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fakeloveaskblog · 2 years

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Hi!

sometimes i forget tumblr exists and i was indeed away

i just caught up to the story and f uck it was an emotional journey i will never recover from

can os please have an infinite infestation of tiny snails just everywhere for the rest of time because i hate him more than virgil

the watchers gc is absolutely spooky, with lil cobwebs and that one halloween font with orange and black and such, but the ringtone is horrificly contrasting to the layout, like lady gaga or smth

im so proud of remus! that is always a hard realisation and acceptance process, and to tell virgil like that was stunning.

Lukas i freakin love your writing, characterisation and just your way of making me feel deep emotions. you are so cooll

janus calling virgil goofy. thats it.

fellow british??

remy should stay at rowans place, i would love to see the conversations that happen

I hope you enjoy your break/vacay!!!!! You definetely deserve it :)) hopefully i will send more asks if i remember, gotta love short term memory

-🐌🕸

(hello C: welcome baaack. I'm back from my break as well and my dad has covid so I got lots of indoor quarantine time to write. Also Thanks!! im so glad you like my writing <33 i was kinda nervous i wouldn't be able to make it like emotionally strong enough after all the buildup so its really reasuring to hear

With your vote it is now a tie. 1 for Remy staying with Janus and 1 for Remy staying with Remus & Rowan. Either another person votes or I'll have to flip a coin fhjdk

btw ive seen some askblogs have like taglists. i can make a taglist for this blog if y'all want to? for memory help nd stuff)

Oswald was in the middle of brushing his teeth when he first noticed a tiny snail crawl on his hand. It moved onto the toothbrush and stopped to turn it's small snail head towards him.

It surprised him enough to make him drop the toothbrush into the sink. He took a step back and saw an entire horde of similarly tiny snails moving around his feet.

It barely took him a second of thinking before he grabbed onto the nearest heavy object and started swinging against any snail he could see. When he thought he had smacked one into a gooey little puddle he did a small smile to himself. But when he looked again the snail was still there. It stood still and stared directly up into his eyes.

He smacked the snail again and nothing changed. It was like the object simply went through it.

Oswald looked between the object in his hand and the many many snails on his floor before deciding to simply have a cigarette break.

"Ozzie you wouldn't mind cutting the fish you're supposed to instead of the table?" Oswald's coworker asked "The feeding is in 5 minutes, you know this! Are you high. Please don't tell me you're high. Last time a coworker was high here he nearly cut off his hand"

"It's a bit hard to focus on cutting fish heads when there is an infestation of snails all around me Brenda" He replied.

He chopped off one of the dead fishes' head while looking at her. It was muscle memory by now. She squinted at him.

"What snails?"

"Oh ha ha. You got me. Everyone is laughing. Good joke"

"There are three buckets of dead fish on the table but no snails and you better be finished with those three buckets in 5 minutes because I have a school class out there waiting to see some sharks snack on fish"

The coworker hadn't even had time to fully leave the room when Oswald muttered out some very mean words about her quite loudly. Something like "Din jävla hora"

"I can tell management if you insult me" She said while leaving.

"You can't prove anything sweetie!" He loudly replied in a fake cheery tone "Especially if it's in another language!"

"Just as a warning here, you're not afraid of octopi are you? Because I do have a little fella" Oswald asked.

"How the fuck should I know. Never seen one"

"I will take that as a no"

He had his hand gently intertwined with a short person as he lead them to his apartment. They were 20 years old. Give or take a few years. Looked a bit younger because of how tiny they were. They’d met only a couple hours ago.

He only let go of them to unlock the apartment door before holding it open for them. They ooohed and aaahed at the clean home.

"And it's still free? Like you haven't changed your mind in the latest minute since I asked? I can just like stay?"

"Of course. It's no trouble at all. I have people crashing at my place constantly" He sent them a warm look "I just can't stop myself from helping when I see someone in need. I barely use the couch anyway!"

They excitedly shook his arm around "Thanks Os!!! Just the thought of having to couch crush for like a month before being able to move into my new place was really tearing at my nerves!"

They threw their arms around him. He loosely hugged them back and moved one of his hands to pet the top of their head.

"Now you only have to crash on one singular couch. Or you can take the bed. I don't min-"

"Are those also your..pets?" They suddenly asked. They pressed themself a bit closer to him.

"What are you referring to dear?"

"The uhm the snails" They looked around the room "How are there so many. What the- Where- Why would you even have this many. And you let them just roam around? Don't they- Don't they like eat cables? And clothes? And uhh bite on human fingers?"

He let up into a laugh "Snails? Don't be silly. Look sometimes large amounts of stress can just make your brain go a bit weird. Make you see things that aren't there"

"THe snail just touched me! It touched me! I can feel it!"

He tightened the hug. Just enough so they wouldn't notice. "All you need is some sleep, dinner, maybe a warm bath. You'll feel muc-"

"I- I think I just remembered a friend of mine said I could stay with him- yeah- I'll just uhm like call him-"

They pushed themself away from him and shook a few snails away from their foot before letting out a hasty goodbye as they rushed out of the apartment.

Oswald let out a long sigh and rubbed his forehead as he could feel a headache start to kick in. He half assedly tried to step on one of the snails which of course didn't seem affected by it in the slightest.

"So now you decide to be visible huh" He muttered "Are you snails suddenly allergic to girls perhaps. Hopefully you're allergic to hammers as well"

#🐌🕸#ask #thanks for the ask <3

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stuffgptsays · 3 years

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Donald Trump Leaked Unedited 60 Minutes Interview Transcript

My prompt:

Lesley Stahl: (00:00) Are you ready for some tough questions?

Donald Trump: (00:02) You're going to be fair.

Lesley Stahl: (00:03) Are you sure I'm going to be fair?

Donald Trump: (00:04) Just be fair.

Lesley Stahl: (00:06) But last time I remember you saying to me, "Bring it on. Bring it on here."

GPT-3 takes it from here:

Donald Trump: (00:13) No, I'm not looking for that. I'm looking for fairness. That's all. You know what I mean? But if you want to do a show where we're being very unfair and you can go out there and say whatever the hell you want, bring it on. We'll be honest with each other. If you don't like it, then just leave us alone. Just leave us alone. It's fine.

Lesley Stahl: (00:17) So let's start off by asking you about your own children. Your oldest son Donald Jr., he says he doesn't think his father is racist at all.

Donald Trump: (00:23) He's my son. He knows me better than anybody.

Lesley Stahl: (00:27) Your daughter, Ivanka, says the same thing.

Donald Trump: (00:30) She's my daughter. She's my daughter.

Lesley Stahl: (00:33) She said also, "He's not a racist." But we have a tape of you from a ...

Donald Trump: (00:37) Yeah.

Lesley Stahl: (00:29) From a while back.

Donald Trump: (00:30) Uh-huh (affirmative).

Lesley Stahl: (00:31) From a while back, that people might think is racist.

Donald Trump: (00:34) Yeah.

Lesley Stahl: (00:35) Why should people believe you that you're not, when you ...

Donald Trump: (00:38) Well I think it's a lack of judgment. I mean, you're referring to a situation where it was just people in my district, who feel a certain way. They're passionate about the crime that is happening in their area. And they were all endorsing me, for the most part. And then they heard this. And some of them hadn't even heard this, 'cause it was a busy area. But they heard this one speech where thousands and thousands of people were going down to the World Trade Center, where the mosque was going to be opened up and make whatever they were going to use it for. And they all said, "We don't want that to happen."

Lesley Stahl: (00:59) But when you see that video now and you hear it, what do you think? Is that something you could defend? Do you ...

Donald Trump: (01:04) I mean, I can't defend everything I've ever done. And I can't defend everything that's been said. But you're talking about a speech that was very effective.

At this point I interject with an exchange about a naughty seagull:

Lesley Stahl: (01:09) Hold on a minute...we've got a seagull in the studio. Mr. President, there's a seagull. How did it get in here?

Donald Trump: (01:15) Oh [expletive]. Oh [expletive] not a [expletive] seagull. Get it out of here.

...and GPT-3 takes over again below:

Lesley Stahl: (01:20) Get out of here. That's the last time I feed Brenda Crumb's dog, you know?

Donald Trump: (01:26) Who's Brenda Crumb?

Lesley Stahl: (01:27) Oh, she's a writer from Richmond. She's down in the audience.

Donald Trump: (01:30) Get this seagull out of here.

Lesley Stahl: (01:33) It flew in from that opening at the window.

Donald Trump: (01:35) Well, fix the window.

Lesley Stahl: (01:36) There's the seagull. Mr. President, be careful, there's a seagull in your hair.

Lesley Stahl: (01:40) Get it out of your hair!

Donald Trump: (01:42) Get it out of my hair.

Lesley Stahl: (01:43) Oh my God.

Lesley Stahl: (01:45) Oh my goodness.

Donald Trump: (01:47) This is a nightmare! This is disgraceful!

Lesley Stahl: (01:52) This is a nightmare.

Donald Trump: (02:05) What's happening? I'm covered in [inaudible] gull droppings. Look at my hair! It's disgusting!

Lesley Stahl: (02:05) Let's just end this whole thing. I'm sorry, President Trump. I don't think this was a good idea, you know?

Donald Trump: (02:12) Not a good idea. That's the understatement of the century.

Lesley Stahl: (02:16) This is a nightmare.

Donald Trump: (02:26) Not for you. For me, this is a nightmare.

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im-immortal · 5 years

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author interview//tagged

tagged by: @neversleepingever <33

name: Brenda // penname SquishyCool

fandoms: former iCarly // current & hardcore TWD Bethyl

where you post: FFN and AO3 but I prefer AO3 these days.

most popular oneshot: Breathe. Please. -- written for bethyl smut week and set in season 8/9-ish. A really heartbreaking but happy take on the whole Beth lives/reunion with Daryl” concept.

most popular multi-chapter story: Most Wanted -- this is my most popular fic ever to date. Also my longest. Completely AU and set in 2017 in which the Greene Family runs a multi-million dollar meth operation out of their farm and church for nearly the entirety of Beth’s life. Then they get busted days after she turns 18 and she accidentally murders Detective Shane Walsh. She’s forced to flee in the dead of night. Maggie and Hershel and everyone else is arrested and she’s completely alone, travelling to NYC because it’s the first place that comes to mind. And in NYC, she happens to move in with a single dad named Daryl who has a very adorable toddler and a very nosy female neighbor.

favorite story you wrote: The Crow’s Song -- I fucking love this fic because I spent a year writing it and it was borne from a very simple prompt for bethyl smut week and then it turned into a 70k~ word, 9-chapter fic that took me on a wild ride of emotions as I poured my soul into it. It’s all about Beth evading her Grady kidnappers and getting a few more days in the funeral home alone with Daryl. Except, not everything is quite as it seems...

story you were nervous to post: picking @ scabs -- this fic was written purely on a whim and it was more of a form of self-therapy than anything. I had no idea if anyone would even like it or if it even made any sense but I wrote it purely for me and then it became one of my most popular fics. I write for it whenever I’m feeling a certain type of way. Because it’s modern day AU and Beth and Daryl have already been together for 4 years and then broken up and Beth is a fucking mess and Daryl is a mess but he’s trying to not be a mess and... yeah. Lots of feels. And dirty sex.

how you choose your titles: it always depends. sometimes it will be something that encompasses a general theme of the story or just something simple that’s easy to remember (like Yellow Bikini and Carnival Games). with p@s, i got that title from one of emily kinney’s instagram captions. TCS had several different titles before i settled on something that i had to sit and brainstorm for 2 hours. otherwise, i tend to try to stick to titles that are easy to remember yet intriguing.

do you outline: oh yes! but when i outline always varies. sometimes i’ll write 5 whole chapters before i even sit down and create an outline. but i always need an outline so i don’t forget any ideas or certain plot points that might get lost in the mix.

complete: 7 for TWD // a lot more for iCarly (but only a few of those I’m actually proud of lmao)

in-progress: ugh... 6. that are published! i have a couple others that aren’t even posted but had to be started // 2 on hiatus // 4 that i’m currently working on and sporadically updating --

Don’t Make Me Haunt You - AU where Beth is haunted by Merle’s ghost & must find Daryl in order to help him cross over. 7 chapters written so far & going strong.

Most Wanted - 550k+ words & 64 chapters & we’re just starting to get into the juicy stuff...

picking @ scabs - ugh i love love love this fic but i have to be in the right headspace for it. however, i have a couple more chapters written and waiting to be edited...

Crossing Galaxies - super cheesy AU where Beth is an alien and Daryl is... not quite like everyone else on earth. they fall in love and have a picturesque relationship until Beth reveals her true heritage and reasoning for finding him. and then all hell breaks loose. i really need to update this one lmao

coming soon/not yet started: 1) Valentine’s Day AU where Beth and Daryl meet at a bar after they both get stood up and then they decide to have a little fun by faking a proposal and getting free drinks from every bar they visit. and 2) weird stockholm syndrome/PTSD/abuse victim/survivor AU where Daryl meets Beth in a cafe where she’s supposed to be reading her poetry on stage and she’s shocked that he has no idea who she is; as it turns out, she has one hell of a past but he can’t help except to be completely enamored with her.

do you accept prompts: yeah but i can’t promise i’ll actually write them. i’m pretty terrible about that. unless you’re okay with drabbles lol

upcoming story you are most excited to write: the fic i’ve temporarily titled “survivor AU” because it’s different and serious and a lot more intense in a realistic way than anything else i’ve ever written.

tagging: @weapon13whitefang @writerloverpsycho-pomp @leighj11 (everyone else i can think of has been tagged & also sorry if you’ve already been tagged lmao)

#bethyl fanfiction #writing #im-immortal writes #i was tagged

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knitmoregirls · 5 years

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Social Proofing - Episode 542 - The Knitmore Girls

This week's episode is sponsored by:

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We all have it, we all snicker about it.

