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bbyboybrock--archived · 4 years

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Shipped (Colby Brock Imagine)

Summary: *REQUEST* Omg your requests are open!! Can you do something about colby and reader dating in secret and she’s always hyping him up on everything and fans just think it’s cause they are best friends. But she posts a post wearing the love for hire letterman on accident and the fans connected it because Kat and Tara have it to so they figure out they are dating and go crazy (in a good way) for them 🥺❤️

Written: 2020

Word Count: 1,967

Warnings: Major fluff, Swearing

Masterlist

I harassed Colby into letting me listen to their new music. Let’s just say, when you guys hear this, you’re going to be glad One Direction is on a break. Can’t help but stan L4H!! #numeber1fan

I press "send tweet" before plugging in my phone and taking a quick shower. When I get out of the shower I grab my phone and throw myself onto Colby’s bed. It’s our bed at this point. I spend more time at the trap house than I do my apartment, I might as well move in. I go and read the comments under my tweet. Most of them are good. Some fans want me to leak the boys' music, others are freaking out over mine and Colby’s friendship. Someone makes it a point to mention how cute Colby and I would be as a couple and linked an edit that they made. Someone commented that fans like them, the one that posted the edit, are the problem and the reason why Colby doesn’t have any friends who are girls. There is a whole fight going on under that comment.

I quickly try to defuse the situation between the fans before exiting twitter altogether. I take my towel off of my damp hair and walk back into Colby’s bathroom to detangle it. When I finish doing my hair I grab the first jacket of Colby’s that I see to get warm. Lucky for me, it’s his Love for Hire lettermen jacket. For whatever reason, this jacket is more comfortable than any hoodie I’ve stolen during our entire relationship, maybe it’s because it smells strongly like him. Or maybe it’s because I get to finally live out my high school dream of wearing my boyfriend’s lettermen. Either way, Colby knows that this is my jacket now and he’s going to have to fight me to the death for it back. I don’t know if it’s because I freshly showered and my hair is fluffy, or because my skin is thanking me for not putting makeup on it yet, but something is compelling me to take a selfie in Colby’s bathroom mirror.

I get up on to the counter and try to position myself comfortably. I take a few selfies, while carefully not exposing Colby’s messy counter. I do cute poses with peace signs and my tongue sticking out. I do serious “model” poses with hair looking like I’m in a photoshoot. I take a couple and post them on my Instagram story. I triple check each one before pressing send to make sure they end up on my close friends’ list and not my public story. That would be disastrous. I saw how people were acting in the comments of my tweet supporting Colby when a fan posted an edit wishing we were dating. I can’t imagine how his fan base would react if they knew we really are dating and have been for well over a year.

Well, I can imagine how they would react, I’ve been around Colby long enough to figure out how his fanbase functions. Most of his fans would be supportive. Of the majority, there would be roughly half who constantly would show their support over our relationship. The other half would keep quiet and try not to mention it directly so they don’t “jinx” it. No matter how open Colby is with his fans, there is still so much of his life that he has to keep private from the rest of his fans who wouldn’t be supportive of our relationship. The obsessive ones who think that Colby is a toy and belongs to only them. In all honesty, Colby and I probably would have been together longer if it wasn’t for them. We probably wouldn’t have been friends. There was a period in his life when he wouldn’t make any new female friends because of what his old friends had to go through. Because of that, Colby has always been protective of me.

Even though we’ve been friends since he moved to Los Angles, he only introduced me to his fandom two years ago. Even then, it wasn’t like, boom: “here’s a girl that I’m friends with, be nice!” Colby made sure I was properly acclimated to his side of internet stardom by having me appear in all of his other friends’ videos and photos first before a strand of my hair was placed in one of his videos. And then he said, “here’s a girl that I’m friends with, be nice!” Being a Youtuber myself, I have some experience with fandoms. But nothing could prepare me for his intense fans. For the first couple of months after Colby put me on his channel, I understood why Colby kept so many of girl friends in the dark or why some chose to stop being friends with Colby in general. It’s only a select few fans, but when there are so many comments of harassment and death threats it can get overwhelming.

Those comments died down after a while though. Mostly because I either mute certain words from my comments or I don’t read them. Colby and I try really hard to hide our relationship. If we’re in videos together, we don’t sit too close. We keep our hands to ourselves; even a simple hand on the shoulder can cause a frenzy. We only post our couple pictures on our actual secret Instagram accounts and close friends list. Our friends know not to post anything where we might look too much like a couple. We make it a point to bicker like siblings whenever we do work together. Hell, the reason I still have my apartment is to avoid people finding out we’re dating. If I have my own place, people just think I’m visiting the guys whenever I’m over. And it works, everyone just assumes that we’re really close friends.

“I’m back and I bring food!” Colby yells as he opens the door to the room. I plug my dying phone back into the charger before abandoning it in the bathroom to greet Colby.

“Oh thank God, I was beginning to think you were with your hoes. But then I ran into Sam, Jake, and Corey in the kitchen so I relaxed.” I give Colby a quick kiss and help him with the shopping bags in his hand. I set them on the bed and start going through them.

“I wish, but they were too busy for me. So I went and got us stuff for this weekend.” Colby sets the food down and helps me unload the bags.

“Oh that reminds me, we need to stop by my place after dinner so I can pack my things.” Te whole friend group is renting a log cabin in woods for Thursday to Monday morning for bonding and to get a few collars done. Colby went and got a few road trip snacks without me. Probably because I would get distracted at Target and we would never leave. It’s fine, he remembered to get my favorite snacks.

“Yeah, okay, I figured. We could have gone earlier but I had to let you sleep in after you spent all night watching tiktoks.” Colby walks over to the couch and starts to set up our lunch in front of the tv.

“To be fair, I’m not responsible for the time lost when I’m on the tok. Besides, I learned more dances to teach you!” I take off Colby’s jacket and set it at the foot of the bed before joining Colby on the couch.

“Of course you did. You know how much I love learning a new TikTok dance every day.” Colby jokes before kissing my forehead. He hands me my food and turns on Netflix.

A few minutes into our show, there’s a loud, rapid knock at the door. Annoyed, Colby paused the show and puts his food down.

“What?” Colby asks as he gets up to open the door. Sam stands on the other side, relieved. The last time Sam knocked on the door like that, Colby and I were busy… rearranging furniture.

“Oh Colby, you’re home. But I’m not here for you. Y/N, did you mean to post that on your story?” Colby moves aside to let Sam in.

“Haha, Sammy, I’m not falling for that one. Colby already tried that on me last week.” I go back to eating my food and ignore Sam.

“No, I’m being serious. Katrina said she kept trying to reach you but you’re not answering. Fans are freaking out on twitter.”

“Oh shit!” I quickly put down my food and grab my phone in the bathroom. There are miss calls and texts from Kat, Tara, and Devyn. I unlock my phone and open Instagram to check my story. Sure enough, I accidentally sent one of my selfies to my main story instead of my close friends. The selfie looks harmless enough, except I’m wearing Colby’s jacket and it’s very obvious that I’m in his bathroom. Jake moved in some of the cardboard Colby’s into Colby’s room and one of them faces the mirror, you can kind of see it in the selfie. Most people might think nothing of it, but earlier this week Kat and Tara posted pictures of them wearing Sam and Jake’s jackets. With that association alone, everyone is going to find out.

“I don’t get it, there’s only a selfie on here. Did you already delete it?” Colby yells from the bedroom. I slowly walk out of the bathroom with a confused look on his face.

“Please tell me you’re joking.” I open up my story and check how many people have seen it.

“What, I’m lost… Oh… Oh! Oh, fuck!” Colby finally gets it and does something on his phone.

“‘Oh fuck’ is right. So many people took screenshots that even if I deleted it now, it would be pointless.” I walk to the bed and throw myself facedown, like a teen in a movie after having a shitty day at school.

“And you guys are trending on Twitter,” Sam says. I almost forgot he was still here.

“Dude,” Colby warns.

“Not helpful, I get it. I’ll be downstairs if you need me.” Sam leaves the room and I let out a scream as soon as I hear the door close. I feel the spot next to me sink as Colby sits down and starts rubbing my back.

“Hey, Y/N, these aren’t as bad as you think. I’m only seeing positive messaged. Look,” Colby gently pats my back to get my attention.

“Really? Let me see.” I sit up, sniffle, and peek at Colby’s phone as he reads.

“Are you crying?” Colby asks as he wipes my face.

“I immediately got overwhelmed. Let me read the tweets.” I take Colby’s phone scroll through the tweets. He’s right, they’re mostly positive. I haven’t seen a negative tweet yet. That’s the opposite of how I thought this would go. A few people are telling other fans to stop assuming, but even those are calm compared to the fight I saw earlier.

“See, I guess we were stressed all this time for no reason. We can do normal couple things like our friends and not go out of our way to hide everything.”

“That’ll be nice. It was getting exhausting. What do we do now? How do you want to approach this? Live stream? Youtube video?” I look at Colby and he has a big smile on his face.

“Right now, let’s just finish lunch. We can deal with this later. Now, I’m going to take this back. I don’t want you to start crying again.” Colby strokes my hair and kisses my forehead.

“I love you, Colbs,” I say softly.

“I love you too, Y/N.”

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sapphicmsmarvel · 4 years

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JJ: Bodyguard

You were practically JJ’s guard, at press conferences you always stood by her side, in case the vultures that were the media targeted her. You stood with your back straight, your head held high, never smiling as you viewed the sea of flashing cameras and yelling people.

This case was high publicity, instead of just local news reporters, it was also regular ole paparazzi. Being a case about a serial killer who kills female celebrities, and the fact that one of the high suspects is a famous actor himself.

JJ held your hand as you walked behind the scenes of the conference, she squeezed it, “I’ve done hundreds of these conferences, I’ve never been as nervous as I am for this one.” “It’s high profile, that’s to be expected.”

“Very true, this is a nation wide case, it’s trending on Twitter.” Garcia held up her phone, then saw the look on both of your faces, “right, not a good time. Okay, just read the papers and maintain eye contact with all of them.”

“They’re vultures, they will pick at a carcass until it’s bones. Don’t let them pick at you.”

She nodded, and you continued, “deep breath through your nose and out your mouth.”

She did as you said, “you’ll be right there, right?”

“JJ, an apocalypse couldn’t tear me from your side.” You said, then gestured to the wedding rings that adorned both of your fingers. “Together till death do us part.”

She smiled and kissed your lips gently, not smudging the lipstick.

“As much as I love you guys, we need to get out there. They’re getting antsy.” Reid said, gently gesturing to the stage.

She squeezed your hand one more time and you two took off to the stage.

Immediately, cameras flashed and voices began shouting. JJ was a badass, she knew how to handle shit like this. It just eased you both being by each other's side.

It was 5 minutes in before a dumbass spoke. A new record.

“You know, if this is false his career is over.” You recognized that voice, it was one of the most notable sexist journalists.

“Women are dying.” You said, incredulously.

“And who are you?” He asked, in that man way of ‘I'm better than you”.

“Agent L/n. Who are you?” You glowered. Of course you knew, but you wanted to piss him off.

“John Willshire.”

You shook your head, “doesn’t ring a bell.”

“I wouldn’t expect someone so small minded to know of my work.”

“And I wouldn’t expect a nobody to be able to attend a conference of this caliber.” You snapped again.

Oh, he was fuming. Checkmate.

JJ cut in, “his career isn’t a concern of ours. All we care about is that women are dying and frankly that’s what the media should care about.”

“Miss, answer my comment. If this is false, his career is over.”

You gave her a look and she gave a slight nod. You cut in. “Oh boo hoo. Women in this area can’t walk alone at night, they can’t smile around men because they think it’s flirty. These women will never expand their careers, these women, their careers are over because of this sick bastard. So shut the hell up, sit your vulture ass down and listen to Agent Jareau.” You stepped back as you let JJ continue her conference.

He didn’t speak up again.

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It was a long day, you took a nice hot shower and got in bed quickly with JJ.

“You’re trending on twitter.” JJ grinned, “look.”

You took her phone and scrolled through the tags.

“badassl/n”

“Thefbiagentwetrust”

“l/nvswillshire.”

“Holy shit.” You laughed, you clicked on the fbi agent one.

The most popular tweet was a photo of you two standing next to each other looking like queens.

A twitter user said, “look at them, two badass ladies. Now we can only hope they fall in love.”

Then a popular reply:

“Pennygarcia: hi i know them. They’re married 😊”

And attached was a photo from the wedding shoot. You both were wearing a white dress and you were kissing her cheek as she smiled.

“Garica’s in trouble.” You said, handing JJ the phone. “Oh. My. God.” JJ laughed.

You two spent the rest of the night scrolling through the replies and blowing up Garcia’s phone with screenshots from the tags.

#Criminal Minds #criminal minds x reader #thomas gibson #Jennifer Jareau #jennifer jareau x reader #jennifer jareau x you #jj #jj x reader #jj x you #jj x y/n #spencer reid #spencer reid x reader #spencer x reader #emily prentiss #emily prentiss x reader #emily prentiss x you

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miraculouscontent · 3 years

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Ask Explo--

...you know what, you’re right. Name change effective immediately.

Askplosion #10:

(unrelated to everything by the way but I DEMAND THE ANON WHO MENTIONED “REMARRIED EMPRESS” A WHILE BACK COME FORTH AND ANSWER FOR THEIR CRIMES. IT’S SO GOOD BUT IT’S UNFINISHED AND I’M HOOKED, HOW DARE YOU)

Asks responding to previous posts:

It’s okay! I figured that was what it was but it’s been so loooong.

Ah, wow.

Um, that’s definitely not a part 2; I think that’s more like a four-parter/five-parter or something.

Sorry! No can do!

That’s totally fair!

I think the reason I so quickly agreed with it is like--

I’ve been watching the Inuyasha sequel and it’s not like I don’t think the narrative’s apparent punching bag Moroha (who is fourteen years old) shouldn’t be punished when she does something wrong/sneaky/manipulative, but they punish her as if she’s Miroku (who was eighteen years old).

Basically, I want the punishment to take the age into account, or at least only affect Marinette on a more personal level and not be “Heart Hunter” where they take totally understandable feelings of heartache (remember, it wouldn’t have mattered which miraculous she took because Hawk Moth got the Miracle Box and Fu regardless; even beyond her emotions, I feel like she chose the best option available to her considering which temps she knew the location of) and then punish her for them by memory wiping Fu and taking away all of her temps and giving Hawk Moth the grimoire translation.

Yes!! I really wanted to respond to this one, thank you! (It’s this one and then there was another one talking about Luka and Adrien, then talked to me about how I refer to Luka as “soft” but not in a bad way; I unfortunately don’t remember the whole thing.)

Ahaha, and yeah, I feel you. Anti-salters are a very strange conundrum I still haven’t figured out; like, I get not liking salt, but...

I mean, when I don’t like certain content, I just blacklist it. If I end up seeing it anyway due to cross-tagging or a lack of tagging, then I just blacklist the person themself. You won’t see me going after people for that very reason; I only see what people send/ask me if it’s content I don’t like.

I’m glad you’ve found some peace in this blog! Hopefully it continues to be that way for you in the future!

(and yay, a fellow INTJ!!)

New Asks:

There are female writers? ;P I just assumed they were all locked in a closet until the male ones were like, “okay, pretend to help us here, we need one female writer to claim girl power.”

As for Ladybug all like, “Cute, isn’t she?” I think it was rhetorical (she could also be messing with him but “Glaciator” tells us that she didn’t know he crushed on her so who knows). The writers do this thing where Marinette is all panic-y and occasionally self-conscious as herself, but then as Ladybug, she suddenly gets a bit of an ego. I think it’s meant to be there in order to make Chat Noir look less... idk, “obnoxious” when he starts boosting his own ego; trying to balance the two by giving them both big heads, so to speak.

Honestly, I feel like Adrien needs less screen time. :|

Even when he’s not on-screen, characters are usually talking about him, or you see his face in Marinette’s room/somewhere in Paris. I’m become so jaded by the guy that I don’t even think it’d matter if they remade the series and gave it a “totally good and interesting Adrien.” That’s how badly the show has made him out for me; “Adrien Agreste” the character is just... sigh, I’m so done with him.

And yeah, this whole idea about, “Marinette is [x], we need more AAAAAADRIEN!” comes off really bad, lol, especially when Adrien has very little going for him.

(this ask ends off like there should be a part 2 but there isn’t one in my inbox, so sorry if there’s meant to be something else!)

The exact lyrics according to the wiki:

My wish for a cat who's in love, with our own Ladybug. Is that he'll get what he's always wanted! She doesn't know she loves him, only sees Adrien, But Christmas miracles always happen!

Yeah, especially nowadays, those lines bothers me. Not only does it imply “true selves,” but that it’s Chat who should be getting what he always wanted and Ladybug is the one with a problem.

Like, excuse me?

Probably Stormy Weather, even in the first episode. Ladybug and Chat Noir couldn’t even touch her until they arrived on top of the TV station.

+ With all those effects and shots, it made it feel more action-y than typical episodes.

Marinette, Aurore, Luka, Anarka, Jagged...

basically any name that I haven’t really heard before (”Luka” makes me think of Vocaloid but the Luka there was female), or a name that relates a lot to the character (like “Aurore” for “aurora” since she loves weather things).

dfjbghfkdgfdgnjfdg this anon really like, “I NEED ANSWERS!!!”

It’s as if these characters hit 18 or something and just grow overnight, I swear. I’m hypothetically fine with some more variety in character height (it’s not like the show tries to be realistic, after all), but maybe don’t give us official heights if they’re gonna be this weird/inaccurate.

Especially when they change it just for the sake of a shot anyway. If you watch “Simon Says” when Ladybug and Adrien stand next to each other while looking at the picture of Adrien’s mother, the very next close-up has an obvious difference in their heights from what you just saw.

They’re 3D models!!! This shouldn’t happen!

I... honestly never thought of the “less threatening” thing! Dang!

And yeah, Marinette isn’t helpless or incompetent, but because of the Adrien crush, it makes her that way at times since she’s always falling on him and--

...ugh, actually, yeah, don’t wanna think about those implications. Hard pass.

Gross.

I’m not familiar with that one, though Astruc deletes his tweets all the time (there was one tweet where he confirmed that Luka was poor and it only exists in screenshots now because it didn’t get archived and he deleted it almost like he realized that he was pointing out the blatant classism in the show, oops).

