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bloody-bee-tea · 5 months

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24 Days of Satosugu 2023 Day 13 - Blue fire

Satoru watches Suguru with worry. Suguru is staring at the people in front of him with nothing but detached disinterest and the heart in Satoru’s chest beats painfully.

It’s not right; it’s not right that Suguru looks like that, that Suguru feels like this and it’s all Satoru’s fault, in a way.

If he hadn’t taken Suguru’s heart—

“Suguru,” Satoru quietly calls out and it brings Suguru’s eyes to him. Satoru is relieved to see at least a little bit of a spark in them, even though it’s only ever directed at him these days.

“Satoru,” Suguru warmly gives back, as warmly as he never gets with the humans around them and Satoru feels that painful feeling in his chest again.

Some days he wonders if it’s Suguru’s heart screaming out to him, or if it’s Satoru’s own feelings that make it hurt like that.

Only one way to find out, Satoru guesses, not for the first time, even as he gives Suguru a careful smile.

“Let’s go back home, alright?” he asks, and Suguru’s eyes briefly flit back to the humans, going hard and cold and the ice only melts when Satoru tugs on his hand, gets Suguru’s attention back to him.

“Alright, Satoru,” Suguru agrees after a moment, and Satoru teleports them back home between one blink and the next.

Things are better at home, almost normal, but today, Suguru turns to him with a frown on his face.

“You’ve been doing that, Satoru. What is going on?”

He doesn’t have to elaborate on what exactly it is that Satoru is doing, because they both know. Satoru keeps trying to divert Suguru’s attention away from the humans, lest Suguru does something he might regret one of these days.

Satoru has seen it in his eyes; Suguru wouldn’t feel a thing if he killed one or even many of them and the thought scares Satoru.

Which is hilarious, given that between the two of them, Satoru is the demon.

“Nothing,” Satoru says and gives Suguru a smile, draping himself across Suguru’s back.

Like this he can almost pretend the heartbeat he feels comes from Suguru’s chest instead of his own.

“You’re such a bad liar for a demon,” Suguru chides him fondly, carding his fingers through Satoru’s hair and this is almost as if nothing at all has changed.

Suguru has been affectionate like that with him from the very beginning and Satoru always thought that as long as that doesn’t change, he can be happy but it turns out he was wrong about that.

It’s not longer enough that Suguru is like that with him.

Suguru doesn’t follow his statement up with anything else, doesn’t call Satoru out on his more than obvious lie and that too, only serves to show Satoru just how wrong everything is going.

Suguru doesn’t even care enough to inquire further it seems, and Satoru avoids his face. Not that he needs to, because Suguru is no longer looking at him, anyway.

“I think we should sleep,” Satoru says, infusing his words with a little bit of magic, making Suguru just sleepy enough that he agrees without a second thought.

“Stay with me,” he says, like he always does, as if he’s afraid of going to sleep alone, as if he dreads waking up alone, and Satoru presses his lips together.

“Always,” he says, knowing that it’s a lie, that he’ll break the one promise he made to Suguru, but still, he follows him to the bedroom, watches how Suguru gets ready for bed and then holds vigil at his bedside when Suguru falls asleep, aided by Satoru’s magic.

Satoru still remembers the day he met Suguru, remembers how his tiny hands caught him right out of the sky, cradling him so carefully despite the appearance of flames. Back then, Satoru had made great promises, could read Suguru’s deepest desire right out of his very being and Satoru knew then that the only acceptable price would be Suguru’s heart.

He never expected it to turn out like this.

Satoru still remembers how willingly Suguru had swallowed him, how Satoru’s blue fire had engulfed Suguru’s heart fully, completely, before taking it out of his body and Satoru wants to laugh at his own foolishness.

Of course it would change Suguru; of course it would not be as easy as simply taking an organ and hoping that nothing more was lost.

“I’m so sorry,” Satoru mutters, brushing a stray strand of hair out of Suguru’s face. “I should have known better.”

The truth is that Satoru never gave much thought to what it would do to a human to lose something as essential as a heart before. He’s a demon; it’s not in his nature to wonder about something like that.

At least not until he came to know Suguru.

Satoru knows that he would have died if Suguru hadn’t caught him, knows that only the pact they made and the human heart in his chest keep him alive even now, but he thinks it might not be worth it.