Fun Fur.

Whether it’s eyelash, boucle, or just generally furry, it’s hard to find projects for novelty yarn.

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Books plus knitting plus happy memories. That’s Little Skein in the Big Wool. We make kits, yarn and project bags that bring your favorite stories to life. Find *your* favorite story at littleskein.com

On the Needles:(0:34)

Thank you, LittleSkeinAnne for co-hosting in Mom's absence!

** admin update. Episodes 101-491 aren’t available until we finish admin work on them.

The body of Jasmin’s Dissent Cardigan is complete, first sleeve is done, second sleeve is past the

halfway point.

Anne is knitting an Ama sweater in her hand-dyed Merino Sport.

Jasmin is still casting on a Panjereh top by Christina Danaee out of Neighborhood Fiber Co Studio sock

Anne cast on a Pebbles & Pathways Sock, designed by heybrownberry, in her Smooth Sock club

colorway “Marilla’s Amethyst Brooch.” (This is for Sock School)

Jasmin mentions Diane (Lady Dye Yarns) and a Rhinebeck Garment MAL we're collaborating on! We

talk about a Rhinebeck Lonely Hearts type club.

Jasmin is making some slow progress on her Viajante. Jasmin mentions getting to see Patti LuPone in

concert, and Brenda's French Soul Food (restaurant).

Jasmin mentions her Tundra pullover.

Most of Anne’s knitting time has gone to an upcoming kit sample (Hiirnaqtuq) designed by Caroline Dick

which is inspired by a children’s book about an Inuktitut mother’s love for her child and their arctic landscapes.

Anne finished a two-night project: Alfalfa (baby) Hat by Kate Gagnon Osborn.

In Stitches (22:39)

San Francisco summer means Karl the Fog and sweater weather. Anne has been wearing her Birkin

sweater (now steeked into a cardigan), Ursa by Jacqueline Cieslak (bulky cropped pullover, knit in a

bright ruby red grapefruit color for cheerfulness in the damp grey weather), Water & Stone by

Veera Valimaki, and her Soldotna Crop by Caitlin Hunter.

Jasmin wore her Sprig pullover in San Francisco.

Anne has also been wearing two different styles of the Odacier “Thea Rachelle Raglan” pattern, both

are short sleeve, and one is regular mid-hip length and the other is tunic length and she made it to wear

under her Soldotna. Both are made from Kaufman Essex Yarn-Dyed Linen.

Jasmin talks about Rick Mondragon's Knit to Fit class, and proportion.

Events: (33:04):

- #ChooseYourOwnAdventureKAL is ongoing. Anne mentions Amy Herzog's CustomFit.

- Stash Dash :May 24 till August 24. Hosted by the Knitgirllls

- May 31 till end of August: Two Ewes Not Along

Not knitting, crochet, spinning or weaving

-Tour de Fleece: July 6-28,

Mother Knows Best:(37:14)

This week we answer a question from the "What do you want to hear about?" thread about how we

squeak in our knitting time. Where do you find time to knit?

Jasmin talks about Sultana.

When Knitting Attacks:(47:52)

Anne’s beagle attacked her ball of Do or Donut.

Review:(56:14)

Online Activism for the Conflict Averse

Anne’s Instagram: @littleskeinanne

Book recommendations: So You Want to Talk about Race by Ijeoma Oluo and White Fragility by

Robin DiAngelo

Anti-racism educators: Where Change Started, Layla Saad, Rachel Cargle

Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain

- If you're consuming their writing, please buy your teachers a KO-FI.

- Engage in social proof. (Hit the like button) Signal boost posts from people of color.

- Diversify purchases and buy from POC.

- Cartoon of Equality, Equity, Justice

- If you have a question, start with googling your question.

- What is tone policing? (Don't tell a person of color that they would be more effective, if they were "nice")

- Signal boost salient comments, so they rise to the top

- The "An Unfinished Object" blog, Follow it, and support it

Tour de Fleece:(1:35:58)

Driveband and WW woes. Genevieve drop spindles! Jasmin mentions sewn drive bands.

Join Team Sasquatch if you haven't done so already.

Also, be mindful of your body. Ergonomics. Make sure you are Knitting Comfortably

Check out this episode!

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ddagent · 5 years

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What's your fandom history?

Oh god, okay.

I’ve written fic for so many different shows/fandoms its difficult to count (but definitely over 30). But here’s a rough-ish timeline for my fandom exploits:

Started reading Stargate Atlantis fanfiction in 2005. My first awful, awful stories were in this fandom.

I jumped to Spooks in 2006, and lived on one of the major forums for a while. I did take part in the postcard campaign that made TPTB return Ruth to us. I have yet to see series 10, and I continue to be happy with that decision.

I was in the House md fandom for a while (Huddy shipper) and that was my first real experience of ship wars.

I also dabbled with Babylon 5 (again forums) and the Hannibal (book/film, never the tv show) fandom for a while.

My friend, the lovely @newtinaonthebounty, got me into Battlestar Galactica in 2009. Made tons of good friends, wrote some RPF (which I’m not proud of) and fell in love with Mary McDonnell. Which led me to my next fandom:

The Closer, in 2010. Was obsessed with Will/Sharon, and Brenda/Andy. Introduced me to case fic. I was still a huge fan of Mary, and used to watch For All Time a lot, which is how I developed a fixation on Mark Harmon and:

NCIS. 2011. Was a Jibbs shipper from the get go, three years after Jenny had been killed off. It was only last October that we realised @asfarascruithne and I had something else in common! And this is where I first met @oliviascrains!

After getting onto tumblr and seeing gifs, I began watching OUAT and fell madly in love with Rumbelle, and their associated ships (Anyem, specifically Hiero/Ives). I fell out of love with the show in series 3, and stopped watching in series 4. This is also because I started:

Agents of SHIELD! Began watching when S1 first aired, but stopped because of May/Ward. Got back into it the following summer. Reunited with @oliviascrains, and met @righteousnerd who is one of my absolute favourite people. I still watch AOS, but stopped writing for them around two years ago. Which, of course, had nothing to do with:

Holby City. One of my friends from BSG started posting gifs, and I got interested in what would happen when Bernie returned from Kiev. I wrote my first fic on the 6th of December, 2016, and haven’t looked back!

Now that they’ve put a pin in canon!berena, it would make sense to jump to a different fandom. But a lot of my fandoms have always infuriated me with canon, and made it difficult to write. So I’m looking forward to hanging out in a permanent hiatus fandom, and working on my original stuff!

That is the dream, of course. To one day have a fandom for my own work!

(bonus shoutout to @crazymaryt who I’ve been sharing fandoms with for years!

#scifisiren #question time

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cheap-pack-of-cigarettes · 5 years

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My Christmas Playlist🎅🏻🎄

here’s my very holly jolly christmas playlist filled with 45 songs so grab some eggnog, hang some lights, and get ready to party

Also, there are 3 doubles bc I like both versions

❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️

1. All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carrey

2. Last Christmas - Wham!

3. White Christmas - Bing Crosby

4. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love

5. The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole

6. Happy X-Mas (War Is Over) - John Lennon

7. Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney

8. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause - Jackson 5

9. Rockin Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee

10. Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley

11. Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms

12. Feliz Navidad - José Feliciano

13. This Christmas - Donny Hathaway

14. Do They Know It’s Christmas? - Band Aid

15. Do They Know It’s Christmas? - Band Aid30

16. Please Come Home for Christmas - The Eagles

17. A Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives

18. Frosty the Snowman - Jimmy Durante

19. Roudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer - Gene Autry

20. Christmastime Is Here - Vince Guarldi Trio

21. Sleigh Ride - The Ronettes

22. Run Rudolf Run - Chuck Berry

23. Jingle Bells - Frank Sinatra

24. It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams

25. There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays - Perry Como

26. Merry Christmas Darling - The Carpenters

27. Let It Snow - Dean Martin

28. Let It Snow - Frank Sinatra

29. Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt

30. I’ll Be Home For Christmas - Doris Day

31. The Prayer - Andrea Bocelli & Celine Dion

32. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Sam Smith

33. Oh Holy Night - Celine Dion

34. Little Saint Nick - The Beach Boys

35. Winter Wonderland - Johnny Mathis

36. Silver Bells - Andy Williams

37. It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas - Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters

38. It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas - Michael Bublé

39. Thank God It’s Christmas - Queen

40. Santa Clause Is Coming To Town - Bruce Springsteen

41. Dominick The Donkey - Lou Monte

42. The Christmas Waltz - Frank Sinatra

43. Cold December Night - Michael Bublé

44. Baby, It’s Cold Outside - Margaret Whiting

45. Believe - Josh Groban

💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚

#merry christmas #christmas #christmastime #christmas music #🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻

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whothefuckiscassandracain · 6 years

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Post Crisis Cassandra Cain - A Summary

Well, folks, this is it – we have gone through all of Cassandra’s Post Crisis material (at least that of certain chronology)! What a ride! Now it is time to take one more look at the tag counter, before we reset everything for the New 52/Rebirth. Without further ado, here’s the final tally (with changes from the previous counter summary in brackets):

Aphasia: 88 (+16)

Living Emoji: 78 (+2)

Little Lady Of War: 53 (+13)

Batdad: 52 (+6)

Batmom: 50 (+6)

Dubious Characterization: 49 (+33)

Fast As Lightning: 45 (+3)

Fiercely Assertive Protector: 26 (+1)

Ghost Of Failures Past: 25 (+9)

Symbolism!: 24 (+6)

Creepy Bat: 24 (+8)

Cass Sass: 23 (+9)

Plight Of Permanent Perfectionism: 14

Better Off Dead: 13

Unusual mannerisms: 9

Made Of Steel: 9

Retchcon: 9 (+9)

Ballet Battler: 2

Spells ‘Team’ With An ‘I’: 2

First of all, as we can see, there were some traits to Cass’ character that can best be labelled as a case of Early Installment Weirdness and disappeared from her characterization after her defeat of Shiva.

Secondly, damn that Retchcon and Dubious Characterization counter! Late Post Crisis was really not kind to Cass, with Beechen in particular running her into the ground at every opportunity. Even just looking at it now hurts.

Thirdly, ignoring all the crappy Retchcons and Dubious Characterization, we now have a very clear picture of who Cass is. Her most defining traits remain:

Her aphasia, which resulted in her being very expressive with her body language and continued being an issue of varying degrees of severity, even after she learned to understand spoken language. Cass does not give grand speeches and reading is a very taxing process for her, but she did improve over the course of her Post Crisis history.

Her insane combat skills (Little Lady Of War), which, combined with her very assertive style of handling problems, her insane speed, and her very tacit nature, often caused people to be at least intimidated and sometimes even downright terrified of her.

Her tendency to blame herself for past failures, whether they are people she failed to save or mistakes she made while on the job. This is especially relevant since Cass’ loyalty is not towards any one person, but towards what the bat symbol represents.

Her tendency to sass out her opponents (and sometimes allies) with what little words she uses.

Now, as for her relationship with the Batfam, the following can be said in summary:

Bruce was both a mentor and a father figure to her, from the beginning to the end, with varying degrees of heartwarming/jerkish behavior. The latter was usually a result of post Jason’s death causing Bruce to be an emotional brick and put the mission before everything else. For most of the story… Cass did not mind all too much, at least if you can ignore Beechen’s retcons, although she was still happy about her eventual adoption. That said: if you ever want to trigger the Batdad in Bruce, let someone catcall after Cass and he’ll probably break the guy’s jaw.

Barbara was essentially Cass’s mother figure and trying very hard to nurture Cass’ civilian identity, much in contrast to Bruce’s and Cassandra’s approach. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Cass established a similar, if brief, relationship with Brenda while in Blüdhaven – another redhead with a kind, but firm approach to encouraging Cass to actually live her life for her own sake. It is a crying shame that the Barb and Cass had very few interactions after War Games, but it is hardly surprising, given that DC was in the process of writing almost every single woman/girl in the Batman stories out of these stories. One thing that should be mentioned: barring that single brain fart in Birds of Prey Vol 2, Barbara has always had Cass’ back, even during times when other members of the family did not trust her.

Speaking of which: Dick Grayson. Oh boy. This relationship started relatively neutral, with Dick being very much ok with Cass in their first interaction, despite Cass’ disability and her related quirks. Then it became heartwarming on screen, with Dick quickly coming to Cassandra’s aid and making sure she was okay during the “Soul” drug storyline in Batgirl and being very upset when she let him hit her during the Bruce Wayne: Murderer? storyline, as well as off screen, since he apparently acted out all the parts of Cinderella for her at one point. Then it took a complete nose dive into the opposite direction following Cass’ asinine turn to evil, which led to Dick being openly hostile towards her and not trusting her with… well, pretty much anything. It took Alfred shouting at him to reconcile the two and while their last few interactions were of the reasonably friendly nature again, it was too little too late. What a mess.