Yeah though, I haven’t seen anything like what you’re describing. Sorry!

It’s okay! Sorry for having you clarify but him choosing and Marinette deciding to never give it back are very different things.

I don’t recall Chat Noir having much purpose in the final fight (in terms of both contributing and actual fighting; I know Cataclysm broke the object to release the akuma but was it needed?) so Marinette might either go cat-less or get a temp. Plagg could also be helpful in his own right because he’s small and blends in with the night, so he could hypothetically sneak up on the bad guy.

Afterwards, there’d need to be a new cat, but Adrien would also have to reconsider his actions and really think about what happened. I could also see Plagg going to Adrien’s house, half to apologize for giving the idea to Adrien that Adrien leave without telling Ladybug, but also half to call him out for giving up without consulting anyone. Adrien is a lot of conflicting things (see Adrien’s passivity compared to Chat Noir’s recklessness) so he’d have to find a middle ground within himself.

Marinette might carry Plagg around in her purse for a while and let Plagg have a say in who he goes to. Plagg might grieve for a bit over not having Adrien around (even if Adrien was flawed, Plagg didn’t ask for any of this so Marinette is doing her best here).

O-oh.

That’s always the rough patch with “endgame ships.” Once it’s obvious to the audience that they’re endgame, no more effort needs to be put into them.

The other thing too is how Kagami, for example, is friends with Marinette. Even once Adrimi sinks, she’ll presumably stay friends with her. Luka, meanwhile, is Juleka’s brother.

They have lives outside of their love interests. Adrien is so into Ladybug that he doesn’t have that; I mean, Nino is Adrien’s best friend like once in a blue moon.

The entire class is just watching an episode and then calling on raised hands to answer what was wrong with what they just watched.

“Everything?”

“I mean, yes, but I’m sorry, you have to be more specific to get credit.”

I think Aeon herself is fine. It’s mostly just her transformed and that transformed name that I have a problem with (she doesn’t even look uncanny so I don’t get it). I heard there was something wrong with the name “Aeon” but searching the name doesn’t give me anything I would qualify as such so I have no idea. I just wish she was given a little less “I’m programmed to--” (makes her seem less sentient) and more “[anything that doesn’t have to do with pushing the love square]” because I feel like they might’ve done the latter to make her more “likable”? I think fans of anything usually like the “matchmaker” character provided it’s for a ship they like. Also strange that they make her a robot but Max and Markov don’t extensively interact with her, but that’s a nitpick and not a criticism of her character.

...I’m rambling, my bad lol.

(Ohhh, she was supposed to be a mummy? Like, foreshadowing her “dying”?? That went right over my head but I guess that’d be where the name Uncanny Valley came from? No clue.)

Best case scenario is probably the middle or the end of Season 4.

And yeah, it really doesn’t matter to me what they do with the love square. Marinette had gone through too much suffering and the show goes out of its way to show how much stress Marinette is being put under (and also keeping Luka away during episodes like “Gamer 2.0″ even when it makes sense for them to be there, as if trying to make sure Marinette doesn’t have enough moments with him to forget Adrien).

Like, ah, yes, I totally believe that Marinette is in a position where she can make reasonable decisions about her love life while all circles of her life are on fire.

If the Sonic movie of all things can have an interracial couple, there’s no reason why this show can’t, just saying.

And, even with Marinette, she’s white-passing (according to what basically everyone says, I’m really awful about recognizing race so this isn’t my field; I wasn’t aware that Ondine was Asian, for example).

Does Nadja count? Manon’s dark-skinned (I’m still not over the fact that all the kids in this show are dark-skinned; it’s not like it’s a problem from a representation standpoint - though all the kids are also all generically bratty/whiny so there’s that - but the percentages in this show are weird) while Nadja is really light-skinned, meaning either a dark-skinned husband or Manon is adopted.

Though I guess the problem then is that we don’t know, so there’s no established couple there.

Non-Miraculous Asks:

w-who gave you the right to say such things????

Uhhhh, that might be too broad of a question, I’m sorry!

I know this isn’t satisfactory, but I will say that my favorite genre is Fantasy/Romance (it’s why I adore Red Shoes so much; by the way, an anon asked for my opinion on that a while back and I will get to it! I’d need to watch it again to get screenshots) and my least favorite is probably Tragedy/Horror.

I don’t think I’ve watched enough to really be able to say? I’ve kind of been all over but I’ve never fully gone through any of them outside of Miraculous. I’ve seen bits of Sailor Moon, Tokyo Mew Mew, Star VS the Forces of Evil (don’t know if that counts), and I meant to watch Yuki Yuna is a Hero but never got around to it. I saw the entirety of Puella Magi Madoka Magica but you guys know how I feel about that one.

Maybe Cardcaptor Sakura by default then? It was definitely not perfect but I liked some of the character dynamics (I also have a clipcut of it - basically where I go through a series/movie and cut out parts I don’t like so it’s only good stuff - so I’m cheating a little) and the male love interest was a tsundere type that I actually ended up liking, which is really rare.

!!! That sounds sweet~ I know Sailor Moon is popular so I’ll definitely take your word for it on that one.

I would also accept a “reincarnated”/”destined lovers” trope if maybe the ship themselves are the one who set it up in the first place. I have a Lukanette AU, for example, where they basically got together and then prayed to the shrine of the renewal god that they’d “always be together,” which ended up allowing them to reincarnate over and over (as if they set up their own soulmate AU ;P) and continuously find each other.

Though I guess that’s not technically a “meant to be trope,” but still, it’s a form of it but where it was totally consensual on both sides.

Also, I finally thought of a show that ended with the ship I wanted: Gargoyles. I didn’t see the entire series, mind you, but I saw most of it and Goliath and Elisa were just... quality, I adored them.

+ With Beauty and the Beast being my favorite Disney movie, they fit right in with my tastes.

I forget that AangToph (I think the “official” name for the ship is Taang, but don’t quote me on that) exists sometimes, maybe because I’ve never shipped Aang with anyone; I’ve got no problems with the ship though.

Ugh, and this is what I mean when I talk about people who set up these reasons behind people shipping something based on what they saw a few people do. It’s like, “you only ship Adrimi/Lukanette to spite Adrienette!!”

Meanwhile, me having shipped all three at one point and then dropped off the love square.

Also, me shipping Zutara has nothing to do with it being dark/edgy because I’ve never seen it that way (intriguing, sure but dark and edgy? lol) and also avoid dark/edgy ships like the plague.

I still laugh at people who are like, “you can’t ship it because it’s not endgaaaaame!” as if shows can dictate how and why I enjoy something. Like sure, if you want to let a show/movie spoonfeed you how you’re supposed to feel, then by all means, go ahead.

I suppose people may be theoretically happier that way, but it doesn’t make for an analytic mind.

I legitimately thought that “AssClass” must’ve been the actual name for something until it registered with me what it actually meant.

And eh, I guess it depends on the comparison and how accurate the comparison actually is? Like, comparing Puella Magic Madoka Magica to Miraculous... they’re not really close at all, but comparing... idk, Bunnyx to Homura or the concept behind “backfiring wishes”... maybe?

(note that the rest of this post is more Puella Magi Madoka Magica salt so you can stop reading here if you’re not interested in that; I’m not sure if this is all the same anon but I don’t mind letting people vent so I let them go off~)

why can’t we just have nice things

I agree, and I give a little eyeroll every time it’s like, “oh, this person had [miraculous]”

+ even just in general, I feel weird about any show that mentions/implies that real world famous people are [x] or [y] in their show. It breaks my immersion; real world locations are one thing but when it’s specific people (unless they’re made up characters like Santa Claus) or games just--break me.

I also don’t know what to think when there aren’t magical boys but you have these magical girls in this frilly outfits/skirts. The demographic is girls so I presume the reason must be like, “you can look pretty and still beat people up” (;P) but having so many magical girl shows without a hint of a magical boy makes me suspicious that it’s for fanservice. Sailor Moon has Tuxedo Mask but I also don’t know what that guy did outside of the meme of him doing nothing so I’ve got no clue.

(edit: I should correct myself that I’m not talking about Sailor Moon specifically; I don’t know magical girls that well, though I do know there are ones clearly intended for fanservice (you could say that for anything, to be fair, but still). It’s just that I see things like super short skirts or very “questionable” shots and I’m just like, “hm”)

Hmmm, good question. I feel like there has to be a lot but I’m also the type who doesn’t watch a lot of TV lol. I’m just familiar with cliches and tropes and such.

The reason I try not to use “ism”s of any kind is mostly because it’s too broad. Like, you know how the English language only has one way of saying, “I love you,” but other languages like Spanish have multiple?

It’s like that, and sometimes I think it’s too easy to throw those words out there. A “small” (possibly completely unintentional/misunderstood) offense is sexism, and then a “large” offense is called the exact same thing. I’d rather go into why something is sexist than just call it that, y’know? The only exception I make is “classism” because I feel like that’s not as... I dunno, divisive?

Anyway, for that same reason, I can’t answer firmly that, “Madoka Magica is sexist.” I will however say that it makes me uncomfortable with how the show makes out the girls being emotional because they’re young and female and then proceeds to make their life a living hell before they’re old enough to properly answer to it (I know that’s the point but that kind of makes it worse?). It doesn’t help with how all the girls have different personalities, so it’s not like you have only “crybaby girls” who are being taken advantage of; it’s basically like... all girls.

Not helped is the fact that their soul gem not only deteriorates naturally, but it can also do so faster if the girl falls into despair, which then turns them into a monster (and I know it’s kind of like an akuma thing, but the fact that it’s only girls is... I dunno, it comes off wrong?). It seems cheap that the soul gem deteriorates no matter what so it constantly needs fed even if the girl is consistently happy.

I would probably opt for the show being centered more around Kyubey being new to this or something - like, magical girls are a new thing - and then have Kyubey being surprised because they presumed that the soul gem would deteriorate naturally since “emotions are powerful but destructive to the person having them,” but then all the girls team up and help each other work out their problems. Maybe the reason magical girls are usually alone isn’t even because of the grief seed (I think that’s what it’s called?) thing not being able to be shared, but because Kyubey intentionally separates magical girls so they can’t do what the main group is doing, but Madoka is so into the idea that, “We shouldn’t have to be alone,” and so she’s constantly pulling all the girls together, which keeps them healthy.

Maybe Homura’s backstory could be that Madoka originally was more sheepish and more afraid to put herself out there, especially since she was a magical girl (who are encouraged to go it alone), which is why their soul gems were both deteriorating; they were friends but kept more of a distance, or maybe they were a team but that’s all they were. Then Madoka gives Homura the last grief seed to save her and that’s what inspires Homura and makes her see Madoka as something more than a teammate, which is why Homura actively tries to save Madoka specifically (which then encourages Madoka to want to keep everyone together as friends).

In the case that Kyubey doesn’t separate them out of concern of fRiEnDsHiP, but for another reason altogether, and then it’s ultimately their own downfall when they allow the girls to hang out and realize that it’s doing a lot of good for them.

“cute and innocent”

That was exactly it. It’s on Kyubey’s trivia section on the Puella Magi Madoka Magica Wiki.

Before the anime's first dark plot twist aired, head writer Gen Urobuchi said on his Twitter account that the "Kyu" in Kyubey's name comes from the English word "cute". This was a lie meant to further mislead fans into thinking that Madoka Magica is an innocent happy show. In a later episode, it was revealed that "Kyubey" is, in fact, short for "incubator".

In my personal opinion, a spoiled plot can’t be “ruined” if it’s a good plot. If you told me that Kagome was trapped in the Modern era for three years and then decided to stay with Inuyasha at the end of Inuyasha, it wouldn’t/shouldn’t decrease the value when I finally see it for myself because it’s good. That’s not to say that everything should just be spoiled right out of the gate, but it’s saying that maybe your plot isn’t good if you have to rely on shock value to make it work??

I FEEL THAT “ASSIGNING IT TO THE WHOLE GENDER” THING SO BAD. It just adds to my “the girls all have varying personalities so it’s not like Kyubey’s only after emotional crybabies or anything” salt.

I have no idea about any of the stuff about the writers so I can’t confirm or deny them. I will very much agree on the target audience thing though, especially with the whole “keeping the dark plot a secret” because really? Who is this for then? Like, the first two and a half episodes are for one demographic and then the others are--???

I dunno. Me personally, I just like feel good stories. I do like some good conflict and drama (for context, Remarried Empress is basically a webtoon that gives you things to feel salty about and then makes its own salt fic as its plot, allowing for endless streams of feels and catharsis, so I’m definitely not against drama), but there are other times where I just want to feel good watching something.

I feel like the show expects the characters to be selfless/perfect and then punishes them even though it’s their writing that’s causing them to act out. I can’t really talking about “out-of-character” but sometimes it’s just obvious where “we did this because we needed a plot/conflict.”

Like, hello? We don’t need the main characters screwing up; why can’t we just have some feel good thing where they take the day for themselves (seriously, imagine a Miraculous episode where Chat Noir actually tells Ladybug to take a couple days for herself, like maybe someone else gets the earrings for a few days as a temp while Marinette gets to breathe; IMAGINE IT). Not everything needs to be high-stakes to be interesting and you need those calmer moments so that the action-packed ones feel more intense.

SAYAKA DESERVES BETTER.

I feel like the magical girl genre as a whole can be way more complex than it’s made out to be. I think people hear the word “magical girl” and think “cute girls in short skirts talk about girl problems and fight evil with the power of friendship and accessories.”

Ugh, just the mention of Rebellion makes me sigh internally.

Congrats on working on your own magical girl story! I hope it goes well for you!

I know it’s not technically a magical girl show, but there was also Totally Spies that Astruc worked on to some degree (I think there was some characters who were based on/a loose reference to the mains from that show but I don’t remember exactly).

The thing about the female characters suffering is that they could make for good lessons on positively directing one’s emotions (like Usagi from Sailor Moon, for example, maybe having a problem with taking her anger out on her friends, but learns that she can save that rage for the bad guys; “Gamer 2.0″ from Miraculous could’ve done that, honestly, by having Ladybug absolutely WRECK all of her gaming opponents in “violent” (cartoon violence obviously) fashion). It’s just a shame that it’s not taken advantage of.

Sayaka??? Selfish???????

*does not compute*

(Also, I wasn’t tired of them, don’t worry! It was a little overwhelming in my inbox but it’s me who’s allowing all the asks to flow in so the blame isn’t on you lol.)

I’m not sure where this obsession came from with, “you have to be selfless and you’re not allowed to use your powers for yourself.” It’s like the world’s going to end if a character leaves to go Self-Care or something. I think what happened is that shows got this idea that promoting only the giving of others is great and it’s not important to take time for yourself (even with “Gamer 2.0,” it was still Marinette playing games with everyone else, and they treated her dedication and seriousness like a bad thing when she literally did not have time to waste and they didn’t give a reason why it was good for her to take a break, only that she should).

This usually leads to the “demonization” of characters who sport a lot of self-confidence or any sort of ego. It works on both sides; Marinette is a punching bag because of her anxiety and occasional lack of confidence, but if she had an ego as Ladybug, there are parts of the fandom who deem her “obnoxious” (i.e: “Reflekdoll”). There’s a delicate balance between “be confident” and “be humble” and it’s a tightrope act.

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larryfanficwriter98 · 4 years

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Chapter Twelve

The top five trends worldwide were of Larry Stylinson and Louis Tomlinson the very next day. Number one trend was "#LarryStylinsonIsForever", the second was "#LouisTomlinSONDATASS" with the videos the girls recorded from last night attached to it. The eight of them had danced their asses off with zero thoughts of their dignity for the next day. Louis was seen in all of them his ass and hips getting wilder the more he drank.

The third trend was "#PartyWithLouis" with the video of Louis drowning shots and high fiving the seven people group as well as yelling out the happy birthday song to the girl who was twenty now. The fourth trend was "#PartyWithLarry" with videos of Louis and videos of Harry from his birthday at a club attached to the posts.

Both lads taking shots in their respective videos and both lads having a good time with their friends. The final trend was of his shirt last night which said "Wine and Dildos" and Louis has never regretted buying a funny shirt until that moment. Even the "vanilla is for ice cream" shirt form Valentine's Day didn't draw as much attention as his shirt from last night was.

Louis sighed as he rolled out of bed to go downstairs where Liam, Zayn, and Niall were eating cereal at the counter.

"I hate every single one of you." Louis told them as he pulled down his coco pops

"Shut it cum stains." Zayn said around his toast making Louis glare at him

"Hey what's with the photos of Harry with that guy yesterday?" Liam asked

"His ex tried to get back with him but Harry shot him down. Nothing to worry about. It was just lunch." Louis said

"Just lunch? The guy was at his concert last night." Louis frowned and looked at Liam, "yeah there's photos of him in the crowd and a video of him going backstage after the show."

"Well I spoke with Harry before his show and he probably didn't know he'd be there them after we were sort of...distracted. Look I'm sure it looks bad-"

"Lou none of us is accusing Harry of anything, we all love him and don't think he'd cheat especially after getting to know the real him. I just thought I'd let you know the guy was there last night." Louis nodded pulling his phone out as he grabbed the milk from the fridge. He hesitated but pressed Harry's number feeling bad that it was only 6 in the morning in Brazil.

"Hey, Lou." Harry said answering almost immediately

"Hey what are you doing up so early?" Louis asked

"Watching the sunrise, thinking of you, writing, and eating fruit. Couldn't sleep after 5 so I got up to start the day." Harry said, "how's the hangover?"

"Horrible, but I'll live." Louis said putting Harry on speaker-phone to set it on the countertop as he stood beside Liam.

"Hey, Harry." The lads greeted

"Hey, guys. How was last night? Saw you made friends."

"Niall has a crush." Liam said

"Oh?"

"Shut up. It's nothing." Niall said shoving waffles into his mouth, "how was the concert?"

"It was fine. Had a girl try to get into my dressing room it was a weird night. I'm tired of South America already. Ready to leave." Harry said

"You sound exhausted. You okay?" Zayn asked

"I am. It was a long night. Management wants publicity around me for the UK leg and so they have brought my ex into the media with me without telling me. So now I'm being painted as a cheater over here even though I haven't done anything. Management gave him a ticket and a backstage passed yesterday without letting me know so now there's that going around the web. Then they have a room under his name in the same hotel I'm staying at. I'm probably going to stay in my tour bus or a different hotel tonight. Tonight is my last concert here so the rest is interviews and photoshoots but if this keeps up I'll leave early. Management and I have been arguing about it since last night." Harry explained

"Is there anything we can do?" Liam asked concerned

"Legally yeah, but honestly it's not worth it. As long as none of you have signed anything with Sony you're legally allowed to talk about anything. That doesn't mean you're safe to do so, however."

