never trust the initial narrative Kags, Tsukki, Yams (come on, he was Tsukki’s mate giggling in corners over Hinata’s ineptitude. It was only when he saw what Hinata could do he stopped being a sock puppet).

The biggest turn around was on Oikawa who I hated to the point where I threw things at my laptop when he appeared. It wasn’t so much him as everyone going ka-ka over him which pissed off my withered adult heart. What changed was forcing myself to write him for an IwaOi week. I reread/rewatched his story and through Hajime’s eyes I began to appreciate him. I wrote Philos as an Achilles/Patroclus reincarnation type fic and that led on and on. And this is what Furudate does so well. Gives you a ‘villain’ then adds the backstory so they’re a hero.

Disliked Tendou, too but his Farewell My Paradise, his acceptance of defeat and the way he was such a good sport about it, made me gasp. And I love love love his new career.

It’s the appreciation of amazing play by the opposition which made me fall hard for Inarizaki and Atsumu. (Look at him here! Punt him out the f*cking window!) I’d learnt not to automatically hate anyone, so I reserved judgment. Moment I decided I liked him? Setting for Kags.

Moment I decided I loved him - getting laughed at by Osamu.

Before this turns into an Atsumu appreciation thread, let me tell you about the characters I was indifferent to but then warmed towards. The main one was because one of my earliest hq friends (yes, you Megan) likes him and through her eyes I started to appreciate the hngg that is Konoha Akinori

When I first started reading hq, I did some searches on tumblr and came across quite explicit Kuroken fanart, so I was understandably nervous meeting those Nekoma boys. Although I’m still ultra fond of the kurokens I wrote, hindsight is a dreadful thing when you see how off your assumptions and hcs were. But in retrospect I don’t think anyone envisaged quite how dorky and shy Kuroo had been as a boy. The error I laugh over the most is somehow transplanting Yaku’s personality into Kai and vice versa, but that’s what happens when you write before canon is done. But I wouldn’t have it any other way. Could I have held off writing for six years - nyope. Not a chance. Watching the story unfold, week after week, year after year has honestly been the happiest part of my life. Is that sad? Is it melodramatic?

Perhaps. But it has brought me so much apart from a fantastic story. Found friends. A shelter from when real life’s shit. And so many laughs. I still on occasion burst out laughing in the street when I think about Hinata forgetting to spike, or a daft hc shared on twitter. Still sigh a little over the ppl who said they’d leave when their team lost. Remember the time I was warned not to celebrate the Crows winning because it would upset the Seijou fans. I restricted myself to a brief yay then deleted. All nonsense, because most of the Seijou fans I was friendly with accepted the narrative with a bit of wistfulness and looked forward to the next chapter. And for those who wept that Oikawa ‘deserved to win’ they received their own message from Tooru that his ‘worthless pride’ meant something and he was still a winner!

Oikawa Tooru’s journey perfectly illustrated the idea that your life doesn’t end at High School, that your path is never fixed, and you’re not only made of your achievements but perhaps more so by the doubts and failures. We saw that more recently with the strongest player Ushijima Wakatoshi whose recent backstory with Iwaizumi has at last made me warm to him. (Iwa-chan has this effect!)

There are so many stories to relate to. So many moments. Yachi and Suga overthinking. Kiyoko finding something else she was passionate about. Asahi returning.

You all know I write and some of you know I’m an amateur actor - both of these rely on a certain amount of internal motivation but also external validation. What if the story flops? What if I dry on stage? ‘What if’ can become a never-ending mantra. So when Hirugami’s story appeared, where despite being amazing at volleyball it was making him miserable, until Hoshiumi suggested he could quit and that freed him - it sang to me. I’ve been through ups and downs with writing, and much as I love acting it can takeover especially the worry that you’ll fuck up. I know I won’t set the world alight and that used to ‘Concern’ me, but partly thanks to this story and also my hq tl, I’ve realised it’s unimportant.

If I fuck up on stage, I might throw off other people, but no one will die. If no one reads my fic, I won’t die. If I never write another fic ... no one will die except for the fictional characters and my headcanons. And even then they’re still alive in my head.

And look, I have so many ppl to thank who’ve made this journey with me and supported me all the way, but I’m too scared of missing people out and in a way everyone has helped. But none more than the creator. So Thank you Furudate and Haikyuu for everything.

Great Receive!

#haikyuu!!#thank you furudate-sensei #long post #manga spoilers for anime

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breathinginthevapor · 5 years

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“Sorry I’m late”

Summary: Your best friend Tom Holland has agreed to be your date to your high school reunion, but when bumping into your ex, you might “accidentally” tell him the two of you are dating...

A/N: This is for @starksparker‘s summer writing challenge, and it’s my first time writing Tom Holland (besides a long-ass piece that I’m still working one) so I hope I did alright, please let me know what you think! I used the prompt “sorry i’m late” because it’s what gave me the idea, but really, it isn’t such a big part of the writing, oops...

T/W: cursing, I think? Oh, and mentions of cheating

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“Sorry I’m late! Traffic was terrible,” he apologises and presses a light kiss against your cheek.

His hand immediately finds the swell of your back as he sips on the cheap champagne. You easily see through the cough he lets out to conceal the sour expression on his face, clearly used to alcohol of much higher quality.

You giggle, “Made a few movies and now you’re above the rest of us, huh.”

He chuckles, cheeks slightly reddened, probably a combination of hurrying to get here and the fact that he exposed himself.

“What can I say, only the best is good enough for me,” he jokes and winks at you.

You shake your head as to show him he’s being dumb, but you can’t keep a smile off your lips. Then, you remember the presence of the man awkwardly standing opposite you and clear your throat, “Well, you remember Oscar, right?”

Within a second, Tom’s expression changes, jaw clenching and eyes spitting fire. “Oh yes, Oscar.”

He nods his head in Oscar’s direction, and you can see the veins on his neck appear, a clear sign that he’s on his guard.

Still, the coldness of his tone when greeting your ex surprises you, although it’s no secret that they don’t like each other. You just hadn’t expected Tom to be so blunt about it as he’s always the perfectly polite gentleman, only to you admitting whom he dislikes.

But if he makes any attempt of being charming right now, it’s definitely failing.

“Tom,” Oscar addresses your best friend, running his hand through the long blond locks.

You used to love how it made him look like a lion with a big mane, but now, he looks far from the confident man you knew. He is still crazily attractive, though, and you don’t doubt that every single woman in here glances at you with envy for being surrounded by the two most handsome men in the room.

There’s a part of you that feels bad for him, not liking how out of place he looks, while another part of you just wants to hurt him as badly as he hurt you. You wouldn’t know how, though.

That is, until he bitterly acknowledges, “Oh, so you two finally got together, huh?”

For a second, you’re confused about what he possibly could be talking about, but then you notice how Tom traces patterns on the skin of your back with his thumb and the protective way he stands beside and realise that Oscar must think that you and Tom are a couple.

And that it’s, judging by the sour expression of your ex, bothering him enough to be your chance to get back at him.

Pathetic? Yes.

But do you care? Definitely not.

“Together? No,” Tom denies at the exact same time as you lie, “Yes! Yes, we are together.”

Tom looks at you like you’re mad, but you ignore him. This isn’t about him; besides, he should be thankful that he gets to practice a little acting in his free time.

“Tom, baby, we can tell Oscar, he won’t say it to the tabloids,” you chirp, cursing yourself for not forcing Tom to teach you about acting. You have no idea if your behaviour is believable, but you sure hope so. You’ll die of shame if he sees through it. “Tom is so protective sometimes,” you explain to Oscar, a big smile on your lips.

“Comes with being best friends for so long, I guess,” Tom elaborates, easily falling into the role but eyeing you with confusion when Oscar looks away for a moment. You give him the puppy eyes, mouthing a “please” before he sighs and nods.

He squeezes you into him, nose burrowed in your hair and kissing your temple as he whispers, “You owe me. Big time.”

“Well, I can’t say I’m surprised,” Oscar sighs. You’ve just sipped on your drink, but when he speaks, you choke on it. Tom pats your back gently, and you regain your composure, once again putting a big smile on your face.

“Are you alright, love?” Tom inquires, the worried look on his face seeming genuine, but then again, it’s hard to know. Sometimes it sucks that your best friend is such a good actor, but well, right now, it sure as hell makes everything a lot easier.

“I’m fine. Thank you, Tom,” you gently assure him before turning to Oscar, “You’re not surprised?”

Oscar chuckles slightly, the air between the three of you still extremely awkward. “I don’t think anybody is, Y/N.” He pauses, biting his lip and looking at you intensely. You can feel Tom tense behind you, half of his chest pressed against your back and hand gripping your hip. You try to calm him by taking his other hand in yours and squeezing it, but he still seems stiff.

“Listen, Y/N, I’m sorry for being an idiot. It doesn’t make my behaviour okay, but I got so jealous because everybody besides the two of you knew that you two were in love. I loved you, and it sucked that you didn’t feel the same way,” he continues and takes a deep breath, forcing a smile on his face, “But I’m happy for you, I honestly am. I have no doubt that he’ll treat you like you deserve.”

This. is. weird.

Like, how does that even make sense? One thing is that he thinks you and Tom are dating now, but that you’ve always loved each other? No way. And what he said about “everyone knowing” you and Tom were in love? That’s just straight up weird.

“He does,” you confirm with a tone more confident and harsher than you had expected. Oscar flinches, but you feel anger boil inside your body. You’ve suppressed it for so long, only letting it out when bitching about Oscar to Tom, but now, it demands to be let out. “It hurt like hell when you cheated, Oscar, and I absolutely hated you for being so careless with my heart. But then I realised, you aren’t worth it. And honestly, your excuse is shit. I loved you, and you betrayed me, but then I found out that something better had been waiting in front of me the whole time.”

Oscar looks taken away at your outburst, clearly hurt, but when you look back to at Tom, he smiles down at you proudly. His body is relaxed, and his thumb caresses the back of your hand.

Then, he whispers something in your ear that makes your body go into a stage of panic, “Can I kiss you? If you were my girlfriend, I’d kiss you now.”

You search his eyes, the familiar dark orbs looking at you with a peculiar gentleness. And then, the panic that just rose in your body at his proposition, disappears, because this is Tom, your best friend, and his words just show how he’d do anything for you.

So, instead of answering his question, you turn around with your bodies pressed against each other and lean up and press a kiss to his lips.

They’re softer than you had expected, and you can taste the champagne. He might not have liked it, but when tasting it off his lips, you certainly enjoy it.

He smiles as you break apart, a cute, crooked one that makes you smile as well. “I love you,” he says, and although you know that Oscar will think it’s the romantic kind of love you’re talking about, you repeat Tom’s words to him. Because you do love each other. Hell, he’s your favourite human ever.