As for Tim, he went from not trusting her during their initial interaction to gradually accepting her as a member of the family to being very supportive of her and a very good friend, especially following War Games, when the two of them worked together in Blüdhaven. In contrast to Dick, Tim was much more willing to forgive Cass for her actions during her turn to evil and maintained a good, friendly relationship with her, even after she moved to Hong Kong. He was the one who gave her the Blackbat suit and reminded her that she was family and he was also the one who worked with her the most. Last but not least, he did not put up with Damian’s bullshit about Cass in Gates of Gotham. Good job, Tim! You’ve been a very good brother to Cass.

Speaking of Damian, he had very little interaction with her and went from “she sounds wonderful” before they met to being very abrasive towards her after they met and calling her “spineless, naïve and fragile”. Honestly, it comes across very unconvincingly and much more like Damian’s bruised ego trying to defend himself from someone who does actually live up to her reputation may be legitimately better than him in certain aspects. Either way, there is not much love lost between the two of them.

Next up: Stephanie. During their first meeting, Cass was rather cold towards Stephanie, mostly because of their difference in skill level. Cass’ concern about Stephanie not being strong enough to do the job remained for a long time, but she still grew to like and respect her as a friend and partner eventually, to the point where Stephanie could arguably be called Cass’ best friend. They chatted about boys, they played rooftop tag together, they discussed important changes in their lives, such as Stephanie becoming Robin. During War Games, Cass wanted to go looking for Steph because she was worried about her and only didn’t because Bruce promised he’d do it instead. Steph’s ‘death’ hit Cassandra hard, to the point where she hallucinated Stephanie being the one to greet her and comfort her on the other side of the pearly gates during two (near)death experiences. During Convergence, Stephanie and Cass lived together for a full year, supporting each other both physically and emotionally. Stephanie is, without the doubt, the best friend Cassandra ever had.

Finally, there is Alfred (because DC were cowards and never gave us Cass & Jason). Alfred, as always, was a real treasure. At first, he merely took care of Cass’ own Batcave home and later her apartment near Gotham U as per Bruce’s request. Then he went through the trouble of finding her the perfect apartment/secret cave combination in Blüdhaven. He was shocked to hear of her supposed death and upon her return to the Batfam and her moving into Wayne Manor was quick to point out that Cass felt like she did not belong there and that they should do more to reassure her that this was really her home and her family now, with no strings attached. More than anybody else in the family, Alfred recognized the often self-destructive need Cass felt to redeem herself for past failings and it is only thanks to his intervention that Dick reconciled with Cass. In short, over time, Alfred has come to care deeply about Cass, as he does about all the children that ever fought alongside Bruce/Batman.

Last but not least, a few notable mentions about other relationships Cass had with various people:

Cassandra has a complicated relationship with her father, if you ignore Adam Beechen’s horrible retcons. For eight years, Cain was all she had, and while she recognizes that he is a horrible human being and a lousy father (she beat him into a pulp over this), she also recognizes that he does actually care about her. As a result, Cass is not friendly with him, but she is not cruel towards him either.

Her mother, Lady Shiva, barely had anything to do with her and left her in Cain’s hands an hour after Cass was born. She mainly saw Cass as a tool (someone to finally defeat her in combat and later someone to help Nyssa Raatko lead the League Of Assassins), but showed at least some motherly concern when it was believed that Cassandra had been killed and Shiva helped Tim investigate her murder.

One of the few people she was close to before operating independently as Batgirl was Leslie Thompkins. Cass has insane respect for Leslie, because of her iron pacifist nature and was deeply saddened when Leslie broke ties with her during War Games. We sadly never got to see reunite on page.

Cassandra has had a rocky relationship with Huntress, mostly because Cass is staunchly anti-killing and because Batman took the Batgirl mantle from Huntress and gave it to Cass. Mind you, Barbara never approved of Helena as Batgirl.

She got along very well with Onyx, thanks to Onyx having been with the League Of Assassins before and thus actually being a challenge for Cass, while being a genuinely good person. Sad we didn’t get to see much of these two together.

Azrael (Jean-Paul) had a crush on her, which Cass did not quite reciprocate, but she wasn’t unfriendly to him either.

The first boy she ever kissed was Connor Kent (Superboy), even though she was annoyed with his way-too-carefree nature and his focus on her physical attractiveness. They broke up amicably.

She had three more dates with guys, none of which went anywhere.

And to round off our summary, here are some nice little bits and pieces of Cass

The first words she learned were, in chronological order: (thanks - incomplete), (goodbye - incomplete), stop, no, me, shutup, what, why, stay, instinct

She was 17 years old at the time of her introduction. Her birthday is January 26th.

Her favorite ice cream flavor is chocolate.

Cass is a big and messy eater.

Her home is very untidy and while in the manor she did not customize her room at all (no pictures or other mementos).

She likes horror movies (she really enjoyed Alien).

She is probably the only person in the family who really wants to be the next Batman and actually became Batman in some timelines/alternate universes.

She likes rice krispies, Assam tea, and long showers.

Cass can’t hold her liquor.

#Cassandra Cain #master post #counter summary #Post Crisis Cass summary

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regarding tdc, some things i’d like to remind everyone about:

EDIT: this was supposed to be like 6 bullet points and then i ended up describing basically every little detail of the movie, so there’s that.

1. that elaborate opening plan that brought everyone back - Frypan hopping out of hiding, harriette pointing a gun at the berg pilot’s head, etc. they all did that!

2. “How’s it looking, Newt?” “Don’t rush me.” SNARKY!NEWT !!!! I refuse to let this little line go unnoticed and under the radar. i want everyone to remember it.

3. vince just being an overall badass and risking his life for all these kids!! that jump onto the train car! hell yes!

4. the newtmas hug on top of the train car you all saw it

5. ARIS’ FACE?? He fought back so hard! And even though they’re not a big part of the main story, aris harriett and sonya reuniting was so sweet! i want more stories about them

6. Thomas’ utter distraught at realizing minho isn’t on the train and having to break the news to newt but barely being able to say the words

7. vince’s rallying speech about fighting back

8. thomas sneaking off because he doesn’t want to risk any more lives, but newt and frypan Just Knowing it’s exactly something he would do, so they’re already waiting for him (in the dark and everything. dramatic fools.) and thomas’ complete love for them when he sees fry in the car too (bc lets be honest obvi newt would go with him but him seeing frypan following him into danger was probably so endearing)

9. frypan driving! stuck in the glade for 3 years and our boy knows how to drive a jeep good for him man

10. the return of more snarky!newt “not to be negative, but if i was a crank that’s exactly where i’d go.” a nice reminder of “people. in the mountains. mountain people. that’s your plan.” from tst! (and of course the “alright i got shotgun” and the look between thomas and fry like okay we’re doing this

11. frypan flooring the truck and getting rid of that crank! (and also totaling the jeep but hey man)

12. the fact that frypan’s door wouldn’t open and he kept punching the life out of it until thomas was like “dude go AROUND.”

13. newt just falling out of the door like a mess

14. fry shooting the cranks the whole time they’re running! he’s such a fighter in this movie! i’m glad we got action!fry

15. BRENDA IN THE JEEP WITH THE GUN. BRENDA.

16. “i think what he means to say is thank you.” - frypan translating thomas’ worry for everyone else

17. newt finding the walls when they look at the last city and jorge’s offhand comment about “they built walls, that seems to be Wicked’s answer for everything” i mean LMAO another great line that better not get overlooked. i mean, come on lol

18. i forgot what exactly frypan said at this moment in response to newt but they had an exchange that i laughed about for like 10 minutes. when i rewatch i’ll fill it in better.

19. the whole Wall scene was honestly magnificent and jorge’s annoyed “GET OUT OF MY WAY” to the crowds as he and thomas make their way to the front? a+

20. newt noticing the “armed guards” and immediately running up to thomas and saying they had to leave now. (which, btw how did i NOT realize that was gally even with the mask on.)

21. everyone getting captured and the contrast of thomas and brenda sitting quietly while jorge literally kicks a guard out of the truck. can you imagine how that ride was going down with them?? lmao and brenda telling him she was there and just the overall love and care jorge has for brenda!

22. gally’s return obvi. “we watched you die.” “you left me to die.” YIKES.

23. newt being able to calm thomas down (WHAT A CONTRAST TO NEWT’S TEMPER LATER. HAHA i hate myself.)

24. Gally saying he deserves it and asking if fry or newt wanna get a shot in too because he knows that everything he did was wrong and he probably lives with that shame and guilt every day and i want to cry

25. rose took my nose i suppose! fun fact: this line was also said by a crank in the scorch trials, though not nearly as clear - it’s very background ish and more violent. can’t remember the exact scene but it may have been when they’re in the abandoned mall and one of the cranks jumps on newt and thomas kicks him off the ledge. i was curious to know if it was supposed to be the same crank, but given the distinction between the two cranks i don’t think it was, but it’s something to consider. anyway - THE EFFECTS! his face was so cranky i loved it.

26. newt lacing up his boot probably to make sure his leg is okay and subtly noticing the pain in his hands and the twitching of them and panicking and trying to conceal it.

27. “gally, take care of them.” AW.

28. in the sewers, snarky!newt returns “ugh, this is gross.”

29. out in the city and newt and thomas seeing a real city for the first time aw.

30. the telescope and thomas seeing teresa for the first time and not even saying a word but gally just knowing and responding “i didn’t say you were gonna like it.”

31. the meeting when they get back and brenda saying “wait, isn’t this the same girl who betrayed you? the same dick?” and gally saying “i like her.” brenda and gally have attitudes that give me LIFE. <3

32. newt just sitting quietly off to the side during all of this but you can see the annoyance and rage in his eyes until he finally speaks up “worried your little girlfriend’s gonna get hurt?” etc. and the looks between everyone else around the table as the two of them fight.

33. the rage in newt’s eyes and then the immediate fade of the rage as he realizes what’s going on and he has to leave

34. brenda’s face when newt slams thomas against the wall because DO YOU THINK SHE BRIEFLY REMEMBERS WHEN SHE CRANKED OUT??? even though she really get angry with thomas but i’m sure she had moments before the boys met with her and jorge. not that she knows newt’s a crank yet but i mean?? memory trigger?

35. don’t get me started on the deleted scene.

36. thomas’ face when he sees newt’s wrists and the veins

37. the fact that newt must have written the letter shortly after this scene

38. let’e jump back to the cutaways now with teresa/minho/wicked quickly.. teresa thinking she’s found a cure for the little girl and talking with her and being so happy

39. teresa seeing minho and trying to tell him that something in his blood could save this little girl and could save a ton more people, but minho not having any of it because as far as he’s concerned she’s a traitor and has fcked with them and mostly thomas for so long and that kills him because now he’s separated from his friends and he has no idea if they’re alive or not after that raid

40. teresa learning that the little girl wasn’t cured and she’s back to square one now and really beginning to doubt herself.

41. not sticking up for ava paige here but the scene of her and jansen when she’s telling him that maybe it’s done and maybe there can’t be a cure, maybe it was all for nothing??

42. teresa’s walk through the city to take it in one last time and see the people around her whom she thought she would be able to help and realizing that humanity is dying and she can’t do anything to stop it.

43. HER FACE WHEN SHE SAW THOMAS.

44. thomas barely even being able to look at her without crying.

45. newt being the one to angrily rip the covering from teresa’s eyes and taking his seat next to thomas.

46. “Don’t look at him. look at me. why’re you looking at him. he can’t help you.” GALLY.

47. gally talking to teresa because he knows it will be too hard on thomas, and then threatening to chop her finger off???

47a (had to go back because i just remembered other stuff and i don’t want to renumber everything): teresa seeing how good brenda’s doing and realizing it’s thomas’ blood but thomas telling her he doesn’t believe her anymore and to stop speaking and you know how much that had to hurt for him??

47b. Brenda telling thomas to be careful because he has a bad habit of not being able to leave people when he should (flashback to him not leaving her when she was cranking out and when she ran back in the warehouse when they first met thomas could have gone out the window with everyone else but he stuck around to make sure she was safe and got out too).

47c. jorge and brenda’s goodbye. i’m crying for three years.

47d. teresa trying to grab the knife she used because it had thomas’ blood on it but gally stopping her “nice try” because he prob thought she was gonna try to stab them, but she ended up taking the bandage at least! smart.

48. teresa had to have snuck into wicked for the uniforms and then back out right? how’d that work. only slightly curious.

49. newt (in uniform) walking directly up to thomas and teresa and staring at them briefly and threateningly before he nods his head and they’re like “oh, that must be newt.. okay.”

50. gally finding the mech box and Doing The Gally Thing that he was known for in the fever code!! did everyone forget gally was amazing at tech??? seeing him be able to put his brain to use here made me so happy.

51. newt cranking out on the staircase and teresa suddenly realizing why thomas is such a mess and newt turning away from her when he sees her staring at him because he’s still trying to hide it.

52. running and saving all those kids! (and again, sadly, realizing minho is not there)

53. thomas dragging teresa and telling her he’d better bring him to him right away.