Suguru looks at people who used to be his friends, his family with ice in his eyes, with a detached interest that unsettles most of them and Satoru doesn’t want that for him. He only ever wants Suguru to be happy, but even that seems beyond him at the moment.

And Satoru can’t stand it.

He’d rather die than have to see Suguru like this and for all that he knows he’s going to, should he go through with his plan.

Satoru is tied to the heart in his chest; should he give it back, there’s no knowing what will happen to him, though Satoru can guess.

There’s no life without a heart after all.

He briefly wonders what it will do to Suguru, once he gets his heart back, once he loses Satoru’s power, but that really shouldn’t be his concern.

Suguru was strong and kind even before Satoru came along and he will continue to be so once Satoru has left, of that Satoru is certain. It might take him a while to adjust, it might mean Suguru will no longer be the strongest but he’ll still be strong enough to take care of himself.

And that is truly all Satoru wants for him.

It only takes a thought to make the heart manifest in his hand, the tiny fluttering thing Satoru has protected with all his might for the last seventeen years and it hurts to know that he can’t continue to do so, but at least like this he’s certain that Suguru will be able to give a truly heartfelt smile again.

Satoru has missed seeing him smile these past few years and he chides himself.

He should have noticed Suguru’s spiral much sooner than he did.

“What are you doing?” Suguru’s sleepy voice reaches him and when Satoru looks at him he finds that Suguru’s eyes are on the heart in his hand.

He doesn’t like to see the panic there.

“Giving back what’s not mine,” Satoru easily says, watching the heart beat in his hand, engulfed in blue flames as it still is.

Satoru wonders if Suguru will find it a heavy burden or something to cherish once he gets it back.

“No,” Suguru breathes out, and he sits up, scrambles as far away from Satoru as the bed allows him to.

“Suguru,” Satoru says but he doesn’t actually know what else to say.

“I don’t want it back,” Suguru vehemently says. “You can’t give it back. We have a deal. We made a pact!”

“And I’m breaking it,” Satoru tells him with a sad smile. “I’m no longer getting out of it what I want, so there’s no need to hold on to this anymore.”

The pain that flashes over Suguru’s face is the most emotion Satoru has seen on him in months and it only serves to cement his decision.

This is the right thing to do.

They might have started this as something mutually beneficial; Suguru’s heart to keep Satoru alive in exchange of Satoru’s power for Suguru, but somewhere along the line things changed for Satoru.

He only wants to see Suguru happy, wants to see him live freely and laugh and love, and he won’t be able to do any of that as long as Satoru keeps his heart hostage.

“Satoru, no,” Suguru desperately says and comes close, wrapping his hand around Satoru’s wrist. “I don’t want it back.”

“You don’t even know what you want anymore,” Satoru replies, because that much has become painfully obvious over the last years.

Suguru goes along with what Satoru suggests, but there’s nothing he wants anymore, nothing that interests him like it used to.

Suguru is living an empty life and Satoru can’t bear to watch it anymore.

“I don’t want my heart if it doesn’t belong to you,” Suguru whispers, seemingly certain of that and Satoru smiles at him.

It’s not as if he has a heart of his own as a demon but if he had—

“My heart will always be yours. Isn’t that enough?”

“Is—my heart lacking somehow?” Suguru carefully asks, tightening his grip around Satoru’s wrist as if he could stop him from moving that way.

“It’s not your heart that’s lacking,” Satoru says. “But you’re missing it, and I can no longer bear to watch you go around like an empty shell.”

“What will happen to you?” Suguru asks and Satoru is surprised to spot tears in his eyes.

He didn’t know Suguru could still feel deeply enough to cry.

“Who can say?” Satoru gives back with a shrug.

He doesn’t have an answer for Suguru; Satoru has never heard of a demon willingly breaking a contract. Satoru knows that his kind dies should the contract be found out, should the exchanged part be taken by force but with this? With him giving it back willingly?

Something like this has never happened before so everything is possible. Satoru isn’t hoping for much, though.

“If it means you die, I don’t want it,” Suguru decides as if that’s his decision to make and Satoru laughs.

