#september 2019 roadtrip

[raccoonfallsharder]

future projects.

back to the main masterlist

below you can find the stuff i am working on, in order of (hopeful) release date. i have a lot of simultaneous projects so these will be coming out slowly over the coming months. thank you for bearing with me ♡♡ you are shinier than a lilac bush full of fireflies and more precious than pocket-sized pegasuses.

i am hoping to be done with current works on the following timeline: windfall 𖤣𖥧𖡼⚘.˚⭑ ~ june/july 2024 florescence ❀ ~ august/september 2024 cicatrix .⋆☁︎ :･꧂~ october 2024

may-june 2024

the raccoon, the witch, & the roadtrip. angst, comfort, & fluff | rocket & wanda | multipart headcanon | word count: 1,370. for @hibatasblog During a watch party for Avengers: Endgame on Twitter, Markus revealed the idea to team Wanda with the Guardian of the Galaxy captain actually made it into several versions of the film's script. "We had whole drafts with Wanda on a road trip with Rocket," Markus wrote, "but after the Vision plot in Infinity War, nothing we came up with was anything but wheel spinning for her character." CBR

june-july 2024

warm compress ☾.༊·˚⋆⭒ fluff | no use of y/n | gn reader | oneshot | word count: pending. you've taken care of rocket when he's been hurt in the past. when he comes to visit you and finds you tired, in pain, and less-than-receptive to company, he decides to return the favor. can be read platonically or romantically.

WARNINGS: reader is experiencing abdominal pain attributed to hormonal/ovulation cycle. reader cries at one point.

･:*𑁍✧˚₊ overheard on the bowie 18+ only MDNI | no use of y/n | f!reader | oneshot | word count: TBD. rocket laments building the bowie with such thin walls between bunks. ie, you haven’t been able to get off in a while, and your neighbor knows it. [preview]

july-august 2024

᠊ᡃ࡚ࠢ࠘ ⸝່ࠡࠣ᠊߯᠆ࠣ࠘ᡁࠣ࠘᠊᠊°.⋆｡✶˖ evasive maneuvers ⌖˖✶｡⋆ expansion: practice (day 9) of °˖✧♡kinktober 2023 18+ only | no use of y/n | f!reader | ?? | word count: pending. providing more context and, uh, follow-up. title may change.

untitled Domestic Scenes in Space Travel finale. 18+ only MDNI | no use of y/n | f!reader | length pending | word count: pending. The Nineteenth & Twentieth Visits. Series Finale. based on Guardians of the Galaxy (2019).

love is blind: andromeda 18+ only | rocket x f!oc | 5 parts | word count: pending. rocket has broken out of twenty-three prisons. this one will be no different. slow burn + probable smut with feelings. mcu/comic medley (kinda au?)

september 2024

⭑.⋆๋࣭✪ hot local dads in your spaceport ✪⋆๋࣭ ⭑ undecided rating | no use of y/n | undecided reader | ?? | word count: pending. born of this statement i made ages ago and think about daily: daydreaming about quitting my job and running away to outer space. i’d live in a city in a giant floating skull and i’d run a street-food stall for the neighborhood. i’d teach the local sentient tree how to play stardew valley, and just fucken recklessly hit on his hot dad every chance i got

⊹₊⋆☁︎⋆⁺☀︎ sunshine ☀︎ ⋆⁺☁︎⋆₊⊹ expansion: sunshine (day 15) of °˖✧♡kinktober 2023 18+ only | no use of y/n | f!reader | ?? | word count: pending. after what was intended to be a one night stand, rocket & sunshine reader navigate the awkward aftermath of being new crewmates. oops.

october 2024

★♫｡°𝄞☕︎✎▤ other duties as assigned▤✎☕︎ 𝄞°｡♫★ 18+ only | rocket x f!oc | ?? | word count: pending. natasha romanoff is an administrative nightmare - a fact that does not go unnoticed by the (interim) captain of the milano. First she demands that the remaining two guardians of the galaxy be reachable via a primitive terran messaging system, and then she can't be bothered to read the frickin' emails. thank fuck she's hired a new assistant. mcu-based, slight au, begins five months post-snap; rocket x oc email romance/LDR (lol); slow burn + probable smut with feelings.

#aspirations #rfh fanfic #future projects #guardians of the galaxy #rocket raccoon #rocket raccoon fanfiction #gotg fanfiction #gotg rocket #rocket raccoon x oc #rocket gotg #rocket raccoon x you #rfh masterlist

[bcacstuff]

Timeline 1 August 2020 - August 2021

This is the first of the timeline posts I will post. As Tumblr wont let me post it all in one post. I'll put links at the bottom to the next timelines.

Read the timeline with in mind, most dates are confirmed by pictures, events that can be traced back to dates, and posts on IG or Twitter, it is possible the posting dates can differ from actual dates. I've put a lot of links in it, but not each interview/photoshoot etc. will be in it.

I created this timeline as I often get questions about when or where, what took place, hopefully these timelines will be helpful to keep track in the right way.

It starts in August 2020. Before that there's a timeline I posted leading up to how he went to Hawaii when the pandemic started for about six weeks and came back home beginning of May 2020. Not much noteworthy happened between May-August. He did his motorbike exam and interviews from home. Only as of August he started to be out and about again.

August 2020 Filming MiK around Scotland, several pics and in Edinburgh and videos and pics and fan pics

And September still filming around Scotland, fan pic and another and one in Edinburgh September 8, biking around September 15

While also recording audiobook Clanlands (September 21) and having a night out with the lads (Oct. 2nd) in London

And still filming MiK in October 19 and (21) photoshoot

October 22 sharing his fake phone number, October 29 live IG from home both from home

November 3 2020 Clanlands book release and on Zoe Ball show and this morning on November 4 (virtual) showing London - forgot his Q&A but apparently already working on TFY, a fan pic on November 14 in London, and recording a message for a fan from his filming location in London for TFY on November 18, as well as GMA on November 24

November/December 2020 Filming TFY (working title) some BTS, still had time for biking around London, and his switching of for Christmas on which day the OL fans get the message they will start filming in January

January 2021 makes an appearance presenting an award but obviously prerecorded, a video from his home on January 22nd of course with his whisky. Filming OL S6 started, some bts pics

February 2021 MiK release - lots of promo and interviews at home bashing Bridgerton, chicksintheoffice and live IG with Graham on February 14, release of MiK for US.

February 16 premiere To Olivia in which he plays Paul Newman. The movie was recorded in December 2019.

March 8 2021, photoshoot for Esquire posted on Twitter, promo for SAS RN from home and IG live from home on March 19

OL introducing new characters, announcing OL getting a next Season and BTS of S6 in production, all in March 2021

April 7th did a IG Q&A celebrating 3M followers from home, showing a roadtrip he did the week before. IG live with Graham on April 11 from home. Announcing MiK from home on April 15, will be releasing on May 9th for UK.

On May 3 2021 still doing promo for SS in his old house, but later that month he moved to his new place, first seen as a reflection in a spoon feeding a bee, his garage (May 8th), in the MPC gala video the full kitchen view (May 23), and showing off his garden in the archery pic on May 30. A fan pic on May 15 and 16 from Glasgow.

June 5 2021 OL S6 wrapped, had a wrap party at his home

The next day he went to London and posted a pic on June 7 2021 with SC on a terrace smoking cigars.

Same week he recorded a podcast with Alex Z in a sweaty studio and some fan pics confirming still in London on June 9

Wrapped recording MPC material with Valbo and AN on June 18, archery stories of AN on the deck and the garden, which gave away the address of the house and a fan pic at kcalkitchen in Glasgow

Shot Sassenach promo material in/around Breamar (fanpic on June 24) Fifearms and Mar Lodge and hosted his nephews birthday party on June 27 and a fan pic confirmed still in Glasgow.

Did a biking trip and shooting more SS promo with AN seen at Luss, Rest and be thankful amongst other places, the route we could follow looked like this up to June 29.