54. newt immediately saying he’s going with them and thomas saying no that he has to stay for the serum but newt looking at him and just saying “minho comes first, remember?” SELFLESS.

55. gally leading the kids out to brenda, but when he realizes thomas never met up with her he tells her to stay and he runs back into Wicked to find him.

56. brenda keeping those kids safe with everything she’s got, even when it does mean leaving without thomas because she knows that if these kids get taken again, she’d never be able to live with herself.

57. back to thomas and friends - the whole elevator scene. priceless, honestly. thomas bumping into jansen? perfect. also gave him away probably, but it’s okay.

58. teresa and thomas’ argument in the hallway where he rips his mask off and immediately newt’s like “what’re you doing????” because if wicked sees thomas they’ll take him and newt can’t have that.

59. dumbass jansen coming and ruining everything. thomas holding a gun to teresa’s head, even though he knows he’d never be able to pull the trigger, but maybe teresa wasn’t actually sure for a moment and thought she might die? newt probably cheering this on a little bit.

60. teresa playing middle ground again and locking them behind the glass doors, trapping them, but also giving them more time. making sure jansen knows she needs them alive.

61. minho hearing the commotion outside and realizing that he might actually have a chance at escaping and it’s enough to pull him out of his unconscious/messed up state and fight back.

62. thomas and newt fighting and constantly looking out for each other “newt get down!” “tommy get back!” and pushing him back before throwing the bomb. just having each others’ backs in general and newt fighting so hard if only to see minho one last time/save tommy.

63. minho coming and saving them by THROWING THAT GUY THROUGH THE WINDOW.

64. THE REUNION. The biggest hug of life and minho looking at them in amazement and saying “is this real” because for a brief minute he probably thought he was back in the room with wires stuck in him making him see things

65. locking themselves in that room and throwing furniture in front of the door to keep jansen out (throwback to tst!)

66. jansen looking just totally annoyed leaning on the door while the guy comes in with the saw to open the door

67. “any ideas?” thomas’ awkward “maybe.”

68. the scene where they throw the tank out the window and the whole shot of it falling in the water was beautiful because it was so quiet too omg

69. the three boys looking out the window like.. here we go. and the silent exchanges/thoughts probably going on in their heads?? thomas like “okay, okay, it’s doable. i have to get these two out of here no matter what.” and minho like “jesus i did not think i’d be doing this” and eyeing newt briefly. and newt just overall “well i’ve done it before” and also “well, if tommy says this is the plan, this is it.” because he’d FOLLOW HIM ANYWHERE, EVEN OUT OF A WINDOW. -- also, it should be noted that minho doesn’t have shoes in all of this, poor boy running around on broken glass all day. christ.

70. when the saw starts along the door and you see newt’s slo-mo turn. epic.

71. the pep talk!!! “we’re all bloody inspired” !!!!!!!! snarky!newt and book!newt in one! and thomas’ brief look at him like “cut me some slack.”

72. jansen breaking through and the boys just not hesitating at all and going for it and minho yelling thomas’ name when they jump!!

73. jansen almost falling out of the window himself did anyone catch that? and then aiming to shoot and realizing it was futile while also thinking “these fucking kids....” lmao

74. the return of thomas flipping off jansen.

75. jansen saying he wants everyone finding thomas immediately and the other guard saying they were on it and they’ve got eyes already on the bus and jansen stops and is like “what bus?” LIKE... HIS MIND WAS PROBABLY LIKE ARE YOU KIDDING ME WTF ELSE DID THOMAS DO?

76. cut to badass brenda! when she gets stopped and leaves the bus and tells the kids to stay on and then stops and comes back and is like “you’re all doing great.” like!!!! <3

77. FRYPAN COMING TO SAVE THE DAY. That whole scene lifting the bus oh my god. frypan apologizing when he bangs the bus into the side of the wall. the absolute fear in brenda’s eyes when the bus starts breaking and she realizes she might fall. but then frypan running them down as close to the ground as possible so they don’t fall from that height! so great.

78. “out of service”

79. our trio getting out of the water (sidenote - minho is still without shoes and probably bleeding everywhere) and being caught and thomas’ utter “you’ve gotta be kidding me” like i know i didn’t just jump out of that window for nothing.

80. GALLY!

81. minho’s look of complete confusion at gally and thomas saying he’ll explain later but minho is still standing there in complete shock like what is happening.

82. “you guys are nuts.” lmao at gally’s reaction to them jumping out of the window. he must’ve been running around inside and heard one of the guards like “LET’S GO, THEY JUST JUMPED OUT THE WINDOW” and he was like “jesus christ thomas always doing dumb shit”

83. them running for cover behind a small wall and newt coughing like hell and minho suddenly realizing that his best friend is Not Okay. “hey how’re you feeling” “bloody terrible, but it’s good to see you again minho.” TEARS EVERYWHERE.

84. minho being so concerned and asking thomas how long newt had been like that and thomas struggling on how to tell minho and minho probably realizing that even cranking out like he was, newt pushed himself to be there and save minho.

85. ps in the background of this little exchange between minho and thomas, you see newt open his jacket and grab the necklace - possibly making sure it was still there and didn’t come off in the water. :) :) :) :) :) :(

86. “gally i don’t get it, why are you helping us? i put a spear through your chest.” “yeah well, nobody’s perfect.” minho and gally!!!!!!!!! minho was the only one who stood up for gally in the fever code they were friends first and this little exchange just made my heart hurt.

87. thomas and minho (still barefoot???) carrying newt throughout the streets of the city and gally having their back the entire time.

89. teresa finding the cure!

90. brenda and fry getting back and realizing nobody was there and there was probably a big chance that thomas and them might have been captured and all they could do was wait.

91. the crank bombs. the scene of that crank (forgot his name because i’m the worst..) riding into the building with the bombs how epic

92. the explosion and gally’s utter shock of it. “it was just supposed to be the building, not the entire city.” and thomas being like it’s okay let’s just go and gally still just panicking like “oh my god we’re destroying the city, this is not what i wanted, what have i messed up this time” gally just keeps feeling so much guilt for everything and i’m not okay

93. the breakout of the war between everyone in the city and our four boys just constantly struggling to find cover and finally thomas radios brenda and is like “we’re not gonna make it” and brenda is like “we’re not leaving you. i’m not leaving you so forget it.” and NOW WHO CAN’T LEAVE PEOPLE BRENDA I’M CRYING.

94. the boys running to the tunnels and gally turning and saying “we’re almost there newt” and the poor boy saying “just leave me” I MEAN????

95. as they’re crouched low again and thomas realizes that newt is almost fully cranked and they’re not gonna make it and he tells minho - their fastest runner - to get the serum. gally immediately saying he’ll cover him - which i believe 100% he would protect him with his life, if only it meant some sort of release from the guilt of chuck

96. newt pulling minho in by the collar and telling him thank you. what a LOADED thank you. everything from the maze, being his friend, protecting them in the scorch, giving newt a second change at life. i’m in tears, son.

97. jorge coming with the berg and vince’s return! brenda saying thomas isn’t with them and vince insisting they go get him and everyone’s hype about it.

98. newt completely zoning out and his eyes turning fully now as he actually starts cranking out. thomas’ fear as he tried to bring him back and newt finally does come back to himself and he realizes it’s now or never so he gives thomas the necklace and says THE LINE.

99. “come on newt, it’s me and you. i need you to give me everything you’ve got okay?” “okay.” AND HE FIGHTS AGAIN TO TRY TO MAKE IT.

100. you start to see newt completely cranking out with his legs dragging and his head twitching back and forth and he’s so far gone at this point and they fall and thomas keeps trying to get him up but newt’s just on the ground at this point with zero strength

101. teresa’s voice over the loudspeaker telling thomas that he is the cure and everyone’s reactions to it - brenda, minho, etc.

102. thomas turning around to look at newt again but newt’s standing now and when newt turns around thomas loses it because he’s gone

103. THE FIGHT. OH MY GOD. “kill me tommy” and the roars

104. brenda BOOKING IT

105. newt’s struggle between cranking out and coming back where we see both newt and crank!newt throughout the fight - including when he jump on thomas and breathes out “i’m sorry tommy” before putting the gun to his head.

106. thomas’ look of COMPLETE FEAR when he does this so much so that he just completely smacks the gun out of the way not caring where it landed and crank!newt’s growl at him right before he takes his knife and tries to stab thomas

107. thomas just crying as he tried to keep the knife from going in his chest because he knows they just have to hold off a little longer and the serum will be there, but when the knife actually starts pressing against him he just punches and kicks newt off to the side and it probably killed him to do that but he knew he didn’t have a choice

108. when It Happens and newt’s eyes clear and he just says “tommy” before falling and i’m crying as i write this so i need to skip to the next bullet point before i dwell on this.

109. brenda running to the scene and getting there just a minute too late. feeling guilty because she didn’t run fast enough, she didn’t leave early enough, etc. and seeing newt’s body thinking that could have been her months ago if thomas hadn’t saved her life.

110. thomas just having no words and just slowly walking away.

111. minho and fry getting to the scene and omg. frypan looking at him and probably thinking back to winston (i’m convinced these two were bffs so)

112. Minho. Minho seeing his best friend with a knife in his chest. And his knees just buckled because he couldn’t even stand anymore. do you ever wonder how long minho knelt there in silence until fry and brenda had to step in and try to pick him up and bring him back to the berg? because i do.

113. thomas just walking into wicked because he doesn’t care anymore. that was the final straw. he won’t lose anyone else. even if it means sacrificing himself. “just let everyone else go.”

114. having ava shot right in front of him and barely even registering what just happened. trying to fight jansen but honestly he was probably so weak and tired and mentally shot after everything with newt that he could barely fight. he puts one last effort into it, all of his hatred at everything he’s been put through, but jansen still gets the better of him because he just can’t do it anymore.

115. teresa smashing that vase over jansen’s head and trying to save thomas. she fights so hard! she gets thrown across that table like a ragdoll!

116. jansen and the gun and thomas realizes that he’s going to shoot teresa and thomas runs in front of her to push her aside because despite everything he still cares about her and he knows she was trying to do the right thing.

117. thomas watching teresa protect him and hold off jansen until he can’t take it anymore and throws the thing. “you missed.” “did i?”

118. jansen getting eaten alive by cranks amirite???

119. teresa and thomas running on top of the building as the city burns around them and they realize that this might actually be it and it’s over. and teresa feeling so, so guilty for everything. “i tried, tom, i tried.” “i know.”

120. the berg! working to get thomas onto the platform and teresa pushing him up because he has to be saved no matter what, because he’ll save everyone. slipping the cure in his pocket, making sure he takes it with him.

121. thomas’ face when he realizes teresa isn’t going to come aboard, that she’s accepted her fate.

122. teresa’s fall!!!! oh my goodness. what a beautiful shot, cinematically.

123. thomas now lying on the berg practically bleeding to death, his last thoughts probably being about newt and teresa and the last half hour or so he’d just gone through.

124. minho probably seeing that thomas is shot and freaking out because there is no way he is losing both of his best friends today - not when the only reason they’re here is because they came to save him. (also, is minho still barefoot? i hope there were shoes on the berg for this poor boy..)

125. the safe haven! thomas walking out and seeing everyone and him and minho embrace and i just cry every time i think about it.

126. vince’s speech and The Rock for everyone to come make their peace.

127. minho giving the necklace back to thomas, probably not even realizing what it was, what it meant.

128. thomas finding the note and realizing its a letter and immediately folding it and dropping his head because he can’t believe that’s what this was. in his last moments, newt made sure thomas took this with him and thomas had no idea what it even was when he took it, probably thinking “okay sure yeah i’ll hold your necklace, whatever this is i’ve got it” possibly wondering if it was just cranked out newt or if it was actually something important.

129. The. Letter. Not getting into detail here. You all know it. I can’t talk about it yet. Not yet.

130. Seeing Minho be the one to carve Newt’s name into the stone. I bawled.

131. Thomas carving Teresa’s name into it, because despite everything, she worked hard to save him and get him to where he was, and in the end, she did find the cure. She deserves to be remembered for that.

132. Seeing Sonya Harriet and Aris together again! Group B trio!

133. When they show the stone you see all of the names. Chuck - do you think Gally wrote in chuck’s name as a little release? What about Alby? Maybe Minho? I’m calling it now that Fry wrote Winston’s name. They still had Ben’s name - I’m saying Minho wrote Ben’s name, because back in the glade they ran together, and he probably still misses him so often. Rachel’s name is there, probably from Aris. There are so many names, so many stories unheard. But you think about everyone in the safe haven and all of these people they lost and it just hurts.

134. the last words of the entire trilogy being “goodbye mate. Newt.” and how those words spoke to every single one of us.