"What do you mean?" Louis asked

"If they know it's you then they can sue you for misinformation or slander. However, if you just happen to have an anonymous twitter or Tumblr account that can't be traced by to you by email or phone number and it must happen to tell the world about controlling managements. Well, they can't sue someone if they don't have their names." Harry said Louis looked at the boys who grinned

*************

Harry folded his arms sitting back in his seat frowning at his management team.

"Harry this will bring in a lot of publicity." Frank said, "We think it's for the best."

"Also we think Louis isn't the most...appropriate person to be associated with. The shirts, the jokes, the middle finger." Becca said as she spread out screenshots of Louis' tweets and pictures.

"Our point is Louis isn't someone to keep around when your music is for young girls ages 13 and up. That's your audience."

"It's not happening." Harry said shaking his head

"You signed a contract-"

"A contract you guys are going against." Harry argued glaring at them, "it's not going to happen."

"Yes, it will. You are expected at the beach tomorrow at noon for your date. That's final." Harry stormed out of the room slamming the door closed, he headed to the hotel and contacted his lawyer telling him what was going on. After his lawyer confirmed that it was against the contract Harry made his mind up and spent the next few hours talking to him.

*********

"Hey, lads how was work?" Louis asked walking into the house kicking off his shoes quickly. He frowned when silence met his question and was even more confused when he saw the lads sitting on the couch waiting for him. "What's going on?"

"Has Harry called yet?"

"What do you mean? Is it another stupid ex-boyfriend picture because I swear-"

"Harry's tour is canceled."

"What?" Louis asked stopping in his tracks, "is Harry okay?" Liam turned his laptop around and Louis stared at the picture of Harry with his bags and his eyes filled with tears with his head down as he walked through Manchester airport a few hours ago with the title,

HARRY STYLES CANCELS TOUR UNEXPECTEDLY!

LETS DOWN AND DISAPPOINTS MILLIONS OF FANS!

HARRY STYLES CAREER OVER?!

"What...why?" Louis asked immediately grabbing his phone and saw no missed calls or texts. Frowning he quickly called Harry putting him on speaker but got no answer. He tried two more times, but still no answer. "Alright, I'm going to go check his house. Make sure he's okay." Louis said getting up to pull his shoes back on

"Keep us updated." Liam said getting a nod from Louis who hurried out of the house and back into his car.

He had Harry's address and lock code for the time he had gone to his house to let in Harry's yard worker. Gemma usually did it, but or she had been asked to work so Harry had asked Louis to do it and to just stay there until he was finished. Louis had agreed and stayed there all Sunday watching Netflix on Harry's couch in his living room. Harry was on the other side of Manchester, but Louis didn't care as he out in the lock code watching the gate slide open letting him inside. He got out of his car and headed to the door glad to find it unlocked when he tested the handle.

Closing the door behind him, he ran up the stairs and headed to Harry's room opening the door gently and saw Harry laying on the bed. He walked inside the room and closed the door as he took his shoes off then headed to the bed. Louis sat on the side looking at Harry who had fallen asleep crying according to the tear tracks. He reached his hand out and gently pulled his hair away from his face and ran his fingers through it.

"Harry." Louis spoke soft and gentle, "Haz." Harry slowly opened his eyes and Louis smiled, "what are you doing here Haz? What's wrong? What happened?" Louis asked a few minutes later after he was sure Harry was awake

"Does everyone hate me?"

"The tabloids are having a field day, but I don't think your fans are as angry as you fear. Want me to look?" Harry nodded so Louis pulled his phone out and got on Instagram to see what is going on there and saw the picture of Harry at the airport going around. Each post was of support and wishing everything was okay, "nobody hates you, sweetie. Now, what's wrong?"

"They wanted me to cheat on you on a fucking beach in fucking Brazil. I told them no and they said some shit them by the end of it they told I was going to do it and they were the end of it. I walked out and I called my lawyer and he told me it was against the contract so I packed up and I left on the jet. Canceled the tour on the jet." Harry said, "they went against the contract they made up so unless they want to take it to court it'll be a simple case of getting ownership of my songs and making them refund the last ten concerts. So unless they want what they tried to do out in the open them it'll be over within a few weeks."

"Baby you could have called me and told me the situation. I'd of understood." Louis said gently

"No, you don't get it. First, it'd be cheating then they'd make it impossible for us to talk, then we'd break up and make me into the victim somehow and push hate on to you. They'll ruin your life and besides, I don't cheat. I'd never do that to you no matter who wanted me to do it. Can you just cuddle me?"

"Of course. Scoot over." Louis set his phone and keys beside Harry's phone and laid down beside him snuggling his head against his chest. "I love you."

"I love you too." Harry said

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for-emilia · 3 years

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Reveal.

“Are you ready to go, sexy?” Xavier smirked, wiggling his eyebrows at his own comment as Emilia emerged out of the hallway.

“Come on then, are the others there?” Emilia questioned as she wiggled her dress down slightly in the mirror near their front door, receiving a teasing hand pulling her dress back up coming from Xavier’s direction, “pack it in.”

“Yeah, I think they’re all practically there, cos you took forever,” Xavier teased, preparing himself for her come-back and opening the door to not waste anymore time or increase their taxi fee even more.

“Excuse me Mr Mbuyamba?! Who was the one who spent about an hour picking his creps?!” Emilia drew in a hasty breath at the freezing outside air on her exposed body. Her boyfriend dropped his racer style jacket around her shoulders in a little silent gesture to keep her warm and happy despite the walk to the taxi only being a few more steps.

“Worth it though, jeeez, have you seen this fit?” he half joked, making cocky movements and making Emilia giggle as she climbed into the door he held open for her.

“You might be right, Xav,” she held onto his muscular bicep as he climbed into the black cab after her, pecking him on the lips lightly not to smudge her lip colour.

The cab ride passed by pretty quickly as the couple resided only a short distance from central London where they were meeting with Billy, Hannah, Fikayo and Mason for a casual dressy dinner, just because.

“Heyyyy, hello hello,” Emilia smiled, greeting her friends and pulling each of them in for a hug. She stopped on Fik last to do their stupid little handshake god knows when they made up, making everyone roll their eyes at their childish behaviour in an expensive restaurant. Xavier carried on conversing with Hannah and Billy, greeting each other and laughing over some joke Xav made regarding why they were late.

“Okay?” Xavier placed his hand on Emilia’s waist just as they sat down at the table situated in the corner of the restaurant, just making sure she was okay and caring for her, as he always did.

“Yep,” she replied simply, her smile confirming it, sealing it all off with a small kiss before they both turned to the rest of their friends on the table.

They hung out in groups quite often, whether it was with Xavier’s friends, Emilia’s friends, some of the squad, a mixture of all of three, they were often in groups and yet it always felt like they were still together. More often than not, they’d have sneaked away by the end of the night, and certainly throughout the night they’d rarely leave each other’s side.

It did, however, make it easier to hide their relationship and keep things under wraps for now. The pair had been together for the better part of a year and didn’t have any doubts that it would last a lifetime more, but it was still something they weren't ready to share with the world just yet. Although, they had had a few slip ups along the way.

Both Xavier and Emilia frequently posted little insights onto their story, photos of buildings or the TV or meals, anything really, and there had only ever been two slip ups. Both times were extremely simple mistakes, one of which being her heels in the back of a photo of some clothes he’d put on his story to thank the brand, and the other being slightly more obvious of her nails/hand on his thigh as he panned around the room showing off on his story how he’d cleaned ’his’ living room and put on a film. Luckily the perks of Hannah having both of their story notifications on was she saw a few minutes after it was posted, spamming the couple with messages to take it down and refilm if they didn’t want anyone to be suspicious. Emilia was just grateful that month she got pretty basic plain nails that could belong to anyone and not some lavish design which could be easily traced back to her.

Eagle eyed fans had started to question Xavier’s relationship status, also noticing how he was rarely pictured with the other single Chelsea lads on nights out in the papers. It became harder to hide as crazy fan pages on Tumblr began to connect the dots, noticing crossovers between their clothes, locations of their pictures, tiny corners of furniture in each of their photos. It was a pain in the arse to have to keep checking if there was anything that could link them to one another before each story or feed post; it truthfully made them wonder if they should just go public.

As the night progressed, the group laughed and dined, always loving each other’s company alongside some good food and drinks. The meal came to a close and the 6 of them decided to carry the night on in a bar down the road since the lads didn’t have training the next day as a result of the 2-0 win earlier that day.

“What the-” Mason laughed out his distinctive cackle. Xavier instinctively looked over at what was happening, only to be met with his girlfriend and Fikayo leapfrogging over boulders and giggling like children on the playground as they went. Undoubtedly, whenever Fik and Emilia met up they’d get up to all sorts of shenanigans fuelled by each other’s encouragement, bets, alcohol and laughter.

“Oh lord,” Xavier laughed, looking over as Mason pulled out his phone and started filming the pair messily hopping over the bollards at the end of the road. He posted it to his Instagram story without a second thought alongside the caption of ‘can’t take these two anywhere 😂’ with both of their @s.

They all continued the night on, Xavier and Emilia sitting together once again at the bar and socialising with everyone else with their legs pressed together underneath the table, feet intertwined. It wasn’t until his gorgeous girlfriend stood up to go to the toilets with Hannah that he looked at his phone for one of the first times that night.

It started with a text from his brother Noah simply reading ‘Go and search Fik’s name on Twitter 😭’ which of course covered his face in confusion and made him immediately exit the message stream to open Twitter.

The first tweets that loaded up adorned the video screen-recorded from Mason’s Instagram story and he instantly panicked that her dress had come up and she’d flashed or something. Needless to say the rush of relief that washed over him when he watched the video intensely and realised that wasn’t the case was euphoric. He began reading the tweets that accompanied the videos and discovered just what his brother was talking about.

‘Fikayo and his girlfriend are too funny’

‘my CB winning on and off the pitch’

‘Wait is that Fik’s gf?’

‘damn, tomori and his girlfriend are goals’

Xavier’s eyebrows unintentionally furrowed as he read the words on his phone screen, scrunching his face up at the sheer quantity of tweets he saw on the matter. Screenshots and screen recordings flooded the search with everybody taking Mason’s post as confirmation HIS girlfriend and Fikayo were a thing.

“What’s your face for? You alright?” Mason questioned, letting out a little laugh at the disgusted face Xavier was pulling as he was normally always smiling and any issue was like water off a duck's back to the 6’5 Dutch.

“Look,” he pushed his phone across the table to Mason to allow him to look, watching as he scrolled through the tweets before looking up and making a sour face.

“Oops, sorry mate, I’ll take it down if you want,” Mason apologised, sliding the phone over to Fik after he began asking what they were talking about.

The girls soon returned from the toilets and immediately felt an off atmosphere around the table, making them suspicious of what had happened while they were away.

The busy bar was still roaring with noise, sounds of laughter and conversation and clicks of glasses and music flooded the room but the silence of the table was louder.

“Whaddup bae,” Fik broke the silence, pulling Emilia’s chair back out for her as she laughed at his joke, not knowing the context behind it yet, “we’re dating now.”

“Of course we are,” Emilia joked back as they always did, blowing him a kiss and throwing him a wink for the banter.

“According to Twitter at least,” Fik added, continuing the round of passing Xavier’s phone, still with the twitter search of his name open and the plethora of tweets gushing over the ‘couple’ visible on the screen.

“Eh?” Emilia’s eyes ran over the screen, immediately realising what was happening and smacking her hand over her mouth finding it absolutely hilarious. The group of friends was a right sight: Billy was explaining what was happening to Hannah who was holding her head in her hands at hearing the mess Mason has caused, the boy in question was still reading over Emilia’s shoulder as she scrolled through the tweets (finding them funny but also revelling in the compliments thrown her way), Fikayo sat simply observing everyone and laughing every so often as his ‘girlfriend’ turned the screen to show him the best tweets she found, and finally Xavier, sat at the end of the table just watching Emilia quietly.

Fuck, he loved her so much. Just watching her giggle and concentrate as she scrolled through the tweets and read made his heart swell. He didn’t know whether it was the jealousy of the world thinking his girl was someone else's, or an amalgamation of how she looked and how carefree she was tonight, but his love for her was uncontainable; he was so proud she was his.

He hated anyone thinking she belonged to anyone else; he knew for an absolute fact they were in it for the long run. She’d not be anyone else’s for the rest of time, and Xavier hated to admit it but it made him feel overwhelmingly possessive that the world thought that wasn’t the case. So he was gonna put a stop to it.

Finally he got his phone back and he set about sorting through the photos of the two of them in his camera roll that they took before they left. Some were of them getting ready earlier in the night and some were posey photos of them just before they left. Between the flowing drinks and non-stop laughter, he’d picked out 3 of his favourite photos: the first one was of them posing together, pressed close with Emilia’s gorgeous hourglass figure and Xavier’s height displayed perfectly, the second was a more cutesy photo in a similar position although this time she had one hand splayed across his chest as he kissed her on the top of the head, his hand just out of shot as he groped her arse, and the final one of Emilia standing up looking in the mirror, holding up her middle finger to Xavier as he sat behind her. The last photo was his favourite, the shot taken from his perspective as you could see the back of her dress and long hair but also the front of her in the reflection of the mirror, checking herself out. You could also see his reflection as he lounged on one of the arm chairs in the dressing room, smiling up at the reflection of his girlfriend flipping him off for taking sneaky pictures of her.

Xavier had tucked them away in his favourites folder in his camera roll and went back to his group of friends with a smug smile on his face. The night quickly came to an end and he was back bundled into a black cab with the love of his life.

“That was fun,” Emilia smiled, moving over to the middle seat without a care, purely so she could cuddle into Xavier’s side, the hours of socialisation into the late night taking a toll on her, “got to see my boyfriend.”

“Oi,” Xavier warned, digging his fingers into her hip bones slightly as a reprimand. Quiet streets of chilly London passed them by on their short journey back to their shared apartment, the soft street lights and gentle movements lulling Emilia into a peaceful rest leaning on Xavier’s shoulder.

He pulled out his phone, being sure to turn the brightness down to not stir her, and opened up Instagram. Emilia and him had talked about going public before, both coming to the conclusion that it’d make sense to do it soon as they were more than secure, not to mention the growing suspicion of fans and Xavier’s growing success. The 3 photos he’d selected earlier in the day were ordered in a swipe along post, writing out a short caption of ‘my love 🤍’ alongside her @. The defender cast his soulmate one last look, smiling at how content she looked snuggled into his side, and pressed post.

“Cmon, sleeping beauty,” he whispered, brushing her hair out of her face and leaving his thumb lingering on her cheek to wake her, helping up out of the cab as it came to a halt outside their apartment building. She’d not checked her phone yet to be able to see the post, but the rest of the group clearly had (bar Hannah who had undoubtedly fallen asleep the minute she got home, blissfully unaware of the fact her best friend’s relationship was now out to the world).

Mason (03:11)

Oops sorry again mate, cute pics, at least you’ll be able to post more like that! Bet your ig turns into a fanpage for her 👀

Fikayo (03:12)

why you postin pics with my gf back off bruv

nah jk, love u two

but let me have her back on weekends xxx

Billy (03:15)

Trust it to be Mason bro 😭 good to see you tonight

Billy (03:17)

PS Hannah’s gonna scream when she wakes up and sees it, cheers 😭

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risthebrave · 3 years

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okay so i was going to send in an ask for the director’s cut thing, but there were too many fics i wanted to ask about 😭 i’ll send them in but PLEASE keep in mind you don’t have to do them all i feel bad dmfjsjf

move so pretty (you’re all i see), sleeping on our problems, works like a charm, just a flicker in the dark, and sweet like honey

ahhh omg thank you for sending these in! i’m so sorry for how long it took to get out - i may have forgotten about it shjkskss also i don’t mind talking about all of them but i’m definitely going to keep each one short. you can find them under the cut:

move so pretty (you’re all i see) ~

this fic was started initially when i was doing word prompts using curiouscat! people would send me words and i’d write a quick little drabble/snippet... they’re typically around 300-ish words but i got the word “owns,” and maybe got a bit carried away? i think that prompt ended up being 1k words - too long to post using cc so i had to take screenshots and post as separate tweet.

the idea that came to me was something i love to read in fics: one of them walking in on the other masturbating. i didn’t intend for it to become anything more than that snippet but i what can i say? i got intrigued. my brain helpfully provided a backstory: best friends, harry maybe having feelings for louis but not wanting to ruin their friendship...

fast-forward three days and i posted an 11k fic shjssks

this was my first attempt at writing a pwp so that was an interesting experience!!! i’m too obsessed with giving backstories and arcs to ever write just pure smut but this is the closest i’ve gotten??? 5.5k/11k being smut, that is. and for once coming up with the title wasn’t too hard because there’s one song i always think of when it comes to best friends to lovers and that’s lucky!!

i don’t really know what else to say for this one! i remember sarah and i both wrote and posted pwps in a short span of each other so that was fun... she’s actually the one who motivated me to finish and post this fic instead of just letting the idea go. and her dog ended up in the story: chica <3 my absolute favorite <3333

sleeping on our problems ~

welp. this fic was a struggle for a long time. idk if i’ve talked about it on this blog but this fic was initially an exes to lovers fic!!! where they spent harry’s rut together right before breaking up and then louis finds out he’s pregnant and angst ensues.

changing it to a one-night stand (even though it wasn’t only one night shjksks) ended up being a really good decision in the way that this new version of the story required a lot less angst and reflection of their past relationship, choices, actions!! that first fic was going to be a lot heavier i think shjsks but i really love how it turned out!!

barring the main tropes, the progression of the story and the outline itself changed so. much. in the process of writing... i found an earlier saved version of my outline and the story is almost completely unrecognizable haha. and actually the most recent saved version of the outline is also not 100% accurate to the final story because for the last 10k of the story, i was flying completely free shjsksk.

also, even after i finished the fic, i went back and added two scenes the next day so it’s safe to say i changed so much of this story -- it was never supposed to be that long either hsjsksk the goal was 48-50k and i thought i was being optimistic!

somewhat in the same vein but also really different: this fic was one of the first fics i ever wrote out of order! before this, i had switched around maybe a couple times when writing a fic but mostly stuck to chronological order. but in this one i kept getting stuck with certain scenes and decided that i’d never reach my goal of finishing unless i switched to parts of the story i had the inspiration to write in the moment instead of getting stuck on one single part i had no motivation for. it really helped the process and i’ve been switching around ever since.

another thing that really helped me actually finish this fic was the motivation and encouragement of people on twitter and i’m still so appreciative of it now :’) there’s no way i could have finished this fic without the kind words and well wishes of my mutuals!!

