#Fake (Fearless 34)
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Bimbo Musts No 1-100:
Bimbo Musts No 1: High heels
Bimbo Musts No 2: Mini skirts
Bimbo Musts No 3: Lip Fillers
Bimbo Musts No 4: Jewelry
Bimbo Musts No 5: Lingerie
Bimbo Musts No 6: Laser body hair removal
Bimbo Musts No 7: Docility
Bimbo Musts No 8: Femininity
Bimbo Musts No 9: Lip gloss
Bimbo Musts No 10: Expensiveness
Bimbo Musts No 11: Puppy eyes
Bimbo Musts No 12: Accessible
Bimbo Musts No 13: Heart-shaped lips
Bimbo Musts No 14: Choker
Bimbo Musts No 15: Side boobs
Bimbo Musts No 16: Fake eyelashes
Bimbo Musts No 17: Boob job
Bimbo Musts No 18: Doll face
Bimbo Musts No 19: Inapproachable
Bimbo Musts No 20: Helpless
Bimbo Musts No 21: Entrance
Bimbo Musts No 22: Long sexy nails
Bimbo Musts No 23: Sweet
Bimbo Musts No 24: Upfront
Bimbo Musts No 25: Ornamental
Bimbo Musts No 26: Compliance
Bimbo Musts No 27: Candid
Bimbo Musts No 28: Pink
Bimbo Musts No 29: Glitter
Bimbo Musts No 30: Cleavage
Bimbo Musts No 31: Explicit
Bimbo Musts No 32: Replaceability
Bimbo Musts No 33: Deep hair conditioning
Bimbo Musts No 34: Girlishly
Bimbo Musts No 35: Return to innocence.
Bimbo Musts No 36: Entertaining
Bimbo Musts No 37: Standby-mode.
Bimbo Musts No 38: Confused.
Bimbo Musts No 39: Indecisive.
Bimbo Musts No 40: Waterproof makeup.
Bimbo Musts No 41: Dedication.
Bimbo Musts No 42: High-arched eyebrows with lateral thinning.
Bimbo Musts No 43: Constant need to be praised.
Bimbo Musts No 44: Immersed.
Bimbo Musts No 45: Be blunt.
Bimbo Musts No 46: Immodesty.
Bimbo Musts No 47: Bare midriff dress.
Bimbo Musts No 48: Fake.
Bimbo Musts No 49: Luxurious.
Bimbo Musts No 50: A natural 'good girl'.
Bimbo Musts No 51: Selfies.
Bimbo Musts No 52: Easiness.
Bimbo Musts No 53: Providing.
Bimbo Musts No 54: Irresistible.
Bimbo Musts No 55: Full disclosure.
Bimbo Musts No 56: Voluptuous.
Bimbo Musts No 57: Fishnet stockings.
Bimbo Musts No 58: Focused.
Bimbo Musts No 59: Dependent.
Bimbo Musts No 60: Stilted.
Bimbo Musts No 61: Advertising.
Bimbo Musts No 62: Hair obsessed.
Bimbo Musts No 63: Fearless.
Bimbo Musts No 64 Pouting.
Bimbo Musts No 65: Delirious.
Bimbo Musts No 66: Devoted.
Bimbo Musts No 67: Bronzer.
Bimbo Musts No 68: Needy.
Bimbo Musts No 69: Plastic fur.
Bimbo Musts No 70: Minimalistic.
Bimbo Musts No 71: Glamorous.
Bimbo Musts No 72: Friendliness.
Bimbo Musts No 73 Loyalty.
Bimbo Musts No 74: Natural state.
Bimbo Musts No 75: Wet.
Bimbo Musts No 76: Naked.
Bimbo Musts No 77: Oral fixation.
Bimbo Musts No 78: High-achiever.
Bimbo Musts No 79: Doll face.
Bimbo Musts No 80: Gold digger.
Bimbo Musts No 81: Big-heartedness.
Bimbo Musts No 82: Flexibility.
Bimbo Musts No 83: Inviting.
Bimbo Musts No 84: In Love.
Bimbo Musts No 85: Passiveness.
Bimbo Musts No 86: Attentive.
Bimbo Musts No 87: In progress.
Bimbo Musts No 88: Uninhibited.
Bimbo Musts No 89: Under protection.
Bimbo Musts No 90: Obvious.
Bimbo Musts No 91: Expansive.
Bimbo Musts No 92: More.
Bimbo Musts No 93: High ponytail.
Bimbo Musts No 94: Adventurous.
Bimbo Musts No 95: Plastic.
Bimbo Musts No 96: Patience.
Bimbo Musts No 97: Support system.
Bimbo Musts No 98: Bimbo Besties.
Bimbo Musts No 99: Beyond.
Bimbo Musts 100: Insatiable. A bimbo never stops to seek lust. She is insatiable. Willing. She is greedy, starving for attention. She craves the highest intensities of sex. She never stops. She never has enough. She has unleashed her core essence and transcended femininity into bimboness. She is now freed, happy without thoughts and doubts.
She feels purest bliss,
is continuously in trance,
and has now changed after following all RULES and MUSTS
into a Barbie doll in permanence.
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407 Fake Smurf Names, via OpenAI
Write a long list of potential Smurf names
1. Brainy Smurf
2. Hefty Smurf
3. Greedy Smurf
4. Jokey Smurf
5. Lazy Smurf
6. Clumsy Smurf
7. Smurfette
8. Papa Smurf
9. Grandpa Smurf
10. Grouchy Smurf
11. Handy Smurf
12. Dopey Smurf
13. Vanity Smurf
14. Bashful Smurf
15. Silly Smurf
16. Tracker Smurf
17. Farmer Smurf
18. Cook Smurf
19. Baker Smurf
20. Painter Smurf
21. Sculptor Smurf
22. Woodcutter Smurf
23. Tailor Smurf
24. Doctor Smurf
25. Dentist Smurf
26. Scientist Smurf
27. Professor Smurf
28. Librarian Smurf
29. Archivist Smurf
30. Spy Smurf
31. Detective Smurf
32. Judge Smurf
33. Fire Chief Smurf
34. Police Chief Smurf
35. Mayor Smurf
36. Governor Smurf
37. President Smurf
38. King Smurf
39. Emperor Smurf
40. Wizard Smurf
41. Warrior Smurf
42. Archer Smurf
43. Knight Smurf
44. Ninja Smurf
45. Samurai Smurf
46. Pirate Smurf
47. Cowboy Smurf
48. Indian Smurf
49. Chief Smurf
50. Shaman Smurf
51. Clever Smurf
52. Witty Smurf
53. Charming Smurf
54. Sweet Smurf
55. Romantic Smurf
56. Sentimental Smurf
57. Dreamy Smurf
58. Rude Smurf
59. Cranky Smurf
60. Stubborn Smurf
61. Moody Smurf
62. Passionate Smurf
63. Hot-tempered Smurf
64. Cold-hearted Smurf
65. Vengeful Smurf
66. Mischievous Smurf
67. Playful Smurf
68. Cute Smurf
69. Adorable Smurf
70. Friendly Smurf
71. Kind Smurf
72. Generous Smurf
73. Naughty Smurf
74. Evil Smurf
75. Wicked Smurf
76. Mean Smurf
77. Hateful Smurf
78. Disgusting Smurf
79. Gross Smurf
80. Slimy Smurf
81. Stinky Smurf
82. Ugly Smurf
83.Beautiful Smurf
84. Handsome Smurf
85. Cuddly Smurf
86. Sassy Smurf
87. Sultry Smurf
88. Alluring Smurf
89. Seductive Smurf
90. Mysterious Smurf
91. Magical Smurf
92.enchanted Smurf
93. Lucky Smurf
94. Unlucky Smurf
95. Jealous Smurf
96. Envious Smurf
97. Trusting Smurf
98. distrusting Smurf
99. truthful Smurf
100. liar Smurf
101. brave Smurf
102. cowardly Smurf
103. strong Smurf
104. weak Smurf
105. fearless Smurf
106. fearful Smurf
107. determined Smurf
108. indecisive Smurf
109. stubborn Smurf
110. flexible Smurf
111. serious Smurf
112. silly Smurf
113. nerdy Smurf
114. ditzy Smurf
115. smart Smurf
116. stupid Smurf
117. organized Smurf
118. messy Smurf
119. calm Smurf
120. hyper Smurf
121. relaxed Smurf
122. uptight Smurf
123. easygoing Smurf
124. high-strung Smurf
125. laid-back Smurf
126. aggressive Smurf
127. passive Smurf
128. assertive Smurf
129. shy Smurf
130. outgoing Smurf
131. social Smurf
132. introverted Smurf
133. extroverted Smurf
134. gullible Smurf
135. skeptical Smurf
136. naive Smurf
137. wise Smurf
138. innocent Smurf
139. guilty Smurf
140. pure Smurf
141. corrupt Smurf
142. innocent Smurf
143. experienced Smurf
144. inexperienced Smurf
145. educated Smurf
146. uneducated Smurf
147. childish Smurf
148. mature Smurf
149. childish Smurf
150. grown-up Smurf
151. immature Smurf
152. responsible Smurf
153. irresponsible Smurf
154. dependable Smurf
155. undependable Smurf
156. reliable Smurf
157. unreliable Smurf
158. creative Smurf
159. uncreative Smurf
160. artistic Smurf
161. unartistic Smurf
162. musical Smurf
163. unmusical Smurf
164. athletic Smurf
165. unathletic Smurf
166. fit Smurf
167. unfit Smurf
168. skinny Smurf
169. overweight Smurf
170. thin Smurf
171. plump Smurf
172. toned Smurf
173. muscular Smurf
174. scrawny Smurf
175. curvy Smurf
176. straight Smurf
177. short Smurf
178. tall Smurf
179. petite Smurf
180. statuesque Smurf
181. blonde Smurf
182. brunette Smurf
183. redhead Smurf
184. black-haired Smurf
185. white-haired Smurf
186. grey-haired Smurf
187. bald Smurf
188. short-haired Smurf
189. long-haired Smurf
190. curly-haired Smurf
191. straight-haired Smurf
192. light-skinned Smurf
193. dark-skinned Smurf
194. fair-skinned Smurf
195. brown-eyed Smurf
196. blue-eyed Smurf
197. hazel-eyed Smurf
198. green-eyed Smurf
199. grey-eyed Smurf
200. black-eyed Smurf
201. single Smurf
202. married Smurf
203. divorced Smurf
204. widowed Smurf
205. in a relationship Smurf
206. it's complicated Smurf
207. dating Smurf
208. engaged Smurf
209. separated Smurf
210. male Smurf
211. female Smurf
212. man Smurf
213. woman Smurf
214. boy Smurf
215. girl Smurf
216. son Smurf
217. daughter Smurf
218. father Smurf
219. mother Smurf
220. grandfather Smurf
221. grandmother Smurf
222. grandson Smurf
223. granddaughter Smurf
224. uncle Smurf
225. aunt Smurf
226. nephew Smurf
227. niece Smurf
228. cousin Smurf
229. stepfather Smurf
230. stepmother Smurf
231. stepson Smurf
232. stepdaughter Smurf
233. stepsister Smurf
234. stepbrother Smurf
235. godfather Smurf
236. godmother Smurf
237. godson Smurf
238. goddaughter Smurf
239. best friend Smurf
240.enemy Smurf
241. acquaintance Smurf
242. stranger Smurf
243. classmate Smurf
244. colleague Smurf
245. boss Smurf
246. employee Smurf
247. teacher Smurf
248. student Smurf
249. coach Smurf
250. team captain Smurf
251. neighbor Smurf
252. landlady Smurf
253. landlord Smurf
254. neighbor Smurf
255. shopkeeper Smurf
256. cashier Smurf
257. waiter Smurf
258. waitress Smurf
259. bartender Smurf
260. bus driver Smurf
261. taxi driver Smurf
262. train conductor Smurf
263. pilot Smurf
264. flight attendant Smurf
265. astronaut Smurf
266. doctor Smurf
267. nurse Smurf
268. dentist Smurf
269. surgeon Smurf
270. veterinarian Smurf
271. psychologist Smurf
272. psychiatrist Smurf
273. therapist Smurf
274. counselor Smurf
275. social worker Smurf
276. probation officer Smurf
277. lawyer Smurf
278. judge Smurf
279. police officer Smurf
280. detective Smurf
281. soldier Smurf
282. marine Smurf
283. sailor Smurf
284. airman Smurf
285. firefighter Smurf
286. security guard Smurf
287. member of the clergy Smurf
288. politician Smurf
289. diplomat Smurf
290. businessman Smurf
291. businesswoman Smurf
292. CEO Smurf
293. president Smurf
294. vice president Smurf
295. secretary Smurf
296. janitor Smurf
297. factory worker Smurf
298. construction worker Smurf
299. artist Smurf
300. musician Smurf
301. writer Smurf
302. editor Smurf
303. photographer Smurf
304. filmmaker Smurf
305. actor Smurf
306. actress Smurf
307. model Smurf
308. fashion designer Smurf
309. stylist Smurf
310. make-up artist Smurf
311. hair stylist Smurf
312. personal trainer Smurf
313. athlete Smurf
314. coach Smurf
315. sports commentator Smurf
316. referee Smurf
317. umpire Smurf
318. librarian Smurf
319. archivist Smurf
320. bookkeeper Smurf
321. accountant Smurf
322. banker Smurf
323. financial advisor Smurf
324. real estate agent Smurf
325. insurance agent Smurf
326. stockbroker Smurf
327. economic analyst Smurf
328. marketing manager Smurf
329. salesperson Smurf
330. customer service representative Smurf
331. IT technician Smurf
332. web developer Smurf
333. software engineer Smurf
334. computer programmer Smurf
335. network administrator Smurf
336. database administrator Smurf
337. systems analyst Smurf
338. security guard Smurf
339. private investigator Smurf
340. chef Smurf
341. sous chef Smurf
342. line cook Smurf
343. pastry chef Smurf
344. baker Smurf
345. bartender Smurf
346. waiter Smurf
347. waitress Smurf
348. host Smurf
349. hostess Smurf
350. busboy Smurf
351. dishwasher Smurf
352. grocery store clerk Smurf
353. retail store manager Smurf
354. retail store clerk Smurf
355. salesperson Smurf
356. receptionist Smurf
357. secretary Smurf
358. janitor Smurf
359. maintenance worker Smurf
360. housekeeper Smurf
361. nanny Smurf
362. daycare provider Smurf
363. preschool teacher Smurf
364. elementary school teacher Smurf
365. middle school teacher Smurf
366. high school teacher Smurf
367. college professor Smurf
368. librarian Smurf
369. school counselor Smurf
370. school nurse Smurf
371. school principal Smurf
372. school superintendent Smurf
373. coach Smurf
374. athletic director Smurf
375. sports commentator Smurf
376. referee Smurf
377. umpire Smurf
378. musician Smurf
379. conductor Smurf
380. soloist Smurf
381. music teacher Smurf
382. composer Smurf
383. lyricist Smurf
384. singer Smurf
385. bandleader Smurf
386. DJ Smurf
387. music producer Smurf
388. sound engineer Smurf
389. music critic Smurf
390. artist Smurf
391. sculptor Smurf
392. painter Smurf
393. illustrator Smurf
394. graphic designer Smurf
395. art teacher Smurf
396. art curator Smurf
397. art dealer Smurf
398. art collector Smurf
399. photographer Smurf
400. photojournalist Smurf
401. cinematographer Smurf
402. film director Smurf
403. film producer Smurf
404. film editor Smurf
405. film critic Smurf
406. screenwriter Smurf
407. actor Smurf
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She is Gaia, which means the earth, and I am Skyler, the heavens.
I had to read this and so do you.
#Fearless Series#Fake (Fearless 34)#Chapter 42#gaia moore#Skyler Rodke#i had to read this and so do you
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Cathartic- Yellow Metal Lyrics
Heres where I am with the lyrics, I referenced @25Goldenn on twitter for some of it that I couldn’t comprehend.
*music*
0:23
Dark matter, like painted splatters, they fit better, the old saying, the way it goes, better the devil you do then you don’t know. I hit pedals and switch levers, my heart metal, I can't settle, im part trouble, they are not subtle. I fuck good so fuck cuddles, burst bubbles the thrist levels at new heights, i down doubles, and got baked til I felt high, my face puzzled, felt muddled, far strung and your floors woodent, the thought might but the fit wouldn’t. A fortnight
0:46 - 1:00
And I thought right, it’s all bark and no bite, I’m Tony Stark still embarking on a dream, took a bit of time to take darkness from the team. Seen what I saw. Heartless on the sleeve. Tried to burn my wings, so I put them in a piece on my chest , at peace no rest.
1:00-1:15
Flipped this on it’s head. Rip the script up now, flip it don’t pretend, slipping shit again, Fakers all around me, I’ve been living in pretense. Fake friends won’t make amends. There’s no need, these mean comments control the scenes. Attentionseekers, the spine is weakened
1:15-1:24
This family needs, what a family needs, and the planet bleeds, the damaged trees. It’s never leaving til we ascend so fuck the fence, and until they stop killing colour it’s fuck the feds.
1:22 - 1:44
You must be off it, I mean it, you know you ain’t never get with the judging and I used to dread growing my beard too long, never felt I belonged, but it's really long like a minute I ain’t looking to no mans for the limits, They’re feeling timid, I’m telling them who they mimic, why they don't look like a clinic …. Why they don't get no women, Still, we’re just fucking girls, Lost in the wrong world, Jurassic, now to this vermin
1:41- 1: 50
Kicking the game I’m serving, these losers are never learning, my fire is forever burning, adding it to my fuel, seems like I’m always focused on never becoming you, These locals that rob us feeling … was for a reason.
1:52-2:02
I’m seeing my new beginnings, watch out this loser’s winning, and no water is too deep to swim in Like I’m about to see a killing, I’m all the way that and living, flawless and feeling lawless, the prison now to the gimmicks, my vision is set to something,
2:03-:2:20
I’m watching you bitches plummet, no matches here for my cunning, you rappers are feeling done in, switching your genre, running and Running your jaw, stunting, pulling at straws, something I think you’re a poor effort, deaf and tone deaf and I ain’t treat you separate. Living, I’m in my element, riding it like a … never lose me to fentanyl, scared when I take a benadryl. Keeping it green in general
2:20- 2:46
Think that you remain irrelevant. Look at yourself with reverence, hoping to always elevate. Celibate of these thoughts, killing themselves with sedatives. In comparison to eminem, you’re feeling feminine. Impolitically correct, still dropping on my dick. And I never gave a fuck about what they say abt my shit, I’ve been moving things in my mind like it’s this mountain dew Memories have made me wonder if one day I’m after you. What’s the purpose that you do, is what you're hoping that they learn, i’d like to say i’m done but it’s getting up on my nerves
2:46 -2:55
I’m looking at my life, saying what do I deserve. It’s hard to say I know when I’m walking through the dirt. Talking while you’re nothing I can see for what it’s worth. I’m tired of feeling hurt and I’ve tried enough but nothing works.
2:55-3:40
I’m racking up excuses while I’m slacking off on work. Chit chatting is the usual, talking to this clerk, i beg you don’t include me. I might write it on my shirt so everytime they see me, the oldest know to swerve. SWERVE Life is potent, bits of fucked shit… till they took notice weren’t no hocus pocus, it was hard work that got me heard so i put in the graph like google maps but the whole earth
… around my door mat, taking over like the drones, rolling dirt up in miles like the water, and exploding like Annas hematoma. Don't need to see a slammer to know that I don't want to go man
I’m a showman. I’m just focused on the drama… like i’ve got my own insurance, show myself the pain, like i boxed it in the frame, if we’re about to talk greatness im great, the way you have to say my name like beyonce
“Say my name”
4:00-4:46
Just a bum with a cigarette, sun coming up, all my thoughts on the internet. Feeling deep, I’m just bored with the silhouette single sec, get fucked up for the thrill of it . killer streak playing Pacman. Like I came from the Philippines vanilla bean still a thing for the thrill of scene,
Theres a beam, UFO, Leave it well alone I aint moving, stood still on the peloton, telephone and its always on the dial tone, it's been a while since i’ve smiled at a milestone, seen a big pile in my mind stone, me against the world on my Jack Jones, Like I’m John Jones, With pictures in the condo, far from John Doe, in the ___, like I'm Johnny Bravo, got pravado, with a small dick sitting in golados, feeling far gone, cuz that last hit was the good shit, was that stay lit
4:48-5:02
You can never take my shit come and get me. On the top floor, cloud 9, fading, never bailing, felt amazing, inhaling, til my lungs two guns blazing. Overcome all the stunts that I pulled. A suit of just skin and then wool
5:02- 5:17
This life doesn’t give you no armour, a lot of myself can harm ya. I swear on what’s good, that I’m here till they take me. I pray that I’m wrinkled, at least over 80, and start moving like a ruler, ?damaged? Like a computer going fast, bars from the jeweler, bring the songs to the beach in hopes of finding tuna
5:18-5:36
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5:36- 6:16
Grab a bat, lose my rag. Couple things got me mad, a couple people got me wrong and now I’m changing up the swag. Coming in and stealing it, I might take the whole bag. Feeling undefeated, I’m a beast with a reason, and imma lead the whole pack. Fearless like I’m Caesar, I’m just waiting for a chance to fill it up with diesel, and all I've been achieving is clocking miles in its region, moving like a legion.
Promise that I made to myself an allegiance. Do you still believe I’m a fool for ever leaving, staring at the ceiling, can never put a cap on achieving. I’m just here for the rap, then I’m leaving.