AN was home July 4th, SH was in London posted a video with Graham, met amongst others Kat Mcnamara (which picture she posted for his birthday a year later). While the Nics gave a tour of his house and using his stuff on the 12th of July, we already figured out he's not there himself, despite him posting a selfie on a bike in London on the 14th but as a latergram as he already was in

Mexico (July 2021) in Jalisco with Matt N and AN. He posted a pic himself on July 17 but was most likely already about a week in Mexico. After that we saw a number of biker-pics agave pics Tequila stuff and lots of fan pics, and seen by a fan at the airport on July 22 while flying to

Tulum with MN (fan pics on July 24 and 25 and Tulum gym pics) Matt posted leaving Mexico on July 31st while S went to

LA - August 2021, first pic posted by himself at the Chargers/Rams game on August 17, recording interviews live IG from airbnb, pics and promo from HH (Hollywood Hills and House). And SAS RN was released on Netflix, posting from the TV set in the HH. Tweeted about additional ADR for OL S6, hanging out with some bikers eating burritos

Next Parts:

Part 2 September 2021 Part 3 February 2022 Part 4 August 2022

[firstdegreefangirl]

Katieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Top ten productions in the last 5 years that you've seen?

KAT, STOP BEING MEAN TO ME. Honestly, I'm up to 60-odd productions, and narrowing this down was SO HARD. I peaked in 2018. Except that my NYC trip was in 2017, just a few months past five years ago, so Broadway Backwards and the OBC of Dear Evan Hansen don't count.

That said, here's where we landed. Organized chronologically, to avoid having to pick one single favorite among the standouts. Yes, I am open to follow up questions, and let the record show that "favorite shows I've seen" and "favorite shows" aren't necessarily the same, though that venn diagram is pretty close to a circle.

Under a cut because the list is LONG and DETAILED.

Sweeney Todd – 8 April 2018 This was a local production, with Tally Sessions and Chris McCarrell from New York to play leading roles, and this theatre just always does really really great work. My dad and I made a whole little day of it, and they did a Q&A after, and it was SO GOOD (you’ll see this same theatre come up again later).

If/Then – 29 April 2018 Another local production, but not where I live. I drove up to see it with one of my friends. Black box theater (where the stage and the audience are level, so everything is super close up and intimate) is my favorite kind of theatre, and it was INCREDIBLE to sit front row, half a foot away from the action It’s been like four years and I still haven’t stopped thinking about how much I loved the set too.

Newsies– 8 July 2018, 19 July 2018 Listen, I just really like local theatre, OK?! My area did two productions of Newsies the same summer, but this one was technically first. All local talent, and SO MUCH OF IT. The guy who played Jack Kelly honestly had NO RIGHT to go as hard as he did. I remember genuinely wondering if he was going to take down part of the scaffolding with how hard he was rattling it during Santa Fe. So good I had to go back and see it a second time.

Last Days of Summer – 14 September 2018 Remember that local theatre from Sweeney Todd? WELL THEY DID IT AGAIN. A world premiere baseball/WWII musical, starring Corey Cott (one of my personal favorite people). The show was FANTASTIC, and they let the audience stay for the cast party, so I actually got to meet/hug him. Also, I was freshly 21, so this was the first time I drank, accidentally. That’s a helluva story, but off topic for this post.

Dear Evan Hansen – 25 September 2018 Opening night of the first national tour stop in Denver. Need I say more? OK, I can say more. Uhhhh … check the tag ‘Katie and Rach: Destination Denver’ for the video I made about the roadtrip to see this show, and the highlights post from the show itself (from back in the days when Rachel and I liveblogged our friendship like hooligans).

The Play That Goes Wrong – 7 April 2019 I mean, you know how I feel about the entire Goes Wrong franchise, and this was what started it all. I saw it on a bad day, but then sat there and laughed for two and a half hours. It was SO fantastic, and I’ve been chasing it down again ever since. This summer, maybe …

Who’s Your Baghdaddy – 27 September 2019 I saw this one on a last-minute whim with my mom – of all people – because it was the end of September and the show I had tickets for got postponed (yeah, yeah, we’re all very proud of JerJor for being in Supergirl again, but the timing could have been better). It was the only thing I could find on my day off work, so we bought a couple of tickets as I swore up and down that I had no idea what the show was about, so if it was horribly offensive, it wasn’t my fault. And then instead it was hilarious and awesome and absurd in the best way.

Bandstand – 19 December 2019 A post-WWII musical about a group of vets starting a band to win a competition. The tour cast was INCREDIBLE, and the show never doesn’t give me chills and sobs. Bonus funny story: the community college that hosted the tour stop did a Q&A about the show and the history surrounding it before curtain call, and the professor running that totally spoiled the whole ending. At least I already knew how it went?

An Evening With Jeremy Jordan – 26 August 2021 OK, this is the one that was supposed to be September 2019. Three more delays (JerJor was in Little Shop of Horrors, COVID, COVID) and two venue changes (same local theatre, but it turns out they have more stages than I thought, and we ended up in a tiny event space upstairs from the upstairs. On the list for favorite venue, in terms of being beautiful and intimate and just perfect for the show they put on) later, it was my first indoor show post-pandemic, and it BLEW ME AWAY. Laughed, cried, lived, loved, all of it. A perfect, triumphant return.

Pretty Woman – 10 March 2022 Duh.

#honestly how could you ask me this? #FAVORITE SHOWS??? #ALL OF THEM #but I narrowed it down #just for you #musicals #katie listens #katie watches #broadway #katie answers #kitkat0723 #sleepover saturday #sleepover thursday

[somethingboutafic]

Famous/Non-Famous

14/09/2019 by MediaWhore (G) word count: 3,925 In mid-September Harry comes home. A Tired Tired Sea Coda

It's written all over your...(or: the Red Carpet fic) by BlueNeptuune (E) word count: 11,569 The star-studded cast of Steal My Girl graced the red carpet on Saturday night ahead of the premiere screening, sparking an internet sensation like no other. The film itself received an average of 4-and-a-half stars from early reviews, launching it into the spotlight as a contender for the up-and-coming awards season, but the real news came from the carpet itself. Oscar-winner Louis Tomlinson (Kill My Mind, Back For You) made his first public appearance following the badly-hidden split from his management in early 2020, and he wasn’t exactly keen to talk about it. It was also the first time since his earliest work (Still The One is featured on our summer-vibes throwback list) that he’s attended the carpet by himself – rumours swirled that he’d split with his long-time girlfriend, but are the two things related? Tomlinson himself wasn’t spilling any tea, but it looks like one journalist in particular might have coaxed a little more out of him than anyone else...

A Hungry Heart by jacaranda_bloom (E) word count: 27,601 Harry Styles, florist and Great British Bake Off contestant, loves many things. He loves his flower shop, he loves baking, and there’s also that little crush he has on pop star Louis Tomlinson. But when Louis arrives on set as the surprise guest judge, Harry’s worlds collide. Throw in a cup of cuteness, a teaspoon of teasing, and a pinch of pining, and there’s all the ingredients for an epic love story, or absolute chaos.

Something Great by infinitelymint (E) word count: 31,061 Louis is a student and Harry is the mega-famous singer that happens to post a photo with Louis in the background. Together they kind of break the internet.

somewhere only we know by bethaboo (E) word count: 44,536 Personal assistant Louis knows something is up with his best friend and employer Harry. And it's not just his big tour coming up or the ever-increasing womanizing rumors about the popstar. To get to the bottom of Harry's moodiness, Louis decides he has to kidnap him and take him on a roadtrip up the California coast to Portland. The roadtrippiest road trip fic ever written. Basically an excuse for gratuitous fluff and smut with a pinch of angst tossed in for good measure.

tangled up in you by missandrogyny (E) word count: 45,152 Harry blinks once. And blinks again. And says, his voice dangerous: “Niall, did you get me a mail-order bride?” Because what the actual fuck. It kind of looks like Niall’s just purchased a person. For Harry. Niall blinks back at him for a few moments, before throwing his head back and howling with laughter. Harry throws a pillow at him. Hard. “No, what the fuck, Harry.” “A prostitute then?” Harry also doesn't want a prostitute. “Of course not!” “A stripper?” “No!” Damn, he’s running out of ideas. He settles for launching another pillow at Niall’s head. Niall bats it away easily, still laughing. “Stop!” “What did you get me, then?!” Niall must hear the tinge of hysteria in his voice, because he’s pulling himself together, trying to stop himself from laughing. There’s still a big grin on his face, though, when he says, “I got you a professional cuddler.” A professional…what. “What?”