(also - i included an easter egg in this fic from another one of my fics... i suppose that’s sort of the type of insight that fits for these things? the ballet louis and harry saw in new york was swan lake <3)

works like a charm ~

ooo i wrote this fic for my friend’s birthday!! she loves hp aus and slytherin hl so it was just a given that i write that for her. i was on a deadline - pretty sure i made the doc on september 4th, aka nine days before i posted - and i hadn’t had my full outline done when i started which is is... let’s just say very uncommon.

this is another example of me going off outline and changing the story as i went because initially the estimation was about 12k and the basic plot was that after they’d fuck for the first time, they’d immediately talk about the past and resolve those misunderstandings. but when i got to that point, i realized it felt too rushed for how the story was progressing so i extended it a bit and added some more *tension* and *miscommunication* until they finally got their shit together!

also i feel like some would find louis’ blatant lies when interrogated about his feelings for harry to be unrealistic but as someone who has definitely done the exact same thing (lmao - without the happy ending), i find it a definite possibility. and i mean, we all say stuff we don’t mean under pressure - whether it’s to louis’ (and my) extent or not.

another thing i remember about this fic was having to work out with sarah - who was also posting a fic for this friend’s birthday - posting times and dates. we eventually agreed that she’d post first and i’d post the day after (neither were the actual day of the birthday because we were both running late!) this is a conversation we proceeded to have many other times since we both have made habits of birthday fics and we pretty much have the same friends.

all of this was also happening in sync with us writing a fic together for our other friend’s birthday which was on the 8th... yes it was exactly as chaotic and stressful as you’re thinking but also fun! and i love all three fics involved!! haha.

just a flicker in the dark ~

okay this fic is definitely my favorite thing i’ve ever written and i’ve said that before many, many times but it’s true! but it too changed so much from the initial idea to the final end product.

in fact, the original idea was a 20k somewhat-crack fic where harry was a ghost and louis was the paranormal investigator trying to get him to stop haunting this house. it was just supposed to be a quick and fun halloween fic to work on while finishing up my first blff and finally making head way on my abandoned second blff... obviously, that changed drastically.

it initially started with me getting the idea of louis and harry being partners and enemies. and then i was thinking... why not throw exes on top of it while we’re there??? that was completely self-indulgent since exes to lovers is my favorite trope of all time. but the idea was still that they were paranormal investigators trying to work a case on a haunted house and though the estimated wc had raised to 35k, i was still hoping that it’d be quick and easy because i had two other projects that needed a lot of my attention.

then came the first day of october. i woke up after having the craziest dream about louis and harry and the ghost that was not really a ghost. i ended up writing about 7k that thursday and the story really just took shape from there. the first sequence i wrote was actually the scene where louis goes into the backyard and ends up in the pocket dimension where the spirit imprints on him - i think it was a 3.5k scene and it just flew out of me sjksjsk. after that i took a small break to start my outline but it was more of a messy list of ideas and details and things i wanted to include than my usual organized format. the next scene i wrote that day was the scene where louis is in the bedroom and the demon is there but harry is not but then he is (i’m so good at describing things, right?) that’s actually one of my favorite scenes i’ve ever written and the funny thing is that i barely even knew all the details of the demon plot by this point but my hands just kept typing and my brain had the tendrils of the story forming and that amazing feeling that this is something good.

i could ramble on forever about the process of writing this fic but i’ll just say that it’s the most fun i’ve ever had writing anything ever. word-building and supernatural elements are my favorite and getting to delve into those things here was so much fun! the entire process took twenty-five days (spanning from october 1st to october 28th - with a small three day break to focus on finishing miss wedding au!!) and though i did have some small struggles and moments of writer’s block, for the most part the story just came to me. and it’s so amazing to me because i didn’t even have all the details and facets of the plot until louis did too but it ended up working out??? if anything, it showed his process of figuring things out really well because it was the process of me figuring things out!

also this was the first time i heavily featured a fic pet in a fic and i fell as much in love with venus as everyone else did :’) she has my heart, truly <3 i love this world and these characters so so much and i hope to return to it sometime in the future!

sweet like honey ~

whooo, okay, this fic... yikes. this fic was a capital s Struggle.

so basically this fic was written for the blff and though it came out first, it was the second prompt i signed up for, prompt 63: Friends to lovers AU where Harry and Louis are best friends and flatmates in Uni and they both need money, Harry for his gym membership and Louis for cute stuff like sanrio plushies, so they decide to film homemade porn videos together. Louis is shy and sweet and maybe inexperienced and Harry kinda doms him.

i remember the exact moment i saw the blff post on tumblr about it being allowed to sign up for another prompt from that point on - i was sitting at the counter at my friend’s ranch’s kitchen eating crepes and browsing on my phone. i saw the post and immediately signed up for this prompt because it had been my second choice and though i love love loved my first prompt so much, i was disappointed at not being able to write this one... but i did!

the idea and basic outline was actually completed way back in july/august but for some reason i just couldn’t make any actual progress on it for so long??? i’m pretty sure the document was stuck at 5k for over three months shsjksks to be fair, i did keep pushing it to the side in favor of other newer fics but i was just experiencing the biggest barrier when it came to this story and characters.

in fact, i actually reached out to the mods in late october about a potential extension - they informed me that all writers could use a two week extension if needed and i figured that would be fine. however, i didn’t end up using it! within the first few days of november, i managed to pull the wc up to 8k by the skin of my teeth (was still majorly struggling) - i was still sure i’d need an extension but then something really awful but in this case, helpful, happened...

election week.

basically, i’m a big stress-writer. writing is what i do when i’m upset or anxious or stressed because it truly is my happy place. i wouldn’t say writing during that week made me feel much better about everything going on but it provided a distraction. so much though that i went from 8k to 24k in the span of a few days... and i have absolutely no recollection of writing any of it.

not only did i not need any extension, i also somehow ended up finishing early by a few days. and i really liked what i had!! or what i remembered of it anyway shjskks.

one thing i remember really focusing on in terms of these characters and dynamic was having it actually just be them starting as friends and developing feelings later. i feel like a common trope in friends to lovers fics is having one or both of them with pre-existing feelings that they feel is unrequited. obviously there’s nothing wrong with that (i’ve written it myself lol) and it’s a common trope for a reason - because it’s good - but i wanted to try something a little different. them actually filming these videos is what acted as the catalyst to them beginning to view their relationship with new eyes and open the door to the eventual feelings that developed.

i also had so much fun writing harry’s pov in this one haha. i feel like this version of him was really bold and shameless and super easy for me to develop.

this is also the closest i’ve ever gotten to meeting my estimation word count... ever. my estimate was 32k and it ended up at 33k!!! and yes i’m more proud of that than i should be lol

anyways, i pretty much just rambled but if anyone sees this and gets some good insight out of it, then yay! feel free to send more director’s cut inquiries!! i love doing them (even if it takes me weeks - sorry again!)

#asks #director's cut #msp #soop #wlac #jafitd #slh

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yungbludy · 5 years

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i only have eyes for you

prompt ☢︎ you can’t help the jealousy you feel.

warnings ☢︎ none

You’ve never been one to get jealous of Dominic being around other women. Because of course, being friends with the opposite sex was a common thing and didn’t always mean the two people were dating or some dumb shit like that. But with her, it seemed different.

You didn’t care much about the pictures. He told you they had just recorded something and she got sent the flowers by a fan. But now it seemed to continue on—liked tweets, black hearts to each other. He listened to her music even more now and while it shouldn’t have bothered you so much, it did.

You liked her. She had good music and you didn’t really care about the controversy she got in. Not to mention she was gorgeous and definitely Dominic’s type, and that’s what worried you.

What if you weren’t enough? You weren’t an artist—you weren’t an incredible singer or songwriter. What if he left you for someone with more talent? Someone more deserving of him?

You’re looking a tweet she sent and what he replied with, which was same old same old—three black hearts, and almost jumped out of your skin when a body came to lie next to you in your bed. Dominic peered over your shoulder and you immediately locked your phone, flushing at his sudden presence.

“What? What were ya lookin’ at?” he raises an eyebrow, and you blush.

“Nothing,” you say, trying your best to hide your phone from his curious eyes. “Shoo.”

“Nah, lemme see.” he says and grabs your phone, unlocking it with the passcode. You lunge for it but he pulls it out of your grip, his eyes landing on the tweets.

He chuckles. “Why are ya lookin’ at this...?”

“I was just scrolling on Twitter, and I saw it, that’s all.” you swallowed, still reaching for your phone.

“Really? Is that why ya took a screenshot of it?” he says as he tries to scroll and reveals that it’s merely a screenshot buried in all of the other screenshots that had something, anything to do with him and her. Your heart stops, and you quickly snatch your phone from him, locking it once again.

“Darlin’,” he says quietly, making you shake your head as you turn away from him to put your phone on charge. “Ya know I only want you, right? Nobody else.”

“Yeah.” you shrug, deleting all of the pictures from more embarrassment.

You yelp when your phone is suddenly taken out of your hand and his body is on top of yours, pretty green eyes staring right into your own.

“Do you know?” he whispers, leans down to nose his cheek. “Or do I have to show ya—that I really, really only want you?”

He pushes his body down onto yours, leaving your space between the two of you while kissing the skin of your neck, and your hands ball into his fists when he suddenly bites your skin.

“Answa me, sweetie.”

“S-Show me,” you say quietly, face hot.

He grins, pushing his body into yours once again while pecking your lips. “Will do, baby.”

By the end of the night and by early morning, you can tell you really are the only one that he wants.

#dominic harrison #yungblud #yungblud x you #yungblud fanfiction #dominic harrison fanfiction #yungblud imagine #yungblud oneshot #dominic harrison oneshot #dominic harrison imagine

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femnet · 5 years

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I was a celebrity's booty call. And I was also another celebrity's “side-chick”. For a while. It's not a good feeling, despite what fanfiction wants you to think. I have a feeling none of them have ever actually experienced what they write about in their stories.

This was all before I started seeing my boyfriend, just to be clear. The first one is a famous TV producer from the United States, and he started following me back in 2011 after I complimented him on how gorgeous his wife was and how lucky he was to be dating someone like her. I was born in 1994, so I was 17 when he started following and talking to me. He started liking a bunch of my tweets, and we'd just have conversations that soon after turned into more than just conversations.

We were sexting. He would go on holiday with his wife and three kids and he'd send me a message first thing in the morning to tell me he had a hard-on. When I would tweet about a male celebrity I liked, he'd DM me and say he was jealous of that person for having my attention. Now, mind you, I was a virgin at the time and had absolutely no idea what to reply to any of this, but I humored his behavior and made stuff up. Apparently that worked because our conversations went on until 2015, when I deleted my Twitter.

I was stupid. I figured it was only texts; we're never gonna meet, right? And of course, that is still true, we never met. But now I know that if he did this with me, the chances that he also did this with other girls behind his wife's back, and maybe more than just sexting, are high. Which is what ultimately really hurts me to think about. He's always been very vocal on his political opinions, on his drug and alcohol abuse, he's a big member of the social justice community, fighting for people's rights, and his tweets really take off a lot of the time. He gets a lot of positive attention. In addition to that, he's also a huge part of the show he produces, so people know him. They like him. Except maybe Republicans.

The second big time (in between were a couple rather meaningless flirts: all of the guys were taken, I was single and figured I had nothing to lose) was with a famous guy from my country, who also happens to play for a national team as well.

I met him for the first time when I had just moved to the city I live in now. We had a mutual interest for sports, so I told him I was going to see one of his matches and he said he could get me a ticket, which I thought was kind. He asked me before if I had a boyfriend, and I said no. And I asked him if he had a girlfriend, and he dodged the question but because in my stupid mind I thought „he would totally tell me if he has a girlfriend“, I figured: that means no then, right?

Before I even saw him play for the first time, I went to his place. I stepped into the apartment and everything in there screamed: girlfriend. Her shoes, pictures of her and his family, pictures of their families together, her jewlery, her toothbrush in the bathroom. I had made it clear to him before that I wasn't looking for anything, but still we ended up making out and I told him there and then „I think you have other plans than I do“.

We didn't have sex that night, I ended up talking to him about his girlfriend, actually, and made him tell me about her. They lost their virginity to each other, he told me funny stories about her, and so I asked him „then why am I here?“ and he said „it's been three years“, and then said he'd slept with someone the year before. Two years, now three, and he couldn't be faithful to her.

That really made me realize how disgusting some people are, and the fact that he was one of many men I'd met between 2011 and 2015 was really starting to take a toll on me. I didn't sleep with him, like I said, but I felt some sort of responsibility towards his girlfriend. I didn't have a name and couldn't find any clues through his Facebook or their apartment, so I ended up going home and immediately asking him for another meeting, promising him sex this time. He got me tickets to his game, took me home with him afterwards – to this day I still listen to Style by Taylor Swift and think of him, because that song described that night perfectly – and we got to his place and immediately got down and dirty. I didn't sleep with him, because I had a plan in mind, but we ended up on top of each other, in our clothes, and I was about to take off his pants, but I realized that sleeping with him first and then planting my proof that I had been there wouldn't be right. So I got up and said I wanted to go home.

I cried because I felt terrible, even though he was the one that should've been feeling like shit for doing this, but he didn't. I felt bad for his girlfriend (now wife), and I felt bad for being in his apartment. I never felt bad about what I did next, though: I had taken a pair of my underwear with me and put it underneath his couch, because I figured if anyone was going to look and clean there, it would've been his girlfriend, right? He didn't seem like the kinda guy who cared about anything and just kept his girl around as a housekeeper, really, who just happened to be gone for the month on an internship while he had me over twice, trying to have sex with me both times and effectively cheat on her. I personally already consider kissing cheating, but I guess that's up for debate.

I don't think she ever found my underwear, or maybe she did but she's too in love with him to think that this meant anything. Maybe she thought it was her own, maybe he convinced her it was hers. We talked for a little bit after that, I was an idiot and actually apologized for not sleeping with him, which is something I wouldn't do now. The last two or three years have really taught me a lot of self-respect, being 25 and having been through all those weird, awkward encounters... it really made me re-think my self-worth and how I let others treat me.

It wasn't really their stardom that got me. They were being nice and „not“ famous to me, that's the point. They were just like me and you and that caught my attention. But I did admire their craft and what they stood for, I had talent crushes, if you will. Having had those experiences with famous men and realizing that they're just awful, trash people, really broke down a barrier for me.

The celebrities that are supposed to be some sort of role model and be a good influence on the world and young people – and don't even get me started that that isn't their responsibility – can be just as disgusting as your Average Joe. No, it's not that they can be that; they actually are that. I have trouble trusting famous men now. I don't want to be around them on my own, no matter how big or small their fame and success may be. I have been thinking about going to a convention in the UK for two men whose craft I admire, but I'm not sure if I really should. In the back of my mind I can't help but think „if I feel like this, how many thousands of other women have also gone through the same thing“... if not worse.

I didn't have to sleep with those men but I still felt dirty and weird and just wrong afterwards. I know even if I had ever spoken up about these people, nobody would have believed me. If I didn't have pictures and screenshots I probably wouldn't even believe myself, and this is small scale. This is nothing compared to what other women have to go through with famous people who take advantage of their attention and their crush (or their need for a job) so much more than these men did of me.

It's a strange world out there. Famous people, your celebrity crush… they're no different and no better than you and me. I've experienced this first hand, in a very unfortunate way that'll stay with me for the rest of my life.

#by Elle #September 2019 #pop culture #real life

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hypeathon · 5 years

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A Belated, Nuanced Response to the Rooster Teeth Animation Glassdoor Controversy

2019 has been an especially problematic year to be a fan of animated content from Rooster Teeth.

By now, any of you reading this might already know what happened. But for those that don’t know the gist of it, since late March of 2019, Rooster Teeth consecutively received rather scathing reviews from anonymous employees via the job recruitment website, Glassdoor.

As of the time of this post, there have been 15 negative reviews listed that can mostly be seen with a Glassdoor account. Although they did gain a bit of attention from certain people that attempted to exploit this to any Rooster Teeth Animation fans at one point or another, it was not until RWBY Conversations on Tumblr made a blog post on June 15th with a compilation of screenshots of each review and addressed the matter quite aggressively. That same day, the post made its way to all the major social media platforms and emotions spiked incredibly high.

There have been numerous opinion pieces in the form of tweets, blogs, reddit posts and videos, the last of which has been made by people who otherwise don’t know anything about Rooster Teeth. Lots of other people have been outspoken about the matter, but what do I think of it? First off, as a clarification, I was... somewhat aware of this reputation Rooster Teeth had recently been receiving a couple of weeks prior to when things blew up. I say “somewhat” because I stumbled into this from someone (who shall remain nameless) who has been quite known for being committed to paiting anything related to RT Animation in a negative light. I took the matter with a grain of salt not because I thought the reviews I saw were false (more on that later) but rather because not having an actual Glassdoor account, I only saw a small fraction of the reviews made available so I admittedly underestimated the magnitude of the situation.

With that out of the way, to sum up my thoughts on the controversy, it’s definitely concerning. Coming from someone that has spent a good year highlighting and analyzing the skills of individual animators from RWBY and the show’s production into volume 6, the scale of the backlash from former and current RT Animation employees has been a bitter pill to swallow. It’s alarming knowing that things have gotten bad enough to warrant the responses seen on Rooster Teeth’s Glassdoor page as both a stern advisory to higher management and a warning to anyone who has considered working there. However, as alarming as this all has been, what I’m not going to do at this point and what I’ve been mostly careful about avoiding is emitting a knee-jerk, heightened emotional reaction.