He kisses your forehead and then turns his focus to your ex, “It was nice to see you, mate, but I believe I’ve promised my girlfriend a dance.”

You can’t help but wonder about his sudden change of heart, the goodbye much warmer and polite than his earlier words. No matter what, you appreciate his calmness instead of the stiffness.

“I hope you’ll be as happy as I am one day, Oscar,” you tell your ex, shooting him a small diplomatic smile. And you realise that you actually mean it, that you feel really happy and content and loved, and that you hope this dirtbag of a man also will one day. Maybe not until he’s learned how to treat someone who loves him, but well, someday.

“Let’s go,” you encourage Tom, and he takes your hand and leads you to the middle of the floor.

A slow song is playing, and you lean your head and hands on Tom’s chest, his fingers toying with the fabric of your dress where his palms rest on your hips.

“I can’t believe you have such good taste in friends and such shitty taste in boyfriends,” Tom chuckles, swaying lightly to the music.

“You’re right. Dunno what I was thinking, honestly,” you agree, grinning into his black blazer. It’s soft against your cheek, and you relish in the feeling for a moment.

Then you remove your head from his body and look at him, “Thank you, really, for doing this.”

The lightning in the room is dim, coloured string lights on the walls and only a few other lamps besides that. His skin looks less pale than normally, and the brown hue of his eyes even softer. His hair is slightly messy, but it just makes him look even prettier.

You’ve always known he was attractive, but somehow, it still surprises you just how much sometimes.

He chuckles, “For going to your high school reunion or for pretending to be your boyfriend?”

“Both. I’ll do anything to make it up to you.”

“Ooh, that will get interesting,” he marks, and you growl, knowing he’ll force you to do something terrible, like letting him paint a penis on your face or something.

Before he can think too much of the possibilities of your “punishment”, you change the subject, “But seriously, how on earth could I think it would be a good idea to repeat my high school mistake and date Oscar again?”

“I dunno, love. Poor judgement?”

You hum and nod in agreement, before crooking your head and looking at him. He might be a pain in the ass sometimes, but he’s been there for you through thick and thin, and he makes you laugh more than anyone else. “I’m so grateful to have you in my life, Tom. I really do love you,” you tell him softly, countless memories of the two of you flowing through your mind.

“Yeah, me too.” He smiles affectionately at you, squeezing your hips gently.

The song changes, the soft voice of Ed Sheeran now flowing from the stereos. He sings about growing old together and falling in love with someone every single day, and you remember the time you met the red-haired British singer at an event Tom brought you to. It’s crazy how your best friend just knows all these people you’ve only ever seen on TV or heard on the radio.

But what amazes you even more is that even though he knows all these exciting, famous, rich, beautiful people, he still chooses to hang out with you so much.

“Wanna hear some good news?”

He nods, intrigued.

“You’re alive right now. I can feel your heartbeat against my palm.”

He laughs, eyes scrunching and shaking his head overbearingly at your obvious statement, “What a relief.”

You join him, chuckling at your own joke, but then stopping when you realise that he has gone quiet and instead looks at you weirdly.

“What? Do I have something on my face?”

He shakes his head, grinning with his teeth showing before speaking, “You look beautiful tonight, Y/N. If you weren’t already my girlfriend, I’d ask you out right now.”

You frown, not getting the joke completely.

Because it must be that, right? Just a joke?

“Well, I think you’ve forgot that I’m only your girlfriend for today,” you point out lightheartedly.

“Does that mean I can ask you out tomorrow?”

You laugh, but then stop when he doesn’t follow suit, “You aren’t serious right now, Tom, are you?”

“Dunno,” he shrugs, an uneasy expression on his face, then shifting to a smug one when he elaborates, “To be honest. It’s hard to be sure of anything while looking at you in that dress.”

You look down at yourself, to the red dress that sits tight on your body. You bought it for the occasion, wanting to look good without being too over the top. It’s a plunge neck with a low cut back, and although it’s tight, you wouldn’t call it inappropriate or anything like that.

“It’s not that special, Tom. It’s a pretty plain dress, actually, and I’m pretty sure half of the women in here are wearing tight red dresses.” Not to mention, they’re breath-takingly beautiful, while you feel mediocre, at best.

However, Tom apparently disagrees, “Yeah, but none of them are my best friend who looks incredible right now.” He swallows visibly, Adam’s apple bobbing. “None of them have lips I wanna kiss.”

Your breath gets caught up in your throat, completely taken back. You’ve stopped swaying to the music now, and his hands loosen the grip on your hips to fall down his sides instead. He looks terribly nervous as he’s biting his lip, and a blush creeps onto his cheeks. You don’t know what to say, don’t even know what to do about the tingle in your stomach and the warmth that spreads through your body, surely painting your cheeks the same colour as Tom’s.

“Do you- do you like me, Tom?”

Your voice is low and unsure, barely audible over the music, but Tom scratches his neck, eyes darting away before turning back at you and nodding slowly.

“Yeah,” he admits with a breath. He is clearly anxious for your reaction, and it looks like he’s about to say something more. Nevertheless, you cut him off before he even gets the chance to speak and connect your lips for the second time today.

You grab his cheeks, pulling him closer to you and waiting for him to relax into the kiss. He luckily does so quickly, parting your lips with his tongue and grabbing you, hands on the swell of your back pushing you closer so your torso is pressed against his.

“Well, that went a lot better than I thought it would,” he chuckles once you’ve broken apart, grinning down at you.

“If you’d told me this a long time ago, I wouldn’t have had to let that asshole cheat on me. Would have spared me a lot of heartbreak, dumbass,” you joke, giving his lips another peck.

“At least it’s a story for the grandkids,” he laughs, and you roll your eyes at him.

“Bold of you to assume we’ll last that long,” you point out, but your tone is both joking and loving, and you even shoot him a wink.

He kisses you again, intensely and deeply, and when he pulls away, he throws his arms around you and picks you off the ground in a tight grip.

“Sorry, but you’re stuck with me, Y/N. No getting out now.”

He spins you around till you’re dizzy, laughter erupting from both of you and catching the attention of the people surrounding you, but neither of you care. You’re way too caught up in this new thing, in these newly freed feelings to care about anything but each other.

“Perhaps that’s not all too terrible after all,” you concede, watching the way his face lights up, and how his eyes twinkle in the dim lights. Your best friend, the man who always puts a smile on your face, who dries your tears and even agrees to play your boyfriend to make your stupid ex jealous. The man you’re fairly sure you’re in love with.

No, not at all terrible.

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ruffiorocks · 5 years

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People hating on Katie McGrath because nothing bad happened at SDCC this year.

So I was shown a link to someone who said they wished that Katie McGrath would speak out against all the bullying the cast receive and come and 'collect her fans' because it's all done in her name. 'She' , apparently posted all the pics of her and Mechad (because somehow she got hold of his phone took selfie's and then posted them to Mehcads instagram and Twitter, she then wrote a caption in his voice and then replied to all the comments still using Mehcads account and pretending to be him??) but she's nowhere to be seen when he's being bullied, she also pops up in the Nikazie pics but when trolls come out she'd nowhere to be seen.

Note: Mehcad actually stated under a pic of him and Katie that she had seen the comments and wasn't happy. Mechad even said that Katie didn't want Social media when someone in his comments told him to tell her to get it. He clearly supports her decision not to.

They say that Mehcad,. Nicole and Azei get abuse and they speak out. Grant Gustin has 'finally' spoken out against the abuse Candice gets.

Ok, so... what? You are all aware Katie doesn't have social media right? She has never had Social media (save WhatsApp) and is a very private person. She's so private in fact that no one really knows much about her at all, we only know her birthday because of a SOCIAL MEDIA mistake. Katie even said at SDCC that the fact even if her phone is in airplane mode she can still be tracked is scary.

Katie isn't responsible for shit other people do. Mehcad, Mel, etc Azei and Nicole are the examples used? Yeah.. no, the fact is that they all choose to put their lives out there onto social media. They IN NO WAY deserve the crap thrown at them, but the fact is celebrity along with Social media means you will get a degree of criticism, it is the risk you take and they are perfectly capable of defending themselves and their fans do it to. It sounds harsh but you can't be niaeve enough to be famous and publish your life and your sometimes controversial views on line and expect everyone to either love you or ignore you. That doesn't justify bullying, but social media comes with the risk of criticism, it's just the way it works.

Mehcad gets hate - Katie takes pics with him ans gives permission for them to go on social media. In Interviews she also talks about how much she cares about him, his talent and even his looks.

Nicole gets hate - in interviews Katie is shown to be fully supportive and to adore Nicole.

SDCC this year was a non stop cuddle fest between all the cast. If they were p**sed at her for not having social media and defended them well they sure as hell are worthy of Oscars!

Katie is ridiculously shy as well, remember how she needed support when she's at a ComiCon? This year she seemed a bit more relaxed. She can't even bring herself to watch herself act. She is in no way obligated to break what she's comfortable with to start more controversy. It's all well and good people saying the others cast members have been called names and they've spoken up but Katie hasn't, but I don't see the cast ditching Katie, I don't see Mehcad, or Azei or Nicole condeming her, you know the ones actually being bullied? No they continuously post pics with her and declare their love and admiration. If the actual victims aren't bothered then neither should anyone else be. Katie praises her cast mates all the time, that's her speaking up. Didn't Azie and Nicole state that their advice to newcomers was to get Katie's number? That she was the welcoming committee? Sounds like they real dislike her right?

Plus 'white privilege' was brought up, im out at this point, it's everyone's answer for everything. A white woman doesn't go on social media and start calling people out and the only people bothered by it aren't even the POC or Trans victims affected. It's ironic that white privilege is used to describe Katie for not getting bullied while she is being bullied??

Sorry but people blaming Katie for not getting involved with online drama are just looking for someone to blame and trying to justify hatred ('i don't hate Katie but....' 😑) for the actress because they don't like her character and think she's taking time away from Kara. You know? The EXACT same thing people got upset about over Mon El? How best to fight and contridicate an argument? Use the same exact argument apparently.

Lastly, I saw posts hating on Katie because in one of the interviews when Mel was talking about her reaction to Lena punching Kara, Kaite said 'she deserved it' and they ALL laughed. Apparently this JOKE is being taken seriously and people are saying nasty things about Katie. I understand why though, it's easy, the concept of SARCASM is lost on these people. They are desperate to be offended by something, honestly at this point they are acting like being offended is their security blanket. They aren't actually happy unless they feel like they have something to be upset about . Katie did this in interviews back when she was on Merlin, she and Colin would act like Merlin and Morgana and Katie would send Colin running. It's called sarcasm and having fun. Just like Katie saying that Lena was the first to give Kara pants and pretending to be annoyed about that not being addressed, she's just playing.