I’ve had about enough of being my own enemy, it’s time I grew up, a long way from 17. Always went against the grain, struggles in my life. Got some things to say when I stand up on a mike.
6:16-6:32
I ain’t dropping this for fame, I need this time, like therapy, it’s just to keep me sane. The truth is on my medicine, can’t put that on your plate.
Speeding into everything, bout time I fixed the brakes. Don’t say I can’t communicate , you know I conversate with you in several different ways. And I know you know it’s references, looking at your face.
6:33- 6:53
Can’t justify mistakes, like every man that made them, seems I ain't the one to blame. Lying to myself, only had so much to gain, so now I’m switching up the plate, see if that affects the place, im at on most days
I ain’t going with the usual so they looking at me strange. Confused, I can feel it all, I’m here to make a change. It’s cold at 3am outside, I’m walking with the dog, thanking god that you don’t talk at all, my mind is switching off
6:54-7:12
Driving down to find myself, cuz I’ve been getting lost, lived this selfless life and found I can give a toss. Lessons that I’ve learned I’ve tried teaching to myself. What I’ve learnt from certain people is that they’re better than myself.
So I surround myself with real ones, and you feel the plastic melt. Like burning toy soldiers that used to go up on the shelf. Recycle the ideas, conveying on the belt
7:14-7:29
.. circus, always hurting the way we felt? Embarrassed that we dreamt of bigger things and letting go of notions till we feel them in cement
Tired of only hoping, we feel broken men. Cuz the gravity is weight and has kept us to the ground, see the only people speaking with favors in their mouths
7:46-7:58
Got killer rhymes… no fillers, like godzilla, eating clouds cuz my smokes thicker, throat licker, my dope sicker, bringing people their hope like im the pope slicker, i hope you’re getting the point cuz i walk quicker
I thought my city was shit bcs I want bigger like my zipper couldn’t zip up fed up with the…my love is fickle.. Residual age has a primitive face
I see demise for your limited ways, Left it to simmer, simmer away…a fake glimmer in the haze
8:09-8:11
Feeling trapped this industry is a cage
8:34-8:50
Nobody’s speaking the truth, I’m offended by the State. Look at the state of the news, I’ve decided the argument, reciting my views, while they’ve been sat in their chairs, I’m feeling pressure to choose.
Standing here as one man, how can I do half when you’re half the person I am. If it wasn’t in your life, you didn’t choose it. It’s the funny thing about music. It’s the pain and beauty of it.
8:52-9:11
Don’t give a fuck what my suit is, it looks good so I wear it, better than the shoot that People’s wearing, changing the whole narrative for these basics and scarcity
Been facing the racists from back when i were a kiddie .born up in in 93’. been living in Bradford City..kicked me out of the schools, they had a problem with me hitting the kids that would call me p*** still sitting in the classroom chilling, and i'm angry now that I’m older I see they treat us different
9:12-9:25
got me thinking I’m the problem cuz they never dealt with those issues.
20 years later I’m still in the same boat, tryna treat me like my grandpa, say I came up off the boat. Came to tell you what I stand for, man I think you’re shit, a joke. How can I be civil, when they got me by the throat
9:25-9:35
Pushing my feelings down, you ain’t got it like them
‘Boy your skin is so light’, ok motherfucker take my name up on a flight. Try to convince immigration that your bloodline’s half white.
9:35-9:45
I don’t know how that’s acceptable, when life is more susceptible to perception, be the death of them. I’ve been looking at the sky saying where’s that day of reckoning, you had your prophets right when they say that you would speak to them.
9:45-9:55
I need justice in this life and I trust that it’s my fight, cuz when I’m writing it feels right to have them focused on the facts again. Focused on the rap again, hoping for the change, gunna put this on the map again
9:55-10:16
Writing in all caps again, the pain, it goes through me so I write the letter. All the shit that could have brought me but made me better.
I’m at home with a pain in my soul , yeh rap… cuz you know I was too real to contest it, my time was invested. Now I look at the industry, I see it infested, looking like kids who would write on nesquik.
10:17-10:29
My name ain’t on the list unless they label it ethnic.
I ain’t never gave a fuck about these jokers and jesters. Ain’t no answers for these things, so just save us the questions, man allowed of violence, cuz my silence is deafening, your opinion stinks, somebody get him a breath mint.
10:30- 10:42
Start to understand why they think that I’m threatening, I move in certain ways, couldn’t slow me with ketamine Now they all wanna hear me, got a table at letterman. Direction changed, like I changed up the lettering. Don’t believe the age ,bcs I move like a veteran.
10:42 - 10:47
Raised on the benefit for whose benefit, they’ll never learn shit, man, if the shoe fits.
…no words coming out when you open your mouth
And to be honest, it’s insulting, offensive to my wounds that have been salting. Tryna ask me questions that they know I never answer. I’d rather sit online and reply to the fan art
11:00-11:06
Fuck a sports car, coming through when i rapped
tell you what I like, farm life and the tractor
11:06- 11:17
Fake life, 'sup online, suck a fat one. You don’t wanna buy into that, none of that son. Sitting in the garden 98’ in the Datsun, seen some hot summers but I still remember that sun.
*music*
11:51- 12:34
I make millions off of my pain, cause I know a few millions still living that way
Dealing with the hurt, they should know cause they don’t deserve it, it hit deep cause i hit the nerve. Only way that the sheep learn if the street firm, in my ways I don’t wanna change, everything just stay the same
Who you tryna convince you understand, cant maintain, let the lights dim some, get the Chow Mein, flex, get the tape, right up at night
Why these men be nice to my face, be nice, i ain’t tryna be a gangsta ruins my vibe
Rather be low-key and on my phone. Never need the trophy or the show piece
Never show peace in a North Face fleece. Show kids this like i wrote my flip
Cause the sign might fit till the start i’m sick
12:37-13:05
Now you see where I come from, the world don’t. Only achievement in this life is the Jordans. Committing petty crimes out of boredom, we can’t afford them. So I stole it, need a rolex
Go make sense, get yourself a job, It’s a poor man’s game tryna sit and pray to god, he ain’t sorting out your problems, gotta sort them out yourself
Used to tell us fables, now I’m writing them myself, Cause we raw like animals we all just need some help
Cathartic, I’m an artist, trying to put my heart in
Felt double crossed like Leo in Departed
13:05- 13:27
For the knowledge i’m not charging see I got it all free
But my hunger kept me starving like i’m feening for the feed
I just Need a reason to see me bleeding for my creed. Trick you with the words like I keep em up my sleeve. Picking where I fit, I see me sitting with the queen
I ain’t doing it unless you’re used to saying please
Let me flow a bit, before I sting 'em with the bees, They tryna kill us with disease
(Music)
13:34- 14:12
Why does it feel like they had the same notebook and the same four looks
Like the rain won't touch on their face, so sus when they lie don’t trust not a minor
Please no fuss, I just move through the game like must
Something in the way i adjust till i stick, Free falling like the ship, free fall till i bust
Remember 21 brother gave no fucks. Trying to project when they give them looks
In the projects, in the objects us
In my own way, never gave me love, shoulda never started this, broken hearted kid
Dried up the feeling till I stole the lid
Don’t wanna relish in the fame but I can’t resist
14:46-14:58
I like the way we feel, I like the way, I like the way
Ain’t no mistake, i am a being
I ain’t tryna be a leader, been selling out since Jesus
All my rhymes are for the readers, between the lines, like Father time, I fuck Mother Nature
14:58-15:40
That’s what they get, the connotations. Tell 'em I lived a life, and then I lived a life of adjacent? like its…. and played it patient.
Alone on my own spaceship, always tryna find greatness, still defying lines, but I’m fighting in my prime.
Shining light like Kylo while imma kill it all the time. Aging like I’m wine
Asian in my face, but still my race you can’t define. Focused on defiance, imma fight it while it’s life.
Started something sick and on my mind is what’s next, just became a dad so now I’m taking all the cheques. Better know I’m staying and paying like it’s debt. Imma get it done, if it’s taking all my breath, sweat, and down I ain’t messing around til I’m the best
Speaking in full sentences, shoulda thought about a strategy before you went at the stratosphere about this… rings around Saturn, this ain’t a battle, I’m sat, I’m here
15:40-16:22
Catch me doing magic, hired and sounding tragic I think you could use practice and until that you get the blacklist and pull like a … actress? Fooling them like a catfish, schooling like a legend, happy to be the reference, fusing like iridescence, leaving them all guessing, leaking out of my brain like a pipe I aint fixing, shining like a star you can see it from a distance
Aint many of me around p*** I’m just different Certain stages to this level aint here because fame is to the devil fuck a label, imma do this from the ghetto, clean up like Im Dettol
I’m the man to put a bet on, sight smart like a weapon, this is my kind of setting, i write the world I’m sat in, while these others live on hype, i see them fight in how they type, the fruit is ripe for the taking, i think i might
16:22-16:57
Let me take you away from here, Let me take you away from here, Let me take you away from here
16:58- 17:47
Eccentric things are mentioned like a kid stuck in detention tryna escape im just spitting what is written on the next page, spitting image of my dad in his young days
Born sinner when i’m livid i say fucks sake
Don’t worry i’m too cunning with no plumbing, the waterworks, i sung something that resonates, i thought it first like giving birth to the parrot perch
They see me do it and they know it works
Don’t know what’s worse: the way that you live your life or the way that you write a verse
You’ll be nervous, you don’t deserve it we’ll scratch the surface ill leave a crater, lift the dirt up to find the hurting
Can’t know for certain nothing is guaranteed, tryna be a better person than the world deserves to see cuz i see a lot of sharks still swimming in the sea
Cease and arrest what’s the reason.. And these the kinda kids we bringing up next
Distorted reality, all they needed was family, too hard to face, to see what the damage is
17:47
*i don’t wanna be, i don’t wanna be, a part of this, no, i don’t wanna be, i don’t wanna be, a part of this, *
18:04-18:38
Sometimes they ask the questions too deep to form a sentence, to disform, is this the norm, is this the sentence i feel defenseless i played the setlist, and all my sweat blood and tears, forgot to mention feeling lost, going off into different sections i feel like love wrecked it
If it’s not a drug why am i waiting for the next fix, affected, i cant believe that you left this
I guess I leave for the best wish, moving on like im fine for the lectures
We see it all from spectrums, cuz if we’re falling down we can fall down together
Staircase to heaven, mirror down the middle like 11, resentment on one side it won’t settle
18:38- 19:14
Mind fried but taking sense, they aint got a sense of themselves in the rich ends
Need to spell it out for them.. Made for them so witness
I know you feel afflicted but you always love it with me while im laughing at you, ya think you’re laughing with me
I try to (i love you) but im grown so they don’t fit me, my body thrown from the new to this old city so Im sick of sitting on my own, feeling so shitty, i’ve been on roads where its cold and the snow hitting
Its okay to be yourself, sit and talking to myself
I’ve been walking for the longest, just need a little rest, know i ain’t the strongest, I can feel it in my chest, talking about my feelings and of me, they get the best
19:14-19:59
They aint leaving, seeing breathing in my breath
Till death do us part is just seeded in my heart, like a work of art
Never winning,im just scared
Cant begin from the start, do i play a part in the rhythm of the night
I guess i’m onto something cuz the dark is feeling right
Every cloud got a lining, put my own miles in, like moralis, figured that they’re jealous, that they could just never tell us to change because the weather never made me question whether or not i’m not that level
Got rid of all the bullshit sitting in my way, most of them are full of shit i see it every day
I do hearing the same things that i do, maybe that shits hitting like haiku
How much do you pay for them to hype you
Recycle your flaws but they aint like new, leaving and conceded and full of diesel like engines that need a cleaning, the ending will be revealing. Even though we ain’t raising the facts, now we been facing.
20:01-20:52
The cactus with spikes, needing spaces. Different faces, the same story. A full body like straight body direct to your system.
Could never tell 'em we missed’ em. Not even with the thoughts, we gift them. Cuz they just take advantage, guess we are caught in a system.
My soul pouring out details of borrowed time, had enough of a fill, this is for sorrow time. I’m seeing visions of Heaven, I seen the severed line, between the gospel they speak and when theyre telling lies.
Remember telling a friend of mine, you’d sent of mine, identified like a 3rd eye. Got a habit of knowing now where the dirt lies. So benign. I ain’t sober after 9, so I fuck their minds. Why you flipping out, see another
Try to rep it from the city, fuck a chiller crew, repping for the nittys, trying to keep us down, raised on the social, don’t want to let us out of the system. Me, I insist we assist them, me alone putting shifts til I lift them
20:53-21:12
I know it’s hard, that’s why I like it, I’m fit to fight it, I’m from the North, I’m backing Tyson, it’s been decided, don’t see no light. They needing guiding, just redefining, realizing, I’m realigning, in full finance, they stay silenced.
Can’t be louder, I’m juiced up with no powder. I fix shit like a slick spanner. Gone green like Bruce Banner. So free Gaza on my banner
21:12-21:51
The real McCoy, I ain’t nothing to toy with, signifying peace like a Japanese Koi Fish. How did this happen, we’re moving backwards in our timeline, killing us with cyanide, Right up for the freedom 'til we transform like Ironhide
This is bout my feelings, the way that I move affects the fate that I’m sealing. Can’t say nothing, with that something being on the page, kept inside the pen like the bars that have been kept caged. See I always had a plan, since I was young, we had nothing man
Now it’s been a few years since I ain’t seen the fam, on foreign lands. Bout to climb Everest in the avalanche. Right into the riddles as soon as you were born. Never asking the question cuz it’s the norm. See I’m in a questionin’ session
21:52-22:03
Like the manner got a method to teaching a lesson, listen to MF Doom, he taught me like Ra’s Al Ghul. Felt like living in Gotham, the people were rotten. Still we play cartoons so it’s never forgotten.
22:03-22:15
Chilling at the top but we came from the bottom. Writing and jottin for them life by, spotting the difference
*Dreams, was growing out of me, sun promising that tomorrow it will rise, time playing games with my mind, I swear it will pass us by
Train goes on the tracks, smoke, I’m tired to hide my thoughts, so blinded in flames, Don’t know where we’re going, I have no way of knowing, only see what’s in my head
Can’t we wait a minute, so we can savour this, It’s on my brain again, these days, It on my brain again these days”
23:10-23:46
They’re hating on Palestine ways, The oh no Palace playing Prince on the Steinway, Sending out mind waves, stop them like crimewaves, Freedom fighter, Yellow Metal is my name
Like vipers, I see the sly ones, the snake that’s called Biden, none of them abiding what they might put in writing
We should be used to it by now, say whatever for the vote and then just choose another route, say they’d never kill another unless that brother’s skin is brown
I’m just telling you the facts, if you can’t take it, the truth naked, to bare bones and my thoughts lately, spitting politics.. Done ain’t it, Shit just gets me vexed, and now I’m sitting that I think of it
23:45-23:59
Feeling on the brink of it, whatever it is, Figure out some shit at least it feels that way
talk about my feelings and I don’t feel so strange, finding solace, that’s a promise, in Metropolis but being honest, can’t write a sonnet, without some pain
24:00-24:40
Can’t fade away, away so we can savour this, been on my brain again these days
Can't find a way to be so you can savour this, been on my brain these days
Singing the song for another, singing a song for another
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i don’t want you like a best friend: a tswift-pimms playlist
i don’t want you like a best friend: a tswift-pimms playlist
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this is the pimms playlist i spent more than a year working on from like, 2018 to the end of 2019! as such, it only contains music up through lover, not anything from folklore or evermore. @permets-2 finally poked me into posting the liner notes, which I gave up on because tumblr formatting was fighting me, so please know i haven’t actually looked at them since 2019 and there might still be missing things? idk.
this playlist is absolutely dedicated to my beloved @faiasakura, who did her own version of an all-tswift pimms playlist completely independently (we actively avoided comparing notes, lol), which can be found here!
i don’t really go here lately but i hope this is of interest to someone!
Prologue
1. Don’t Blame Me (reputation)
for you, I would fall from grace
Just to touch your face
If you walk away, I'd beg you on my knees to stay
…
Lord save me, my drug is my baby
I'll be usin' for the rest of my life
Act 1: The Q
2. Gorgeous (reputation)
a crush
Ocean blue eyes looking in mine
I feel like I might sink and drown and die
…
You're so gorgeous
I can't say anything to your face
'Cause look at your face
And I'm so furious
At you for making me feel this way
But what can I say?
You're gorgeous
3. Treacherous (Red)
something magnetic, pulling them both in
And I'll do anything you say
If you say it with your hands
And I'd be smart to walk away
But you're quicksand
…
Your name has echoed through my mind
And I just think you should, think you should know
That nothing safe is worth the drive
And I will follow you, follow you home
4. Dress (reputation)
a shared and precious secret: love, desperate and messy and everything. But also: the scrutiny, the frenetic anxiety, the fear.
I’m spilling wine in the bathtub
You kiss my face and we're both drunk
Everyone thinks that they know us
But they know nothing about—
All of this silence and patience, pining and anticipation
My hands are shaking from holding back from you
5. Tied Together With a Smile (Taylor Swift)
the pressure builds; jack’s anxiety gets worse
Hold on, baby you're losing it
The water's high, you're jumping into it
And letting go, and no one knows
That you cry, but you don't tell anyone
That you might not be the golden one
And you're tied together with a smile
But you're coming undone
6. Long Live (Speak Now)
the glory, the playoffs, the memorial cup: the golden boys of hockey, on top of the world
Long live the walls we crashed through
All the kingdom lights shined just for me and you
I was screaming, long live all the magic we made
And bring on all the pretenders
One day, we will be remembered
…
Hold on, to spinning around
Confetti falls to the ground
May these memories break our fall
7. State of Grace (Red)
the 34 days, inside kent’s euphoria
This is a state of grace
This is the worthwhile fight
Love is a ruthless game
Unless you play it good and right
These are the hands of fate
You’re my Achilles heel
this is the golden age of something good and right and real
8. Cruel Summer (Lover)
(that golden season and its dark underbelly)
So cut the headlights, summer's a knife
I'm always waiting for you just to cut to the bone
Devils roll the dice, angels roll their eyes
And if I bleed, you'll be the last to know
-
Said, "I'm fine," but it wasn't true
I don't wanna keep secrets just to keep you
And I snuck in through the garden gate
Every night that summer just to seal my fate (Oh)
And I scream, "For whatever it's worth
I love you, ain't that the worst thing you ever heard?"
9. Haunted (Speak Now)
the overdose: kent finds jack on the bathroom floor
Whoa, holding my breath
Won't lose you again
Something's made your eyes go cold
-
Come on, come on, don't leave me like this
I thought I had you figured out
Something's gone terribly wrong
You're all I wanted
10. I Know Places (1989)
kent in the waiting room, holding on hope
Something happens when everybody finds out
See the vultures circling, dark clouds
Love's a fragile little flame, it could burn out
It could burn out
…
Lights flash and we'll run for the fences
Let them say what they want, we won't hear it
Loose lips sink ships all the damn time
Not this time
Act 2: The Fallout
11. The Story of Us (Speak Now)
kent goes to the draft; jack won’t answer his calls
Now I'm standing alone in a crowded room
And we're not speaking
And I'm dying to know
Is it killing you like it's killing me?
Yeah, and I don't know what to say
Since the twist of fate, when it all broke down
And the story of us looks a lot like a tragedy now
…
The battle's in your hands now
But I would lay my armor down
If you say you'd rather love than fight
12. Last Kiss (Speak Now)
jack and kent, the same realization from opposite sides
So I'll go sit on the floor
Wearing your clothes
All that I know is
I don't know how to be something you miss
I never thought we'd have a last kiss
Never imagined we'd end like this
Your name, forever the name on my lips
13. Death By A Thousand Cuts (Lover)
Starting to live with the devastation and the broken heart
Saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts
Flashbacks waking me up
I get drunk, but it's not enough
’Cause the morning comes and you're not my baby
I look through the windows of this love
Even though we boarded them up
Chandelier's still flickering here
’Cause I can't pretend it's okay when it's not
It's death by a thousand cuts
14. If This Was A Movie (Speak Now)
regrets and memories
Last night, I heard my own heart beating
Sounded like footsteps on my stairs
Six months gone and I'm still reaching
Even though I know you're not there
I was playing back a thousand memories, baby
Thinkin' 'bout everything we've been through
Maybe I've been going back too much lately
When time stood still and I had you
15. Cold as You (Taylor Swift)
the grief and pain become anger and bitterness
And when you take, you take the very best of me
So I start a fight cause I need to feel something
And you do what you want cause I'm not what you wanted
…
You put up walls and paint them all a shade of gray
And I stood there loving you and wished them all away
And you come away with a great little story
Of a mess of a dreamer with the nerve to adore you
Interlude 1: Jack
16. I Almost Do (Red)
kent doesn’t know as much as he thinks he does (but jack doesn’t either)
I bet you think I either moved on or hate you
‘Cause each time you reach out, there’s no reply
I bet it never, ever occurred to you
That I can’t say hello to you
And risk another goodbye
…
Oh, we made quite a mess, babe
It’s probably better off this way
And I confess, babe
In my dreams, you’re touching my face
And asking me if I want to try again with you
And I almost do
Act 3: Coming of Age in Vegas
17. New Romantics (1989)
vegas; teammates; living in the moment; drinking, dancing, and self-destructing
We're all here, the lights and boys are blinding
We hang back, it's all in the timing
It's poker
He can't see it in my face
But I'm about to play my Ace (ahh)
We need love, but all we want is danger
We team up, then switch sides like a record changer
The rumors are terrible and cruel
But honey, most of them are true
…
Heartbreak is the national anthem
We sing it proudly
We’re too busy dancing (yeah) to get knocked off our feet
Baby, we're the new romantics
The best people in life are free
18. Begin Again (Red)
kent starts to move on
And you throw your head back laughing like a little kid
I think it's strange that you think I'm funny 'cause he never did
I've been spending the last eight months
Thinking all love ever does is break and burn and end
But on a Wednesday in a cafe, I watched it begin again
19. The Way I Loved You (Fearless)
all the drinking and dancing and dating still feel empty and hollow; he just wants to feel again; he just wants that love back
I miss screaming and fighting and kissing in the rain
It's 2 AM and I'm cursing your name
I'm so in love that I acted insane
And that's the way I loved you
Breaking down and coming undone
It's a roller coaster kind of rush
And I never knew I could feel that much
And that's the way I loved you
…
He can't see the smile I'm faking
And my heart's not breaking
'Cause I'm not feeling anything at all
And you were wild and crazy
Just so frustrating
Intoxicating, complicated
20. The Lucky One (Red)
kent parson: the loneliest boy, so alone at the top of the world
You had it figured out since you were in school
Everybody loves pretty, everybody loves cool
So overnight, you look like a sixties queen
…
And they tell you that you’re lucky, but you’re so confused
'Cause you don’t feel pretty, you just feel used
And all the young things line up to take your place
—
Another name goes up in lights
You wonder if you’ll make it out alive
21. Come In With The Rain (Fearless)
(starting to move on is not the same as letting go)
I’ve watched you so long, screamed your name
I don’t know what else I can say
…
But I’ll leave my window open
'Cause I’m too tired at night to call your name
Just know I’m right here hoping
That you’ll come in with the rain
Act 4: Implosion
22. Out of the Woods (1989)
memories he can’t escape of a love like a car crash
The night we couldn't quite forget
When we decided, we decided
To move the furniture so we could dance
Baby, like we stood a chance
Two paper airplanes flying, flying, flying
And I remember thinking
-
Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods yet?