As stated in the beginning of this post, 2019 has been pretty rough for fans of RT Animation. This is far from the first controversy of the year to come by and invoke extreme and conflicting feelings regarding this one company name and what tends to follow are very loud, irrational and even some bad faith discussions. It doesn’t matter if it’s about the company’s animation department or about blacklisting a voice actor or what an employee advises about watching something you don’t like, the responses have been consistently reactive with extreme opinions and with little thought for nuanced or educated conversations. This matter with RT Animation has been no exception in that regard, though to be fair, it’s not without good reason. I may have my interests towards RT Animation and content both in front of and behind the scenes, but I do also value seeking information and learning. And going forward, the latter is very relevant in order to get as much of a full picture of this controversy.

Now, having said that, this is something to be genuinely concerned about and is thus a rather difficult and touchy subject to talk about. I want to make it clear that everything I’m about to say from here-on is not meant to discredit what former and current employees have said nor is it to sugarcoat Rooster Teeth’s tendencies. I may ultimately be giving Rooster Teeth some benefit of the doubt, but I’m not going to obscure the things they have done that have led to things being the way they are. At the same time, I’m not going to viciously crucify them over this either. I won’t judge or blame anyone that has or will continue to resort to harsh measures to call out Rooster Teeth on their practices regarding crunch and production management. I’m just choosing personally to throw my two cents in a less harsh manner since what I plan to cover in this blog post will require avoiding that. The goal is to share and dissect some things using whatever information I can collect and contextualize which would hopefully provide a better understanding about how things got to the way they have and what Rooster Teeth is supposedly attempting to do about it.

Getting to the Bottom of The Situation

There’s a lot to unpack so let’s first start by breaking down the reviews themselves. As mentioned earlier, between the months of March and June of 2019, there have been at least 15 critical reviews from a combination of current and former employees regarding their experiences at Rooster Teeth animation. They each may vary a bit in tone and wording, but just about all of them share the same set of complaints that can be summed up as follows:

More often than not unpaid overtime work hours

Poor planning of scheduling and budgeting from managers in higher-up positions

General pay that’s too low to compensate for the unpaid overtime

Unfulfilled promises to contract employees of being given full-time employment after their time was up

Inexperienced directors/producers/managers

This is the bulk of the criticisms and to breakdown the pattern of reviews further:

5 of them were from former employees while 10 of them were from current ones.

4 of them were from animators (2 specified 3-D animators), 2 were from compositors and the rest did not specify.

2 claimed to have worked at RT Animation for less than a year, 7 claimed to have worked for over 1 year, 2 claimed to have worked for over 3 years, 1 claimed to have worked for over 5 years and the rest did not specify.

Now some fans who have spoken about the reviews questioned the legitimacy of them. This is an understandable reaction but given the broken down information between the set of reviews, there’s evidence to suggest that they are very true. Most of who claim that they are true would immediately point to a handful of tweets from the creator of the 2-D animated series, Nomad of Nowhere, Georden Whitman who left RT Animation in 2018. His claims have much validity to them, but he’s not the only former employee who has brought up the matter directly or indirectly. Without getting too specific or naming names, one person who had been credited on RWBY & Red vs Blue from 2016-2018 indicated that the management and scheduling of productions was the reason said-person left. Another instance was one whose position was in the post-production stage of a few projects who had left RT Animation in early March of this year after having been credited in a few projects since latter 2017. This actually matches the description of one of the former employees who left a review in late March, who had been working at RT Animation for over a year. Even the description of one of the current employees who claimed to have been working for over 5 years is especially specific, as that would’ve been at least since at least 2014. Back then, the staff count on productions like RWBY volume 2 and Red vs Blue season 12 was much smaller and Rooster Teeth’s animation department was not officially founded until later that same year.

So it’s not really a matter of whether the reviews themselves have any truth to them or not. Instead, a better question to ask and focus on is why did this happen? How did things get so problematic that it led to harsh responses one after another on just one job recruitment site alone? One thing I’ve seen fans and critics of RWBY suggest after this controversy broke out was to have volume 7 be delayed, with some going as far as launching a signature campaign to plead Rooster Teeth to delay the volume as if volume 6′s production was the main culprit behind the backlash. Putting aside the very questionable success rate of online signatures, while delaying the next installment of one of their shows is not ultimately a bad idea, it’s overlooking a couple of important details. The big one is the timing of these reviews which again, have been consecutively posted on Rooster Teeth’s Glassdoor page since late March of 2019. On the 9th of that same month, the season finale of Gen:Lock premiered which actually was the same date as when the former employee who worked in post-production left the company. It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that Gen:Lock’s production was what ultimately led to the backlash when you take into account director and writer of the show, Gray Haddock, posted a journal entry on June 2018 where he elaborated on the arrangement of staff between that show and RWBY volume 6′s production.

“Some of you have had questions about how production of gL impacts RWBY or vice-versa, and the answer is that these are largely parallel productions with separate crews.”

Earlier in January of 2018 on the season 1 finale episode of RWBY Rewind, Gray confirmed that Gen:Lock was “in the throws of pre-production”, where Gray was finishing a couple of the scripts left characters and mechs were being designed. A month prior, Gray posted a journal entry, stating that storyboards started on the first week of December. Though when he said the characters and mechs were being “designed”, it’s unclear whether that meant they were already designed and were in the midst of being modeled or not. But given how Gray also said animation would start “pretty soon” at the time, it might’ve been the latter, maybe?

It was never made clear when the animation phase started for Gen:Lock between the months of January and June of 2018. Regardless, the fact that both productions were for several months happening at the same time was what bit Gray in the butt. Now on the one hand, he’s not entirely wrong about the crews between productions being separate. As far as higher positions like directors, supervisors, leads, and assistant leads were concerned, certain teams like animation, lighting, and modeling between Gen:Lock and RWBY volume 6 did have separate names leading the helms. However, as the old saying goes, the devil is in the details and upon closer inspection, not all teams for both shows’ respective productions had separate leads such as camera layout, crowds & tech. Not only that, but the lower positions of each team had a lot of names overlap. And these credits were just from the first episodes of RWBY volume 6 and Gen:Lock. This is not counting how certain names like Paula Decanini who was co-lead animator throughout RWBY volume 6 wound up being co-lead animator for Gen:Lock by episode 7. Also, something to keep in mind is that a one or two reviews mentioned how some employees were under contract for roughly 90 days, equating to 3 months. It’s possible that Gen:Lock needed the extra hands by earlier January as maybe a sign that maybe deadlines during the production were not being met accordingly.

Now none of this is to say that RWBY had no potential issues of it’s own. One review from a 3-D animator mentioned about doing a “10-14 minute episode in 2 weeks” (whether that’s through the entire production or during later episodes is unclear) as an example of higher management having insanely high expectations, which likely referred to RWBY. It doesn’t help that for volume 6, the Lost Fable episode marked both the longest and one of the most difficult episodes to make, so it is not exempt from this. However, Gen:Lock’s episodes were longer, spanning between 20-30 minutes on average which meant that on the day of an episode’s premiere, every stage and aspect of that half-hour long episode had to be finished with each episode premiering back-to-back without a break. While RWBY’s episodes can vary more wildly in length, they are on average under 20 minutes. Also, not every episode of RWBY has a fight sequence whereas every episode of Gen:Lock had at least one either in the form of actual battles or sparring matches between mechs, humans or aircraft. That’s noteworthy due to how, at least in RWBY, a fight sequence can span between 4-6 weeks while a dialogue sequence can take roughly 2 weeks to do. Assuming a similar time frame applies to the same kinds of sequences in Gen:Lock, that, combined with each episode’s run time and the amount of animators, compositors, lighting artists, modelers, layout artists and crowd artists having to go back and forth between RWBY volume 6 & Gen:Lock, especially when the latter premiered right when the former finished, that would have likely led to the absurd crunch periods we’ve been hearing about.

Speaking of crowd artists, that’s another matter to consider. RWBY and Gen:Lock may both be 3-D animated projects, but the latter is arguably more demanding of its presentation due to its story’s hard sci-fi setting. This can apply to the show having a set of assigned User Interface or “UI” compositors for the many holographic images and text displayed throughout the show, which is unique to Gen:Lock, as well as models of background characters and their animations. In an interview from the website Inverse on October 9th, 2018, Miles Luna, the voice of Migas in Gen:Lock and co-writer of RWBY said the following:

“It’s one thing to make a fantasy world because you can’t compare it to real life,” says Miles Luna. “But a cartoon version of something that exists? All eyes are going to be on what’s correct. One of those things is crowds.” Without getting deep into the specifics, Luna says Rooster Teeth has made leaps in efficiently creating crowd scenes, not to mention making them look alive. “We did a whole bunch of R&D on crowd research for gen:LOCK that we’re now able to use retroactively for RWBY Volume 6,” he explains.

It was never specified ever since what supposed leaps were made in creating crowd scenes, but there is a clue. Back in RTX Austin of 2018 in August, it was confirmed from both the compositing and tech panels that RWBY volume 6 would be utilizing a new software for Crowd simulations called Houdini from Side FX. This is different from how for volume 5, the Autodesk Maya plug-in, Golaem was used and before that, crowds were done more manually. This is backed by lead crowds artist, Jacob Hilton on episode 1 of CRWBY: Behind the Episode season 2. It’s a likelihood that Houdini was similarly used for Gen:Lock and this is not the first time a software was used for one production before being used for another one. Though given the scale of background characters for crowds that have to sit, talk, walk, run and whatever other kinds of gestures in various shots, it may have possibly served as a challenge to handle, even with a more efficient software. It doesn’t help either that a majority of the main cast are seen wearing 2-3 different outfits which require extra models to be built and rigged.

I want to stress that all of backlash is not due to Gen:Lock exclusively, as much of this applies to other animated shows like RWBY. But it does seem to be the straw that broke the camel’s back for some and it’s production and scheduling might’ve been part of a broader problem. In 2018, there was a certain strategy to scheduling various Rooster Teeth animated shows, be it 2-D or 3-D ones. Let’s look at the following:

RWBY Vol 5 - October 14, 2017 - January 20, 2018

RWBY Chibi 3 - January 27, 2018 - March 17, 2018

Nomad of Nowhere - March 16, 2018 - April 20, 2018

Red vs Blue S16 - April 15, 2018 - July 23, 2018

Camp Camp S3 - May 25, 2018 - August 10, 2018

RWBY Chibi S3 (Cont’d) - June 30, 2018 - August 17, 2018

Nomad of Nowhere (Cont’d) - August 17, 2018 - September 20, 2018

RWBY Vol 6 - October 27, 2018 - January 29, 2019

Gen:Lock - January 29, 2019 - March 9, 2019

Red vs Blue S17 - March 9, 2019 - May 25, 2019

Camp Camp S4 - June 1, 2019 - September 28, 2019 (Presumably)

Although there are a few small gaps and a one or two overlaps, a season/volume of each show have come and gone right after one another. And that was just from 2018 to 2019 as of the time of this post. Scheduling content like this was not always case for Rooster Teeth, even back when the Animation department was founded. I imagine that this schedule is parallel to the gradual changes in how their first membership has been arranged which is due to the success of their animated content. Once upon a time, before Rooster Teeth Animation existed, it use to be that RWBY and Red vs Blue would be available for paid subscribers a mere hour before it was made available for everyone else on the website.

It’s clear that Rooster Teeth does consider their animated content very valuable, but the scale of the projects and the rate they end up being made are at the expense of the middle-men going through unpaid overtime. There are cases where with say, RWBY, measures are taken to increase the quantity of staff so that almost everyone is not required to wear more than one hat, have the pipeline for different software and plug-ins set-up at the start of a production and making sure every team has their own coordinator and manager. But it’s clear that despite these measures taken, they have not been large enough to fully compensate for the increased scale of the productions and the rate these productions need to get made. These circumstances are unfortunately not exclusive to Rooster Teeth either, as this has been a prevalent problem in the Japanese animation industry. On rare, more extreme occasions, you hear of staff members of animation studios either committing suicide or dying from overwork (otherwise known as “Karoshii”), whereas reports of how animation studios are suffering tight schedules to get shows like Black Clover, Dragon Ball Super, Märchen Mädchen, Dynamic Chord, God Eater the Animation and Attack on Titan out week-to-week with either poor, mixed or efficient-looking results through the presentation are more commonly made. Though similar to this Glassdoor situation, there are people in the anime industry, such as production assistants, who have anonymously spoken out about the harsh, troubling working conditions. Part of these situations may be due to Japan’s culture being taken to an extreme, but the systemic woes plaguing the anime industry can always be seen as cautionary tales of what a company like Rooster Teeth should avoid doing.

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Looking Ahead towards Rooster Teeth’s Future

A lot has been touched on regarding the Rooster Teeth’s poor management within their animation department and there’s more I could touch on. There might even be certain woes behind-the-scenes that I’m unaware of. However my goal is not to perpetually dwell on the downsides. The question to ask from here-on is what can be done about this or rather what is being done about it? To stress, it’s not just about what should be done. Yes, Rooster Teeth should improve their management and recruit people who know how to handle deadlines better. Yes, Rooster Teeth should avoid overtime crunch periods from happening in their animated productions as much as possible. Yes, staff of various positions should be payed better. There’s a lot of discussions about what they should do and I do not disagree with any of those advisories. But there’s not a whole lot of what they can do or even what they are supposedly doing about the situation right now.

There have been certain suggestions on what Rooster Teeth can do. Delaying RWBY volume 7 is one thing, but balancing out the scheduling between all of their live-action and their animated content more would help, assuming they haven’t already done so. Unionizing would also be a significant improvement and is something I’ve seen a former employee desire. Another animation studio in Austin, Texas, Powerhouse who is most known for making the Netflix Castlevania series, is one of many studios signed to collective bargaining agreements with The Animation Guild. These are some valid steps they could take, though for now, let’s examine what is actually being about all of this, starting with looking at Rooster Teeth CEO, Matt Hullum’s Journal Entry post who responded about the matter on June 17th. More specifically, certain segments of his entry are worth examining:

“Over the last several months we conducted a review and have taken several steps to improve communication and workflow to ensure we have a studio where people are happy to come to work every day. We are announcing today new measures on the road to improvement.

Effective today, we are moving forward with a previously planned change in our producing and creative structure. Gray G. Haddock is stepping down as head of studio for animation to dedicate himself to a strictly creative role. With Gray’s help, we have been in the process of hiring a new production head of the department, who will be responsible for the overall producer hierarchy and staff management. We want to thank Gray for his hard work and dedication to growing the animation studio over these years, and are excited to continue working with him in this new capacity.

Further, we are consulting with experienced leaders in the animation industry on our workflow, pipeline, production structure and other areas to enhance the workplace experience for our staff. Margaret M. Dean, the head of Ellation animation studios and president of Women In Animation, will consult with us and aid the search for a new studio lead.”

There are a few important things to dissect about Matt’s response. First of all, the fact that this is something higher-ups at the company have spent several months doing can be interpreted in two ways. On the one hand, it can be seen as wondering why is it that only in that span of time have more drastic steps been taken to do something about this as oppose to a year or so before that, which is a very fair counterargument. On the other hand, taking several months to do this which could’ve been around the time the series of Glassdoor reviews since March were posted, if not before that is at least a sign that they have been conscious about these issues to want to do something about it and spend the time tending to the matter.

If the journal entry ended there, then it would naturally be seen as vague, damage control, press release speak that would satisfy no one. But there is of course more to examine, such as Gray Haddock stepping down from his position as Head of the animation department. When Gray became the head of RT Animation as the department was founded in September of 2014, that was at a time when the staff count was a lot smaller than what it is now. Whatever the reasons why, Gray stepped up for the position when the department was just starting. The problem is that as far as his career up until that point, his prior credentials were generally in voice work and theater, specifically anime dubbing. He had a creative background, but not so much a management one. That’s not to say his time spent on voice acting did not lend itself to management at all, though. In an interview with Inverse on August 7th, 2018, Gray mentioned as a means of being flexible, until the rest of the cast for Gen:Lock got around to recording lines for their respective characters, Gray “voiced the entire first batch of episodes by himself”:

“We had to hit milestones. We had to begin animating,” he said. “I read all the parts with the cadence and intonations I was hoping to direct the performances into, and roll with the changes as needed. The poor crew had to put up with three or four months show of me performing every part on the show.”

This is elaborated more in his interview with Anime News Network on October 26th, 2018 where he mentioned that despite getting A-List actors on board, getting the cast to do recordings in the midst of their busy schedules forced the production staff to be flexible. Whether or not this included the character Kazu Iida, who was voiced by Koichi Yamadera at Warner Bros anime in Japan and thus constantly speaks Japanese (Gray supposedly knows some Japanese), that was a hell of a task to do either way. This is not the first time he did this either. During production of volume 3 of RWBY, when Meg Turney, the voice of Neon Katt, was not available to record lines for the character, Gray had voiced all of her lines for chapter 5 so that the animators could get around to handling the character. So he has at least been pretty conscious about making sure the ball in a given production like Gen:Lock kept rolling through whatever he could do. But it’s clear that as Rooster Teeth Animation is growing up, not just through the tone of their content but through the need for a more efficient and healthy working environment, Gray Haddock was only capable of so much.

This leads us to the final point of the journal entry, the matter of consulting with experienced leaders in the animation industry. As far as animation studios go, RT Animation is still a fledgling that since its founded has arguably grown too big, too quickly. and at least some of the management staff do not have many years of experience under their belt. So to consult names like Margaret M. Dean, the head of Ellation Animation and President of Women in Animation is an especially big deal.

Though before talking further about her, a quick clarification should be made as to what Ellation and Women in Animation are. Ellation is a division of Otter Media which is under Warner Media Entertainment. Ellation studios is Ellation’s animation department with two sites located in Burbank, California and Tokyo, Japan. Women in Animation is a non-profit organization that Margaret has remained co-president of since 2013. With that out of the way, what is Margaret Dean’s relevance in all of this? This is sadly the part of the journal entry that’s most neglected even though it’s the most important. To make matters worse, the few people who have referred to Margaret when talking about the journal entry associate her name exclusively with the Crunchyroll original animated project, High Guardian Spice announced last August. This is one of those times where it could not be any more essential for one to separate his/her opinion of a work (or in this case, a teaser trailer for an upcoming work) from the names involved with the project and their credentials. With Margaret M. Dean, what people should look into is her IMDB profile page which gives an extensive list of her career in the American animation industry.