Lastly, they're having a go because she defends Lena, just like she defended Morgana. Katie is asked questions about the depth of the character she is playing, about their thought process. Katie isn't just going to read the lines and not think about the character, she wants to understand her character and where she is coming from, just like the others do. It's not just Good or Evil one dimensional characters. If you didn't want to hear about the characters why the f**k would you watch a panel where they are asked about them?

In conclusion, nothing bad happened this year at SDCC, nothing at all. But this isn't sitting well with the people who were clearly watching for something to be offended by. Nothing major happened, so what to do? How can we keep our blogs updated and stay relevant? Oh I know! We'll hate on one of the most unproblematic people ever, we'll call her out for not defending her cast mates! Oh no we don't care that they love her and they're family! It doesn't matter, we've decided that Katie is bad because essentially she isn't obsessed with social media like us and she isn't doing what we want her to do, plus we don't like her character.

Hating on Katie is just ridiculous. These are the same people that got upset (actually rightfully so) because Chris Wood got hate for being Mon El.

The cast love Katie, YOU know nothing about them other than the small percentage they let you see. Stop pretending to be offended on another person's behalf when they themselves have no issues with the person you are condemning.

Learn to understand sarcasm and an actor/actress understanding the character she's playing. Oh and for God's sake stop WANTING to be offended.

Rant over.

#supergirl #lena luthor #kara danvers #supercorp #mehcad brooks #nicole maines #melissa benoist #azie tesfai #merlin #morgana pendragon #katie mcgrath

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tabloidtoc · 4 years

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National Enquirer, September 28

You can buy a copy of this issue for your very own at my eBay store: https://www.ebay.com/str/bradentonbooks

Cover: Jeffrey Epstein’s madam Ghislaine Maxwell’s secret husband unmasked

Page 2: Royal renegades Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle have turned their backs on the U.K. forever by paying back $3.1 million borrowed from British taxpayers to renovate Frogmore Cottage because Harry always felt the weight of the public loan and he’s paid it back in full as one of the last stages in divorcing himself from the royal family and the U.K. itself -- the California-based couple who recently bought a $15 million mansion in Montecito also claimed they will no longer take handout from Harry’s dad Prince Charles after signing a Netflix deal said to be worth as much as $150 million

Page 3: Slimmed-down Jessica Simpson has told chubby hubby Eric Johnson to shape up or ship out -- she’s been laser-focused on healthy dieting and exercise since giving birth to daughter Birdie Mae 18 months ago but her flabby ex-football star spouse has been piling on the pounds

Page 4: Angelina Jolie has shrunk to a skeletal 99 pounds after launching a hunger strike to force hated ex Brad Pitt to cave to her child custody demands but friends and medical experts fear the star may be killing herself in the process -- Angie’s surviving on handfuls of grains and nuts and avoiding full meals and she’s banking on Brad cratering when he sees her in such a sorry state and giving her anything she wants, sober and svelte Kelly Osbourne is on a mission to find a man

Page 5: Demi Moore is drooling over love rat Justin Hartley’s Instagram posts and she’s got it bad for the lothario -- she’s had it bad for him ever since they filmed a funny skit together on The Tonight Show last year -- Demi has not had a serious romance since her catastrophic breakup in 2013 with Ashton Kutcher but she’s coming out of her shell after swearing off dating and now she wants to have some fun and she’s zeroed in on Justin

Page 6: Katie Holmes has given up on Hollywood hunks and found romance with a Big Apple chef -- she was snapped getting hot and heavy with Emilio Vitolo Jr. and the single mom is hungry for love with a man more focused on her than stardom

Page 7: Sharon Osbourne chased Marie Osmond off The Talk -- Marie thought the show would be fun and just a bunch of girls gabbing about their lives and whatnot but she found out that was totally naive because Sharon disliked her from the start and Marie felt Sharon was jealous of her and thought she didn’t belong and there was a definite rift between them and an undercurrent of bitchiness that everyone noticed

Page 8: Big-ideas guy Chip Gaines is clashing with wife Joanna Gaines over money as he wants to expand their empire but she wants to slow things down, Hollywood Hookups -- Jay Cutler and Tomi Lahren dating, Kathie Lee Gifford’s son Cody Gifford wed Erika Brown, Lily Allen and David Harbour wed

Page 9: Scandal-scarred Kevin Spacey has been accused of trying to sexually assault two 14-year-old boys during the 1980s in an explosive new lawsuit filed in New York -- one accuser has not been named but the second accuser in the lawsuit is Star Trek: Discovery actor Anthony Rapp

Page 10: Hot Shots -- Brian Austin Green stocks up at a supermarket in L.A., Gerard Butler hopped about his motorcycle after having dinner in Malibu, Olivia Wilde at the beach in Malibu, Anne Heche stepped out in L.A.

Page 11: Martial-arts movie master Jackie Chan got his butt kicked by Chinese officials out into the streets of Beijing when they seized two side-by-side luxury apartments in Beijing where the Hong Kong-born karate king’s family lived and put them up for auction in an ownership dispute but Jackie is fighting back by filing a lawsuit to reclaim his property which he bought estimated to be worth $5 million at a massively discounted $2 million in 2007 after doing promotional work for the owners, Oscar-winning vegan Joaquin Phoenix hopes to whip up a career as TV’s next top chef -- he loves to experiment at the stove adding different spices to traditional dishes but those who have sampled his stuff have confessed he’s not that good -- despite his kitchen limitations he has no plans to ditch acting but he wants to go all in on trying to become a YouTube or Food Network personality

Page 12: Straight Shuter -- Alessandra Ambrosio played volleyball in Santa Monica (picture), new Dancing with the Stars host Tyra Banks has kicked former frontman Tom Bergeron from the ballroom blocking a final farewell appearance after 15 years on the show and now Tom’s responded by giving tyrant Tyra some lip by openly mocking her bizarre new promotional video where her kisser was enhanced to mimic the show’s mirror ball trophy, it’s bye-bye booze on The Real Housewives franchise because seeing older white privileged women getting drunk and fighting isn’t fun anymore and it’s put a lot of viewers off and Bravo execs believe it’s one reason the ratings have tanked so now there will be less booze available during tapings, Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani are clashing over politics among other things -- Gwen hosted an Obama fundraiser at her house in Beverly Hills while Blake is much more conservative and they’re struggling to find common ground and the weeks leading up to the election could rip these two apart

Page 13: Keeping Up with the Kardashians is ending its 14-year run because the famous family members can’t stand each other anymore

Page 14: Crime

Page 15: Broken-hearted Priscilla Presley is on the verge of an emotional breakdown and dealing with daughter Lisa Marie Presley’s past struggles with addiction and ongoing divorce with Michael Lockwood and the recent tragic suicide of her only grandson Benjamin Keough have taken a devastating toll on the 75-year-old along with the impact of the global pandemic and the country’s social unrest -- she locks herself in her room and cries uncontrollably for hours at a time and has had trouble keeping up with her daily routines -- she’s selling her Beverly Hills home and moving back to Graceland but the walls outside the estate are covered in graffiti with messages like Black Lives Matter and No Justice No Peace

Page 18: Their Marriage Failed So They Tried Again -- Pamela Anderson, Larry King, Jean-Claude Van Damme

Page 19: Melanie Griffith, Elliott Gould, Marie Osmond, Elon Musk

Page 20: Brainiac Ken Jennings the all-time winningest contestant on Jeopardy! is being groomed to replace the show’s ailing host Alex Trebek by the beloved TV legend himself

Page 22: Prized props pilfered from Hollywood sets are big business for underground dealers and can fetch up to six figures on the black market and even worse some memorabilia heists have disrupted the making of major blockbusters costing studios a pretty penny

Page 28: Cover Story -- Sex monster Jeffrey Epstein’s accused madam Ghislaine Maxwell will never be convicted due to a provision in the U.S. Constitution that forbids married couples from being forced to testify against their mates and now facing charges of sex trafficking underage girls for the pervert billionaire Maxwell has a get-out-of-jail-free card because she secretly married the pedophile before he was murdered in a federal prison last year

Page 34: Prankster Sacha Baron Cohen secretly shot a sequel to his 2006 blockbuster Borat and it’s already been screened by select industry bigwigs, Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond is blazing her daughter Alex’s path to the altar with fiance Mauricio Scott

Page 38: Health Watch

Page 42: Red Carpet -- Venice Film Festival -- Cate Blanchett -- hot, Tilda Swinton -- not, Arizona Muse -- hot, Maya Hawke -- hot, Elodie -- hot, Vanessa Kirby -- hot

Page 45: Spot the Differences -- Gerald McRaney and Aubrey Dollar and Kim Cattrall on the new drama Filthy Rich

Page 47: Odd List -- a gory piece of history has landed on the auction block -- a lock of Abraham Lincoln’s hair that was wrapped in an 1865 telegram stained with the dead president’s blood is expected to fetch up to $75,000

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forever-more-never-again · 5 years

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A Different Kind of Family

Requested: Anonymous

Word Count: 1737

Warnings: None

Pairing: None

Request: How about a avengers x cast reader where u have to go through the audition process similar to Tom Holland’s and u maybe have a screen test where there’s a portion of the script where it’s either in a different language or you have to do a trick (like Holland lol..) and the Russo’s and stuff are there and u get the part and maybe some first day on set fluff. Maybe a friendly athletic competition between the reader and some of the male cast members and the reader (female) wins... <3

Masterlist

“Sorry!” You yelled back at the woman you had almost tripped, not breaking from your run.

You were so late. So, so late. Your alarm clock had not gone off this morning and you scrambled. You couldn’t miss this audition. Not after your agent had worked so hard to get it for you.

Knowing how much you loved the Marvel Universe.

The doors practically came off their hinges as you burst into the office.

“I’m here!” You panted, leaning over, your hands on your knees as you caught your breath.

“[Y/n] [L/n], I presume?” A scornful woman's voice reached your ears.

Feeling heat in your cheeks, you looked up at the receptionist and saw the dislike on her face.

Dredging up your courage, you walked up to the desk, “Yes. I apologize for being late. Is there any chance that the Directors could see my audition today?”

The woman sighed as if you had asked for the moon, but clicked on her computer before picking up her phone and waiting. Holding up a perfectly manicured nail at you, she pursed her lips.

“Yes. Your Ten o’clock is here at Noon. Do you still wish to-” She was cut off abruptly by whoever was on the other line.

Grimacing, she listened. Her eyebrows pinching together in anger and frustration.

“But sir...Yes. Okay.” Hanging up, she faced you, “Room 213. They’re waiting for you.”

You smiled, not letting her get under your skin, “Thank you.”