And Now I Date Cate's Brother by sunflouwerhabit (NR) word count: 46,604 A drunken writing session ends with a song detailing the fictitious summer romance between Louis and his former friend’s twin brother. It accidentally goes viral.

Some Records Turnin' by crimsontheory (E) word count: 49,330 Harry is a soft alpha who owns a record store and Louis is a closeted singer omega masquerading as an alpha who randomly stumbles into Harry’s store.

Carry This Feeling by Awriterwrites, dimpled_halo (E) word count: 49,927 Harry knows, objectively, that he shouldn't try to get his ghostwriter into bed. He knows. But...he finds it hard to resist temptation when Louis waltzes into his home and his life and turns everything upside down. And, as it turns out, Louis might just need a little turning upside down too.

Fall Into Your Gravity by zarah5 (E) word count: 74,004 AU. In which Harry is an overnight pop sensation and Louis steals plants, Zayn pulls Liam's proverbial pigtails and Niall's really just pleased there are more girls for him.

Back From The Edge by sincewewereeighteen (M) word count: 113,059 the one in which Harry is a closeted actor who needs to do a PR stunt during his break, only he wasn't counting on falling for his beard's best friend. It gets messy.

Tired Tired Sea by MediaWhore (M) word count: 113,303 As a B&B owner on the most remote of all the British Isles, Louis Tomlinson is used to spending the coldest half of the year in complete isolation, with his dog and the sea as sole companions. Until, one day, a mysterious stranger on a quest to rebuild himself rents a room for the winter.

How Many Times Will It Take (To Get This Right) by LilyBlue28 (E) word count: 157,806 The one where Louis and Harry used to be good friends (and casual fuck buddies), until Harry's music career took off and he left for a world tour. Louis disappeared from his life after that and for the next four years Harry mourns the loss of his friend (and his lover) until fate brings them back together, and Harry's life turns upside down...again.

love is a word, you gave it a name by CuckooTrooke (E) word count: 158,591 After two decades in brutal show business, Louis Tomlinson is trying to restore his tranquility of mind in the peace of Northern Europe where the sun barely sets, Maria's bar is always open, and young Harry has an irresistible spark in his eyes.

Be There by mission2feelike (NR) word count: 179,339 The one where their family has been torn apart and their hearts broken, but an accident, a snowstorm, cinnamon rolls, and the adorable Josie force Louis and Harry to finally face the truth, and each other.

Let Me Be Your Star by lovelarry10 (E) word count: 252,617 Harry Styles has always been a singer, but he’s never had much confidence in himself. When his idol is brought on as the new judge on The X-Factor, he figures, what the hell? He’d get to sing and meet his idol. What could go wrong? Louis Tomlinson has always wanted to mentor young musicians. When he’s asked to be a judge on The X-Factor, it’s a dream come true, everything he ever wanted. What he didn’t expect was to meet a curly-headed stranger that would turn his life upside down

#famous/non-famous au #larry fic rec #larry fanfiction #larry fic

[kayla-comm476-blog]

The Intersection of True Crime & Social Media: When Does It Go Too Far?

By: Kayla Downing

Introduction

It is human nature to be fascinated by the macabre and the truly horrifying. Most people when they see a car accident on the side of the highway will slow down to observe the crash and comment on the aftermath. I think this translates into the modern fascination with true crime. True crime, as defined by the Cambridge Dictionary, are books, movies, podcasts, documentaries, etcetera about real crimes that happened to real people. The most “popular” genre of true crime tends to revolve around serial killers, gruesome murders, or kidnappings and torturings. True crime as a genre was brought to fruition in 1966 with the publication of Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood, however the genre stayed relatively obscure until the late 2010’s. True crime in recent years has become a common fascination, especially among young adult & teenage women. There are countless communities online dedicated to the dissection of true crime cases, specifically on Twitter (personal note: I understand that the name of the platform is now “X”, however, I will still most likely be calling it Twitter throughout this post) and TikTok. 

Since 2018, true crime has seen an even larger spike in popularity, and during the pandemic the genre skyrocketed. YouTube videos on the genre saw a large uptick in views, and in 2019 it only grew larger. Channels like Bailey Sarian and her segment “Murder, Mystery & Makeup” or Buzzfeed Unsolved have been pioneers in the genre gaining popularity, especially within the young adult & teenage women audience. 

So, why has this genre become so popular? What is so appealing about it, especially to women? What is the effect of this genre gaining popularity, on the families of the victims as well as those who are now investing in the genre? Within this blog post, I want to look at the Gabby Petito case (a very well documented murder case of how social media can affect murder investigations), the social media response surrounding the release of the Ted Bundy movie starring Zac Efron Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile, and end out by understanding how this fascination with the genre affects our empathy and how it affects those who are closely related to those true crime cases.

The TikTok Hunt for Gabby Petito

Gabby Petito, a 22-year-old TikToker, was about to go on a cross-country roadtrip with her fiancé in their RV when she went missing around the end of August 2021. Her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, eventually returned to their shared home in early September without Gabby, disappearing off the grid two weeks later, and causing a widespread hunt for Laundrie and search for Gabby. People quickly pointed the finger at Laundrie, and all over social media people were desperate for clues to his whereabouts to bring him to justice for what was, at the time, the supposed murder of Gabby Petito. Eventually, authorities were able to find the remains of both individuals and rule their causes of death: strangulation for Gabby, and suicide for Laundrie. From there, the public widely considered Laundrie to be the cause of Gabby’s death, and that he had committed suicide to save himself from the guilt and backlash.

While this case is extremely tragic in a lot of ways, something that can’t be understated is how much social media played a role in it, for better or for worse. It is through TikTok that investigators were able to find the RV that Gabby and Laundrie had been traveling in, as a couple combed through their own video footage of their bus road trip to find the last known location of Gabby’s RV. This was instrumental in being able to find her remains and then eventually rule her cause of death as a homicide. 

However, there were also massive downsides and setbacks associated with the public’s fascination and obsession with the Gabby Petito case. People were claiming false sightings of the couple, or spreading viral theories about what could have happened. While the police and FBI never outright spoke on whether or not these impeded their investigations, it seems in poor taste to use the murder of a girl to go viral on TikTok.

Doing things like that can separate the person from the case, and lower the empathy towards the people who are legitimately suffering because of this; it draws them into the limelight on an extremely sensitive and hurtful topic, all because people want to get a couple million views on their videos.

The biggest thing, in my opinion, that people fail to remember when these large cases go viral is that they’re real people, not fictional. False accusations on social media have very impactful consequences, and false theories can spread misinformation that’s potentially harmful to more than just the direct parties. In this case, spreading rumors about sightings of both Laundrie and Gabby could have led the police and the FBI in the wrong direction for their investigation. There are also adverse effects for the family members, as they are now thrust into the limelight over something that’s truly tragic. 

The Response to Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile

Gabby Petito’s case is one of many examples of the desensitization to true crime through social media. Just recently, Netflix released their documentary series on the murderer Alex Murdagh only two weeks before the trial jury reached a consensus. It’s things like this that push our empathy out of our minds; after all, isn’t the psychology of a killer inherently interesting? But these documentaries don’t take into consideration the feelings of the victims. For instance, the creators of Netflix’s series on Jeffrey Dahmer didn’t reach out to any of the families of the victims for consent to create the show. A similar case happened with the release of their movie on Ted Bundy, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile, which covered the Ted Bundy murders from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Liz.

This movie had seen its fair share of backlash upon and before release in 2019. When the movie was first announced, the casting of Zac Efron as Ted Bundy generated very controversial discussions. People felt it was “truthful” to the reality of the situation, as is commonly known from the court trial that people would proclaim Bundy’s innocence due to his attractiveness, and others called it insensitive to the families of the victims. 

While perhaps the casting of Zac Efron wasn’t the smartest choice on Netflix’s part, it did create a lot of attention surrounding the movie, and therefore, the subject matter. People took to even calling Ted Bundy attractive and, from there, it was revealed that there even fan accounts dedicated to Ted Bundy, specifically on Twitter.