This is someone with over 27 years worth of experience in Animation and almost all of her credentials have to do with production management, coordination and supervision on a variety of shows. That’s nearly 5 times the amount of time Gray has been credited as supervising producer in a majority of the animated shows he has been involved in so far. To further put this in perspective, here’s a list of some of the animated productions she worked on:

Production manager/assistant for episodes of The Ren & Stimpy Show (1992-1993)

Production supervisor for every episode of Teen Titans and the Trouble in Tokyo movie (2003-2006)

Production manager for season 1 of Men in Black TV Series (1997-1998)

Production supervisor for many episodes of Ozzy & Drix (2002-2004)

Production supervisor for seasons 1 & 2 of Xiaolin Showdownn (2003-2004)

Line producer of most episodes of What’s New Scooby Doo (2002-2006)

Supervising producer of Supermansion (2016-2019)

Supervising Producer for 30 episodes of Robot Chicken (2015-2018)

Supervising Producer of Hot Streets (2016-2018)

That is not a resume to sniff at and the fact she’s one of the experienced leaders in the animation industry Matt and Gray have been consulting is a testament to how seriously they are about resolving this problem going forward. Or maybe this is all a way for them to save face. Who knows? I’m a just fan making educated guesses, not a psychic.

What Can Fans Do About This?

This situation has of course led to varied emotions suddenly erupting when the Glassdoor reviews went viral. Some have been weary about this while others have capitalized on the matter to stir up further controversy for the sake of views. But some (including me) have wondered if there is anything the fans can do. Some have declared that they would cancel their First member subscriptions to teach Rooster Teeth a lesson. I’m not going to tell people how to go about spending their money (and no, what I spoke of in my Monty Oum Vision, part 1 video was not meant to say otherwise) but I’m not sure how much good rioting by not paying anything will do beyond getting the company’s direct attention. At best, it may put the higher-ups on even higher alert but the whole point of the reviews is to address the need for current and would-be employees to have better working conditions and better pay.

We’re talking about certain animators that due to various circumstances, one of which being financial, that at least some employees are stuck with working at Rooster Teeth. Make of that what you will, but that is the reality and I’m not so sure how much canceling a paid subscription will help the animators as oppose to hurting them. Again, this is not about me telling you to keep your subscriptions out of obligation. That’s not the point. Rather, this is about finding other possible ways on our end to help the ones suffering the most.

So what can we do? Well, that’s another reality about the situation. There’s really a whole lot we, the general public since this is something that at the end of the day has to be resolved internally. Sure, we got the CEO’s attention over the course of the weekend. But beyond that, I’m not so sure we can cause more to happen than that. That said, we can provide support to those who either currently are or have worked on the Rooster Teeth shows we are fans of. Familiarizing yourself with the names of anyone in the staff of a show’s production through the ending credits and following them on Twitter or wherever else they frequent via social media is a good starting point. This is especially helpful in case certain folks may announce needing financial help of some sort. RWBY and RWBY Chibi animators Asha Bishi and Andrea Caprotti specifically spring to mind. Asha, who some may know of for her expertise character acting, including with Faunus characters like Blake, Kali, and Sun and how their animal traits are animated, put up a Go Fund Me campaign since April of 2019 where she needs outside help in order to pay off her Hospital Bills after going through some heart problems and being rushed to an ambulance a few times. Andrea who has animated scenes in Gen:Lock, RWBY, RWBY:Chibi & Red vs Blue, including Pyrrha kissing Jaune goodbye, part of Cinder, Emerald & Mercury vs Amber, and the “Evil Genius” skit, opened art commissions as of late June to raise money to get a ticket to see a very close friend of hers going through Chemotherapy.

These are right now a couple of the only examples I could find, but they are nonetheless more helpful ways fans can immediately help any skilled talent. And even if you can’t pitch in by providing money yourself, spreading the word also helps. Beyond that, the best thing we can do is wait-and-see. I know that’s not the most game-changing answer, but again, this whole situation is mostly internal affairs and while much greater measures are being taken to make things better for the animation departments employees, whether this will ultimately amount to great improvements is something only time will tell. That’s not to say I’m advising people to stop speaking out about the matter (though perhaps contacting them via email may be a more direct and expressing what you want for the employees may be a more direct and precise way than broadly shouting via social media). That might be necessary at this point in order to make sure the company does not get too lax on resolving the problem. At any rate, we can expect to start seeing the results of said-changes either as soon as RTX or whenever we see the new name for the next head of RT Animation in ending credits, whoever that might be or if there is a change in the scheduling of their content. Whatever happens, change is definitely on the horizon, one way or another.

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Girlfriend For Hire

Blurb : ~A Night For A Dime, Cash For My Body, My Dignity For Survival.~ Annabelle Sinclair never believed there is any good left in the world, she's a pessimist who would rather be alone than be with any other, with a heart cold as ice, a face beautiful as Cinderella guys would love to get one taste of her and she took it to her advantage, making the best out of it.

Girlfriend For Hire novel is a romance story about Annabelle and Fallon.

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~Annabelle~

I barged into his room, hot tears threatening to spill from my eyes. It took everything in me not to blur my vision with my tears. He lay on his bed playing a game, his eyes darted from the game to me and I couldn't take it anymore, I began to cry. He seems so nonchalant about what was happening to me right now focusing more on his game.

"How could you Fallon?" I ask, he provided no answer probably confused. I brought out my phone opening my Instagram to show him what was trending, his latest tweet.

"You tweeted, last night was amazing. Never knew virgins could be so great, it was her first time yet I enjoyed every bit. How could you!." I yelled in agony.

"I'm sorry babe, I didn't think it would mean anything, I was just excited over being with you. I'll delete it immediately." He picked up his phone and deleted the tweet, surprisingly smiling as nothing happened.

"Deleted or not, I'm a trend now. People screenshotted it and it already had thousands of views. How could you be so damn stupid, it's over Fallon, I never want to see your face again! My parents would see or hear of it and what they will think of me, they have high hopes that I'll remain a virgin till I get married "

"What's the difference babe, we're getting married anyways." He stood up and earned a resounding slap on the cheek.

"You're not getting it, you ruined my life, it's over and don't you dare come close to me. I never, ever want to see your face again." I exclaimed with a tone of finality and stomped out of his room with tears still streaming down my cheeks.

My parents went through heaven and earth to get me into this college. I worked effortlessly to get them some money while in it. Worked as a nanny, caretaker, laundry woman, anything to get a few dollars and send to them and now Fallon ruined everything and there's no way I'm coming back from it. My reputation down the drain.

Every place I went, fingers were pointed at me. They called me "The Virgin Lady." This was ironic since I lost it to Fallon last night. I had dreams, goals and ambitions. I wanted to be successful and make everyone proud. I even thought I had the perfect boyfriend to support me but instead, reality slapped me on the cheek. I should never have thought I was in love with him or that the world was any good, most people stand by you but once this sort of thing gets out, they desert you like flies. Now I'm alone in the world with no one to help me. Doesn't matter because no matter what I'll make it.

Just when I thought everything was over, something else happened.

I just got out of class after the female lecturer called me aside giving me a lecture on what I did, the funny thing was that she didn't care to know anything. She found out I have my virginity away to a guy, he tweeted about it and I was suddenly trending and she felt the need to offer some motherly advice. I sat by for the next hour as she talked. I nodded my head occasionally until she was done, hung my bag over my shoulders and made my way out of her class. The night was still young as most students were still outside. I cuddled myself walking towards my dorm room. I walked past a footpath which was a bit lonely. And then, I saw two shadows hovering over me.

I turned behind and they pounced on me, pushing me down on the ground, one on each side. A firm hand was placed on my cheeks so I couldn't shout, I simply whimpered. The night was dark, I couldn't see their faces only their stone-cold eyes were visible, they reeked of alcohol making me feel nauseous.

"Hey Virgin Lady " His voice was hard and firm, I tried to get out of his grip but it was of no use.

"Fallon can't be the one to have a taste of this alone, sharing is caring isn't it." The other guy at my left added with a deep chuckle.

The other guy held me with his two hands as the first one unbuckled his belt, I could see he was huge and hard. My theory that there was no good left in the world was confirmed as these two were about to rape. He ripped my shirt off me latching his tongue on my dangling breasts. I screamed in pain but it was only muffled by the hand over my lips. I closed my eyes deciding to let whatever was gonna happen, happen.

Just then I heard a grunt and what sounded like a feminine voice.

"Run." She whispered close to me, I grabbed my clothes not daring to look back. I ran as fast as I could to my dorm room, opened the door and slammed it shut. Oblivious of the fact that I was semi-naked, my roommate opened her eyes letting them trail my body.

"You just couldn't get enough." She said sarcastically and I gulped.

I slumped on my bed, crying for the second time today. Fallon had ruined me and I knew this was just the beginning. It only fueled my determination to be successful, no matter what I had to make it even it takes everything out of me, I will be successful.

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∆ one of the best days of my entire life...again ∆

Alright. So. This time, my story comes in two parts, from two Bastille gigs. The first show (and part) Sunday September 10th, 2017 in Norfolk, VA has been commemorated in this video. It is very long, but there is a table of contents of sorts in the description, if you’d like to skip around. But here is the second piece of it, in its entirety in post form: On Thursday September 14th, 2017 in Philadelphia, PA, I saw my favorite band, Bastille, for the fourth time. And by the same, or another all-powerful grace of a god in the sky or the universe, I got to meet them again. (the first post of meeting them can be found here). Here is the story:

So again, if you’ll remember, I was not supposed to go to that Charlotte show when I then, somehow formally met them. Well this story starts very similarly. I had bought my ticket for this Philly show last minute upon deciding I could swing it as far as getting there and such goes. I had just enough money as well. I was lucky enough to buy a ticket at face value from a lovely mutual on twitter (i’m @bastilleaud there, by the way). A week prior to the show, this same mutual had also informed me that Radio 104.5 Philly was doing a contest called Beer Garden, which is a contest with the radio station where the band hangs out and plays in a small diner/bar an acoustic set, and following, there’s a meet and greet. I really wanted to try for it, just because it was not only a 21+ event, meaning less competition as far as other listeners playing goes, but I mean. A chance to meet my favorite band again? I HAVE to try. So all week, every day, I listened to the specified hours on the radio station. Four times a day, they read out a keyword and such and there would be a winner each hour. I failed miserably. I had given up hope after all of my attempts, but my mutual contacted me the day before, September 13th, and said they were giving ONE LAST CHANCE. So I thought meh, I won’t get it but I might as well try. I had work though, but this time they had people tweet them screenshots listening to their station at 1 pm, which was easy enough. I remember sending my tweet in and seeing there were already 78 replies. I thought yeah no...no way that’s happening.

Then the craziest stroke of luck comes out of nowhere, again. Like an omen from above. Just insanity. I get a notification to my phone from a random person I don’t know, who had replied to a tweet, saying “Will there be any more chances?” I was confused. I scrolled up to see a tweet from radio 104.5, mentioning myself and like 5 or 6 others saying we had won. I was at work, children were about to come back into the classroom, and I was SHAKING. Basically, trying to hold in my emotions for the rest of the day. I still have no understanding as to how this craziness could happen to me, but here we are.

So the day comes. Literally, the next day. I drive up to Philly, somehow magically find a good parking space (after driving around aimlessly for a half an hour) next to the diner. Steph, who was my plus one, arrived. We waited outside of the diner to await the radio station and such. Before then, a different van arrives. Down the sidewalk and walking into the diner, waltz Charlie Barnes, Kyle Simmons, and Dan Smith (in that order I believe). What. We’re all just standing there like uhhh whoa? Okay? So the radio station arrives shortly after, and more people who had won the contest over the span of a week and a half or so.

So we get our wristbands outside and wait for probably ten or so minutes before we are allowed inside the bar/stage part of the diner. It felt like an eternity. We get inside and unfortunately from here on out, we were not allowed to take photo and video of the event. I lived in the moment, which was nice. The radio station has now posted the photos of it and our meet and greet photos, and I’ll add them here when I receive them. So we are all huddled around the stage, and Steph and I somehow got right up front, and I was standing about two feet from the stage. Like, I could see every detail on Dan’s face close. It was...whoa.

So to back track a little, before they come out, I saw the one, the only, Dick Meredith from across the room. And after we had become bffs in Norfolk and I told him I’d see him in Philly, he was like “OH hello! How are you, Audrey? Nice to see you!” Like. I love him. So I told him I was great, but very nervous, but he was like “Why? You aren’t the one performing!” and he laughed. “They’re just normal guys, love. I promise.” And honestly he was calming me down quite a bit, which is hilarious to me. Such a dad move. BUT he was busy so I let him do his job. He was looking at me from across the other side of the stage while they were performing by the way and just smiling at me, who was probably looking the happiest I’ve ever been like, ever.

So anyway. They come out. Dan’s keyboard is literally right in front of me, and I was towards the right side so Will was back behind on our side. But just as a reminder, this “stage” was TINY, so even though I wasn’t on Kyle’s side, he was still RIGHT THERE. Charlie was behind him, and Woody was sat in the middle. So they’re all setting up and we weren’t cheering for them to come out anymore, so it was kind of quiet. Dan did his usual “hello how ya doin” to fill in the silence and there were some random woos. But in my mind I’m like, uh they’re right there, just setting up, why can’t I just speak to them? So I blurt out “Dan, how’s your voice after Norfolk?” (he had lost his voice towards the end and was struggling throughout the show) and he looks at me so intently, just wow. He smiles and grits his teeth a little and replies, “Uhhh...we’ll see!” and everyone laughs. He was just so? A stupid amount of adorable, I don’t even know. And he was so beardy, which isn’t always like him to be. Seeing it up close was angelic. It’s lighter brown, almost ginger colored, and it seemed a bit too grown out for his comfort, as he was scrunching and furrowing his nose a little, maybe trying to itch his face a bit. Although I won’t describe each one of them too much to save y’all time, they all looked ANGELIC and just beautiful at that Beer Garden show. Just. Ahhh. Woody looked like a perfect well-rested angel, Will seemed genuinely excited while he was playing to us, Kyle...just. KYLE. And sir Charlie Barnes looking dapper as always.

In this order, they performed Send Them Off!, Blame, The Currents, and Good Grief. All acoustically. They were almost carbon copies of their bunker sessions versions of these songs, which just?!? WOW, were already my favorites like ever. But hearing them live. Whew. (and I know The Currents doesn’t have a bunker session, but it was basically what you would expect the bunker session of it to be). All just completely glorious masterpieces. After STO!, they all looked to each other and realized oh, what song are we doing next what the hell, like they weren’t super prepared or something? But it was pretty adorable. After Blame, there was some equipment readjustments and such, so there was some more quietness. I took another moment. “Kyle, I love your nail polish, it’s beautiful.” I HAD TO Y’ALL, I HAD TO. I needed him to know I love it, we love it, it’s just pretty okay. He looks to me, gets this huge freakin smile on his face, teeth and all, and waves his black-polished fingers up showing them off, and batting his eyelashes. Dan immediately busts into laughter, and Kyle just blurts out “Thank you!” to me before they begin The Currents. I still don’t know why other people weren’t just being chill and feeling comfortable enough to speak to them but hey, I couldn’t help myself.

So they finish up the entire performance, and again it was incredible and I was in shock that I had even witnessed it. One of the radio djs comes on stage and explains that we all have to move back towards the other end of the bar to make a line to meet them when they come back out. So being towards the stage, we ended up being one of the first in line. Standing, in order, were Woody, Dan, Kyle, and Will. Again, I had wished Charlie would join them for meet and greet, but yaknow. So they put us into groups of four and five to save time, and in my group, I was the first to walk through. I surprisingly was still able to kinda take my time to speak with them all.

So Woody was first, and AGH I cannot say this enough, he is such an angel. He said “Hello, how are you?!” before I could even say hi, with a beautiful grin on his face, and once again, he’s such a cuddly hugger. Just, makes you feel safe and at home? Ouch, my heart. I quickly said “You were wonderful today!” And he smiled and said “Aww thank you so much!” and then I saw an antsy bouncing Dan out of the corner of my eye, waiting for me. So I immediately reach my arms out and he says “Helloooo!” excitedly. “How are you?” AGH. And after our hug (which once again, was so glorious and he smells heavenly), I made it a point to say something important to him. Of course there are a billion things I could say, but I wanted to make sure he knew these things specifically, whether they came from me or not. As he is looking intently and eagerly into my eyes, I’m almost shaking because he’s like, piercing my soul? Wow. I wrote down everything that happened afterwards so I could remember, and I’m so glad I did. Anyway, so i said “I love you Dan, but please take care of yourself, okay? I was there at Norfolk and heard you struggling. Give yourself and your voice a break when you can, alright?” And he just. He basically melted. As I spoke, it appeared as if he was tearing up, which was startling. But like, if heart eyes were in real life, they would’ve been his. And he smiled so big. “Awww man, it’s so hard to take a break while on constant tour!” and he giggled, and grabbed my arm, but then genuinely and more seriously said “Thank you SO much.” And I just blurted out before I KNEW I would get pushed through, “If you need another three years to get another album done and take an actual break, I will wait, we will wait!” And he just balls his hand into a fist over his chest cutely and goes “Awwww, babe!” And I just. Agh. I nearly melted into the floor.

Next up. Kyle Simmons. My dearest and most cherished angel on earth. Whew. So I had already noticed while waiting in line he had looked at me, looked away, but then looked back as if he had recognized me? I wasn’t sure. But I was nervous to say the least. He smiles familiarly when he sees me and says “HellOOO” rather than just “Hello!” like I DON’T KNOW. So I go in. To hug him. He has his arms reached out, his long noodley arms. A MAN. AND HE JUST. He leans into my face before he does my body for a hug. And he kisses my cheek. Like. Just goes and smooches me. Right above my lips, by my nose too. So I could feel his damn facial hair on my lips and just. I was so caught off guard, y’all. And so we hug and I hold on probably a bit longer than security wanted me to at this point (they were already side eyeing me) and I say “Hey so, we’ve met, do you remember me at all?” and he just looks into my damn eyes and says “Yeah, yeah, we met earlier this year right?” Which yes. We did. So I go, “Yeah um, I was that embarrassing girl who asked to touch your facial hair?” and he laughed and said “I remember! Yeah, yeah, yeah!” And so I say, “Sorry about that, yikes.” And he was like “No no don’t be!” and giggled. I wanted to ask him about the tweet about me asking him on a date that he replied to but security literally was like “KEEP IT MOVING.” I had more interaction with him just before we were pushed out of the diner as well.