Walking down the hallways, you reviewed the script in your head. You had poured over it the past few days until you had it memorized.

Room 213. You knocked politely before clicking the handle and opening the door.

“Hello? I’m [Y/n] [L/n]..is this-?”

Three men turned at your entrance.

“[Y/n]! Thanks for joining us! Your agent only told us great things. Why don’t you get situated up by the screen and we’ll do a quick read-through before we move to the stunts?”

You nodded along to the words, but your attention was on the third man. Chris Evans was standing in front of you, smiling, in a stretched grey t shirt.

“Hello. [Y/n], right?” Chris stretched a hand out towards you.

You shook yourself out of your stupid and reminded yourself to act professionally. Shaking his hand you nodded, “Yup. You’ll be reading with me?”

His laugh was so pure.

“Yeah, Joe and Anthony asked me here today.” He looked over at the two middle aged men sitting behind the table.

“Well...let’s get started. Since I was late. I’m sorry for that…” You bowed your head slightly at the men.

Joe laughed you off, “Nonsense. From what we’ve seen of you onstage and what your agent told us, I think it will be worth the wait. Why don’t you take it from page 16?”

You filed through the pages in your mind until you found the scene he was talking about.

Mulling it over, you nodded and got into position across from Chris Evans.

Captain America:(Looking sternly around the room) Hydra has gone too far this time. Using children as a shield so that we can’t openly attack.

[Character]:(maintain eye contact) I thought I knew what they would do next...It’s my fault we failed the mission.

Captain America:(Walk over, place hand on shoulder) We don’t place blame. You told us what you knew. And it did help.

[Character] walks away, muttering

[Character]: Ich dachte, wir hätten es diesmal (I thought we had them this time)

“Alright, we’ll stop there!” Anthony called out.

You squinted, sure that you had messed up on the translation. You had practiced the German words, but they still felt odd and tough coming out of your mouth.

“Chris!” Joe called the actor over with a wave of his hand and the three men huddled up.

You shifted your weight, wondering if you were done, if you were supposed to leave, or what.

When you decided to leave, and reached the door, the three men broke apart and scanned the room.

“[Y/n]!” Chris was smiling.

You paused, turning back to them. “Thank you for the opportunity to Audition.” You bowed your head again.

“[Y/n].” You raised your head as Joe said your name. He was smiling as well. He shared a look with Anthony before looking at you again, “Welcome to the Marvel Universe.”

It took a moment for his words to register. You bounced, your excitement threatening to break through, “Wait! You mean?”

Chris came over and wrapped his arms around you in a hug, “Welcome to the cast! You got the part!”

Two months later, you were walking onto the set for the first time. Your eyes wide and your whole body practically vibrating with anticipation.

You thanked all that was right in the world that your alarm clock had actually gone off. It wouldn’t do to be late to auditions and the first day on set.

“Hey! You must be [Y/n]! Chris told us about your audition!” A man you recognized from the movies and news walked around cameras to you, a broad smile on his face.

“Hi! Yes, you must be Sebastian.”

The man laughed loudly, “Please, call me Seb! So..you’re going to be playing my Hydra counterpart. You ready?”

You bounced, “Yes! I’m so excited! This is a dream come true!”

“I’ve heard that before.” Another man walked up.

Sebastian pounded his back, causing the man to stumble, “Awe, Come on Anthony, be a little more happy for the new cast mate.”

Anthony smirked at you, “Welcome to hell. Enjoy your stay.”

You couldn’t help the giggle.

“Are you boys trying to taint the newbie already?” Scarlett Johansson walked up to the group, dressed in her black widow outfit.

“Oh my gosh...Scarlett! I’m a big fan!” You held out your hand, shaking the laughing woman’s hand.

“So young and energetic.”

“I see you all met [Y/n].”

You whirled around, “Hi Chris!”

Chris Evans walked over with the rest of the cast with him.

“Everyone, meet [Y/n]. [Y/n] meet...everyone.”

The next few minutes was chaos as people introduced themselves and asked you a million questions.

Your smile was going to break your face if you weren’t careful.

“Alright. Let’s put you to the test.”

You turned with a confused look at Sebastian and Anthony, both were wearing a scary looking smirk.

You hesitated, “A test?”

Seb nodded sagely, “To prove that you belong in the Marvel Universe.”

Now you were more confused, “But..I already got the part…?”

Tom Holland put an arm over your shoulders, glaring playfully at the two grown men, “Don’t fight it, [Y/n]. It’s just them pranking you. You’ll get used to it.”

You nodded. “Alright.”

Anthony paced before you, “I challenge you to beat Chris Evans in a coffee race.”

“A coffee race?”

Chris piped up, smiling, chuckling, “Why me?”

Sebastian ignored him as he took over Anthony, “You two will race to get a specific order that me and Anthony will text to you as soon as you leave here. First to return with the correct order, wins.”

You laughed, “This is just your way of getting free coffee...isn't it?”

Tom Holland laughed beside you, “My first time on set, they had me run and buy a carrot cake. This is most definitely them trying to get free coffee.”

You thought it over, then shrugged. Turning to Chris, you outstretched your arm for a handshake, “May the best cast member win.”

Chris shook your head, flexing his muscles a little to show off, “Oh, you’re on.”

Soon bets were being placed, money exchanging hands.

Anthony and Sebastian pulled out their phones.

Anthony yelled out, “Ready! Set! Go!”

You took off with a laugh. Racing out. You knew the perfect coffee shop. It was a block away, you had scooped it out earlier that week.

Chris ran in a different direction, but you couldn’t focus on where he was going.

Your phone dinged with an incoming message and you read the text.

[Unknown] 9:58am: Your order is a Caramel Macchiato, Venti, Skim, Extra Shot, Extra-Hot, Extra-Whip, Sugar-Free. Good luck :)

You smirked.

Bursting into the cafe. You startled the barista. A young teen.

Running to the counter, you laughed, “Sorry! I’m in a race and I have to order this.” You showed the kid your text message.

He got a knowling gleam in his eye and smiled at you. “Well let’s make sure you win then. Stacy! Veronica! Get up here and help!” He yelled to the backroom.

Two young women walked out and once you explained to them what was going on, they were full of laughter and rushing around the machines to get your drink done.

Only ten minutes had gone by when your drink was presented to you, two paper cups to prevent you from burning yourself.

“Thanks! I’ll tell you guys how it goes if I see you later!” You yell back as you run out of the cafe.

Breathing hard, you burst back onto set, hand holding the coffee outstretched. “Got it!”

Everyone had been standing around talking. They froze and turned to you, shocked, “How did you get back so fast? Did you drive?” Anthony asked, suspiciously.

You shook your head, right as the door banged open behind you and a sweaty Chris Evans ran in, covered in spilled coffee.

“[Y/n]?” He asked, surprised to see you there already.

You muffled a giggle, “What happened to you?” A giggle slipped out.

Chris sighed, “I spilt the first cup, so I had to run back and reorder it.”

Sebastian walked forward, taking the cup from you, “Which Cafe did you go to?”

You waved in the general direction, “The one on the street a block over. It’s pretty small. I nearly missed it when I was exploring earlier this week.”

Everyone shared confused looks, “There’s a cafe that close and you guys never realized it?” You asked, realization dawning on you.

You started laughing, and soon everyone else joined in.

“Well. Thanks [Y/n]. You won me fifty bucks!” Tom Holland patted your back as he headed towards the set.

“Alright guys! We’re ready for you!” Anthony and Joe Russo yelled.

“Welcome to the Marvel Universe, kid. It’s a different kind of family...but it’s a good one.” Chris smiled at you.

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hellzyeahthewebwieldingavenger · 5 years

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Marvel Universe LIVE: Age of Heroes Thoughts

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I just got back from seeing the Marvel Universe LIVE: Age of Heroes stage show at London’s O2 Arena and thought I’d share my thoughts on it.

The first thing I have to acknowledge is that I am absolutely not the target audience for this thing even a little bit.

The target audience is at absolute minimum 5 and at a huge push maybe 12 years old, with 8-10 probably being the sweet spot.

It’s essentially for kids who’ve seen the MCU, the 2010s cartoons, played the most child friendly video games, picked up the sticker books and so forth. If there were any winks to the comics or deep cuts me and my friend (who’ve both been around the block many times when it comes to comics) either didn’t catch them or they might’ve been unintentional.

But what exactly is this?

Simply put it is a stage show that runs under 2 hours (including an intermission) in which a group of heroes engage in stunts and acrobatics in a bare bones story wherein they tangle with Nebula, the Ravagers (including Yondu) and most chiefly Loki across some famous Marvel locations for control of the mystical item, the Wand of Watoomb (which debuted in ASM Annual #2!).

The heroes in question are:

· Doctor Strange

· Star Lord

· Gamora

· Rocket Racoon

· Drax the Destroyer

· Groot

· Spider-Man

· Captain America

· Iron Man

· Thor

· Bruce Banner/the Hulk

· Black Widow

· Wasp (Hope? Janet? It is unclear)

· Black Panther

· And a surprise guest appearance from Iron Fist

There are also some other more minor characters of note too:

· The Chitauri who act as Loki’s soldiers

· Green Goblin

· Rhino

· Lizard

· Electro

· And Black Cat

Sans the Chitauri the latter villains only appear briefly in a battle just there to introduce Spidey and the Avengers (sans Iron Fist, Hulk and Doctor Strange) on stage.

The scenario is Green Goblin is committing a crime in NYC that Spider-Man shows up to stop but is then attacked by Black Cat and soon the other Spidey villains. Ultimately outnumbered and out gunned that’s when the Avengers show up to help.

From there Doctor Strange shows up to inform them that Nebula got her hands on the wand and it’s teleporting her somewhere on Earth (this was all shown earlier in the show during the introduction to the Guardians and Ravagers). With Banner’s help they narrow the locations down to K’un-Lun and Antarctica.

As the Guardians head to Knowhere to get one of the Collector’s items that will be able to take them to the wand, the Avengers split into two groups and head to both locations.

The K’un-Lun team consists of Thor, Iron Man, Wasp and Doctor Strange and the Antarctic team consists of Spidey, Cap, Black Widow and Black Panther.

They plan to bring in Bruce/Hulk if the situation gets really dire, but little do they know Loki has invade Avengers Tower in New York and captured Bruce, casting a spell on him that prevents him from getting angry and thus transforming.

Part 1 concludes with the K’un-Lun team fighting Loki who uses his magic to bring a statue of a dragon (who is clearly meant to be Shou-Lao the Undying) to live. The dragon in turn animates a group of stone soldiers to fight the Avengers who’s abilities are ineffective against them. That’s when Iron Fist appears to help out. Deducing that beating the dragon will enable them to beat the soldiers, Iron Fist ends it and the soldiers are defeated soon after. Unfortunately Loki still captures the Avengers.