“It’s my life and my choice,” Satoru tells him, easily breaking out of Suguru’s grasp.

Suguru might be the strongest sorcerer but he is only that due to Satoru’s power, so there’s nothing he can do to him.

“I know it doesn’t mean much to you, not at the moment, but thank you for allowing me to love you,” Satoru whispers as he leans forward to press his lips to the corners of Suguru’s mouth.

It seems to take Suguru off guard, because he freezes where he sits and Satoru takes that moment to push the heart in his hand back into Suguru’s chest.

Suguru sucks in a painful breath, and when his eyes fly back to Satoru’s there is so much life in them already.

Satoru knows he made the right decision, even as he can feel himself fading.

“Satoru, no,” Suguru brokenly whispers out, one hand clutching his chest and the other reaching for Satoru, but it’s already too late.

Satoru is rapidly losing his physical form and Suguru’s hand passes right through him.

“It was my pleasure to stay at your side all this time,” Satoru tells him and he means it with everything that he is. “I will miss you.”

Suguru’s eyes fill with tears and even though it’s hard for Satoru to watch, he can’t help but to delight in the way Suguru seems to feel things again.

If Suguru can cry and laugh and mean it, then Satoru can’t find it in him to regret his decision.

“Laugh for me, okay?” Satoru asks with his last breath and even though Suguru nods, the last thing Satoru sees are the tears spilling down his cheeks.

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Suguru hasn’t left his house since Satoru died. He flinches away from the thought, wonders if it will ever stop hurting like it does, and he curses the heart in his chest.

It’s not supposed to be there; his heart was supposed to belong to Satoru for all of time and the fact that it’s weighing Suguru down again while Satoru is gone makes him want to carve his chest open and tear it out all over again.

But he can’t do that, because Satoru died to give this back to Suguru and he could never bring himself to disregard Satoru’s sacrifice like this.

Suguru has tried to understand what made Satoru do something so rash, so reckless but he can’t concentrate enough to figure it out; all he can think of is that Satoru is gone.

Satoru has asked him to laugh but Suguru doesn’t know how to do that without Satoru by his side.

He’s wandering aimlessly through the house, noticing all the places where Satoru should be and isn’t, when someone knocks on his door.

Suguru ignores it, or tries to, but when the person at the other side stays persistent he lets out a deep sigh.

“We’re closed for business,” he yells out of habit and almost doubles over in pain when he realises that there is no longer a we to speak of.

“I should fucking hope not!” a voice calls back to him and it can’t be.

It sounds like Satoru, but it can’t be, because Satoru died when he gave Suguru his heart back.

“This is not funny,” Suguru mutters, clutching his chest when his heart acts up, beating wildly and almost painfully. “How dare you.”

“Come on, Suguru, let me in already,” the voice says and it’s so Satoru that tears spill over again.

Suguru hates how much he has been crying these days when all Satoru wanted of him was to laugh but it’s not as if he can change it. He’s out of practice of dealing with all these feelings inside his chest.

He somehow makes his way over to the door, ready to blast whoever it is who dares to impersonate Satoru into the next life but when he yanks the door open he comes face to face with a smile too big, with eyes too blue and hair too white he stills completely.

“Took you long enough,” Satoru grumbles, even though he’s still smiling and it can’t be.

Satoru died.

“Who are you?” Suguru demands to know and Satoru sucks in an exaggerated breath.

“Rude, Suguru. I leave for three days and you forget all about me? Very rude.”

“You died.”

“One would think so,” Satoru says with a nod. “But I woke up where we made the pact all those years ago. It seems I might be human now? Or something close to it, at least, teleportation is out of the question, anyway, so it took me a while to get back. Have you laughed yet?” Satoru rambles and Suguru can do nothing but stare at him.

“Have I—Satoru, you died, and you’re asking me if I’ve laughed yet?” he demands to know, completely appalled at how callous Satoru is.

“Perfect, I was hoping to see it,” Satoru gives back and claps his hands together. “Come on laugh!”

Suguru punches him in the face.

“Well, I guess I should have seen that one coming,” Satoru mumbles from where he holds his cheek, but Suguru can still see the way his eyes are crinkled and he just knows that Satoru is still smiling.

“You absolute asshole,” Suguru seethes out and Satoru nods.