…
You took a Polaroid of us
Then discovered (then discovered)
The rest of the world was black and white
But we were in screaming color
23. Red (Red)
Kent decides to go to epikegster
Loving him is like driving a new Maserati
Down a dead-end street
Faster than the wind, passionate as sin
Ending so suddenly
…
Remembering him comes in flashbacks and echoes
Tell myself it's time now, gotta let go
But moving on from him is impossible
When I still see it all in my head
In burning red
Loving him was red
24. The Last Time (Red)
didja miss me? (something tentative; something a little bit hopeful on both sides)
Find myself at your door
Just like all those times before
I’m not sure how I got there
All roads they lead me here
I imagine you are home
In your room, all alone
And you open your eyes into mine
And everything feels better
25. The Archer (Lover)
kent tries to extend an olive branch but it’s still covered in thorns
Combat, I'm ready for combat
I say I don't want that, but what if I do?
'Cause cruelty wins in the movies
I've got a hundred thrown-out speeches I almost said to you
…
I've been the archer, I've been the prey
Who could ever leave me, darling
But who could stay?
…
And I cut off my nose just to spite my face
Then I hate my reflection for years and years
26. Bad Blood (1989)
jack’s answer to kent’s wounded lashing out
Oh, it's so sad to
Think about the good times
You and I
…
’Cause baby, now we've got bad blood
You know it used to be mad love
So take a look what you've done
’Cause baby, now we've got bad blood, hey!
27. Breathe (Fearless)
kent, driving away from epikegster
I see your face in my mind as I drive away
'Cause none of us thought it was gonna end that way
People are people and sometimes we change our minds
But it's killing me to see you go after all this time
…
And we know it's never simple, never easy
Never a clean break, no one here to save me
You're the only thing I know like the back of my hand
…
And I can't breathe without you, but I have to
Breathe without you but I have to
28. All Too Well (Red)
despite all the pain, there’s an irresistible nostalgia for what they had all those years ago—for when things were so much simpler
Maybe we got lost in translation
Maybe I asked for too much
But maybe this thing was a masterpiece
'Til you tore it all up
Running scared, I was there, I remember it all too well
And you call me up again just to break me like a promise
So casually cruel in the name of being honest
I'm a crumpled up piece of paper lying here
'Cause I remember it all, all, all
Too well
…
Time won't fly, it's like I'm paralyzed by it
I'd like to be my old self again
But I'm still trying to find it
Interlude 2: Kent
29. Fifteen (Fearless)
a memory, a reflection
'Cause when you're fifteen and somebody tells you they love you
You're gonna believe them
And when you're fifteen and your first kiss
Makes your head spin 'round
But in your life you'll do things greater than
Dating the boy on the football team
But I didn't know it at fifteen
…
When all you wanted was to be wanted
Wish you could go back and tell yourself what you know now
Back then I swore I was gonna marry him someday
But I realized some bigger dreams of mine
Act 5: Moving On, Growing Up
30. Clean (1989)
finally learning to be his own person, separate from that shared past
There was nothing left to do (Oh-oh, oh-oh)
When the butterflies turned to
Dust that covered my whole room
So I punched a hole in the roof (Oh-oh, oh-oh)
Let the flood carry away all my pictures of you
…
The water filled my lungs, I screamed so loud
But no one heard a thing
…
Rain came pouring down
When I was drowning, that's when I could finally breathe
And by morning
Gone was any trace of you, I think I am finally clean
31. 22 (Red)
friends and freedom, and real joy in that this time around
It feels like a perfect night
To dress up like hipsters
And make fun of our exes, uh-uh, uh-uh
It feels like a perfect night
For breakfast at midnight
To fall in love with strangers, uh-uh, uh-uh
…
Yeah
We're happy, free, confused, and lonely at the same time
It's miserable and magical, oh, yeah
Tonight's the night when we forget about the deadlines
It's time, oh-oh
32. So It Goes… (reputation)
[a doomed love can still be a good one]
'Cause we break down a little
But when you get me alone, it's so simple
'Cause baby, I know what you know
We can feel it
…
And all the pieces fall right into place
Getting caught up in a moment
Lipstick on your face
So it goes…
…
I'm yours to keep
And I'm yours to lose
You know I'm not a bad girl, but I
Do bad things with you
So it goes…
33. Dancing With Our Hands Tied (reputation)
[a doomed love can still be a good one]
I, I loved you in secret
First sight, yeah, we love without reason
Oh, twenty-five years old
Oh, how were you to know?
…
Could've spent forever with your hands in my pockets
Picture of your face in an invisible locket
You said there was nothing in the world that could stop it
I had a bad feeling
…
I'd kiss you as the lights went out
Swaying as the room burned down
I'd hold you as the water rushes in
If I could dance with you again
34. Wildest Dreams (1989)
[a doomed love can still be a good one]
He's so tall and handsome as hell
He's so bad, but he does it so well
I can see the end as it begins
My one condition is
…
Say you'll remember me
Standing in a nice dress
Staring at the sunset, babe
Red lips and rosy cheeks
Say you'll see me again
Even if it's just in your
Wildest dreams, ah-aah, haa
34. Shake It Off (1989)
At the top of his game, at the top of his sport, and actually happy at long last
I never miss a beat
I'm lightning on my feet
And that's what they don’t see, mm, mm
…
But I keep cruisin'
Can't stop, won't stop groovin'
It's like I got this music in my mind
Saying it's gonna be alright
…
'Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play
And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate
Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
I shake it off, I shake it off
Heartbreakers gonna break, break, break, break, break
And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake
Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
I shake it off, I shake it off
35. Holy Ground (Red)
Remembering with enough distance and experience to appreciate what was, not ache from it
Spinning like a girl in a brand new dress
We had this big wide city all to ourselves
We blocked the noise with the sound of, "I need you"
And for the first time, I had something to lose
And I guess we fell apart in the usual way
And the story's got dust on every page
But sometimes, I wonder how you think about it now
And I see your face in every crowd
…
'Cause darling, it was good
Never looking down
And right there where we stood
Was holy ground
Act 6: Reunion
36. ME! (Lover)
reconnection, reconciliation, re-appreciation
I know I tend to make it about me
I know you never get just what you see
But I will never bore you, baby
(And there's a lot of lame guys out there)
…
'Cause one of these things is not like the others
Livin' in winter, I am your summer
Baby doll, when it comes to a lover
I promise that you'll never find another like me-e-e
37. This Love (1989)
an unexpected reawakening
Tossing, turning
Struggled through the night with someone new
And I could go on and on, on and on
Lantern, burning
Flickered in my mind, only you
But you were still gone, gone, gone
…
Been losing grip, on sinking ships
You showed up just in time
…
This love is good, this love is bad
This love is alive back from the dead, oh-oh, oh
These hands had to let it go free, and
This love came back to me, oh-oh, oh
38. End Game (reputation) (ft. ed sheeran as jack)
After all this time, there are things they aren’t ever going to let go of again, no matter the trouble they bring
I got a bad boy persona, that's what they like (what they like)
You love it, I love it too 'cause you my type (You my type)
You hold me down, and I protect you with my life
…
I don't wanna touch you, I don't wanna be
Just another ex-love you don’t wanna see
I don’t wanna miss you (I don't wanna miss you)
Like the other girls do
I don’t wanna hurt you, I just wanna be
Drinking on a beach with you all over me
I know what they all say (I know what they all say)
But I ain't tryna play
…
I wanna be your end game (End game)
I wanna be your first string (First string)
I wanna be your A-Team (A-Team)
I wanna be your end game, end game
39. You Are In Love (1989)
something real; something sacred; something to build a life on
You can hear it in the silence (silence), silence (silence), you
You can feel it on the way home (way home), way home (way home), you
You can see it with the lights out (lights out), lights out (lights out)
You are in love, true love
You are in love
…
You kiss on sidewalks
You fight and you talk
One night, he wakes
Strange look on his face
Pauses, then says "You're my best friend"
And you knew what it was, he is in love
40. Change (Fearless)
when the two biggest hockey players of their generation come out of the closet—together—are in love with each other—it changes more lives than just theirs
So we've been outnumbered, raided, and now cornered
It's hard to fight when the fight ain’t fair
We're getting stronger now, finding things they never found
They might be bigger but we're faster and never scared
You can walk away, say we don't need this
But there's something in your eyes says we can beat this
…
'Cause these things will change
Can you feel it now?
These walls that they put up to hold us back will fall down
This revolution, the time will come
For us to finally win
And we'll sing hallelujah, we'll sing hallelujah
Oh, oh
41. Call It What You Want (reputation)
When it stops mattering what anyone else thinks
All my flowers grew back as thorns
Windows boarded up after the storm
He built a fire just to keep me warm
All the drama queens taking swings
All the jokers dressing up as kings
They fade to nothing when I look at him
And I know I make the same mistakes every time
Bridges burn, I never learn
At least I did one thing right
I did one thing right
I'm laughing with my lover, makin' forts under covers
Trust him like a brother
Yeah, you know I did one thing right
Starry eyes sparkin' up my darkest night
…
My baby's fit like a daydream
Walking with his head down
I'm the one he's walking to
So call it what you want, yeah
Call it what you want to
42. Lover (Lover)
love
We could leave the Christmas lights up 'til January
And this is our place, we make the rules
And there's a dazzling haze, a mysterious way about you, dear
Have I known you 20 seconds or 20 years?
…
Can I go where you go?
Can we always be this close?
Forever and ever, ah
Take me out, and take me home
You're my, my, my, my lover
43. New Year’s Day (reputation)
love
You squeeze my hand three times in the back of the taxi
I can tell that it's gonna be a long road
I'll be there if you're the toast of the town, babe
Or if you strike out and you're crawling home
…
Don't read the last page
But I stay when it’s hard or it’s wrong or we're making mistakes
I want your midnights
But I’ll be cleaning up bottles with you on New Year's Day
44. Daylight (Lover)
Building a new life in the daylight
My love was as cruel as the cities I lived in
Everyone looked worse in the light
There are so many lines that I've crossed unforgiven
I'll tell you truth, but never goodbye
…
I once believed love would be (burning red)
But it's golden
Like daylight, like daylight
Like daylight, daylight
…
I don't wanna look at anything else now that I saw you
I don't wanna think of anything else now that I thought of you
I've been sleeping so long in a 20-year dark night
And now I see daylight, I only see daylight
#check please#pimms#fanmix#taylor swift#jackparse#mine#rare playlists#omgcp#hockey gays#jack zimmermann#kent parson#kent#parse#parse posi#posse pals#sol#permets-2#faia#faiasakura#the tswift playlist#liner notes#i don't want you like a best friend
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A Prompts | B Prompts | C Prompts | D Prompts | E Prompts
1. Fable
2. Fabulous
3. Façade
4. Faceless
5. Fading
6. Failure
7. Faint
8. Fairground
9. Faithful
10. Fake
11. Fallen
12. Falling
13. False
14. Falter
15. Fame
16. Family
17. Famous
18. Fangirls
19. Fangs
20. Fantasies
21. Faraway
22. Farewell
23. Farmyard
24. Fascinated
25. Fashion
26. Fatal
27. Fate
28. Father
29. Fault
30. Faux
31. Favourite
32. Fearful
33. Fearless
34. Feather
35. Feelings
36. Feline
37. Fellowship
38. Feminine
39. Feral
40. Festival
41. Fetch
42. Feud
43. Fever
44. Fiend
45. Fierce
46. Fiery
47. Fight
48. Filming
49. Filmstar
50. Fingerprints
51. Fireball
52. Fired
53. Fireflies
54. Fireworks
55. First
56. Fishing
57. Fissures
58. Fixing
59. Flame
60. Flashback
61. Flashlight
62. Flatmates
63. Flavour
64. Flawed
65. Flawless
66. Fleabag
67. Fleeing
68. Fleeting
69. Flicker
70. Flight
71. Flippant
72. Flirt
73. Floating
74. Flood
75. Flower
76. Flu
77. Fluffy
78. Fluid
79. Fluorescence
80. Flushed
81. Flying
82. Flypaper
83. Focus
84. Fog
85. Folklore
86. Follow
87. Fondness
88. Food
89. Foolish
90. Footprints
91. Footsteps
92. Forbidden
93. Forceful
94. Forecast
95. Foreshadow
96. Forest
97. Forfeit
98. Forged
99. Forgiveness
100. Forgotten
101. Forlorn
102. Formula
103. Forsaken
104. Fortress
105. Fortunate
106. Forward
107. Foul
108. Found
109. Fountain
110. Fracture
111. Fragile
112. Fragment
113. Fragrance
114. Frame
115. Frantic
116. Fraternizing
117. Fraud
118. Freak
119. Freedom
120. Freefall
121. Freezing
122. Frenzy
123. Frequent
124. Frills
125. Frisky
126. Frolicking
127. Frontline
128. Frostbite
129. Frown
130. Frustration
131. Fugitives
132. Furball
133. Furious
134. Futile
135. Fuzzy
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1: Name
- Kaylie
2: Age
- 23
3: 3 Fears
- Spiders, failure, loss
4: 3 things I love
- Reading, writing, Taylor Swift
5: 4 turns on
- Kindness, nice hands, humor, someone who has a really warm heart.
6: 4 turns off
- Arrogance, moustaches lmao, narcissism, basket ball shorts *shudders*
7: My best friend
- Her name is Megan (but also my mom lmao)
8: Sexual orientation
- Heterosexual
9: My best first date
- I have never been on a date.
10: How tall am I
- 5'2
11: What do I miss
- My childhood mostly
12: What time were I born
- 2:45 pm
13: Favorite color
- Red, but sometimes a nice summery, pastel yellow
14: Do I have a crush
- no
15: Favorite quote
- I have so many that I can't say my utmost favourite, but one that I always think about is from Richard Siken "He was pointing at the moon but I was looking at his hand." I'm not even sure how this is supposed to be interpreted, but I just love the detail of this. Of someone looking at the moon and pointing at it, but you're looking at their hand because you're that consumed by them and also they're like your moon. anyway-
16: Favorite place
- My house lol
17: Favorite food
- Cheesecake
18: Do I use sarcasm
- Yes, but very dryly
19: What am I listening to right now
- Nothing actually. I'm just sitting in the quiet.
20: First thing I notice in new person
- I used to think it was physical, like eyes or their smile, but I think it's actually their demeanor. i.e., confidence, if they're laid back, talkative or quiet, etc. Or even just how they handle things. Like when I'm at work and I meet a new co-worker I'm always noticing how they are with people.
21: Shoe size
- 6.5 US but I can manage a 7 US too.
22: Eye color
- Grey
23: Hair color
- Ashy blonde, but I usually get it highlighted to be a brighter blonde
24: Favorite style of clothing
- I'm super into the French girl vibe right now (elegany, classy, ribbed sweaters tucked into high waisted jeans or dress pants, a blazer thrown over and a nice gold necklace) but I'm also really into a summery boho look (flowy maxi dresses and skirts)
25: Ever done a prank call?
No
27: Meaning behind my URL
- On this account, it's just my name and then 'muses' because this account is just me talking to myself tbh. My main account is called autumnsletters which is just a combo of my fav things: autumn and handwritten love letters, and finally, my embarrassing taylor swift account is called sixteenavenue which is a lyric from her song I Think He Knows where she mentions her heart skipping down sixteenth avenue.
28: Favorite movie
- I feel like i don't have one answer bc I always have a different answer to this question lmao. I think it's called A Christmas Carol (the 2009 version w/ Jim Carrey). It just makes me feel cozy and warm inside. Also: Clueless.
29: Favorite song
- All Too Well by Taylor Swift I think.
30: Favorite band
- Of Monsters and Men
31: How I feel right now
- I actually feel really happy today, which is a change lol. I had an awful week last week, but over the last couple of days I've just felt more creative and happier.
32: Someone I love
- My mom
33: My current relationship status
- Single
34: My relationship with my parents
- Excellent.
35: Favorite holiday
- Christmas
36: Tattoos and piercing i have
-0 :'(
37: Tattoos and piercing i want
- I want to get my ears pierced again bc the holes grew over. Low key want a nose piericing and low key want a tattoo on my collarbone (or somewhere around there)
38: The reason I joined Tumblr
- Because everyone else had it and I felt left out LOL
39: Do I and my last ex hate each other?
- I don't have an ex
40: Do I ever get “good morning” or “good night ” texts?
- No
41: Have I ever kissed the last person you texted?
- No i've never been kissed rip
42: When did I last hold hands?
- never but it's ok bc i can hold my own hand
43: How long does it take me to get ready in the morning?
- Depending on what I'm doing. If I showered the night before and I'm just doing a very low-maintenance look, roughly 15-20 mins. On a normal day in which I shower in the morning and am trying to actually be presentable, roughly an hour.
44: Have I shaved your legs in the past three days?
- Have YOU shaved MY legs? No. Have I shaved my own? Yes
45: Where am I right now?
- My room
46: If I were drunk & can’t stand, who’s taking care of me?
- Most likely I'm not drunk, but IF I WAS, it would be my friend, my mom, or my sister (my sister would probs make fun of me and film me tho tbh)
47: Do I like my music loud or at a reasonable level?
- Loud if I'm jamming with nothing else to do but sing along. If I'm trying to do something, I'll turn it down bc I can't focus with loud music (especially if I'm trying to write something/talk to someone/text someone)
48: Do I live with my Mom and Dad?
- My mom bc my dads dead
49: Am I excited for anything?
- My sister and I are going to Banff in about three weeks so I'm excited for a getaway.
50: Do I have someone of the opposite sex I can tell everything to?
- No
51: How often do I wear a fake smile?
- I work in retail so
52: When was the last time I hugged someone?
- I don't know. I think I hugged my mom at some point this week lol
53: What if the last person I kissed was kissing someone else right in front of me?
- Bye bye babyyyy
54: Is there anyone I trust even though I should not?
- my cat
55: What is something I disliked about today?
- I had to go to work
56: If I could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be?
- Taylor Alison Swift baby
57: What do I think about most?
- Probably Taylor Swift.
58: What’s my strangest talent?
- I can make stomach gurgling noises with my mouth closed.
59: Do I have any strange phobias?
- Nah, pretty generic ones
60: Do I prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it?
- Behind the camera
61: What was the last lie I told?
- Some lady asked if a product was good and I said yes so I wouldn't have to help her find another one
62: Do I prefer talking on the phone or video chatting online?
- Neither what the hell
63: Do I believe in ghosts? How about aliens?
- Neither
64: Do I believe in magic?
- No
65: Do I believe in luck?
- No
66: What's the weather like right now?
- It's calm, but a little cloudy. It was really warm and sunny earlier, but it's gotten a little grey.
67: What was the last book I've read?
- I just finished this series called The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski and it was so good but so stressful omg. Still 5/5 stars.
68: Do I like the smell of gasoline?
- Yes
69: Do I have any nicknames?
- Not really, but sometimes my coworkers call my Kayls
70: What was the worst injury I've ever had?
- Oh my god when I was like 10 I fell during grounders and the bar hit me right on the cooch. Most painful event of my entire life.
71: Do I spend money or save it?
- Spend it bitch
72: Can I touch my nose with a tongue?
- No
73: Is there anything pink in 10 feet from me?
- yes!! my blanket!!
74: Favorite animal?
- I love hippos and I don't know why.
75: What was I doing last night at 12 AM?
- Reading on my phone to avoid sleeping so I could prolong not going to work
76: What do I think is Satan’s last name is?