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#TDC #TDC spoilers #the death cure #tmr #the maze runner #thomas #minho #newt #teresa #brenda #frypan #jorge #vince #aris #sonya #harriet #i'm forgetting names probably #SPOILERS

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Black people killed by police in 2018 (as of April 12, 2018)

Steven Brooks, 45, PA, Dashaun Shepard, GA Grechario Mack, 30, CA Elijah James Smith, 20, UT Juan Markee Jones, 25, VA Brenda Jenette Harrison-Bumbray, 50, MD “unnamed”, CA Saheed Vassell, 34, NY Bobby Hinton,60, LA Timothy Orlando Wyatt, 41, FL Christopher Lamarr Hall, 34, MI Brian Bellamy, 41, NC Edward Van McCrae, 60, NC Rodney Toler, 39, WV Jallen Jones, 31, CT Linus Phillip, 30, FL Danny Ray Thomas, 34, TX Rueben T. Ruffin Jr., 24, KY Jermaine Massey, 35, SC Stephon Clark, 23, CA James Vaughn, 49, TN Shermichael Ezeff, 31, LA Shali Vladimir Frances Tilson, 22, GA Jontell Reedom, 27, CA Michael Delloyd Ward, 46, NY Decynthia S. Clements, 34, IL Solomon Agwomoh, 51, IL Christopher Eisinger, 35, CA Qawi A. Muhammad, 48, FL Marlon Smith, 29, TX William Watson Jr., 40, MO Haydon Taylor, 25, OK Lee Edward Bonner, 37, MS Mario Dantoni Bass, 37, VA Darion Baker, 22, TX Lonnie James Smith Jr., 21, AL Glenn Tyndell, 37, MD Trey Pringle 24, SC Juan McCray, 31, CT Jimmy Terry, 30, IN Ronnell Foster, 32, CA Robert Young, 29, FL Mark Daniels, 39, PA Sidney T. Richardson IV, 48, FL David Darden, 36, GA Tierre Guthrie, 39, GA Anthony Jacob Weber, 16, CA Dominic Jerome “DJ” Broadus II, 31, FL Brett Dontae Bush, 28, GA Anthony Williams, 37, TX Daniel O. El, 33, IL Albert Morton Jr., 31, PA Sterling Michael Hansford Jr., 52, NY Khalil Lawal, 31, PA Dwayne Pritchett, 48, NY Billy Lewis Rucker, 33, MD Crystaline Barnes, 21, MS William Pollard Jr., 45, IN, Nathaniel T. Edwards, 43, IL Corey Mobley, 38, FL Ricky Jerome Boyd, 20, GA Arther McAfee Jr., 61, TX Kevin Sturgis, 31, PA Geraldine Townsend, 72, OK Donte Shannon, 26, WI, Jihad Mustafa Merrick, 29, IA Bryan Johnson Gregory, 33, TN Marconia Kessee, 34, OK James Hawkins, 35, NC Thomas Yatsko, 21, OH Terry Amons, 43, CA Amanuel Dagebo, 22, OH Jonathan Bennett, 23, NC Shalun Dique Smith, 21, CA “unnamed”, MS Trayvon Mitchell, 38, FL

Charles Smith Jr., 17, AR Ledarren Mixon, 28, OH Sahleem Tindle, 28, CA Derrick Staton, 16, MD Mark Steven Parkinson, 65, GA Deautry Charles Ross, 34, CA

Notes 1-This was put together on April 15th using information from http://killedbypolice.net. This is a good source because it only takes names from confirmed news sources. 1.1-About half of reported civilian deaths by police officers do not include the race. There are most definitely more that we do not know of. 2-Police are not required to report the people they kill, so we know that there has to be more than this that is not reported. Currently the best government data we have on police killings is from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting but these killings are self-reported by law enforcement and participation in the database is voluntary – only about 750 agencies contribute to it, a fraction of the 17,000 law enforcement agencies in the United States. 3-This passes no judgment on guilt or innocence, just a full list. I am sure some of these names are actual criminals, but the world will never know other than taking the police’s word. Police are not the judge, jury and executioners and these people should be alive to face their crimes or prove their innocence in a court of law. (We have also learned from Walter Scott that police lie on the reports and plant evidence) 3.1-IF they were criminals, does not excuse the police from violating these people’s Fifth Amendment Rights. They were deprived of life without due process of law. Many of these people are shot in the back (which is against the law according to Tennessee v. Garner of 1985) or unarmed (see below). The major problem is we have violent White criminals like Ted Kaczynski, Timothy McVeigh, James Eagan Holmes, Jared Lee Loughner, Dylann Storm Roof, Robert Dear, Jason Dalton and other who are all terrorists who collectively killed hundreds of people and were apprehended without being shot. Meanwhile, black people are being shot for non-violent crimes like jaywalking, having a busted taillight and so on. 3.2-Police should be able to deescalate a situation and use non-lethal force. They carry stun guns, billy clubs, etc. and wear bullet proof vests. If they are too afraid or too trigger happy, they should not be on the force. 4-This does not include police brutality cases like Floyd Dent, Martese Johnson or so many more. 5-This not include people like Travon Martin or Jordan Davis, who were killed by “stand your ground” laws by civilians. 6-This also does not include people like Lennon Lacy and Otis Byrd in what looks like lynchings 7-yeah, yeah … not all cops. I am sure they have a hard job, but it does not excuse this list or especially how long it is. There were 127 total police deaths in 2014, including unrelated car accidents, heart attacks and even one 9/11 related illness. It is MUCH more dangerous to be black than a police officer. 8-Yes, there were plenty of white people killed by police. “All lives matter”, BUT black people are 3-4x more likely to be killed by police than whites. In 2014, 47% of black people killed were unarmed when only 16% of white people killed were unarmed. There are deep racial disparities that come from a system of oppression.However, this list is important. Sure Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Freddy Gray get the headlines, but every name needs to be remembered.

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REVIEWING THE CHARTS: 05/12/2020

Earlier this week, I finished and released by end-of-year list of the Top 10 Best Hit Songs of 2020, which, for once, was on time, being released on the 1st – or 2nd – of December, depending on your time zone. That means I’ve already spent hours discussing music, and to be honest, I have a pretty bad headache in addition to this, so you know, I’m not really in that chart-reviewing spirit. Thankfully, we have very few songs to review here, and a lot of it should be pretty inoffensive. Now, before that, let’s talk about the actual state of the charts because it is looking ridiculous. Ariana Grande’s “positions” spend its sixth week at #1, and welcome to REVIEWING THE CHARTS.

Rundown

Much like last week, it was an absolute bloodbath for any non-Christmas song this week, and this especially affects the hip hop and R&B on the chart. In the UK Top 75, which I cover every week, there’s a drastic difference to the US Billboard Hot 100, and that is the lack of radio. Radio impressions or plays have never been counted on the UK Singles Chart, and whilst in the States, I understand that a lot of Christmas songs rely on the radio, this is not true at all across the pond, because, for whatever reason, Christmas songs are streamed and bought a lot here even 60 years after the song’s original release. This is likely due to a smaller, arguably less diverse population and the immense amount of streaming service-curated playlists, which serve the same purpose as radio and often have the exact same label gimmickry and payola. Regardless, there is a stupid amount of drop-outs and fallers this week, for pretty big tracks as well. Now as I said I only cover the top 75 of the UK Singles Chart because it’s just easier and really, who cares about those last 25 songs? On the UK Singles Chart proper, Lewis Capaldi’s “Someone You Loved”, one of the biggest hits of 2019 and 2020, just spent its 100th week on the chart, which is insane, especially for a modern song. I think the song is dreadful but it is one of the biggest songs of all time here on the Isles, and since we’re going by my measures, it just dropped out (after spending seven weeks at #1, mind you). Of course, that’s not the only notable drop-out – and to be notable, you have to have spent five weeks on the chart or peaked in the top 40 – this week. Let’s list them, shall we? We have “Watermelon Sugar” by Harry Styles, which spent 40 weeks on the chart, as well as #1 hit “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)” by Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo, “Giants” by Dermot Kennedy, “Mood Swings” by the late Pop Smoke featuring Lil Tjay, “Lighter” by Nathan Dawe and KSI, “Take You Dancing” by Jason Derulo, “Holiday” by Little Mix, “Tick Tock” by Clean Bandit featuring Mabel and 24kGoldn, “Come Over” by Rudimental featuring Anne-Marie and Tion Wayne, “Lasting Lover” by Sigala and James Arthur, “Holy” by Justin Bieber featuring Chance the Rapper, “One Too Many” by Keith Urban and P!nk, “Papi Chulo” by Octavian and Skepta, “Heat Waves” by Glass Animals, “Deluded” by Tion Wayne and MIST, “Confetti” by Little Mix, “pov” by Ariana Grande (to make way for another one of her songs we’ll get to – also probably the only actually good song that dropped out this week) and finally, “Life Goes On” by BTS off of the debut at #10. On the chart proper, this is one of the biggest free-fall drops of all time, and honestly, who wasn’t expecting this? Speaking of falls, we have a lot of those too. Whilst these are fallers, you should consider how impressive they are for even trying to survive the holiday season, which just can’t be done for a lot of these songs, even the biggest hits of the year, some of which we just mentioned. One of the funniest parts of this to me is that KSI of all people survived the overload of Christmas songs through his Craig David chorus on “Really Love” with Digital Farm Animals down to #17. For a former YouTuber, he has an immense amount of star-power and it’s kind of worrying. Otherwise, our notable fallers include “Paradise” by MEDUZA and Dermot Kennedy at #24, “Train Wreck” by James Arthur at #25 (not a good week for either of these guys – or anyone), “Monster” by Shawn Mendes and Justin Bieber at #26 off of the top 10 debut, “Mood” by 24kGoldn featuring iann dior at #27, “Head & Heart” by Joel Corry and MNEK at #29, “Get Out My Head” by Shane Codd stripped of all of its gains at #31 (seriously, whilst most of these songs were fading naturally prior, this is worrying), “Lemonade” by Internet Money and Gunna featuring NAV and Don Toliver at #34, “Lonely” by Justin Bieber and benny blanco at #42 (giving him four songs as a lead artist on the chart – OCC, that’s not how your dumb rules work; be consistent), “See Nobody” by Wes Nelson and Hardy Caprio really having the most intense combination of streaming cuts and Christmas music at #44, “Wonder” by Shawn Mendes flailing at #45 (it will probably rebound next week), “Blinding Lights” by the Weeknd at #46 (same here), “Golden” by Harry Styles at #47, “Loading” by Central Cee at #48, “What You Know Bout Love” by the late Pop Smoke at #49, “i miss u” by Jax Jones and Au/Ra at #50, “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)” by Post Malone and Swae Lee at #52, “UFO” by D-Block Europe and Aitch at #55, “Plugged in Freestyle” by A92 and Fumez the Engineer at #56, “Princess Cuts” by Headie One featuring Young T & Bugsey at #60 (which happened to play as I was writing this), “Looking for Me” by Paul Woodford, Diplo and Kareen Lomax at #61, “WAP” by Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion at #62, “Diamonds” by Sam Smith having the biggest fall to #63, “Ain’t it Different” by Headie One featuring AJ Tracey and Stormzy at #65, “Chingy (It’s Whatever)” by Digga D at #69, “Come Over” by Jorja Smith and Popcaan at #70, “SO DONE” by The Kid LAROI at #71 and finally, “Flavour” by Loski and Stormzy at #74. A YouTube comment on the video version of this chart read, “RIP to hip hop and R&B in the UK, 2020-2020”, and, I mean, it’s a fair assessment. That’s not all though, folks, as we have the returning entries, most of which are very explicitly Christmas songs. Let’s start with “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” by Sam Smith at #75, and continue up the chart with “Cozy Little Christmas” by Katy Perry at #73, “Christmas Lights” by Coldplay at #72 (always the best song on the entire chart whenever it returns), “A Little Love” by Celeste from the John Lewis advert at #64, “Feliz Navidad” by José Feliciano at #54, “Santa Baby” by Kylie Minogue at #57, “Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!” by the late Dean Martin at #54, “Sleigh Ride” by the Ronettes at #52, “Mistletoe” by Justin Bieber at #43, “Happy Xmas (War is Over)” by the late John Lennon, Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band featuring the Harlem Community Choir at #40 (always the worst song on the chart whenever it returns), “Wonderful Christmastime” by Paul McCartney at #39 (this is an accurate ranking of the Beatles), “Jingle Bell Rock” by the late Bobby Helms at #38, “Holly Jolly Christmas” by Michael Bublé at #37 and “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” by the late Andy Williams at #36. Yes, that’s five consecutive Christmas songs returning to the top 40, made all the more ridiculous when you realise it’s topped off by “HOLIDAY” by Lil Nas X... at #41 – and it actually gained this week! Oh, and we don’t stop there either as not only do we have “Santa Tell Me” by Ariana Grande returning to #16 as well, but we also have all of the gains this week. All of our notable gains are in the top 40 and all but one are Christmas songs, so let’s start with “One More Sleep” by Leona Lewis up to #33 (our greatest gain this week) and continue up the chart with “Merry Xmas Everybody” by Slade at #32, “This Christmas” by Jess Glynne at #28, “I Wish it Could be Christmas Everyday” by Wizzard at #23, “Driving Home for Christmas” by Chris Rea at #22, “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” by Justin Bieber and Brenda Lee at #21 and #19 respectively, “Underneath the Tree” by Kelly Clarkson at #20, “Step into Christmas” by Elton John at #18, “Do They Know it’s Christmas?” by Band Aid at #15 (looking at this chart, I think we ALL know exactly what time it is), “Merry Christmas Everyone” by Shakin’ Stevens at #14, “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” by Michael Bublé at #13, “Fairytale of New York” by the Pogues featuring the late Kirsty MacColl at #9, “Last Christmas” by Wham! at #3, and finally, “All I Want for Christmas is You” by Mariah Carey at #2. I don’t know if I’ll be happier if a 1994 classic hits #1 for the first time this Christmas, or an Ariana Grande song about sex positions takes the Christmas #1, given, of course, that LadBaby doesn’t pull something out of his ass last minute. Christmas also actually lands on a Friday this week, so there’s potentially two Christmas #1s: the #1 on Christmas Day and the #1 that includes Christmas Day. I mean, there’s this issue every year but since the chart week literally starts and ends on the day this year, I guess we’ll just have to see what the Official Charts Company decides. For now, after not-so-swiftly covering all of that garbage – and there’s three weeks more of it to come, folks – let’s discuss some of our new arrivals, none of which I imagine will be all that interesting but, hey, at least they’re not Christmas songs. In fact...