“Anger, that’s good, too. You were missing so much,” he softly says and reaches out to cup Suguru’s cheek in his hand. “I forgot how expressive you are.”

“You left me!”

“I gave you back your heart!”

“And you left me for it! I would have destroyed my heart myself if it meant you’d stay with me!” Suguru yells at him and Satoru blinks at him, clearly surprised before he shrugs.

“Well, no need for that now? I mean—I’m here, your heart is where it belongs and all is well?”

“I can’t believe you,” Suguru mutters, dragging his hand over his face before he pulls Satoru close, crushing him to his chest. “Never do anything like that ever again.”

There’s a very suspicious silence from Satoru and Suguru pushes him away to glare at him.

“What?”

“I was kind of thinking of giving my heart to you, but I guess if you don’t want it—” Satoru trails off with a shrug and now this finally makes Suguru laugh in disbelief.

“I cannot fucking believe you,” Suguru chuckles out, relieved and happy, and so in love it hurts. “What would I do with your heart if you won’t accept mine?” he asks but Satoru is only staring at him, a look of wonder on his face.

“You laughed,” he breathes out and Suguru rolls his eyes.

“Because you’re ridiculous. I ask you again: what would I do with your heart if you won’t accept mine?” Suguru wants to know again and Satoru smiles cheekily at him.

“As long as I don’t have to carry it around with me anymore, I’ll take whatever you’ll give me.”

“Then it’s yours,” Suguru rushes to say, afraid that Satoru might change his mind, but he knows his fear is unfounded when Satoru’s face lights up.

“Like mine is yours,” he solemnly replies and then leans in to kiss Suguru.

Suguru’s heart is beating hard and fast in his chest, almost painful with how much feeling it’s holding but Suguru feels Satoru’s heart beat in his chest in turn and he thinks if they both have to suffer this, then it might be okay.

As long as their hearts beat in tandem, everything will be fine.

#bt writes #jjk #satosugu #24 days of satosugu 2023 #geto suguru #gojo satoru #hurt/comfort #angst #howl's moving castle fusion #demon satoru #contracts

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davidaugust · 6 months

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When one union succeeds, workers around the world can succeed more. Together, everyone everywhere can work to make things better.

Everyone who makes film and TV, everywhere, deserves fair pay and good working conditions. This year we set the tone, next year we bring it home.

“The Brussels-based FIA [International Federation of Actors/La Fédération Internationale des Acteurs], which represents hundreds of thousands of performers from around 90 member organisations in more than 60 countries, said the deal ‘establishes a landmark standard that will have a lasting impact across generations, particularly with respect to how actors are to be rewarded for the streaming of their performances and protected against the abusive use of AI.’”

“Many unions and their countries’ networks and streamers are having similar discussions over residuals, AI and other issues, and the U.S. agreement is widely seen as a blueprint to take forwards”

“‘We are immensely proud of SAG-AFTRA for taking on this incredible fight for all performers around the world’, said FIA President Gabrielle Carteris. ‘Streaming and AI are global realities within our industry affecting the future of work and our ability as actors to earn a meaningful living wage. We applaud the courage of SAG-AFTRA members and their leadership for standing strong throughout this historic fight. This agreement proves that actors, when using their collective voice and standing as one, have the power to transform and elevate this industry into a fair and equitable place. Strength in unity.’”

“FIA General Secretary Dominick Luquer said FIA members had ‘rallied with SAG-AFTRA, standing firm despite the strike’s fallout in their respective countries.’”

#ActorsStrike #SAGAFTRAStrike #SAGAFTRAstrong #UnionStrong #u1 #movies #tv #film #television #entertainment

#actors #actors strike #sag aftra solidarity #sag aftra strong #sag aftra strike #sag aftra #sag strike #union strong #labor unions #movies #tv #film #television #workers #strike #contracts #ai #streaming