- Devil. Kind of like Satan The Devil is his full name
77: What’s a song that always makes me happy when I hear it?
- Shake It Off
78: How can you win my heart?
- Learning Taylor Swift's entire discography for my sake
79: What would I want to be written on my tombstone?
- tbh I really don't know
80: What is my favorite word?
- Wonderstruck
81: My top 5 blogs on tumblr
- n/a
82: If the whole world were listening to me right now, what would I say?
- stream fearless taylor's version
83: Do I have any relatives in jail?
- no
84: I accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what’s even cooler is that they endow me with the super-power of my choice! What is that power?
- Healing
85: What would be a question I’d be afraid to tell the truth on?
- N/A
86: What is my current desktop picture?
- it's a misty forest
87: Had sex?
- no
88: Bought condoms?
- no
89: Gotten pregnant?
- no
90: Failed a class?
- yes
91: Kissed a boy?
- no
92: Kissed a girl?
- no
93: Have I ever kissed somebody in the rain?
- no but it's a dream
94: Had a job?
- I've had two so far
95: Left the house without my wallet?
- Yes, sometimes I do it on purpose so I can make my mom pay for something lmao (chill i'm talking something small like candy)
96: Bullied someone on the internet?
- no
97: Had sex in public?
- no
98: Played on a sports team?
- no
99: Smoked weed?
- no
100: Did drugs?
- no
101: Smoked cigarettes?
- no
102: Drank alcohol?
- yes
103: Am I a vegetarian/vegan?
- no
104: Been overweight?
- I feel overweight, but technically no
105: Been underweight?
- No
106: Been to a wedding?
- Yes
107: Been on the computer for 5 hours straight?
- Yes, but not since I was younger. I'm mostly on my phone now.
108: Watched TV for 5 hours straight?
- Oh yeah lmao
109: Been outside my home country?
- No
110: Gotten my heart broken?
- Yes
111: Been to a professional sports game?
- No
112: Broken a bone?
- No
113: Cut myself?
- Yes
114: Been to prom?
- Sort of. I'm Canadian so I had grad.
115: Been in airplane?
- No
116: Fly by helicopter?
- No
117: What concerts have I been to?
- Jonas Brothers when I was about 10 lmao and Marianas Trench when I was 15
118: Had a crush on someone of the same sex?
- No
119: Learned another language?
- Tried to
120: Wore make up?
- Yes. I do work at a makeup store.
121: Lost my virginity before I was 18?
- no
122: Had oral sex?
- no
123: Dyed my hair?
- not a funky color, no
124: Voted in a presidential election?
- Sort of; I voted for a prime minister
125: Rode in an ambulance?
- Yes
126: Had a surgery?
- No
127: Met someone famous?
- No
128: Stalked someone on a social network?
- No
129: Peed outside?
- No
130: Been fishing?
- No
131: Helped with charity?
- Yes
132: Been rejected by a crush?
- No bc I never fessed up to any crush lol
133: Broken a mirror?
- No
134: What do I want for birthday?
- A jewelry box
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Rocket Raccoon acts as the "Guardian of the Keystone Quadrant", an area of outer space sealed off from the rest of the cosmos by the so-called Galacian Wall. Rocket is captain of the starship Rack 'n' Ruin, and he and his first mate Wal Rus (a talking walrus) come from the planet Halfworld in the Keystone Quadrant, an abandoned colony for the mentally ill where the animal companions were genetically manipulated to grant them human level intelligence and bipedal body construction for many to become caretakers of the inmates. Rocket was Halfworld's chief law officer ("ranger") who protected the colony against various threats.[17]
At one point, Judson Jakes tried to steal the Halfworld Bible, but was thwarted by Rocket and various animal associates. Later, Lord Dyvyne abducted Rocket's friend Lylla Otter, and Jakes began the Toy War.[18] As the Toy War continued, Blackjack O'Hare teamed up with Rocket, and Rocket was reunited with Lylla.[19] The Rack 'n' Ruin was soon destroyed, as Judson Jakes and Lord Dyvyne teamed up to kill Rocket Raccoon.[20] Rocket Raccoon and his friends cured the Loonies of their mental illnesses, as Judson Jakes and Lord Dyvyne were apparently killed. Rocket and the animals as well as the robots left Halfworld and took off into space for their own adventures.[21] Some time later, Rocket was revealed to have been a laboratory subject on the Stranger's planet, and escaped his captivity there.[22]
Guardians of the GalaxyEdit
Rocket Raccoon resurfaced as a member of the team chosen to accompany Star-Lord on his mission to stop a Phalanx infiltration of the Kree homeworld.[23] Rocket is depicted as a gifted military tactician who is fearless, loyal, and insightful. It is heavily implied that he has a case of obsessive compulsive disorder.[24] Rocket's trademark rocket skates are absent.[23]
Rocket joins the new Guardians of the Galaxy at the behest of his friend Star-Lord.[25] It is he who suggests that the team adopt that moniker after hearing it mentioned by Major Victory.[26] Later, when the team almost disbands and Peter Quill (Star-Lord) disappears (sent into the Negative Zone by Ronan), Rocket keeps the team alive, and brings in Groot as member, as they had become firm friends.[27] Rocket takes over as leader until they rescue Peter and save the Earth from an alien invasion.[28] When the team tries to halt the growing War of Kings, Rocket leads the portion of the team assigned to make contact with the Shi'ar. They are unable to teleport into the Emperor Vulcan's flagship and have to be rescued by the Starjammers and Rocket's old friend Ch'od.[29] They are able to bring back the rightful queen of the Shi'ar, but she is killed after Rocket departs, much to his horror.[30]
After the Guardians disband,[31] Rocket Raccoon takes up a normal job with Timely Inc.[32] He and Groot were reunited and tricked into returning to Halfworld: there, he found that his memories of the place were mostly half-truths and deliberately crafted fake memories. In reality, Jakes and Blackjack O'Hare had worked with Rocket in providing security at Halfworld Asylum for the Criminally Insane; Doctor Dyvyne had been Head of Psychology there; and both the anthropomorphic animals and the automaton clowns were deliberately created to work at the asylum, as their appearance would calm the inmates. The crises that Rocket half-remembered had been caused by the psychic supervillain the Star Thief, who had been admitted as an inmate and used his psychic powers to turn the inhabitants against each other. Rocket had turned the warders into a biological "key" to keep Star-Thief locked up, and deliberately altered his mind and left Halfworld so it could never be opened - but he was tricked into returning by the Thief, whose mind had escaped into the asylum after his host body died.[33]
When the Guardians of the Galaxy title was relaunched in 2013, Rocket was again a member of the team.[34]
In the first issue of "Secret Wars," the Guardians of the Galaxy take part in the incursion between Earth-616 and Earth-1610, in which Rocket and Groot are killed by the Children of Tomorrow.[35]
All-New, All-Different MarvelEdit
As part of the "All-New, All-Different Marvel," Rocket Raccoon takes leadership of the Guardians of the Galaxy while Star-Lord was busy handling things on Spartax.[36]
During the crisis in Avengers: No Road Home when light itself was nearly destroyed by the ancient Greek goddess of darkness Nyx, Rocket was one of the heroes who were inadvertently assembled to fight her, including Hawkeye, Hercules, Hulk, the Scarlet Witch, Spectrum, the Vision, Voyager, and Conan the Barbarian. Once Nyx was defeated, Rocket mused that this would allow him to cross "being an Avenger" off his bucket list
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Mamma Mia, he’s Italiano!
I wrote a fanfic for bartuardo(?) Crazy... It’s under keep reading, but there’s also a Ao3 link, I hope you like it.
Summary: After rescuing the prime minister of Italy from the evil clutches of Queen Bee, the Outsiders are invited to an event in their honor. Milan might not be the city of love, but everything can change, especially when a handsome Italian takes an interest in Ed and Bart is hit with a realization regarding his feelings towards his teammate.
Rating: Teen
Ao3 link
Komy Island
March 20, 23:45 UTC+2
“Terra, manoeuvre 16!” shouted Wonder girl, while throwing Tuppence Terror against a wall with her lasso.
Terra nodded and send a chunk of flying earth towards Wonder girl, who jumped on top of it. The earth piece took her swiftly to the center of the action, where Beast Boy was fighting Mammoth, while in the form of a green Gorilla.
Wonder girl jumped from the flying earth piece and landed on Mammoth’s back, where she wrapped her lasso around his neck and pulled tight, so that Beast Boy could deliver one last finishing blow to his face.
“Beast Boy to Beta, have you located the hostages?” He asked, contacting the other team through his ear piece, while narrowly avoiding an icicle flying his way.
“Yup, just got them out. E.D. will teleport them on the Bio-Ship.” Kid flash answered triumphantly, appearing from behind Beast Boy and forming a small tornado around Junior, sending him flying.
A sonic blast from above send Tommy Terror across the room. “Mission complete, ese. Let’s get out of here!” Said Blue Beatle, while grabbing Wonder girl’s arm and flying towards the opening in the roof.
Beast Boy used his ear piece once more. “Bio-Ship, come and get us.”
The Outsiders swiftly escaped through the ceiling hole and boarded the ship.
“Woohoo! Another successful mission for the Outsiders, if I do say so myself” Kid Flash high-fived El Dorado, then leaned back in his chair and put his feet up on the control table.
Hollywood
March 21, 9:23 PST
“Good job team. You have successfully rescued Italy’s prime minister and her husband. They are on their way to Italy as we speak.” Came Nightwing’s voice from the large Tv in the Tower’s living room. “Even though both the League’s and the Outsiders’ approval rates are constantly rising we still need to earn the people’s trust back...”
“And that’s becoming harder and harder with Infinity inc. running around and stealing all the spotlight.” Interjected Static.
“Hey, I said it before and I’ll say it again, it’s not a bad thing that we have inspired other meta-teens to fight for what’s right” Best Boy crossed his arms over his chest confidently.
“Yeah man, but statistics don’t lie and both ours and the League’s aren’t exactly consistent.” Said Cyborg, while showing the team a hologram comparing the League’s, the Outsider’s and Infinity Inc.’s approval ratings.
Infinity inc. was leading with the Outsiders behind them and the League slowly rising.
“So not crash.” Huffed Kid flash.
Terra added “Well, at least it’s good to see, that the League’s newfound openness is actually having an impact on the people’s opinion.”
Nightwing sighed “It’s a slow rise, but it’s something.” He continued “Now, let’s get back to the matter at hand, we still don’t know why Onslaught kidnapped Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Cancio and her husband, Matteo Cancio, but considering that Onslaught works for Queen Bee, it was certainly her doing... just like always there aren’t any evidence to back that up. The best we can do is assume...”
“And that assumption is..?” El Dorado was looking up, while sitting next to Bart on the large sofa in front of the screen, a lopsided grin on his face.
“That assumption is that Queen Bee is trying to eliminate all the politicians who have publicly stated that they don’t think her acquisition of the country formerly known as Qurac was done with completely legal methods.” Finished Nightwing.
Cyborg raised an eyebrow “Then why didn’t she just, you know, kill them?”
“Killing them would bring too much attention from the media, it would be even worse if it’s discovered that Onslaught was involved, considering they work for her and have diplomatic immunity in both Bialya and Greater Bialya” explained Superboy.
“Hello Megan! She wanted to use her influence on them, make them her allies, rather than opponents. Probably why she kept them on Komy Island, one of the islands in her jurisdiction.” Jaime looked thoughtful.
“From what Forager understood, there is nothing the Outsiders can do.” Said the red bug alien, nervously rubbing his hands.
“Not exactly, the most we can do now is warn the potential victims and have the League, the Team and the Outsiders keep an eye on them.” The former boy wonder concluded.
The Outsiders nodded in agreement.
Nightwing continued “All in all, good job everybody, Nightwing out.” The screen went blank.
Hollywood
March 30, 15:50 PST
Garfield was standing in the living room, in front of the huge screen, his back turned to all his teammates, currently filling out the room.
“So why did you call this meeting, fearless leader?” Ed’s soothing accent cut through the silence.
Cassie smiled “Is there a new mission for us?”
Garfield turned towards them, huge grin on his face “No and yes, the Outsiders have been invited to Italy by the prime minister!”
“Wait, what?” Virgil looked surprised.
“The prime minister of Italy has invited us to an event in our honour, there will be other big politicians there, who will all show their support and gratitude towards both the Outsiders and the League! A part of the event will be televised with different news outlets covering the story. This is exactly the kind of good publicity we need right now!” Explained Garfield.
Conner moved his head to the side and raised an eyebrow “And does the Team or the League know about this?”
“They have been informed and should we accept the invite M’Gann will also come with us, disguised, of course.” The green teen explained.
“I mean it will be nice to have public endorsers, especially from a country, other than America.” Bart added.
“Mhm, gaining the trust of not only the people living around the world, but also their governments will certainly make our job way easier.” Vic continued.
Cassie looked thoughtful “Maybe we can learn if some of the politicians there know anything about Markovia, I mean the whole country has been nothing, but silent since Brion took over.”
Tara looked up surprised and then down - sad and uncomfortable. Forager but two of his four hands on her shoulder and back.
“Sorry...” Cassie apologised quickly.
The rather happy atmosphere had significantly dropped.
Garfield tried to divert the team’s attention back to the matter at hand “The event will take place in about three weeks time, on the 21st of April in the Bulgari Hotel in Milan.”
That defiantly peaked the team’s interest.
Garfield continued “The “Thank you very much for saving us and not letting us become Queen Bee’s minions” party will start at 7:30 pm with all the guests’ arrival on a sort of Red carpet, but not really, then there will be introductions with a televised speech by the Prime minister, dinner and afterwards Party time!”
“This whole thing sounds so... fancy?” Virgil looked unsure.
“Do any of you even own something more elegant than a pair of jeans and a dress shirt?” Cassie was smirking.
“Hey, I’m a movie star! I go to fancy events all the time, of course I own suits!” Garfield replied, faking offence.
Ed looked concentrated “I used to own a couple, because of dance classes and competitions, though I doubt any of them still fit... and I did leave them all in Argentina.”
Cassie looked towards them as if to prove her point.
“Hey! You don’t exactly think of looking fancy when you’re on the run!” The Latino defended himself.
“Wait, let’s backtrack! Dancing? What kind?” The speedster had a really surprised and doubtful look on his face, but his eyes were shining with excitement.
“Sí, amigo, well argentine tango, of course, but also ballroom dances like waltz.” Ed grinned.
“That’s totally crash, but I would have never pegged you for that type of dancing.” The other teen was smirking, his eyebrows raised.
Jaime smirked “Or dancing in general, you were so irritated and moody two years ago, not exactly dancer qualities.”
“I’m a guy of many talents.” Ed shot back.
“Okay, Garfield has fancy outfits and Ed can dance, that’s great and all, but how are we supposed to act around all those politicians?” Victor asked exasperated.
Tara interjected “I can tell you a couple things about behaviour around such high class people, I am... well, was a princess after all.” Forager continued rubbing her back.
“I’m sure Perdita also won’t mind helping us out. Okay, so... all in favour of going?” Garfield asked, the mood again a bit tense.
“Aye!” Came everybody’s reply, while not filled with as much enthusiasm as Garfield would like it was still a good start.
“Crash.” The green teen smiled.
Milan, Hotel Bulgari
April 20, 8:34 GMT+2
The car that had taken the Outsiders and Miss Martian from the airport had just stopped to halt. The hotel was huge, made of marble and other stone, the structure looked big and heavy, but also elegant and sophisticated.
Bart was the first out of the car “This car ride took forever!” He immediately perked up after seeing the hotel.
“Wow! This place is so crash!” Exclaimed Kid flash, while running everywhere in and out of the hotel. He elbowed Garfield “Now I understand why you like being a celebrity so much.”
Eduardo whistled “We’re just standing in front of this thing and I already feel like I’ve gone bankrupt.”
The hotel employees that were waiting for them in front of the building were already taking their baggage out of the car. One of them introduced himself as Nicolo and said, that if there is anything they want or have any questions not to hesitate to ask him or any of the other employees. He gestured for the superheroes to follow him inside the hotel.
On the inside the hotel was even more stunning, again marble decorated with golden specks and dark wood. Everything looked so glamorous, like something straight out of a movie. It was like the place was shining and shimmering.
The receptionist was a young and energetic woman, her name was Francesca and she again, just like Nicolo, said, that they shouldn’t hesitate to contact her. She gave them their room keys, everybody had their own room, even Superboy and Miss Martin, who was coming under the disguise of a representative for the Justice League. Everybody also had full access to any of the hotel’s luxuries, such as the pool, the spa, the restaurant and so on. Francesca said they they will find their belongings already in the room.
“I hope you enjoy your stay with us!” Was the last thing she said, before the superhero team headed to the elevators.
Banter started as soon as they walked away from the reception.
“So which room are you in?” Asked Jaime, Bart.
“3016, you?” Bart asked looking at the magnetic card.
“3020!” Jaime answered, relieved to be close to his best friend.
“We’re really close, that’s so crash!” Bart was really excited.
Both of them visibly relaxed after learning they at least had one teammate close-by.
“I don’t wanna interrupt that cute “bro moment” you’ve got over there, but we’re all on the same floor.” Ed teased from behind them, showing his “3023” card to them.
“Oh!” Blue Beetle and the speedster smiled, a little embarrassed.
Bart was quick to pick himself up “That’s even more crash!”
Garfield cleared his throat “Okay, team, I don’t know about you, but I’m really jet lagged, especially because we couldn’t use the Bio-ship. After the Reach, not every country allows alien technology to cross their borders... Anyways, everyone know the plan for tomorrow right?”
“Look good and approachable!” Cassie answered.
“Make sure we are on our best behaviour, because of all the media coverage.” Cyborg continued.
“And don’t do anything stupid and embarrass ourselves in front of all those fancy people...” Virgil, looking a bit miserable, added.
“And?” Beast Boy asked, smiling, one eyebrow quirked up.
“And be ready by 7 pm, we get it, mom, don’t worry.” Ed, with his arms crossed over his chest, answered. “Now can we stop hogging the elevator and get some rest in our rooms?” A gentle smile gracing his face.
“Hey, it’s called being prepared okay? But, yeah, I would also like to take a nap.” Garfield yawned for good measure.
M’Gann was smiling, her hand on Connor’s shoulder “He’s becoming such a good leader, growing up so quickly.” She said telepathically to her fiancé.
“He really has grown those couple of months. They all have.” He squeezed her hand.
The Team arrived on their floor, said their goodbays and all headed towards their rooms.
Milan, Hotel Bulgari
April 20, 14:36 GMT+2
It had been a couple of hours since the team separated and Bart was bored out of his mind. He had already done everything there was to do in this room, taken a shower, watched tv, even slept for a bit. The speedster had already seen the whole hotel and the place was boring, there was nothing to do other than relax. Relaxing was not exactly his thing, he needed excitement, he need to see and experience things, he needed movement...
Bart would also love to see Milano, not that he couldn’t do it, he could see the whole country of Italy, if he so desired, but it’s always better with somebody. That way he can appreciate it more, he couldn’t exactly go sightseeing during the future, mostly because all of the survivors and children of survivors and so on were the Reach’s slaves and most of the world was destroyed and in ruins... But! That was then and that is now and that future will never happen... hopefully.
The brown haired teen flopped down on his bed from where he was standing in front of it, mulling over his boredom. He grabbed his phone.
He started mindlessly scrolling through Flitter and posted a pic he had taken while checking out the hotel. He looked through the “Memesiders” tag. Bart loved all the ridiculous things their fans would make like the “Ya’ll ugly” vine, but with Ed or all the PETA commercial parodies with Garfield. This defiantly kept him entertained for a couple of minutes, but it was quickly becoming boring. Living at super speed can be the worst sometimes.
Bart flipped himself over and opened his messages, maybe somebody was online. He texted Jaime (though in Bart’s phone it said ‘I’m blue da ba dee da baa DIE’), but got nothing from him in the few seconds he waited for a response. Suddenly the little tic next to Eduardo’s name (‘EDgy’) turned from grey to green and Bart seized his opportunity.
KA-CHOW: Ed, mi amigo! Wyd?
EDgy: Just woke up, like 10 mins ago, u?
KA-CHOW: Same old, same old, I’m sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
EDgy: Sooo?
KA-CHOW: BORED 😭😭😭
EDgy: Ain’t that the usual
KA-CHOW: Yessss, but YOU could help me!
EDgy: How so 🧐
KA-CHOW: Wanna blow this popsicle stand 😏
EDgy: LOL sure meet at the front in 15?
KA-CHOW: Ed, hermano, you’re a lifesaver
EDgy: Mi Dios, why can I hear the way you say ‘hermano’ even through text
Bart was buzzing with excitement, finally something to do! And with Ed! Ed’s honestly an awesome guy, he’s funny and a real smartass, him and Bart also bonded over their participation in the non-real, but certainly real enough “The Reach traumatised me for life (or has been traumatising me my whole life)” club.
In the beginning the curly haired teen was so angry and annoyed with everything and everybody around him, he saw his powers as a disease, an illness, wanted to get rid of them. Bart remembered how shocked and surprised Eduardo Dorado Sr. was when his son showed on his doorstep after defeating the Reach. The father honestly thought he ran away again.
Even though they spent time with Lex Luthor, “The Runaways” still didn’t have full control of their abilities or knew their full extend. So that’s where the League stepped in, helped the teens learn control in a way that didn’t make them feel like lap rats.
In those two years Ed and Bart’s relationship truly blossomed. Turns out, they had a lot in common, when both of them finally chilled out, Ed was not irritated by every little thing and Bart didn’t spend every waking minute wondering about the future.