In Part 2 the Guardians manage to beat the Ravagers (who are also after Rocket’s bounty) and find what they need to get to Earth.

Meanwhile the second Avengers team have found themselves in the Savage Land and the natives are not pleased to see them. Nebula is teleported there but Spider-Man webs the wand out of her (and everyone else’s) reach thus prompting a battle to reach it in time. The good guys win and use the wand’s power to take them to the other Avengers, unaware they are captured in Loki’s throne room on Asgard.

Loki soon captures everyone but thanks to Rocket’s especially dangerous big gun most of the heroes are freed. The big exception is Bruce. This is a problem because only he can penetrate the force field protecting the wand and avert disaster. Unfortunately his own prison cell won’t open.

The heroes then resolve to use a device Iron Man talked about way back in their introductory battle. In short through the power of combined positive thoughts Iron Man’s device can unleash a powerful burst of energy. The heroes (and the audience) send their positive thoughts and succeed in releasing Banner and unleashing the Hulk who saves the day.

Good guys win. Bad guys lose. The crowd claps and cheers as the actors pose and bow. Hulk and Groot squabble.

Based upon everything above you might be thinking this show is rather...well lame.

However it is in fact really, really fun!

As is so often the case with stage shows you have to actually see them (and really in person) to appreciate them, reading a summary or even a script doesn’t do them justice.

As basic and simple as the plot and characters are (we never see the heroes out of costume for instance) it is all service of the point of the show.

Cool stunts, acrobatics, fight choreography and set pieces with some of your favourite super heroes.

On that front the show is a rousing success and the story mostly works towards that end. You want deep thoughtful Marvel storytelling that’s the movies and the comics. You want just pure superhero fun, this is it.

I guess you could argue the writing could be better because it gives little in the way of stuff for the adults inevitably dragged to this by their kids like many Pixar films succeed in doing.

And yes that would have made this stage show better. Better...but not good. After all where is it written that a stage show made specifically to entertain children and just children is bad merely because it doesn’t seek to do more than that, let alone when it totally succeeds?

The stunt work, acrobatics and effects mind you are not Cirque du Soleil or anything. But they are great for what they are. Almost everything in the fight scenes works for instance, stand outs for me being the Spidey fighting his villains (especially Felicia), Black Cat vs. Black Widow (has that ever even happened in canon?), Black Panther vs. the Rhino, Cap fighting whilst on a motorcycle (I felt the kicks!), Spidey’s own motorcycle stunts (the only time Spidey on a bike has ever been cool), Gamora vs. Nebula and everything with Iron Fist.

The only nitpick I have regarding the fights is that occasionally one character might be off to the side tossing their hands around and stamping for no reason because it isn’t their turn to get involved in the action yet. This happened with Electro actually, I don’t know why. Maybe they felt if they had him actually attack when the heroes were otherwise occupied the villains would just win.

Again though it’s a nitpick. As is the fact that when they introduce us to the Savage Land they reused stock background footage from the ‘Walking with Dinosaurs’ show that played at the O2 Arena earlier this year. To let you appreciate just how much of a nitpick this is, I’m pretty sure I was the only audience member to notice this and that’s purely because by coincidence I saw that very show way back in January.

One final nitpick which is really just me is that the gesticulations the actors make and larger than necessary body movements kind of ruined my emersion a little bit, but that’s probably a necessity for this show.

None of the stage performers were really talking, their dialogue had all been pre-recorded by professional voice actors (Cree Summers and Fred Tatasciore being the more obvious ones I caught) and if their costumes revealed their mouths they just lip-synched. As such those over the top gestures are probably an important part of the performance of the show to bring the characters to life considering there isn’t a single person acting in the role. Plus you need some way of communicating emotions (however simplistic) to the audience through distance (the O2 Arena is huge) and costumes.

Since I know so little about stage productions in general and I’m clearly not the real target demographic for this show (nor do I have children of my own so I can’t even really envision their mindset) I’m just going to talk about the stuff I liked and disliked.

To be honest the only thing I honestly disliked were the Guardians. The Guardians films are wonderful but the unintended consequence of their success is that every iteration of the Guardians thereafter (be it video games or sticker books) based themselves upon the movies. It’s not just that that gets repetitive since there isn’t as much material to draw from but it also has the unfortunate effect of making the Guardians kind of caricatures of themselves. The Guardians movies to be blunt do place the 5 main Guardians within clear cut archetypes and then builds upon that. In other media though they really are just reduced to those archetypes.

Star Lord be the cocky leader who can at times be less smooth than he’d like.

Gamora is the serious warrior woman who rolls her eyes at the antics of her team mates and has a rivalry with her sister.

Drax is also a serious warrior but more direct and there is the gag that he takes things totally literally.

Rocket is the snarky and short tempered one.

Groot is the heavy who prefers to be a gentle giant and is Rocket’s BFF.

Because they have been like that in EVERYTHING sans the MCU it’s like watching an old cartoon from the 80s or something where you know exactly what every character is going to do and how they are going to do it because everything is so stock.

In this production that’s not really that big of a problem since everyone is so simplistic and the spectacle is really the entire point. But for me personally I did just get a little bored with their scenes whereas with the Avengers I was at least curious how they were going to do Thor, Cap, Black Panther, etc. Even if their take was what was most likely and little different to most other media to feature these characters in current pop culture, there was just more there for me.

Seeing Banner used as the tech guy but also secret weapon hasn’t been done to death or the only direction you could realistically have expected for the character to have gone in this. And that’s owed to the Hulk having a long and rich history in the comics and other media from which to draw from. The Guardians technically have that, but they were so minor before the film, the simplistic takes based on the film became the default and I knew that within five seconds. Hence their scenes felt like going through the motions whenever they were talking.

Everything else in the show though I really enjoyed. I’m not going to call out the show for doing Green Goblin, Lizard or Black Cat wrong because the nature of the show simply didn’t demand it. the project called for some recognizable and colourful Spider-Man villains that could be practically realized on stage and fight the Avengers. Venom comes with baggage and is kind of too similar to Spider-Man is spectacle is all you are going for and Doc Ock or Scorpion would’ve been way too expensive. So who else are you going to have lead the villains besides the Goblin, who’s abilities allow for aerial stunts and the like? Felicia I grant you could’ve been switched out for the Shocker or someone, maybe they felt they should have at least one other female villain somewhere in the show besides Nebula.

I didn’t care though. Seeing Felicia at all in other media is generally a treat for me and seeing her realized in live action for the first time ever (in a comic book accurate outfit no less) just put a grin on my face as did seeing her duel with Black Widow.

In fact the entire Spider-Villain brawl was the highlight of the show for me and I didn’t even know it was going to be in the thing. As each villain showed up me and my friend were squealing under our breaths. If only they’d had one more villain though we could’ve gotten ourselves a Sinister Six.

How about Spider-Man himself? He was mostly done well too. Now he was obviously influenced by the USM cartoon version of Spider-Man so he sounded like Drake Belle...but a way more tolerable not really annoying Drake Belle. There was also only one moment in the show he was made to look the buffoon. Technically there was another when he was figuring out how to ride the motorcycle but that was an excuse for some impressive stunt work so it’s forgivable.

Speaking of stunt work...they straight up had Spider-Man swinging around the stage at various points, coming close to the audience and thwipping at times! It was spectacular and sensational. He even had an aerial tussle with the Goblin on his glider. That officially makes this more successful than Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark in that regard. They seemed to save Spider-Man swinging around for big moments of the show too, like they knew that was going to be the most impressive thing about it.

They also mercifully didn’t make Spider-Man sellout to the Avengers or Iron Man in any way. Iron Man isn’t treated as his Dad and he and Spider-Man barely talk to one another. Equally whilst Spider-Man is an Avenger in this and is rescued by them, it’s exactly once and he is shown to hold his own as an equal with any of the team. In fact he’s arguably the MVP of the Savage Land battle when he gets the wand.

He also has the best line of the show and one of the best I’ve ever heard from Spider-Man in general. I’m paraphrasing but it goes like this when he’s addressing Nebula (IIRC) after removing the wand from her:

“With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility. And you don’t seem like the responsible type.”

I question how 55 years of Spider-Man comics elapsed with the character never saying that before this stage show!

Besides Spider-Man the character I enjoyed the most in this was Iron Fist.

I’m not a huge Iron Fist fan, I actually find him kind of pointless whenever he’s not teamed up with Luke Cage. But the mere fact that he showed up at all, that the producers cared enough to use him when he hasn’t been in a movie and kids would only know him from the USM cartoon showed there was a respect underlying the production of this show.

More poignantly these less than 30 minutes of stage time Iron Fist got in this did him better than the entire 13 agonizing hours of his Netflix show and to be honest even his much improved second season. The bare minimum anyone wanted out of this character was him to wear the suit, light up his fist and kick pull off some cool martial arts moves.

Netflix instead gave us boardroom politics for practically a whole season whilst this stage show nailed it in 5 seconds. The action choreography was especially great with him in fact and whilst his costume was unique to anything I’ve seen in the comics it captured the gist of his comic book outfits. In fact I’d go so far as to say that this might be the best Iron Fiat outfit ever!

Hulk and Groot were well realized through actors using stilts and I’m actually surprised they made Hulk the show stopper. The whole show was building towards his transformation. Maybe they just realized if he was always there they’d win too easily. I prefer to think the producers just liked Hulk that much.

Over here in the UK, obviously the MCU is big. But for most of the last 50 odd years Spider-Man and Hulk were far and away the most popular Marvel characters. Maybe that’s why they got the best moments in the show?

Iron Man was also used quite well. They respected that because he’s the most famous/popular MCU star not called Spider-Man they had to give him one big moment, but he didn’t steal the show or save the day or get more attention (outside of that moment) than anyone else the way it was too often in the MCU.

His big moment came from when the showmakers apparently either really liked the Happiness Gun from Maximum Carnage or really liked the Spirit Bomb from Dragon Ball Z because Tony’s super positive thoughts device was essentially the same concept.

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linyi-is-dreaming · 5 years

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The Decay of the Blossom 🥀 -04

Story: BTS x Reader x GOT7

Category: Drama, Friendship, Love

Summary: Y/N’s life starts to change as her mother gets herself a new man after her father’s passing. A new school, a new life. Everything sounds too good to be true. Apparently, destiny has its own rules and that is something she will learn when destiny gives her some signs along her way.