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alarrytale · 1 month

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Hi Marte. So I'm probably completely wrong here but I'm just theorizing. Harry and Louis have talked about wanting kids since they were young and Harry mentioned it again in HH promo. If they had plans to eventually CO and start a family then would they get involved with beards who stipulate in a contract that they can't CO? Would they agree to that? Harry would be digging himself into a hole by adding more and more beards and making it increasingly harder for himself. There is probably something in the contract to say that either party can't CO until 5 or 10 years after the relationship ends, or that they have to keep up with the pretense that the relationship was real. But I can't imagine Harry would agree to a contract knowing he could never CO. So there are 2 options here. That they plan on never CO or they agree to a contract knowing that they will be able to CO at some point. The only thing is that I wonder if they were to CO if there were some grounds that the other party could sue them for damage to their image but maybe they can come up with a way that does minimum damage. In Leo and Bradley's case with Gigi, I don't get the impression that Leo and Bradley want to CO so it might not matter so much to them. But I can't imagine Harry and Louis wanting to be closeted forever. If that was the case then wouldn't they shut down any speculation about their sexuality? It would be so easily to do a written interview or in depth IG post talking about how harmful the speculation has been, or they even could get fake married. On the other hand, speculation about their sexuality is good publicity for them. But I'm not sure they would welcome the speculation if they planned on never CO. Wouldn't that be like queerbaiting? What do you think?

Hi, anon!

I don't think kids are a priority for them right now. They're a celebrity gay couple, kids will basically mean the end of both their careers. I don't see either of them wanting to be the primary care taker while the other one's on tour. That wouldn't be fair either. So they will both have to be there and be present for their kids. I think they'd both want that too, in 7-10 years or so.

I don't think H or L would go into a contract willingly with a beard, stipulating that they can't come out. But all this started in 1D when they were young and impressionable, and i'm not sure if they knew the consequences of what they were forced/pressured/convinced into by Sony. Bar TS or Kendall maybe, i think H's team has been the one in power and written the contract stipulations. I don't think H would have put himself in a situation where it would be neccessary to agree to such a term. So i don't think that's what's stopping him from coming out. Bg is a bigger hindrance for them.

I agree if they never plan to come out all the queercoding, fights with management and bargaining they've done have been pretty pointless. It doesn’t make sense as a theory based on all we've observed over the years. I'm pretty sure they both would come out this second if they could. H and L have always given attention to and praised people who have come out. Like L with the rainbow apple t-shirt for tim cook and H with the michael sam football shirt. They so badly wish it was them having that opportunity.

If they never plan to come out, because they can't or because they don't want to, we would have seen a totally different behaviour from them. What on earth is the point of singing i love him i hate it if you don’t want the world to know you're gay and in a relationship, because you'll never be out? It's not queerbaiting, it's queercoding and wanting people to see beyond the stunts and lies, and see the truth. Speculation about their sexuality isn't good publicity if you have to go on twitter and shut it down, making yourself look like a right douche and a homophobe by doing it. It's harmed Louis' image and popluarity immensely, both among fans, the gp and journalists.

Since they want out, there must be a way out. Louis wouldn't be all faith in the future if there never was a way out for them. Harry wouldn't be jumping from stunt to stunt if he's in this for life. He'd find a more permanent solution. If there weren't a way out they would have given up the fight long ago. They're still fighting.

#coming out #contracts #bearding #stunting #babygate for ts #larry with kids

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getawayheaven · 1 year

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Closeting

@back-to-louis I am creating a separate post here because this is gonna be long and I am really up for discussion because I think we both can gain some knowledge if we can have open discussion.

I did went through your closeting tag and you think forced contractual closeting isn't a thing, but rather being in a closet and bearding is a choice. I highly disagree. Being in a closet is never a choice. No one wants to live in hiding. The reason can be contracts, homophobia, the fear of coming out or anything else. But these all are pressures not choices. Being in a closet is never a choice and the person can't be blamed for it.

Second how can you say that forced contractual closeting isn't a thing when Rebecca Ferguson has been screaming about forced contracts since years now. Here is everything she went through. But then you said But I don’t believe that there are contracts holding people hostage for life. Where’s the proof that they have forced them to sign up for life on these contracts? Then here is the proof

And I agree that closeting is illegal. There can't be direct closeting contracts but what about other minor and hidden contracts that directly binds the person to a closet. One is image clause. I hope I don't have to explain you what an image clause is. Contracts can be very complicated and sometimes there can't be even a way to get out of them. Here is another example of how fucked up contracts can be.