Bart shock his head in a cartoonish way, as much as he’d like to reminiscent about his relationship with Ed, he should probably get dressed and get going. Bart grabbed a pair of black sweatpants shorts, a white T-shirt and a dark red shirt with the sleeves rolled up, which he left unbuttoned.
Bart had super speed, but he also had a secret identity, as retro as that was. He slowly opened his room’s door a little bit and looked both ways down the hallway. The team had checked the cameras earlier and luckily none of them looked their way, well not anymore that is, after Cyborg tinkered with them a bit and created a blind spot. ‘Coast clear’ Bart thought.
The green eyed teen walked out of his room, without forgetting his magnet card and other necessities. The speedster took the elevator, which also took forever and walked to the front of the hotel, a second later there was a golden flash and Eduardo appeared next to him.
Ed was wearing a green and yellow stripped, baggy T-shirt, which he had tucked into his light denim jeans. They were cuffed and he had a brown belt to hold them up.
‘Damn, he looks amazing, so crash, well Ed always manages to look great, he is also so funny...’ Such thoughts always crossed Bart’s mind when he was with Ed, but then again he thought all his friends were awesome, yet with Ed, it started to be a little different. He never dwelled too much on it.
The other teen grinned at Bart “So, you got any plans?”
“Not really... We could walk around, check out Milan, I’ve never been, you?” They were walking towards a park right outside of the hotel.
“Never to Italy, but I did cross a big part of South America, until I got abducted by the Reach in Brazil.” The Latino cringed at the memory. He was sleeping on a bench, then a second later there was a hand on his mouth and before the panic and the adrenaline could kick in, he was out like a light.
“Anyways, we are not here to relieve our traumas, I suggest we check out some of the tourist attractions? I mean, this city is know for being one of the fashion capitals of the world? We could go window shopping on one of those way too expansive streets?” Ed suggested, one eyebrow raised, thinking of things to do.
Bart put his arms behind his head “Whatever we do, I’m sure it’s going to be fun.”
“Hmm is that so? Why?” Ed smiled shyly.
“‘Cause we’re doing it together, amigo! And things are always way more fun with friends, I mean you really appreciate them, when you didn’t have any growing up.” Bart’s energetic stride slowed down a bit.
“Hah, guess we’re not good at this whole ‘not bringing up our traumas and problems’ thing, huh?” The tan teen smiled teasingly.
“Yeah, suppose so...”
They had reached one of the more reserved parts of the park. Bart flopped down on one of the benches, Ed sat down next to him. The sunlight coming through the leaves above them was warm and creating fun shapes on the teens’ faces.
“I’m so feeling the mode right now.” The speedster huffed.
“Wanna talk about it?” Ed offered.
“Honestly... no. We’ve talked so much about our problems with both our mentors and Black Canary and so on and so fort. I just want to, idk, chill, relax, not think about it, even if it’s only for a few hours. How about you, hermano? Any traumas, problems and sad stories you wanna share with the class?” Bart answered truthfully, a lopsided smile on his face.
Ed grinned and looked at the empty bench in front of them “Nah, I mean I’ve got some, we all do, but sharing is so exhausting.”
They stayed like that for a bit, in comfortable silence.
“I heard that there’s a crazy amount of pigeons in front of ‘Du-om-o de Mi-lano!” The speedster broke the silence, already in front of ‘the golden one’.
Ed raised his eyebrows, then laughed “Oh, you mean Duomo di Milano!”
“Yeah! That’s what I said!” Bart defended his terrible accent, faking offence, but happy to have made his... friend laugh.
“No, amigo, it’s ‘Duomo di Milano’, you hear the difference?” The Argentinian got up next to Bart.
“Actually, yeah! How do you know to pronounce Italian so well?” Bart was already excited.
Ed blushed a bit “It’s only a couple words, no need to be so impressed, but actually Argentinian Spanish can sound closer to Italian, rather than Spanish.”
Bart took out his phone and put in the address of the Cathedral and they headed that way through the picturesque streets of Milan.
“I never knew that, you don’t really talk a lot about your time in Argentina or Argentina in general.” Bart explained, his hand illustrating his words.
“Well, there’s not a lot to be said about my life in Argentina... but if you want to know more about Argentinian culture and the Argentinian language, you can always ask me.” The other teen offered.
Ed was never the type to open up about his past, but then again who was Bart to judge him about that? They were in the same boat. A thought still crossed his mind ‘I want to know more about you.’ But instead he said “Totally crash, amigo.”
They arrived at the Cathedral and there really were a lot of pigeons, but also a lot of tourists and people in general.
“Wait a second, I have an idea, be back in a flash.” Ed winked, while Bart groaned at the terrible joke.
Ed teleported. It was so fascinating to see the way Ed had grown into his power, at first he hated it, but now, it was as natural as breathing for him. He teleported next to a man selling popcorn and bought two of the small cartons.
He turned away to teleport back to Bart, when suddenly “Oh my gosh! Are you? Are you El Dorado?! Of the Outsiders?” A girl with ginger hair in a ponytail squealed.
Eduardo turned towards her and smiled both awkwardly and kindly, he hoped.
“It’s really you!” The girl was jumping up and down in excitement.
“Uh, yeah?” That sounded pathetic even to Eduardo’s own ears.
“I’m really sorry, but can I please take a pic with you?” The girl’s eyes were shining.
“Uh, yeah... I mean, yeah, of course!” He tried to sound more enthusiastic, the girl didn’t seem to mind.
They took a quick selfie in which Ed tried to not look incredibly awkward, while holding up two boxes of popcorn.
The girl thanked him profusely and asked if any of the Outsiders were here to which he answered, that he’s sorry, but he couldn’t share that info with her.
The ponytail girl said that it’s all right and that she was glad to have seen him, in Italy of all places. They said their goodbyes with the girl still freaking out.
Eduardo was glad, that the Outsiders were doing a good job, spreading the good word around and inspiring others and so on. But sometimes such attention was a bit... overwhelming. He said many times, that the hero lifestyle wasn’t for him and he still believed it. Ed still felt that he wasn’t cut out to be a hero. As much as he’d love to stand here and dwell on these thoughts, he should get back to Bart.
He loved hanging out with Bart, at first... he didn’t like him. Ed thought he was just another gringo, with probably the worst accent ever. In the beginning he thought that Bart was mocking him in a way, with “Amigo, that”, “Hermano, that”, but then he realised that Bart was a pretty awesome and genuine dude.
With Bart he felt like he could let loose, be himself, it felt good. Bart made him feel good and himself in ways he didn’t know another person could. He felt like he could share everything with him and it’ll be fine, not that he had such plans for the near future, but it felt nice.
The Latino teleported back to Bart, who was currently taking a selfie in front of the Cathedral and sending it to the Flash Family chat.
“Whoa, man, popcorn! So worth the wait! Bart grabbed one of the boxes.
“Yeah, sorry, got approached by uhh... fan.” Ed explained, tossing a popcorn into his mouth.
“Crash, man, I love talking to our fans.” Bart continued enthusiastically stuffing his face with popcorn.
Ed threw a couple on the ground and pigeons immediately gathered around them “That’s good, it’s just that... I don’t know, I don’t feel like I should have fans, I mean what have I done to deserve people looking up to me? And even if I have done stuff that deserve praise, shouldn’t I do more, do better? I just feel like I haven’t done enough...”
“Well you may feel like people shouldn’t be your fans, but pigeons sure as hell adore you.” Bart tried to lighten up the mood, while tugging the discussion of Ed’s insecurities for later.
Eduardo snapped out of his daze and looked around to find at least a dozen pigeons around him “Guess, I was throwing out more popcorn, than I thought.” He laughed.
“Ah!” A pigeon got bold and landed right on Eduardo’s arm where the popcorn where, then a bunch more started flying around him and one landed on his other arm and shoulder. Ed was both panicked, surprised and laughing uncontrollably.
‘Looks good, even when he’s covered in pigeons, huh.’ Bart thought while snapping a few dozen pictures “Come, Eddie-Boy! Smile for the camera!” All in all those pigeons were a great distraction.
Bart took Ed’s arm and got him away from the bids currently trying to nest in his hair.
“Hahah, oh that was adorable!” Bart laughed, he got his phone out and started scrolling through the pictures. He wheezed so hard at them.
“Let me see!” Eduardo said while ridding himself of feathers. He looked at the pictures “That’s a winner right there!” He pointed at a picture where a bird had just flown towards his face which resulted in him being a blur with a shocked expression on his face.
“Really? I like that one.” Bart opened one, where Ed was looking at the camera, a big grin on his face and slight panic in his eyes, while he had pigeons all around and on him, one of them was in the box of popcorn, happily munching.
Ed looked the other way, a slight blush blossoming over his cheeks “Yeah, that one’s good as well.”
Bart was happily scrolling through the photos “You should totally post that one! Also one of the distressed ones! Imagine the memes people will make!”
“Since when is it our job to knowingly provide the public with our embarrassing moments? And hey, for all you know it could cause a scandal. I can just hear G. Gordon Godfrey - ‘Our so called heroes aren’t even in the country! How are they supposed to protect us when they are too busy feeding the pigeons!’” Ed purposelessly making his voice have as much of an American accent as possible.
“Yes! Or ‘What are they teaching our children?! To throw our food at animals?! Next you’ll know they’ll be telling them to throw trash on the streets of our beautiful America!’” Bart continued, almost letting a tear fall out of the corner of his eye at the mention of dirtying their America.
The teens looked at each other, then started laughing even harder.
The speedster looked up at the sky. The sun was slowly starting to set, he looked at Ed who was still catching his breath. Bart checked the time on his phone - 18:40.
“Wow, time truly flies when you’re having a good time.” Bart mused.
“Hmm?” The Latino looked at Bart’s phone “Almost seven pm.”
Bart’s stomach grumbled, Ed looked at him, one eyebrow raised “Really?”
“Hey! It’s not my problem I run on superspeed!” Bart grinned, fingerguning.
“Guess not, I could also grab a bite... I think we passed a pizzeria on our way here?” Ed wondered.
“Lead the way, amigo.” Bart bowed down like a gentleman.
The teleporter rolled his eyes, but still blushed a bit.
They walked side by side for a few minutes, until Bart pointed at a pizzeria close by and ran that way, dragging Ed with him. Good think he was making sure to run like a regular person.
The pizzeria was quite picturesque, small wooden tables with white tablecloths, flowers in the middle and wooden chairs.
A waiter quickly took them to a table outside.
Bart took one of the menus “Ohhh, what should I get? Maybe a Capricciosa or a Romana or maybe go classic with a Margherita? What about you?”
Ed loved how excited Bart could be over the simplest things sometimes “Mmm, maybe a vegetarian pizza?”
“Vegetarian also sounds good! Deciding is so hard, wish I could just take all of them.” Bart declared.
Ed took one of the red flowers out of the vase “I mean, you can certainly stomach all of them.”
The brown haired boy looked at Ed. He was holding the red flower between his fingers spinning it around, the sunset was casting beautiful shades of gold, red and orange on his skin. Ed met his eyes and smiled. Bart could stare at him looking like that forever.
“So, did you chose anything?” Their waiter, as if appearing out of nowhere, asked.
That startled both of them, Ed coughed and looked the other way and Bart burned a bright red.
“Uh, yeah I’ll have a large Capricciosa and a soda...” Bart trailer off.
“And I’ll take a large vegetarian pizza and also a soda...” Ed quickly continued.
The waiter smiled and said he’ll bring up them up, when they’re done. A few moment later he came back with their drinks.
Ed looked at the Cathedral, turned back to Bart and pointed at it. The speedster turned around to look at it. The Cathedral looked absolutely stunning like something out of a postcard, the beams from the sun were being reflected by the countless windows and painted the square. It was truly beautiful, but when Bart looked out of the corner of his eye, he could’ve sworn Ed was looking at him, even if for a split second.
The green eyed teen turned back around at took a sip out of his soda “How’s everything at the centre?”
Ed looked at him “Honestly, I don’t know, a mix of good and bad, I suppose? I mean, we’ve been making huge progress with a lot of the metas, but some of them are still scared and don’t want to accept their powers. We get new metas all the time, I’m struggling to make room for everybody as it is... We need more funding, I hate to say it, but Granny Goodness was our biggest sponsor, we are part of STAR labs, but not part of their funding, well not a big part, we get some money, but certainly not enough for all the newcomers...” The Latino stopped abruptly.
He smiled apologetically “I’m, sorry I know all this talk of money and funding isn’t really interesting...” He trailed off.
Bart jumped in “No! You know you can tell me anything and I would love to know more about the centre, not only the good, but also the bad.” He smiled.
Ed sighed and opened his mouth, but then “Sorry for the wait, gentlemen! Here are the Capricciosa and the vegetarian pizza, if there’s anything else you need, don’t hesitate to call!”
They thanked the waiter. Bart immediately dug in and was already three pieces in, while Ed was taking his first bite.
“Slow down there, amigo, it won’t go anywhere.” The teleporter laughed.
Bart wiped his mouth with the napkin “Yeah, yeah, gotta be reminded sometimes, you know in the apocalypse my favourite food was... food.” He shrugged, while smiling.
Ed looked at him apologetically, then grinned “Well, good thing you came to us, no idea what I would do without you... also you completely missed all the tomato sauce around your mouth.” He gave him another napkin.
Bart blushed at Ed’s words, but was also really happy, because he also didn’t know what he would do without everybody, the League, the Team, the Outsiders and... Ed.
Ed ate a slice of pizza.
“What about your father? Isn’t good ol’ doctor Dorado any help at the centre? I mean, he did found it with you?” Bart took a sip out of his soda.
Ed sighed “I don’t know, hermano. Me and dad we don’t really click? I suppose, it’s hard getting to know your son at 45 and respectfully your dad at 16... He doesn’t really help me with the centre, I have to do all of it on my own, well not all of it I have you and Neut, of course. There are just so many other things to consider like all of the legal stuff, there is so much paperwork! Also parents and psychologists and sometimes psychiatrists and I have to make sure everybody is safe and happy and comfortable.”
Bart cut him off “Geez, Ed, I didn’t know you had that much to take care of.” He felt a bit guilty, because he was overjoyed when Ed became part of the team, but if he really was that busy...
Ed clenched his hand around his almost empty can of soda “And I always feel like I’m not doing enough. Is the centre good enough, am I good enough for the Outsiders? Because I still don’t think the “hero life” is for me... I love being part of the team, but am I a good enough part?”
Bart smiled brightly “You know, I think... I think you’re not giving yourself enough credit.”
Ed looked at him, confused “What do you mean?”
“Just... You’ve done so much! You were talking about a place, that can help young people deal with their powers even before you had full grasp of yours! You are going there every day to give them advice and a safe space to not only get a hold of their powers, but also share how they feel and discuss their traumas and so on. You joined a public superhero team just to give them inspiration. So don’t sell yourself so short, you’ve done a lot and you’re continuing to do it every day.”
“Wow, I uh... I don’t know what to say, thank you... you’re pretty incredible.” Ed looked Bart directly in his eyes. “Why are you always so good at reassuring me?” He grinned.
With Bart it was always different, because whenever he would say Ed was doing a good job or that he was doing well, he couldn’t help but believe him.
“What can I say, amigo? Not only am I incredibly good looking, I’m also an incredible friend.” He grinned, eyes closed and hand under his chin for dramatic effect.
The Argentinian smiled contentedly and agreed “Really though! And having you around when you can be in the center is always good, all the stress from dealing with everything seems to lessen when you’re around.” He smiled shyly at the last part.
Bart blushed “Well, I love spending time at the centre with all the metas and helping in whichever way I can and... being with you, of course.” He grinned.
Ed blushed a really bright red and tried to hide it by pretending to wipe his mouth with his napkin. “You know, you’re the only person I can talk with... like that.”
Bart slowly put his hand on top of Ed’s “Yeah, me too.”
Both of them smiled with light blushes on their cheeks.
Milan, Hotel Bulgari
April 21, 19:00 GMT+2
“Looking sharp there, boys!” Cassie smiled widely, fingerguning.
Kid Flash and Blue Beatle weren’t so sure about that. Because of their secret identities they had to wear their costumes (or at least the mask in Kid Flash’s case) under their tuxes. They felt a bit... silly.
Jaime looked at Wonder girl “You sure about that?”
She was wearing a form fitting, deep red dress without sleeves, that was cut right above the knees. She looked incredible. Though everybody remembers the relief they felt when she finally chose between the dress and the tux, not because she chose the dress, but because she chose something.
“Dont sweat it, Jaime! Get it? ‘Cause you’re wearing both the costume and the tux!” The blonde laughed hard at her own joke.
“Yeah, Cassie, I got it.” The blue superhero replied dryly.
“Forager also feels weird wearing something over his shell, but if it is a human custom, then Forager doesn’t mind.” The alien supplied, while running his four hands over the shirt and jacket.
M’gann smiled “You look great, Forager.”
“So the only people still missing are El Dorado and Static right?” Beast Boy asked tapping his food impatiently and looking around anxiously.
They had decided to meet in one of the hotel’s spare conference rooms with the hotel’s approval, of course.
The Martian walked over to her little brother and put her hand on his shoulder “Don’t worry, Gar, its only 7:15, I’m sure they’ll be here any second.”
Just after she said that, Ed and Virgil came in through the door.
“Sorry for being late, but Mr. Static over here first couldn’t decide between ties, then it was ‘With hat or no hat? With hat or no hat?” Ed rolled his eyes, while fixing his own gold coloured tie.
“Hey! The hat’s like an integral part of my look!” Virgil defended himself.
“You’re going to a formal event!” Ed retorted.
Cyborg supplied his opinion “If you ask me, good thing you decided to ditch it.”
“See!” El Dorado said while gesturing towards Vic.
“Whatever, man.” Static replied, visibly grumpy.
“Look, everybody, I can understand that some of you are nervous and unsure of what to do or how to act tonight. But remember just relax and be yourself. Don’t over exaggerate, if you start a conversation with somebody, but don’t know about the topic it’s best to drop it, be nice and if you don’t feel like it, don’t mingle, there’s a lot of us here, so you can always go up to somebody and hang out. We want good press, so be nice!” Garfield’s pep talk wasn’t much of a pep talk, but it did ease a lot of the Outsiders’ worries.
M’gann looked at Conner, that proud sparkle shining in her eyes.
El Dorado went over to Bart.
Bart grinned and elbowed Ed playfully “Lookin’ good there, amigo.”
And he really did, he was just wearing a simple black tux with a dark yellow (kinda gold) tie, but it fit in all the right places.
“You clean up nicely.” Ed winked, even though he was blushing hard.
Bart was wearing the same as him a simple black tux with a red tie, but he looked great. ‘There really was something about seeing a guy in a suit, huh...’ Ed thought.
Bart also blushed.
The white Martian looked in their direction and smiled gently.
Garfield looked at his watch “Okay, guys we’ve got ten minutes before this thing starts, everybody knows what to do right?”
“Yeah, Gar, calm down, promise we won’t blow anything up.” Cyborg rolled his eyes.
“And even if we do, I’ll just work my charm on them!” Bart wiggled his eyebrows, while pulling on his imaginary suspenders.
That did not ease any of Beast Boy’s worries.
Milan, Hotel Bulgari
April 21, 19:30 GMT+2
The Outsiders plus Miss Martian had to get to the front of the hotel to pretend they were just now arriving? Honestly the whole ordeal was pretty useless and stupid, but they had to interact with the media waiting outside.
They went right to where the “red carpet” and all the news reporters were.
Garfield turned around and looked at his team “Okay! Big smiles, everyone!”he winked at the end.
The others smiled uncomfortably.
The moment the team stepped into “the limelight” a hoard of reporters came onto them bombarding them with questions.
One woman was louder and shoved her microphone in Tara’s face “How do you feel now that you are a princess with no country?”
Tara’s happy expression dimmed and she casted her eyes down “No comment.” She replied, looking up and with newfound intensity in her eyes at the reporter. The message was clear ‘No more questions.’
Beast boy was quick to cover for her and take the attention of the reporters away from the former princess.
The team was quickly separated most of them were discreetly trying to get inside the hotel while answering as few questions as possible.
Ed, while not looking forward to being interviewed, wouldn’t mind answering a few questions if it meant he could explain that they were planing on opening a new centre for meta teens in Europe. The news were already announced a month back, but the more people knew about it the better. He was currently trying to get one in every major city in America, maybe at some point in every state. They had opened one more in Central City, but he also wanted to make them permanent, because as of right now the centres were only temporary.
The Argentinian wasn’t exactly nervous to talk in front of a camera, because of the centres he had to talk to strangers every day and also hold speeches and arrange things and so on. He’d learned to be comfortable in front of an audience, even if he couldn’t see them.
A reporter with a beautiful long dress and bright pink hair approached him out of nowhere and suddenly he had a microphone shoved in his face.
She smiled brightly and winked “Hello viewers! Here with us right now is El Dorado!”
Ed smiled and waved awkwardly.
“Now our viewers here are just dying to know! What exactly is going on in your tower in Hollywood? I mean a group of teenagers all living together! It must be crazy! Love scandals, parties! Tell us all the great gossip!” The reporter was overly enthusiastic to the point of being fake.
Ed thought back to all the “crazy drama” that occurs in the Outcast’s home, only thing that came to mind is their movie and game nights.
The Argentinian smiled politely “Well, most of the time we are too tired to really have the time for scandals, but something that’s more interesting is that the new meta-human youth center in Sweden, Stockholm will be up and running in a month.” He grinned.