People began to put Ted Bundy on such a pedestal; saying enough things about him being attractive that even Netflix had to release a statement about the things everyone was saying. All in all, it was a very telling reaction to the general public’s view on true crime and how desensitized to the truly violent acts they are.

Social Media's Role in True Crime Desensitization

So, with all this being said, how does social media specifically play a role in the desensitizing of true crime & violent content to the greater public? Social media encourages the idea of marketing it as content (shows like “Cookies & Crime” or theory videos on people like Gabby Petito) rather than impactful news. When people watch a TikTok of a woman decorating a tombstone cookie while detailing the gruesome murders of a family, people aren’t registering the truly violent and, well, wicked things they’re hearing. Presenting the content in this manner does little to convey how dangerous, upsetting, and disturbing these cases are. True crime documentaries also exist at an all-time demand, especially post-pandemic where people found themselves scrounging for things to watch to keep them occupied. True crime podcasts consistently reign amongst the most popular podcasts, and new ones seem to pop up almost every week.

This subject matter, as gruesome it may be, honestly does interest me to some extent (more or less, the fascination other people seem to have with true crime). When I was first starting college, I also wanted to potentially pursue a career in crime (I wanted to be a criminal psychologist) but in my sophomore year, I switched to communication. A large part of why I switched was because the biggest reason for me wanting to go into that major was the glorification of criminal profilers and criminal psychologists through social media or shows like CSI and Law & Order. So, at one point in time, I felt the exact same fascination that most other women do with true crime – and that’s another thing; why do so many women love the true crime genre? 

In my opinion, it’s because the young adult and teenage women are the prime demographic that most serial killers tend to target. While obviously there are cases like John Wayne Gacy or Jeffrey Dahmer who primarily target young men & boys, the large majority tend to target women. I think there’s also a fascination with understanding the mindset and motivations behind “psychopaths” or “sociopaths”. What drives them to want to torture? To maim? To kill? It’s questions that will hardly ever get truthful answers, and social media provides the perfect platform to build theories and communicate with other true crime fans to find out their own theories. It’s a vicious cycle that will probably always continue, and it’s one that (in my opinion) creates a want to be in the spotlight for these things. 

More often than not, people are more likely to be able to list the names of countless serial killers, kidnappers, and torturers. Those same people likely cannot begin to name one of the victims of those terrible people. That’s in large effect due to the media's obsession with those who commit the crimes rather than those who have suffered; after all, where’s the newsworthiness in talking about the life of a woman or man who suffered? School shootings produce exposés and biographies on the shooters, while the victims get little more than a passing remembrance after the initial newsbreak.

Conclusion

I know that this blog may seem a little all over the place, but I’m hoping the spirit of my message can still be heard and understood. In my opinion, news media & social media are big reasons why true crime shot up in popularity and why so many people have become “obsessed” with the genre and have a morbid fascination with the subject matter. 

I’d like to close this out by talking about the initial question posed in the title: when does this go too far? For me, it’s when the lines get blurred between understanding that these people are real and wanting to make content.

There is a need, especially in this day and age, to go viral by any means necessary, whether good or bad. People will lie about facial features (a la “Scar Girl” on TikTok), diseases (ticsandroses, who infamously faked having Tourette’s, or the countless young teens who seem to be faking Dissociative Identity Disorder), and more just to boost their view count. Controversy creates more talk and views than almost anything else, and true crime is one of the most controversial subject matters out there. Decorating and icing cookies as you touch on gruesome murders is, inherently, controversial; at its core, it’s dehumanizing the content in a way that it becomes hard to understand and appreciate the gravity of the situation. Those videos are filled with countless comments of things like “I love this case!” or “this content is so gross”; from there, people will share it with their friends to discuss, and at that point, the subject matter isn’t even entirely relevant to the conversation.

I think cases like Gabby Petito are a rare example of how social media can do good rather than harm in current true crime cases. There’s a term that was thrown around a lot during my research of “armchair detective”, in which people will sit from the comfort of their homes and try to solve violent crimes using tools available through social media. They will comb through post histories, playlists, anything they can get their hands on to (1) create theories on what could happened and (2) create viral content on these theories to generate either actual awareness on the issue (as I find, this happens rarely) or spark some type of debate. Armchair detectives normally do more harm than good in those situations as they can disseminate potentially harmful falsities that can impede an investigation (like what likely happened with Gabby Petito). However, it was these types of true crime fans that were able to identify where Gabby’s RV was and then help investigators locate her remains; it’s an extremely double-edged sword.

While I doubt that there’s anything I can really do to find or create a solution to stop this problem, I’d like to do what I can to bring attention to it. This is something I feel about deeply, especially considering I used to be someone who was really into and would consider themselves obsessive about true crime or serial killers. This type of content, and creating content specifically to go viral off of it, is harmful with really no way of changing it. Very rarely do these videos give spotlight to the victims. Beyond that, most families of the victims wish for nothing more than these types of stories to lose their traction and fade away. I can’t even begin to imagine how it must feel, as a family member of someone whom Ted Bundy killed, to see people idolize him and proclaim his innocence. Or how it must feel to see new documentary after film after TV show detailing who he was, how he murdered people, etcetera. As a whole, our society can do a lot better by these families, and I think we should. After all we’ve done to force the murderer of their daughter or son or sister or brother in their faces, I think it’s the least of what we owe them.

Bibliography

Bentley, L. (2023, March 31). The internet’s true crime obsession has gone too far. The Diamondback. https://dbknews.com/2023/03/31/internet-tiktok-true-crime-documentary-criminal-subculture/ 

Board, L. E. (2023, January 9). The rise of Social Media Crime Solvers. Grand Valley Lanthorn. https://lanthorn.com/95858/opinion/the-rise-of-social-media-crime-solvers/ 

Chu, A. (2021, September 20). Gabby Petito case: Tampa family spots White Camper Van in video - wtsp.com. WTSP. https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/special-reports/gabby-petito-case/tampa-family-gabby-petito-van-video/67-cb4ea49a-b778-4a5c-980b-4510a0b5ba84 

Cross, B. (2023, February 25). The Dark Side of social media: How true crime content is trending. Cold Case Inc. https://coldcaseinc.com/the-dark-side-of-social-media-how-true-crime-content-is-trending/ 

Maxouris, C. (2022, January 21). A timeline of 22-year-old Gabby Petito’s case. CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/16/us/gabby-petito-timeline-missing-case/index.html 

Sayles, J. (2021, July 9). The Bloody Bubble. The Ringer. https://www.theringer.com/tv/2021/7/9/22567381/true-crime-documentaries-boom-bubble-netflix-hbo 

Whitehurst, L., & Licon, A. G. (2021, September 29). Gabby Petito story boosted by social media, true-crime craze. AP News. https://apnews.com/article/gabby-petito-social-media-tiktok-investigation-d2e9a5d627c2f39b5633174239c3beaf 

[xprojectrpg]

PHASE 2

2015: Maya emails Xavin and Clea asking if they’d be up for some cheerleading practice. Alex posts more pictures of his roadtrip teasing Lorna about being unable to leave him behind since he has the coffee.

2016:

2017: Felicia posts a picture of her flight back home.

2018: Betsy introduces herself on her journal. Bobby posts about ice hockey clubs. Jean-Paul texts Amanda about finding someone.

2019: Topaz comes to Marie-Ange for advice about the ravens following her with presents of food.

2020:

2021: Laurie texts Darcy and Namor asking if either knows where her underwear ended up. Darcy texts Terry to confirm that she did indeed lick some abs... for science. Terry brings Darcy a meal and they discuss their post-Gala nights and powers. Marie-Ange invites the mansion to judge the fashion of Miss Universe.

2022: Jubilee wanders into Garrison’s room and joins him in watching random TV.

#this day in xproject #plots #rpg #plot #rp #xprpg #xproject #phase 2

[biking-with-akiva]

On this adventure we head out of cloudy California for sunny Oregon..