CHAPTER 04

That Monday would have come so quickly, was something that she was not looking forward to. But at the same time, she did. The impression her stepfather might have left on her friends, worries her. That her parents did not want to answer her question about the swallowing of her mother’s face, makes her head think of different theories which came all to the same result. The strongest question in her head is, what if he tries it again. She needs to talk with her mother about this, but there is no chance since he is always there when Y/N gets home. He works from home lately, which she personally started to dislike. Y/N avoids any possibility to have a fight with him and tries to keep him happy with the answers he wants to hear. Because she thinks, if he leaves them or throws them out, they will end up the same way as they did before. On her way to school she listens to a playlist which helps her to calm down, one thing is for sure. No matter how horrible it will get, her friends should never get a hint about it. When she walks along the road, she looks at the cars which are passing by. As a bus drives pass her, she starts to scan the windows for her friends but she cannot see them. Even though her heart is heavy with the worries for her mother, she tries to fake a smile as she comes closer to the school. School would start in more than thirty minutes but she did not want to wait any longer at home than necessary. The air at home felt thicker each hour, it becomes harder to breathe and that took her focus from studying. The happiness she felt when school ended to get home to eat dinner as a family disappeared over the weekend. “Good morning Jin!”, she screams. He turns around with a smile on his face.

“Hey. You are here way earlier than usual.”

“I know. I wanted to study in the library today.”

“Good idea.” She feels horrible about lying but it is the best for now. Studying is at least the most believable thing she could use to lie.

“Why are you here already?”

“I wanted to check if everything is prepared for tomorrow. You will watch your first American football match, are you excited?”

“It is tomorrow? I thought it is on Thursday.”

“No, tomorrow. You will come right?”

“I don’t know. I want to but I don’t know.”

“Should I pick you up to make sure you come?”, he winks.

“I am not a baby and you would have to come with Namjoon since he said he wants to make sure that I come.”

“He probably forgot that part already.” Jin laughs. “He forgets when he says he will pick someone up. The last time he said he will pick me up from home to get some stuff for his party, he called me when he arrived at the shop. The best thing about it, he called me and asked where I’m at.” He starts to shake his head whilst he smiles.

“Can I ask you something?”, she asks as she starts to play with her sleeves.

“Shoot.”

“Is Jinyoung easily mad at someone? Like, would he forgive me if I am not going to play my role and he has to play it with this wannabe princess?” Jin takes his arm around her shoulder and walks into the school without an answer. “Don’t you want to answer me?”

“I will. I just don’t want to talk about with the possibility of others hearing us.” Only a handful of other students were there, no one she knows personally. Most of them are older students that Jin might know. They walk to the class room which is normally used for art work. This class was mostly in use in the afternoon, therefore the perfect place to talk about things that no one else should hear. “So, now that we are a hundred percent alone. Why don’t you want to play the role?”

“It is too much stress.” Jin crosses his arms in front of his chest. “I need to find more time to study.”

“Okay, drama once a week is too stressful. Got it... and now, the truth.”

“That is the truth.”

“Come on. I don’t know you that long, but I know you are not telling me the truth.” Y/N sighs as she notices that there is no way to beat around the bush.

“Okay, okay.” She takes one of the chairs and places it in front of him. “Sit down.” She grabs another chair and places it next to his. “The reason is he wants to call in on the day of the play to tell the principal that I am sick. He doesn’t want me to stand on the stage and perform the only role I ever auditioned for.”

“Your father?”

“Yeah, who else.”, she says annoyed.

“You said ‘he’. How am I supposed to know who you are talking about?”

“I know what I am saying. I just don’t know what to call him.”

“Why don’t you call him dad or by his first name?”

“I only accepted him because he makes my mother happy. I won’t call him dad, he is no dad to me. He tries but he will never replace my dad.” Jin turns to her with a sincere look on his face.

“You know, after my mom died, my father did everything he could to give me a new mom. He always broke up with a woman when he realized that we did not come along. He did not care about himself, he wanted me to not miss out on having a mother.”

“How old were you when your mother died?”

“I was nine years old. A drunken guy drove directly into my mother with his car. She was walking on a side walk, but he still managed to drive his car into her. She died right away. The doctors said she had no chance.”

“I am sorry, I did not know you don’t have a mother.”

“I do now. It took me a few years to accept a new mother. It took my dad a few years to realize that I needed time. I even found her, well, kind of. She was my teacher at my old school.”

“That is why you are so clever.” The attempt of making a joke stays unnoticed by Jin.

“The reason why I say this is, maybe you just need more time.”

“Maybe you are right. It all happened so fast.” Jin looks at his watch before he looks back to her.

“Y/N, the others are about to arrive soon. Do you want to wait outside for them?”

“No, I will wait for the rascals in the class room. I will see you and the others at lunch. Bye!”, she says as she walks out of the room. She stops at the open door to look why she does not hear his footsteps. When she looks back, she could see him thinking about something. “I thought you wanted to leave too?” He gets up and walks over to her.

“One thing I forgot to say.”

“That would be?”

“You have to come tomorrow!” He shows a finger at her and looks seriously. Y/N laughs as she makes some space for him to close the class room door behind them.

“Are you trying to act seriously? Because honestly, I don’t think acting is for you.” Both start to laugh at the same time. His acting was really bad, especially because he almost broke into laughter by himself as he finished his sentence.

“Hey guys! Could not overhear your laughter.”, Jaebum says.

“I just realized that Jin is a horrible actor.”

“Yeah, you are right. Jin and acting, that is funny.” Jaebum laughs for a second before he hems. “May I can talk to you for a second alone?” His eyes wander to Y/N.

“Oh, yeah right. I promised to talk with Yoongi and Youngjae about the ideas for the stage. See you around.”, Jin says as he leaves them alone.

“Y/N, are you alright?”

“Yeah, I am fine.” Jaebum sighs as he tries to read her face.

“You cried when your father took you by the wrist.” He licks his lips nervously. “Did he hurt you before?”

“Are you listening to yourself? It might have looked like that but he would never do anything to me.”

“I am sorry. I didn’t mean to put him on a negative spotlight. It’s just that you had such sad eyes when you came to your room. I want you to be alright, I mean we all do.”

“That’s nice from you, thanks.”, she says as she gives him a short hug. “I will let you guys know if something bad is going on, okay?”, she whispers in his ear before she moves away from him. “No worries needed.”

“No worries? The teacher will give us the result of our essays today. You have it easy to say ‘no worries.’”, Yugyeom says in an almost panic voice.

“Relax. It won’t be so bad. You only had to learn what I gave you. Didn’t you do it?”

“I did... I am not sure if I did write down everything.”

“Wait, you prepared his essay?”, Jaebum asks.

“I did not prepare it. I gave him some hints that he could write, the rest was up to him.”

“Yeah, right. She only gave me some hints. The rest is totally my work.”

“Uh huh. Y/N, don’t do his work anymore. He should use his brain at least sometimes. I see you two at lunch.” Jaebum waves for a second before Hoseok attacks him from behind.

“He is never scared, is he?”

“Y/N, don’t tell me you are crushing on him?”

“Me? No. But a normal person would have been scared if someone jumps at you from the back.” She looks around. “Where is Kook and where is Bam?”

“Good question. BamBam will be as late as usual but I did not hear from Kook yet.” He takes his phone out to check if he received any text messages. “Nope. No news.” Both mumble an okay and walk to their class room.

At lunch they only topic was the essay. Which made BamBam disbelief of the fairness of the rating. “Can’t believe I got a C minus. I wrote pretty much everything she wrote and formed them into my words. She has an A for almost the same text.”

“Look Bam, here. Right here. Can you read what the teacher wrote?” BamBam narrows his eyes before he looks at her. “I help you reading. It says ‘Please focus on your own work and less on the class mate’s work. Only a C minus based on the length you wrote.’”

“I can read, okay?” Y/N puts her hands up as a sign of surrendering.

“You would be a cute couple.”, Yugyeom says mockingly which made the others on the table laugh.

“Take care of your own stuff. You have a C.”

“Yes, that is right. The next one will be either a B or an A. I’ll get better.”

“Who says that I won’t get better?”

“No one. But maybe you should not go to parties every weekend, huh?”

“Just shut up.” BamBam says as he looks around. “Where are the others at?”

“Jinyoung and Tae are talking with their drama teacher. Jimin and Hoseok are trying to talk Jaebum into coming back to the dance group since Jinyoung declined. They should have asked me, I would say yes immediately...”

“How come you are so informed?”

“I read the messages my friends send me.” Y/N and BamBam take their phones out to see that they have not read the messages. BamBam starts laughing until he looks up.

“Why does Jinyoung look so mad?” Y/N looks at BamBam before she looks in the direction of where BamBam is looking at. Jinyoung did look mad and Tae is right behind him. It is obvious that he tries to keep up with Jinyoung.

“Y/N! I can’t believe what I just heard... I hope it is a joke!”

“Which joke?”

“You cannot let me down! Are you insane? You will play your damn role!” Y/N swallows the grape that she had just put in her mouth as she looks up at him.

“I want to, but I cannot do it.”

“Coward! You will not appear at the play? You will make me play with her? With that wannabe?”

“I don’t understand what you are trying to tell me.”

“That you would leave drama is something I accept, but that you won’t appear on the day of the role is something I don’t accept. Now you pretend you don’t know what I am talking about? How dare you? We were helping you since you came to this school and you have nothing else to do than to let me down? I thought we were friends...”

“I am not letting you down. It is not even my choice!”

“For god sake it is your choice. Only your choice!”

“Don’t pretend to know things that you know nothing about.” Namjoon and Mark are still standing in the queue as they can hear Jinyoung’s screaming which fills the cafeteria. Both of their eyes keep stuck on them. Almost everyone in the cafeteria is giving them the same attention as them.

“Guys, calm down. Let’s talk about this outside.”, Tae suggests.

“No. There is nothing to talk about.” She clarifies as she gets up from the table. “You cannot be my friend if my stepfather does not allow me to play? When he already told me that he will call the school to tell them I am sick even though he said he will watch my first and only play?” Her face becomes red as the anger makes her eyes look watery.

“Keep your tears. I don’t believe you anything anymore. You are such a good actress. Who are you, huh?” Those words hurt her. They were spoken fast, but they cut deep.

“Fine, be mad all you want. Don’t expect me to be around you anymore. You say I do not appreciate the help you guys gave me? I do not appreciate to have you as my friends?” She takes her backpack and throws it over her shoulder. “Then I do not need you either. I have been good on my own ever since I can remember. I don’t need anyone who thinks like that around me.” Without saying anything else she storms out of the cafeteria, her eyes fixed on the floor as the anger takes over her breathing. Everyone’s eyes are following her out before all the attention goes back to Jinyoung. Her friends are frozen up by the scene that just happened. Jungkook throws an angry look at Jinyoung before he tries to catch up with her.