The pink haired reporters face fell, though she did try to keep her smile on, but it was obvious she was annoyed “Wow, that’s crazy...” She turned quickly towards the camera and bit Ed a quick goodbye, realising she won’t be getting anything out of him.
The tan teen was definitely a bit annoyed, but not surprised, most news outlets were always looking for gossip. He continued his short walk towards the entrance of the event.
“Kid Flash! What happened to the previous Kid Flash?” A reporter shouted at Bart, while he was explaining to another one, that no he didn’t almost die that one time.
The question made him choke on his words, the other reporters noticed and also started asking him questions about the other Kid Flash. Bart quickly and while giving out excuses shuffled into the hotel.
Just as he entered he noticed Ed a couple feet away from him, his expression the same one as Bart’s.
“I’ll take it you’re also having a good time.” The shorter teenager smiled, while fixing his tie.
“I’m still trying to stay positive for the rest of the night.” Ed smiled at Bart, even though it was a little strained.
“Yeah... you and me both. Right now though, I’m totally feeling the mode.” Bart looked around and suddenly grabbed Ed’s sleeve “Eddie, look! There’s a huge table filled with bite sized food!” He was smiling, while showing how little the food was with his thumb and pointer finger.
“Didn’t we just eat like a couple hours ago?” Ed was always impressed with the speedster’s appetite.
They went over to the table, Bart quickly took a small plate and filled it with all kinds of finger food. At the same time Ed took a fancy looking glass filled with punch and looked around the room.
The event had just started, so the room was still pretty empty, safe for the hotel staff, a few other guests invited by the prime minister and the band, which consisted currently of a piano player, but places for other players and even a singer could be seen. The music was pretty, but kinda bland, like elevator music, it was just a background.
The other Outsiders had yet to make their way towards the ballroom, but Ed suspected that Forager and Tara were going to be joining them soon.
The speedster looked at Ed and for the god knew which time that night appreciated the way he looked, he quickly swallowed a mini sandwich he was eating and turned towards the Argentinian “You should totally try this little one with the orange stuff inside, it’s sweet, yet fruity!”
He held the little treat up, offering it to Ed.
For a moment too long Ed looked at Bart with a dumbfounded expression, the sudden thought of leaning down and eating it from Bart’s hand came to him, he felt all of his blood change course and go to his cheeks. The teen quickly took the food with his hand and ate it, desperately trying to will down his intense blush.
“It’s good.” He quickly added while giving an awkward thumbs up.
Bart raised his eyebrow, but still smiled.
The “golden one” took a small gulp from his glass, still trying to calm down his burning cheeks ‘What’s wrong with me? Only Bart can make me like this...”
“I’ve forgotten how obnoxious and insensitive reporters can be!” The former princess grumbled, already having reached the table and grabbing a small pastry. She leaned against the wooden table and crossed her arms.
Ed looked at her “So the interviews are going well.” He offered her a napkin.
“Garfield is doing just fine, while Cyborg is trying to stop the interviewers from overwhelming Forager... Superboy looked like he really didn’t want to be there.” The blonde took the napkin and placed a few pastries in it. “From the way things are looking the others will be following us here pretty soon.”
She quickly ate one more small dessert and pointed towards Ed and Bart “You two did good coming here so fast.”
Kid Flash flashed her a blinding grin and pretended to remove dust from his jacket “Being fast is kinda our specialty.” He turned towards Ed and winked “Right, amigo?”
A blush crept across his cheeks again ‘When will this end?!’ He thought, while quickly plastering a smile a giving Terra a thumbs up.
‘He’s so cute...’ Bart thought, but quickly banished the thought away.
The princess looked at him quizzically, but just shrugged.
Her gaze turned towards the entrance, some people had come through, the room was slowly filling out. The bright red of Forager’s shell was not hard to miss. Tara waved “Vic, Forager, over here!”
The grim expression on Vic’s face was becoming more and more visible as he approached the other Outsiders. The alien, on the other hand was rubbing his hands nervously.
“What got his gears so tightly wind up?” Ed leaned towards Forager.
“Victor Stone became upset after a reporter asked Victor Stone what happened with Victor Stone’s football career and then another one asked if Victor Stone felt like a freak, because of Victor Stone’s appearance.” Forager explained.
Everybody winced.
“Harsh.” Bart commented.
The tan teen turned towards Forager “What about you, buddy? Everything good?”
The alien rubbed his hands and looked down “Forager would be happy to explain Forager’s culture to the reporters, but the reporters asked if Forager is in a relationship and if Forager finds humans appealing...”
“Yeah... they do that.” Ed looked at him apologetically.
Kid Flash tried to cheer him up “They don’t mean any harm...”
More and more people were coming into the room. Virgil and Blue Beetle were one of the first ones to enter. Virgil hastily turned his head, obviously looking for the others. He spotted the other teens near the table and together with Jaime quickly walked to them.
“Good thing Gar is out there.” Virgil ran a hand through his hair.
“God, this is like an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.” Ed said. “What would our name be? Abused by reporters Anonymous?” He was moving his glass with his hand, stirring the already lukewarm punch.
Bart laughed.
Ed felt something akin to pride in his chest at making Bart laugh.
“So come on, amigos, share with the group what happened to you out there with the scary and noisy interviewers!” The speedster threw a cookie in the air and caught it with his mouth.
Jaime crossed his arms over his chest “Even after two years the Reach is still a pretty popular topic.”
Bart put a hand on his shoulder.
Virgil sighed “Everything was going on fine, until one of them asked me to show off my power, but I panicked, demagnetised some part of their equipment.”
The peer counselor slung an arm across Virgil’s shoulders “Good job, man, you took one of them down. Our enemy will soon be slain.” He had a determined fire in his eyes.
Static pushed his arm away “You’re a real hoot, Ed. But seriously, people are always filming us, taking pictures of us and so on. How come I suck at interviews?”
Bart shrugged, and while chewing said “Well, when people are usually filming us, we don’t exactly have the time to stop and answer a few questions. We’re focused on, you know, saving them.”
“Makes sense, I guess.” Virgil took a small sandwich, defeat evident in his eyes.
Victor looked around “This place sure filled up.”
Even more important looking people wearing suits or beautiful dresses had come into the room.
Virgil looked at his phone “8:56, shouldn’t this whole thing be starting soon.
There was a silent agreement, that everybody couldn’t wait for the event to be over.
Wonder girl entered the room soon after. She waved and speed walked to her teammates.
When she arrived, the blonde quickly took a sweet from the table and popped it in her mouth. She said with her mouth full “If one more person asks me how I do my hair or makeup, I’m gonna flip.” She finished that sentence and ate a cracker with something grey on top.
“I mean! They don’t ask me about the missions or anything like that! It’s all ‘Is your lipstick punch-proof?’ Like what is that even supposed to mean?” She continued, while leaning against the table, her arms crossed
The other outsiders winced in sympathy.
“Sorry, man” Vic rubbed the back of his neck.
Cassie sighed “Eh, it is what it is, I guess... by your expressions, I’m not the only one who had a jolly good time out there.” She emphasised how happy she was by swinging her arm which was folded at the elbow, her hand in a fist.
Suddenly a huge crowd entered the ballroom, the leader of it was Garfield. He had a huge grin and looked more than happy to talk to anybody or answer questions.
At the end of the crowd were Superboy and the disguised Miss Martian. The white alien was smiling, even though it looked a bit forced and tired, while Conner looked like he wanted to go home immediately. All of the Outsiders were surprised how long he’d lasted outside.
M’gann laughed and looked Conner in the eyes "Thank you, you did great out there." She said telepathically.
Conner smiled.
The Outsiders were watching their gentle exchange of love. “God, I need a girlfriend.” Virgil’s never ending whining about that certain topic cut through the silence.
Beast boy quickly spotted the other Outsiders and walked over to them, leaving the group of people behind, a slight bounce to his steps.
He winked “So, how you guys doing? Everything going well?” He straightened out his jacket and brushed of invisible dust off his shoulders.
The team gave each other side eyes and smiled nervously. Bart gave him a thumbs up.
Garfield gave them a half smile “So no too hot?” He nodded once and put his hands in his pockets “Don’t worry, there won’t be any more reporters for the rest of the night, well a few at the opening ceremony and speech of the primer minister, but all we have to do there is smile and nod.”
“Speaking of the ceremony, shouldn’t it be starting soon?” Jaime took a sip of punch.
Tera was staring intently at his lips. “Isn’t it weird to have it on your mouth?”
“Pardon?”
“The mask, isn’t it weird?” She explained further.
Jaime put a finger to his lips “Eh, not really, I mean I can’t really feel it? It’s like a part of me, second skin sort of way.” He tried to explain.
Tara narrowed her eyes “Interesting.”
M’gann and Superboy approached the group.
The Martian put her hand on Garfield’s shoulder “Come on, team, let’s get to the stage, it’s starting soon.”
The Outsiders started to walk towards the stage, it was a small stage, enough to fit them, the primer minister and her husband. The lights were very bright.
They walked over to the security guard, who opened up a crimson coloured rope. The superheroes were staying in a small, separated from the attendees, space. Mostly waiting for the prime minister to call for them on stage.
A crowd of reporters and other guests had already gathered in front of the stage. The prime minister, Giorgia Cancio and her husband, Matteo Cancio were climbing on stage, the guests started clapping.
The politicians smiled in front the microphones and waved.
Giorgia cleaned her throat and the speech started “Thank you everybody for coming tonight, we are more than...”
Soon after she started her speech Bart tuned her out and started looking for other things to occupy his attention with.
Kid Flash looked around the room, quickly noticing a woman in the back arguing with a waiter, well more like yelling at him, he squinted in order to try and read her lips, something about ‘Gluten? Oh! Gluten free...’ he thought.
Bart moved on, he looked up at the big, glass and crystal chandelier, it was glowing in soft yellows and whites. A small, dangling crystal, that was spinning caught his attention for a bit.
His eyes soon landed on Ed, Bart was looking at him out of the corner of his eye. His eyes have been landing on Ed a lot those past couple of months.
The Argentinian was standing beside him, he was looking down, probably at the colourful tiles, that made up the floor, occasionally he would look up at the prime minister.
Bart liked looking at Ed, he had this shine and drive in his eyes, this drive to just be and do good. It was something Bart had soon noticed after spending time with Ed. It was something so beautiful to see. Where Bart had come from (the Future) people’s eyes were dead, given up, moded, they didn’t care about doing good, they just wanted to survive.
It was kinda shocking how that moody kid had grown up into such a compassionate person. He was probably always like that, it was just hidden under all that angst and daddy issues.
Suddenly he didn’t have the desire to look away, he was content like that, just looking at Ed.
Ed absentmindedly licked his dry lips.
A light brush crept across the speedster’s cheeks and a stray thought wandered inside his mind ‘I wonder how they feel.’ He caught himself softly running his finger across his own lips, he quickly dropped his hand and his blush intensified. Bart quickly averted his eyes away and towards the stage, trying to focus on the prime minister.
El Dorado had felt somebody’s gaze on him, finding out it was Bart had made him feel... something... something warm inside his chest, like happiness. He smiled slightly.
“And now for our guests of honor, the Outsiders!” Giorgia introduced them and steeped away from the microphone, while clapping.
“That’s our cue, team.” Garfield started walking up the three steps to the stage.
They all climbed on, the prime minister thanked them one more time while shaking their hands. They took a few pictures with way too happy smiles and got off the stage. It all felt longer than it actually was.
When the crowd had cleared out the prime minister approached one more time, she smiled warmly “I hope you’ve had a good time so far.”
Garfield, as their leader, smiled with all the charm of a famous actor “Of course, Mrs. Cancio, it’s all been wonderful.”
Her eyes softened “Well, the real fun begins now anyway, people always feel way more relaxed after the reporters leave.” She winked at the end.
The woman clapped “Make sure you have fun, this party is in your honour after all!” She bid them goodbye and walked away.
“Well you heard the lady, time to have fun!” Garfield said trying to get his team excited.
They appreciated his enthusiasm and tried to match it, I mean they can stick together, the food was good, the view was beautiful and eventually the soft background music will turn more energetic. All in all, they are sure they can manage.
Ed leaned slightly down towards Bart “Hey, I wanna get a breather out on the balcony? Want to tag along?”
Bart winked with a smile on his face “You know it, amigo.”
Just as they were about to split into small groups, each headed toward a different part of the room, two women and a guy, about 16 or 17 approached them.
The women had an air of authority around them. One of them was taller, with dark black hair and a deep red business suit, the other was shorter and curvier wearing a long, blue dress. They had wedding bands on.
The boy was standing between them, he was tall, half a head taller than Ed, wearing a black suit sporting a dark turquoise tie, he had an undercut and really dark, curly hair. He had a slight tan with a dusting of freckles and bright hazel eyes. His smile was charming, a dimple on each side.
The taller woman smiled kindly “I’m sorry to bother you, but my name is Liliana, this is my wife, Emily and our son Antonio.” Emily smiled brightly.
“Just Toni also works.” Their son supplied, he quickly looked over all the Outsiders, one of them catching his eye.
Liliana continued “I just wanted to thank you personally for saving my sister, Giorgia and her husband. I don’t know what I would’ve done, if I had lost her.”
Her wife put a hand on her shoulder.
“Luckily, that didn’t happen, because of you, so one more time, thank you.”
She shook Garfield’s hand.
The meta human smiled brightly “It’s what we do best.”
“Indeed.” Toni piped up. His arms were crossed over his chest, his smile even more charming than before. The Italian was looking straight at Ed.
The women excused themselves and the Outsiders started to walk over.
Bart and Ed headed towards the balcony.
“Was it just me or was that guy staring at you?” The speedster asked Ed, not quite understanding why that made him so annoyed.
Ed raised his shoulders “Probably not honestly, I mean why would he be looking at me anyways?”
‘Why wouldn’t he?’ Bart thought, still a little bitter at the guy. ‘Maybe I’m just imagining stuff...’
“Excuse me.” A voice cut through Bart’s thoughts.
The superheroes turned around... it was Toni.
‘Shame he had to turn around, he had such a cute butt.’ The Italian thought while looking absentmindedly at Ed.
He had a hand in the pocket of his dress pants. “Sorry to disturb you, but you’re Kid Flash and El dorado, right?”
“Yeah.” The shorter of the two superheroes answered, some definitive dislike in his voice “How can we help you, Antonio?”
‘I’ve never acted like that before, what’s wrong with me?’
Antonio glared slightly at Bart, but only for a split second.
The Argentinian just kind of looked between the two of them.
The Italian cleared his throat “Actually, I also wanted to thank you for saving my aunt.” He gave his hand out for a handshake towards Ed.
“As Beast Boy said, it’s just what we do.” Ed shook his hand.
‘A cute butt and a cute accent! Perfect.’ Antonio was already forming a plan in his head.
Toni’s and Bart’s handshake wasn’t as warm, they looked into each other’s eyes, annoyance clear behind the smiles.
Toni smiled warmly and continued talking “Anyways, Eduardo, can I call you Eddie by the way?”
‘Dude thinks he’s sooo slick’ Bart thought and rolled his eyes.
“I guess so?” Ed shrugged, still not understanding why this guy wanted to talk to him.
The guy grinned “As I was saying, Eddie, before you were a hero, you opened a centre for meta-humans, right?”
“Yeah...” He still didn’t understand where this guy was getting at.
“I’m sure it was so hard to do everything on your own, speeches, counselling, events, setting it up, promotion-“
Ed smiled “Well, I was never really absolutely alone, there were volunteers and Kid flash over here has been helping me since the beginning.” Toni noticed that when Ed turned towards the speedster a warmth filled his eyes.
Bart smirked and looked the Italian in the eyes, pride evident in his.
Toni subtly glared towards Bart, then quickly put on the smile back on his face “Yes, of course... I’m just going to cut to the chase, my mothers own an advertising agency, you might have heard of it before, “L.E. ads”.
Ed was quite surprised “They are one of the biggest agencies working right now, I tried to get them to advertise the new center in Sweden, but they never wrote me back.”
‘Crap!’ Thought Toni “Uh-well, they do get a lot of clients and offers each day, so sometimes, some of them get lost... or buried under the others, please excuse us.” He apologised, even adding a slight bow.
Ed opened his mouth to say something, but Antonio quickly cut him off “What I’m offering right now, is an opportunity to work with us, as you might be aware, we don’t only use regular ads, we also organise events etc. We can organise speeches, billboards, ads on tv and so on.
The Argentinian was truly dumbfounded. “Might I ask, why?”
“My mothers will be more than happy to help the heroes who saved my aunt and uncle.” Toni finished pride all over his face.
Ed looked at Bart with a conflicted expression, then back at Toni “While that is all well and good... I just don’t think we can afford you, no offence, the centre just doesn’t have the resources for such... um... extravagant?... advertising. But, thank you nonetheless.”
Antonio stepped closer to Ed “It will all be free of charge, of course.”
Bart’s annoyance was growing with every word that came out of this Italian prick’s mouth.
El Dorado was quick to retaliate “Oh, no, I’m sorry, we can’t accept something like that.”
“The centre accepts money, food, volunteers and so on all the time right? Think of this as just another form of charity.” He grinned, his eyes shining in a way that unsettled Bart.
“Yeah, but what you’re offering is quite huge, I just don’t think it’s right to-“
“I insist!” Toni had a hand over his chest, it was almost theatrical. His eyes relaxed “Why don’t you join me this evening, we can discuss this over and see if by the end of it, I’ll be successful in changing your mind.” He smirked at the end, confidence dripping from him. He was closer now, definitely entering Ed’s personal space.
At this point the speedster wasn’t just annoyed with this guy, he was angry, really angry... but damn it all, this was a golden opportunity (no pun intended).
The taller of the two heroes looked at Bart and was once again about to deny him, but Kid flash cut him out “You should talk to him, the deal he is making is great.”
“Yes, but-“
“Come on, Ed, think of how much that can help the centre.” Bart smiled, looking Ed in the eyes.
The Argentinian sighed, he’d much rather stay with Bart, than this Italian guy... but such advertising could really help them in the long run... And denying him once more would be quite rude and they are here to make a good impression and all that, he still wasn’t sure about accepting the deal, but he’ll spent some time with the guy, then he’ll politely deny or accept the offer.
“Okay, fine.”
Antonio’s smile grew “Perfect.” He threw his hand on Ed’s shoulder and pulled him away.
Ed said goodbye to Bart.
While they were walking away Toni turned around and looked Bart in the eyes, his grin predatory.
The speedster saw red and was so close to just grabbing the Italian douche and leaving him in Antarctica, instead he turned around and headed towards the balcony. There were a few people already there, smoking and talking. The fresh, night air made him cool down a bit, now he just felt a bit sad.
He leaned against the railing and looked at the garden. ‘What a prick...’ He slumped further down against the cold metal, his chin on it ‘Why am I overreacting so much? It’s just a guy talking... flirting with Ed and... touching him... ughhhhhg!’ The speedster put his hands on his head, annoyed at just feeling so much. ‘Goddamn it, Ed.’
In his sulk Bart didn’t hear another person entering the balcony.
“What’s got you so moded, amigo?” A familiar voice said.
Bart turned around quickly “What? Me? Moded? No way, hermano. I’m feeling A-okay!” For emphasis on how good his mood was, he plastered a big grin on his face.
Jaime raised his eyebrow, his expression sort of exhausted, as if he’s had to do this a million times “Ese, we’ve been friends since like forever, you can tell me, if something’s wrong.” He joined Bart at the railing.
“It just... jeez, Blue, I don’t even know what’s wrong!”
Jaime hummed “Well, trace your steps back, what happened?”
Bart looked away from his fellow Outsider, sulking “Ed...” he mumbled.
“Edu? Why? Did he do something?” Jaime would be quite surprised if he did, considering how close the speedster and Ed had grown.
“No! Nothing like that... he’s just with... some Italian guy.” Bart didn’t know why he felt so embarrassed to admit it out loud.
Jaime had a puzzled expression on his face trying to work it out. “Wait, you’re annoyed ‘cause Edu’s with some guy?” Suddenly it was like a switch flipped inside his head “Dude, are you jealous?”
Bart moved away from the railing like it was scorching hot “Wha-? No! No! I’m not jealous!... well, maybe, I don’t know, okay!” The brunette leaned against Jaime.
Blue beetle thought for a second, then spoke up “Ese, do you remember how I would get when Traci would go out with Arrowette, before we started dating.”
Bart moved away from Jaime and looked him in the eyes “Yeah, of course, you would get all annoyed, mopey and would rant about it a lot.” Bart rolled his eyes at the memory.
A slight blush coloured the latino’s cheeks, he coughed once “Uhm, yeah... yeah, do you remember why exactly I got so uhm mopey?”
The speedster was playing with a loose threat of his suit “Of course, I do, hermano, you liked her.”
Blue nudged Bart gently with his elbow “What I’m getting at is, do you like him in the same way I like Traci?”
The brunette was quite surprised by that question, he’d never really thought about it, I mean, he liked Ed, of course he did... but as more than a friend? He looked his best friend in the eyes “How do you know when you like someone?”
Jaime rubbed the back of his head “Well, jealousy, obviously, but you also want to spent time with them and just being near them feels good. You might imagine what holding hands with them or kissing them or cuddling with them might feel like... you know...” He had grown a little red by the end of it, good thing it couldn’t be seen from under the suit.
Bart’s cheeks very also a bit tinted with colour, because, yeah, he would like to do all of those things with Ed. He chuckled “For a speedster, I’m pretty slow, huh?”