Fun Fact - Louis followed and after several minutes unfollowed JEDWARD on twitter and update accounts reported it. He brought whole fandom's immediate attention to them.

The next obvious question that you raised is - If these people can come out in public to speak up then why Harry and Louis can't, even though they are much bigger and richer than these people? Because the more bigger a person gets the tighter the closet gets. Millions and millions of dollars are at stake when it comes to Louis and Harry, those people can do anything to keep their image as they want it to be because they are getting hugely profited by it. Rebecca has been speaking about what she suffered but even she dosen't know how much worse Harry and Louis's contract were. You need proof again? Here it is -

Why was Harry so terrified? Why he didn't spoke against it if he was so terrified of a said clause? Why it took him more than a decade after signing the contract to speak about it in public? You know what's more to it that makes me question everything? It is this-

And about when he signed his solo contract and learned that the ability to make music would not be affected by personal transgressions, he burst into tears, a reaction he still seemed shocked by, retelling it to me now, years later. "I felt free," he explained. X

Now imagine how restricted he must be that he cried because he didn't knew he can have so much freedom. That he could be free. Do you have any idea how disgusting and gut wrenching contracts can be? Look at this -

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Rebecca tweeted this in 2021 and we know that since 2021 not a single boybander came out in public that he's been physically assaulted. Now imagine how disgusting this is. This means he's still going through it. Even Rebecca can't take any names. She can't do anything. Watch this video -

"The machine of the hiding is insane and inhumane. (...) It's gonna keep going until somebody who has something to lose stands up and says 'I am gay', somebody big." Country singer Chely Wright about being gay in Hollywood

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This proves that it's easy for small artist to come out. But for big artists it gets much more complicated and difficult. And this -

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@back-to-louis even now if you believe that forced contractual closeting isn't a thing then it's no wonder to me that Harry and Louis keep leaving hints for us. And you've been here since 2012 you know much more than me but I am shocked that how you just skipped all these crucial things and never discussed about it. I didn't found anything about these things on your blog. It's very easy to talk about convenient things but what about the other side of reality?

#Youtube #anon asking me about reality #this ans your que too #it is very easy to look at things as they are #but just imagine how easy it would be to oppress people who are new to industry #because general public don't even try to read into things #this is am example of a very good theory that RBB a/c posted #it was the missing dollar puzzle #it's all about psychology #about manipulation #back-to-louis #anticonspiracist #closeting #bearding #contracts #larries #antis

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get-back-homeward · 2 years

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January 24, 1962: The Beatles sign their first contract with Brian Epstein

Paul then raised a late objection to Brian’s commission rate. The typed contract stated 10 percent, rising to 20 if their individual gross annual earnings exceeded £1,500, and Paul would later recall how his objection was based on the old tactic of holding out for less no matter what was being asked.

“He asked for 20 percent and I argued with him. I said, ‘Twenty, man? I thought managers only took 10 percent.’ He said, ‘No, it’s 20 these days.’ I said, ‘OK, maybe I’m not very modern.’”

It was a point on which Brian was prepared to concede. As signed, the contract has a penned amendment: 20 was crossed out and 15 written instead as the upper limit.

At 10 rising to 20 percent this would already have been a generous contract; at 10 rising to 15 it was a steal for the Beatles, and they’d no idea how much. It was standard for artists to pay two sets of commission, having not only a management contract but, separately an agency agreement; the managers took their cut for managing, agents took a further 10 percent for fixing all the paid work. Brian was shooting to do both jobs, providing the Beatles with this ambitious, all-inclusive service for the single 10–15 percent commission.

From Mark Lewisohn’s Tune In (Ch. 24) [x]

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colleendoran · 5 months

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I now have a Substack where previously archived or out of print writings are available for free to read. Sponsored by my Patreon.

My first series is about the comic book industry, contracts, and trade publishing.

#comics #contracts #legal #publishing

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mira--mira · 9 months

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Naruto Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Senju Hashirama/Uchiha Madara Characters: Senju Hashirama, Uchiha Madara Additional Tags: HashiMada Week 2023, Free day, Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Alternate Universe - Royalty, Pre-Slash, Fae & Fairies, Fairy!Madara, Human!Hashirama, First Meetings, Kidnapping, Wishes, Contracts, Fairy Godfather AU Series: Part 7 of HashiMada Week 2023, Part 7 of HashiMada Anniversary Fics Summary:

I wish, Hashirama thinks desperately as the carriage hits a bump in the road and he’s jostled painfully in the trunk, for a way to escape. Please.