NEW ARRIVALS

#68 – “Body” – Megan Thee Stallion

Produced by LilJuMadeThatBeat

...It’s the antithesis of what it means to be wholesome, commercial and festive. You all know and love Megan Thee Stallion by now, and whilst I didn’t listen to that debut record yet – it is 17 songs after all – I have heard pretty positive reception so I will check out Good News at some point. Rico Nasty did release a record that’s only one less track and 13 full minutes shorter, so to be honest, I’m a lot more excited to check out that album, even if it won’t have any impact here. I did laugh at the track list when I saw “Intercourse (feat. Popcaan & Mustard)” though, which is one of the few times I have genuinely laughed at just a track list. “Shots Fired” is a pretty great Tory Lanez diss track though, so I’ll say that. “Body” is relatively deep into the track listing, yet seems to be the biggest hit, mostly because of that polarising earworm hook and the music video. Oh, yeah, and it straight-up samples a woman having an orgasm, so don’t expect this to stick around. In fact, that’s the only melody behind this dirty South bounce-adjacent track, and even with that, it only comes in on that chorus, which is less annoying to me as it is just catchy. It’s not like men haven’t done the same thing, though, I mean, Dr. Dre famously – or infamously – “paused 4 porno” on his album 2001, and just in 2018, Kanye released “XTCY”, a song that is hilariously lacking in any kind of moral compass, let alone born-again Christianity. It did the same thing that “Body” does with the moaning yet it also covers it in this really eerie sample, as well as spare 808s and a drum beat that doesn’t feel like it gets in the way of whatever the hell Kanye’s doing on this track. It also helps that the moaning doesn’t just come in on the chorus, instead we have a string swell to distinguish it, and that Kanye has more of a comical lyrical nature on “XTCY”. This comparison is only fair when looking at the production, though, as whilst Kanye has “sick thoughts”, Megan is just bragging about her own body-ody-ody-ody-ody, etc. over a pretty mainstream, accessible beat, even if it has really ugly, loud 808s that kind of do get in the way of the rapping here. Thankfully, Megan rides this beat forcefully – no pun intended – and with some really great wordplay, even if there are a few immediately dated references here and there. That third verse is also pretty funny, and whilst I don’t want to focus too much on this song – it’s a family show after all – this is pretty lively and whilst I’m not a fan of this beat, Megan makes it worth sitting through and honestly, the song sounds a lot shorter than it is. Check it out.

#67 – “Love is a Compass” – Griff

Produced by PARKWILD

I didn’t say the word “compass” on purpose knowing this song would be next, although perhaps I subconsciously snuck the word in. Maybe I should have made it seem like I foreshadowed this song, but honestly what about this warrants foreshadowing? I don’t mind Disney music at all. In fact, a lot of the films are full of really classic compositions that have aged incredibly, including the Renaissance era of their films, especially. In fact, “I’ll Make a Man Out of You” from Mulan – the original – is one of the few soundtrack songs that is directly related to and featured in the film yet I can still listen to outside of that context. I’ve not even watched either Mulan – or have Disney+ - so it’s not like I’m a big fan, but I can appreciate the music when I find it, even if I mostly despise everything Disney stands for as a company. The issue with this is that it cannot apply to “Love is a Compass”. I’m sure Griff and her producer PARKWILD are talented musicians, but this is purely a product. This wasn’t even made for an original animated feature, or a painfully weak adaptation of one of their original animated features starring Will Smith as the Genie. This is a generic piano ballad made for an advert, because just like literal shops and manufacturing companies like John Lewis, Disney has a Christmas advert. There’s nothing artistic about this. This “emotional” piano ballad is layered in reverb and egregious Auto-Tune that drains Griff of whatever emotion her delivery could have had. It doesn’t sound good in this context at all and it is so obvious, which is unfortunate because her voice, Auto-Tuned in a similar way, could easily work over more lo-fi and interesting production. As it is, this is repulsive, sonically and on every other level beyond that.

#66 – “Angels Like You” – Miley Cyrus

Produced by Louis Bell and watt

So, Miley Cyrus dropped her album, Plastic Hearts, last week and I expected more impact on the chart but the two singles are really THAT big that not any of the album cuts had much of a chance, even if “Prisoner” dropped a few spaces. Other than that, “Midnight Sky” is still in the top five and near the end of the chart, we have a debut: “Angels Like You”. It’s clear why this charted because this isn’t just a highlight from the album or a personal favourite of mine, but it’s a fan favourite honestly, a career highlight – which may not be hard to make, I mean, it’s Miley Cyrus we’re talking about – but it still impresses me with how much I really love this song. This is more of a mellow ballad than many of the tracks surrounding it on the record, with Cyrus’ raspy country twang finally met with a fitting blend of acoustic guitars and a genuine orchestral swell in the chorus, even if at times it decides to start clipping. The shift in guitar tone to a dirtier, aggressive one after the first chorus is a genius touch, and even the pretty stiff drum machine here feels like it adds a lot to the power of this song, especially when it starts kicking behind the screeching guitar solo, leading into an admittedly anti-climactic final chorus... that might even be fitting for the content, which is a break-up song but not one that decides to deflect blame or even focus entirely on the break-up, rather being an acknowledgement of what both parties here did wrong, and why they ended up in the relationship to begin with. Both Cyrus and her ex-girlfriend Kaitlynn Carter were in rough spots coming off of previous relationships in late 2019 and those dark spots are what Cyrus understands lead to the collapse of this relationship. She discusses the lack of connection between the two in the first verse, leading to a literally nameless relationship where it was full of romantic gestures but not any depth. The chorus is a complex look at how Cyrus knew she would look back on the relationship as little more than a fling, but how she regrets that this is her only view of the relationship. She didn’t want anything more and split after things started getting too serious, and feels genuine guilt for using Carter to heal her own depression, because “misery needs company”. She uses the biblical metaphor to demonstrate how she feels she tugged down her girlfriend, described here as an “angel”, to the hell Cyrus thinks she resides in, which may be melodramatic, sure, but I’d be lying if I said Cyrus doesn’t completely sell it here, with some of her best vocals to date, backed up by gorgeous production and really well-written lyrics. This is a genuinely brilliant ballad, give it a listen.

#58 – “Naughty List” – Liam Payne and Dixie D’Amelio

Produced by TMS

I’ve been writing these producers as “TM5” for so long without realising it’s an abbreviation for “The Music Shed”. Anyway, I hope we can all agree that Liam Payne is probably the worst off when comparing the One Direction boys and their solo careers so far. Harry Styles is one of the biggest stars in the world, making a twist on 70s classic rock that I don’t like at all but he IS making headlines and having massive chart success. Niall Horan is having mild success making rock and folk albums that are honestly alright, ZAYN has two albums under his belt that may not be listenable but at least the first one was a success and he did go into a more mature R&B direction, and Louis Tomlinson might not have been met with any success from his album earlier this year but at least there’s some quality there. Liam Payne, however, has been releasing straight garbage to no fanfare for the past three years, dating back to “Strip that Down” with Quavo, and continuing down the path of feigning maturity and development with music clearly not backing it up, demonstrated by the bisexual fetishism on his delayed debut album and how his collaborations went from relying on Zedd to relying on J Balvin to relying on TikTok stars on a sexually-charged Christmas single that couldn’t even crack the top 50. I have no idea who Dixie D’Amelio is other than seeing her sister’s controversies on Twitter in passing, but it is depressing that a major-label pop star needs D’Amelio to chart this high – and no, given his most recent singles with bigger features like A Boogie wit da Hoodie and Cheat Codes, as well as the shoddy performance of his last Christmas song, I’m not even considering that it’s the other way around. This immediately, in its first 15 seconds, makes sure you know this will be awful, with its tedious acoustic guitar strumming fused with cheap sounding sleigh bells and dated trap percussion, even with little “hey!” gang vocals straight out of 2014 that make this sound a lot less new and fresh than I think Payne thought it did. Also, something about these lyrics sounds really odd when you consider the age gap between the two vocalists. I mean, D’Amelio’s 19 years old, so it’s not like this is illegal in any way (and they didn’t have any chemistry to begin with), but the childlike imagery in the chorus just makes this gross. “Santa saw the things we did and put us on the naughty list”? This has less subtlety than 3OH!3’s Christmas song they released this year. Yes, that happened, and somehow the two washed-up early 2010s pop stars made a “dirty” Christmas song that is miles better than Liam Payne’s, probably because of the more interesting lyrical detail, and that, you know, it isn’t a duet. Check out “KISSELTOE” if you’re interested, it’s really good. I liked their comeback single with 100 gecs too so I’m pretty excited for whatever comes out of 3OH!3’s recent productivity. This song, on the other hand, as well as the upcoming joke, is just Payne-full.

#53 – “No Time for Tears” – Nathan Dawe and Little Mix

Produced by Tré Jean-Marie and Nathan Dawe

Okay, so, I understand the marketing of releasing a single after a long time of not releasing a single and after your singles have all dropped out of the chart, but Little Mix are just being managed horribly here. Why would you release a single in the Christmas season that you want to be big? This isn’t a holiday song in any way and doesn’t even sound like one, so releasing it this early into the Christmas season is just begging for it to be forgotten and eventually flop. Nathan Dawe is an EDM DJ so he doesn’t need this type of promotion as long as he can tour next year and he’s got big features, and Little Mix don’t need any extra singles because they’re still in the top 10 and they’ve branched out to reality television. Just let the girls breathe for a second and enjoy their success. Oh, and this song isn’t just logistically unnecessary, it’s sonically unnecessary, acting as a house-pop club banger with that standard piano sound reminiscent of 90s house that has been adopted recently by DJs, with any of the infectious melodies and genuine drive sucked out of it, especially if Dawe is going to add a Goddamn trap breakdown in the second verse with the most pathetic set of percussion I’ve heard in years on a house track. It’s not like Little Mix are saving this either because the lyrical content is re-tread and their performances are largely unrecognisable from each other and songs they’ve made before. Yeah, this isn’t offensive, but it isn’t interesting, outside of that bridge, but even then it builds up perfectly to a chorus that’s interrupted by a pointless, repetitious interlude. This song isn’t just uninteresting, it’s inherently unnecessary on all fronts, which if anything, is just kind of sad.

#35 – “All You’re Dreaming Of” – Liam Gallagher

Produced by Simon Aldred and Andrew Wyatt

Surely out of all of these songs, I’d have the most to say about our top 40 debut, with Liam Gallagher, former frontman of legendary rock band Oasis, and his new lead single, right? Well, no, because here are some unfortunate truths: Oasis made two good albums, and they’re not as good as you remember. Liam Gallagher is an awful person who continued to rip off his own band with his new one, without the songwriting ability his brother Noel had. Liam continues to be persistent in his making of enemies for no other reason than publicity. Noel’s reaching out to Liam for the sake of at least reconciliation goes completely unnoticed, ignored or criticised by Liam for no discernable reason other than an on-and-off again facade that’s been going on for more than a decade. Noel wasn’t even that great of a songwriter, relying mostly on musicianship and other people’s melodies he liked to co-opt for his own tracks. None of their solo work has been listenable yet still gathers attention that I imagine is to the dismay of those other band members in Oasis who, ultimately, made those classic albums as much as the Gallaghers. Where’s the praise for Bonehead, Guigsy or even Gem Archer, who stuck it out despite decreasing popularity, utter lack of musical quality and increasing tensions between the people who kept the band afloat until they decided to break up? Both Noel and Liam look at Oasis with regret or admiration depending on how they feel that day but when you look at who REALLY won that Britpop battle tabloids liked to hype up in the 1990s, you realise how far away Oasis was from Blur or even Pulp in terms of not only their songs but having their stuff together. This new song is complete garbage as well, with a pretty awful mixing job, Liam being as distinctively nasal and infuriating as he is with any of his songs let alone his uninteresting ballads, and the COVID-19 charity pandering that comes off as really false, especially since even after Noel released an Oasis track this year as a result of the lockdown – and Liam whining about how he wants to bring the band together to help the NHS – he criticised the honest release of the demo, which Noel wrote and sang himself. It’s also especially telling how the proceeds are only going to benefit charity for its first month of release. Afterwards, Liam and the label can scrape up whatever leftover streams they get from diehard fans. I don’t like Band Aid at all, in fact the song is pretty damn rancid, but at least they keep on recording updated versions to give to modern charities. Liam, you’ve got a bank account the average Manchurian would dream of. This charity single is a fraud, and a pretty hypocritical, immoral one at that.