Blue laughed “Yeah, ese, I agree.”
They looked at the scenery before them, it was already dark out, the moon and the stars were creating a beautiful shine on the garden before them.
“You know, I’ve never... liked anybody before... apocalypse and all that, it’s weird, I like the feeling, but it’s a bit annoying being so emotional...” An airy chuckle left him at the end.
Jaime bumped his shoulder against Bart’s “That’s a good way to describe it, hermano. So what’cha gonna do about it?”
“I- I’m not sure, I want to do something about it, just not sure... do you even think I have a chance with Ed?” He was looking at the moon.
Blue shrugged “Well, that’s something you should be asking Edu, you won’t know unless you give it a shot.” He worried his lip with his teeth, then continued “And even if it doesn’t work out, that’s okay, but I think it might. Call it scarab senses.” He grinned at end.
Bart smiled, feeling better, he was relieved now that he finally understood his feeling. ‘I like Ed... there could be worse things, like an apocalyptic future where humanity is entirely controlled by evil aliens.’ He looked at Jaime and smiled “Let’s head inside, amigo, I’m dying for something to eat.”
“Lead the way, hermano.”
The two superheroes entered the room, coming into the too bright yellow light felt a bit blinding. They headed towards the big table filled with little snacks, but came into a sudden halt, when they saw something.
There they were, Antonio and Ed, they both had glasses of punch, Antonio was too close to Ed and chuckling about something, while Ed was smiling politely, the whole image was a bit annoying, but not something too offensive, until Toni put his hand around Ed’s waist and brought him closer whispering something into his ear. He then moved farther away from the young superhero, but kept his arm around his waist.
“Damn, Edu looks like he really doesn’t want to be there.” Jaime supplied, while putting his arm on Bart’s shoulder.
The brunette had defiantly grown annoyed, his almost good mood was crushed faster than the Flash himself. He clenched his fists and huffed. “Blue, can we please go some place else?”
“Of course, hermano.” They hurried over to the other side of the big room.
All throughout the night, Bart would catch glimpses of the annoying Italian and Ed talking and so on, at some point the guy even asked Ed out to dance. At that Bart was quite annoyed, but also just sad and mopey. He just wanted to lay somewhere and not have to think about it. Good thing he was good at pretending everything was fine.
Jaime was a good distraction, the rest of the team as well, while he hadn’t managed to completely take his mind off the situation, it was still okay.
“That Italian guy sure has it out for Ed, huh?” Cassie pipped.
‘Great, my favourite topic.’ Bart thought.
“Yeah, Ed’s probably so done with him by now, probably keeps it up, only for the good media or something. They guy might go whine to his aunt, the prime minister, if Ed leaves him.” Virgil added.
Cassie wiggled her eyebrows “You never know, he might actually like the attention.”
Jaime quickly tried to dissolve the situation “Oh, come on, look at him he looks miserable, right, hermano?” He nudged Bart.
“Yeah, totally.”
Cassie rolled her eyes “Eh, what do you know anyways, the guy’s quite handsome and Ed’s last boyfriend was... actually I don’t know when, has he had one?” She looked at Virgil, expecting his reply.
“Hey, don’t look at me, you know Ed isn’t exactly an open book about his private life or life in Argentina and even if he had told me, maybe there’s a reason he hasn’t told you.” Static pointed at the blonde.
She glared at him “Not cool, man.”
He raised his shoulders.
Bart sighed and Jaime put his arm around his shoulders.
Kid flash looked once again at the general direction where Ed and Toni were, but they were gone, he took a quick look around the room and they were nowhere to be seen.
“They’re gone.” He said while still looking around the room.
Wonder girl grinned, while nudging Virgil in the chest “Maybe they went somewhere to make out.” She wiggled her eyebrows up and down.
Virgil gently pushed her away “Thanks for the visual, Cas.”
She winked.
Jaime quickly joined in “Yeah, right, Edu obviously wasn’t interested in the guy. Probably tried to get away, but the dude followed him.”
“Tomayto, tomahto.” Cassie was smiling like she was victorious.
Blue beetle rolled his eyes.
On the outside Bart’s expression was carefree, but on the inside he was a mess of emotions, annoyance, worry, sadness, maybe a bit of anger. ‘Be rational, man. You’re not even dating, calm down... I never imagined, that having a crush could be so moded.’
Static smiled smugly and raised one eyebrow “Why are you so invested in Ed’s love life anyways? Having problems with Tim?”
‘Virgil to the rescue.’ Thought Bart.
Cassie huffed and glared vigorously “I’ll have you know, me and Tim are more than fine!”
Virgil was still grinning while he raised his arms up in mock surrender.
Bart sighed and got lost in thought, drowning out their bickering.
Jaime looked at him, pity clear on his face.
Milan, Hotel Bulgari
April 22, 3:16 GMT+2
“I don’t know about you guys, but I’m beat.” Beast Boy said while waiting for the whole team to gather in the lobby, just outside the room, where the event had taken place.
The team had said their goodbyes and well wishes to the prime minister and were more than ready to leave.
The event/party still hadn’t ended, but most people had already left and the young heroes were eager to get out of the uncomfortable suits and fake smiles and into bed.
Almost everybody had come back, only Ed was still missing.
The Outsiders’ night had gone with various degrees of success, some had even talked to a few people without completely embarrassing themselves. Those small victories were not enough to make them stay until the complete end.
Victor had his arms crossed over his chest, he looked completely exhausted “Can’t wait to crash. Hero work isn’t as exhausting as this.”
Superboy agreed and M’gan chuckled.
“Where is Eduardo Dorado Jr.?” Forager asked, he looked nervous.
“Texted him a couple minutes ago, should be here soon.” Virgil looked at his phone.
Cassie bumped her shoulder against Virgil’s “He’s probably still out there with that Italian guy.” Her grin was wide.
“What Italian guy?” Tara asked.
Just as she asked that, a flash of gold shone next to Bart and Ed appeared, looking more than miserable and exhausted and quite angry.
Bart didn’t like seeing Ed like this ‘Haven’t seen that expression in a while.’
Ed sighed “Let’s get out of here.”
Cassie laughed and the group started walking.
Wonder girl grabbed Tara and started whispering to her.
Bart and Ed were at the end of the line.
The speedster spoke up “So, how’d it go with Antonio?” He made sure to say the name as pretentiously as possible and with a thick, fake Italian accent.
The Argentinian laughed, but the tired expression returned to his face quickly after “Don’t even want to talk about it...”
“So, pretty bad huh?”
Ed sighed, he’d started calming down, being around Bart always helped “That’s one way to put it.”
Bart put his hand on Ed’s shoulder.
The taller teen looked him in the eyes and smiled “Thanks.”
They continued their walk towards their rooms in silence.
Milan, Hotel Bulgari
April 22, 12:47 GMT+2
The speedster had woken up not too long ago, he’d fixed himself in the bathroom, then had promptly returned to bed and was scrolling through Flitter. Some of the interviews from the event had come out already and their fans were relentless with how much fun they’ve made out of them.
‘What’d we do to deserve such funny people liking us?’
He continued scrolling, until a picture of Ed from last night popped up. He was smiling, looking straight ahead, his eyes gentle.
Bart unconsciously lingered on the picture a bit longer than needed, then put his phone away and laid on his back. ‘Wonder if Ed’s feeling better since last night... Not being aware of a crush is definitely easier... ignorance truly is bliss.’
He turned away from his phone and looked out the large window, the sky was a lovely blue colour, the superheroes would be leaving soon. They have the rooms until the end of the day.
Just as Bart was growing annoyed with not doing anything, his phone vibrated. He quickly rolled over and grabbed it from the other side of the bed, it was a text from... Jaime.
Bart felt himself flush at the fact he was annoyed by a text by his mejor amigo, but it’s not his fault he was hoping for somebody else.
I’m blue da ba dee da baa DIE: How’s it going? 👀
Kid CRASH: 😑
I’m blue da ba dee da baa DIE: 👍
Kid CRASH: DONT JUST “THUMBS UP” ME
I’m blue da ba dee da baa DIE: What else am I supposed to do?!
Kid CRASH: wyd
I’m blue da ba dee da baa DIE: just finished a call with Traci 💙
Bart rolls his eyes, but in a loving matter, of course he was talking with his girlfriend. He got a bit sad at the end, but quickly averted his attention back to Jaime.
They continued to text about random stuff, until...
Kid CRASH: OMG ED JUST TEXED ME
I’m blue da ba dee da baa DIE: What did he say? Also calm down amigo
Kid CRASH: texted*
Kid CRASH: Just asking wyd and if I wanna hang out
I’m blue da ba dee da baa DIE: say yes?
Kid CRASH: of course I’m gonna day yes
Kid CRASH: say*
Kid CRASH: autocorrect 😑
I’m blue da ba dee da baa DIE: have fun, keep me updated 😎😉
Bart quickly switched to his chat with Ed.
EDgy: Wyd
EDgy: Wanna hang out
EDgy: ???
KA-CHOW: nothing
KA-CHOW: sure, where do u want to meet
EDgy: on this floor’s balcony?
KA-CHOW: see u in a flash ⚡️
EDgy: oof
Bart quickly got up from bed and put on his shoes. He looked at himself in the mirror and slowly left his room, like a regular person slow, annoying.
He had to walk from one side of the floor to the other and what’s worse is he had to do all that walking like a normal person would, because of secret identities and all that...
The speedster reached the balcony, the wall and the door were made completely out of glass. He noticed Ed leaning against the railing and looking down. Bart opened the door and started walking towards the Argentinian.
When he got close he got the urge to wrap his arms around Ed’s waist and pull him close, but quickly dismissed the thought with a slight blush and leaned against the railing next to Ed.
“Hey, amigo!” Bart smiled.
Ed looked at him “Took you long enough.” He teased.
Bart rolled his eyes, still smiling “Well, not my fault you got so used to my superspeed.”
Ed raised one eyebrow “Oh, yeah, like it’s not driving you nuts to have to do everything like a regular guy.”
Bart shook his head from side to side and firmly stated “Not at all, it’s actually refreshing.”
Ed continued to look at him with the same unbelieving expression.
Bart rolled his eyes and pushed himself away from the railing “Okay, a bit.”
He turned away and leaned against the metal, a silence stretched across them.
Bart leaned against Ed playfully then stepped away “A penny for your thoughts?”
The Argentinian looked up, the sun shining softly “Just thinking about last night.”
“Wanna talk about it?”
“I don’t know, man... the guy was just...” Ed’s expression was a mix between disgust and disappointment.
Bart put his hand on Ed’s shoulder “Okaaayyyy, sooo what happened?”
The other teen took a deep breath and looked down at the garden “First of all dude drags me away from you like nobody’s business with his oh-so-generous offer of advertising.” Ed was being satirical, but the annoyance was clear in his voice.
Bart’s heart almost skipped a beat at the ‘you’.
Eduardo continued “So he’s talking and talking and talking... and I’m, over there, trying to get the conversation back to the centre and the advertisements, you know, the thing we were actually supposed to discuss!” At this point Ed’s fist was on the railing.
Bart was listening to every word, his distaste for the Italian growing.
“At the same time he ain’t stopping being all touchy feely, I was trying to be all subtle and stuff, while moving away from him, you know, I didn’t want to explicitly tell him to go as far away from me as possible... because we were here for good press and what not.” The Argentinian was rolling his eyes and pushing himself away from the railing with his hands, his voice was growing angrier and his rant faster.
He leaned once more against the cool metal “The dude was pretending he’s Casanova or something, I thought he was flirting from the start, but I’m not good with the whole are they are they not flirting thing you know?” He turned towards Bart his expression quizzical.
“Oh, he was definitely flirting.” Bart responded immediately, his voice slightly more pissed off then he wanted it to be. His checks quickly turned a light shade of pink.
Ed’s as well, but he also had a small smile for a bit, until he continued with his rant “Anyways so first he drags me to dance which was sooooo annoying, but tolerable, I guess... Oh yeah! And we still aren’t talking about the thing we were supposed to, mind you, it probably has been like an hour, maybe more, it felt like too long...” The superhero was just sounding tired at this point.
Kid Flash rolled his eyes “What an ass.”
“I know right! Anyways finally the douche drags me to the garden and low and behold I finally get him to talk about the advertising! Turns you he doesn’t know anything! And I mean, anything about it! His mothers run the whole thing and he just gets money from them... he had absolutely no intention of helping me! And then he had the audacity to try and kiss me! Can you imagine?!” Ed’s hands were in the air and he was really angry.
Bart swallowed his own anger and asked “So what happened next?”
“Well I moved away and asked him “What are you doing?” Hoping that the awkwardness of the situation would make him leave, how naive of me! I don’t remember what he said, something cringey that sounded good only in his head and afterwards he tried once again.” Ed was talking fast, some words louder, some quieter, but all filled with anger.
El Dorado continued “I was literally saved from the text announcing we were leaving, I told him I was going, didn’t give him a chance to reply and teleported to the ballroom, then noticed you and teleported over there.” He finished his rant with a deep sight and leaned against Bart’s shoulder, resting his head against Bart’s “I just wished he hadn’t wasted my time and kept me from spending the evening the way I wanted to.”
“How did you want to spend it?”
Ed looked away from Bart, blushing slightly “You know, with...you.” The end of the sentence was quieter then the beginning.
Bart was blushing, but there was a smile on his face “I would’ve liked that.”
“Yeah?”
“Yeah.”
After a beat Bart continued talking “I mean sorry that dude basically lied to try and get into your pants... you deserve better.” He finished awkwardly, his blush intensifying.
Ed’s cheeks also darkened and he smiled “You always make me feel better, no matter what.” He looked straight ahead, the sun high in the sky.
Bart smiled and looked at Ed’s profile for a bit before also focusing on the horizon.
Ed once again leaned against Bart, the speedster slowly put his arm around the Argentinian’s waist and leaned against him.
They watched the blue sky and the sun as it’s beams illuminated the garden, feeling content and happy in each other’s presence.
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How can you describe Murdocks's personality?
Matt: “I’m an endless contradiction that’d never stand up to cross-examination, Foggy. Always thought that was part of my charm.”
Daredevil vol. 1 #353 by Karl Kesel, Cary Nord, and Christie Scheele
Matt’s personality is varied and complex, thanks to one of my favorite aspects of Big Two superhero comics: the fact that Daredevil has been around for 55 years and has been written by dozens of different people. The downside of this situation is the myriad continuity issues that plague these comics, but the upside is that it results in rich characters who have been explored from every possible angle, and Matt is (in my unbiased opinion) one of the best examples. The tone of the story being told tends to impact the way he behaves, and different writers have emphasized different sides of his personality based on their own interpretations of his character, but there is a lot that has remained consistent over the years.
Since his introduction, Matt has been characterized by fearless heroism; his origin story involves him leaping in front of an out-of-control truck to save a stranger’s life. He is called “the Man Without Fear” (and, heck, Daredevil) for a reason. He has a strong moral code and sense of justice that keeps him fighting for people in need. His childhood spent in a crime-ridden neighborhood, and his father’s murder while he was in college, both taught him hard lessons about how cruel and unforgiving the world can be. He knows how important law and justice are, and knows how often they fail, and so he is compelled to help people, both as a superhero and as a lawyer. He is extremely brave, and doesn’t hesitate to go to great lengths to achieve his goals. This is true in every aspect of his life– in his legal career as much as his superhero one.
“Stay calm.”
“The voice isn’t soothing. It’s stern-wry-stormy. A reckless say-your-prayers sign-your-will-before-crossing-it kind of voice. The attorney with the vocal attitude is Matthew Murdock. Known in legal circles to be something of a daredevil.”
Daredevil vol. 1 #380 by D.G. Chichester, Lee Weeks, and Christie Scheele
This ties into Matt’s adrenaline junkie tendencies. He isn’t just willing to take risks– he enjoys them! He’s an active, energetic guy, and both his blindness (and the ableism/societal expectations that came with it) and his father’s role in limiting his athletic activities as a kid further exacerbated his need for action. I can’t allow myself to get through a post like this without getting up on my usual soapbox and saying: regardless of what else may be going on in his life, on a fundamental level, Matt loves being Daredevil. Swinging through the city, fighting bad guys, and making a name for himself as a superhero fulfills his need for action, thrills, and empowerment, and has actually proven to be a key aspect of his mental health. Whenever Matt is bored, restless, stressed, upset, or doesn’t know what else to do, he will fling himself out the nearest window.
Matt: “Look! I’m not getting anywhere sitting around here… which means– it’s travelin’ time… for this bored little Man Without Fear! It’s true… it really is; out here, with the wind rushing past me, I come alive! For a short while, I have no problems, no worries– nothing but total freedom!”
Daredevil vol. 1 #125 by Marv Wolfman, Bob Brown and Klaus Janson
Foggy: “What are you doing?”
Matt: “I’m going out.”
Foggy: “Out there? To face them?”
Matt: “No. Out there. To do something worthwhile for someone.”
Foggy: “You’re a stubborn @?!*! You know that? You’re a stubborn @!?*!!”
Daredevil vol. 2 #34 by Brian Michael Bendis, Alex Maleev, and Matt Hollingsworth
At times, Matt has questioned whether this thrill, rather than the superheroics, is the real reason he is Daredevil, and it’s part of why I’m convinced he would have become a superhero even if Jack hadn’t been murdered.
Matt is extremely strong-willed and resilient. You can’t beat him down; even when he gets stomped into the dirt, he will not stop fighting. This has also been true since basically the beginning of the comic. One of his earliest character-defining issues is Daredevil volume 1 #7, in which Matt singlehandedly battles Namor the Sub-Mariner, and refuses to give up even when it’s clear that he has no hope of winning
Caption: “But, once again, the power of the Sub-Mariner is greater than any could suppose, and it is he who recovers first– while the Man Without Fear […] lies weak, and dazed, and helpless…! Yet, how can one measure the limitless courage of a fellow human? Although on the brink of unconsciousness– although racked with pain and fatigue– still the sightless crusader reaches out–!”
Matt: “Come back! You– you mustn’t fight the others–! They’re innocent– mustn’t be harmed– mustn’t–!”
Namor: “I have fought the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, and other super-powered humans, but none has been more courageous than he, the most vulnerable of all!”
Daredevil vol. 1 #7 by Stan Lee and Wally Wood
Matt’s life has been difficult to the point of becoming a running joke within Marvel comics. He has suffered a lot. But a key element of this suffering is showing how he survives it. For instance: many people point to the “Born Again” arc as an example of a depressing Daredevil story, but I don’t see it that way because it’s ultimately a celebration of Matt’s strength of spirit. There are two ways of being the Man Without Fear: there’s the swashbuckley Daredevilling, and there’s having the courage to keep fighting when all seems lost.
Matt’s superhuman willpower also has a negative side. He is stubborn and hardheaded to a frustrating degree. He has a big, sometimes overpowering personality, values his perspective above all others, and will frequently trample over/disregard the opinions of other people for the sake of doing what he thinks is right. This wholehearted confidence in his own judgment is vital for his hero work, but not so great for his personal relationships. It’s one reason why he mostly operates on his own as a superhero (it caused him to butt heads with Natasha Romanov while they were partners), and why he can also be a huge pain to work with as a lawyer. This is exacerbated by his secret-keeping– something he has done since he was young, long before he became a superhero or even had powers. One of the first things we learn about young Matt in DD #1 is that he snuck to the gym to train without Jack’s knowledge, hiding a key side of himself from his father, and he has maintained layers of secrecy– including crafting an array of aliases/alter egos– ever since.
Matt: “Even when I was first blinded, I never told anyone about my radar or my hypersenses. Not even my dad. I enjoyed having a big secret. When people make you feel like you’re weak and helpless, it’s empowering to know something they don’t. And, boy, did I need empowering. […] But here’s the truth: learned behaviors die hard. They become a comfort zone. So even though I grew older, and stronger, I somehow never let go of that need for the power of secrecy. And along the way, it went from survival skill to habit to… to…”
Foggy: “Emotional addiction. I can see that. You do love coming to the table with an ace up your sleeve. No wonder you took to law.”
Daredevil vol. 3 #22 by Mark Waid, Chris Samnee, and Javier Rodriguez
He puts up facades and keeps information to himself almost by instinct at this point. When things get bad, he shuts people out and turns inward. And he often displays what I’d call selfish selflessness– doing things he thinks are right while ignoring the fact that they may actually have harmful consequences. A major example of this is faking his death to keep his loved ones safe– something Matt has done on multiple occasions.
He is also an extremely emotional person. Matt feels things intensely, in more ways than one. He has clinical depression (which was established by Mark Waid in Volume 4), and he has been through a series of horrific mental breakdowns over the course of his career. Matt at his lowest points is erratic and often frightening. He becomes dangerously impulsive, sometimes emotionally abuses those around him, and is extra angry and violent as Daredevil.
Matt: “I don’t enjoy torture. But tonight I don’t care. In between the screams, I beat him. Like he was a heavy bag. And it feels good. I should feel sick. I should, but I don’t. I just feel more angry… ready for a new target.”
Daredevil vol. 2 #104 by Ed Brubaker, Michael Lark, Matt Hollingsworth, et al.
He has suffered immense loss over the course of his career-- mostly in the form of his array of dead girlfriends-- for which he blames himself (and to be honest, he does deserve at least some of that blame). He doesn’t always learn from the mistakes that leave his loved ones dead, but he still feels that grief very deeply.