“Y/N wait!”, Jungkook screams. When she noticed that Jungkook starts to run behind her, she starts to run too. She tries to get to girls' bathroom before he can catch up. The door swung open by her fast movement that she almost does not see the girl who is standing behind the door. This girl darts a glare at her but Y/N does not care. She wants to be alone right now. When she finds an unlocked toilet door, she goes in and locks the door. Her phone starts to vibrate in her pocket, but she just does not care who might try to call her. Y/N waited until she cannot hear anyone else in the bathroom before she takes her phone out. A missed phone call by Jungkook appeared on her phone screen but she only deletes the notification. To go back into the classroom is something she does not want to do now. As she thinks about what to do next, she takes her headphones out and connects it with her phone. After a few songs she looks at the phone to see for how long she has been in there already. Class had already started, this time it does not matter to her if she misses something important in class. It does not bother her at all. Her phone starts to vibrate in her hand again.

From Yugyeom: Where are you? You never miss class...

From BamBam: The teacher is asking for you, shall we say something?

From BamBam: Nevermind. Told him you feel unwell.

From Yugyeom: Is Jungkook with you? He is not in class either...

Y/N takes a deep breath before she turns her music up and closes her eyes. That Jinyoung will not take it in a good way is something she thought about, but that he would be this mad is something that she did not expect. Whilst she sits on the closed toilet seat, she lets her emotions go. A few tears escape from her eyes. Those tears are not just from sadness but also from the anger that is building inside her. The thought of being on her own again crosses her mind. If Jinyoung talks the others into not talking with her anymore, would they listen to him if he would try to, she wonders. It feels as she is sitting there for hours, when she checked her phone to see how late it is again, she can see two messages from Jungkook.

From Jungkook: I am waiting for you... could you please come out of the bathroom?

From Jungkook: Our teacher just saw me sitting in the hall, he brought me to the class room to make sure I am not staying there. Can we talk after school?

Her fingers were shaking when she wanted to respond but she just could not type anything. Y/N does not even know what she should answer him. If she would shake up the whole dynamic between them, wouldn’t it make the others mad too? Slowly with still some tears falling off her face, she takes her phone and turns her music off. She packs it all back into her backpack before she walks to the sinks. The look in the mirror confirms that she looked like a mess. Her mascara is all over her face, her eyes are red and her lips are dark red. The cheeks are pink and every other detail that shows that she was crying is seeable on her face. She washes the mascara off, thankfully her mother bought her a non-waterproof mascara. She takes some paper towels and makes them wet with cold water before she puts them on her face. She leans her head back a little to keep the paper towels in place on her face. That somebody was coming in, is something she did not notice.

“Y/N, is that you?”, a girl asks. Y/N takes the paper towels from her face to see who is to talking to her. “Jungkook got in trouble because he waited for you, our teacher yelled at him. As the class president, I asked if it is okay to check on you and to see if you are still in the bathroom. Do you need anything?” Y/N is surprised by her kindness, they barely talked with each other and still she is talking so nicely to her which makes her think if she might just act like it or if she is truly such a nice person. Normally girls were only this nice to her when they needed something from her. Maybe she wants something in return she thinks.

“I am fine... I just started to feel sick. I think I will go to the nurse, I don’t feel well.”

“I’ll go with you. Just to be sure you that nothing happens on your way there.” Y/N presses her lips together and nods. The walk to the school nurse was quiet and she thankfully does not run into somebody else. “I would suggest to stay at home if you don’t feel that good tomorrow.” She touches Y/N’s arm and puts a smile on her face. “Hopefully you will feel better tomorrow, take care.” With those words she leaves her alone. After knocking three times, the nurse opens the door opens.

“Can I help you?”, the nurse asks as she looks up and down at Y/N.

“Yeah, I feel sick and I want to go home. I just threw up.”, Y/N lies. She puts out the best of acting that she could to hear the words that she is allowed to go. The examination felt as it took forever and it made her nervous to hear the school bell ring.

“Alright. You need to rest, therefore I let you go home. If you don’t feel well tomorrow, tell your parents to call the school to inform us.” When she sees that Y/N is still sitting there and not moving an inch, she turns to her again. “Something else you need from me?”

“No. I just don’t want my class mates to see me like that.”

“Well, you can wait until the next class starts. Is somebody at home or should I call someone?”

“No, my parents are not home at this time. They are both at work. I will have to go the pharmacy anyway to get some medicine to relax my stomach.” The nurse nods and writes something down. When she was done writing she handles her a note with a few different kinds of medicine noted on it. When it sounded as the hallway would have become quiet, she leaves the room. On her way back home, she stops at the park which she usually only walks pass by. She walks into the park and lies down on the big spider web similar thing and closes her eyes. Two hours must pass before she can go home, Y/N did not feel like she wants to tell them why she left the school this early. She takes her headphones and her phone out of her backpack once again to listen to her favorite music. After a few minutes she walks over to the swings to swing. It became too boring for her quickly. She gets up and prepares herself mentally before she goes home. Her heart starts to race and her mind is spinning to find excuses why she left earlier. To her surprise, nobody answers her when she calls for her mother. It looks like no one is at home at all. She looks into every room before she decides to put her stuff in her room and to cook something for herself. On her bedroom desk is a letter, written by her mother. She takes it in her hands as she sits down on the chair next to the desk.

‘Honey, by the time your home we won’t be there. We have an important appointment that we cannot miss. I cooked some Spaghetti for you, you will find it in the fridge. We are going to eat at a restaurant later on, so you can eat whatever is at home. Don’t forget to lock the door and go to bed early. Love, mom.’

At first, she wonders what kind of appointment they might have but she is already so tired from today that all she wants to do is eat, sleep and hopefully not going to school on the next day. She turns the flight mode off on her phone and puts it back in her pocket as she walks towards the kitchen. As she puts the Spaghetti into the microwave, the doorbell rings. She takes her headphones off and places it together with the phone on the kitchen counter. When she opens the door, she can see that Jungkook is standing there with chocolate in his hand.

“Hello. What are you doing here?”

“Hey, you did not answer my texts.”, he smiles. “Can I come in?”

“Sure, but not for long.” She opens the door wide enough to let him in before she locks the door again. “What’s up?”

“Well, I thought you might be still mad at Jinyoung, therefore, here you are.” He hands her the chocolate with a smile. “You cannot be mad at me too, when I got chocolate, right?” She smiles as she takes it from him.

“Thank you.”

“I am sorry, Jin only wanted to know how he will react if you would tell him what you told him. He only wanted to answer your question from today, but Jinyoung took it too personally.”

“I am not mad at Jin. Not at all.”

“You’re not? Even though he is the one who told him...?”

“Even then. Look, I don’t know how to handle this situation. I understand he does not want to be my friend after this, but... Are we still friends? Am I still friends with you or the others?”

“Why would you not be our friend?” The sound of the microwave brings Jungkook’s attention to the smell which is in the air. “That looks very nice.”

“Do you want it? I still have some more Spaghetti left.”, she says as she shows him the food.

“If you don’t mind.” She puts the Spaghetti on the table.

“Bon appétit.”

“Thank you.” She brings two spoons and two forks to the table before she puts another portion of Spaghetti into the microwave. He decides to take a bite to taste the flavor. “It’s good. Did you cook it?”

“No, my mother did.” Jungkook waits for her food to be warmed-up so that they could eat together. “Just eat, mine takes one more minute.”

“I can wait one minute.”, he says as he looks at her. “Did you really feel sick or were you just too embarrassed to see us?” She takes her plate and sits down in front of him.

“He became louder and louder, to a point to which I turn my hearing off. I just wanted to get away from there, at least he knows now that I will not play.”

“Well, him and the whole school.” Jungkook swallows before he looks up from his plate. “Is everything else okay?”

“Yeah, everything else is fine.”

“You know, Jaebum told me that he feels a bit worried about you.” Y/N looks at him with a tilted head. “He is not the only one who worries about you, he was just the first one who said it out loud.”

“No worries needed, I am doing good.”

“You said that you are used to be on your own or something like that... I heard when you said to your father that we are your only friends that you have...”

“What are you trying to say?”, she asks whilst she takes another bite from her Spaghetti.

“What I am trying to say is, no matter what happens, we are your friends.” He starts to play with his fork within his food. “I hope your father does like us more than in the beginning.”

“He said nothing bad about you. Especially Jin, he is his favorite.”

“Who doesn’t like him? I am glad that the likes us. Do you think we can hang out more often now that your father likes us?”

“Don’t we do that tomorrow anyway?”

“Yes, but that is different. You will watch me play... Maybe we can hang out once again, even if it is just studying.” He looks towards the chocolate before his eyes turn back to her. “Did I mention how good the color blue looks on you.”

“Are you trying to be extra nice so that I share the chocolate with you?”

“Yes and no.”, he answers. “I hope you do not quit our friendship because of the way he behaved. We really like you as our friend.” Y/N smiles. “Do you want to do homework together?”

“Well we could eat chocolate and you explain everything I need to know about the match tomorrow?”

“Ugh, I can tell you some rules, but I will only tell you everything you need to know. Let’s start with the basics. Maybe we should do that in the living room. It would be more comfortable.” She nods as she cleans up. He picks up his dirty plate but she takes it out of his hand.

“You’re a guest in my house. No need to do any of my duties.”

“Fine. Then I’ll make a research on a good match to help you understand in the meantime.”, he says as Y/N puts the dirty dishes into the dishwasher. Her eyes stuck on the chocolate he brought. “Don’t forget the chocolate.” Y/N shakes her head as she takes the chocolate. She places the chocolate between them before she sits down next to him. “So, what do I need to know?”

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valeriemperez · 5 years

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As an objective reviewer, what did you really think of 5x6? I can't tell if I'm letting my disdain for Danielle cloud my judgment or if I should try to rewatch it. I have seen all of the bad reviews and even saw a youtuber who is firmly anti-Iris say its the worst episode of the series but sometimes those things can be the result of group think. Lol sorry for rambling, I'm just so flabbergasted and confused about this episode especially when the last five were so good :(

Personally, I was bored. I rewatched the episode in order to write my review, and objectively (as objective as I can be) I think the problem is that they:

A) Focused too much on the “science” side of the experiments and why Caitlin and Thomas’ alter egos might be different.B) Placed the emotional emphasis on a relationship we’ve never seen before - Caitlin and Thomas - and that we had never even heard about before two episodes ago. It would have been stronger to have Carla there, and for her and Caitlin to make up after Caitlin realizes her mother was protecting her from Icicle, etc.

Are you going to update the women’s screentime for episode 6?

Just did!

Honestly GG doesn’t seem that close to any of the cast save TC. He mostly keeps to himself while they film and doesn’t seem to hang out with anyone unless it’s something TC arranged for GG to go to. I think left to his own devices GG would stay in his condo and do his own thing. I think that’s what throws people off cause as the lead you’d think GG would be the center of the cast social life like SA. For whatever reason that’s just not who GG is but I get it frustrates people.