So then William Farquarson. A damn man if I ever saw one. I had just met him a few nights ago and no joke, he was one of the first people to wish me a happy birthday when I met him outside the buses (I was the only one who got to meet Will that night oops, he swerved everybody else). And he hugged me and we chatted and it was just glorious. So I said “Hello again, Will!” and he smiled shyly and said “Hello, nice to see you again!” And I immediately just kinda blurted, “You look great today, and you sounded amazing on Blame!” which, he really DID. And he smiled and said “Thank you!” and his voice got kinda high when he said you, like he was excited to get a compliment, aw aw aw. So then I hear the radio people be like GET IN FOR THE PHOTO PEOPLE GEEZUS. So I immediately cuddle into Kyle and stand between him and Will. And Stephannie was in between Dan and Kyle, I was so happy that we each got to be between two members. We were lucky. So here comes the interesting part.

Before we are all pushed away, Dan taps me on my arm and kinda tugs my shirt and I’m like WHA. And he says “Hey, thank you so much for saying that, don’t worry about me okay? I’m great!” And smiled so genuinely. My actual heart. Ouch. Now, there was one more interaction I had with Kyle as well before we were pushed away, but I’m going to keep that to myself (please don’t hate me) only because it’s kinda personal and also I’d like to keep that lil bit of the day for myself.

Stephannie and I get outside and just. On the sidewalk, I just sit down and I’m like “WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!!??” And Steph is like “Girl what happened?!!” So we just sat there and told each other everything that happened and freaked out as calmly as we could on a public sidewalk. So we’re out there, and Dick comes out. And he sees me kinda sprawled out on the sidewalk like a weirdo. So I of course have to go chat with my bff again. Ha. Steph and I also wanted to give him a flamingo necklace too just as our long running joke, and he just immediately lets me “knight” him with it. But anyway, when I first saw him I’m like “Hey! AHH!” and he just laughs and is like “How was it?!” and I fangirl as calmly as possible to him and he’s just going “Awwww” and “Awww, love.” the whole time. And I hug him and I’m just like “Thank you so much for everything you do, I know I keep saying it but I really mean it.” and he melts much like Dan did aw aw and just grabs me into a huge hug and kisses the top of my head and holds me so kindly just. And he says “Love you, darling.” Like okay, sorry, but Dick Meredith and I are best freaking friends now and I don’t care what you SAY.

So the guys start coming back out to file into the van and Charlie just jumps on in right in front of me and I was like “Bye Charlie!” and one of the tour crew members was helping him in and he was laughing at Dick and I. And so I just go “Sorry, I’m Dick Meredith’s biggest fan, ya know?” And Dick laughs and just says “Hey, you should be his fan too!” and I was like I AM I AM and I hug the guy haha and I just kinda blurt out without thinking “Okay real talk, you all have one of the most attractive tour crews I’ve ever seen, it’s ridiculous.” and the tour guy BLUSHES SO HARD and is like “I’m so flattered! Thank you!” And Dick is just laughing at himself. And me. I don’t even know. But we continue chatting and the rest of Bas file into the van in front of the one Charlie got into, and I just wave hopelessly and say bye and they smile and wave and say see you later. And Dick was like “I know I’ll run into you again a bunch later, bye love!” and he hops in.

We have a few hours before the show, so Steph and I take an Uber to the venue to wait. We knew we weren’t getting barricade or anything which was fine, so we hopped in the line where it was, which wasn’t too bad. We were probably 6 or so rows from the barricade when we got inside. Once doors open, we file in and get our spots. Frenship eventually comes on, and I was so excited to see them perform again. They put on an incredible show once again, and since it was their last show opening for Bastille, that damn triangle band (minus will and charlie) came out and joined them for their last song, 1000 Nights (which is my favorite of theirs at the moment). Kyle came out on Woody’s shoulder’s in a Frenship tee, and Dan came out in their sweatshirt (which I now own, and I am totally obsessed with, it’s so comfy). Dan played drums behind Celeste, and was just laughing from afar at the craziness of Kyle and Woody. Kyle eventually got off of his shoulders and was playing the banana shaker and Woody played a drum. I tweeted out some video of it here: https://twitter.com/bastilleaud/status/908493772320919552

Then of course Bastille come out and commence their show, which happens as per usual and by its usual schedule and setlist of this tour. Just a couple exciting moments I’ll hit on: Towards the beginning, I yelled out for Kyle, “HI KYLE!” and he looks out, sees me almost immediately, mouths “You!” and points to me. I just blow kisses at him like a crazy person, and he does it back so cutely oh my, and everyone around me was like who even is this girl. And he does a silly finger point at me before he starts playing the next song. Another time, I just yell “WOOO!” I don’t even remember what it was at to be honest, and I look to Kyle and he’s pointing at me again. Like. WHY. After Dan had asked Julia about the story of her sign (about how she had totaled her car on her way to philly, poor bby), he asked if anyone else had any stories and I just raise my hand immediately I DON’T EVEN KNOW and Dan just, out of everyone there yelling at him, somehow sees me and points “You! You have one?” And is smiling like? Did he recognize me? I don't know. But I yell out, “I WAS JUST AT YOUR SHOW IN NORFOLK AND IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY, MY FRIENDS HELD UP THOSE EMBARRASSING SIGNS!” and he laughed, and then goes “Wait, this is probably SO interesting to everyone else here.” And laughs at himself. Like hey Daniel, maybe everyone DID want to hear my story (no they definitely didn’t but it’s fine hahaha). I could feel Kyle staring at me and I caught him right before he looked away and that noodle winked at me like, excuse you. Kyle was looking at me quite a few times I noticed throughout the show, which I was surprised by because I was farther back this time but I wasn’t complaining, believe me.

So I won’t detail every single bit of the show because y’all know how their shows go typically. And they were amazing, as usual. I will say though, Dan sang “he” and “Won’t Trump stop firing up the crazies?” during The Currents and I was SO DAMN EXCITED about that, lemme tell ya. Also during Flaws, it was funny because the entire time I was like hey I wanna say hi to Dick again rather than freak out over Dan this time. Dick basically had to keep Dan from jumping off the damn balcony during Two Evils, I was nervous, to be honest. Bless Dick Meredith and his difficult job.

Afterwards, Stephannie and I wanted to go get Frenship merch, and the table was just completely surrounded for Bastille merch. James and Brett came through one of the sets of double doors just casually and Steph and I flagged James down and we were like “Uh hey, where’s your guys’ merch?!” because we couldn’t see it hanging on the wall at all. And he seemed so genuinely surprised and excited we wanted merch. He was like “I’m not sure, but hey you really want some merch?!”...I was like YES BABE WE LOVE YOU DUH. So he literally leads us over to the way other side and gets behind the counter, and was asking the merch guys to come help us, and they were being major asses to him (and us). So Steph and I are like, it’s fine, we’ll wait over here on the other side of the table. And James was like “I would give you some for free, but I keep getting in trouble for that!” Like what a cutie. So we’re waiting waiting waiting and this older man from the other part behind the table was looking to us and was like “Are you guys waiting for Frenship merch?” and we were wondering why he was asking, and figured he was waiting too. And we’re like “yeah, we’re just waiting!” and he looked bothered by that. But James was chatting with us again while we were waiting so it was all good, like a whole manner of things, I can’t remember it all. But he was so friendly just like asking us about what we do and everything. He keeps being asked for photos though so we let him go. So finally this older gentleman again asks, “What merch do you guys want?” when he was up at the front of the one line. And Steph and I were again confused, but we were like “We wanted the sweatshirts!” and he goes “What sizes?” No joke y’all. This man bought us our merch and we were like “Wait no no sir we cannot possibly accept that!” and he just has this huge smile on his face and points to James (who’s talking to some fans still) and says “Please let me, I’m his dad.” So. James’ freaking dad bought us our Frenship sweatshirts. I honestly melted. We hugged him and thanked him a billion times and I felt so bad. I asked James if I could give him anything and he was like “No no no!” and I was like honestly your dad is the cutest human being wow?!??? And he was like I KNOW.

Then we decide to wait outside for the guys again, just because. Dan came over and said hi twice, took a big group photo, but they were all super drunk so they filtered them onto the buses and left. Stephannie and I drove back to her hotel when I noticed Dick freaking legend himself Meredith had followed me on Instagram. Just. Yes. BEST FRIENDS FOR LIFE I SWEAR TO YOU. I didn’t say this on Twitter, but we actually have chatted through Insta DMs a few times but I don’t want to divulge everything we talked about, just because I would feel bad after gaining his trust doing that. But basically we were just casually chatting and he wanted to make sure I was safe and got home alright. He asked if I was going to the Atlanta show and he was sad when I told him I couldn’t, and he wanted to help me get there, what a sweetie. But again, AGH I wish I could say everything. I don’t know. Please don’t hate me. Just know he is so genuine and kind and wanted to make sure I was alright and such.

Does this end my story? I believe so. If I remember other things, I’ll have to edit and add later. I’ll add the photos as soon as I have them! Otherwise, thank you for reading. I am so blessed, truly. ∆

#bastille #dan smith #kyle simmons #chris woody wood #will farquarson #bad steel #wild wild world tour #wild world #philly #mine #my show

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A Wonderful Adventure

I stopped using this account months ago because of a very specific personal reason which was completely unrelated to my love for Coldplay and Jonny. However, THE PAST FEW DAYS HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY INSANE AND I NEED SOMEWHERE TO VENT ABOUT IT!

I don’t really know where to begin or how to explain properly what happened recently. After years of saving, I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to follow Coldplay for the last 5 dates of the European leg of the A Head Full of Dreams Tour in Cardiff and Paris. A few amazing things happened on the tour, so I thought I’d make a post explaining them.

By now, I’m sure you all know about the incident at Coldplay’s Dublin gig a couple of weeks ago where Jonny got hit in the head with a bottle while he was performing on the C-stage. It really upset me as someone who looks up to Jonny a lot, both physically (because he is part giraffe) and as a musician. There was a massive outpouring of love across social media towards him and it made me really happy because he’s such a sweet person and deserves love and respect, rather than things like that. But the idiot who did it is just that; an idiot. They pale in comparison to the hundreds of people who were showing love towards him.

The day after the concert, on Sunday 9th July, my friend Alycia (@coldplay-kid) was coming to my house as we were leaving for Cardiff the next day to see Coldplay. I was in my room blasting A Head Full of Dreams as I tidied it. I was also scrolling through Twitter and I noticed that Jonny tweeted a fan saying that he was okay after what happened in Dublin. I replied telling him that I couldn’t wait to see him nail his guitar solos in Cardiff:

I also tweeted about how British he is because he said thank you twice in his tweet before I went back to tidying my room. A few minutes later I picked up my phone because I noticed it was lighting up with loads of notifications. I went on twitter and loads of people were mentioning both me and Coldplay. Then I realised that Jonny had tweeted me!

I started completely freaking out and my mum came in asking what happened! I went around telling everybody in the house that Jonny had tweeted me. I really don’t know how he found the tweet because I didn’t reply to his tweet for 25 minutes and in the one he replied to I didn’t even tag the band’s account! I guess he was lurking on Twitter or stalking my account (!) It was incredible because Jonny tweets very rarely and tweets fans even more rarely. I always used to tweet Coldplay asking them to check whether Jonny had the correct password and working wifi because of how infrequently he tweeted! I feel really honoured to have been one of the few fans that he has ever tweeted. I never ever thought he would reply, especially because I didn’t tag the band in it and they don’t follow me! It was such a funny tweet and it makes me smile every time I read it. Still hasn’t sunk in, to be honest.

After the tweet, I thought my week couldn’t get any better…but then the concerts happened.

Cardiff Night One (1/5)

I was going to the first Cardiff show with Alycia and our three other friends, Amber, Hannah and Laura. We all decided to make signs for the band. I wanted to make one for Jonny and settled on one that said “Jonny Buckland Defence Squad”. After what happened in Dublin I thought he deserved a supportive sign. The plan on Tuesday was to run to C-stage and to hopefully get on the barrier and get them to notice our signs. After almost three hours of queueing in the pouring rain, we managed to get C-stage barrier! Here’s a picture of all of us with our signs before he concert started:

The first part of the concert was amazing, but we were waiting in anticipation of them coming to the C-stage. Finally, the lights went down and The Guesthouse and Amazing Grace played. We knew it was time.

The first song they played on the C-stage was In My Place and as Jonny was playing the opening riff, he started turning around. He saw my sign straight away! He nodded at me and started beaming and even bowed his head like he was a bit embarrassed, bless. It honestly made me SO happy because Cardiff was the next show after Dublin and the last time he was on the C-stage something was thrown on him, but now he had a positive sign just for him!

Here’s Jonny noticing the sign on the video I took:

Immediately after Jonny saw it, Guy saw it and smiled at me and then Chris came over to him and started looking at the crowd and he also saw the sign and laughed! I was in heaven. During the rest of the set, Jonny looked at me a few more times, still smiling, which was just amazing. They really are so close on the C-stage. I didn’t think it could get any better but boy, was I wrong. At the end of Us Against The World, Jonny took his guitar off and put it down on his stand. He walked straight over to me, beaming, and put his hand out towards me. I tried my best to reach over the barrier but then he mimed throwing something at me. I was shaking so much I couldn’t quite take in what was happening until it was over. He threw his pick at me and it landed just in front of me on a coat which had fallen off the barrier! He was trying his best to get it to me and absolutely beaming at me as he did it. It was such a special moment. He even waved goodbye to me as he left. I found pictures on Twitter of the moment a couple of days later:

(There’s also a video).

I put the torch on my phone on and refused to take my eyes off the pick until I had it in my hand. Infuriatingly, I was slightly too short to lean over the barrier fully and pick it up. Amber even offered to pick my ankles up so I could lean down and get it! Eventually, the stewards returned and I managed to get one of them to pass it to me (but not before she sent it flying as she thought I meant the coat…very stresssful). I finally came back to consciousness about halfway through Up&Up as I was in such a state of shock (and stressed over getting the pick)!

I still can’t process what happened and don’t know that I ever will. I wrote on the reverse of my sign “P.S. Can I have a pick please :)” and after Jonny had seen my sign I flipped it over. I intended to hold it up at the end for one of the Roadies to possibly notice, I never thought in a million years that Jonny Buckland would throw me his own pick on stage! I haven’t seen him do that to a fan recently. I feel so lucky and grateful for everything.

Here’s me at the end of the show, pick and sign in hand (I look like a deer in headlights):

We also all got given picks by one of Coldplay’s roadies, Hoppy, who told us to come to the A-stage at the end because he didn’t have any with him at the C-stage. It was such a sweet thing to do. He really went out of his way to make our night special.

Cardiff Night Two (2/5)

On the second night in Cardiff, Alycia and I both had VIP Early Entry meaning we would be near the stage. I thought we were on Guy’s side for some reason, but when we got to the stadium on the day we realised we were actually on Jonny’s! I was over the moon. We already agreed that we wanted to stand near the A-stage, so it now meant I would be close to him again. After a messy entry, we managed to get on the barrier a little bit along from Jonny. We were both ecstatic with our spot. I brought the sign with me to the stadium, but I wasn’t sure whether to hold it up or not. I felt a bit awkward doing it again, so I had it at my feet on my the barrier thinking I would use it during the concert if he didn’t notice me. It wasn’t needed at all! As soon as the band came onstage for A Head Full of Dreams, during the opening verse, Jonny saw me and smiled at me. I think he remembered me from the night before. I was so happy. I made so much eye contact with him throughout the concert and there really is nothing like having his infectious smile aimed directly at you! During the Paradise remix, I was jumping up and down like a woman possessed. It’s one of the highlights of the concert for me, it’s so fun live. Jonny saw how much I was dancing and smiled at me again! He also smiled at Alycia and I during Fix You when he started his guitar solo because we started cheering him and dancing to it. I caught another moment on camera during Adventure of A Lifetime. They have monkey graphics on the screen and as a joke, I pointed at the screen and screamed “HARAMBE!!!!”. I looked up towards the stage and Jonny was looking at me and laughing. I mouthed something like “oh my god” and face palmed in embarrassment and he kept smiling at me. I don’t know if he heard what I shouted but he was definitely looking at me and smiling so that was pretty awesome.

Here are a few screenshots of that moment:

At the end of the concert, Rob Brydon and a couple of others came out to sing the Welsh National Anthem. I noticed Jonny learnt it on guitar which I thought was really sweet. It was amazing to see him at his “home” show. Just before the bow, he came and stopped in front of us and applauded us. It was just incredible. I couldn’t get over the unbelievable couple of days I had. But I still had three more shows to go!

Paris Night One (3/5)

Luckily for Jonny’s mental health, I had seats for this show. I knew I was high up but I didn’t realise I was right on the back row! I had an amazing view of the Xylobands:

The Jonny Buckland Defence Squad was also still going strong at the back, as seen in this video I posted on Twitter.

I enjoyed a more chill gig and I think you need to see it from near the back to really appreciate all the special effects and effort that goes into each and every show.

Paris Night Two (4/5)

For this show I had normal standing. Feeling kind of insane and pretty exhausted, I headed back to the Stade de France at around 8am (after getting back to my hotel at 1am) and met up with my friend Ginnie. I spent the day queueing with Ginnie and her friends in thirty plus degree heat which was exhausting. Doors opened at 5pm and we managed to make it onto the second row, right in front of Jonny as our gate was on his side. I was pretty much directly behind where I had stood on the second night in Cardiff on the barrier. It was an amaaazing spot.

I managed to set the record for the quickest Jonny notice ever! As the introduction was still playing and he walked onstage, before he even picked up his guitar, he saw me and smiled at me. I was over the moon before the first song had even been played!

The concert was incredible. During ETIAW me and Ginnie stuck confetti to our foreheads because we were so sweaty. Jonny and Will saw and looked a bit confused but amused:

I didn’t film much of this show because I just wanted to enjoy it and it was beng filmed anyway.

Here are a couple of pictures of Jonny I took:

After the concert as I was walking out of the stadium, I saw a piece of paper on the floor and for some reason I decided to pick it up. It turned out to be a setlist! I looked around to see if anyone had just dropped it but it seemed that no one had. I couldn’t believe my luck!

(Yes, they were supposed to play Miracles….I want to fight them).

Paris Night Three (5/5)

After a wonderful day spent exploring Paris with some lovely Coldplayers on Monday, it was time for the last show. For the final show I had VIP Early Entry once again. I go to the stadium around 10am and queued with Ginnie and her friends in thirty four degree heat. I also met a really sweet fan, Mathilde, who was attending her first Coldplay show. I decided to join her and her brother on the B-stage. We got barrier right opposite the steps.