The goal to ride my first black diamond trail 💪🏾💯🤙🏾

But first warm up laps down some 🟢&🟦

baby steps. We got the crew @luckyrichard_13 & @izrael_prince  

💙🚲

#trailride

#roadtrip

#downhill

#gravel

#Hardtail

#singletrack

#Trail

#Hardtail

#xc

#Hardtailmtb

#strava

#instagram

#bikes

#cycling

#gopro

#justforfun

#hardtailsrule

#BikeTrails

GoPro :Hero 7

🚲 : Runtz ( Schwinn AL comp 2019 in 👨🏾‍💼🕺🏾Trail Mode)

My 120mm travel 🚀

#mtb #mountain bike #pov #cycling #gopro

[orelstravels-archive]

“Good ol’ Route 66”

#route66 #roysmotelandcafe #mojavedesert #routebeer66 #orelpuppington #roadtrip #americana #golly

Posted September 18, 2019.

#september 2019

[rabbitmilk]

14.9.19

#photography #2019 #september 2019 roadtrip #september 2019 #september #trumansburg new york #trumansburg ny #new york

[avlrkb]

Hints of Autumn 🍂. #germany #rüdesheim #trip #viaje #september #2019 #vineyards #countryside #wine #sunset #roadtrip @astroboyfan1 (at Rüdesheim am Rhein) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2i-x2Eg0_1/?igshid=5l2s3pmn0uhx

#germany #rüdesheim #trip #viaje #september #2019 #vineyards #countryside #wine #sunset #roadtrip

[xtruss]

Double Standards of the US

Gabby Petito’s Death is Tragic. But I Wish Missing Women of Color Got This Much Attention

Considerable resources were dedicated to finding Petito’s body. Yet Indigenous people in Wyoming are more likely to disappear and to be killed, and their cases are barely noticed

— Akin Olla | Guardian USA | 25 September, 2021

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said extensive news media coverage of Petito’s death should be a reminder of the hundreds of Native American girls and women who are missing or murdered in the United States. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP

The apparent murder of 22-year-old Gabby Petito has been a consistent part of the American news cycle since she disappeared on 11 September. Her YouTube presence and participation in the Instagram #vanlife subculture, which involves young people travelling around the country living aesthetically appealing lives in vans and converted buses, provided plenty of content for internet detectives on sites like TikTok and Reddit to consume. Her story is heart-wrenching, especially after police footage has emerged of Petito and her fiance, Brian Laundrie, who is now a “person of interest” in her death, having a domestic crisis.

But the story also feels eerily familiar – so familiar, in fact, that there is a term for it: “missing white woman syndrome”. White women, particularly conventionally attractive middle- or upper-class white women, tend to receive disproportionate media coverage when they go missing. Petito’s case is tragic, but the media attention it has attracted replicates a systemic pattern.

Gabby Petito deserves justice; there is no doubt about that. Her death was ruled a homicide by a Wyoming coroner on 21 September, a few days after her body was discovered. She’d been missing for weeks after a roadtrip with her fiance, who returned from the trip without her and soon went missing himself. Her story quickly went viral on social media outlets: a Reddit forum created to track her case has accumulated more than 119,000 members at time of writing, and TikTok videos featuring her have received over 200m views.

“It is concerning when policy priorities are so clearly weighted toward victims of certain racial identities and social classes.”

The media joined in this explosion of attention, and public officials soon followed. The Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, declared online that he has directed all state agencies to assist with the search for Laundrie, who is on the run. I hope they catch him. According to 2019 numbers, however, there are well over a thousand other missing persons in Florida alone. Media attention influences how politicians and law enforcement agencies allocate resources, and it is concerning when policy priorities are so clearly weighted toward victims of certain racial identities and social classes.

It should be said that a lot of the attention that Petito received can be ascribed to the fact that she already had a devoted online following at the time of her death, vaulting her disappearance into an instant cause célèbre on platforms like TikTok and Reddit. But this does not remove racial bias from the picture. It is not as if media outlets conspire behind closed doors to prioritize white women, but producers, editors and news consumers have biases that influence coverage. This bias may even exist on an algorithmic level: Black TikTok content creators have long argued that their content is more likely to be suppressed. Dances created by Black teenagers are often scooped up and popularized by white kids who are able to amass a larger audience. One TikTok user has provided evidence that the platform feeds people content from creators of the same race as those who created content they’ve viewed in the past, further driving any other biases that may already be in play. There is nothing wrong with Petito’s case getting attention, but there is the lingering question of who isn’t getting the same attention – or any attention at all.

This is especially striking given that women of color are more likely to go missing in the US in the first place. The FBI believes that 33.6% of the Americans who go missing every year are Black, even though Black people constitute only 13.4% of the population. In fact, that number is probably an underestimate, because Black girls are often categorized as runaways and not as missing persons. Black children are also more likely to remain missing. Non-profit organizations like the Black and Missing Foundation have tried to fill the gaps in law enforcement priorities by shining a light on individual missing Black people and the statistics behind them.

Indigenous women have a lower official rate of missing persons cases, but there is considerable evidence that this is due to underreporting and poor coordination by law enforcement agencies. In 2016, for example, the National Crime Information Center, a federal database, found that 5,712 Indigenous women and girls had gone missing, but only 116 cases were recorded by the US Department of Justice.

Considerable resources were dedicated to finding Petito’s body in Wyoming earlier this week. Yet 710 Indigenous people have gone missing in Wyoming between 2011 and 2020. Indigenous people in Wyoming are more likely to go missing, and less likely to be found in the first 30 days. Indigenous women are 6.4 times more likely to be killed, and their deaths receive the least coverage in the state.

None of this reflects on Petito as a person or lessens the sadness of her death. The problem lies with our society, a society that passes anti-abortion laws that devalue the lives of women and those who can give birth, a society in which women who are murdered are usually killed by current and former romantic partners. The US needs to deal with the violence that exists within it, and must reckon with the reality that the attention and resources that go towards cases of violence are based on skin color. The harsh truth is, if Gabby Petito had been Black, her name would have long faded from the public consciousness, if it had ever been there at all.

— Akin Olla is a contributing opinion writer at the Guardian

[allhailthemightyquattro]

Laura’s Deckerstar Fic Recs (Part 11)

You can find the complete list (minus rec notes) at my Ao3 Bookmark page.

Disclaimer: These recs have no real ranking and are simply being shared in the order in which I bookmarked them. And just because I say more about some than I do others, does not mean that those fics are “better” or that I like them more.

Not The Devil You Know by forgedinbowelsofhell

Rating: Not Rated Status: WIP (last update: 30 September 2019) Word Count: 17,277 (9/? chapters) Author’s Summary: “My name is Samael,” he corrects the woman, “and I am afraid I don’t know who you are.”

Rec Notes: This is a very unique post-season 4 fic with a time travel element. In it, Samael gets sent into Earth’s future and is inevitably found by Chloe. There is a lot of great angst with Chloe having a Lucifer in her life, but not her Lucifer. It also has some amusing moments with Samael being unfamiliar with modern humans and their inventions. Be warned though, the fic cuts off right on a good bit and leaves you wanting more.

Chloe Decker, celestial consultant by Weisse_Rose

Rating: Teen Status: Complete Word Count: 25,995 (12 chapters) Author’s Summary: Souls start disappearing in hell and reappearing on earth. A supernatural mystery that Lucifer simply cannot solve without the help of a certain detective (or maybe he just doesn’t want to).

Rec Notes: A great post-season 4 case fic which involves mysteries from both Hell and Earth, meaning that Lucifer gets a temporary vacation from Hell. It has all the angst you would expect and also addresses the huge flaw in the whole “guilt sends you to Hell” system.

happy here (with me) by wolfgang

Rating: General Status: Complete Word Count: 264 (1 chapter) Author’s Summary: She’s sleeping, her head resting warm and heavy on his chest. He plays idly with her hair, wrapping a strand around his finger and then gently dragging his touch to the ends, her locks sifting through his hand like silk.

Maybe if he just…says it. Out loud. Just to get over the hurdle. Maybe then saying it to her when she’s conscious won’t be so nerve wracking. He inhales carefully...

Rec Notes: Maybe I should have just recommended this author and have been done with it... they are such a good writer and everything they write is amazing. This fic is no exception. It may be short, but it’s incredibly fluffy.