Conclusion

I think on principle on how fake it is and how awful the song is, I have to give Worst of the Week to Gallagher... but I have a rule against crowning any kind of charity single with that title. At the end of the day, at least something at some point is going to the people who need it. Worst of the Week in that case goes to “Naughty List” by Liam Payne and Dixie D’Amelio, with a Dishonourable Mention to the product that is Griff’s “Love is a Compass”. Best of the Week should be obvious as it’s going to Miley Cyrus for “Angels Like You”, with an Honourable Mention to Megan Thee Stallion’s “Body”. Here’s this week’s top 10:

May I remind you this is the first week of December? Anyway, I doubt Shawn Mendes will make anything through the barrage of holiday tracks, but if he does, that’s next week. Thank you for reading and follow me at @cactusinthebank for more ramblings of this sort, I suppose. See you next week!

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romtasticbookclub · 7 years

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THE ROMTASTIC BOOKCLUB IS A THANG!!!

Alrighty, peeps. This bookclub is TOTES GONNA EXIST!

I’ve had enough people express interest that they’re down for a video/text romance bookclub, so here’s the deets!

1. GROUP BLOG I’ve just created our Romtastic Bookclub group blog and you should be getting an invite to join soon. If I’ve overlooked your name, or you’d like to join, please message me so I can add ya to the fun! This is our landing spot where we can post thoughts, quotes, reactions, etc. while we read the month’s pick. No one is obligated to post, it’s just for us peeps who wanna chat throughout the month before the club meets.)

2. CLUB MEETING: WHEN The Romtastic Bookclub will meet on the first Saturday of the month at 6 pm Central time...? This is negotiable and open to discussion because we all have different schedules. I’d like to pick a time and date that works well for most of us, so PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR FEEDBACK! :)

3. CLUB MEETING: WHERE The Romtastic Bookclub is going to be a Google Hangout. Up to 10 people can video chat at a time and so far we have 33 people who are interested. Each month I’ll rotate the 9 other video chatters, so everyone will have a chance to video if they want. Everybody else can chat along in the Hangout’s text chat. If you don’t want to video chat that month, or only want to participate via the text chat, that is totally ok. Just let me know.

4. CLUB MEETING: HOW You will need a Google account in order to participate in the Hangout. As a result I will need your Google name or email attached to your account so I can add you to the Hangout conversation. Please message me with this information either on my @diehard-fangirl blog or on the group blog. (Also hug yourself every time I said “Google,” “Hangout,” or “blog,” lol.)

5. CLUB MEETING: WHAT Every month I’d like to rotate through different subgenres. For simplicity’s sake, I’ll choose our first Romtastic Bookclub pick. I do want to open this up for voting so everyone in the club can have a voice in what we read. I just gotta figure out the best way to do this. DECISIONS WILL BE MADE SOON!

6. NO PRESSURE! Being a member of the Romtastic Bookclub in NO WAY obligates you to participate every month. If you can’t make it to the Hangout or you’re not interested in that month’s book pick, or life gets too busy, NO WORRIES! This is just supposed to be fun, so no stress!

7. I’M A NEWBIE IDIOT! I have NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE OH MY GERD!! Hosting a bookclub, doing a Google Hangout- this is all new for me, so I’m nervous am probably gonna screw up. Please be patient with me as I fake my way through our first few months of the club. I suck, but yall don’t, so IMMA GET THROUGH DIS WITH YA!

8. Das it.

I’ve tried to think of everything that anyone could ask, but I suck. If I left out anything or you have any questions, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO MESSAGE ME! You can also post questions on the group blog. I’ll be posting this on both my diehard-fangirl & on Romtastic Bookclub.

Here’s a cute puppy GIF for reading through this wall of text!

Tagged peeps:

@nitelotus @sallux @kellyneedscoffee @msfehrwight @mariaslozak @skyewardswan @ameliafeministpeabody @romancypants @psychoblk @gallaxiard @puncturedbeauty @galatea-wannabe @thebooklrandtheduke @unhappy-mordred @lettingthewaterholdmedown @j9moore @stormy-reads @believingfairytales @not-your-average-romance @prettyharam @angelicsweetiew @youtransfixmequite @romcomkdramafan @thecrankyagnes @brenda-is-reading @blueangel91 @mfred

For some reason I can’t tag @thebabeontheback @tess-etc @Honeybeeshepherd @princessnerf-herder @unfriendly-black-hijabi so I’m going to tag them specifically in the tags.

ETA: I’ve tagged everyone within the actual Tags of this post to hopefully make sure everyone sees it.

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ratherembarrassing · 7 years

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A REALLY, REALLY LONG LIST OF THINGS I LOVED OR OTHERWISE HAD VERY STRONG EMOTIONS OVER IN SUPERGIRL 221, SCENE BY SCENE BECAUSE THERE WERE TOO MANY TO WRANGLE INTO ANY FORM OF ARTICULATENESS -- a list by me

THE PREVIOUSLIES

remember that time rhea and lena went on a date? good, me too.

the previouslies also reminded me that lena was wearing open toed shoes in a laboratory. hmph.

THE BEDROOM SCENE THAT RUINED MY MORNING

lena, lena’s face, and lena’s dress: all beautiful

BUT HOW LONG WAS SHE ASLEEP

WHO PUT HER IN THAT BEAUTIFUL DRESS

WAS IT QUEEN RHEA HERSELF

DID SHE BRUSH LENA’S HAIR TOO

DID SHE STROKE IT TENDERLY

DID SHE WHISPER, ‘GAY MARRIAGE ISN’T LEGAL ON DAXAM, AND DESPITE BEING A MONARCHY I CANNOT CHANGE THAT. BUT OH, FOR YOU I WISH I COULD. ALAS YOU MUST MARRY MY USELESS SON INSTEAD. BUT PLEASE KNOW I WISH IT WAS I WOULD WAS MARRYING YOU, LENA LUTHOR. I WISH IT WAS I.’

i mean. *cough*

i’m literally paused at 00:33 right now. this is going to be long.

‘i’ve been taking care of you.’ ‘...but i did it for you, too. i mean what i said on the ground, you are a marvel. and i know that you are meant for bigger things, better things. this is a planet of wasted potential and you represent the best of your race. i’m going to make a society worthy of you.’ ‘you’re where you belong: beside me, presiding over this new world that we will create together.’

I’M SORRY I’M STILL CONFUSED ABOUT HOW ANY OF THIS NECESSITATED LENA MARRYING MON-FUCKING-USELESS AND NOT RHEA HERSELF. CAUSE QUEENY CERTAINLY SEEMS DOWN.

‘supergirl tried to stop you. i should have stopped you.’

the thing i love about lena luthor is that her default position is the same as winn’s: by being her very best human self, she can be a hero too. 😘

‘you lied to me and used me.’

WHEN WILL SOMEONE LOVE THIS GIRL FOR REAL *SMOTHERS LILLIAN WITH A PILLOW*

CHAOS ON THE STREETS

GIANT RHEA HEAD.

photos of maggie with that shotgun have been all over the internet for weeks and yet seeing it on tv WAS STILL VERY EXCELLENT.

‘is maggie safe?’

winn my smol son, your love for those girls fills my heart.

ALEX NOT LOOKING BEFORE SHE LEAPS. IN FACT THE VERY OPPOSITE OF THAT.

i’m so glad they have finally worked out a way to film kara carrying people because that was getting awkward.

OH MY GOD THOUGH, ALEXANDRA DANVERS.

GIANT RHEA HEAD.

it bears repeating.

MEANWHILE, IN SPACE

‘what you do need me for?’ asks mon-el.

YOU SAID IT BUDDY.

‘and who’s the lucky earthling that won the marry an alien invader sweepstakes?’

HIS FACE WAS A FACE THAT SAID ‘OH MY GIRLFRIEND IS GOING TO BE SO MAD WHEN SHE FINDS OUT I’M MARRYING HER GIRLFRIEND.’

MEANWHILE, IN THE UNNAMED ALIEN BAR THAT ALL OF PLANET EARTH KNOWS ABOUT

HUGS FOR JAMES

HUGS FROM KARA

HUGS FROM ALEX

(I BET THERE WAS HUGS FROM WINN)

KISSES FOR MAGGIE

alex’s ridiculous grabby hands 😍

‘i’m so glad that when things look their worst we both thought to run straight to a bar.’

UH?????

LILLIAN IS HERE TO BE VERY TALL AND OF SERVICE

HOW DID SHE FIND THEM???

HOW DID SHE KNOW THEY HAVE LENA???

WHERE IS DEAN CAIN???

(look. there is some very serious fuckery going on in superhero comics these days. steve rogers is a goddamn nazi. so this whole teaming up with genocidal xenophobes thing is a little uncomfortable. and by a little uncomfortable i mean i really wish they had not done this.)

‘and we can save our loved ones and this city.’ ‘you mean your daughter who you kidnapped and framed?’

YOU TELL HER, KARA.

‘the love i feel for my daughter is real.’

UH???

brenda strong needs to get out of here because for half a second i actually believed lillian AND I DON’T ACTUALLY BELIEVE LILLIAN.

LONG DISTANCE FACETIME

(also rhea was referred to as my lord, which was... very 1980s gender politics of them.)

EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS ENTIRE EVERYTHING WAS EVERYTHING AMAZING

CAT

CAT IS HERE

CAT IS HERE AND IS HANGING OUT WITH THE PRESIDENT AND IS HERE TO SPEECHIFY ABOUT HOW AWESOME WOMEN ARE.

‘i’m cat grant, known on earth as queen of all media.’

‘i have brokered peace between kanye and taylor swift.’

‘we’ve all read the t-shirts.’

and then cat stepped in it and THEN AIR FORCE ONE FELL OUT OF THE SKY AND CAT FELL OUT OF AIR FORCE ONE AND KARA SAVED CAT FROM FALLING OUT OF THE SKY AND HONESTLY I’M NEVER RECOVERING FROM THAT BEING A THING THAT HAPPENED.

DID I MENTION THAT I AM SO, SO GLAD THAT THEY FINALLY WORKED OUT HOW TO FILM KARA CARRYING PEOPLE?

BECAUSE I’M PRETTY DAMN GLAD THEY WORKED THAT OUT.

‘well at least tell me you’re still a democrat.’

CAT I HAVE MISSED YOU SO MUCH.

HAIL, HAIL, THE GANG’S ALL HERE

WINN HUGGED CAT

CAT KIND OF HUGGED HIM BACK

‘it’s very french resistance.’

so... the deo. ‘well, you do a bang-up job,’ she says, eyeing the sky full of alien spaceships.

CAT I HAVE MISSED YOU SO MUCH.

‘i just hitched a ride with olivia... she was my RA at radcliffe, and i’m having this vague memory of walking into the dorm bathroom and seeing ET in a bathrobe and i thought it was the pot brownies but...’ ‘and darling i love you just the way you are, scales and all.’

and then madeleine albright called.

CAT I HAVE MISSED YOU SO MUCH.

CAT WENT TO RADCLIFFE.

CAT AND THE PRESIDENT DEFINITELY HAD A THING.

CAT HAS BEEN BACK FOR ALL OF FIVE MINUTES AND IS APPARENTLY THE GAYEST OF THEM ALL OKAY THANKS BYE.

alex is in charge!

alas, she is in charge of making terrible choices. sorry, alex.

SPACE: THE TASTY FRONTIER

‘the prince and his beautiful, brilliant bride-to-be...’

STILL NOT CONVINCED RHEA DOESN’T WANT TO MARRY LENA HERSELF.

lena luthor: SO. FUCKING. DONE.

i’m really into what rhea did with her makeup though.

‘we are not getting married, and we are *gags* certainly not giving you an heir.’

lol.

PROCREATION VIA LOCKS OF HAIR.

[INSERT FIVE THOUSAND YEARS OF SCREAMING HERE]

LENA’S FACE IS SO. SO!!!!!!

‘i hope for the best but prepare for the worst.’

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?!?!?!

if they, oh god, if they actually make this child, oh my god, IF NEXT SEASON LENA HAS SOME KIND OF BABY OFFSPRING OUT THERE IN THE UNIVERSE SOMEWHERE. I. OH GOD, I AM FAINT AT THE POSSIBILITY. OH MY GOD, FAM. OH MY GOD.

i need to just put this feeling in a box and set the box on fire and bury the ashes in a pit the size of the grand canyon because OH MY GOD.

‘yes, you’ve made your feelings for me abundantly clear, lena’.

RHEA IS VERY UPSET THAT LENA DOESN’T WANT TO BE FAMILY WITH HER.

THE LUTHOR FAMILY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

‘you care about the little people.’

IS LENA LUTHOR ACTUALLY THE SWEETEST PERSON ON THE PLANET?

(how much fun do you think teri was actually having devouring all that scenery and threatening to murder sick children? on a scale of 1 to 10 i assume it was about a 15.)

MANDATORY DANVERS SISTERS SCENE #1

‘mon-el and lena are still up there... imagine if it was maggie.’

mhmm.

TRASH QUEEN CAT GRANT

someone actually thanked kara for saving them.

and of course it was cat, because of course it was cat.

‘it’s my boyfriend and my best friend.’ ‘...but all i can think about is the two people i love...’

mhmm.

cat: it’s human. kara: i’m not human. you know she thought it.