Yeah, I definitely think Tom C. is his favorite person in the cast, but he’s generally not a social butterfly like you said.

I just knew the GG apologists were going to be in your inbox. I don’t doubt they are friends, but after watching that video CP tweeted today, he and the other white actors around her are apart of the problem. I will always be grateful to him for advocating WA, but why all of the silence now? Why all of the public weirdness? She is the only one he treats like that. He didn’t even show support for the rag doll actor, who btw, sang his praises more than once. Ellen Pompeo is the ally CP deserves.

I don’t think they’re being particularly weird in public, given that we haven’t really seen them out in public. They seemed fine in the one video we saw on them at the party, for example. But he has been quiet about the show for the most part, I just don’t think it’s specifically directed at or about Candice.

Agree about Ellen, though! Candice could have used way more supportive costars, but thankfully she’s out here succeeding anyway.

Tati, I’m a butthead so I’m on anon 😝 I wonder who that one cast mate could be? The wannabe female lead perhaps…? The fake feminist that has been trying to erase CP’s presence on the show since S1. The been in the game forever chick that still can’t act. I could go on, but I think we all know who the one person is.

LMAO, who ever could you mean????

People are upset because Grant isn’t as openly supportive of Candice as they feel he should be. Honestly, of late he hasn’t seemed to be supportive of much. The show, his friends/family, etc. I think something is going on with him (personally). However, as long as he make it do what it do when he’s on screen with my girl CP making those 😍🥰 and rubbing her unnecessarily so WA continues to be a healthy interracial RL I don’t care if her supports her on sm or not. That’s what we as fans do. #IWDS

This is my thought too. He hasn’t been supporting much other than his skateboards lol. I wish he was more openly supportive of her and that the cast as a whole made their interactions more available for public consumption, but it’s also not something I’m hung up on. They are the way they are, and I wouldn’t trade (almost) any of them.

To me it wasn’t obvious that CP wanted to stand on that side of the cake since she kept looking over to the other side, which was already crammed. I agree that sometimes people project their own feelings into a situation (I’ve read some pretty wild theories about GG snobbing CP bc she’s not in a RL and he dislikes single people) but what we’ve seen of GG and CP outside of SM is positive. We got ONE video from the party and it was good. He’s horrendous on SM though. Don’t care if CP agrees or not

You are 100% right that we’re all projecting, lol. We don’t know them and we only see a tiny sliver of their lives, which they have chosen to show us.

Couldn’t it just be that Candice was standing on the right side of the room to begin with so she just went to the right side of the cake where Danielle N and JPK went too. I don’t think she’s so bothered by DP that she wouldn’t stand next to Grant, Carlos, or Tom because DP was there. I mean we have to remember that Candice is in the same room with DP everyday at work. It’s not like they explode if they get close.

It totally could be that, lol.

#the flash #anonymous #tatiana's thoughts #more asks under the cut #long post for ts #gossip

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istgimamess · 6 years

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Label: yg entertainment

Stage name: Barbie

Debut year: 2014 (4yrs active)

Debut concept: sexy, dark, story driven, rap and dance heavy, hip hop/pop track!

Number of members: 1(solo artist)

Group name: you go by your stage name, Barbie!

Fandom name: bb's

Position: main dancer, vocal, rap and visual; basically everything (because you rock!)

Male bestie: Yukhei (NCT)

How you meet: you hurt eachother both physically and emotionally, and then laughed about it. Alot! It was a normal day, you had just returned from dance practice and you were kind of exhausted; so you weren't paying that much attention to your surroundings! And then, let's just say, you hit a wall. Literally! Knees buckling, foreheads banging, elbows stabbing eachother in the stomachs - you struggled to break free. "Oh my freakin- you broke my face!! My face is broken!! What the hell is your forehead made out of?!! Bricks?!" "Well, I wouldn't of had to break your face if you had just watched where you were going, you frat-boy looking douche!" There was a long pause, some intense eye contact and then you both were cracking up; red faced and both clutching your stomachs, you managed to introduce yourselves! You've been attached at the hip ever since! You both have 4D personalities and you both love to make people laugh! You're 100x more extra when you're with eachother! Like Bonnie and Clyde, Tom and Jerry - you have eachothers back but always tease eachother constantly! He quickly becomes one of your best friends! He also gets oddly really protective of you, in a funny way, and his band mates like to tease him to see his reaction! "Hmm, I think my girl crush would have to be Barbie! She's really sexy!" "...(delayed reaction) Wait, what!? (^..gif..^)..who just said that!?? I'll stab you in the eye with a fork!!.." Even though he uses humor to mask how much he dislikes other people talking about you, you know if it came down to it, he would genuinely put someone in their place for you! Your friendship is the sweetest! (*sob*.. my 4D son!)

Female bestie: Lisa (Black Pink)

How you meet: you meet through dance! You had started taking more and more dance classes and workshops after your debut and occasionally you would meet new people in those classes! Long story short, she "accidently" caught you off gaurd after practice one day and you might have turned around and kicked her in the shin in a desperate attempt to "defend" yourself. You apologized over and over again but she just wouldn't stop laughing and take your apology, "hahahahhahahahaha you call that self defense?! You looked like a rabid bunny...I'm sorry hahahhaha...I can't stop laughing...hahaha.." "HA! Hilarious. Laugh it up..." She ends up choking which makes you laugh hysterically, until both of you are just a mess of giggles. You quickly end up bonding over your love for dance and food! And it became kind of a game between you two, on who could sneak up and scare the other more: at award shows, at fan meets, at restaurants; any and everywhere you could possibly think of! You had gotten in couple of good scares, but she was still the reigning queen! Which, she always brags about! "Lisa, you're best friends with Barbie right!?" "Yeah! She's my bestie!" "I hear you like to sneak up and scare eachother! How do you usually do it?!" "Yeah! I get her everytime! Like this...(^.. gif..^).." She's such a fruitloop, but you love her!

Group bestie: NCT Dream

How you meet: it was one of the weirdest encounters you've had in your entire life, to be completely honest. One second you were picking out something to eat at the local 7-11 and then without warning you were surrounded by a pack of fetus looking thugs. "You barbie!?" "We've literally watched every single one of her music videos and all of her interviews. We know what she looks like, why would you ask such a stupid question!?" "I was just trying to act cool!" "Well that's your problem right there! You're a rapper not an actor!" "You want to fight me!?" "Oh look, Canada thinks he can throw down.." "Stop pushing his buttons, Haechan. But on a serious note, we've all seen pictures of her on Lucas' phone sooooo that definitely was a stupid question.." "I swear to go-" "Umm, sorry to interrupt but...what is happening!?" "We're your new best friends, we're here to replace Lucas. Nice to meet you!" "Ummm..I mean..okay, sure.." And just like that, your fate was sealed! (No joke, my brothers football team actually did this to me! Soooo yeah, this legit happened!) You end up not really minding though. They are super supportive, always cheering you on and hyping you up! It's kind of cute, they follow you around like little ducklings; always competing with Lucas for your attention and friendship. "Noona, Yukhei said you prefer atleast one of your bestfriends to be buff so..(^.. gif..^).." You love them!

Ship name: b-min, smiley couple

How you meet: you ran into him at an award show. Literally! You were too busy trying to watch out for Lisa! You knew she was obviously attending the award show, and you knew it was the perfect setting and opportunity for her to sneak up and scare you; so you weren't paying attention to anything! Until you were laying flat on the ground, another human being hovering over you. "Yikes, are you okay!?" "Oh my god! I'm soooo sorry!" You apologize profusely as he tries to help you stand. "It's no problem, I might be short but I'm sturdy- nope, I take that back, you're shorter.." With red cheeks and shaky hands you both stumbled awkwardly through your introductions and from then on, it was history! He ended up asking you out and you jumped at the gun to say yes; you've been together ever since. He really is a great boyfriend, always cuddling you, buying you flowers, taking you out to eat, supporting you. (I'm actually getting kind of jealous lmfao) He's whipped and his band mates tease him about it all the time! "And here we have Park Jimin not paying attention to the camera at all because he's too busy texting Barbie! What a shocker!....(^.. gif..^)..." You're total relationship goals!

Biggest fan: Wooseok (Pentagon) is probably your biggest fan! He's constantly listening to your music, watching your MV's, downloading your songs, watching your TV appearances and talking about you in interviews! "I'm a huge fan of Barbie-noona! She's really talented and she's such a good dancer! I would love to collab with her sometime in the future!" It's the cutest thing; he's such a big fan of everything you do and he's so loyal to your fandom, constantly calling himself a fellow bb! "Wooseok, quick question! Do you think there is anyone in the world that dances better than Barbie?!" "...(^..gif..^)..." It's adorable!

Scandal: it's not a secret that you're a dancing dancer who loves to dance, and it's definitely not a secret that EXO's Kim Jongin is one of the best dancers out there, in your opinion! (It's a total FACT!) So given that he's actually one of your closest friends, even an older brother at times; always willing to practice with you and give you advice! You use this to your benefit! Often! That's why dispatch has photographs of you and Jongin together on multiple nights! "New romance between Solo Artist Barbie and EXO's Kai?!" "Ken and Barbie?! More like Kai and Barbie! New hott couple alert!" You both end up laughing until you're curled up in a ball on the floor. "Really?! A Barbie and Ken joke!? That's what they're leading with?" "You're a bit too vertically challenged to be a Barbie, but honestly I'm killing it in the Ken department.." "Jongin, are you actually trying to fight me right now?!" It's really ridiculous!

Other activities: sure, you're a singer and a rapper but dancing is and always will be your number one! It's your passion, it's what you went to school for and it's what you live to do! So when yg suggests that you start trying to broaden your fan base with some type of variety show or competition like 'Hit the Stage' you freaked out! (Girllllllll, so would I!)You were so excited but also very nervous to showcase more of your dancing skills on such a big platform but it turned out to be one of the funnest experiences! You ended up feeling right at home amongst the other dancers, made some new friends, learned more about dance as a craft and even made some new fans! "It was just sooo fun! I was definitely nervous but I pulled though! I knew I had it in me!" "Ohhhh wow, so you're just not going to give me credit at all!? I mean, its not like I went through another dating scandal just to help you practice or anything, right?! How rude of you, midget." "Oh my god, Jongin, I swear I will push you down a flight of stairs..." It was awesome!

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@kbabie heyyyy sooooo yeahhh, thank you so much for your patience! I know it takes me hella long to do idol ships, because I kind of overdo it. But thank you so much for the request, I hope you like it! Please feel free to let me know what you think! 😅

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