What’s This? by NotOneLine

Rating: Teen Status: WIP (last update: 8 January 2021)  Word Count: 33,814 (7/8 chapters) Author’s Summary: A few months after the reveal of her partner's devilish nature, Chloe and Lucifer's working relationship is finally back on track. But Chloe wants more. So when she discovers that Lucifer usually spends Christmas alone, she ropes him in to help with the preparations for the holidays, vowing to teach him a few traditions along the way. Maybe a little Christmas magic is exactly what their partnership needs...

Rec Notes: A must read for every Christmas. It’s a post-season 3 fic but was started before season 4 aired, so it’s not so angst heavy and even has quite a few amusing moments (especially in the Christmas tree hunting chapter). I also love the fact that every chapter starts with the line “What’s this?”

The Chain by petrichorishly

Rating: Teen Status: Complete  Word Count: 13,991 (1 chapter) Author’s Summary: Roadtrips solve everything, right? So, things should work out fine when Chloe takes Lucifer on a roadtrip to Vegas after ignoring him for two weeks straight.

Rec Notes: Another post-season 3 fic. It’s got angst, it’s got action, it’s got Lucifer being protective of both Chloe and Trixie, and, finally, it’s got some much-needed comfort to go with all the hurt.

#deckerstar #Laura's Deckerstar Fic Recs #chloe decker #lucifer #lucifer morningstar #lucifer on netflix #fan fiction #fic rec

[emjenwrites]

Emjen’s 2020 Fic Roundup

So...it’s 2021. I didn’t do much in 2020, but I did write a lot of fanfic. Here’s a list

(before you ask, yes, I’m too lazy to write a real intro.)

Total Published Word Count: 158,525

Total Published Works: 32

January

What are words? Six of Crows Rating: Teen Category: Gen 8,012 words (completed, parts 4/5 posted in 2019) Kaz/Inej, Jesper/Wylan, Nina, OCs [Fightingverse] Five conversations which took place before Maxim Vasilyev came to Ketterdam.

February

Baby, I’m not made of stone, it hurts Peaky Blinders Rating: Mature Category: “Shippy” 22,640 words Tommy, Tommy/Alfie, Tommy/Grace, Tommy/Greta, Tommy/Freddie, Ada, Mary, Polly, Lizzie Written for AroWriMo Things with the Russians and Section D had started bad and ended worse, and that was before Polly, Arthur, John, and Michael went and got fucking arrested. Or Tommy Shelby grapples with loneliness, guilt, health issues, and romantic orientation in the aftermath of s3.

March

I’ve been here before Peaky Blinders Rating: Teen Category: Gen 9,516 words Tommy, William Letso, Freddie, Johnny Dogs (But always hit the floor) Or the unhappy relationship of Tommy Shelby and tunneling

Bedlam Six of Crows Rating: Teen Category: Mostly Gen 1,730 words Nina/Matthias, Kaz The one in which the auction scheme goes terribly wrong. Written for the prompt "You're shaking" on Tumblr.

And I was thrashing on the line Six of Crows Rating: Teen Category: Gen 9,700 words Roeder, Kaz [Fightingverse] Of all the people in Ketterdam, Roeder was probably the last one who would be expected to end up running with one of the Barrel’s most infamous gangs. Or Roeder's fic.

Clippings Peaky Blinders Rating: Teen Category: Gen 3,891 words Tommy, Ada, Karl Ada gives Tommy a haircut. Heavy things are discussed.

Vast, Vulgar, and Meretricious Beauty Peaky Blinders Rating: Teen Category: Shippy 3,308 words Michael/Gina, Tommy Pre-s5. Michael Gray tries to get the girl, wastes a lot of money, and comes to blows with his paranoid and over-controlling older cousin.

May

Picnics and Bonfires The Raven Cycle Rating: Teen Category: Shippy with some Gen 3,671 words Blue/Gansey, Ronan/Adam, Henry, Declan, Matthew Written for TRC Spring Fling The day before Blue, Henry and Gansey leave for their roadtrip, the Gangsey gathers at the Barns.

When I watch the world burn Peaky Blinders Rating: Mature Category: Gen 7,597 words Tommy, Frances [Doom Days] Someone follows Tommy out into the field at the end of 5x06. It’s the last person you’d expect.

Needing Help Six of Crows Rating: Teen Category: Gen 1,128 words Kaz, Colm Colm Fahey attempts to "dad" Kaz. It goes about as badly as you'd expect.

June

Live-streaming the final days of Rome Peaky Blinders Rating: Mature Category: Gen 5,736 words Tommy/Lizzie, Jessie, Ada, Mosley [Doom Days] Tommy Shelby was running late. Or Tommy Shelby returns to London post-s5.

I think that things will change but I'm losing my belief Peaky Blinders Rating: Mature Category: Gen 4,300 words (incomplete, 3/4 parts posted) Tommy, Polly Written for Peaky Blinders Prompt Fest--Spring 2020 Tommy and Polly through the ages. Or how to destroy your relationship with your aunt in four easy steps.

July

Again Peaky Blinders Rating: Teen Category: Shippy 795 words Tommy/Lizzie Written for Peaky Blinders Rarepair Bingo Tommy rolled over. Again. Or Tommy and Lizzie mostly fail at this sharing a bed thing. Written for the 2020 Peaky Blinders Rarepair Bingo answering the prompt: "Sharing a Bed/There Was Only One Bed."

August

So I put my phone down / Fall into the night with you Peaky Blinders Rating: Mature Category: Shippy and Gen 4,954 words Tommy/Lizzie, Polly, Michael, Frances [Doom Days] Lizzie goes to the Midland Hotel for a report on Michael and Gina and everything that happens afterwards.

Screaming Star Trek 2009 Rating: Teen Category: Gen 595 words Spock Humans say that Vulcans have no emotions. They’re wrong.

Beginnings and Meetings The Raven Cycle Rating: Teen Category: Gen 2,463 words Gansey Written for Gansey Week Everything starts somewhere. Or Gansey Week 2020.

Well That Was Unexpected Peaky Blinders Rating: Teen Category: Gen 725 words Tommy, John, Polly, John/Martha, Tommy/Greta Written for Peaky Blinders Appreciation Week “I’m getting married,” John announced. Or John has a history of unexpected and hasty marriage proposals. Written for Peaky Blinders Appreciation Week Day 1: Pre-canon / The Great War.

September

I think I've seen this film before / And I didn't like the ending Peaky Blinders Rating: Teen Category: “Shippy” 1,272 words Arthur/Linda, Tommy, Linda’s Mother Written for Peaky Blinders Appreciation Week The truly awful thing about life, Linda was realizing, was that somehow, despite your best intentions it always ended up coming full circle. Or the tradition of Linda Shelby’s life. Written for Peaky Blinders Appreciation Week Day 2: Tradition.

A Train to Catch Peaky Blinders Rating: Teen Category: Gen 628 words Tommy, Johnny Dogs Written for Peaky Blinders Appreciation Week "I need to get some sleep" Or Tommy after the meeting with Madame Boswell. Written for Peaky Blinders Appreciation Week Day 3: Nature/Animals.

Oh, Lazarus, how did your debts get paid? Peaky Blinders Rating: Teen Category: Gen 789 words Tommy, Polly Written for Peaky Blinders Appreciation Week “Bold move faking Arthur’s death without telling the rest of the family,” Polly said. “Even bolder to assume I would go along with it.” Or Tommy and Polly meet to talk strategy after Arthur's "death." Written for Peaky Blinders Appreciation Week Day 4: Missing Moments.

Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer Peaky Blinders Rating: Teen Category: Gen 823 words Tommy, Jessie Written for Peaky Blinders Appreciation Week “You look tired,” Jessie Eden says. Or Tommy and Jessie have a late night business meeting. Written for Peaky Blinders Appreciation Week Day 5: Business.

It doesn't even matter how hard you try Peaky Blinders Rating: Teen Category: Gen 1,131 words Tommy, Ada Written for Peaky Blinders Appreciation Week It was fall. The seasons were just starting to really change and Tommy had had a migraine for days on end when he finally gave into Ada’s pleas to see a doctor. Or where the laudanum came from. Written for Peaky Blinders Appreciation Week Day 6: Seasons.