For @hashimada-week Day 7: Free Day

#naruto #hashimada #madahashi #madara uchiha #hashirama senju #my fics #contracts #heheh I made it #I did it #it isn't august 1st for me this counts!

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awesomecooperlove · 2 months

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#parking tickets #defending yourself #courts #contracts #corporation #human rights #know your rights #defend freedom #justice #governments #please share #truth #wwg1wga

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cyjammy · 3 months

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Either Roo or Lilith has Alastor on a leash. Those are the only possible options and I hope it’s Lilith because that would be awesome, but it’s probably Roo. We know nothing about her except Viv drew her once and in the final scene there were eyes watching Alastor during his breakdown.

#hazbin hotel #alastor #contracts

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eemoo1o-animoo · 1 year

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Truths and Falsehoods: Claude vs Sebastian

I’ve often wondered what makes Claude and Alois’ contract/relationship so different to Sebastian and Ciel’s. And after all this time, I finally think I’ve figured it out.

And it’s not the humans. It’s really not. It’s Claude. Claude lies, Sebastian does not. (Of course, for the sake of this post, the plot hole with the re-contracting, for lack of a better term, will be ignored—I just put it down to shipping, anyway.)

Sebastian and Ciel’s contract has a rule that sticks out quite obscenely in context to this: Sebastian must never lie to Ciel. Ciel wants some level of trust in his and Sebastian’s relationship because his family is constantly facing betrayal, whereas Alois has always been hurt by the truth (so to speak; from the villagers feelings to him and his brother, to his abuse from the Former Earl Trancy), and so Claude has no contractual obligation to tell the truth.

Heck, Alois even says it himself in that episode with the garden maze. (“You could have just lied, and I would have been happy”, or something like that). Of course, in that instance, Claude finally told the truth. This part is a bit finicky (as is season two as a whole, but what are you going to do?).

Perhaps Claude, now no longer in a contract with Alois, has no need to “keep Alois happy”. Perhaps this could entail that this was one of the conditions of Claude and Alois’ contract. That seems quite viable.

Claude is under no contractual obligation to not lie, as I’ve mentioned, whilst Sebastian very much is (at least to their masters).

This could be why Claude has no desire to fill out his masters orders himself (like filling Alois’ room full of roses, which he initially left to fellow demons and servants Timber, Thompson, and Canterbury, who then filled the room with bluebells instead as per Hannah’s suggestion and request, demonstrating a higher respect and stronger affiliation with her than with Claude, perhaps inferring that while Claude pulls the reins as the household head of staff and as the one contracted to Alois, but is otherwise quite powerless* in comparison to, say, Hannah, as she had the final say-so once everything was over and done with).

* Backtracking a little bit, Claude seems to be a pretty competent demon. A worthy opponent for even the likes of Sebastian, at least in terms of skill. Contrasting with Sebastian, though, Claude seems to crave control over a secure trust with Alois. Whether the control is directly over Alois, or over the other demons (Hannah and the triplets), Claude seems to have it. That is, until Hannah’s true intentions come to light, and it inevitably ends in his downfall.

While they were never fully stated or explored in the anime, if I was to guess, the main obligations of Claude and Alois’ contract were most likely: “to always look out for [me]”, “to never leave [me] (alone)” and “to keep/make [me] happy”.

Of course, Alois’ death by Claude’s hands raised, and still raises, many questions about what the bounds of a demon contract may be. And while season two isn’t canon in the slightest, that doesn’t mean that something like this couldn’t happen.

Sebastian seemed a bit eager during his flashbacks/cinematic records to consume Ciel’s soul before his revenge was met, did he not? Bringing me to my next points:

How far is a demon willing to go to fulfil a contract? And what would Sebastian do if he wasn’t obligated to always tell Ciel the truth?

Is Sebastian’s obligation to always tell Ciel the truth prolonging the life of their contract? Is it ultimately saving Ciel from an untimely betrayal?

TL;DR: Read it, this is very important.

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