The heat was so intense, I probably would have fainted if I didn’t have the barrier to lean on and access to water from the stewards. I saw so many people that had to leave the crowd, some in tears. It was so sad.

After the longest five hours of my life waiting in the stadium in the suffocating heat, Coldplay finally came onstage.

When they came to the B-stage I held up a sign that said “PLEASE PLAY MIRACLES” but sadly they didn’t see it. Jonny noticed Mathilde’s sign which thanked them for coming to Paris and told them to come back soon and gave her a thumbs up!

I thought Jonny wasn’t going to see me but then near the end of Magic he saw me, grinned at me and we nodded along to the music together. I was over the moon once again for the umpteenth time that week.

Here’s some pictures of them on the B-stage:

I thought my night and the tour couldn’t get any better, but once again I was wrong.

During Charlie Brown, I noticed one of the roadies coming around the barrier with things in his hands after they were taking the instruments off the B-stage. I saw him hand something to a girl a bit further along the barrier from me and when I realised what it was, I freaked out. He saw and came and passed it to me!

I now had Will Champion’s drumstick which he just used on the B-stage right in front of me! I felt like the luckiest girl on earth! But the concert wasn’t even over! I had been drumming along with my stick all night to the songs (as I play drums) and during A Sky Full of Stars the camera guy saw me and filmed me for pretty much the whole song! I was on the screen so much! I was a sweaty, frizzy mess but I was so happy I didn’t care.

When the band walk to the C-stage, they had to walk down the steps in front of us. On their way there I was too in shock to do much but I did pat them all on the back. Jonny and Chris saw Mathilde’s sign, asking for a hug because it was her first show and both shook her hand! It was amazing to be so close to them and Jonny kind of leaned over to me to get to Mathilde (I was dying). Will also picked up a green AOAL balooon that was in his way and hit it into the crowd!

One of the highlights of all the concerts happened to me on the way back from the C-stage. I decided to stick my hand out for a high five. Guy and Will came past first, Guy just kinda ignored everyone but Will went past smiling at people on the barrier.

Then Jonny walked past. He saw me, grinned at me, came right over to me, took my hand and gave it a firm handshake. I filmed the moment, you can’t really see much but you can hear our hands clap together and me laughing hysterically before squealing like a pig. I’m 97% sure he recognised me throughout the tour, but this made me believe it even more! To me it felt like a thank you and goodbye. It was the perfect way to finish my last show of the tour.

I’m not sad everything is over because I’m so overjoyed this happened to me. I’ve spent a few hours typing all this up, with a grin on my face as I did so. I can’t believe my luck. I got two picks, a drumstick, a setlist and countless special moments with the band onstage. I’m so lucky to have had the chance to attend these shows. I can’t describe the feeling this band gives me. I admire them as musicians, human beings and everything they stand for.

Thank you to all the crew that work so hard every single day to make this amazing tour possible. The eight shows I attended last year and this have been some of the happiest days of my life.

And finally, Guy, Will, Phil, Chris and Jonny: thank you for everything. I’ll see you soon.

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Rob Kardashian & Blac Chyna's Most Dramatic Moments: A Timeline

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Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna are certainly on the outs -- but Wednesday's tirade isn't the first time the two have made headlines.

From the moment they got together, it seems the drama hasn't stopped with Rob and Chyna, with a source telling ET on Wednesday that their relationship has always been "volatile."

WATCH: Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna Exchange Wild Accusations Against Each Other in Heated NSFW Social Media War

Take a look back at Rob and Chyna's most dramatic moments in the timeline below:

January 2016: Romance Sparks a Family Feud

After years of hiding from the spotlight, Rob reappeared in an intimate pic on Chyna's Instagram. While sparks ignited between the pair, they also flew between Rob and his famous family, who weren't very pleased that he was dating Chyna, the ex-fiancee of Kylie Jenner's then-boyfriend, Tyga (and mother of their son, King).

"You can do anything. But never go against the family," Khloe Kardashian tweeted on Jan. 25, though a source told ET at the time that the family didn't want to push Rob away because of his "fragile state."

"Yes, Kylie feels betrayed, but she also doesn't see the need to publicly taunt him. If this relationship is good for Rob, even if it's temporary, then Kylie is not going to push it. She'll get over it," the source said. "The fear is that Chyna is doing this for attention."

Days later, Rob proved he was in it for the long haul, when he took a 26-hour road trip from Los Angeles to Texas to pick up Chyna after her arrest for public intoxication and drug possession.

RELATED: Tyga and King Enjoy a Father-Son Brunch Amid Blac Chyna's Social Media Drama With Rob Kardashian

April 2016: Proposing More Trouble

It was Rob's family who left town in April, when he decided to pop the question to Chyna after just a few months of dating.

The reality star proposed with a massive 7-carat diamond ring by Ben Baller, and while his family was nowhere to be seen, a source told ET that they were starting to come around on the relationship, despite the early tension.

“The family is really happy that they’re together,” the source revealed at the time. “The changes Rob has made in his life are so good. They appreciate Chyna for that.”

Days later, however, the family appeared a little uncomfortable when confronted with Rob's new relationship status. "Stop asking me stupid questions!" Jenner replied when asked about the engagement by paparrazzi, while Rob's sisters stayed silent on social media.

WATCH: Blac Chyna Responds to Rob Kardashian's Cheating Accusations With Drake Song, Snapchats of Her Jewelry

May 2016: Dreaming of the First Kardashian Heir

A month later, Rob and Chyna announced their pregnancy -- and his family did their best to play nice.

"I mean, it's so exciting. It's a really exciting time for him. I think he'll be the best dad. He's really just such a good, good person," Kim Kardashian told ET at the time, while a source said Kylie was "over the relationship."

"It was tough for her in the beginning. But she sees how happy he is and all she wants is for him to be happy. The general consensus in the house is 'Praise Chyna! Don't go!'" the source said. "They finally got the brother they always knew back."

Kourtney Kardashian, however, seemed to have other thoughts, as she contemplated changing the last names of her kids, Mason, Penelope and Reign Disick, so that Rob and Chyna's child wouldn't be the sole Kardashian heir.

RELATED: Blac Chyna Says She's 'Single' and 'Happy,' Has Adorable Pool Day With Kids Dream and King

September 2016: "Are You Still Texting B**ches, Yes or No?"

Things seemed happy for a bit -- until Rob and Chyna debuted their drama on their new reality show, Rob & Chyna. Right from the start, viewers saw the pair's relationship was plagued by distrust, cheating allegations, blow-out screaming matches, and Chyna's infamous line, "Are you still texting b**ches, yes or no?"

"Honestly, with me and Chyna, I just really don't know what's gonna happen," Rob admitted in the season premiere, before later deciding to try to make things work with the model. “My plan is not to have a kid with somebody and not be with the person. That's just bizarre to me."

By the end of the month, Rob was acting out, as he shared Kylie's cell phone number on social media in an effort to get back at his sisters for trying to throw him a baby shower without Chyna. And the next day, Chyna tweeted his number "to ensure your man is not texting no b**ches."

"If you ask Rob, he'll say they're having issues. If you ask Chyna, she'll say they are not together," a source told ET at the time. "Their relationship is not in a good place right now but they are working on it."

"Chyna and Rob are not in a good place right now, which then sets him into a downward spiral," the source added.

RELATED: Blac Chyna Rings in 29th Birthday With Family and Friends, No Sign of Rob Kardashian

November 2016: Baby Bliss

On Nov. 10, 2016, Dream Renee Kardashian arrived, and Rob and Chyna seemed to put away their differences for the sake of their newborn daughter.

"All is good with their relationship right now," ET's source revealed, adding that while they had two homes, the new parents were "doing a great job at co-parenting and staying under one roof."

"Everyone who is close to Rob, including his family and best friends, really respect and love Chyna," the source shared. "They see how happy she makes Rob and are thankful that she got him to turn around. Rob has been a great father and really loves Chyna. He is loving with her, helps take care."

WATCH: Kylie Jenner Gets Upset When Blac Chyna Trashes Her House in a Fight With Rob Kardashian: ‘I Wouldn’t Do That’

December 2016: Merry Christmas to Rob

The next month, however, Chyna decided she wanted out -- and took an interesting route to get there.

On Dec. 17, the model's Instagram account was seemingly hacked by a third party, who posted alleged screenshots of direct messages between Chyna and other men, as well as conversations between her and a lawyer about trademarking the Kardashian name. The hacker was later revealed to be Rob, who took to Snapchat hours later to announce that Chyna had moved out of their home with baby Dream and nearly all of their furniture.

"So, I get home, and Chyna took the baby, took the whole nursery we built, and Chyna took everything that we built for the nursery for baby Dream, and she left and she just left me alone and took the baby," Rob said on Snapchat, showing Dream's empty nursery, before Chyna told her side of the story.

"I'M DONE!" Chyna wrote on Instagram. "This entire year I have done nothing but help Rob! It's so SAD & PATHETIC how low he'd stoop to cover up HIS PERSONAL ISSUES!"

WATCH: Kim Kardashian Gets Candid About Rob and Blac Chyna: 'They're Just Not Meant to Be'

The next day, Rob apologized to Chyna for his social media outburst, and said he was "seeking help to deal with my flaws/issues."

Following Rob's diabetes-related health scare a couple weeks later, a source told ET that he and Chyna were "focusing on their relationship."

"Chyna and Rob took some time off to focus on their immediate family," the source said of why the couple skipped the annual Kardashian Christmas bash. "It's not a bad thing, and they needed a break for themselves, and their daughter. They are back together now and focusing on their relationship."

The source did, add, however, that Rob's drama with Chyna was starting to rub his sisters the wrong way. "After Rob calls his sisters and mother and shares everything with them, it's hard for Chyna to re-enter the family after they reconciled, mainly for Dream's sake," the source said.

RELATED: Khloe Kardashian Tells Rob That Blac Chyna Is 'Ready to Leave' Him in 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians' Promo

March 2017: So Long, Season Two

Months later, Rob and Chyna had again called it quits -- and said goodbye to season two of their reality show.

"They are doing the best they can to stay civil and to co-parent the best they can," a source told ET at the time. "They have worked out an informal custody arrangement. They found out what works for them and they’re doing a good job at it."

"[Rob and Chyna] realize Dream will connect them for life, and it’s not worth it for them to fight and get dramatic about their breakup," the source added. "They’re forever connected by that beautiful girl, so there can’t be any bad blood."

RELATED: Inside Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna’s Father’s Day Trip to Disneyland With Dream!

July 2017: At War

So much for no bad blood! The couple played nice for the new few months -- and even sparked rumors of a reconciled relationship with flirty posts and a cute Father's Day trip to Disneyland with baby Dream.

That all changed on July 5, however, when Rob went off on social media again, sharing alleged naked photos of Chyna, accusing her of cheating on him multiple times and being on drugs. The reality star also claimed to be supporting Chyna's lifestyle, paying for her rent, cars, and paying for $100,000 worth of surgery after Chyna gave birth to Dream.

Chyna, meanwhile, fought back with allegations of her own, accusing Rob of cheating on her, and of being physically abusive.

"Soon as kylie and tyga broke up Chyna was over the game. She had a baby out of spite and I'll never view her the same," Rob tweeted. "I truly thought Chyna wanted to be a family and that's why I was so loyal to her but I learned my lesson and everyone else was right."

Whether the two have called it quits for good remains to be seen. Get caught up on all the drama in the video below.

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All Started With a Song// Conor Maynard

Word Count- 1238

Summary- conor sees your cover and contacts you

A/n- (feel free to change the friends name I was just too lazy to write y/f/n that may times.) this will be a series! i alreyad have the first 4 or five parts written but its not finished yet. lets see were this goes! please give me your feedback and enjoy! :)

You were sitting on your bed with two of your friends, Olivia and Alice. You three had been studying, or at least trying.

“My turn to play a song!” Alice laughed, grabbing your computer.

“Yeah, not like I was using that for my homework. You know that’s why I invited you over right?” you grabbed your notebook, opening it.

“Stop being a nerd,” Olivia said, closing her book.

As soon as you heard the beat of the song, you glared at Alice.

“You know I will get nothing done if he’s playing.” You sighed.

“I have no idea what you’re talking about,” she said, sliding the computer to you.

You stared at the screen, watching your celebrity crush sing.

Conor Maynard.

You had been gushing over him for the past year and a half. You found him through one of Joe Sugg’s videos. And you immediately fell in love.

You had completely forgotten about your homework, you were mesmerized by him. He was absolutely gorgeous.

Your friends knew this video was your favorite, because he looked so sexy in it.

It wasn’t an original song, it was a cover. But he always put a twist on his covers.

It was his deleted video of him covering Panda. You had memorized the entire thing, seeing as it was only 2 minutes long. You didn’t start signing until the part that Conor made.

“I don’t want a good girl, I’ve been rolling with the baldest.” You sang, looking at your friends. They had their phones facing you. They were Snap chatting you singing, they always did. You knew you could sing, but you never did. You chose to pick a different career path and keep that talent hidden.

Or so you thought.

“She told me models and she told me she’s an actress.” You smiled at their cameras. They quickly lowered their phones, posting the snap. But seconds later their phones were back up, filming you singing.

“Talking about how she been everywhere up on that atlas.” Alice made a funny face, causing you to laugh.

“Doesn’t make a difference, she’ll still end up on my mattress.” Olivia and Alice were both smiling, this encouraged you to keep going.

“Fuck your 15 minutes I’m the man of the hour. No more room up in my bed, let’s take it to the shower.” Great, now you were thinking about Conor in the shower. Your cheeks got red.

“Keep going!” one of them shouted.” You laughed, finishing the song.

You three laughed, “Why don’t you sing more often!” Olivia questioned.

“I don’t know, I just feel like it’s a hard career and I don’t want to be stressed my entire life. I rather be relaxed than be famous.” You grabbed your notebook, determined to get some homework done.

But then the next song came on, and your best friends looked at each other.

“No,” you said seriously, but there was a slight smile creeping onto your face.

It was Better Than You by Conor and Rita Oar. This song always got you three hyped.

“Please, we promise we’ll study after,” Alice pleaded.

“Promise?” you asked.

“YES!” they said in unison. You knew they were lying but agreed. You three began dancing to the music, abandoning your work.

This continued for the next 3 or 4 songs. It wasn’t until you guys decided to get food that your life would change.

You grabbed your laptop, following your best friends out to your kitchen.

“Ice cream?” you asked and they nodded their heads. While you got the food they grabbed the bowls and spoons.

“This is my favorite song!” Olivia screamed, turning it up.

It was Castle on the Hill by Ed Sheer an.

After you finished dispersing the ice cream, you put it away. Alice and Olivia sat down at the island, but you stood on the other side, facing them.

You began singing along with Ed, “I'm on my way, driving at ninety down those country lanes, singing to ‘Tiny Dancer’” you swayed your hips, shoving a spoonful of ice cream into your mouth. “And I miss the way you make me feel, and it's real, we watched the sunset over the castle on the hill,” you hadn’t realized that Olivia was filing you. But it wasn’t on a 10 second video on Snap Chat. It was a complete video.

After the song ended you heard giggles, so you opened your eyes.

“What’s so funny?” you asked, shoving yet another bite of ice cream into your mouth.

“Oh nothing,” Alice said, putting her bowl in the sink. “We should really go study.”

“Yeah, c’mon Y/n,” Olivia said, going back into your room.

The rest of the night was filled with quizzing each other and plenty of laughter.

It wasn’t until the next morning that you were aware of what your friends did. You woke up to hundreds of twitter notifications, a few snap chats, 3 missed calls from Olivia and 14 texts from both girls.

“What the hell?” you asked yourself as you went into the kitchen to grab some breakfast.

You put some bread in the toaster, opening your messages.

From Olivia:

6:39 have you seen twitter?

6:40 Look at Twitter!

6:47 Omg are you not awake yet?

6:48 Y/n

6:48 Y/n, wake up!!

You opened your texts from Alice.

From Alice:

6:53 Omg go on Twitter!

7:01 I didn’t think you’d go viral!

7:06 He might notice you

7:14 Y/N!!!!!!!

7:14 CONOR NOTICED YOU

7:15 HE RETWEETED MY TWEET ABOUT YOU

7:15 FOR GODS SAKE WAKE UP

7:15 Y/N Y/M/N Y/L/N!!!!!!!

7:16 oh my god you don’t deserve this. Wake the fuck up

You froze. The toast was dropped onto the plate in front of you.

Conor noticed you.

You reread the text too many times. Then you opened Twitter.

You had so many notifications your phone froze. So you closed your phone, and opened it again, refreshing. You decided it would be easiest to go to the source. Alice. You typed in her twitter name and saw the tweet.

Alice :) @aliiibooo

@ConorMaynard wya w/ this collab ??

Attached was a video, so clicked on it. It was you, standing at your counter. You were singing, every now and then shoving a spoonful of ice cream in your mouth. You cringed at the faces you made, you looked awful.

Curiosity took the best of you, and you searched Conor’s name.

Conor Maynard @ConorMaynard

What’s her twitter @aliiibooo ?

You almost peed yourself. Instead you started to hyperventilate.

But the surprises didn’t stop there.

Olivia Jones @viaoli324

her twitter is: @y/t/n , @ConorMaynard ;)

And yet, the surprises were still not over. Because then, right then. At 7:32 in the morning on the 4th of February, 2017, Conor Maynard followed you.

You immediately screenshotted the notification. You then proceeded to run to your room, rip open your computer and pull up Skype.

“You’re awake!” Olivia smiles.

“Have you seen it yet?” Alice says smugly.

“HE FOLLOWED ME,” you screamed.

They stared at you, mouths open.

“You’re joking!’ Olivia says.

“No, I’m not. It just happened. Like a minute ago. I can’t breathe.”

“Y/n! This is amazing!” Alice squeals, squeezing her blanket tighter.

“Oh… my… god…” you stared at your phone, a new notification popping up.

Conor Maynard

Hello Y/n. I saw the video of you singing. You’re really good. How do you feel about doing a cover with me?

#jack maynard #Conor Maynard #conor maynard imagine #Oli White #josh pieters #Joe Sugg #caspar lee #mikey pearce #buttercream squad #buttercream imagines #youtube #youtube imagines #imagines

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