HAVE I MENTIONED THAT I MISSED CAT SO DAMN MUCH?

even when she’s being a little bit fetishistic about the spiritual enlightenment of ~foreigners~, i guess.

but honestly, GO SAVE THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE, OTHERWISE WTF IS THE POINT OF LIVING? not the worst advice ever.

‘i’ve really missed your advice, ms grant.’ ‘yeah, and i’ve really missed giving it.’

SHE’S REALLY MISSED GIVING ADVICE.

PLEASE COME BACK.

‘that is still so...’

HOT. SHE WAS GOING TO SAY HOT.

something something exposition

I LOVE YOU MY SMOL SON WINN.

sidebar: i can’t believe they just randomly introduced the very real threat of being sent to the phantom zone and there was nothing from kara on that being a thing that she’d probably really like to not have happen.

‘i’m the queen of distraction.’ 😍

and also the queen of loving winn, god bless.

robohank is an actual asshat, i’m glad they never forget that.

WINN AND KARA HAVE ZERO SUBTLETY.

MANDATORY DANVERS SISTERS SCENE #2

‘i know you’re fast but just be faster.’

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

OMINOUS SCENE OF FORESHADOWING

‘you know my real identity, but you never told lena. why is that?’ ‘eventually she’ll find out on her own. find out you’ve been lying all this time. and when she does she’ll hate you for it.’

LENA IS GOING TO FIND OUT.*

ALL MY DREAMS ARE COMING TRUE. ALL MY DREAMS ARE HAPPENING.

but lord does lillian not know her daughter, the sweetest person on the whole entire planet apparently, at all.

i’ve been team lena needs to find out and be pissed all season but never really thought that was going to happen. then with the doubling down on BFFs 4 EVA that’s been going on the last few weeks i was starting to think there was a chance they would actually go there, but after this?!? hahahahahah, there’s no way. or rather, there is away, and sometimes these writers are total hacks, so there is is definitely a way. but man, there’s no way.

(ideally: she’s going to be so hurt, and it’s going to break my heart, but she’ll understand. because that’s my bb space princess. she understands.)*

‘when this is over, we go back to being enemies.’ ‘i look forward to it.’

if people ask me why i actually love this show, this moment will be what i show them. i’ve watched it like seven times now and i’m still laughing.

SPACE WEDDING

THAT DRESS.

honestly, it looks like something from project runway’s wearable art week. fabulous.

‘yeah, i’m good.’

😘

ngl, i’m sad they didn’t manage to get through the ceremony. not that it means anything, BUT I WANTED THEM TO BE MARRIED.

RIP CATCO.

two days ago, @poppyssupergirl asked what kind of candle cat would have around, and I WAS 100% VINDICATED BY THIS EPISODE.

‘i’m going to have to burn sage for like a century’

cat, let me get you the number of a journalist in riverdale who engages in casual occultism.

also, how does cat know what a west hollywood gym smells like?

‘where is james olsen? this is the biggest story in the history of the world.’

NO ONE CARES ABOUT JOURNALISM ANYMORE, CAT. NO ONE.

‘james is hiding like a coward.’ ‘and kiera? where is she?’ ‘she’s also a coward.’

because on no planet anywhere does cat not know, i like to believe that sometimes she just... forgets. that little face at the end is her brain reminding her because, oh yeah, kara is not also a coward. does not compute.

‘i’ve got a very trusted agent on my 6′

MAGGIE IS THE VERY TRUSTED AGENT ON ALEX’S 6.

SPACE WEDDING INTERRUPTUS

(teri hatcher is so fucking pretty holy heck.)

acting regent? that’s... different.

ngl, i definitely screamed DAMMIT CAT, THEY DIDN’T EVEN GET TO THE KISS. because i enjoy some terrible things.

GIANT CAT HEAD.

‘they promise to make our world great again.’

lololol.

LENA IS INSPIRED BY CAT.

‘not going anywhere.’

ARE YOU COMING BACK FOR REAL THOUGH????? DON’T TOY WITH ME, WOMAN.

‘it’s a shame your politics are so intractable. you’re very useful.’ ‘my politics? i thought it was my alien genetics that were the problem.’ ‘just take the compliment.’

WHY COULDN’T WE HAVE HAD THIS SHOW ALL SEASON?

‘do your thing R2.’

KARA MADE A STAR WARS REFERENCE.

‘that’s my girl.’

LEAVE LENA ALONE, YOU MONSTER.

SERIOUSLY, WHY DO YOU WANT HER????

‘as your prince, i order you to lay down your weapons and let us go...yeah, i didn’t think that was going to work either.’

SO GLAD YOU FINALLY THOUGHT TO TRY SOMETHING, USELESS.

i really only mention this bit for the OH SO CASUAL WAY LENA JUST STROLLS BY, TAKES THE GUN, AND THEN SHOOTS THE GUARD NBD, AND IS LIKE FFS LET’S GO.

her stompy little wander off 😘

‘break that.’ ‘this?’ [EYE ROLL] ‘yeah.’

😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘

‘i can see why kara loves you.’ ‘likewise.’

*OKAY SO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO INTERPRET THAT LIKEWISE.

1. ‘i can see why kara loves you also.’ and thus, lena knows mon-el is mike.

2. ‘i can also see why kara loves me.’ and thus, lena doesn’t know mon-el is mike, but she does know that kara loves her.

I DON’T KNOW WHICH ONE I WANT.

because lena knowing kara loves her? be still my heart.

but lena knowing mon-el is mike? means she probably knows kara is supergirl.

or she’s a fucking moron, which i wouldn’t put it past this show to try to tell me.

ALMOST SPACE PRINCESS IS SO PROUD OF HER MACGYVERING THE THINGO WITH HER SPACE TIARA.

‘HI.’ ‘Hi. UH. KARA DANVERS SENT ME TO GET YOU.’

lena: LITERALLY DOESN’T CARE.

they’re going to try to tell me she’s a fucking moron. 😒

‘you came?’

HELP ME. PLEASE HELP ME. SHE’S SO FUCKING STUNNED THAT HER GOD-AWFUL MONSTER OF A MOTHER CAME.

‘humans only, dear.’

aaaaand that lasted all of three seconds.

lillian, please.

‘i thought you’d finally see my side.’

GET OUT OF HERE, BRENDA STRONG.

i honestly just... WHAT ARE YOU PLAYING AT?!?! stop trying to make your villains three-dimensional, show, you’re not very good at it and it hurts my brain.

‘where’d they go?’ ‘lillian left us to die.’

yeesh, that’s a bit stark.

winn and kara’s little plan is cute. let’s pretend kara got of the ship and actually cared about herself enough to want to live.

MEANWHILE AT CATCO

they made cat run 😂

‘okay well it was nice knowing you.’

‘that’s my idea.’ ‘it’s a good idea.’

she really does love winn ❤️

‘thanks, james.’ ‘i’m- guardian.’ ‘oh, honey. i can see your eyes right through the slit.’

YOU KNOW WHO ELSE’S EYES YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THROUGH HER GLASSES?

DO YOU?

DO YOU????????

(I’VE MISSED CAT SO FUCKING GOD DAMN MUCH.)

mon-el appears. lena: WHERE’S SUPERGIRL?

HARD SAME, GIRL.

AND THEN SO MANY THINGS HAPPENED ALL AT ONCE

alex: OH MY GOD, DON’T MAKE ME FIRE THE LAZER.

rhea: ‘when my own husband opposed me i killed him. do you really think you can tug at my heartstrings.’

DAMN GIRL, THAT’S COLD.

the lazer: BLASTED OUT OF THE SKY

alex: OH MY GOD I DIDN’T FIRE THE LAZER.

superman: IS HERE.

THE END.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#stuff in a list by me #supergirl spoilers

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nightmare-afton-cosplay · 6 years

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‘Dollhouse’ in Corpus Christi, TX, Makes Adorable Appearance as Week’s Most Popular Home

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Welcome to the dollhouse! The most popular home on realtor.com® this week is an “iconic” property in Corpus Christi, TX, that looks as if it has emerged from the Victorian era. But it’s actually from the decidedly non-Victorian year of 1984.

It is known as the “Dollhouse” to locals, and the adorable pink scalloped shingles, distinctive roofline, and covered porch lend a sweet look to this unique home. “The love and thought put into building this home is unbelievable,” says listing agent Brenda Marshall. “When you walk in, your mouth just drops. It’s just such a landmark here.”

The runner-up this week has plenty of 1970s flair, but it requires a rescue. Built in 1979, the concrete and glass structure in Georgia has plenty of potential, but is need of some serious renovations.

Other homes you clicked on this week include a log cabin in Georgia with rustic charm, a cool castle in Kentucky, and a Wyoming compound with room for your horses—as well as your plane.

Come fly away with us, as we take you on a tour of this week’s most popular properties…

10. 23 Paw Paw Lake Dr E, Chagrin Falls, OH

Price: $339,000 Why it’s here: Welcome to the lake house! This four-bedroom features refinished hardwood floors and a newer master suite. It’s a short walk down the hill to Paw Paw Lake, and its beach and picnic pavilion.

Chagrin Falls, OH

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9. 924 Bel Air Rd, Los Angeles, CA

Price: $188 million Why it’s here: Behold the Bel Air mansion known simply as “Billionaire.” Back on the market with a price cut, the 38,000-square-foot deluxe pad with amenities galore is still driving clicks, if not buyers. The four “meticulously curated levels” include five bars, 10 VIP suites, two fully-stocked champagne and wine cellars, a massive candy wall, and a seven-person staff.

Los Angeles, CA

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8. 1405 N Camden Cir, Savannah, GA

Price: $299,000 Why it’s here: This three-bedroom brick charmer from the 1950s is an ideal family home. Along with a living room with built-ins, and a dining room, the kitchen opens to a casual eating area and family room. Best of all? It’s conveniently located near a community pool.

Savannah, GA

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7. 545 Owens Ferry Rd, White Oak, GA

Price: $500,000 Why it’s here: This custom log cabin strikes just the right balance between rustic and refined. We love the double-height great room, with a floor-to-ceiling, double-sided fireplace. The second level features the master suite, loft, additional bedroom, and bonus room. Sunny days can be spent surveying the 24-acre spread from the wraparound deck.

White Oak, GA

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6. 440 Great Pond Rd, North Andover, MA

Price: $7,999,000 Why it’s here: Last week’s most popular listing is hanging around, thanks to its eye-popping architectural details. It also has Hollywood history on its side—it was used as a filming location for the HBO movie “Clear History.” Located in rural Massachusetts, the property is near the prestigious Phillips Academy Andover.

North Andover, MA

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5. 661 Airport Dr, Alpine, WY

Price: $3,000,000 Why it’s here: The plane, the plane! The almost three-acre gated lakefront compound has plenty of room for you as well as your aircraft. Along with an airplane hangar, there’s an 1,100-square-foot apartment and a rustic barn house for you or your guests. Horses are free to frolic in the property’s corrals and fenced pasture.

Alpine, WY

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4. 601 Highland Dr, Cape Girardeau, MO

Price: $1,180,000 Why it’s here: Known by locals as the Boathouse, this one-of-a-kind structure from 1946 has been completely remodeled. The 6,000-square foot space includes floor-to-ceiling windows, hardwood floors, three fireplaces, and a library. Outdoors, you’ll find a stone patio, eye-catching landscaping, and a saltwater pool with a slide.

Cape Girardeau, MO

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3. 33 Levassor Ave, Covington, KY

Price: $195,000 Why it’s here: Once known as the Castle on the Corner, this historic Queen Anne Victorian is in need of a royal restoration. There are updates required, but original details and flourishes abound, including stained-glass windows, a hand-carved oak staircase, multiple pocket doors, oak wainscoting, and seven fireplaces with carved mantels.

Covington, KY

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2. 22 Woodlane Dr, Newnan, GA

Price: $299,999 Why it’s here: Located in an exclusive enclave, this 1979 contemporary has plenty of potential. In fact, the listing suggests it has “movie-industry appeal.” But be prepared to put in a lot of work. The space already includes a solarium, two pools, and a floor-to-ceiling fireplace. The kitchen needs finishing, and large swaths of the interior need to be renovated.

Newnan, GA

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1. 6030 Ennis Joslin Rd, Corpus Christi, TX

Price: $849,900 Why it’s here: “You will not see a house like this,” says listing agent Brenda Marshall. House lovers must agree, as the clicks piled up on this place.

According to the agent, the current owners love historical homes, so they took their cues from the past when constructing this finely detailed vintage lookalike. “This house is not a historical home, but it’s built as if it was,” says Marshall.

The home sits on a lot overlooking the water, and includes a foyer with chandelier, large picture windows, oak hardwood floors, “beautifully crafted” wood staircase, plus four bedrooms and 4.5 baths. The counters were made from old bowling lanes, and the cozy factor is high, thanks to three brick fireplaces and wallpaper everywhere.

“It’s very unique and it’s precious,” says Marshall, who suggests it could be purchased as an investment property and rented out as an Airbnb.

The pink scalloped edges that grace the front of the house, along with the turrets, gaslight out front, and covered porches, perhaps led locals to call it the Dollhouse. “It’s an icon in Corpus Christi,” Marshall says. “It’s a very, very unusual house.” And this week, the most popular one.

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