I'm here in your doorway Peaky Blinders Rating: Teen Category: Gen 2,717 words Charlie, Ruby, Tommy, Ada Written for Peaky Blinders Appreciation Week [Never Tell Our Business to Strangers] Ruby was supposed to meet him in their father’s Parliament office. She wasn’t there. Or Charlie Shelby in 1938. Written for Peaky Blinders Appreciation Week Day 7: Family.

Plots and Power The Folk of the Fair Rating: Teen Category: Shippy 755 words Cardan/Jude “You said that you wanted Oak crowned king.” Cardan hissed in her ear. Or Jude and Cardan after Cardan's coronation. Written for the prompt "I lied" on Tumblr.

October

Something to Eat The Raven Cycle Rating: Teen Category: Shippy 803 words Ronan/Adam Ronan and Adam stop by Monmouth on their way to Cabeswater. Written for the prompt "Want something to eat?” on Tumblr.

Teleporting Cows The Raven Cycle Rating: General Category: Shippy 706 words Ronan/Adam Something unexpected happens one morning at the Barns. Written for the prompt "It was an accident." on tumblr.

Untitled Declan-Centric Pacific Rim Crossover The Raven Cycle/Pacific Rim Rating: Teen Category: Gen 2,928 words (unfinished WIP, not written in 2020) Declan, Matthew Posted for the Good Intentions Abandoned WIP Fest Declan Lynch lied his way through the psych eval needed to get himself cleared to pilot after Niall Lynch's death, and he has pretty sure that anyone could have called him out on it, but no one ever did. This is an unfinished, abandoned work being posted as part of the Good Intentions Abandoned WIP Fest.

Untitled Curse Workers Fic Curse Workers Rating: Teen Category: Gen 1,408 words (unfinished WIP, not written in 2020) Cassel, Philip, Barron, Grandad, Sam, Daneca Posted for the Good Intentions Abandoned WIP Fest Cassel's plans go awry, but fortunately someone arrives to rescue him. This is an unfinished, abandoned work being posted as part of the Good Intentions Abandoned WIP Fest.

Fault Six of Crows Rating: Teen Category: Gen 699 words Kaz, Matthias Kaz was making his way down below the deck of Ferolind when someone tackled him off the bottom rung of the stairs. His shoulder slammed hard into the wall. A warm, sickening hand was pressed against this throat, the thumb and forefinger pressing along each side of his larynx. Written for the prompt “Stop being so difficult.” on Tumblr

November

I know you inside and out Peaky Blinders Rating: Teen Category: Shippy and Gen 3,053 words Tommy/Lizzie, Ruby Written for Peaky Blinders Rarepair Bingo [Never Tell Our Business To Strangers] Tommy ends up in the hospital. Written for the prompts "Marriage" and "I’m trying to save your life."

December

Find somewhere the bad days / Don't come as often in this sad phase Peaky Blinders Rating: Teen Category: Gen 1,104 words Tommy, Ada Written for Peaky Blinders 12 Days Holiday Challenge The morning after John’s funeral they finally celebrate Christmas. Written for prompt 9 of the Peaky Blinders 12 Days Holiday Challenge: Fete.

Like a bridge over troubled water Peaky Blinders Rating: Mature Category: Mostly Gen 7,097 words (incomplete, part 1/2 posted) Tommy/Grace, Ada, Polly, Campbell Written for Peaky Blinders 12 Days Holiday Challenge It was a bit odd, that after everything else that had changed about their lives, the family’s Christmas routine hadn’t changed at all. Or Tommy tries to make it through his first holiday season after Grace's death.

#fanfiction #2020 fanfic breakdown

[yasmijn]

Tulisan spesial tentang masa yang spesial

Saya terlalu dipenuhi rasa khawatir tentang barang bawaan yang begitu berlebih sampai hari-hari terakhir di Delft tidak diisi dengan perasaan melankolis dan kesedihan yang sungguh-sungguh. Gelombang kesedihan pertama muncul di Stasiun Delft, ketika teman-teman menyerahkan kado buku foto Hema, dan gelombang kedua yang lebih parah ketika saya duduk di kursi pesawat; mulai membaca pesan-pesan yang dituliskan di dalamnya. 

Tanpa melebih-lebihkan, saya mau bilang disini bahwa dua tahun yang saya habiskan di Delft adalah dua tahun terbaik selama 26 tahun di kehidupan saya yang singkat ini. Empat tahun S1 juga adalah fase yang teramat menyenangkan, tapi berbeda. Tidak bisa dibandingkan. Di antara September 2018 dan September 2020, saya belajar banyak sekali. Saya bertemu banyak sekali manusia. Terlibat dalam berbagai obrolan, dari yang serius sampai serius sekali - dari yang sepele sampai tidak penting juga. Dan banyak sekali waktu yang kuhabiskan untuk berpikir.

Saya lanjut S2 hanya karena saya ingin tinggal di luar negeri dan saya ingin belajar lagi. Tidak ada ekspektasi berlebih terutama masalah pertemanan, tapi nyatanya saya bisa pulang ke Indonesia dengan teman-teman baru yang begitu baik dan punya idealisme - hubungan yang ingin saya jaga sampai tua nanti. Obrolan-obrolan sampai dini hari yang penting, tentang masa depan yang bukan hanya tentang bekerja dengan gaji puluhan juta sebulan sebagai ekspatriat di Belanda tapi tentang kebaikan yang bisa diberikan pada sekitar. Untuk hidup dengan sebuah tujuan yang bukan uang. Pun juga tidak berharap untuk bisa berteman baik dengan orang asing (banyak usaha yang harus dikeluarkan), tapi nyatanya saya bisa mengobrol tentang banyak sekali hal personal dengan seseorang. 

Melalui obrolan dengan teman-teman internasional, saya juga belajar banyak. Tentang ragam bahasa di Etiopia, pandangan tentang isu Kashmir dari seorang teman India yang beragama muslim, hidup sebagai orang bukan Shia di Iran, krisis tanpa akhir di Venezuela juga tentang bagaimana orang-orang minum bersama di bar untuk merayakan kematian Chavez, kehidupan di Vietnam, beratnya menjadi seorang perempuan di India juga tegasnya perkastaan di sana. Obrolan antar sesama warga dunia ketiga yang seringkali diakhiri dengan diam, membuat hati lebih berat dan kepala lebih pusing daripada sebelumnya. 

Semua keputusan yang tepat untuk bepergian sebelum adanya CoVID-19 — ke Norwegia dan Swedia di akhir tahun 2018 dan awal tahun 2019 untuk melihat aurora dan nimbrung di kerumunan anak Stockholm, liburan ke Italia dan Roma bersama dua teman rumah di Februari 2019, libur lima hari Paskah dan musim semi ke Zurich, Budapest, Vienna, perjalanan akhir pekan di bulan Mei 2019 untuk menonton konser Ghibli di Praha, ikut roadtrip ziarah Katolik ke selatan Prancis di musim panas 2019 sambung trip spontan ke Budapest dan Vienna (lagi) bersama Wida, nonton konser Hans Zimmer dan John Mayer di Bijlmer, juga keliling museum di pelosok Belanda menggunakan Museumkaart dan langganan Weekend Vrij terutama di bulan-bulan terakhirku. Mempelajari sejarah kolonialisme di Indonesia dari sisi Belanda melalui potongan-potongan pameran di berbagai museum.

Terlibat dalam kepengurusan Indelftnesia 2019 juga adalah salah satu memori terbaik selama S2. Masuk dengan konsep kasar mengenai kisah pewayangan empat punakawan yang ingin disadur menjadi sebuah teater - entah berapa banyak waktu yang saya habiskan untuk menulis skrip dari awal sampai akhir, merekam dan mengedit file audio narator, mendesain panggung, rapat dengan orang venue, merekam adegan wayang kulit dengan peralatan seadanya, sampai menjadi operator audio visual di hari-H. Tidak akan lupa rasa haru yang muncul ketika mendengarkan satu auditorium ikut menyanyikan lagu Tanah Air. Bangga dan rindu.