On the upside, he’s also extremely passionate. He will do anything for the causes/people he cares about (even if he doesn’t always show it), falls in love fast, hard, and all-consumingly, and in general needs to have friends around him to keep him sane and happy. He is very smart but often lacking in common sense. He’s a charming flirt, a charismatic public speaker, a snarky punk to those who know him well, and he has a hilarious dry sense of humor that is 50% self-deprecation and 50% blind jokes.
Foggy: “Did you see this, Matt?”
Matt: “Foggy, how long have you known me?”
Foggy: “You know what I mean!”
Daredevil vol. 2 #76 by Brian Michael Bendis, Alex Maleev, and Dave Stewart
In short, he’s a hugely complex person in a way that I adore, flaws and all. I’m going to end with this quote from Foggy (well, Mark Waid), since it’s a personal favorite:
Foggy: “[Matt] will confound you. He will frustrate you. He will make your choices FOR you, he will manipulate you without CONSULTING you, and you will want to PUNCH him in his self-assured face at least ONCE AN HOUR. […] But he will care about you in a way that no one else ever could.”
Daredevil vol. 4 #5 by Mark Waid, Chris Samnee, and Javier Rodriguez
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A headcanon challenge
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My baby boi! I hope you enjoy! May contain spoilers for some.
Character: Okita Sougo
This Character is from: Gintama
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1. Real Name: Okita Sougo
2. Age: 18 for most of the series, 20 after the time-skip
3. Birthday: July 8
4. Family members: Unnamed parents (deceased), older sister Okita Mitsuba (deceased)
5. Relationships: On-going rivalry filled with sexual tension with Kagura, sees Kondou Isao as a father figure, hate-love-hate-hate relationship with Hijikata Toushirou
6. Hidden talent: a mastermind in coming up ways to kill a certain vice-commander
7. Their Job: A tax-robber First division captain of the Shinsengumi, a police officer
8. Hobbies: fight with Kagura, kill Hijikata, train, avoid work
9. Something they dream of doing: Becoming the leader of the Shinsengumi, he even has a name prepared: Kaiser Okita de Sade Sougo III a.k.a. Bakaiser. His real dream is to live a pretty ordinary peaceful life with the people he cares about.
10. A food they can't resist: There isn’t a specific food he can’t resist, but he can’t resist spicing up other people’s food with a couple bottles of tabasco
11. Favorite sport to play: anything with Kagura
12. Favorite sport to watch: anything with Kagura and Hijikata dodging his death traps
13. Religion: Karma is a bitch
14. Worst fear: to lose the person he loves the most, again. You know who I’m talking about.
15. Injuries: boi has a broken heart from losing Mitsuba: <
16. Something they dream of having: Kagura do-M
17. How they react under pressure: he pushes through
18. Hot or cold places?: doesn’t matter, Kagura brings the heat with her
19. What literature they enjoy: an occasional JUMP
20. What movies they would watch: Kiki’s delivery service (he likes Kiki), also anything gory will do, and because he loves her, Kagura’s favourite movies.
21. What music they would listen to: A remix of Hijikata’s screams
22. Morning schedule: up before dawn, train, nap, eat, nap, find China
23. An object that is important to them: his katana, with his sword he can protect his loved ones
24. A skill they are bad at: BEING OPEN ABOUT THEIR FEELINGS YOU BRAT. JUST FREAKING TELL HER
25. Something relaxing: after fight napping with Kagura
26. Pet-Peeve: anyone trying to hurt Kagura
27. Favorite holiday: Sakura festival
28. Favorite color: RED
29. Do they prefer simpler life, or more modern life?: doesn’t matter, which ever Kagura desires for them
30. Favorite animal: rabbit and miss piggy
31. 5 words to describe them: Sadist, loyal, fearless, stupid, smoking hot
32. Nationality: Japanese
33. A goal they have: to “kill” Hijikata
34. Where they would go on vacation: He would love to visit his home from the country side with a special someone
35. Where they live: at the Shinsengumi compound
36. Where they would like to live: With Kagura
37. How they would react to being the last person on the Earth: bored as hell
38. Do they like being in pictures?: He is very photogenic. Depending on his moody, he will make bunny ears for someone or act rather normally
39. A pet they had: None, he is affrais to get attached to anything
40. A person that gives them encouragement: K-A-G-U-R-A!
41. A person that demoralizes them: Also Kagura if he has done something extremely stupid
42. Something that angers them: Betrayal
43. Something that pleases them: ...Kagura...in many ways...
44. Political party/viewpoint: Catch all the Joui members
45. Preferred weapon: kiku-ichimonji RX-78 and a bazooka
46. Favorite type of weather: rain saddens his wife, so anything other than rain
47. 3 companions in a zombie apocalypse: Kagura, Kondou, Hijikata. He already has 459 plans to torment Hijikata.
48. Viewpoint on accepting help: stubborn af
49. The perfect day: a fierce fight with Kagura, winning the fight and claiming the award ;3 later
50. Something they want to learn about: Kagura’s thoughts on life. AW..sorry :P
51. Education: Kondo’s dojo
52. Favorite mode of transportation: a police car
53. Driving skills: Excellent
54. Favorite board game: anything with Kagura
55. How they react while in the spotlight: depends on his mood, he can be flashy or your worst nightmare
56. Did they inherit anything from their parents/guardians?: A caring heart, which he hides most of the time
57. A time they were lied to and haven't gotten over it: When that asshole dude was going to marry Mitsuba only to gain affiliation with the Shinsengumi
58. Something they tried out for/applied to but didn't make it: He proposed to Kagura, but she didn’t exactly answer him...
59. Favorite place to sleep: Kagura’s lap
60. Something they need to be corrected on: his behaviour
61. Have they kept a journal? How did it turn out?: He is too lazy for that
62. Something they are allergic to: Mayonnaise...I guess
63. Do they get lost easily?: No, he always finds Kagura. Uh, what was the question?
64. Favorite season: Spring
65. Do they listen to their instinct?: Hell yes
66. Are they easy to approach?: Hell no, unless you are a masochist
67. A type of art they would like: “Oi China! Send me nudes!”
68. Something they don't leave home without: katana and sleeping mask
69. Something they have a reputation for: being a sadistic asshole
70. Do they get into trouble often?: Many times the trouble comes to him
71. Do they easily accept advice?: NO
72. Their history: He is a country samurai who came to the big city with Kondo and his dojo members. At a very young age, he became a captain of the first division.
73. Do they deal well with pain?: physical yes, emotional no
74. Their reaction to receiving compliments: Depends on who it’s from
75. Do they swear a lot?: In beeeeeeeeeeeeeedd......sry :3
76. A place they go to think: to the park
77. How they would react to becoming blind (If the character is blind, then being able to see again): he would hone his skills with the sword to overcome his lack of sight
78. Something they collect: rivals
79. Something they're proud of accomplishing: becoming a captain
80. A secret they have: he knows it, don’t you wuss? TELL HER!
81. Are aliens real?: HIS WIFE IS AN ALIEN, yes
82. Which is better? Luck or skill?: Skill al the way
83. Would they rather money or happiness?: happiness
84. Would they rather be the shining knight, or the ferocious dragon?: he would be the ferocious knight, he doesn’t care about shining or dragons. He is more of an rabbit man
85. Are they competitive? Who would they have a rivalry with?: HAHAHAAA! Oh! I’m sorry, I can’t answer this : D
86. Something that disgusts them: again, betrayal, dishonesty
87. Are they a romantic?: yes, but that’s something for her eyes only
88. An unpopular opinion of theirs: he thinks that he is nothing more than a killer, no you’re not * o *
89. Someone they can relate to: Kagura, Nobume and please don’t tell him I’m saying this, Hijikata
90. The strangest thing they've ever seen: the sexiest? Oh, his future wife ofc.
91. The best dream they've ever had: well, it was about Kagura and there were some outfits involved, I don’t know, I wasn’t listening.
92. Something they could talk to anyone about: Die Hijibaka-san
93. What they would give to save someone's life: his life
94. Something they threw away that they wish they had kept: the last years of Mitsuba’s life, he regrets that they didn’t spent it together
95. Something they regret: see the previous answer
96. Someone they would be there for, no matter what: Kagura, Kondo, Hijikata
97. A bad habit: trying to kill Hijikata
98. An aroma they like: her scent
99. Something they wish they could do over: Kagura’s fake funeral, he got some new ideas to make them even worse
100. Who do they look up to?: Gorilla commander
Hehe, there you go :3
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“I make a mean highball.”
“No, thanks,” she replied. “I don’t drink.”
“You sure? I mean, I think it’s great you don’t drink and all, but it might help you relax.”
It's illegal to give minors alcohol; you could do jail time.
But then again, it's also illegal to keep people against their will, so...
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▶ 兄貴＋脳筋野郎
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弟子の次兄、長姉の双子弟。一見爽やかな王子スマイル。いわくただの脳筋。
天然かつお人好しなので弟を巻き込みながら様々なトラブルに首を突っ込んでいく。
弟思いだが、姉貴との顔合わせを設けるなど、いつも最後は姉貴に味方する。
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原初の魂に飲み込まれる脳筋野郎とは彼のこと。はぐれてしまった弟を探しているが、昔の事件により実は既に故人では、という噂も……。
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♦ GENDER／性 : Male 男
♦ SEXUALITY／性愛 : Pansexual 全性愛
♦ SPECIES／種族 : Hyur (mid ミドラン)
♦ Age／年齢 : 34
♦ Clothing／服装 : Outdoor アウトドア | Trad トラッド | Normcore ノームコア
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After presidents meet, Big Ten football still in limbo
The Guardian
At 43, Tom Brady seemed above common somewhat than nice on his Buccaneers debut
The six-time Tremendous Bowl champion will want some time to settle into a brand new system in Tampa. However time isn’t precisely on his sideIt is unimaginable to microwave a championship within the NFL. An excessive amount of goes into it. It’s why many an low season “winner” has blown aside in spectacular vogue: The Dream Group Eagles, the tanktastic Browns, numerous editions of the Jets.Flash-frying a title-worthy group is additional troublesome this season, because the Tom Brady led Tampa Bay Buccaneers confirmed on Sunday. The reshaped Bucs have been off the tempo in opposition to the New Orleans Saints, beset by particular person errors, sloppy penalties, a turnstile at left sort out, and an absence of velocity.It takes time for gamers to gel right into a group, all of the extra so while you’re coping with a batch of latest arrivals – most notably Brady and Rob Gronkowski – who’ve had success taking part in their manner.Shifting the ball seemed arduous for Brady for a lot of Sunday. It was just like the sensation that hovered over the Patriots throughout Brady’s closing stretch in New England. The whole lot felt somewhat off-beat. Staccato. A bit sluggish. The Bucs completed the sport with penalties totaling in extra of 100 yards, a traditional signal of an out-of-sync facet.The Bucs hung within the sport, by and huge, because of their protection (a gaggle that profiles as one of many 5 finest within the league) and a few baffling play-calling from the Saints. However there should have been a lingering sense of déjà vu for Brady, who watched this comparable script play out all through his closing weeks with the Patriots.This was all the time going to be the way in which. Brady and head coach Bruce Arians are attempting to wed two contrasting kinds. Brady introduced components of the Patriots blueprint with him to Tampa, however he pressed his previous model onto Arians’ run-n-gun system.Brady is betting on the Bucs’ ceiling. He’s betting on their personnel. This isn’t about Gronkowski, who was operating on fumes in opposition to the Saints after a 12 months away from the sport and gave the impression to be held collectively by robotic components and Scotch Tape, neither is it about Leonard Fournette or LeSean McCoy, a pair of gamers whose popularity far outweighs their worth to the group. That is about Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, and OJ Howard, the younger core who Brady is banking on to assist him roll again the years. There was all the time going to be teething issues. Brady, his new receivers and the offensive line are every studying one another’s idiosyncrasies. It’s the identical with the coach, too: Arians is a coach famed for limiting his tight ends within the passing sport; Brady is a quarterback who has spent the final decade ripping opponents aside over the center of the sector by focusing on tight ends. It took till deep into the second-half for the Bucs to begin to characteristic Gronkowski and Howard on Sunday – Gronkowski completed with simply three targets; Howard with 5.There isn’t any storyline we take pleasure in greater than ‘the previous man’s nonetheless bought it’. And Brady confirmed flashes of his previous self: in command on the line of scrimmage, pretty environment friendly, keen to problem all ranges of the protection. Fearless. Worryingly for Tampa, the errors that crept into his sport throughout that closing 12 months with the Patriots – the miscommunications, the inaccuracies, the turnovers – have been nonetheless there, too.That’s who Brady is lately, an above-average starter able to a drive or two of magic however liable to overlook wildly on a quick-out that prices the group six factors.> Janoris Jenkins jumps in entrance for the pick-6! Saints > >
: TBvsNO on FOX >
: NFL app // Yahoo Sports activities app: https://t.co/5o8cWoN1yf pic.twitter.com/59dxseKWNC> > — NFL (@NFL) September 13, 2020It will have been unfair to count on the Bucs to gel quick, on offense at the very least. The continuing pandemic has restricted the group’s follow time and eradicated the psychological and bodily reps that preseason would have offered.Nonetheless, while you signal a 43-year-old quarterback, you’re confessing that your championship window is 19 video games – if you happen to’re fortunate. And so each facet of the Brady-Arians relationship will likely be hyper-analyzed. The early returns weren’t nice. However the constructing blocks of one thing are there, and it will likely be enjoyable watching them attempt to determine it out.Brady and the Bucs should be a slow-burn. And as Sunday confirmed, they’ve a protracted option to go. Stat of the weekCam Newton’s 75 speeding yards have been probably the most by a Patriots quarterback since 1977.Sunday supplied the primary take a look at the post-Brady period Patriots. It was completely different, but it surely was efficient. “That is very environment friendly soccer and really simple soccer,” Tony Romo stated on the published of the Newton-led offense.As anticipated, the Patriots shifted the main target of the offense from a timing, passing-based offense into one revolving across the run. Newton was environment friendly by the air (15-19, 155 yards) and a bulldozer on the bottom – 75 yards and two touchdowns. The run and passing video games labored in good sync, with 80% of the group’s passing performs that includes play-action and all however three dropbacks that includes some sort of pre-snap motion or movement.Greater than that, Newton seemed comfy and wholesome. He could not fairly have his previous breakaway velocity, however he stays as keen as ever to provoke contact and to function the group’s energy runner. Few gamers may deal with the stress of changing one half of the Brady-Belichick partnership. Newton isn’t solely dealing with it, he’s embracing it. At this price, with Newton’s damage historical past, it’s more likely to be unsustainable. But it surely’s undeniably enjoyable. MVP of the weekRussell Wilson, QB, Seahawks. Is that this the 12 months that Wilson lastly will get the MVP award he deserves? The much-discussed ‘let Russ cook dinner’ offense was out in full drive in week one. Wilson responded along with his now-standard excellence, explosive and environment friendly in equal measure.Wilson accomplished 31 of 35 passes for 322 yards, with 4 touchdowns and no interceptions, because the Seahawks went to Atlanta and began the season with a dominant 38-25 win. Video of the week> it doesn’t matter what day what 12 months what century. browns are nonetheless the browns. pic.twitter.com/Vx3gsuisUO> > — Tony X (@soIoucity) September 13, 2020That is the Browns faking a punt in their very own half with a former rugby participant nicknamed the “Scottish Hammer”. Jamie Gillan fumbled the ball, and it didn’t get a lot better for the Browns the remainder of the way in which.It was a tough day for brand new Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski. Baker Mayfield by no means seemed comfy in Stefanski’s new offense. He was hitching all through the primary half, uncertain whether or not to belief his eyes or instincts. On protection, the Browns have been rolled by a Ravens facet that, as common, had every thing clicking behind Lamar Jackson.It’s a brand new regime, however watching the Browns continues to be a laborious expertise. You understand there’s expertise on the sector. And but all you possibly can assume is soccer shouldn’t be this tough. Quote of the week“If the Washington Soccer Group identify catches on and our followers embrace it then we’d be completely satisfied to have it as our everlasting identify” – Dan Snyder in an e-mail to the Wall Avenue Journal.Dan Snyder hardly ever, if ever, has a good suggestion. In reality, the world is a brighter place when he doesn’t communicate. However, this isn’t his worst. Coke. Twitter. Apple. Why not a sports activities group? Washington. Nothing else. As Justin Timberlake infamously retorted in The Social Community, “drop the ‘The.’ It’s cleaner.”Washington, a group for all town, maybe the nation; you possibly can see the advertising now. Whether or not a group in that metropolis may obtain such unity is open for dialogue. Elsewhere across the league– The Colts wished to signal Philip Rivers within the offseason, and signal Philip Rivers in all his glory they did. The Colts have been trailing by 4 with 5 minutes remaining and the size of the sector to drive. As night time follows day, Rivers threw a back-breaking interception. Rivers’ numbers during the last 10 years within the closing six minutes of one-score video games are terrible: he has accomplished simply 53% of his passes and has thrown 9 touchdowns to 23(!) interceptions. > Lions LB Jamie Collins was ejected after making contact with an official along with his helmet. pic.twitter.com/yvSAH5lwZ7> > — FOX Sports activities: NFL (@NFLonFOX) September 13, 2020– An early entry for the silliest ejection of the season: Jamie Collins, in making an attempt to reveal to an official how he was speared, wound up thumping his helmet into the official.– Adam Gase is in the midst of what’s turning into a really dynastic run. The Jets hiring in 2019 was the worst transfer of the season; and bringing him again in 2020 was the only most franchise-wrecking transfer of 2020. Jets followers will already be looking forward to subsequent season after their group have been rolled 27-17 by the Payments.– Aaron Rodgers seems to be set to stay it to Packers administration this season. Rodgers was calm and environment friendly within the early going in opposition to the Vikings after which caught fireplace in a manner solely Patrick Mahomes and Rodgers actually can. He completed 32-44 with 364 yards and 4 touchdowns in main the Packers to a 43-34 win over the Vikings. Put the quarterback controversy items on maintain for now.– A troublesome debut and loss for the No1 general decide, Joe Burrow. All of it seemed really easy when he scampered for a gap landing early in his skilled debut. However his Cincinnati Bengals picked first within the draft for a motive, and Burrow seems to be like he has loads of studying to do as he missed a number of open receivers for what would have been touchdowns. Nonetheless, he has greater than sufficient expertise to change into a drive within the league. — Like one of the best bunkers, Gardner Minshew is tank proof. The Jaguars’ plans to place themselves for the No 1 decide in subsequent 12 months’s draft (most likely Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence) have been dealt a blow by their budding second-year, almost-star. Minshew completed 19-20, throwing for 173 yards and three touchdowns, with a complete bunch of that manufacturing coming off-script.
from Growth News https://growthnews.in/after-presidents-meet-big-ten-football-still-in-limbo/
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Message in the video:
1) 0:16 Taylor's old reputation is dead.
2) 0:29 Tilted statue (may refer to one of Kanye West's tilted concert stage)
3) 0:30 Gravestone next to swift reads 'Nils Sjoberg' the ghostwriter name she used while writing Calvin Harris' "This is What you Came for"
4) 0:34 Old "Fake" Taylor is dead.
5) 0:36 1 Dollar Note in bathtub refers to Taylor's recent 'groping case' in which she won 1 dollar.
6) 0:47 Diamond jewels possibly referring to Kim K's jewelry heist.
7) 0:54 Snakes obviously to refer how everyone calls her a snake.
8) 0:56 The handle of the seat reads "Et Tu Brute" (under Taylor's nails) meaning "You too Brutus" (From The Play 'Julius Caesar') possibly refers to how Kim stabbed her back by releasing the recorded phone calls. You can read the same on the pillar at 0:58
9) 1:16 She is mocking at Katy Perry, you can see the resemblance
10) 1:16 The Grammy shows how Taylor has so many Grammys while Katy has none.
11) 1:19 The neckband on the animal reads 'K' possibly referring to Katy
12) 1:39 Taylor's shirt reads Blind for Love possibly showing how she falls for so many guys.
13) 1:49 Taylor is robbing the "streaming companies" (Spotify, etc)
14) 1:52 The media portrays Taylor as the boss of the squad and her model friends as the submissive robots.
15) 1:56 The LED screen reads "Squad" referring to Taylor's squad.
16) 2:14 Possibly the same set from Blank Space
17) 2:18 'I love TS' shirt referring to the shirt Tom Hiddleston wore once. She mocks at him.
18) 2:28 All the old Taylor's trying their best efforts to reach the top (reputation) but the new Taylor is too strong and beats them all.
19) 2:31 "13" was Taylor Swift's lucky number and used to write it on her hand and drums during concerts.
20) 2:37 Taylor's shirt reads Ryan (Reynolds) and Blake (Lively) (referring to the double date) It also reads Selena (Gomez) her BFF and her friends "Martha" (Hunt) and "Este."
21) 2:55 The shirt also reads Todrick (he is starring in this video as a dancer)
22) 3:41 The plane means Taylor's reputation is only the money she has. (Maybe)
23) 3:43 The shirt reads names of her squad members (Todrick, Selena, Este, Ed, Danielle, Alana, Blake, Ryan, Martha)
24) 3:45 Taylors overly surprised reaction when she wins awards.
25) 3:55 If she is kind she is "fake", if she is sad "shes playing victim" and if she is fearless "she is a snake"
26) 4:02 Getting receipts (shade at Kim) Also shade at Katy's lyrics for Swish Swish :- "She keeps receipts"
27) 4:08 "I'd very much like to be excluded from this narrative" Her reaction to the Kanye's "Famous" lyrics drama. Also the VMA (shade at Kanye)
28) 4:10 "Shut up" The response she received for avoiding the fight
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