Sebagai anak rumahan yang seumur-umur tinggal bersama orang tua, ini juga adalah kali pertama saya tinggal sendiri secara independen. Menyenangkan. Dan juga bikin pusing. Urusan rumah yang seakan tidak habis-habis, terutama ketika menerima tagihan pajak, selisih tagihan energi yang tidak masuk akal, juga ribetnya mengurus terminasi kontrak. Jendela kamar mandi yang jatuh karena ditiup angin kode oranye, membuat kami harus mandi dalam dinginnya hembusan angin selama berbulan-bulan. Saluran air dapur yang mampet karena penuh sisa makanan. Tetangga yang marah-marah. Sepeda yang rusak di tengah hujan padahal sudah telat datang ujian. Kedinginan di musim dingin. Kepanasan sampai mau meleleh waktu musim panas. Bingung mau makan apa, masak apa. Hampir bangkrut di bulan Agustus karena uang habis dipakai jalan-jalan sedangkan uang beasiswa baru ditransfer pada minggu ketiga bulan September.

Tentang ilmu? Dapat, sih, tapi tidak sesuai ekspektasi. Banyak pengulangan dari materi yang didapatkan di Teknik Industri, jauh lebih dangkal, dan fokus yang terlalu besar pada filosofi, etika, dan teori inovasi. Kurang aplikatif dalam dunia kerja karena terlalu akademik. Tapi paling nggak mendapatkan pemahaman lebih dalam tentang Ekonomi dan Manajemen Finansial. Di malam terakhir Wida di Belanda, saya bertanya apakah ada hal yang ia sesali selama kuliah di sini, lalu Prinka balas bertanya hal yang sama. Jujur, saya menyesal karena tidak belajar lebih keras lagi. Nilai memang tidak penting tapi punya capaian lebih (cumlaude, honours) akan membantu dalam rencana-rencana yang saya punya. Penyesalan kedua adalah tidak mencari kesempatan magang di perusahaan, dengan alasan utama karena saya merasa inferior dan takut berbeda. Takut ditolak di awal dan takut beradaptasi. 

Menurut saya, tema besar dari dua tahun yang saya habiskan di Belanda adalah kebebasan. Bebas dari ikatan apapun dengan pemberi beasiswa. Bebas mau melakukan apapun, pergi kemanapun, dengan siapapun. Bebas menjalankan hidup, berencana, dan mengeksekusinya tanpa campur tangan banyak pihak. 

Saya adalah manusia yang beruntung atas kesempatan luar biasa ini. Bukan hanya tempatnya, tapi juga waktu dan orang-orangnya. 

Kalau kata Dirk Wittenborn, 'We are the sum of all people we have ever met; you change the tribe and the tribe changes you.' 

My biggest thank you to the aggregate of people that I have met during my life in the Netherlands — I hope that we all have changed; for the better.

#personal #s2 #delftlyfe

[zendrella]

rules: answer 30 questions and tag 5 blogs you are contractually obligated to know better.

tagged by: @skateboardtotheheart <3<3<3

name/nickname: Torun/Tori but only by close friends

gender: Female; she/her

star sign: Leo

height: 172cm/5’7.5”

birthday: July 28

time: 8:35 PM

favorite band(s): Faber Drive and Julie and the Phantoms

favorite solo artist: Jeremy Shada, simply because he’s the most recent obsession/constantly replaying. I don’t really have a favorite solo artist

song currently stuck in my head: California Gurls by Katy Perry

last movie: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

last show: Julie and the Phantoms

when did i create this blog: mmmm sometime in 2019. September/October maybe?

what do i post: atm it’s mainly Julie and the Phantoms, though I’m technically a multifandom blog and reblog a little bit of everything. All of my original content is currently JatP, though

last thing i googled: "172 cm to feet and inches”

other blogs: since this is a side blog I have my original one but I never use it, it’s only what I follow and like other blogs/posts with

why i chose my url: Zendaya’s 2019 Met Gala look

following: 47

followers: 913 and I cannot for the LIFE of me understand why

average hours of sleep: 6-8 on work nights, closer to 12 on weekends

lucky number: 7

instruments: I took piano lessons in 3rd-10th grade but remember mmmmm Very Little. I remember some simple tunes. I also own a ukulele and can strum accords, but I can’t do strumming patterns and I definitely can’t combine singing and strumming patterns. My brain short circuits.

what am i wearing: Green knitted sweater, blue jeans, and kiwi print socks

dream job: I used to think it was being a high school teacher but rn I’ve got a job as an elementary school teacher/after school activities teacher (”fritidslärare” if there are any Swedes out there) and,,, I could honestly see myself doing this for several more years. Maybe not the rest of my life but spending my 20s doing this would not be a waste

dream trip: 3-4 month roadtrip covering all 48 USA states that can be accessed in a car without crossing Canada or the ocean. Preferably with friends and definitely checking out some cool stuff along the way

favorite food: varies from day to day honestly lmao but lasagna is always a hit

ethnicity: White/Caucasian

favorite song: yeah no this is not a thing. Depends on my mood, the day, the alignment of the stars, if I’ve looked at a picture of a duck lately. Right now it’s Sofia by Clairo

last book read: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (currently reading it in a Harry Potter Book Club I started as an after school activity at work!)

top three fictional universes i’d like to live in: Harry Potter, Julie and the Phantoms, and Miraculous Ladybug

tagging (w no obligation to do it) @edgeofgillespie @spanishbidean @max-dingee @liliemm @alexthedrummerboy

#tag game

[flurrys-creativity]

Interview Tag 📝

Tagged by: @inkofyoongi Thank you for tagging me Vale! I haven’t done one in a while (I think)

Rules: Answer the questions and tag 20 blogs you are contractually obligated to know better!

Name/Nickname: Flurry

Gender: she/her

Zodiac: Libra

Height: 166cm that’s like 5′6?! I think

Time Currently: 1.02 am

When is your birthday: October 5th

Favourite Bands/groups: Apart from K-Pop?! That would be Beyond the Black, Smash into Pieces, Queen, Nirvana.. in K-Pop? Ateez, BTS, Stray Kids, Got7, Day6, The Rose and a lot more

Favourite Solo Artist: Jessie (she’s a queen!)

Song Stuck in Your Head: Answer from Ateez

Last Movie You Watched: Uh.... According to Netflix... Spirited Away.. and I guess that’s accurate!

Last Show You Binged: Alice in Borderland (sooooo goood!!! I need a second season!!!!)

When You Created Your (Main-)Blog: 18. September 2019

Last Thing You Googled: What’s the phrase Jackson Wang says at the beginning of his songs? (I do have the answer now)

Other Blogs: My main amazing-flurryfries, which is used for comments, asks and following (occasionally reblogging something not kpop related)

Do You Get Asks: Rarely.. they are always welcome though! I’d love to get more..

Why I Chose My URL: Long story short: I watched 2Broke Girls and came to the conclusion I should combined french fries and Maccas McFlurrys and because I love the sweet and salty combination I came up with amazing flurryfries.. and shortened it to Flurry.. and since I try to be creative here.. flurrys creativity was born

How Many People Are You Following: A bunch?! I don’t know the exact number.. something around 200 I guess but it’s steadily increasing

How Many Followers Do You Have: Active ones? Maybe a handful.. Silent ones? A few more

Average Hours of Sleep: 6 hours (they don’t need to be continuous)

Lucky Number: 13

Instruments: I know the basics of playing the piano and am currently learning the ukulele

What I’m Currently Wearing: A Fun Shirt and grumpy cat shorts

Dream Job: Primary School Teacher (because it’s a bunch of jobs in one)

Dream Trip: Roadtrip around the world actually.. I have a lot of places I either want to visit again or see for the first time

Favourite Food: Curry... like some sweet fruit curry or something

Nationality: German/Danish

Favourite Song: Answer from Ateez

Top Three Fictional Universes You’d Like To Live In: Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and one that I made up.. which you may or may not experience in the future

Tagging: They said 20... I do not know 20... buuut I’ll try as much as possible: @yoongsgguktae @thatmultifandomhoe @ezralia-writes @limjaeseven @moccahobi @birbdae @mooneylooney1 @kpopisthereasonihavenolife @dustofinsanity @spookidema @wwilloww and anyone who wants to do this! Feel yourself tagged!!

#tagged #tag game #a few new questions in this one